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1. adjūtōri(e n.

Additional spellings: adjutorie
13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The bone of the upper arm, humerus; (b) bon of the adjutori, humerus; (c) the bone of the thigh, femur; (d) ?the elbow [prob. due to misunderstanding of ML ulna 'humerus'].

2. coronāl(e adj. & n.

Additional spellings: coronale
5 quotations in 1 sense
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Anat. Frontal; the frontal bone; bon coronal.

3. māken v.(1)

1893 quotations in 31 senses
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(a) Of God, Christ: to create (the earth, man, etc.); also, of Nature or a pagan deity: create (sth.); (b) maken of nought (erthe), to create (sth.) from nothing (the dust); as fer as god hath maked

4. chine n.(1)

29 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A crack, gap, or chink (as in a wall or rock); (b) a fissure, crevice, or gully (in the earth or ground); also, chasm, cave.

5. art n.(2)

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A district or locality.

6. androgine n.

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Hermaphrodite.

7. enossed ppl.

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Hunt. Of dogs: choked, strangled (as though a bone were lodged in the throat).

8. -ǒus suf.

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A derivational suffix in adjectives; esp. in words of OF or L origin: anoious, barbarus, chevalrous, daungerous, disdeinous, eurous, fortunous, glandelous, grevous, hidous, joious, lapidose,

9. crǒuke n.

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A pitcher, jug.

10. chīth n.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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A fibrous sprout of some kind emerging from a plant: (a) of unspecified character; (b) a small bulb by which plants of genus Allium propagate; (c) any threadlike structure in a flower, applied…

11. hẹ̄rthe n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The sense of hearing; (b) that which one has heard.

12. swẹ̄pen v.

31 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To perform the act of sweeping, sweep; (b) to sweep (sth.) clean, make clean by sweeping; (c) to sweep up (trash), collect by sweeping; (d) fig. to make (the heart, spirit, soul, etc.) clean or…

13. dǒuve n.

74 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A pigeon or dove; also, a young pigeon or squab, esp. in the phr. turtle or douve; (b) the image of a dove; (c) as a term of endearment: darling; (d) flight (slight) of douves, a flock of pigeons…

14. cǒupe n.(1)

24 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A large wicker basket; pannier, dosser; coupe ful; (b) a coop or house for chickens; henne coupe; (c) a cart or sled with a wicker box (as for carrying manure); coupe bodi, wicker body (of a…

15. bitwix(e prep.

Additional spellings: bitwixe
106 quotations in 11 senses
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Of location or position in space: (a) between (two objects, localities, points); in among (several things); (b) in between (surrounding objects); bitwix armes, hondes, in (one's) arms, hands; in..bitw

16. hilen v.

81 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To cover (sth.), spread over, bury; deck (sth.), caparison (a horse); blot out (sin, one's sight); hilen happing on, lay a coverlet over (sb.); (b) to put clothing on (sb.), clothe; cover (the…

17. slak adj.

32 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of persons: indolent, lazy, lax; negligent, remiss; slow (to do sth.); slak and slou (slewful), slou and slak; slak in (to), negligent of (a duty); slak of bileve, of weak, uncertain faith; (b)…

18. yonder adj.

35 quotations in 3 senses
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As dem. adj., pointing to a person or thing: that…over there, that; also, those…over there, those: (a) with noun only; the (that, tho) yonder; (b) with intervening adj.

19. derth(e n.

Additional spellings: derthe
26 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A period of scarcity or high prices, a famine; derth of scarcite, a famine caused by scarcity; (b) derth of, a shortage of (sth.), lack, scarcity; high price of (sth.), expensiveness.

20. latthe n.

60 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A long, thin strip of wood used in building; esp. such a strip nailed to rafters to form a support for shingles, tiles, or slates; ?also, a shingle; herte latthe [see herte 1d. (c)]; (b) latthe