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1. ars-metrīk(e n.

Additional spellings: arsmetrik, ars-metrike, arsmetrike
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(a) The 'art' or 'science' of measuring and calculating, being one of the four disciplines comprised in the quadrivium (along with geometry, astronomy, and music); (b) a treatise on this 'science'. …

2. bito(u)r n.

Additional spellings: bitour
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The European bittern Botaurus stellaris. …

3. cedūle n.

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(a) A piece of paper or parchment containing writing; a written document, letter, etc.; (b) a brief document attached to a roll or enclosed in a letter, and usually containing a list of names or bill……

4. cuve n.

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A tub or vat. …

5. pit n.

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(a) A natural or man-made depression in the ground, hole, pit, ditch; cave; also fig.; also, an open excavation from which some mineral product is obtained or in which some industrial process is……

6. raisī̆n n.

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(a) A grape, cluster of grapes; also in proverb; (b) a raisin; gret raisin; raisin graines, raisin seeds; (c) raisin corauns, raisin of corauns, a Corinthian raisin, currant [see also corauns n.]; (d)……

7. rē̆gulē̆r adj.

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(a) Belonging to, or subject to, a religious or monastic rule; canoun reguler, canounes reguleres [see also canoun n.(2) 2.(a)]; habit reguler, the prescribed habit of a religious; wommen reguler……

8. rē̆sī̆n(e n.

Additional spellings: resine
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Resin, a resin; -- often used in medicines; resin gomme, balm. …

9. resistence n.

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(a) Military defense, armed resistance; fighting against an enemy; physical resistance; resistence of, defense against (sb. or sth.); maken resistence; (b) a waylaying of someone; (c) physical force. …

10. rẹ̄vel n.(2)

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A stream, brook. …

11. rō̆sī̆n(e n.

Additional spellings: rosine
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(a) A distillate of turpentine, rosin; also, resin; (b) rosin clene (coiled, pured), god (clene) rosin, high-grade rosin or resin; red rosin, whit (drie) rosin. …

12. rōs-marīn(e n.

Additional spellings: rosmarin, ros-marine, rosmarine
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Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) or a similar herb. …

13. ruffīne adj.

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Reddish. …

14. salā̆rī(e n.

Additional spellings: salarie
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(a) Compensation, payment, esp. a salary or compensation periodically paid for regular service [sometimes difficult to distinguish from (b)]; also fig.; (b) a payment for a specific service or limited……

15. sandal n.

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(a) A kind of shoe, consisting of a sole fastened to the foot by thongs, a sandal; (b) a richly made shoe worn by popes and bishops. …

16. saphīr(e n.

Additional spellings: saphire
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(a) A sapphire; -- also coll.; also, sapphire, a transparent variety of corundum; (b) saphir of the est (londes, saphir orientale, a sapphire from the East; saphir (of) Inde, a sapphire from India or……

17. Sarasī̆n(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: Sarasine
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(a) A Turk; also, an Arab; also, a Moslem; -- often with ref. to the Crusades; Sarasin hed, the head of a Saracen; (b) a heathen, pagan; an infidel; (c) as a type of non-Christian; Sarasin or jeu, jeu……

18. saucer(e n.

Additional spellings: saucere
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(a) A saucer, shallow dish; ?also, a saltcellar; (b) in poetic comparison and fig. context; (c) in cpds. & combs.: saucer brerd, saucer rim; saucer ful, a saucerful; saucer molde, a mold for a saucer……

19. sauǧe n.

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(a) The herb sage Salvia officinalis; also, wood sage or wild sage Teucrium scorodonia, ambrose; sauge real, sage royal, small sage Salvia officinalis minor; wilde sauge; (b) in cookery recipes; also……

20. scī̆atica n.

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(a) The disease sciatica; (b) an attack of the disease. …

21. scismatī̆k n.

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One who participates in an ecclesiastical schism, a schismatic; heretike and (or) scismatik. …

22. scǒuren v.(2)

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(a) To scour, polish; polish or scour (metal, a pot, etc.); furbish (armor); ?also, fig. of a day: be bright and clear [quot.: a1375]; scouren bright (clene, neue), make (sth.) bright (clean, new) by……

23. sē̆diciǒun n.

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(a) Violent factional strife, civil or religious disorder, riot; also, an instance of such strife or disorder; (b) a concerted attempt to overthrow the civil authority, an uprising, a revolt; (c)……

24. sein(e n.

