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l. 1009 _a roþun of a reche_, a rush of smoke, a mass of vapour;

_blake_, the black (pit).

1011 _flot_, fat, grease.

1016 _drouy_, turbid, from _droue_, to trouble.

1024 _costeȝ of kynde_ = natural properties.

1030 _boþem broþely_, filthy pit.

1031 _losyng_, perdition.

1033 _coosteȝ_ = properties.

1035 _alkaran_, Mandeville employs the term _alkatran_;

_angré_ = poisonous or grievous, or _augre_ = _aigre_, sharp.

1036 _saundyuer_ = _sandiver_, glass-gall.

1037 _waxlokes_, waves.

1038 _spuniande_, cleaving, sticky.

1039 _se halues_, sea coasts.

1041 _terne_ = _tarne_, lake.

1044 _apple garnade_ = pomegranate.

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