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1. ampulle n.

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(a) A small flask [of glass or metal]; (b) a small flask of consecrated water or oil [commonly carried by pilgrims returning from a shrine]; ampulla. …

2. anker n.

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(a) A ship's anchor; casten, laien, senden out anker; drauen up, halen, highen, pullen up, taken up, weien (up) anker; riden at, bi, on anker; (b) a weight; (c) a fastening device, a mooring. …

3. apostle n.

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One of the Twelve Apostles of Christ; apostles twelve; also, a missionary or evangelist of the early Church, such as St. Paul; apostle of Engelonde; apostle of hethen men; apostolene prince. …

4. arblast, -blastē̆r n.

Additional spellings: arblaster
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(a) A weapon for discharging quarrels, stones, etc., consisting of a bow set crosswise on a shaft; a crossbow, an arbalest; (b) a missile shot from a crossbow; arblast shute. …

5. arche-bishop, erche-bishop n.

Additional spellings: archebishop, erche-bishop, erchebishop
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(a) An archbishop of the Roman (or Greek) Church; (b) the see of an archbishop. …

6. arche-dēken, erche-dekēn n.

Additional spellings: archedeken, erche-deken, erchedeken
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The chief administrative officer of an archbishop or bishop, who presided over the ecclesiastical court of the diocese, had powers of visitation, inducted candidates into benefices, imposed penance……

7. ark(e n.

Additional spellings: arke
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(a) A chest or box; a large box or bin for storing meal or grain; a coffer for money or valuables, treasure chest; a coffin; (b) ark keper, a treasurer; ark maker, ark wright, a maker of chests or……

8. aube n.

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(a) An ecclesiastical vestment (usually of white linen) reaching to the ankles, an alb; also, the Greek poderis, the Hebrew ephod; (b) aube girdel, girdle used to gather the alb at the waist. …

9. aunǧel n.

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One of the celestial servants of God, an angel. …

10. autē̆r n.

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(a) The altar of a church; also, the altar placed before the shrine or image of a saint; (b) heigh auter, chef auter, the high altar, the altar on which the Eucharist is offered; sacrement of the……

11. batte n.

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A type of Flemish ship. …

12. box n.(1)

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(a) The box tree (Buxus sempervirens) or its wood; box tre; box table, a tablet of boxwood (for inscriptions); (b) rendering L sambucus 'elder' erroneously. …

13. Britǒun n. & adj.

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(a) A native of the British Isles, a Celt; Britones se, the Britons' (or Bretons') Sea = Brittish se, the English channel; (b) a Breton; (c) a Breton apple. …

14. candel n.

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(a) A candle, a taper; wax candel [see also wax n.(1), sense 2a.(a)]; (b) a medicinated candle; (c) a candelabrum; (d) fig. a star; candel of jelousie, the sun. …

15. canker n.(1)

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(a) A cancer, carcinoma; also, an ulcerated non-malignant tumor, a spreading ulcer; (b) ulceration of a wound, gangrene in a wound or ulcer; (c) a sore in the mouth, ?canker sores; ?also, an abscess……

16. canǒun n.(1)

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(a) Ecclesiastical law, canon law; also, an authoritative statement or writing of the Church; (b) a rule or principle; also, a rule or set of rules in written form, an authoritative statement. …

17. celle n.

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A subordinate monastic establishment. …

18. clerk n.

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(a) A member of the clergy (as distinguished from the laity), an ecclesiastic, cleric; clerk possessioner, a member of one of the endowed orders; (b) one of the secular clergy (as distinguished from……

19. cǒvel n.

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(a) A tub, vat, or bucket; (b) covel staf, covel tre, a pole for carrying a two-handled tub or vat. …

20. crisme n.

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(a) A mixture of oil and balsam consecrated for use by the church, chrism; (b) a sacramental anointing; esp., baptism and confirmation; (c) a convert to Christianity. …

21. cristal n.

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(a) The transparent form of crystallized quartz, rock crystal; (b) some material resembling crystal; (c) fig. the clear part of the eye [see cristalline]; (d) in comparisons: bright as cristal, cler……

22. Cristen adj. & n.

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(a) Of persons: Christian; Cristen soule, Christian soul; also, a Christian; (b) Cristen man, a Christian. …

23. crǒuche n.

