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1. abatement, n.2 View full entry 1421
...The result of abating or lessening (in various senses of abateII.); the amount by which something is abated; a reduction, deduction, decrease....
2. achievement, n. View full entry 1477
...The action of achieving something; completion, accomplishment, successful execution....
3. addition, n. View full entry c1400
...Something which is added or joined to another thing; an appendix, an augmentation; (also) a person who becomes part of a family or other group of people....
4. affronted, adj. View full entry ?1488
...Impudent, shameless; = effrontedObs....
5. alerion, n. View full entry a1500
...A bird believed to have no feet. Obs....
6. armory, n. View full entry 1489
...The science of blazoning arms, heraldry....
7. augment, v. View full entry c1400
...trans. To make greater in size, number, amount, degree, etc.; to increase, enlarge, extend....
8. augmentation, n. View full entry 1463
...The action or process of augmenting, making greater, or adding to; extension, enlargement....
9. ˈazured, adj. View full entry 1490
...arch. orObs. Coloured azure; = azure (in various senses):...
10. badge, n. View full entry 1440
...Originally: a heraldic symbol worn as an identifying mark by a knight and his retainers (= cognizance5a; sometimes more fully badge of arms). In later use: any...
11. banded, adj. View full entry 1488
...Bound or fastened with, or as if with, a band....
12. barry, adj. View full entry 1486
...(A field) Divided horizontally into a number of equal parts by bars of two colours arranged alternately....
13. † bebally, adj. View full entry 1486
...Said of a shield: = party per palepale6b, i.e. divided into two parts by a vertical line....
14. † ˈbended, adj.2 View full entry c1400
...Striped or banded; in Heraldry having a bend or bends; = bendy...
15. † ˈbendly, adv. View full entry 1486
...Heraldry. Bend-wise....
16. bendy, adj. View full entry 1486
...Of a shield: Divided diagonally into an even number (usually six) of equal divisions, coloured alternately. bendy-wavy...
17. bezanty, adj. View full entry 1486
...Charged with or formed of bezants....
18. † bially, adj. View full entry 1486
...(See quots.)...
19. ˈbillet, n.2 View full entry c1440
...A thick piece of wood cut to a suitable length for fuel....
20. ˈblazer, n.2 View full entry c1450
...One who proclaims or publishes; a ‘trumpeter’....
