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41. 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……

42. stubbe-ēle n.

Additional spellings: stubbeele
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A large-sized eel; -- also coll. …

43. sūen v.

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Of a hawk: to wipe (the beak) clean of food. …

44. 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……

45. surnā̆p(e n.

Additional spellings: surnape
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A cloth for a table, esp. a protective overcloth laid for handwashing; also, a napkin; -- also coll.; maken surnap, to ready the overcloth for formal handwashing. …

46. 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)……

47. sursengle n.

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

48. toilen v.

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(a) To pull at (sb., a soul), tug; also fig.; (b) to do battle, fight, struggle; also, attack (sb.); toilen up, destroy (a town); ben toiled, of Jesus: be assailed (by torments); (c) to struggle with……

49. trechard n.

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One who engages in treachery or deceit. …

50. trest(e n.

Additional spellings: treste
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(a) A support, usu. one of a pair, for boards or planks serving as a tabletop, a base, trestle; also, a beam or rod; also [quot. ?a1425], wood for a scabbard;— ?error for tre n.; paire (of) trestes……

51. trī̆- pref.

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A prefix or combining element in more than thirty words, chiefly nouns and adjectives, borrowed from L or OF meaning 'three, triple' or 'triply, three times', for example: the nouns tre-foil,……

52. trivet n.

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(a) A three-footed stand; (b) as surname and in place name. …

53. tukken v.

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(a) In phrase: tukken le mein, ?to shake hands, i.e., strike a bargain [could also be construed as OF]; (b) tukken up, to sound a blast on (a trumpet). …

54. tunicle n.

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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……

55. vexen v.

51 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To afflict (sb. or sth.) physically; ben vexed, be afflicted (by sickness, frost, the pangs of love, etc.); also, of the spirit: be agitated or disturbed (by sth.); ppl. vexede, of someone’s……

56. vī̆lǒus adj.

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(a) Morally offensive, despicable; vilous of tonge, of a person: speaking reprehensibly; (b) hideous to the sight, horrible. …

57. 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. …

58. 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. …

59. wachet n.

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

60. 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. …

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