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1. ranel n.

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A piece of equipment in a bakehouse; ?a rannel-tree. …

2. polte-net n.

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Some kind of fishing net. …

3. snippand adj.

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?Dazzlingly white; ?cold, nipping. …

4. yedder n.

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The mark of a blow, a weal, bruise. …

5. perle n.(1)

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A rush of water, surge. …

6. rashen v.

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(a) To hurry along, rush; refl. hasten; rashen on armes, rush to the attack; rashen in peces, fly apart; (b) ?to scrape. …

7. tiflen v.(2)

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To handle (sth.) carelessly, examine so as to damage or disorder. …

8. ērī adj.

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Filled with fear or dread. …

9. scaue n.

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An imperfection in cloth. …

10. whig n.

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The watery liquid that separates from milk curds in the process of coagulation, whey. …

11. twinter n.

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A stock animal that has passed its second winter, a two-year-old; twinter noute, two-year-old cattle. …

12. pil-cok n.

Additional spellings: pilcok
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(a) The penis; (b) as surname. …

13. renǧe n.(1)

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A kind of sieve, esp. one for sifting grain or meal. …

14. whin n.(2)

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Some type of hard rock. …

15. sneke n.

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A head cold. …

16. stā̆terand adj.

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Staggering, tottering, stumbling; -- as term of abuse. …

17. plǒuke n.

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A pustule, pimple. …

18. rōve n.(2)

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Coll. Metal plates for clinching nails; rove nail, nails used with a clinch plate. …

19. osete n.

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(a) A kind of cloth, probably woolen; also, a piece of such cloth; (b) an instrument used in making cloth, probably a loom under a certain size used in making this cloth. …

20. strēken v.(1)

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(a) To lie stretched out, be extended; refl. to extend over a given area; (b) to stretch out (one's limbs) in a recumbent position; ppl. streked, prostrate, prone; (c) to fall prostrate; (d) to lay……

21. scailen v.

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(a) Of persons: to separate, part company; scatter, disperse; (b) ben scailed, to be scattered or dispersed; (c) of vapor or smoke; to dissipate, disperse; (d) of hair: ?to disperse; ?flow or hang……

22. scoudere n.

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(a) One who dresses skins into leather of a white or light color [cp. whittauier n.]; (b) as surname. …

23. tusse-mose n.

Additional spellings: tussemose
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A bouquet of flowers or herbs, nosegay. …

24. trotevāle n.

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(a) Vain talk, idle tale-telling; also, a trifle; a piece of foolishness; (b) a deceit, trick, delusion. …

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