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1. acācia, -ie n.

Additional spellings: acacie
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Med. A gum made from the juice of green plums or sloes (used as an astringent, a restringent, or a repercussive). …

2. accīdie n.

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(a) The deadly sin of Sloth, a disinclination to do anything good; (b) a spell of lethargy or apathy. …

3. acōlī̆t(e n.

Additional spellings: acolite
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A cleric who has taken the highest of the four minor orders, an acolyte; also, the order itself. …

4. adama(u)nt n.

Additional spellings: adamaunt
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(a) A kind of precious stone; diamond; (b) adamant; fig. something indestructible and enduring, something impenetrable. …

5. aeromance n.

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Divination by air, aeromancy. …

6. almes(se n.

Additional spellings: almesse
144 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Anything given to relieve those in poverty or distress, any charitable gift or offering, alms; an allotment of alms; eten almes, be dependent on alms; gan on almes, liven bi, of almes, live on……

7. amatist(e n.

Additional spellings: amatiste
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Amethyst; amatist colour, amatist ston. …

8. amidǒun n.

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Crushed hulled wheat; grits, starch. …

9. anatomīe n.

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The science of anatomy; knowledge of the structure and the functioning of the human body in all its parts; grosse anatomie. [See definition in Lanfranc 1/9.] …

10. ancōnēr n.

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A maker of icons, etc. …

11. Antecrīst n.

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The antagonist of Christ who was predicted to come before Doomsday, gather a host to fight Christ and his followers, kill Enoch and Elias, devastate the world, and then succumb before Christ. [First……

12. apostē̆m(e n.

Additional spellings: aposteme
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Any morbid swelling or inflammation in any part of the body, external or internal. [a1400 Lanfranc & c1425 Arderne distinguish it from cankre & festre.] …

13. apozimā(t, apozyme n.

Additional spellings: apozimat, apozyme
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A decoction. …

14. artetīk, -ica adj. & n.

Additional spellings: artetica, arthetica, arthretica, aretica
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Arthritic, rheumatic; arthritis, rheumatism; goute artetik, arthritis, gout. …

15. astrelabie n.

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(a) Astrolabe [a planispheric instrument for determining the positions and movements of celestial bodies, calculating latitude and longitude, etc.; the most important astronomical instrument of the……

16. barbar adj. & n.

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(a) Foreign, non-Greek; (b) heathen, non-Christian; -- perh. with implications of inhumanity; (c) barbar tonge [see quots.]. …

17. bīble n.

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(a) The 'books' or writings of the Old and the New Testament, the Bible; half bible, a designation for ?or title of a portion of the Bible, probably the Old Testament; bible man, an interpreter of……

18. celidoine n.(1)

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The greater celandine (Chelidonium majus); also, any of its parts used medicinally. …

19. chilindre n.

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A portable sun dial in the shape of an upright cylinder with a conical top [see L. Thorndike in Isis 13.51-2]. …

20. cicorēa, cicorẹ̄e n.

Additional spellings: cicoree
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The chicory (Cichorium intybus); also, heliotrope. …

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