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1. affīe n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Reliance, trust; don affie, setten affie, to put (one's) trust (in sb.). …

2. annulet n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) a small ring; (b) Med. and anat. the 'cartilage of the windpipe' [Norri]; (c) her. a cadency mark in the shape of a ring. …

3. arblast, -blastē̆r n.

Additional spellings: arblaster
35 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A weapon for discharging quarrels, stones, etc., consisting of a bow set crosswise on a shaft; a crossbow, an arbalest; (b) a missile shot from a crossbow; arblast shute. …

4. aunǧel n.

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One of the celestial servants of God, an angel. …

5. autē̆r n.

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(a) The altar of a church; also, the altar placed before the shrine or image of a saint; (b) heigh auter, chef auter, the high altar, the altar on which the Eucharist is offered; sacrement of the……

6. cause n.

230 quotations in 16 senses
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The cause of an effect; source, origin, root. …

7. circumsta(u)nce n.

Additional spellings: circumstaunce
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(a) A factor conditioning, influencing or contributing to an act or process; (b) specif. an aspect of the situation in which a sin is committed as affecting its seriousness. …

8. cirurǧīe n.

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(a) That branch of medical science and practice which is concerned with wounds, fractures, ulcers, etc., that require manual operation; surgery; craft of cirurgie; cirurgie and phisik; (b) a treatise……

9. cristi-grei n.

Additional spellings: cristigrei
8 quotations in 1 sense
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A gray fur with tufts, or crests, of some kind. …

10. fleil n.

25 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Instrument used for threshing grain, a flail; (b) cap of a fleil, fleil cap, one of the bands of wood or leather (fastened about the end of the flail staff or the end of the swingle) through which……

11. ingrā̆titū̆de n.

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(a) Ungratefulness; (b) as adj.:?unacceptable, ?excluded. …

12. māter n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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The womb. …

13. neighebor n.

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(a) One who dwells nearby, a neighbor; a fellow citizen; an inhabitant of a nearby town or country; (b) of a country, part of the body, a bee: a neighbor (to another country, another bodily part……

14. passe-nẹ̄pe n.

Additional spellings: passenepe
17 quotations in 1 sense
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The parsnip plant Pastinaca sativa or its root. …

15. phēnīcienes n. plural

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Phoenicians. …

16. posset n.

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(a) A hot drink made of curdled milk and ale or wine, often with sugar and various spices; (b) ?hot milk curds used as a poultice. …

17. preciōsitẹ̄ n.

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Preciousness, value, great worth; costliness, monetary value; richness; in preciosite, as of value. …

18. prō̆nǒun(e n.

Additional spellings: pronoune
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Gram. A pronoun. …

19. quā̆druple n.

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(a) A fourfold amount; (b) an incisor tooth, esp. a lateral incisor. …

20. quā̆treble n.

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(a) A fourfold amount or number; (b) mus. the highest part in four-part contrapuntal singing. …

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