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1. abbodesse n.

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Abbess. …

2. abbot n.

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(a) The superior of a convent of monks having the status of an abbey; (b) = abba, q.v. …

3. almes(se n.

Additional spellings: almesse
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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……

4. 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). …

5. ān-sǣte n.

Additional spellings: ansæte
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A recluse. …

6. 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……

7. atter-lōthe n.

Additional spellings: atterlothe
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Antidote, or an herb used as an antidote; also the name of certain medicinal plants [see quots.]. …

8. aube n.

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(a) An ecclesiastical vestment (usually of white linen) reaching to the ankles, an alb; also, the Greek poderis, the Hebrew ephod; (b) aube girdel, girdle used to gather the alb at the waist. …

9. berbẹ̄ne n.

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Vervain Verbena officinalis; berbene lef. …

10. 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……

11. bī̆nd(e n.

Additional spellings: binde
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(a) A rod or stake (for 'binding' the withes in wattle; = binding ger., sense 1b.(c)); (b) naut. a plank nailed to the outer side of a ship providing structural integrity as well as acting as a……

12. 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……

13. broth n.

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(a) Water in which meat or fish has been boiled, juice, broth; (b) in broth, served in its own juice; pot broth, broth with various added ingredients; ballok broth, flesh broth, ro broth; (c) water in……

14. 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. …

15. 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. …

16. cappe n.

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(a) A headdress, a hat; esp., a small head covering worn under the hood; (b) a priest's close-fitting cap, the coif covering the tonsure; also, any kind of head covering for ecclesiastics; (c) a……

17. carte n.

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(a) A paper, a treatise; bi carte, according to the written recipe; (b) a charter, a deed; (c) carte loft, ?a chamber where deeds are written or kept. …

18. caul n.

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(a) Cabbage, kale, colwort, rape, mustard, or some other plant of the genus Brassica; also, any cultivated leafy vegetable, garden greens, pot-herbs; (b) wilde caul, wild mustard, charlock. …

19. celidoine n.(1)

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

20. cellendre n.

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Coriander. …

21. chervel n.

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

22. cok n.(1)

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(a) The male of the common domestic fowl: cock, rooster; cok chike(n, ?a young cock; cok tord, a cock's excrement; (b) the male of other birds; culver cok; fesaunt cok; mor cok (q.v.); po cok (q.v.)……

23. cros n.

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(a) A cross for crucifixion, a gibbet; (b) the cross of Christ; holi cros; Exaltacioun of the cros, a feast, Sept. 14; feste of the holi cros, feast of the Invention of the Cross, May 3; (c) winnen……

24. cunel n.

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A garden herb of the mint family: marjoram, thyme, or savory. …

25. Dānes n. (plural) Also singular

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(a) The Danes or Northmen; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.127 & 129]. …

26. falwe n.

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Arable land, tilled or untilled, lying idle; a fallow. …

27. fēd(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: fede
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(a) Mortal enmity, hostility, hostile conspiracy; revengeful spirit, homicide committed in revenge; (b) a mortal enemy; one of the three enemies of mankind (i.e. the flesh, the world, the Devil). …

28. 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……

29. fēnix n.

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(a) The Phoenix [see the Barth. quots.]; also a representation of it; (b) said of a woman of unique beauty; applied to the Virgin Mary; (c) said to be the name of a long-lived palm tree. …

30. flask n.

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(a) A cask or keg; (b) a case (for clothing). …

31. Frīse n.(1)

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Frisia [in some quots. confused with Phrygia]. …

32. gā̆vel n.(1)

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(a) Tribute; a tax, subsidy; (b) manorial or customary rent; ?also, a field rented for a customary service or payment; setten to gavel, to let (property) out to rent; (c) in combs: burgable, ?a tax on……

33. gī̆ld(e n.

Additional spellings: gilde
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(a) An association of dues-paying members, organized for charitable, religious, or political purposes; a fraternity, guild; (b) an association of craftsmen or tradesmen, a craft guild. …

34. ǧinǧivere n.

