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6. calketrappe n.
19 quotations in 2 senses
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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.
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19. 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.
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31. Sarasī̆n(e n.(1)
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Sarasine
88 quotations in 1 sense
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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……
32. scapulārī(e n.
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scapularie
15 quotations in 1 sense
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A sleeveless garment usu. worn by religious, scapular; ?also, a body belt.
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33. scō̆lē̆r(e n.
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scolere
55 quotations in 1 sense
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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……