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1. stub-wort n.

Additional spellings: stubwort
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The wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella. …

2. stubbī adj.

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(a) Of ground: covered with stubble; (b) in surname and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.164]. …

3. squobbish adj.

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Thick, recumbent, and soft, viscous. …

4. stibǒurne adj.

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(a) Obstinate, refractory, inflexible; also, fierce, untameable; stibourne of his bones, lazy; (b) ?as surname. …

5. shrubbing n.

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Prunings or trimmings from trees. …

6. scabnes(se n.

Additional spellings: scabnesse
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(a) Scabbiness or roughness of the skin; (b) the condition of having scabies on the eyelids. …

7. scabbī(e adj.

Additional spellings: scabbie
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(a) Of the skin: scabby, rough, scurfy; of a sore: covered with or having a scab; (b) of branches, etc.: rough on the surface, scaly, scurfy. …

8. scabbed(e adj.

Additional spellings: scabbede
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(a) Afflicted with scabies; suffering from some eruptive skin disease; scabby, mangy, etc.; (b) of the eyelids: suffering from redness, itching, inflammation, etc.; (c) inflamed; purulent, ulcerated……

9. scabbard n.

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(a) One who suffers from scabies; (b) as surname. …

10. oversib adj.

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Incestuous. …

11. forsluggen v.

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To be slow to act; to neglect. …

12. beautẹ̄(v)ǒus adj.

Additional spellings: beautevous
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(a) Attractive to the eye, beautiful, handsome; (b) spiritually beautiful. …

13. be(a)utẹ̄ful adj.

Additional spellings: beauteful
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Attractive to the eye, beautiful. …

14. beutifīen v.

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To make (sth.) beautiful, adorn. …

15. enpēren v.

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To make clear, to explain. …

16. aswīde v. (past tense)

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?Failed to confirm, ?denied. …

17. berken v.

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(a) Of a dog, fox, etc.: to bark; also, make a sound resembling a bark; (b) ben borken, to be barked at; berken at, berken on, berken upon, berken towardes, bark at (sb.); berken ayein, bark in reply……

18. ribben v.

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To clean flax; clean (flax); ribbe skin, a leather apron worn while cleaning flax. …

19. squobben v.

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(a) to reduce (a lesion, etc.) to a state less firm and proud, soften, flatten; (b) ?of a lesion: to become softer and flatter [but may = (a); see note]. …

20. sibed ppl.

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Related. …

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