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1. alowes n. (plural)

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Roulades (of beef, mutton, etc.). …

2. babel n.(1)

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(a) A trinket, knick-knack, toy; a trifle, bauble; (b) a jester's scepter. …

3. basket n.

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(a) A container made of withes, splints, rushes, etc.; wicker basket, hamper, etc.; (b) a basketful; (c) as a name. …

4. bunne n.

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A wheat cake of some kind, a bun. …

5. embreuen v.

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(a) To stain, soil, dirty; (b) to soak, steep. …

6. fīlǒur n.(1)

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A contrivance (?a vice) for holding an implement or weapon that is being sharpened; ?also, a sharpener. …

7. fīlǒur n.(2)

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A rope-walk or a wire-drawer's workshop. …

8. plē̆chen v.

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To layer; propagate (a plant or shoot) by layering, pleach. …

9. proinen v.

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(a) Of a bird: to trim the feathers with the beak, preen; -- often refl.; (b) ?to trim the feathers of (a bird); (c) refl. of a person: to dress or groom oneself carefully, preen, prink; fig. his……

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