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1. bǒu(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: boue
3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The bow of a ship; (b) in name of ship. …

2. chough(e n.

Additional spellings: choughe
20 quotations in 1 sense
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One of several birds of the crow family: chough, jackdaw, jay; Cornish chough; co-brid. …

3. cọ̄te n.(4)

12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A diving water bird; esp., the common, or bald, coot (Fulica atra); as balled as a cote, as cursed as a cote; (b) the sea gull. …

4. dod(de n.

Additional spellings: dodde
7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A measure of grain [more than a quarter]; (b) dod-corn, a manorial rent; (c) as surname and in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.133]. …

5. dwẹ̄re n.

16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Doubt, perplexity, uncertainty; in (a) dwere, in doubt; without dwere, without question, certainly; (b) ?disagreement, dissension; ?distress, trouble; (c) amazement, awe; dread, fear. …

6. knarre n.

19 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A crag, twisted rock; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.102]. …

7. lē̆ng(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: lenge
31 quotations in 1 sense
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The European ling Molva molva; also, any fish of the genus Molva; gret leng, a full-grown ling; leng fish, a ling; whit leng, ?white ling [?error for whiting]; leng drie, dried lings. …

8. lumpe n.

33 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A mass of material, usually of no special shape; a piece, lump; lumpe ston, ?an unfinished stone; lumpe of a wal, ?a buttress; in (on) a lumpe, in one piece, in a heap; fallen as it were a lumpe……

9. wẹ̄veling n.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. A piece of caulking material placed between the lapstrakes while the ship is under construction;—also coll. …

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