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1. wā̆ter-gā̆ng n.
Additional spellings:
watergang
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A watercourse, drainage ditch;
(b) an ingress of water, a flood;
(c) as place name.
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2. shulder-bōn n.
Additional spellings:
shulderbon
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(a) The shoulder blade, scapula; (b) the shoulder; (c) the shoulder bone of a sheep.
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5. shulder-blā̆d(e n.
Additional spellings:
shulderblad, shulder-blade, shulderblade
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The shoulder blade, scapula; (b) the shoulder [sometimes difficult to distinguish from (a), to which some quots. here may belong].
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6. wōde-asshe n.
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wodeasshe
17 quotations in 1 sense
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Coll. and pl. A form of crude potash rich in mineral salts, from which dyers and others could produce a lye;—in most cases prob. the substance obtained by burning woad plants (Isatis tinctoria)……
8. wī̆nd-barǧe n.
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windbarge
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Arch. A piece of timber or stone prob. covering the joint between the gable edge and the roof and serving as protection from the wind, a bargeboard.
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13. top-castel n.
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topcastel
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A platform at the top of a ship's mast, esp. a fortified structure on a fighting ship.
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14. whirl-wind n.
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whirlwind
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(a) A whirlwind, tornado; also, a windstorm, tempest; ?a swirling wind; storm of whirl-wind; (b) fig. trouble, affliction; also, an excessive emotion or manifestation.
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19. sọ̄thhē̆d(e n.
Additional spellings:
sothhede
2 quotations in 1 sense
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Truth, truthfulness; ?also [2nd quot.], error for softhed(e n. (b).
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