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1. apprō̆priāt ppl. adj.

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(a) Pertaining (to sb.) as an essential or unique attribute, proper (to sb.); (b) appropriate, suitable. …

2. -bakked ppl. adj.

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Having a back (of a specified kind); crok -bakked, hunchbacked; etc. …

3. brant ppl. adj.

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(a) Steep, high; brant up, straight up, erect; brant upright, perpendicular; (b) arched (eyebrows) [cp. OI bretta brȳrnar raise the eyebrows]; (c) ?smooth (forehead); (d) in place names [see Smith PN……

4. chalked ppl. adj.

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White; pale; chalked whit. …

5. cheker(ed ppl. adj.

Additional spellings: chekered
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Checked or checkered in design. …

6. competent ppl. adj.

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Sufficient, adequate (endowment, salary, etc.); fair, good (bed, light, etc.); moderate (spending), medium (height); of competent age, old enough. …

7. complēt(e ppl. adj.

Additional spellings: complete
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(a) Complete, not lacking any part; (b) fully developed, full-grown, mature; of oil: made of refined or matured ingredients. …

8. cotōned ppl. adj.

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Padded with cotton. …

9. dūring ppl. adj.

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(a) Continuing, lasting, remaining; ever during, long during; (b) long-lasting, not transitory, enduring; (c) of fruit: keeping well; (d) persisting, having endurance; persistent. …

10. erminē ppl. adj.

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Her. Having the fur ermines, consisting of black with white spots (instead of black on white); -- also as noun. …

11. fēde ppl. adj.

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(a) Decayed, withered; ?hoary (forest); (b) feeble, weak. …

12. grained ppl. adj.

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(a) Fast dyed in scarlet or other color, engrained; (b) grained cloth, cloth with a rough texture. …

13. innǒmbred ppl. adj.

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Unnumbered, countless. …

14. lasting(e ppl. adj.

Additional spellings: lastinge
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(a) Continuing, continual, lasting; ai (o, endelesli, evermore, withouten ende) lasting, lasting ai (evermo, withouten ende), eternal, everlasting, perpetual; (b) surviving; of wine: able to be……

15. līking(e ppl. adj.

Additional spellings: likinge
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(a) Pleasing, pleasant, delicious, beautiful; lesinges liking, lies intended to flatter or amuse; (b) auspicious, favorable, fortunate; also, suitable; (c) sexually stimulating. …

16. livered ppl. adj.

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(a) Of blood: clotted, coagulated; of a lip: broken into clot-like lumps; (b) livered se, the Red Sea. …

17. living(e ppl. adj.

Additional spellings: livinge
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(a) Living, alive; living his fader, his father being alive, while his father lived; living the seid lord, the said lord being alive, if the said lord is living; living regioun, ?the part of the body……

18. lōmerande ppl. adj.

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Stumbling, slow-moving. …

19. lōnded ppl. adj.(1)

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Having an estate in land, landowning. …

20. lōnded ppl. adj.(2)

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Made into firm land. …

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