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(a) The root of the plant Zingiber officinale or of a related species, ginger; poudre (of) gingivere, finely ground ginger; race (rote) of gingivere, a root of ginger; (b) grene gingivere, gingivere……

35. hād-gā̆vel n.

Additional spellings: hadgavel
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Some kind of customary rent; ? = hǒus-gā̆vel. …

36. hāke n.(1)

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The European hake (Merluccius merluccius); hake hed, the head of a hake; not worthi a hake, not worth much. …

37. hasp(e n.

Additional spellings: haspe
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(a) A fastening for a door, gate, chest, etc.; a hasp; up bi the hasp, unfastened, unlatched; barre and hasp, stapel and hasp; (b) a fastening for a garment or a helmet; ?a buckle, ?a lace; (c) a hank……

38. hassel n.

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A retainer, young courtier; ?also coll.: retainers. …

39. 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.……

40. horn(e-yẹ̄ld n.

Additional spellings: hornyeld, horne-yeld, horneyeld
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A rent fixed by the number of horned cattle; cornage. …

41. imne n.

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(a) A song of praise to God or the saints; hymn, psalm; also, a canticle; (b) in Christian liturgy: a (Latin) metrical hymn of the breviary, usually of non-scriptural origin, as distinguished from……

42. lammasse n.

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(a) Lammas, Aug. 1; the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula; also, one of the quarter days [cp. lammasse dai]; ?also, the time of year about Lammas; to the lammasse, at Lammas; (b) in surnames. …

43. lat n.

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(a) A long, thin strip of wood used in building; esp. such a strip nailed to rafters to form a support for shingles, tiles, or slates; ?also, a pole, stake; ?also, a shingle; hart lat, q.v.; (b) a……

44. lī̆st(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: liste
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Border, edge, rim; hem; band, stripe. …

45. manke n. singular & plural

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A money of the value of thirty pence. …

46. maskel n.

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(a) Spot, mark; blemish; (b) pl. the strands or cords of a net; also, the openings between the strands or cords of a net; (c) gise of maskel, ?lozenge shaped. …

47. mēgild n.

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Wergild paid on behalf of a kinsman. …

48. Merce n.

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(a) Mercia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom; (b) pl. the Mercians; also, the inhabitants of the English Midlands in ME times; (c) merkene marche (riche), the OE Mercian kingdom; (d) in place name [see Smith P……

49. messe n.(1)

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(a) The celebration or occasion of the Eucharistic service; also, an instance of the celebration of this service; messe of the dai, the regular mass celebrated on any given day as specified by the……

50. miltestre n.

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A prostitute. …

51. mol(le n.(2)

Additional spellings: molle
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(a) Dust, ashes, dirt, trash; (b) fig. earthly goods or happiness; mortal flesh; (c) mol rein, a light rain, drizzle. …

52. mō̆rther n.(1)

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(a) Deliberate killing of a human being, murder; morther of self, soule morther, spiritual suicide or death; (b) in prov. sayings: morther wil out, etc.; (c) a massacre; (d) crime, outrage; injury or……

53. mō̆rtherē̆r n.

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(a) A murderer, an assassin; also fig.; mortherer of self, self-murderer, a suicide; man (mannes, men) mortherer, a slayer of men, a murderer; (b) a traitor; (c) a killer; (d) fig. a quack doctor. …

54. mō̆s n.(1)

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(a) Moss, or a similar cryptogamous plant; ?also, hairiness, ?dirt [quot.: Pilgr.LM]; (b) mos crop, ?cotton grass; ?a moor flower; mos (be) growen, grown over with moss; grene mos, moss; whit mos……

55. mūl(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: mule
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(a) A mule; (b) barain (hep) of mules, a herd or group of mules; mul of spaine, one of the best mules, a Spanish mule; mul flesh, mule meat; mul grom (herde, man, ward), a mulekeeper, servant who……

56. nept(e n.

Additional spellings: nepte
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(a) Catnip, catmint (Nepeta cataria), often used in cooking or in medecines; nept roial; (b) ?one of various plants (including Teucrium chamædrys, Arum colocasia, and Asarum europeæum). …

57. ō̆sier n.

