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1. ambre n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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A bucket; also, a liquid measure.

2. frank-pleǧǧe n.

Additional spellings: frankplegge
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One of the mutually responsible members of a tithing, etc.

3. 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…

4. rōs-marīn(e n.

Additional spellings: rosmarin, ros-marine, rosmarine
15 quotations in 1 sense
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Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) or a similar herb.

5. samsūchon n.

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The European elder (Sambucus nigra).

6. Sarasī̆n(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: Sarasine
88 quotations in 1 sense
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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

7. scrōphul(e n.

Additional spellings: scrophule
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(a) A scrofulous growth or lump; ?also, sg. & pl. scrofula; (b) as adj.: scrofulous.

8. 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…

9. 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…

10. 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.

11. shā̆mel n.

41 quotations in 1 sense
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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…

12. shingle n.(1)

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(a) A wooden tile for roofing; also fig.; also, a thin piece of wood used as a writing tablet; coll. shingles, a quantity of shingles; also, lumber from which shingles are made [quot.: 1439]; (b)…

13. shrīn(e n.

Additional spellings: shrine
59 quotations in 1 sense
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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…

14. 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…

15. sī̆ser n.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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Strong drink, intoxicating drink, prob. fermented juice of fruit.

16. sō̆le n.

70 quotations in 4 senses
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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)

17. spalanǧe n.

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A kind of venomous spider.

18. 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…

19. stecas n.

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The plant French lavender (Lavandula stoechas).

20. strū̆ction n.

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A medicinal herb, prob. soapwort Saponaria officinalis.