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1. abacus, n. View full entry a1387
...A board or tray strewn with sand in which numbers, letters, diagrams, etc., can be traced and erased. Cf. sandboard1, sand-table(a)sand2a. Now rare...
2. acetabulum, n. View full entry a1398
...Roman Hist.A cup to hold condiments, esp. vinegar, for serving at the table.A measure of capacity for liquids and dry granular substances, equal to one-eighth of a sextary (sextary...
3. † achete, n. View full entry a1325
...The reversion of property to a lord on the owner's dying without legal heirs; escheat; (also) the right to claim such escheated property. Cf. achete...
4. actor, n. View full entry c1384
...A guardian, a steward; a person who acts on behalf of another. Obs....
5. actus, n. View full entry a1398
...A Roman linear measure of land, equal to 120 Roman feet (approx. 116.5 English feet or 35.5 metres). Also: a measure of land area equivalent to one half of a juger, or...
6. afforce, v. View full entry c1300
...refl. To exert oneself (to do something); to strive, endeavour; to do one's best. Obs....
7. agger, n. View full entry a1398
...A heap of stones and earth, an earthwork, mound, or embankment; (Archaeol.) the raised rampart of a Roman camp; the raised part of a Roman road or causeway, with ditches...
8. alabaster, n. and adj. View full entry c1384
...An ornamental stone consisting of a fine-grained, compact, translucent form of gypsum or (esp. with reference to ancient artefacts) calcite, typically white or tinted or clouded with yellow, red, and other colours,...
9. Alban, n.1 and adj. View full entry a1387
...Ancient Hist. An inhabitant or citizen of Alba Longa, a city of ancient Latium....
10. aleph, n. View full entry c1300
...The name of the first letter of the Hebrew, Phoenician, and other north Semitic alphabets, in printed square Hebrew having the form א. Cf. alpha...
11. Allobroges, n. View full entry a1387
...Ancient Hist. With pl. concord. A Gaulish people who occupied the region between the Rhône and Lake Geneva. Also occas. in sing.: a member of this people....
12. amˈpulla, n. View full entry a1398
...Roman Hist. The ancient vessel mentioned above....
13. ancient, adj. and n.1 View full entry 1366
...Of or belonging to time past, former, earlier, bygone. arch., exc. when approaching sense A. 2....
14. Antichrist, n. View full entry 1340
...An enemy or opponent of Christ....
15. antiquity, n. View full entry c1380
...The quality of being old (in the world's history) or ancient; long standing, oldness, ancientness....
16. archery, n. View full entry a1400
...The practice or art of shooting with bow and arrow; skill as an archer. Also fig....
17. art, n.1 View full entry c1300
...Skill in doing something, esp. as the result of knowledge or practice....
18. bail | bayle, n.3 View full entry c1320
...pl. Outer line of fortification, formed of stakes; palisades, barriers....
19. bailey, n. View full entry a1400
...The external wall enclosing the outer court, and forming the first line of defence, of a feudal castle; and, in a wider sense, any of the circuits of walls or defences which...
20. base, n.1 View full entry ?a1325
...Part of a structure....
