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1. abstract, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a word: denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. Freq. in abstract noun. Opposed to concrete....
2. abyss, n. View full entry a1398
...The primal formless chaos out of which the earth and the heavens were created....
3. accident, n. View full entry 1395
...Philos. In Aristotelian thought: a property or quality not essential to a substance or object; something that does not constitute an essential component, an attribute. Cf. substance4a....
4. † aliet, n. View full entry a1398
...A bird of prey; esp. (in Wyclif) an osprey or a sea eagle; (Heraldry) a merlin or a sparrowhawk....
5. arming, n.2 View full entry c1386
...The action or process of furnishing (oneself or others) with arms or armour; †concr. arms, armour (obs.)....
6. attired, adj. View full entry 1330
...Equipped, furnished, fitted out, prepared. Obs....
7. attiring, n. View full entry a1375
...The action of fitting out, accoutring, dressing, apparelling....
8. Avellan, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of Avella; filbert-, hazel-; cf. Latin Avellāna nux....
9. azure, n. and adj. View full entry a1330
...The precious stone lapis lazuli....
10. barb, n.1 View full entry c1374
...The beard of a man. Obs.rare....
11. baronet, n. View full entry a1400
...orig. A word meaning young, little, or lesser baron, found as a title from the 14th c. According to Spenser (State of Ireland)...
12. base, n.1 View full entry ?a1325
...Part of a structure....
13. † baston, n. View full entry c1308
...A staff or stick used as a weapon or a staff of office; a cudgel, club, bat, truncheon; = baton1, batoon1....
14. bearer, n. View full entry a1382
...One who carries or conveys; a carrier, a porter....
15. † ˈbendel, n. View full entry c1325
...A little band or scarf; a fillet, a ribbon....
16. blanch, adj. View full entry 1330
...White, pale. Chiefly in specific uses, as blanch fever, blanch powder, blanch sauce. Obs....
17. blaze, v.2 View full entry c1384
...To blow (e.g. with a musical instrument); to puff. Also with out. Obs....
18. blazon, n. View full entry c1325
...A shield used in war. Obs....
19. blue, adj. and n. View full entry c1300
...Of a colour of the spectrum intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or deep sea on a clear day....
20. boa, n. View full entry 1398
...Zool. A genus of serpents native to the tropical parts of S. America, distinguished for their large size and immense muscular strength. They are destitute of poison fangs, and kill their...
