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21.
bedocke
n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
An iron hook, perh. used as a seaman's weapon.
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22.
bek(ke
n.
Additional spellings:
bekke
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A tool resembling a mattock.
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23.
bigull
n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
?Corn marigold.
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24.
biker
n.(1)
10 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) An ornate covered bowl for mixing wine; (b) a drinking vessel; goblet, beaker;
biker cuppe
;
biker maker
.
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25.
bīre
n.(2)
6 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A shelter for cattle, cow house;
bire tening
, fencing of a cow house;
bire hous
.
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26.
bǒm
n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
The anus.
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27.
bǒnī
n.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A swelling, boil; a bump, hump.
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28.
bothel
n.
7 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Rosemary
Rosemarinus officinalis
; (b) corn marigold
Chrysanthemum segetum
;
yelwe bothel
; (c) blue cornflower
Centaurea cyanus
;
bleu bothel
; (d)
whit bothel
, ox-eye daisy
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
…
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29.
bǒude
n.
9 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
A beetle or weevil; used specif. of the dung beetle, the rose chafer, the ladybug, the corn or malt weevil [see
gold boude
(s.v.
gold
adj., sense
3.
(b)),
malt boude, sharn boude, somer boude
].
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30.
brag
n.(2)
4 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A kind of large nail or spike.
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31.
brāke-mōl
n.
Additional spellings:
brakemol
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
?A rent paid for salt, saltsilver.
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32.
braket nail
n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Some kind of nail.
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33.
brẹ̄de
n.(3)
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Growth; (b) ?ancestry; ?breeding, manners.
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34.
?brẹ̄s
n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A wind.
…
35.
bugge
n.
4 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Bogy, hobgoblin, black-man; scarecrow;
slotir bugge
.
…
36.
buil
n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A curved handle.
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37.
bulberie
n.
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
?The fruit of the common barberry
Berberis vulgaris
; ?bilberry.
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38.
bul-rish
n.
Additional spellings:
bulrish
4 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Used as gloss to L
papirus
.
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39.
chep(pe
n.
Additional spellings:
cheppe
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
One side of the jaw, chap.
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40.
chevender
n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A fresh-water fish: the chub.
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