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1. appurtenaunt adj. & n.

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(a) Belonging (to a country, a manor) as a possession or a right; (b) as noun: what belongs to or forms a subsidiary part (of a manor, etc.). …

2. aschītes n.

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Pathol. A collection of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the abdomen; ascites. …

3. audī̆tǒur n.

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An official who examines and verifies accounts, an auditor or examiner; also fig. of God. …

4. bercher n.

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A shepherd. …

5. bille n.

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(a) A formal document (embodying a will, a permit, etc.); fig. a list or inventory; (b) a papal bull. …

6. blẹ̄aunt n.

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(a) A costly silk fabric; (b) a garment of this fabric, a tunic; (c) a bedspread of this fabric. …

7. bolās n.

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(a) A wild plum (Prunus insititia), bullace; bolas fruit; bolas tre; (b) see quots. …

8. cāble n.

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(a) A heavy rope or cable used on a ship; esp., the anchor cable; (b) a rope; (c) cable hok, instrument used in making cables; cable rop, a heavy rope; cable yarn, yarn for cables. …

9. caccherel n.

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A petty tax collector; a minor bailiff. …

10. Calibǒurne n.

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King Arthur's sword [the early name, of which Excalibur is a later variant]. …

11. calketrappe n.

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Mil. A device with sharp iron spikes set on the ground to cripple the feet of an advancing enemy; similar device used against trespassers, etc.; fig. a spiritual trap or pitfall. …

12. camerelle n.

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A small room. …

13. camoroche n.

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A plant resembling tansy; ?silverweed, wild tansy Potentilla anserina. …

14. cāne n.

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(a) A reed (esp., Arundo donax & Phragmites communis); (b) sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum); (c) a Javanese reed; prob., bamboo; (d) a fragrant reed of India and Persia. …

15. canevā̆s n.

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A fabric made from flax or hemp, canvas [see Rogers Hist.Agric. 2.511-6]. …

16. canǧī n.

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A kind of cloth. …

17. capdawe n.

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A feudal lord (in Gascony). …

18. capstan n.

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Naut. A device for hauling up the anchor, etc.; capstan bar, capstan spoke, a capstan bar. …

19. carcais n.

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(a) The body of an animal slaughtered for meat or for sacrifice, a carcass; flesh, meat [quot.: 1448]; (b) a dead body (of man or beast), cadaver, corpse; (c) the living human body [used……

20. carfǒuk n.

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(a) A crossroads or intersection; also, a place name [see Smith PNElem. 1.81]; (b) fig. the meeting place of the four liberal arts, the quadrivium. …

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