Additional spellings: seine
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(a) A fishing net; a dragnet; (b) a place in which one has the right to fish with a net; a fishing right; also, the quantity of fish one has the right to catch; (c) med. a thread, bristle, or number……

25. seintuārī̆(e n.

Additional spellings: seintuarie
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A holy or sacred place; a place dedicated to God; also, the dwelling place of God, heaven; also fig.; the seintuari of god. …

26. selbestrin(e n.

Additional spellings: selbestrine
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Some kind of plant, perh. one that grows wild or in shady areas. …

27. selēnīte n.

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A variety of chatoyant precious stone, selenite, a variety of gypsum. …

28. seneciǒun n.

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(a) A plant of the genus Senecio, esp. common groundsel (S. vulgaris) [some quots. may belong in (b)]; (b) = asfodil n.; (c) glossing ML sintecula. …

29. sengle n.

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A supporting strap or band; also, a girth, surcingle. …

30. sengle adj.

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(a) Consisting of one unit, single, individual; sengle bond, ?a single mount around the edge of a maser [cp. maser n.2.(b)]; bi sengle daies (yeres), day by day (year after year); castel sengle, a……

31. seraphī̆n n.

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Theol. (a) An angel of the first order (ranking above cherub) in the hierarchy of nine orders; the name of this first order; also, the name of the second highest order of angels [quot.: c1390]; (b) a……

32. sessiǒun n.

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(a) A seat, bench; a place for sitting; (b) a session held by officials for the purpose of conferring or conducting business, an assembly; kepen sessiouns, to attend meetings; (c) a judicial session……

33. sester n.

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(a) A vessel for holding liquid; ?a brewing vat [2nd quot.]; (b) a liquid measure; sester ful; (c) a dry measure; (d) sester peni, an annual tax imposed upon commercial brewers of beer. …

34. shā̆mel n.

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(a) A footstool; also fig.; also, the raised section of the floor on which the altar stands, a footpace [2nd quot.]; shamel of fet, fot shamel [OE fōt-sceamol]; bok shamel, a bookstand; (b) a bench……

35. shrīn(e n.

Additional spellings: shrine
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(a) A repository in which a holy object or the relics of a saint are kept, a reliquary, shrine; also, a richly built and decorated tomb for a saint; (b) ben in shrin, to lie in a shrine, be enshrined……

36. sicle n.

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(a) An ancient unit of weight; (b) an ancient Hebrew unit of currency, a shekel. …

37. sī̆gne n.

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(a) An indication; proof, evidence; a characteristic, mark; (b) in signe of, as a token of (sth.), as an indication of (sth.); also, as a testimony to (sth.), as a memento of (sth.); in signe that, to……

38. sinō̆pre n.

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(a) A red ocher used in making a vermilion coloring material; also, the color vermilion, red; (b) her. ?the tincture vert, green [the change in meaning from red to green prob. does not antedate the……

39. sī̆ring(e n.

Additional spellings: siringe
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Med. (a) A hollow tube for bringing medicine to an interior organ or for irrigation of an ulcer; (b) a thin probe-like instrument for dislodging a stone in the urethra; (c) ?error for springinge ger……

40. sirō̆n n.

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A shoot, sprout. …

41. sō̆le n.

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(a) The sole of the human foot; also, the under surface of an animal's hoof; fot sole; (b) a sole of a (the, his) sole, the sole of the fot, the sole of his (thi) fet, the soles of the (his, here)……

42. sō̆rt(e n.

Additional spellings: sorte
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(a) A group of people, animals, vices, etc.; a company, troop, band; a cohort; a god sort, a great many; in (a) sort, on a sort, of sort, in a group, together; in sort with, in common with, like; (b)……

43. souden v.(1)

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(a) To fix (sth.) in place by soldering or welding; join (sth. together, sth. to sth. else) by soldering; also, mend (broken metal) by soldering; also, unite things with solder [last quot.]; (b) to……

44. spīce n.(2)

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(a) A type or kind of person, flavor, etc.; (b) the human species; mannes spice, mankind; (c) a species of plant; a genus of animals, fish, trees, etc.; (d) med. & pathol. a type or variety of……

45. sponǧe n.

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(a) A piece of the elastic, absorbent, and porous spongin skeleton of various species of Porifera, a sponge; (b) the sponge as an instrument of the Passion, the sponge soaked with vinegar and gall……

46. stā̆phis-ā̆gre n.

