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1. clǒusion n.

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End or outcome. …

2. baber-lipped adj.

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Thick-lipped. …

3. volūble adj.

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Able to turn or revolve, turning; also, fig. changing; changeable, mutable, fleeting. …

4. filbert n.

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(a) The hazel-nut, avellan-nut; (b) the tree which bears this nut; (c) filbert tre, filbert note. …

5. capstan n.

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Naut. A device for hauling up the anchor, etc.; capstan bar, capstan spoke, a capstan bar. …

6. sē̆rch n.

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A dressed stone, prob. of curved shape; -- also coll. …

7. gogge n.(3)

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In phrase in the gogge, in suspense. …

8. frap n.

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Naut. A rope of some kind; frap-line. …

9. frēten v.(1)

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(a) To devour (something), to eat up; (b) to eat (something); esp., to eat hungrily or greedily; freten fil, to eat (one's) fill; freten of, to partake of, eat of; freten up, to eat up, devour; (c) to……

10. veir n.

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(a) Fur, prob. that of some species of squirrel, used to make or trim a robe, hood, etc.; also, an article of clothing made from this fur; veir and gris; meni veir [see meni-ver n.]; (b) a weasel. …

11. stǒupaille n.

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(a) A stoppage; maken stoupaille of, to stop up (a hole), plug; (b) ?a covering; -- used in phrase: in stoupaille, on the outside, in public. …

12. sponsaile n.

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Marriage, wedlock; also, theol. the union between Christ and the church. …

13. stǒnen v.(2)

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(a) To be astonished or amazed; be amazed (at sb. or sth.); be bewildered, be stupefied; be held motionless from mental shock; stonen in wit, be too stunned (to speak); ppl. stoninge, amazed, being……

14. resovenaunce n.

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Memory, reflection. …

15. semble adj.

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(a) Similar; also, the same; in semble wise, similarly, in like manner, likewise; (b) false, hypocritical. …

16. pẹ̄pe n.

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(a) The sound made by a mouse or bird; (b) pepe of chikenes, a flock of chickens. …

17. tranest adj.

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?Decorated with trefoils; ?woven. …

18. ēgre fū n.

Additional spellings: egre fu
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Med. Erysipelas, or similar eruption on the skin; also, a case of erysipelas. …

19. top-seil-cōle n.

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A wind striking the topsail. …

20. āǧen v.

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(a) To grow old, age; (b) ppl. aged, advanced in years, old; also mature; (c) aged men, those with authority, elders. …

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