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1. fīk(e n.

Additional spellings: fike
15 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The fruit of the fig tree, a fig ; (b) fik tre, fik bem [= OE fīc-beām], fig tree.

2. treu-fast adj.

Additional spellings: treufast
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Pious, religious, devout.

3. trẹ̄ n.

339 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) A perennial plant generally displaying a self-supporting, woody main stem or trunk from which foliage-bearing branches grow, a tree; a nonherbaceous plant resembling a tree in its manner of…

4. wǒlf-hē̆d n.

Additional spellings: wolfhed
2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The head of a wolf; (b) a representation of a wolf’s head used as a heraldic device.

5. vīne-trẹ̄ n.

Additional spellings: vinetre
10 quotations in 1 sense
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A plant of the genus Vitis, a vine; also fig.; whit vine-tre, the common or white bryony (Bryonia dioica).

6. plǒume-trẹ̄ n.

Additional spellings: ploumetre
39 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A plum tree (Prunus domestica); (b) a blackthorn tree (Prunus spinosa); ?a holm oak tree (Quercus ilex) [quot.: (c1384)]; (c) ploume-tre garth, a plum orchard; gomme of ploume-tre, gum from a plum…

7. bọ̄k- n.(2)

7 quotations in 1 sense
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Only in cpds.: bok- appel, beechnut; bok- holt, beech woods; bok- mast, beechnut mast; bok- tre, beech tree.

8. warī̆-trẹ̄ n.

Additional spellings: waritre
13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A gallows, gibbet; also, an instrument of infernal punishment, a gibbet of hell; also used in fig. context (b) a cross used for execution by crucifixion; the cross upon which Jesus was crucified;…

9. quiken n.(1)

4 quotations in 1 sense
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In cpd. quiken tre: the juniper (Juniperus communis); also, in place names: a kind of tree, prob. the mountain ash or rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) or perh. the service tree (Sorbus domestica), poplar…

10. treu-lǒve n.

Additional spellings: treulove
84 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Faithful love or the faithful manifestation of love on the part of one person toward another or between persons, fidelity; genuine love; brotherly love, charity; also, conscientious attention, as…

11. treu(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: treue
107 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A pledge to cease hostilities for a lengthy or an indefinite period of time, usu. as a preliminary to further negotiation or the formal establishment of a peace; also, the peace established…

12. pī̆n(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: pine
44 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A pine tree, tree of the genus Pinus or allied coniferous tree; pin tre; pin tre nut = (b); (b) the edible seed of various conifers, a pine nut; -- also coll. [last quot.]; (c) a pine cone; (d)…