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21. bẹ̄te n.(1)

16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A beet; the red beet Beta vulgaris or white beet (Beta cicla); ?also, the wild beet (Beta maritima); bete stok, beet root; blak bete, the red beet; (b) beet leaves used as medicine or food.

22. betonike n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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Betony Betonica officinalis.

23. bihōlden v.

Additional spellings: beholden
240 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To fix or keep one's eyes (on sth.), look (at), gaze (upon); (b) to look (in a certain direction), biholden after, look for or after (sth.); (c) to take a look; look, look on, look around.

24. biknouen v.

Additional spellings: beknouen
67 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To know or realize (sth.), be aware of; (b) to recognize (sb.); biknoue(n, known, acquainted.

25. biller(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: billere
8 quotations in 1 sense
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One of several water plants used medicinally; watercress, water parsnip, ?brooklime.

26. bolle n.

74 quotations in 4 senses
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A drinking bowl or cup; goblet, tankard; bolle cuppe, bolle pece; also, a bowl for mixing wine; the content of a drinking vessel.

27. box n.(1)

19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The box tree (Buxus sempervirens) or its wood; box tre; box table, a tablet of boxwood (for inscriptions); (b) rendering L sambucus 'elder' erroneously.

28. box n.(2)

60 quotations in 4 senses
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A jar (for salves, cosmetics, spices, etc.), usually cylindrical.

29. Britǒun n. & adj.

31 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A native of the British Isles, a Celt; Britones se, the Britons' (or Bretons') Sea = Brittish se, the English channel; (b) a Breton; (c) a Breton apple.

30. calch n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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The chalice used in celebration of the mass; the cup used at the Last Supper.

31. camp n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Battle, fight, war.

32. candel n.

97 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A candle, a taper; wax candel [see also wax n.(1), sense 2a.(a)]; (b) a medicinated candle; (c) a candelabrum; (d) fig. a star; candel of jelousie, the sun.

33. canker n.(1)

53 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A cancer, carcinoma; also, an ulcerated non-malignant tumor, a spreading ulcer; (b) ulceration of a wound, gangrene in a wound or ulcer; (c) a sore in the mouth, ?canker sores; ?also, an abscess…

34. canǒun n.(1)

41 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Ecclesiastical law, canon law; also, an authoritative statement or writing of the Church; (b) a rule or principle; also, a rule or set of rules in written form, an authoritative statement.

35. Cantica n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) as title: The Song of Songs, the Song of Solomon (Canticum Canticorum); (b) pl. eccl. sacred songs from the Scriptures, freq. used in the Divine Office, canticles.

36. cānunk n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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A clergyman living under a rule of canons, a canon.

37. capitle n.

18 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A short division of a book, a chapter; one of the twenty-two sections of Ps. 118 (119); (b) a short passage (usually Biblical or patristic) read in divine worship, a lesson; (c) ?an epitome.

38. castē̆l n.

156 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A castle; also, a fortress similar to a medieval castle; (b) a fortified place, a stronghold.

39. caul n.

41 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Cabbage, kale, colwort, rape, mustard, or some other plant of the genus Brassica; also, any cultivated leafy vegetable, garden greens, pot-herbs; (b) wilde caul, wild mustard, charlock.

40. celle n.

61 quotations in 7 senses
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A subordinate monastic establishment.