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641. snail n.

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(a) A snail, slug; blak (red, whit, yelwe) snail; snailes hous, a snail shell; (b) in traditional comparisons; (c) in plant names, (gret) snail wort, some sort of gourd, perh. white bryony Bryonia……

642. snak n.

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A ship of some kind, esp. a light, fast ship. …

643. snāre n.

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A snare for catching birds; also, a trap for other animals. …

644. sneat n.

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A rebuke. …

645. snēde n.(2)

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(a) A morsel, bite; (b) in surnames; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.131-3]. …

646. snīpe n.

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(a) A snipe, esp. the common snipe (Gallinago gallinago), great snipe (G. media), or jacksnipe (Lymnocryptes minima); (b) the Egyptian ibis (Threskiornis aethiopica). …

647. snorkil n.

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A wrinkle. …

648. sō n.

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(a) A large tub, vat; (b) so stang (tre), a pole inserted through the handles of such a tub or vat, by which two persons might carry it. …

649. sō̆nd(e n.

Additional spellings: sonde
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(a) A sending, a sending out; also, an errand, an embassy, a mission; of god(des sond, by God's sending, sent by God; (b) a dispensation of God, an ordinance of God; a special providence of God; also……

650. sō̆nder-bōde n.

Additional spellings: sonderbode
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A messenger. …

651. sō̆ndes-man n.

Additional spellings: sondesman
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A messenger, an emissary; also fig. …

652. sō̆nd-man n.

Additional spellings: sondman
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A messenger. …

653. sop(pe n.(2)

Additional spellings: soppe
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(a) Some kind of compact military formation, usu. of mounted troops; in (on) sop; (b) a band of soldiers, company, troop; (c) any compact group of persons or animals; at on sop, ?in a group; ?error……

654. sọ̄̆rȝe n.

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Filth, pollution; also fig. …

655. sought n.

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Sickness; gul (yelwe) sought, jaundice [see also gul-sought n.]. …

656. soul(e n.

Additional spellings: soule
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The spiritual and rational element in man, the Christian soul, understood: (a) to animate and control the body; (b) to have an eternal destiny as a moral agent; also person.; cure of soule(s……

657. soume n.

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?A plough trace, often of iron. …

658. sǒund(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: sounde
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(a) A body of water; also, a channel; ?also, a device used for measuring the depth of water [quot. ?c1475, 1st]; (b) swimming; also, the ability to swim; on sound, engaged in swimming; (c) the……

659. sour n.(1)

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(a) Mud, mire, slime; also, muddiness; (b) in surname and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.97]. …

660. south n.(1)

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A sheep. …

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