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1. sempervīve n.

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The herb houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum). …

2. thankful adj.

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(a) Grateful, thankful; (b) ?done willingly or ungrudgingly; (c) deserving of thanks; agreeable, pleasing. …

3. pingen v.

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(a) To push (a door), batter; shove (sb.); pingen adoun, thrust (sb.) down; (b) to pierce or stab (sb. or sth.); also fig. ; pingen in (upon); pingen on, punch holes in (sth.); (c) to spur (a horse)……

4. pilwe n.

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(a) A cushion; (b) a bed cushion or pillow: a headrest; (c) pilwe of doun, doun pilwe, a pillow stuffed with down; pilwe of scaped fetheres, ?a pillow of quilted [cp. OI skapt a shaft] feathers; pilwe……

5. dish n.

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(a) A dish, plate, or bowl for serving food or drink; also, food served or collected in a dish; cp. almes(se-dish; (b) a distinct variety of served food; (c) an heraldic representation of a dish. …

6. tunice n.

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(a) A garment resembling a shirt or gown, worn alone or beneath a mantle, armor, etc.; (b) anat. a layer of tissue or a membrane lining or enveloping a bodily organ or member, esp. the eye; in cpds……

7. sǒutē̆r(e n.

Additional spellings: soutere
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(a) A shoemaker or cobbler; also as a term of abuse [quot. 1478]; souter craft; (b) in surnames [some quots. may belong to sutour n.]; (c) in place names [see Smith PN Elem.1.264]. …

8. scapulāre n.

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= scapulari(e n. …

9. Israēl n.

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(a) The ancient Israelites or their nation; israel(es folk, israeles lede (children, lond, riche), Israel thede; (b) the Northern kingdom after the division of Israel; (c) the Southern kingdom, Judea……

10. fel n.(1)

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(a) The skin as covering for the flesh of man or beast; (b) fel wound, a cicatrix, a scar; (c) a membrane covering one of the inner organs or the foetus; (d) the cutaneous membrane between the toes of……

11. ful adv.

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Completely, entirely, fully; sufficiently, satisfactorily; ful and hol; so ful and so forth, as fully and as far; ful west, due west; ful and bi!, (sail) close to the wind!-- (a) with verb; (b) with……

12. ful adj.

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(a) Filled to capacity; fully loaded [a1425 WBible]; fillen ful; half ful; (b) amounting to the capacity (of a certain measure); cup ful, barrel ful. …

13. ful n.(1)

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A cup; a drinking cup or bowl. …

14. fremful adj.

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Beneficial. …

15. Sirī̆e n.

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(a) The Roman and Byzantine province of Syria, including Palestine; also, loosely, the land between Egypt and Asia minor; (b) the kingdom of Assyria; Sirie king. …

16. Pict n.

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(a) A Pict; (b) a Pygmy. …

17. Troi(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: Troie
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(a) The ancient city Troy in Asia Minor;—freq. used in pictorial representation, literary account, book title, and colophon; also, the area around and including Troy; Troi contree; Troi toun; to Troi……

18. tī̆gre n.

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(a) A wild carnivorous cat, a tiger;—also used of a lioness; tigre den; (b) in stock similes and prov. expressions; (c) a stylized representation or figure of a tiger; tigre whelp, a figure of a tiger……

19. nọ̄n n.

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(a) The canonical hour of nones; three o'clock p.m.; heigh non, ?precisely 3:00; (b) the canonical office of nones; ringen non, to ring the bell calling the worshipers to nones; non belle, non preier,……

20. minte n.(1)

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(a) A plant of the genus mentha; esp. the common spearmint Mentha viridis; (b) as used medicinally or in cookery; -- often pl.; minte lef, lef of minte, the leaf of a mint plant; jus of minte, mint……

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