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1. boillen v.

98 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of a heated liquid, molten metal: to be agitated, surge, seethe, boil; boillen up, rise up in boiling; boillen metal, glas, melt metal (glass) by heating; boillen a boiling, bring to a boil; (b)……

2. sailen v.(2)

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To dance, skip, leap about, perform acrobatic feats; also, hasten; (b) arch.: ppl. sailing, projecting; sailing pece, a projecting beam or structure. …

3. bulǧe n.

7 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A (leather) bag or wallet; water bulge, a water skin; (b) bulge maker. …

4. travailen v.

274 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To work for wages, subsistence, etc.; also, work at one's trade, profession, or appointed task; also, perform an appropriate function [quot. c1475]; ppl. travailinge, working, hard-working; (b) to……

5. resīden v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To remain at a place. …

6. inscī̆siǒun n.

15 quotations in 2 senses
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Surg. (a) The act of cutting into a bodily part; (b) a surgical operation; (c) a slash, cut; also, a cut made in surgery; (d) that which is cut off in circumcision, the prepuce. …

7. condescenden v.

43 quotations in 3 senses
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Of God, a king, master, etc.: to condescend or deign (to do sth.); accede graciously (to a request); make gracious allowance (for human frailty). …

8. cǒunseil n.

289 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) A meeting, conference, council; commune counseil, a meeting of all citizens of a city; general counseil, gret counseil, a meeting which represents an entire nation, army, etc.; (b) a convocation……

9. tribūnal n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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A judgment seat. …

10. sol n.(1)

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The sun; (b) alch. gold. …

11. negatī̆f adj.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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Negative. …

12. negatī̆f n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Absence, nonexistence; (b) opposite; (c) a negative command, prohibition; (d) ?a negative statement about ideas or sensory impressions, negative classification. …

13. pācience n.

100 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The calm endurance of misfortune, suffering, etc.; a willingness to bear adversities, wrongs, etc.; steadfastness against temptation; also fig. a mantle of patience; (b) with reference to the……

14. merī̆t(e n.

Additional spellings: merite
99 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A condition of a person's character or conduct that deserves either reward or punishment; merites, deserts; ben of god merites (wikked merit), to be worthy (unworthy); (b) due reward or……

15. merī̆diā̆n adj.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Belonging to midday or noontime; (b) southern; (c) astron. altitude meridian, the elevation of the sun at midday; ark meridian, the arc of the celestial meridian of a given place which is……

16. Mercurī(e n.

Additional spellings: Mercurie
80 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The Roman god Mercury; -- in early times identified with the Germanic Woden; (b) the planet Mercury; also, a representation of the planet in an astrological table; (c) a plant; prob. chenopodium……

17. mercuriāl n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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A plant; prob. chenopodium; ?also, dog's foot Mercurialis perennis. …

18. modulāciǒun n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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Harmony; the act of singing or making music; also, a song or melody. …

19. moderāciǒun n.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The quality of being moderate or temperate; of physical qualities of medicines or bodily humors: the condition of being of medium or proper intensity; with moderacioun, of medium degree; (b)……

20. mōciǒun n.

69 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The process of moving from place to place; an instance of the act of moving; movement of heavenly bodies, waters, bodily humors, etc.; ?ability to move [2nd quot.]; (b) agitation, violent motion……

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