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(a) The common osier (Salix viminalis) or another species of the genus Salix; (b) a withy, switch; a switch of osier; (c) the wild olive tree; (d) ?in place name. …

58. ǒutwar(e n.

Additional spellings: outware
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Military service away from home owed to the crown. …

59. perselī n.

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(a) One of several plants belonging to the parsley family; esp. the common or garden parsley (Petroselinum crispum); (b) wilde perseli, one of several uncultivated plants allied to common parsley……

60. petrosilī(e n.

Additional spellings: petrosilie
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A European herb (Petroselinum crispum), parsley. …

61. piri(e n.

Additional spellings: pirie
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(a) A pear tree; piri tre; (b) in surnames; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.65]. …

62. plā̆stre n.

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Med. (a) A plaster, poultice, or compress made from herbs, meal, or other substance, often applied on a cloth to the affected area, for a variety of medicinal purposes; (b) hot plastre, plastre……

63. prīm(e n.

Additional spellings: prime
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(a) The first division of the day, from 6 to 9 A.M.; a time at the beginning or end of that period; the hour of sunrise; also, the second hour after sunrise [quot.: (?1440)]; (b) prim of the dai, prim……

64. prī̆ǒur n.

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(a) The head or deputy head of a monastery or a house of mendicants, a prior; also, the head of a house of canons; (b) abbotes and (or) prioures; prioures chapele (cloistre); priour and brether,……

65. Psalm(e n.

Additional spellings: Psalme
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(a) One of the Psalms of the Book of Psalms; (b) seien Psalm, to sing a Psalm; also, recite a Psalm; seiere of psalmes, a singer of Psalms; singen Psalm, sing a Psalm; praise (God) with a Psalm; don……

66. purs(e n.

Additional spellings: purse
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(a) A bag, sack, or pouch, usually of cloth or leather; also, a container for receiving offerings made to an idol [quot.: Jos.Arim.]; also fig.; red purs, a bag of wisdom, one's store of good ideas……

67. rat n.

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(a) A rat; rat trappe; rattes bait; (b) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.79]. …

68. Rīne n.(2)

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(a) The river Rhine; also, the Rhineland; win of (the) Rine, Rhine wine; (b) Rhine wine. …

69. rok(ke n.(1)

Additional spellings: rokke
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(a) Rock; a rock, stone, esp. a large rock or rocky outcropping; (b) a large rock or crag along the seacoast or in the sea; (c) a rocky outcropping on a mountain, cliff, precipice; rok side; (d) a……

70. sā̆l(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: sale
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(a) The main hall of a palace, castle, or mansion; also, a heavenly hall; in sal; (b) the persons present in the hall; (c) a room, chamber; a dwelling; (d) a tent; (e) used fig.; (f) ?a set of……

71. Sampsǒun n.

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(a) Samson, the name of a biblical Hebrew hero, often used with allusion to his great strength; also, used to imitate drunken snoring [quot.: CT.Pard.]; (b) as surname. …

72. 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……

73. satureie n.

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Savory Satureia hortensis. …

74. scapulārī(e n.

Additional spellings: scapularie
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A sleeveless garment usu. worn by religious, scapular; ?also, a body belt. …

75. scariō̆th n.

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A purse bearer. …

76. scō̆lē̆r(e n.

Additional spellings: scolere
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(a) A student, learner; also, a reader [quot.: Wycl.Blasph.]; (b) a pupil at a school, schoolboy; (c) a student of a particular teacher; also fig.; (d) a student at a university or center for higher……

77. scrōphul(e n.

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

78. shop(pe n.

Additional spellings: shoppe
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(a) A room or building used as a place of business by a victualer, craftsman, etc.; also fig.; boueres (corveiseres, etc.) shop; open shop, a shop open to the public; also fig.; spice shop; (b) shop……

79. sināpīe n.