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(a) The cross of Christ; exaltacioun of the holi crouche, a festival, Sept. 14; (b) fig. the burden of a Christian. …

24. culter n.

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(a) The colter of a plow; also, a plowshare; (b) a knife; (c) ?a sharp stake or peg. …

25. cuppe n.

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(a) A drinking vessel; a bowl, goblet, cup, etc.; also, a receptacle for fruit or confections; (b) stonding cuppe, a cup with a foot or base; trussing cuppe, ?a cup or chalice for traveling; (c) a……

26. discī̆ple n.

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(a) One of the personal followers of Jesus; esp., one of the Twelve Apostles or one of the Seventy (seventy-two) sent out to spread His teaching; a disciple; (b) a personal follower of one of the……

27. Ēǧipcien, -ian n. and adj.

Additional spellings: Egipcian
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As noun: a native of Egypt, an Egyptian. …

28. epistel n.

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A letter, or a literary work composed in the form of a letter (sometimes in verse). …

29. fēver n.

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High bodily temperature, fever; a disease of which fever is a symptom; an attack of fever, a paroxysm of ague; (the) feveres, (malarial) chills and fever, ague. …

30. fleil n.

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(a) Instrument used for threshing grain, a flail; (b) cap of a fleil, fleil cap, one of the bands of wood or leather (fastened about the end of the flail staff or the end of the swingle) through which……

31. font n.

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(a) A receptacle for the water used in baptizing, a baptismal font; (b) font halwing [OE fant-hālgung], act or ceremony of blessing, or reconsecrating, a font. …

32. forke n.

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(a) A farming tool with two or more prongs used for digging or for handling hay, dung, etc.; bot forke, muk forke, pik forke, q.v.; (b) a pronged utensil of metal usually used for stoking fires; fir……

33. ǧēaunt n. & adj.

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(a) A fabulous manlike creature of great size; also, a man of extraordinary size or strength; geaunt berd, a giant's beard; geauntes fight, the war of the giants against the Greek gods; fig. Genesis……

34. ǧemme n.

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(a) A precious stone, gem; (b) fig. a precious thing, a virtue; (c) fig. an illustrious or precious person. …

35. Ǧenesis n.

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The first book of the Bible, Genesis. …

36. ǧinǧivere n.

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(a) The root of the plant Zingiber officinale or of a related species, ginger; poudre (of) gingivere, finely ground ginger; race (rote) of gingivere, a root of ginger; (b) grene gingivere, gingivere……

37. kīve n.

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(a) A tub, vat; ?also, a large, wide-mouthed jar; drenche kive, a tanner's vat for soaking hides; helle kive, fig. the pit of hell; kive fat, a vat; (b) ?a prison; (c) kive man, a maker or seller of……

38. lāk(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: lake
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(a) An expanse of water, a lake; also as surname; bi lond and lak, everywhere; the Flood [quot.: Cleanness 438]; (b) a pond, pool; cistern, reservoir; small artificial pool or basin; (c) in proverb. …

39. Lā̆tī̆n n.

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(a) The Latin language; fals Latin, incorrect Latin; latines leden (lore, tonge), the Latin language; Latin makere (wright), one who understands or writes Latin; (b) Latin speech or writing; a book or……

40. līne n.(1)

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(a) A cord or rope; a leash, sounding line, etc.; drauen bi o line, to pull on the same rope, pull together; line wie, a towpath; (b) a fishline; also fig.; hok and line, etc.; ground line [see ground……

41. līǒun n.(1)

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(a) A lion; (b) in comparisons: fers (hardi, wod) as lioun; cruel (real, sterne) as a lioun; strongere than a lioun; proudere (wildere) than the lioun; etc.; (c) in phrases: fers (gredi, grim, lothli,……

42. maister n.

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(a) A high official, civil or military; a governor, ruler, leader; also, of a ship: maister of the flete, the flagship; (b) applied to God, Christ, a heathen god; (c) one in charge of a guild……

43. malwe n.

