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1. alpha, n. and adj. View full entry ?c1200
...(The name of) the first letter (Α, α) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to English a....
2. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
3. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
4. beak, n.1 View full entry c1220
...The horny termination of the jaws of a bird, consisting of two pointed mandibles adapted for piercing and for taking firm hold: a bird's bill....
5. beating, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The infliction of repeated blows; spec. the action of inflicting blows in punishment; the dashing of waves against the shore; the whipping up of a fluid; the flapping of wings;...
6. branch, n. View full entry 1297
...A portion or limb of a tree or other plant growing out of the stem or trunk, or out of one of the boughs; in a more specific sense, a branch...
7. bray, n.1 View full entry a1300
...Outcry; a loud cry, a shriek. Obs....
8. cast, v. View full entry c1200
...trans. To project (anything) with a force of the nature of a jerk, from the hand, the arms, a vessel, or the like; to throw (which is now the...
9. chatter, n.1 View full entry a1250
...The chattering of certain birds; also of apes, etc.: see the vb....
10. chief, n. View full entry 1297
...lit. The head (of the body). Obs.rare....
11. Christian, adj. and n. View full entry 1285
...Of persons and communities: Believing, professing, or belonging to the religion of Christ....
12. club, n. View full entry c1275
...A heavy stick or staff for use as a weapon, thin enough at one end to be grasped with the hand, and increasing in thickness and weight towards the other end; also...
13. conclude, v. View full entry a1300
...(in physical sense). Obs. or arch....
14. costard, n.1 View full entry 1292
...A kind of apple of large size....
15. coverture, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Anything used to cover. Formerly used of the cover or lid of a cup or dish; the cover of a book; the cover of a letter; now only in the general and...
16. cuckold, n.1 View full entry a1250
...A derisive name for the husband of an unfaithful wife....
17. dame, n. View full entry a1225
...A female ruler, superior or head: = ‘lady’, as fem. of lord (‘our most gracious Sovereign Lady, Queen Victoria’); the superior of a nunnery, an abbess, prioress, etc.;...
18. dinner, n. View full entry 1297
...The chief meal of the day, eaten originally, and still by the majority of people, about the middle of the day (cf. German Mittagsessen), but now, by the professional and...
19. falling, adj. View full entry ?c1225
...That falls, in various senses of the vb....
20. fashion, n. View full entry a1300
...The action or process of making. Hence, the ‘making’ or workmanship as an element in the value of plate or jewellery. Obs....
