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1. scar n.

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Contempt, scorn; to scar, to the shame (of sb.); don to scar, to heap scorn on (sb.). …

2. scā̆rsetẹ̄ n.

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(a) Insufficiency, want; dearth, lack; scarcity of food; (b) scarsete of, insufficiency of (sth.); a dearth of (sth., people); (c) smallness of amount, fewness of number; rarity; sparseness of hair……

3. scō̆rn n.

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(a) A feeling or attitude of contempt, scorn; in (o, with) scorn, disdainfully; haven scorn, to scorn (to do sth.); haven scorn of, feel contempt for (sb. or sth.); leten (tellen) scorn of, regard……

4. skeu n.(2)

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Arch. (a) Beveled stone used to form the slope of a gable coping, the offset of a buttress, etc.; a piece of such stone, a skew; skeu scapeled; (b) in cpds. & combs.: skeu assheler, squared, hewed……

5. snak n.

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

6. sǒundre n.

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A herd of wild swine; soundre of (wild) swine, soundre of hogges; soundre of stares, a flock of starlings. …

7. spūchǒur n.

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Naut. A wooden vessel for carrying or bailing water, a bailer. …

8. strācūr n.

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?A hunting or tracking dog. …

9. straif n.

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= strai n. 1.(a); also, any movable property of which the owner is unknown, waif [quot. 1365 & perh. a few others]; weif and straif. …

10. strī̆kāǧe n.

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The action of measuring flour or wine by means of a strickle or measuring vessel. …

11. strī̆k(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: strike
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(a) A blow or buffet; (b) a flat piece of wood used in leveling grain even with the rim of the measuring vessel, strickle; strik meted, level-measured, measured by strickle [quots. 1454 and 1465 may……

12. surcō̆t(e n.

Additional spellings: surcote
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(a) An outer coat or overgarment of varying style, freq. of rich material, worn by men, an overtunic; also fig. [quot. a1475]; -- also coll. [quot. a1387]; nethere surcot, a tunic worn under the……

13. surquidrī(e n.

Additional spellings: surquidrie
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(a) Arrogance, pride; presumptuousness; also person.; also, conceit; (b) theol. as a branch of the deadly sin of pride: presumption, arrogance, self-importance; (c) intellectual presumption; (d)……

14. sursengle n.

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A girth for a horse, perh. one that passes over the blanket, the saddle, a pack, etc., surcingle. …

15. volupē̆r(e n.

Additional spellings: volupere
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(a) A cloth head-covering, kerchief; (b) a bandage for the head; (c) a winding sheet, shroud; also, a cloth used in Biblical times to wrap the head of a corpse before burial. …

16. vultū̆r(e n.

Additional spellings: vulture
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(a) A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae, an Old World vulture; (b) ?as surname. …

17. wachet n.

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(a) A shade of blue, light blue; also, cloth of that color; wachet bleu; (b) as surname. …

18. wāferer n.

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(a) A maker or purveyor of wafers; also, a household official responsible for the making or obtaining of wafers; (b) as surname. …

19. wāǧe n.

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(a) A pledge, guarantee, surety; winter wage, a foretaste of winter, the promise of winter’s approach; holden in wage, to hold (sth.) hostage; (b) a promise or pledge to meet in battle. …

20. wāǧǒur n.

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(a) Something pledged or sworn to, a promise, vow (b) an agreement whereby something is pledged on the outcome of a future event, a bet, wager; also, the sum or object held as a surety pending the……

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