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(a) The common mallow Malva sylvestris; also, the marsh mallow Althaea officinalis; rarely, the Syrian mallow Hibiscus syriacu; malwe leves, mallow leaves; prob. leaves of the common mallow; malwe sed……

44. mantel n.

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(a) A sleeveless overgarment worn by men and women over a kirtle or tunic; a robe; ?a toga [quot.: c1375]; mantel cloth, mantle; mantel lap, the lower part of a mantle; mantel nok, the corner of a……

45. Marī(e n.

Additional spellings: Marie
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(a) The name Mary; (b) the Virgin Mary; Mari moder; ladi) seinte Mari; maide (maiden, oure moder, virgin) Mari; (c) maries man, a member of the Carmelite order, who promoted and professed a special……

46. martir n.

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Eccl. (a) One who suffers torture and execution for the Christian faith, a martyr; -- also used of Abel as a type of Christ; bok of martires, a martyrology; (b) a Christian witness; (c) in title. …

47. Mī̆ghel n.

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(a) Michael, the Archangel; (b) Mighel dai (feste), seint migheles dai, feste of seint Mighel, Michaelmas day, September 29; Mighel mete, a rent paid at Michaelmas, ?a food rent to provide a feast……

48. 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……

49. mirre n.

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(a) Med. Myrrh, the gum resin from the tree Commiphora abyssinica and related species; also, a concoction containing myrrh; collirie of mirre, confeccioun of mirre, poudre of mirre; (b) in literary……

50. mō̆rtẹ̄̆r n.(1)

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(a) A mortar, a bowl used for grinding and mixing ingredients in preparing food or medicaments; also fig.; (b) bras (brasen) morter, morter of bras, a mortar made of brass; leden morter, morter of led……

51. mul-berī(e n.

Additional spellings: mulberi, mul-berie, mulberie
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(a) A mulberry tree; mul-beri tre; (b) a mulberry. …

52. mūl(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: mule
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(a) A mule; (b) barain (hep) of mules, a herd or group of mules; mul of spaine, one of the best mules, a Spanish mule; mul flesh, mule meat; mul grom (herde, man, ward), a mulekeeper, servant who……

53. muscle n.(1)

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(a) An edible bivalve mollusc, mussel; muscle bed, portion of sea bottom on which mussels grow; muscle man, ?one who gathers or sells mussels; (b) mil. muscle, muscle shelle, a kind of siege engine……

54. must n.

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(a) The juice of grapes, unfermented or undergoing the process of fermentation; new wine, must; also fig.; fervent must, fermenting must; neue (recent) must; ripe must, ?fermented must; win must; (b)……

55. nard(e n.

Additional spellings: narde
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Nard, the East Indian spikenard; precious ointment derived from Nardostachys jatamansi; also, any medicinal plant of the genus Valeriana; nard celtike, Celtic spikenard (V. celtica); treu nard, East……

56. neighebor n.

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(a) One who dwells nearby, a neighbor; a fellow citizen; an inhabitant of a nearby town or country; (b) of a country, part of the body, a bee: a neighbor (to another country, another bodily part……

57. Nicholas n.

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(a) Personal name; -- often replacing Nicol in later ME; also, name of a ship; (b) seint Nicholas, St. Nicholas, bishop of Myra in Asia Minor; seint Nicholas chirche, chirche of seint Nicholas, a……

58. 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,……

59. nǒnne n.

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(a) A female religious who has taken solemn vows; a nun; also, an anchoress; blak nonne, a Benedictine nun; clos nonne, a nun living in the seclusion of a cloister [see also closen v. 7. (a)]; nonne……

60. organ(e n.

Additional spellings: organe
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(a) A musical instrument, kind of stringed or wind instrument [sometimes difficult to distinguish from 2., to which some quots. here may belong]; singen bi organ, to sing with instrumental……

61. ǒunce n.

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(a) A unit of weight varying in amount in various systems, an ounce; (b) an ounce as one-twelfth of a pound; also, as one-sixteenth of a pound; ounce of avoir-de-pois, sixteenth of an avoirdupois……

62. pal n.

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(a) A fine cloth; a type of fine cloth, ?satin; fine clothing; (b) purpel (purpure, red, riche, worth) pal; cloth of pal, clothes of pal, garnement (mantle, robe, surcot) of pal, pavilioun of pal; (c)……

63. palm(e n.

