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1. acquit, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans....
2. across, adv., prep., and adj. View full entry a1250
...In the form of a cross, crosswise; crossing each other, crossed. Now rare....
3. adventure, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A chance occurrence or event, an accident. Obs....
4. 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....
5. algorism, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The Arabic (decimal) system of numbering (characterized by a zero, 0); arithmetic in which Arabic numerals are used rather than Roman numerals or the abacus; (cf. algorithm1; now ...
6. article, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Each of the separate items of a summary of faith; spec.each of the separate clauses or statements of the Apostles' Creed; (freq. with capital initial) any of the...
7. babbling, adj. View full entry a1250
...That talks rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way; chattering, prating, tattling; (also) full of or characterized by babble....
8. 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,...
9. burgess, n. View full entry ?c1225
...An inhabitant of a borough; strictly, one possessing full municipal rights; a citizen, freeman of a borough....
10. 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...
11. capital, adj. and n.2 View full entry ?c1225
...Of or relating to the head or top. Obs....
12. 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...
13. chamberlain, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A male personal attendant of a king or nobleman, who waits on him in his bedchamber; (rarely also) a lady's maid. Also fig.Obs....
14. city, n. View full entry ?c1225
...orig. A town or other inhabited place. Not a native designation, but app. at first a somewhat grandiose title, used instead of the Old English burh, borough...
15. † clergess, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A female scholar, a learned woman....
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. diet, n.1 View full entry c1230
...Course of life: way of living or thinking....
18. free will, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Spontaneous or unconstrained will; unforced choice; (also) inclination to act without suggestion from others. Esp. in of one's (own) free will and similar expressions....
19. general, adj. and n. View full entry c1230
...Including, participated in by, involving, or affecting, all, or nearly all, the parts of a specified whole, or the persons or things to which there is an implied reference; completely or approximately...
20. Jewry, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The land of the Jews, Judea; sometimes extended to the whole of Palestine. Obs. or arch....