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A plant of the mustard family (Cruciferae), prob. of the genus Brassica or Eruca [1st quot.]; the seed of this plant used medicinally; sinapie sed. …

80. smaragd(e n.

Additional spellings: smaragde
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A precious stone, green in color, esp. an emerald; also, emerald; smaragd ston. …

81. solate n.

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A plant, perh. the common marigold Calendula officinalis or a kind of nightshade Solanum. …

82. 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)……

83. sō̆lē̆r(e n.

Additional spellings: solere
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(a) An upper chamber or a set of rooms in a dwelling place; also, a loft, garret; heigh soler; soler flor, the floor of an upper apartment or story; (b) an upper chamber in a church or church steeple……

84. sot n.(1)

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(a) A fool, simpleton; a madman; also, an innocent [quot. a1500]; sottes iferen, fellow fools; siti sot, q.v.; (b) a wretch, rascal, villain; (c) as a term of abuse; (d) in proverbs; (e) ?as surname. …

85. sǒue n.(2)

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(a) A female swine, sow; soue swin, swin soue; soue blod (flesh, milk, pappe, tail); (b) a representation of a sow in sculpture; (c) fig. as a symbol of gluttony; (d) soues thistel, = soue-thistel n……

86. spalanǧe n.

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A kind of venomous spider. …

87. sparre n.

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(a) A piece of timber used in building; a rafter, beam; a board; -- also coll.; firre sparre; hilinge of sparres, a roof; joininge of sparres, a roof or building; maister sparre, a main beam or……

88. spelter n.(2)

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An ingredient used in a remedy for vomiting: ?asphalt; ?balsam. …

89. stal(le n.

Additional spellings: stalle
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(a) An enclosed or partially enclosed place for keeping a domesticated animal, a stall; a stable; also in fig. context [quot.: ?a1425]; also in proverbs and prov. expressions; asse (oxe) stal; (b) a……

90. sterling n.

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(a) The English silver penny; -- also coll.; also, the value of such a coin [quot. 1469, 2nd occurrence]; lushe-burgh sterling, a light coin imported from Luxembourg and used to counterfeit the……

91. stillātus n.

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(a) Dragonwort (Dracunculus vulgaris); (b) a spotted snake. …

92. stūphe n.

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(a) A heated room for a hot-air or steam bath; (b) med. a hot-air or steam bath; also, a herbal decoction used in a steam bath; a medicinal vapor; stuphe bath; (c) suffumigation. …

93. sturǧeǒun n.

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(a) The sturgeon (Acipenser sturio); -- also coll.; ?also, another fish or aquatic animal [quot. ?c1475]; (b) cook. a sturgeon used as food; maken a sturgeoun, to prepare a sturgeon for the table; (c)……

94. tāble n.

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(a) A small, portable writing tablet made from a slab of wood or other hard material, often covered with wax in which the characters are incised; pl. a set of tablets, usu. tied or hinged together, a……

95. talou(e n.

Additional spellings: taloue
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(a) The fatty tissue of an animal; fatty tissue from around the kidneys or other internal organs of an animal; also fig. and in fig. contexts [some fig. quots. could also be construed as other senses……

96. tapē̆t(e n.

Additional spellings: tapete
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(a) A piece of decorative fabric bearing a painted, embroidered, or woven pattern or figures and used variously as a carpet, coverlet, bed or wall hanging, or the like, a tapestry; also fig.; also in……

97. tarǧe n.(1)

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(a) A light shield, often small and round in shape; a buckler, targe; also in fig. context [quot. a1475]; under targe, behind a shield, in combat; (b) a representation of a targe; (c) a seal……

98. tilating n.

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(a) The boards used to deck a section, or to cover a structure, on a ship [difficult to distinguish from (b)]; (b) the act of covering a portion of a ship with boards. …

99. Tīle n.(3)

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The northernmost island of the seas, Thule. …

100. tǒnne n.

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(a) A large barrel for wine, ale, or other liquid; a cask; also fig.; (b) fig. something to be partaken of; a source of vitality or enjoyment; (c) a wine cask of a definite capacity; a measure of……

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