Additional spellings: palme
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(a) A palm tree; usually, the date palm; palm wood [quot.: Mandev.(1) 1st]; (b) palm bord, a piece of wood from a palm tree; palm lef, a palm frond; palm twig; (c) a palm leaf or branch; (d) a palm……

64. parde n.

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A leopard or panther. …

65. pellican(e n.

Additional spellings: pellicane
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(a) One of the Eurasian pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus or Pelecanus crispus); also, a porphyrio (?Porphyrio cærulens); as a symbol of Christ [quot.: Symb.Pass.]; (b) in representations as a heraldic……

66. Pers(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: Perse
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(a) The land of the Persians, ancient Persia; Pers land; (b) the language of the Persians. …

67. Perses n. plural

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The Persians. …

68. pervink(e n.

Additional spellings: pervinke
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(a) The periwinkle (Vinca minor or Vinca major); pervink lef; (b) fig. a paragon; the most beautiful; (c) fig. an evil man. …

69. philosophe n.

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A philosopher or a scholar. …

70. pich(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: piche
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(a) Wood tar; also, the residue of the distillation of wood tar; (b) blak pich, cedar gum; also, = pich navale; hard pich, solidified wood tar; pich liquide, fleting pich, neshe pich, pich molten……

71. pī̆n(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: pine
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(a) A pine tree, tree of the genus Pinus or allied coniferous tree; pin tre; pin tre nut = (b); (b) the edible seed of various conifers, a pine nut; -- also coll. [last quot.]; (c) a pine cone; (d)……

72. pionẹ̄ n.

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(a) A plant of the genus Pæonia, esp. male or entireleaved peony (P. mascula) and common peony (P. officinalis); lef (Rote) of pione; pione rote (sede); (b) peony seed; a peony seed; poudre of pione……

73. pit n.

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(a) A natural or man-made depression in the ground, hole, pit, ditch; cave; also fig.; also, an open excavation from which some mineral product is obtained or in which some industrial process is……

74. plaunt(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: plaunte
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(a) Something planted; a shrub, an herb, a plant; also fig.; also, by analogy to a plant: a tooth; vegetable plaunt, a vegetable; ivi plaunt, Jonah's miraculous gourd or ivy; tesel plaunt, teasel; (b)……

75. pōpe n.

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(a) A pope; (b) pope of (o, at) rome, the Pope of Rome; holi pope [see holi adj. (2) 4a. (d)]; (c) in titles; also, in fictitious or humorous use: pope poket; (d) popes bulle, the papal seal; popes……

76. pō̆rt n.(2)

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(a) A harbor, haven; port gavel, ?a tax for upkeep of a harbor; (b) a harbor town at which customs officials were stationed; an officially designated commercial port; (c) a foreign port corresponding……

77. pō̆st n.(1)

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Usually a wooden post [see esp. quots. 1. (c) ?a1450 & 2. (a) a1450(c1412)]: (a) one of the principal upright posts carrying the walls of a house or other edifice, and hence running the height of the……

78. Poul(e n.

Additional spellings: Poule
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(a) St. Paul; seint Poul; seint Poul dai, the feast of the conversion (or the translation) of St. Paul, January 25; seint petres day and Poul, St. Peter's and St. Paul's day, June 29; (b) St. Paul the……

79. prī̆ǒur n.

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(a) The head or deputy head of a monastery or a house of mendicants, a prior; also, the head of a house of canons; (b) abbotes and (or) prioures; prioures chapele (cloistre); priour and brether,……

80. prō̆vost n.

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(a) The representative of a king or emperor in a country or district; governor, administrator; (b) the chief magistrate in a city or town; also, a prison warden; (c) the manager of a household, a……

81. Psalm(e n.

Additional spellings: Psalme
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(a) One of the Psalms of the Book of Psalms; (b) seien Psalm, to sing a Psalm; also, recite a Psalm; seiere of psalmes, a singer of Psalms; singen Psalm, sing a Psalm; praise (God) with a Psalm; don……

82. purpur(e n.

