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1. bailey, n. View full entry a1400
...The external wall enclosing the outer court, and forming the first line of defence, of a feudal castle; and, in a wider sense, any of the circuits of walls or defences which...
2. † ˈbattle, v.2 View full entry a1400
...trans. To fortify or furnish with battlements. (Usually in passive: cf. battled)...
3. belt, v. View full entry a1400
...trans. and refl. To gird with a belt; to engirdle; spec. to invest with a distinctive belt, e.g. of knighthood....
4. break, n.1 View full entry a1400
...An act of breaking; breakage, fracture....
5. call, n. View full entry a1300
...A loud vocal utterance or speech, a shout, a cry; a loud vocal address or supplication....
6. † cannel | canel, n.1 View full entry a1300
...(form canel) The natural bed of a stream of water; a watercourse. Obs. Now channel...
7. case, n.2 View full entry a1300
...A thing fitted to contain or enclose something else; a receptacle or holder; a box, chest, bag, sheath, covering, etc.; spec. in very early use (as in Old French) a...
8. cast, n. View full entry a1300
...A throw of a missile, a bowl, or other object....
9. casting, adj. View full entry a1300
...That casts, in various senses of the vb....
10. centenier, n. View full entry a1400
...A centurion. Obs....
11. chastise, v. View full entry c1325
...To correct (authoritatively) the faults of; to amend, reform, improve (a person or thing). Obs....
12. coast, n. View full entry a1300
...The side of the body (of men or animals); the part fortified by the ribs. †by my coste: by my side (quot. 1591). Obs....
13. command, v. View full entry a1300
...with direct and indirect object (the latter formerly often with to)....
14. commander, n. View full entry a1300
...One who commands....
15. conqueror, n. View full entry a1300
...One who gains possession of a country, etc., by force of arms; one who subdues or subjugates a nation; one who conquers or vanquishes an adversary, a victor. (Cf. the synonymous ...
16. † conrey, n. View full entry a1300
...Equipment, outfit....
17. convert, v. View full entry a1300
...trans. To turn (a thing or oneself) about, to give a different (or specific) direction to. refl. = To turn (intr.). Obs....
18. convey, v.1 View full entry a1300
...trans. To go along with (any one) on his way for the sake of company; to accompany in token of courtesy or honour, or as an escort; to set forward or...
19. ˈcorner-stone, n. View full entry a1300
...One of the stones forming the quoin or salient angle of a wall, a quoin-stone....
20. cross, v. View full entry c1340
...trans. To crucify. Obs....
