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1. abode, n.1 View full entry c1225
...The action of waiting or delaying; a delay. Esp. in without abode: without delay, immediately. Obs....
2. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry ?a1300
...A single point in a game, and related uses....
3. ache, n.2 View full entry a1300
...Any of several plants of the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae); esp. celery, Apium graveolens and any of various kinds of parsley (genus Petroselinum)....
4. acquit, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans....
5. across, adv., prep., and adj. View full entry a1250
...In the form of a cross, crosswise; crossing each other, crossed. Now rare....
6. admiral, n. View full entry c1275
...In Arabic and some other non-European countries: a ruler, military commander, or prince; = emir1. hist. in later use....
7. adventure, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A chance occurrence or event, an accident. Obs....
8. affeer, v. View full entry a1250
...trans. To determine, decide, assess; (Law) to fix or settle the amount of (a fine or amercement), typically by adjusting a generally prescribed penalty according to the particular circumstances...
9. age, n. View full entry c1275
...A naturally distinct section of a person's or animal's existence; a particular period or stage of life. Often with defining word or phrase specifying the stage....
10. 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....
11. alderman, n. View full entry 1275
...The senior judicial person in an English hundred. Cf. High Constableconstable5b. Now hist....
12. ale conner, n. View full entry 1288
...An officer appointed by a court leet or other local authority to test for the assize (assize4) the ale brewed (and sometimes the bread baked) in his or her...
13. 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 ...
14. alpha, n. and adj. View full entry ?c1200
...(The name of) the first letter (Α, α) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to English a....
15. altar cloth, n. View full entry a1225
...A cloth used to cover an altar; spec.a cloth of white linen covering the top of the altar during the communion or Mass;an ornamental altar frontal or superfrontal (now...
16. appeal, n. View full entry 1297
...A calling to account before a legal tribunal; in Law: A criminal charge or accusation, made by one who undertook under penalty to prove it; spec....
17. 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...
18. assize, n. View full entry 1297
...A sitting or session of a consultative or legislative body. Obs....
19. astronomy, n. View full entry c1275
...Originally: the science or art dealing with the positions and motions of planets and stars and their effect on natural phenomena and human affairs (one of the subjects of the quadrivium; now...
20. aumbry, n. View full entry a1225
...A container for storing books, a bookcase; (occas.) a room where books or other documents are stored, a library, an archive. Formerly also: †a repository or compendium of knowledge, such as a...
