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1. advancement, n. View full entry c1325
...The raising of a person to a higher rank or position; promotion, preferment; (also) an instance of this....
2. against, prep., conj., adv., and n. View full entry eOE
...In reception of, in welcome of. Obs....
3. 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....
4. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
5. alms, n. View full entry eOE
...Charitable relief given to the poor or needy, usu. (now only) in the form of material gifts, typically of money or food; (in later use esp.) the goods given in...
6. ambidexter, adj. and n. View full entry a1555
...lit. Right-handed on both sides, able to use the left hand as well as the right....
7. angel, n. View full entry c950
...A ministering spirit or divine messenger; one of an order of spiritual beings superior to man in power and intelligence, who, according to the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and other theologies, are the...
8. answer, v. View full entry c950
...intr. To speak in reply or opposition to a charge or accusation, to make a rebutting statement, defend oneself....
9. † aˈraise, v. View full entry 1303
...To raise, lift up, elevate. lit. and fig....
10. argent, n. and adj. View full entry c1500
...The metal silver. arch. or poet.spume of argent (Latin argenti spuma): litharge of silver....
11. arise, v. View full entry c825
...To get up from sitting or kneeling, to stand up. arch.: see rise...
12. as, adv. and conj. View full entry OE
...Of quantity or degree: in that degree, to that extent (in or to which). Obs....
13. audit, n. View full entry 1435-6
...gen. A hearing, an audience; esp. a judicial hearing of complaints, a judicial examination. arch....
14. aval, n. View full entry 1880
...An endorsement (lit. a writing ‘at the bottom’) on a commercial document, guaranteeing payment of it....
15. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
16. back, adv. View full entry c1300
...lit. In the direction of one's back, or the back of any object in question; toward the rear; away from a forward position. Often with the vb. (go, ...
17. backward, adv., adj., and n.2 View full entry a1300
...Of motion: In the direction of one's back or of that to which one's back is turned, as to lean backward, bend backward, fall backward, ...
18. 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....
19. balance, n.1 View full entry 1297
...An apparatus for weighing, consisting of a beam poised so as to move freely on a central pivot, with a scale pan at each end....
20. balance, v. View full entry 1583
...trans. To weigh (a matter); to estimate the two aspects or sides of anything; to ponder....
