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1. wīldeship n.

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(a) ?A natural tendency toward wildness, feral cunning; (b) rowdy or wanton behavior; also, recklessness.

2. wīldelī adv.

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(a) In a frenzied, unrestrained, or furious manner, wildly; also, fiercely; (b) beyond the bounds of reason, extravagantly; (c) stonden wildeli, to be in a state of civil disorder.

3. wīldnes(se n.

Additional spellings: wildnesse
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(a) Unrestrained or ill-governed behavior, rowdiness; self-indulgence, lack of self-discipline; also, lascivious behavior, wantonness (b) eagerness, rashness; frenzy, madness; also [1st quot.],…

4. wīld(e n.

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A state of unrestrained freedom or lack of control, wildness; at wild, ?not mentally sound, bewildered, mistaken; ?out of control, unrestrained.

5. wīldehēd(e n.

Additional spellings: wildehede
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Undisciplined or unrestrained behavior, riotousness; also, a fit of wildness [quot. c1390 Vrn.Mir.Virg.].

6. wīlde bēst(e phr. & n.

Additional spellings: wilde beste
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(a) An untamed or undomesticated animal; also, a game animal; also, a wild animal kept for display or entertainment; also in fig. context (b) a savage beast, ferocious animal; also in fig. context;…

7. silvāǧe n.

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Wild country, a wooded place.

8. wīlde fǒul(e phr. & n.

Additional spellings: wilde foule
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(a) An undomesticated bird in contrast to a domesticated bird; a wild bird, esp. a game bird;—also coll.; also, a bird of prey, a scavenging bird [1st quot.] (b) the carcass or flesh of a wild bird…

9. wīlde man phr. & n.

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(a) A man lacking in restraint, self-discipline, self-control, etc.; a reckless or rash man (b) one who is irrational or crazed, a madman; (c) one who lives like an animal, a primitive, a savage;…

10. wīlde wọ̄de phr. & n.

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(a) A natural forest; also, a trackless woodland, esp. one regarded as dangerous; also, a forest preserve [quot. a1382, 2nd]; a stand of trees, grove [quot. c1384] (b) in comb., with diminished…

11. wīlde cat phr. & n.

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(a) An undomesticated cat in contrast to a domesticated cat (b) the European wildcat, prob. Felis catus, or a similar fur-bearing animal; ?specif. the marten; (c) pl. skins of the wildcat used as fur…

12. wīlde fīr(e phr. & n.

Additional spellings: wilde fire
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(a) Raging fire; a conflagration; a bonfire [quot. c1440 Perceval]; also, flames breathed out by a dragon [quot. c1440 Morte Arth.] (b) a highly combustible and not easily extinguished substance used…

13. fēr n.(2)

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A wild beast.

14. 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.

15. wīlde dẹ̄r phr. & n.

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(a) An undomesticated beast in contrast to a domesticated counterpart, a woodland creature, wild animal; also, a dumb beast, brute [1st quot.]; wilde der kin, any creature representing the general…

16. wīlden v.

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(a) To become unruly or uncontrollable; also fig. of the flesh; also [last quot.], flourish, proliferate wildly;—used in fig. context (b) to cause (the mind) to become disordered or bewildered; ben

17. wīlde werk phr. or n.

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Peltry of wild, as opposed to domesticated, animals.

18. malard(e n.

Additional spellings: malarde
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(a) A wild duck or drake (Anas platyrhynchos, i.e. A. boschas); wild drake [quot.: Arth.& M., Merlin]; (b) a domestic duck or drake; drake [quot.: 1381, a1500]; (c) in terms for a flock of ducks; (d)…

19. wīldsǒm adj.

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Without clear direction, devious.

20. wī̆ldern adj.

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Uninhabited, desolate; of the ocean: raging, untamed; of a person: living in a state of savagery, away from civilization.