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1. mid-līfe n.

Additional spellings: midlife
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The portion of life between its beginnings and endings (however defined), midlife.

2. a conj.

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And; -- linking (a) noun phrases, (b) verb phrases, (c) sentences; (d) introducing a sentence.

3. cō̆rdaunt ppl.

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Consonant; with cordaunt voice, in unison.

4. and conj. (& adv.)

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As a simple additive connective linking syntactic elements of the same order: and. (a) Nouns, noun phrases, or pronouns; (b) adjectives & adj. phrases; (c) numerals; (d) adverbs & prepositions; wel

5. Dū̆chish adj. & n.

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German; as noun: the German language; Duchish man, a German; also, a Teuton; Duchish speche, the German language (?perhaps in its broadest sense so as to include all Continental high- and low-German…

6. fọ̄lish adj.

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Of persons: (a) insane; (b) wicked; ?lecherous.

7. bak-sīde n.

Additional spellings: bakside
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The back, rear, or reverse side of an object: (a) the back part of an astrolabe; (b) the back side of a bone; (c) the under side of a leaf; (d) the reverse side of a document; (e) the back of a post…

8. bāk(e-stōn n.

Additional spellings: bakston, bake-ston, bakeston
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(a) A flat stone used as a griddle; (b) in place names.

9. undampnement n.

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Legal protection, indemnity.

10. ?sik(e)som adj.

Additional spellings: siksom
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Sickly, ill.

11. mightfulhēde n.

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Power, as a divine attribute.

12. abǒve(n adv. as adj.

Additional spellings: aboven
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(a) Being directly over (but not touching or resting upon), above, overhead; God above, heven above, etc.: (b) being upon something, lying or resting above; (c) being at a higher level; (d) higher in…

13. mōr(e-ōver adv.

Additional spellings: morover, more-over, moreover
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(a) Moreover; furthermore; in addition; (b) more; in excess; farther; longer; no mor-over, no longer; (c) afterward.

14. marīte n.

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A husband.

15. mīldefulnesse n.

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Patience, meekness, willingness to suffer.

16. wel-bilǒved ppl.

Additional spellings: welbiloved
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(a) Generally loved or esteemed, popular; also, respected, admired (b) dearly loved, cherished, precious; also, benign [last quot.]; (c) in salutations: dear; also used as conventional epithet, with…

17. pǒuē̆r n.

Additional spellings: wan-pouer
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Lack or insufficiency of strength, weakness.

18. wrongish adj.

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Bot. of a plant's stem: somewhat bent or crooked.

19. whōs(e)-sō-ever pron.

Additional spellings: whosesoever, whose-so-ever, whos-soever
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Of whomever, whose-soever (serving as the genitive of who-so-ever pron.)

20. wē̆der-cok n.

Additional spellings: wedercok
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(a) A weather vane in the shape of a cock; also, any weather vane;—often in conventional comparisons suggesting inconstancy and fickleness; (b) as surname.