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1. await(e n.

Additional spellings: awaite
55 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A lying in wait, an ambush; leien (maken) await, to set an ambush; leien (sb.) in await, to put (sb.) in ambush; leien await for (upon), to set an ambush for (sb.); lien (sitten, stonden) in await……

2. 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. …

3. brike n.(2)

5 quotations in 1 sense
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A predicament, plight, difficulty; ben, bringen, fallen in brike. …

4. chisē̆l n.

18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Any of several cutting tools used by stone masons, sculptors, carpenters or metal workers; chisel, punch, etc.; (b) a pointed blade, such as a scalpel; (c) fig. a means of destruction and……

5. scar n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Contempt, scorn; to scar, to the shame (of sb.); don to scar, to heap scorn on (sb.). …

6. scā̆rsetẹ̄ n.

49 quotations in 3 senses
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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……

7. scọ̄pe n.(2)

34 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) An implement for drawing or taking up liquids, prob. usu. provided with a handle; a scoop; also fig.; (b) a scoop for use on a boat, usu. for bailing water; (c) a scoop used in the brewing……

8. scō̆rn n.

126 quotations in 4 senses
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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……

9. scrẹ̄ne n.

15 quotations in 1 sense
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An upright piece of furniture providing protection from the heat of a fire, drafts, etc.; a screen; ?also, a partition in a hall. …

10. skellet n.(2)

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A small bell. …

11. skeu n.(2)

15 quotations in 1 sense
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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……

12. skevināǧe n.

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A district of Calais under the jurisdiction of the town officers. …

13. skimmǒur n.

22 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A utensil for skimming impurities, fat, etc. from a liquid, freq. perforated; (b) a pirate; (c) as surname. …

14. snak n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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A ship of some kind, esp. a light, fast ship. …

15. sordīne n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A plant of some kind: ?perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne); ?bearded darnel (Lolium temulentum); ?corn cockle (Agrostemma githago). …

16. sǒundre n.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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A herd of wild swine; soundre of (wild) swine, soundre of hogges; soundre of stares, a flock of starlings. …

17. 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. …

18. spūchǒur n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. A wooden vessel for carrying or bailing water, a bailer. …

19. squillecte n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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An illegal collection of money. …

20. stencelette n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A sparkle. …

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