The leg; werpen shanke over shench, to throw one leg over the other, cross one's legs. …

(a) Sleet; mingled snow and rain; also, a sleet shower [2nd quot.]; (b) ?mud, slush; -- in place names only [see Smith PNElem.2.128]. …

(a) Physical pain; also, harm [quot. a1420]; also, a burn [quot. 1440]; don smert, to cause (an animal) pain, harm; (b) grief, sorrow, annoyance; also fig. of Jesus; also, contrition, remorse; (c)……

(a) The handle of a plow; (b) a wooden crutch; an artificial leg, peg leg; also, a stilt; stilt bond, a strap for attaching a stilt or a peg leg; (c) ?one of the uprights of a ladder; (d) in surname. …

Fig. An attendant circumstance that can obscure the nature of a sin; an attendant circumstance affecting the gravity of a sin. …

A bird of the genus Lanius, a shrike or butcherbird; also used as a term of abuse. …

Naut. A piece of caulking material placed between the lapstrakes while the ship is under construction;—also coll. …

(a) An apparatus for hoisting or hauling, a winch, windlass [cp. windas n.]; naut. middel wind, ?a central garnet used in brailing up the sail (b) a wooden reel from which a hank or thread of yarn……

(a) A small gathering or bundle of cut grass, straw, or grain stalks; wisp of hei (strau) (b) a bundle of straw, hay, or similar material twisted together for use as a torch; wisp of fir; (c) a……

A measure of volume equivalent to that contained in a person’s hands cupped together. …