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1. adventure, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A chance occurrence or event, an accident. Obs....
2. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
3. anchor, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To secure (the ship) with an anchor; to place at, or bring to, anchor....
4. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
5. bag, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A receptacle made of some flexible material closed in on all sides except at the top (where also it generally can be closed); a pouch, a small sack....
6. banner, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...prop. A piece of stout taffeta, or other cloth, attached by one side to the upper part of a long pole or staff, and used as the standard of an emperor,...
7. bounce, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans.Obs....
8. cage, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A box or place of confinement for birds and other animals (or, in barbarous times, for human beings), made wholly or partly of wire, or with bars of metal or wood, so...
9. catch, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To chase, to drive. Obs....
10. chamber, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A room or suite of rooms in a house, typically one allotted to the use of a particular person, a private room; (in later use) esp. a bedroom, typically on...
11. change, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The act or fact of changing (see change12); substitution of one thing for another; succession of one thing in place of another....
12. charge, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...A (material) load, burden, weight. Obs....
13. charge, v. View full entry a1250
...trans. To place a load on or in; to load (e.g. a vehicle, ship, beast of burden, etc.). Also, in pass.; charged with: laden with,...
14. clap, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An abrupt explosive noise; the noise made by the sudden collision of two hard flat or concave surfaces; the bang or report of a gun. Obs. (except as in next,...
15. clutch, n.1 View full entry c1230
...The claw of a beast or bird of prey, or of a fiend: mostly in pl. claws, talons, paws. Also contemptuously of a human hand: cf. paw2a....
16. conscience, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The internal acknowledgement or recognition of the moral quality of one's motives and actions; the sense of right and wrong as regards things for which one is responsible; the faculty or principle...
17. default, n. View full entry a1250
...Absence (of something wanted); want, lack, scarcity of; = fault1. Obs. or arch....
18. dialogue, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A conversation carried on between two or more persons; a colloquy, talk together....
19. double, adj.1 and adv. View full entry ?c1225
...Consisting of two members, things, or sets combined; twofold; forming a pair, paired, coupled; made of two layers of material, as a garment, etc. Often, with a sing. n., equivalent to ‘two’...
20. fail, v. View full entry ?c1225
...intr. To be absent or wanting. Now only of something necessary or desirable (coinciding with sense 5); often in pr. pple. with n. or pron., as failing this...
