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1. Alban, n.1 and adj. View full entry a1387
...Ancient Hist. An inhabitant or citizen of Alba Longa, a city of ancient Latium....
2. amburbial, adj. View full entry 1656
...lit. Connected with the circuit of a city; hence, Of or pertaining to the expiatory procession round the city of Rome....
3. apparitor, n. View full entry 1528
...The servant or attendant of an officer or authority....
4. atom, n. View full entry OE
...In and with reference to the medieval period: the smallest unit of time, of which there are 376 in a minute and 22,560 in an hour, equal to 1594...
5. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
6. base, adj. and n.6 View full entry a1393
...Low in height, short....
7. beaker, n. View full entry 1348
...A large drinking vessel with a wide mouth, an open cup or goblet. (Now chiefly in literary use.)...
8. bell, n.1 View full entry a1000
...A hollow body of cast metal, formed to ring, or emit a clear musical sound, by the sonorous vibration of its entire circumference, when struck by a clapper, hammer, or other appliance....
9. black, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, and a small hole in a hollow object; of or having this colour; (also)...
10. book, n. View full entry 872-915
...A writing; a written document; esp. a charter or deed by which land (hence called bócland) was conveyed. Obs....
11. brazen, adj. View full entry a1000
...Made of brass....
12. bust, n.2 View full entry a1660
...The part of a sculpture representing the torso, esp. that of a larger ancient Greek or Roman statue. Obs. (but cf. sense 2a)....
13. cassia, n.1 View full entry c1000
...An inferior kind of cinnamon, esp. the bark obtained from Cinnamomum Cassia; thicker, coarser, less delicate in flavour, and cheaper than the true cinnamon. More fully cassia-bark....
14. castle, n. View full entry c1000
...Used to render Latin castellum of the Vulgate (Greek κώμη), village. Obs....
15. 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...
16. chariot, n. View full entry c1374
...A wheeled vehicle, coach, or conveyance....
17. chief, n. View full entry 1297
...lit. The head (of the body). Obs.rare....
18. cold, adj. View full entry c950
...The proper adjective expressing a well-known quality of the air or of other substances exciting one of the primary physical sensations, due to the abstraction of heat from the surface of the...
19. consistory, n. View full entry a1307
...A place where councillors meet, a council-chamber. (Almost always as a translation of the corresponding French or Latin word, and never applied to anything English.) Obs....
20. disc | disk, n. View full entry 1664
...The discus or quoit used in ancient Greek and Roman athletic exercises; the game played with this. Obs. exc. Hist. (Cf. dishII.)...
