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361. viste n.

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A kind of bottle or vessel.

362. vitailer n.

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(a) A seller of food or food and drink; a trader in foodstuffs; also, fig. a provider of that which is necessary to sustain life [quot. c1475] (b) one who supplies or tries to supply an armed force…

363. vocātī̆f n.

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Gram. The vocative case; vocatif plurel, the plural of the vocative case.

364. voidẹ̄ n.(2)

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A drink taken before retiring or the departure of guests, a parting drink; also, a repast taken before retiring, dessert [last quot.].

365. volantīn(e n.

Additional spellings: volantine
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Coll. Birds, esp. those raised or prepared for consumption, poultry; also, wild fowl hunted as game.

366. volūciọ̄̆n n.

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Fig. Confusion, complication.

367. volūm(e n.

Additional spellings: volume
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(a) A collection of pages or leaves containing written text and bound together to form a book; a tome, volume; ?also, a roll of papyrus, vellum, etc. upon which a text is written, a scroll (b) the…

368. voluptū̆ōsitẹ̄ n.

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Sensual pleasure, voluptuous enjoyment; indulgence in or devotion to sensual gratification, esp. sexual gratification; also, fig. & in fig. context; also, an occasion or instance of sensual…

369. vulgā̆r(e n.

Additional spellings: vulgare
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The native or common language of a nation, the vernacular.

370. vumbarde n.

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Armor or a piece of armor.

371. wam-piniọ̄̆n n.

Additional spellings: wampinion
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Hawk. A secondary wing feather.

372. wā̆rde-brāce n.

Additional spellings: wardebrace
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A piece of armor for the arm.

373. wareiner n.

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(a) An official appointed to keep watch over the game in a game preserve, a game warden or gamekeeper; ?also, the keeper of a rabbit warren (b) as surname; also in place name [last quot.; see Smith P

374. warisǒun n.

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(a) A reward or payment bestowed by a superior in exchange for some service; also used iron. [quot. a1470]; also, specif. a reward in the form of property (b) heavenly reward; hevenli warisoun,…

375. warnestōr(e n.

Additional spellings: warnestore
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(a) Provisions of foodstuffs, provender; ?also, the action of provisioning [1st quot.]; pl. stores, supplies; in warnestor, in storage, in stock, on hand [last quot.] (b) military supplies, including…

376. waspail n.

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(a) Chaff and other matter remaining after threshing, used as fodder; (b) as surname.

377. wā̆stǒur n.

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(a) One who lays waste to a country, a place, etc. or destroys a nation, a people, etc.; a marauder or plunderer; also, a conqueror [quot. c1450]; ?also, a murderer [1st quot.] (b) wastour of (to)

378. welle-cresse n.

Additional spellings: wellecresse
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(a) The plant watercress (Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum); also, the plant fenugreek;—prob. the European Trigonella foenum-graecum, but possibly its British relative, Trifolium ornithopodioides (b)…

379. wẹ̄r(e n.(5)

Additional spellings: were
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(a) A feeling or personal condition of doubt or uncertainty; also, hesitancy, indecision; double wer, a state of doubt or indecision between two alternatives; in (a) wer, in a state of doubt or…

380. werle n.

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Some sort of covering or adornment for the head, prob. a circlet; ?a garland.