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1. bocche n.

53 quotations in 4 senses
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Any pathological swelling, eruption or lesion, such as a boil, a tumor, a (running) sore, an ulcer, a tubercle, a bubo.

2. chullen v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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To kick or throw (a ball); fig. to treat (sb.) as one pleases, kick or chase about.

3. scapelen v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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To rough-hew (stone); square (a block of stone); also, ppl. scapeld as adj.

4. scā̆rs(e adj.

Additional spellings: scarse
64 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Insufficient or barely sufficient in amount, number, or effect; small in amount, few in number, rare; of hair: sparse; of a text: lacking needed explanation; (b) limited in area, narrow, cramped…

5. spọ̄le n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A weaver's bobbin, spool; spole stikke, ?a weaver's shuttle; (b) in surnames.

6. tunicle n.

38 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Eccl. A vestment similar to, or sometimes identical with, the dalmatic or the alb specifically assigned to the subdeacon assisting at the Mass; vestement of tunicle; (b) a regal or ceremonial…

7. wāǧe n.

61 quotations in 3 senses
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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.

8. wāǧen v.

49 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To offer surety (for sb. that he will not do sth.), guarantee;—also refl.; also, ?offer security or certainty [2nd quot.] (b) to give (sth.) as a pledge or as surety; also, pay (a ransom,…

9. Wandales n. plural

6 quotations in 1 sense
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The Vandals.

10. ward(e n.

Additional spellings: warde
190 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Keeping, care, custodial possession; safekeeping, storage; protection, preservation; maintenance; sauf ward [see also sauf adj. 6.(c)]; ward store, provisions, stores [prob. by reanalysis of warne

11. warnement n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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?A garment; pl. equipment, gear, etc.

12. warnen v.

207 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To give notice of some existing circumstance or a past or coincident event, make something known (b) to inform (sb., sb. of sth.), notify, advise; (c) to announce (sth. to sb.), proclaim,…

13. warnestōr(e n.

Additional spellings: warnestore
17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Provisions of foodstuffs, provender; ?also, the action of provisioning [1st quot.]; pl. stores, supplies; in warnestor, in storage, in stock, on hand [last quot.] (b) military supplies, including…

14. waspail n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Chaff and other matter remaining after threshing, used as fodder; (b) as surname.

15. wā̆st(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: waste
82 quotations in 9 senses
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Uncultivated or uninhabited land; wilderness, desert; also, a tract of uncultivated, barren, or desolate land; ?also, a parcel of land left fallow or untended [quot. a1467].

16. wer(re n.

Additional spellings: werre
268 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Large-scale military conflict between countries, peoples, rulers, etc. or between factions or forces within a single country, war, warfare;—also pl.; wer faringe, q.v.; open (pleine) wer, open…