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1. cog-wǒlle n.

Additional spellings: cogwolle
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An inferior kind of wool. …

2. āped ppl.

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Only in aped ware, false or deceptive ware, tricks. …

3. pod-wāre n.

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Agr. Seed of legumes; ?other kinds of seed grains. …

4. frank-wāre n.

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A payment made by the lesser freeholders to their overlord. …

5. wāren v.(3)

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To guarantee (sth.). …

6. hard-wāre n.

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Metal goods, hardware; hard-ware man, a dealer in hardware; hard-ware womman. …

7. diswā̆re adj.

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(a) Unaware, uncertain, unprepared; (b) disware of live, uncertain of (one's) life, in mortal danger. …

8. gār n.

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A snare. …

9. sā̆d-wāre n.

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Coll. Vessels made of so-called fine pewter, an especially tough alloy or grade. …

10. penī-wāre n.

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Merchandise selling for a penny or less; cheap goods. …

11. Rōm-ware n. plural

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People of Rome, Roman troops. …

12. wīlde wāre phr. or n.

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(a) Coll. Furs, pelts, or skins taken from wild animals, as a commodity or raw material for clothing, trim, etc.; ?also, wild animals [last quot.]; (b) ornamental fur decoration. …

13. powāres n.

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?Ingredients making up a pottage; ?pottage. …

14. wāre n. plural

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(a) In cpds.: erthe ware [OE eorþ-waru], dwellers on earth, humanity; helle ware [OE hell-waru, -waran], inhabitants of hell, the eternally damned; heven ware [OE heofon-waru], dwellers in heaven [see……

15. fẹ̄ld(e-fāre n.

Additional spellings: felde-fare
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(a) A kind of large thrush Turdus pilaris, the fieldfare; (b) farewel feldefare!, goodbye!, all is lost! …

16. unwāre n.

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Improvidence, lack of caution; in unware, unawares, unknowingly. …

17. Kentwærre n. plural

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The men of Kent; Kentwærre burgh, Canterbury. …

18. wā̆r-lok n.(2)

Additional spellings: warlok
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A foot shackle, fetter; ?also, a fetter lock. …

19. wāre n.(4)

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Spring; ware corn, grain sown in the spring, specif. barley and oats; ware tide (time), springtime. …

20. wā̆r- combining element

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As the first element in a group of nouns primarily associated with ships’ rigging or cart harnesses, war- prob. conveys the notion of tightening or securing, perh. by twisting: war-pin, war-rop,……

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