Additional spellings: staphisagre
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Stavesacre, licebane (Delphinium staphisagria); also, the seeds of this plant, used medicinally. …

47. sternūtāciǒun n.

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A sneeze; also, the act of sneezing. …

48. storax n.

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A gum or resin from the storax tree (Styrax officinale), often used medicinally; storax calamita; tre of storax, the storax tree. …

49. stuble n.

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(a) A stalk of grain; the yet stondinge in the stuble, unharvested grain, grain still standing; (b) coll. the ends of grain stalks left in the ground after reaping, stubble; harvested stubble or flax……

50. suburb(e n.

Additional spellings: suburbe
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(a) Usu.pl. The area, primarily agricultural but freq. residential, that lies just outside the walls or boundaries of a city or town; also, pl. the land surrounding a sanctuary [quot. c1384]; (b)……

51. sūdārī(e n.

Additional spellings: sudarie
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(a) A cloth commonly used to wipe sweat, tears, etc. from the face, a handkerchief; also fig.; (b) the cloth of St. Veronica, on which an image of Christ's face was believed to be imprinted. …

52. sufficience n.

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(a) That which suffices, all that is necessary, enough; an adequate supply of something, sufficient resources; soverain sufficience, abundance; to (unto) sufficience, sufficiently; (b) contentment……

53. sugre-candī n.

Additional spellings: sugrecandi
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Crystallized sugar. …

54. supportāciǒun n.

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(a) Help, assistance, aid; moral support, backing; the upholding of a cause, a title, etc.; also, an instance or act of assistance; ?encouragement [quot. c1450 Lydg.]; supportacioun yevinge; (b)……

55. suppositī̆f adj.

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Situated below; also [2nd quot.], ?subordinate; ?particular. …

56. sw- consonant clust.

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For all words beginning with sw- from here to the end of this volume [of the print MED], the practice of the MED is to record all variant forms except those beginning with su-; forms with su- are……

57. tamarinde n.

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The pod-shaped fruit of the tamarind tree (Tamarindus indica), used medicinally; water of tamarindes, a decoction made from this fruit. …

58. tempren v.

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(a) To be mixed (with sth.); combine (ingredients), blend (a mixture of ingredients); also, be mixed with (sth.) [quot. c1400 Why werre]; tempren (al) togeder, tempren up; (b) tempren with, to mix……

59. textuē̆l adj.

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Learned in texts, bookish. …

60. thū̆ribul n.

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A censer, thurible. …

61. tisane n.

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(a) Shelled or cooked barley; (b) a medicinal drink made from shelled barley and water; tisane water; gruel tisane. …

62. trā̆ve n.

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(a) A beam; trave nail; trave tre; (b) an enclosure or a frame for restraining horses while they are being shod; (c) in surnames. …

63. trouel n.(1)

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A hand tool with a flat or curved blade attached to a short handle, a trowel; also, an instrument or a tool of unspecified form and use [chiefly gloss. quots.]; trouel of (a) masoun. …

64. trǒut n.

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(a) Any of several food or game fish of the genus Salmo, prob. including the common trout (S. fario) and salmon trout (S. salar) and perh. also the sea trout (S. trutta);—freq. as a commodity; (b) a……

65. tunicle n.

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(a) Eccl. A vestment similar to, or sometimes identical with, the dalmatic or the alb specifically assigned to the subdeacon assisting at the Mass; vestement of tunicle; (b) a regal or ceremonial……

66. valei(e n.

Additional spellings: valeie
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(a) A defined area, often long and narrow, of lower elevation than the surrounding terrain, sometimes bisected by a stream or river, a dale, valley, ravine, etc (b) a valley conceived as a pleasant,……

67. vē̆niāl adj.

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(a) Theol. Of sin or a sin: minor, pardonable, not damning; (b) involving venial sin. …

68. vervein(e n.

Additional spellings: verveine
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(a) A plant of the genus Verbena, esp. Verbena officinalis, vervain; ?also, a vervain plant [quot. a1500] (b) this plant or parts of it used in cookery recipes; (c) this plant or parts of it used in……

69. vessel n.

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(a) A small, portable container, esp. one for storage or serving of food or drink; a flask, pitcher, jug, cup, dish, pot, etc.; a piece of household tableware, a kitchen utensil, etc.; also, an……

70. virel n.

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(a) A ring, band, or cap, usu. of metal, put around the end of a piece of wood, the handle of an implement, etc., a ferrule (b) a metal pivot on the projecting end of an axle on a crane, windlass,……

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