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1. cedūle n.

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(a) A piece of paper or parchment containing writing; a written document, letter, etc.; (b) a brief document attached to a roll or enclosed in a letter, and usually containing a list of names or bill……

2. rīnocephales n. plural

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Fire-breathing monsters. …

3. rō̆sī̆n(e n.

Additional spellings: rosine
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(a) A distillate of turpentine, rosin; also, resin; (b) rosin clene (coiled, pured), god (clene) rosin, high-grade rosin or resin; red rosin, whit (drie) rosin. …

4. ruffīne adj.

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Reddish. …

5. sagūme n.

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?Lard, grease. …

6. salā̆rī(e n.

Additional spellings: salarie
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(a) Compensation, payment, esp. a salary or compensation periodically paid for regular service [sometimes difficult to distinguish from (b)]; also fig.; (b) a payment for a specific service or limited……

7. sandal n.

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(a) A kind of shoe, consisting of a sole fastened to the foot by thongs, a sandal; (b) a richly made shoe worn by popes and bishops. …

8. Sarasī̆n(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: Sarasine
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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……

9. scī̆atica n.

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(a) The disease sciatica; (b) an attack of the disease. …

10. scǒuren v.(2)

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(a) To scour, polish; polish or scour (metal, a pot, etc.); furbish (armor); ?also, fig. of a day: be bright and clear [quot.: a1375]; scouren bright (clene, neue), make (sth.) bright (clean, new) by……

11. scrābrǒun n.

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A hornet. …

12. scrōphul(e n.

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

13. serpentārī(e n.

Additional spellings: serpentarie
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(a) A plant, probably the imported Dragon arum, also known as 'dragonwort,' etc. Drancunculus vulgaris [= dragaunce n.; = serpentin(e n. sense (a)]; (b) a kind of still or retort. …

14. siccidis n.

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?The wild cucumber [cp. cucomer n.2.]. …

15. sirō̆n n.

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A shoot, sprout. …

16. sō̆le n.

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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. strū̆ciǒun n.

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The ostrich Struthio camelus; -- sometimes confused with the stork [cp. stork n.]. …

19. stuble n.

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(a) A stalk of grain; the yet stondinge in the stuble, unharvested grain, grain still standing; (b) coll. the ends of grain stalks left in the ground after reaping, stubble; harvested stubble or flax……

20. suppositī̆f adj.

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Situated below; also [2nd quot.], ?subordinate; ?particular. …

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