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1. art n.(2)

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A district or locality.

2. balk(e n.

Additional spellings: balke
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(a) A ridge or mound; the mound of a grave; an archery butt; (b) fig. an obstruction or obstacle.

3. bī̆-smār(e n.

Additional spellings: bismar, bi-smare, bismare
49 quotations in 3 senses
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Ridicule, mockery, derision, disdain, or an instance of it; on (a) or for bi-smar, by way of mockery or ridicule, tauntingly, derisively; driven to bi-smar, engage in mockery, make fun of, be amused…

4. chine n.(1)

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(a) A crack, gap, or chink (as in a wall or rock); (b) a fissure, crevice, or gully (in the earth or ground); also, chasm, cave.

5. chippe n.

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(a) A chip, splinter, shaving (of wood); also, kindling, trash (usu. pl.); (b) peg; (c) share-beam (of a plow).

6. chīth n.

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A fibrous sprout of some kind emerging from a plant: (a) of unspecified character; (b) a small bulb by which plants of genus Allium propagate; (c) any threadlike structure in a flower, applied…

7. clōve n.(1)

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(a) A bulbil or clove, esp. of garlic; (b) as surname.

8. n.

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A jackdaw; co-brid.

9. cot n.

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Wool matted together in the fleece.

10. cǒupe n.(1)

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(a) A large wicker basket; pannier, dosser; coupe ful; (b) a coop or house for chickens; henne coupe; (c) a cart or sled with a wicker box (as for carrying manure); coupe bodi, wicker body (of a…

11. crǒuke n.

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A pitcher, jug.

12. derth(e n.

Additional spellings: derthe
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(a) A period of scarcity or high prices, a famine; derth of scarcite, a famine caused by scarcity; (b) derth of, a shortage of (sth.), lack, scarcity; high price of (sth.), expensiveness.

13. dǒuve n.

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(a) A pigeon or dove; also, a young pigeon or squab, esp. in the phr. turtle or douve; (b) the image of a dove; (c) as a term of endearment: darling; (d) flight (slight) of douves, a flock of pigeons…

14. drēm n.(2)

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(a) A vision experienced in sleep, a dream; a nightmare; a prophetic dream; (b) dremen drem, meten drem, sen drem, to have a dream; in drem, on drem, in a dream or dreams; sweven and drem, drem or

15. fẹ̄ n.(1)

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(a) Livestock; a herd of livestock; (b) fe-hous, a shed for livestock; (c) fe-man a herdsman; (d) fe-rod, ?the product of a rood of land as a perquisite for herding livestock.

16. frith n.(2)

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(a) A royal forest, a game preserve; (b) frith-mot, frith yeld, fridmannes mot[cp. OE mōt toll, tax], an annual rent paid by certain townships in Delamere Forest (a royal forest in Chester) for the…

17. hẹ̄rthe n.

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(a) The sense of hearing; (b) that which one has heard.

18. latthe n.

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(a) A long, thin strip of wood used in building; esp. such a strip nailed to rafters to form a support for shingles, tiles, or slates; ?also, a shingle; herte latthe [see herte 1d. (c)]; (b) latthe

19. shīve n.

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(a) A slice, piece, usu. of bread or other food; also in proverb; also, a portion of food; shive (of) bred; step-moder shive, a thin slice, an insufficient portion; (b) ?a slab or length of wood; ?a…

20. shok n.

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A group of sheaves of grain placed on end and leaning against one another in order to dry, a shock, stook; (b) fig.