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161. scrūe n.

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?A large screw that holds the wood in a carpenter's appliance in which rabbets are cut.

162. scul(le n.

Additional spellings: sculle
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(a) The bony structure enclosing the brain, cranium; also, the skeleton of the entire head; also, the head; also in asseveration: bi mi scul; (b) scul bon, the cranium, skull; also, one of the bones…

163. self-eǧǧed adj.

Additional spellings: selfegged
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Having a selvage.

164. selvaǧe n.

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(a) The edge of a cloth, bandage, etc.; (b) an ornamental edging.

165. seskin n.

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A Dutch coin equal to six Dutch mites.

166. sē-upwerp n.

Additional spellings: seupwerp
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Things cast up by the sea; also, the right to salvage such things.

167. shadde n.

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A fish, probably, like modern 'shad,' one of the saltwater food fishes of the herring family (Clupeidae) that swim up rivers to spawn, 'allis shad' Alosa alosa or 'twaite shad' Alosa fallax.

168. shaft(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: shafte
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(a) The shaft of a spear; spere shaft; honde shaft, a piece of wood resembling such a shaft for use in learning how to throw a spear; (b) a spear, lance; also, ?a splinter [quot.: ?a1450]; (c) the…

169. shaltrẹ̄ n.

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Naut. Some kind of pole or spar.

170. shēdel n.

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A parting of roads, an intersection; gate shedel [see gate-shadel n.]; thre-wei shedel.

171. shelf(e n.

Additional spellings: shelfe
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(a) A shelf; (b) a cabinet, cupboard; (c) a grassy bank; (d) shelf reste, ?the moldboard of a plow; (e) in surnames; (f) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.104-6].

172. shel(le n.

Additional spellings: shelle
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(a) In general, the protective calcareous or chitinous outer covering of an invertebrate, a shell; (b) the shell of a mollusk, crustacean, or an echinoderm; also fig.; also in proverb; (c) shel fish […

173. shelt-bēm n.

Additional spellings: sheltbem
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Naut. Some sort of beam, evidently slabbed; shelt-bem nail.

174. shench n.

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

175. shenche n.

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(a) A drink, draught; a cup; also in fig. context; shenche ful; non shenche, q.v.; water shenche; win shenche; (b) fig. a bad condition or state, a pickle; (c) a cupbearer; also, the zodiacal sign…

176. shenchen v.

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(a) To pour, pour out, serve; also fig.; pour (wine, water, a drink), serve; of a drink: flow, be poured; (b) to serve (sb. sth., sth. to sb.); also fig.; shenchen mid, serve (sb.) with (wine)…

177. shē̆phel n.

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A measure for grain and flour, a bushel.

178. shī̆f n.

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Pl. Pieces of the woody part of flax after beating; also, tow.

179. shillen v.(2)

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(a) To remove (seeds, nuts, etc.) from the husk or shell; remove (peas) from the pod; remove (oysters) from the shell; shillen oute; also, ppl. shilled as adj.; (b) to separate (sb. or sth. from sth…

180. shin(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: shine
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(a) The leg below the knee; the front part of the lower leg, shin; also, the shinbone; ?also, the leg [quot.: NV Psalter]; (b) shin bon [OE scin-bān], the shinbone, tibia; ?also, error for chin-bon