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7821. wauter n.

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In combs.: herbe wauter, a medicinal plant [see also herbe-wauter n.]; poudre wauter, ?a medicinal powder first made by Walter Agilinus (13th cent.) [cp. poudre n. 5a.(a)].

7822. weu interj.

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Expressing satisfaction or gloating: aha, ah; weu weu.

7823. whāle n.

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(a) Any large marine mammal of the order Cetacea; also, the Biblical fish which swallowed Jonah; whale oile, the oil obtained from whale blubber, whale oil (b) the Biblical Leviathan, a sea monster…

7824. whibeler n.

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A person given to petty argument, a quibbler.

7825. wīn(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: wine
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(a) An alcoholic drink, usu. made from crushed whole grapes or from grape juice; also fig. and in fig. context; couchen win, to place a stock of wine in storage; fillen the win, give (sb.) the wine…

7826. xifion n.

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A medicinal plant, prob. of the genus Gladiolus; ?unbranched bur reed (Sparganium emersum).

7827. xilobalsamum n.

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Wood or bark of the balsam tree (Commiphora meccanensis or opobalsamum).

7828. xilocassie n.

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Bark from a tree, shrub, or plant of the genus Cassia.

7829. yemps n.

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Winter; also, cook. a representation of winter as an old man [quot. a1475; cp. sotilte n. 5.].

7830. interj.

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(a) An exclamation used to attract attention; (b) a cry used to goad someone or usu. an animal: get going, giddyap; yo forth.

7831. youle n.

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?A yoke for horses or oxen.

7832. zēlā̆tǒur n.

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An ardent supporter, a zealous defender; also iron. [3rd quot.].

7833. zēl(e n.

Additional spellings: zele
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(a) Enthusiastic striving toward an objective, fervent commitment or resolve to obtain a result or to pursue a course of action; also, a resolve; an ardent desire or earnest intention; also…

7834. zēling adj.

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Zealous.

7835. Zēlōt(e n.

Additional spellings: Zelote
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A member of a Jewish party of revolutionaries;—used as epithet.

7836. Zephirus n.

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(a) The mild west wind; freq. person. or reified; also, one of the winds blowing from the west, the west-southwest wind; (b) as proper name.

7837. zēta n.

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The name of the Greek letter ζ.

7838. zeuma n.

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Gram. The figure comprising constructions in which a verb appears to be governed by two nouns in the nominative, with only one of which it agrees.

7839. zima lentition n.

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Some kind of plant.

7840. zirbus n.

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Anat. A peritoneal serous membrane that envelops the bowels, the greater omentum.