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1. bōn n.(1)

174 quotations in 14 senses
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A bone of the human or animal body; also, an anatomical unit made of a number of connected bones [see bak bon, nek bon, tail bon, etc.]. …

2. brẹ̄st-bōn n.

Additional spellings: brestbon
18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The bony structure of the chest or the front of the chest, the breast; specif., collarbone, breastbone; (b) breastplate (of armor). …

3. riǧǧe-bōn n.

Additional spellings: riggebon
29 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The human spine; (b) the spine of an animal; (c) a vertebra. …

4. bōn-wǒrt n.

Additional spellings: bonwort
12 quotations in 1 sense
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Any of a variety of medicinal herbs, such as the violet and esp. the daisy, used in healing broken bones and wounds. …

5. banēr(e n.

Additional spellings: banere
80 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) The distinctive banner of a lord or country, carried as a rallying-point in the van of battle, flown by a ship, or displayed on state occasions; beren a baner; under baner, in combat; (b) a)raisen……

6. ban n.

20 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A proclamation or edict of an overlord; also, a summons by proclamation; crien (blouen) the ban; (b) one of the banns of marriage; asken (crien, greden, spiren) the ban(n)es; (c) a proclamation of……

7. bēn n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Some species of Moringa; oil of ben, a medicinal oil made from this tree; (b) [?a different word, perhaps Latin been (Persian bahman), 'behen root, white or red' ] apparently identified with one……

8. bā̆n-stikel n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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A kind of fish, the three-spined stickleback. …

9. embāned ppl.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Provided with horn-work, i.e. projecting masonry, to impede assault. …

10. stā̆n-stikel n.

Additional spellings: stanstikel
1 quotation in 1 sense
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A fish of the family Gasterosteidae, a stickleback. …

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