Additional spellings: purpure
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(a) A cloth, often of silk, dyed with Tyrian purple or a similar dye; purple fabric, esp. associated with royalty; (b) a garment made from purple cloth; raiment of royal purple; also fig.; usen purpur……

83. radich(e n.

Additional spellings: radiche
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The radish plant (Raphanus sativus); also, the seeds of this plant; radich rote, rote of radich, the root of the plant used medicinally or in cookery; radich sed, sed of radich, radish seed used in……

84. relik n.

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(a) Part of the body of a saint, or other material object associated with a saint or with some event of religious significance, a Christian relic, an object of religious veneration; also, the dead……

85. Rōmain n.

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(a) An inhabitant of ancient Rome or the Roman Empire; also, a Roman citizen; (b) a Roman soldier; pl. Roman troops, the Roman army; (c) a Christian in ancient Rome; (d) pl. the epistle of Paul to the……

86. Rọ̄me n.

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(a) Ancient Rome: the city; the Roman state; the Roman Empire; to Rome ward, in the direction of Rome, toward Rome; also, to Rome [quot. a1393]; (b) in cpds. & combs.: Rome burgh (toun) [OE Rōm-burh]……

87. rō̆se n.(1)

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(a) A plant of the genus Rosa; the flower of this plant; also, a rosebush; also fig.; (b) med. the flower or bud of the rose as used in various medicinal preparations; also, a medicinal syrup or……

88. rōs-marīn(e n.

Additional spellings: rosmarin, ros-marine, rosmarine
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Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) or a similar herb. …

89. sak n.

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(a) A sack, bag; also fig.; sak and ston, completely; (b) a sack for grain or flour; (c) a sack for money or valuables; also, a purse; (d) cook. a sack or bag used in kneading dough; pl. a culinary……

90. Sarasī̆n(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: Sarasine
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(a) A Turk; also, an Arab; also, a Moslem; -- often with ref. to the Crusades; Sarasin hed, the head of a Saracen; (b) a heathen, pagan; an infidel; (c) as a type of non-Christian; Sarasin or jeu, jeu……

91. sarde n.(1)

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A sard, a reddish chalcedony, a kind of carnelian; also, a precious stone in the breastplate of the Jewish high priest; ?also, a sardonyx [quot.: WBible(2)]; sarde ston. …

92. sardonix n.

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(a) Sardonyx; a sardonyx; sardonix ston; (b) an entry on the sardonyx in a lapidary. …

93. Sā̆tan n.

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(a) The supreme embodiment of evil, the devil, Satan; -- also in oaths; also, the character Satan in a mystery play; prince Satan, self (himself) Satan; (b) fig. of a person: an opponent, a tempter. …

94. Satanā̆s n.

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(a) The supreme embodiment of evil, the devil, Satan; -- also in oath; also fig.; set of Satanas, assigned to Satan; sinagoge of Satanas, false Jews; tempten Satanas, to put oneself in mortal danger……

95. savī̆n(e n.

Additional spellings: savine
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(a) The plant Juniperus sabina; -- often used medicinally; (b) ?the plant Aster amellus; (c) ?the dwarf elder or danewort [cp. ebulus n.]. …

96. Saxon n.

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(a) A member of the Germanic tribe that invaded, conquered, and settled in England, a Saxon; (b) est (south) saxones, people from the kingdom of the East (South) Saxons; west Saxon, q.v. …

97. scọ̄le n.(2)

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(a) A boys' or girls' school, an institution for comparatively elementary instruction; to scole ward, toward school; gon to (usen) scole , to attend school; holden scole, conduct a school; setten……

98. scorpiǒun n.

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(a) A member of the order Scorpionida; a scorpion or a creature thought to be one; (b) a figure of a scorpion; (c) a snake similar to a scorpion; (d) a scorpion's sting. …

99. Scot n.(1)

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(a) An inhabitant of Scotland; a native Scot; a Scottish soldier; -- sometimes used anachronistically; (b) in cpds. & combs.: Scot lede, Scotland; the Scots; Scot riveling, a derogatory nickname for a……

100. sein(e n.

Additional spellings: seine
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(a) A fishing net; a dragnet; (b) a place in which one has the right to fish with a net; a fishing right; also, the quantity of fish one has the right to catch; (c) med. a thread, bristle, or number……

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