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1. anchorage, n.1 View full entry 1516
...The action or process of anchoring; the condition of lying at anchor....
2. ˈbaster, n.1 View full entry 1525
...One who bastes meat....
3. † beeting, n. View full entry 1517
...The action of making good; mending, repair; making (a fire), kindling....
4. † callyoan, n. View full entry c1524
...? Some kind of fur....
5. † down weight | down-weight, n. View full entry c1524
...That which weighs down the scale of a balance; full or good weight. attrib. Heavy enough to weigh down the scale; of full weight. Also fig....
6. ˈhearse-cloth, n. View full entry 1522
...A black cloth to cover a bier or coffin; a funeral pall....
7. kilting, n. View full entry 1521
...The action of kilt; the act of girding or tucking up, or of plaiting like a kilt; the result of this. Also attrib., as kilting-belt, ...
8. † ˈkneppel, n. View full entry c1500
...The clapper of a bell....
9. Lady chapel, n. View full entry 1539
...A chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, usually forming part of a larger church or cathedral and typically situated to the east of the high altar in a cathedral or at the...
10. novitiate, n. View full entry 1517-18
...A novice in a religious order....
11. pilot-major, n. View full entry 1562
...A chief pilot....
12. pot hanger, n. View full entry c1525
...Any of various devices from which a cooking pot, kettle, etc., may be hung; esp.a bar with a series of holes or teeth on which to attach a pot-hook at...
13. † sig, v.1 View full entry 1581
...trans. To steep in, or sprinkle with, urine....
