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1. † adub, v. View full entry ?1473
...trans. To invest with the insignia of knighthood, or the title of a knight; to dub; (in extended use) to invest with some other title. Freq. with noun complement. arch....
2. ambush, n. View full entry 1489
...strictly. A military disposition consisting of troops concealed in a wood or other place, in order to surprise and fall unexpectedly upon an enemy. The ambush is the entire...
3. amuse, v. View full entry 1480
...intr. To muse intently, gaze in astonishment. Obs....
4. antecessor, n. View full entry 1474
...One who goes before (esp. in office); a predecessor. (The latter word is more common.)...
5. † appertise | appertyse, n. View full entry 1480
...Open display, proof, or evidence of dexterity, skill, or valour, esp. in arms....
6. approach, n. View full entry 1489
...The act of coming nearer (relatively), or of drawing near (absolutely), in space....
7. armory, n. View full entry 1489
...The science of blazoning arms, heraldry....
8. arrière-guard | aˈrrear-guard, n. View full entry 1489
...= rearguard...
9. † artillour, n. View full entry 1483
...An artillery officer....
10. assault, v. View full entry 1489
...To make a violent hostile attack by physical means upon (a person, army, etc.); to commit an unlawful or criminal assault upon the person of (see assault3). to...
11. † baˈlister | baˈlester, n.1 View full entry 1489
...An arbalester, a crossbow-man....
12. band, n.3 View full entry 1490
...An organized company; a troop. Said of armed men, also of robbers, assassins, etc....
13. † barbed-cat, n. View full entry 1489
...A military engine; see quot. 1489....
14. bastille | bastile, v. View full entry 1480
...To fortify (a castle). Obs....
15. † bersuell, n. View full entry 1489
...A disposition of fighting-men in a triangular phalanx with the apex towards the enemy. (Called also in Old French coing, i.e. wedge.)...
16. bistoury, n. View full entry 1490
...A mediæval weapon, a large knife or dagger....
17. blank, n. View full entry 1480
...A small French coin, originally of silver, but afterwards of copper; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English. According to Littré,...
18. † brank(e, n.3 View full entry 1480
...A brand, a sword. App. only in Caxton....
19. chausses, n. View full entry 1484
...With pl. concord. Pantaloons or tight coverings for the legs and feet; esp. of mail, forming part of a knight's armour (in Old French chauces de fer...
20. cite, v. View full entry 1483
...To summon officially to appear in court of law, whether as principal or witness. Properly confined in England to Ecclesiastical Law....
