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1. alōe(s n.

Additional spellings: aloes
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Aloe: (a) the tree; (b) the juice or resin of the tree, aloes; (c) med. the drug aloes; aloe caballinum (cicotrine, epatik). …

2. anelās n.

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(a) A two-edged stiletto or dagger; (b) a spike [see quot.]. …

3. antē̆me n.

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A musical composition based upon a scriptural text, sung in the Church Offices before each psalm and often repeated after the psalm, or after each verse of the psalm [see Karl Young, The Drama of the……

4. antiphonē̆r(e n.

Additional spellings: antiphonere
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A book containing a collection of antiphones [cp. anteme] and, it seems, also other sacred songs; antiphoner noted, an antiphoner with musical notation. …

5. anti-pōpe n.

Additional spellings: antipope
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A pope elected in opposition to one regarded as canonically chosen. …

6. bidel n.

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One who makes announcements or carries messages and performs other services on the authority of a lord, court, guild, etc.; herald, town crier, summoner; bidel hod, a beadle's hood; bidel land (a……

7. biker n.(1)

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(a) An ornate covered bowl for mixing wine; (b) a drinking vessel; goblet, beaker; biker cuppe; biker maker. …

8. Britaine n.

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The island on which England, Cornwall, Wales, and Scotland are (or were) situated, or those parts of the island held by Celts after the Anglo-Saxon conquest; also, specif., Wales, Cornwall; Britaine……

9. brō̆l n.

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(a) A child, a brat; -- used contempt.; Belial brolles, sons of Belial; (b) a wretch, a worthless person. …

10. bush n.(1)

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(a) A woods, grove; thicket, underbrush; bank and bush, hill and (wooded) dale; under the bush, in (the shelter of) the woods; (b) rank growth. …

11. chervel n.

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Chervil Anthriscus cerefolium, used as a pot-herb and in medicaments. …

12. coassessǒur n.

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?A member of a bishop's court [cp. assessour n.] …

13. cǒmplī̆n(e n.

Additional spellings: compline
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Eccl. (a) The last of the seven daily services or 'hours' (following even-song vespers) observed by monastics and priests of the Roman Church; complin; houre of complin; don complin, saien complin,……

14. compotiste, -ister n.

Additional spellings: compotister
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An expert in computing the calendar; computer (of the calendar). …

15. confūte n.

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Refuge. …

16. cǒuntǒur n.(1)

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(a) An accountant; esp., an official who oversees the collecting and auditing of taxes for a shire, a kingdom, etc.; (b) one who calculates, an arithmetician; (c) a pleader in court, a lawyer; (d) as……

17. fēmē̆l(e, -āl(e adj. & n.

Additional spellings: femele, femal, female
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(a) Of man and animals: female; a female; (b) femel complexioun, the physiological 'constitution' of a female (in accordance with the 'humor' theory). …

18. fenel n.

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(a) Fennel Foeniculum vulgare; rot (more) of fenel, etc.; red (rouge, brown) fenel, a variety of fennel with brown seeds, ?German or Saxon fennel; (b) when qualified, denoting other plants: hound……

19. firmāl n.

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A fixed rent or tax. …

20. hauberk n.

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(a) A coat of mail; also, plate armor or a coat of mail reinforced with plates; -- sometimes used interchangeably with habergeoun; (b) chain mail worn over a hair shirt as a form of penance; (c) fig.……

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