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1. cribil-brēd n.

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A kind of bread made from coarse meal (i.e., meal left in the sieve after sifting). …

2. brēd-chẹ̄se n.

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?Curds pressed in a wooden mold, cottage cheese. …

3. bāk(e-brēd n.

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A shovel-shaped board for putting bread into the oven, a peel; also, a board on which bread is kneaded and shaped. …

4. brēdlēs adj.

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Without bread or food. …

5. bid-bred n.

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A plank or board of some kind. …

6. brẹ̄st-brēd n.

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A contrivance for carrying firewood. …

7. pax-brēd n.

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A pax-board [see pax (a)]. …

8. unbred ppl.

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Of a plant: undeveloped, immature. …

9. hōlī brēd n.

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(a) The bread blessed and distributed after mass to those who have not communicated; holi bred halpeni, a tax of a halfpenny for the purchase or making of such bread to be blessed; (b) as surname. …

10. mōld(e-brēd n.

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(a) The moldboard of a plow; (b) mold-bred clout, a metal plate which protects the mold board [see also clout n.(1) 2.(a)]. …

11. grē̆t-ful adj.

Additional spellings: gretful
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Very full. …

12. brēd n.(2)

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(a) A board or plank; also, a log [quot.: 1250]; (b) a small board; a wooden book-cover; (c) a tablet (whether of wood or stone) for an inscription; also fig.; (d) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1……

13. wīlde brēde phr. & n.

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Roasted game; also, ?coll. game animals [2nd quot.]. …

14. ǧinǧe-brēd n.

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(a) Ginger; esp. preserved ginger; ginge-bred confit; ginge-bred Alisaunder (cp. OF gingembraz d'Alixandre); (b) a kind of stiff pudding served in slices. …

15. penī-brēd n.

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(a) ?A mold or board for making penny loaves; (b) as surname. …

16. ?bulge-brēde n.

Additional spellings: bulgebrede
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Bread made of bolted flour; here fig., enjoyment of fine food, gluttony. …

17. hō̆nd-brēde n.

Additional spellings: hondbrede
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The breadth of a hand, four inches; also, a piece of something of this width. …

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