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1. bush n.(1)

73 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A woods, grove; thicket, underbrush; bank and bush, hill and (wooded) dale; under the bush, in (the shelter of) the woods; (b) rank growth. …

2. crā̆k n.(2)

15 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A bursting or splitting sound, a crash; (b) a fart; (c) the sound of a trumpet. …

3. draught n.

163 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) The action of pulling, a pull, pulling in harness; (b) pulling or drawing a net to catch birds or fish; (c) the drawing of water from a well; drawing of liquor from a cask, etc.; (d) one cut of a……

4. gāte-shā̆del n.

Additional spellings: gateshadel
8 quotations in 1 sense
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A place where roads intersect, a crossroad; the point at which a road divides into two or more branches. …

5. grim n.(1)

13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Fierceness; (b) fury, anger, hatred; o grim, angrily; taken to grim, to be angered, take offense; (c) excitement, agitation; (d) terrible creature(s. …

6. latthe n.

60 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A long, thin strip of wood used in building; esp. such a strip nailed to rafters to form a support for shingles, tiles, or slates; ?also, a shingle; herte latthe [see herte 1d. (c)]; (b) latthe……

7. mē̆r(e-min n.

Additional spellings: mermin, mere-min, mere-min
7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) = mer(e-maid(e 1.; (b) = mer(e-maiden (b). …

8. smert(e n.

Additional spellings: smerte
32 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Physical pain; also, harm [quot. a1420]; also, a burn [quot. 1440]; don smert, to cause (an animal) pain, harm; (b) grief, sorrow, annoyance; also fig. of Jesus; also, contrition, remorse; (c)……

9. stilt(e n.

Additional spellings: stilte
16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The handle of a plow; (b) a wooden crutch; an artificial leg, peg leg; also, a stilt; stilt bond, a strap for attaching a stilt or a peg leg; (c) ?one of the uprights of a ladder; (d) in surname. …

10. yespon n.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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A measure of volume equivalent to that contained in a person’s hands cupped together. …

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