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1. accidie, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Physical or mental slothfulness, esp. as a condition leading to listlessness and lack of interest in life; apathy, lethargy, torpor; (also) †an instance of this (obs.)....
2. ail, n.2 View full entry ?c1225
...Trouble, affliction; (in later use esp.) illness, disease. In early use also: harm. Obs....
3. 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....
4. arm, n.2 View full entry a1250
...Defensive covering or appendages for the body; armour, mail. Now poet....
5. bag, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A receptacle made of some flexible material closed in on all sides except at the top (where also it generally can be closed); a pouch, a small sack....
6. beadsman, n. View full entry ?c1225
...lit. A man of prayer; one who prays for the soul or spiritual welfare of another....
7. 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;...
8. catch, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To chase, to drive. Obs....
9. 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...
10. circumstance, n. View full entry ?c1225
...That which stands around or surrounds; the totality of surrounding things; surroundings; environment. Obs. (exc. nonce-use as in 1832)....
11. 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...
12. 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...
13. delight, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The fact or condition of being delighted; pleasure, joy, or gratification felt in a high degree....
14. deliver, v.1 View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To set free, liberate, release, rescue, save. Const. from, out of, †of....
15. depart, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To divide into parts, dispart. Obs....
16. estate, n. View full entry ?c1225
...State or condition in general, whether material or moral, bodily or mental. In Middle English occas.: Constitution, nature. arch.; now almost exclusively in Biblical phrases....
17. ˈfellowly, adj. and adv. View full entry ?c1225
...Pertaining to or befitting comrades or friendly associates; social. More recently revived in poet. and rhet. use....
18. grieve, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To press heavily upon, as a weight; to burden. Only in pass.Obs....
19. gulch, v.1 View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To swallow or devour greedily. Also with down, in, up....
20. hiding, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...The action of hide, lit. and fig.; the condition of being hidden; concealment. (Often in phr. in hiding, Sc. under hiding.)...
