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1. almes(se n.

Additional spellings: almesse
144 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Anything given to relieve those in poverty or distress, any charitable gift or offering, alms; an allotment of alms; eten almes, be dependent on alms; gan on almes, liven bi, of almes, live on……

2. amatist(e n.

Additional spellings: amatiste
18 quotations in 1 sense
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Amethyst; amatist colour, amatist ston. …

3. amidǒun n.

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Crushed hulled wheat; grits, starch. …

4. artetīk, -ica adj. & n.

Additional spellings: artetica, arthetica, arthretica, aretica
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Arthritic, rheumatic; arthritis, rheumatism; goute artetik, arthritis, gout. …

5. bothor n.

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A kind of small pustule; in pl.: small gatherings of pus under the skin having some resemblance to a cluster of grapes. …

6. burestes n.

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An insect that causes a disease of cattle. …

7. caladrie n.

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A Scriptural bird. …

8. celidoine n.(1)

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The greater celandine (Chelidonium majus); also, any of its parts used medicinally. …

9. coloquint(ide n.

Additional spellings: coloquintide
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The plant colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis) or its fruit or pith. …

10. cretik adj.

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(a) Med. Of a disease: at the turning point for better or worse, at the crisis; (b) as noun: bi wei of cretik, at the critical or decisive stage, at the crisis. …

11. demigraine n.

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A severe ache on one side of the head, migraine. …

12. Dinastīnes n. plural

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Kings, rulers (of Egypt). …

13. ditain(e n.

Additional spellings: ditaine
19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) One of two medicinal plants: dittany of Crete (Origanum dictamnus) and/or white dittany (Dictamnus albus); (b) lesse ditain, costmary (Chrysanthemum balsamita). …

14. dracọ̄nitīdis n.

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A precious stone. …

15. dragaunt n.

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(a) The gum tragacanth; muscilage dragaunt; (b) some kind of vitriol; calcantum dragaunt, vitriol dragaunt. …

16. dromede n.

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A dromedary. …

17. emigraine, -grāne n.

Additional spellings: emigrane
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A severe headache, orig. one affecting one side only. …

18. galactīles n.

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A precious stone, ?nitrate of lime. …

19. galilẹ̄ n.

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(a) A small chapel near the entrance of a church; a porch or open gallery; (b) Galilean, as a name for Jesus; (c) a Galilean, as applied to Christ's followers, a Christian; (d) ?the Milky Way [?error……

20. gliciride n.

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The plant licorice Glycyrrhiza glabra; also, its dried root. …

21. heremī̆t(e n.

Additional spellings: heremite
76 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A man who, from religious motives, lives in relative solitude; a male Christian recluse, a hermit; (b) holi heremit, a pious hermit; (c) a false hermit; one who has not renounced human society, or……

22. hermofrodīte n.

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(a) A hermaphrodite; (b) fig. one who improperly occupies two offices. …

23. īconomī(e n.

Additional spellings: iconomie
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The management of economic affairs, housekeeping. …

24. iderus n.

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A swelling in the body filled with a watery fluid. …

25. ī̆dō̆latrī(e n.

Additional spellings: idolatrie
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(a) The worship of man-made statues, paintings, or other objects; idolatry; also, the personification of idolatry; don idolatri, to practice idolatry; (b) an idolatrous religion or cult [sometimes……

26. idroforbia n.

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Hydrophobia. …

27. idroforbicus n.

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One suffering from hydrophobia. …

28. ismọ̄n n.

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Anat. A thin tissue between the larynx and esophagus. …

29. jōte n.

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A jot or tittle, a whit. …

30. jusquiame n.

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The plant henbane (Hyoscyamus niger). …

31. malencolī(e n.

Additional spellings: malencolie
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(a) One of the four humors, black bile; a bodily fluid which helps to form and nourish the body; -- not pathological unless present in excessive amounts; also, an altered form of black bile [see (b)]……

32. merītēs n.

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A kind of precious stone; ?myrrhite. …

33. nefretik adj. & n.

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(a) Affected by a disease of the kidneys, nephritic; (b) as noun: a person suffering from nephritis, esp. one suffering from a kidney stone; (c) as noun:?nephritis. …

34. ortomik adj.

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Orthopneic; spirit ortomik, orthopnea. …

35. ostricium n.

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A medicinal plant; prob. soapwort Saponaria officinalis; ?also, sweet woodruff Asperula odorata or masterwort Imperatoria ostruthium. …

36. oxisacre n.

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A preparation of vinegar and sugar, used medicinally. …

37. ozēne n.

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A kind of nasal polyp. …

38. panāricium n.

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An inflamed swelling around a fingernail; ?also, an abdominal aposteme. …

39. peripleumonīe n.

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Med. An inflammation of the lungs; ?pneumonia. …

40. philomēn(e n.

Additional spellings: philomene
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(a) A mythological maiden transformed into a nightingale; (b) a nightingale. …

41. piretrum n.

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(a) The medicinal root, pellitory or pellitory of Spain Anacyclus pyrethrum; also, the herb pellitory of the wall Parietaria officinalis or a similar plant; (b) wild thyme Thymus serpyllum. …

42. poetresse n.

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A poetess. …

43. propoleos n.

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Propolis, a resinous material collected by bees from tree buds and used as a cement in constructing hives; ?also beeswax; ?also the dregs of honey. …

44. purpurītes n. & adj.

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Porphyry; marble purpurites, a marble resembling porphyry. …

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