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1. prop(pe n.

Additional spellings: proppe
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A prop, support; support for a vine or other plant [transl. ML cervus]. …

2. siskin n.

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Some sort of green cloth. …

3. quē̆ken v.

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(a) Of a duck: to quack; of a goose: honk; (b) to fart; (c) to make a choking sound. …

4. dekke n.

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The roof over any part of a boat or ship. …

5. hulsen v.

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To harvest (legumes), shell (beans or the like). …

6. clank n.

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clank knoll, the name of a bell. …

7. mike n.(1)

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Naut. A forked support on which a mast rests when lowered; mike hok = mike. …

8. lobre n.

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A lazy lout; also, as pet name for a bowl. …

9. pet(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: pete
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?A cornel cherry; pet tre, cornel cherry tree. …

10. stāle n.(3)

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(a) One of the uprights of a ladder; also, ?a post or pillar [2nd quot.]; laddere stale; (b) a rung in a ladder; also, a position in a series, a tier [2nd quot.]; (c) a handle; (d) a shoot of a plant……

11. dogger n.

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(a) A broad-bowed, two-masted fishing vessel; (b) dogger fish, a kind of food fish caught by such vessels or on the Dogger Bank; (c) dogger man, a man who fishes from a dogger or on the Dogger Bank. …

12. sēl(e n.(4)

Additional spellings: sele
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A harness; also, part of a harness, ?a hame. …

13. spang n.

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(a) A small piece of ornamental metal, a spangle; a small ornament; -- also coll.; (b) a bowl or cup of some kind. …

14. clinkerī adj.

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Like a paving brick, rough and hard. …

15. cavel n.

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(a) The drawing of lots or a lot so drawn; casten cavel(es, draw lots; cavel fell, the lot fell (upon sb.); (b) a splinter or fragment. …

16. kippe-līne n.

Additional spellings: kippeline
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A rope or cord forming part of the harness of a cart horse; ?a kind of trace. …

17. colk n.

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(a) The core (of an apple); the heart (of an onion); sparen neither appel ne colk, to do all one can, go as quickly as possible; (b) the center or bottom (of the heart). …

18. vlē̆t n.

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In comb.: vlet line, part of the rigging of a ship, prob. some kind of flat plaited cord, ?a gasket. …

19. hising ger.

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Naut. ?lifting and delivering (of cargo); ?hoisting. …

20. hissa interj.

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Naut. A cry used by sailors in pulling or hauling. …

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