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1. abraid, v.1 View full entry OE
...trans. To move (something) suddenly or violently, to wrench, snatch; to pull out; to draw (a sword). Also fig.Obs....
2. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
3. alight, v.1 View full entry OE
...trans. To make light, or less heavy; to lighten, alleviate (a burden); to relieve (a person) of a burden. Also fig.Obs....
4. anchor, n.1 View full entry c880
...An appliance for holding a ship, etc., fixed in a particular place, by mooring it to the bottom of the sea or river; now consisting of ‘a heavy iron, composed of a...
5. angel, n. View full entry c950
...A ministering spirit or divine messenger; one of an order of spiritual beings superior to man in power and intelligence, who, according to the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and other theologies, are the...
6. angle, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Originally: a fish hook. In later use also: the apparatus used for fishing in combination with this, as a line, rod, etc. Cf. angle-hook...
7. answer, v. View full entry c950
...intr. To speak in reply or opposition to a charge or accusation, to make a rebutting statement, defend oneself....
8. † aˈrear, v. View full entry a800
...To raise, erect, build, rear (an edifice, etc.)....
9. arm, n.1 View full entry c885
...The upper limb of the human body, from the shoulder to the hand; the part from the elbow to the hand being the fore-arm....
10. arrow, n. View full entry a835
...A slender pointed missile shot from a bow, usually feathered and barbed. Sometimes also applied to the bolts, or quarrels, with thickened heads, discharged from the cross-bow....
11. as, adv. and conj. View full entry OE
...Of quantity or degree: in that degree, to that extent (in or to which). Obs....
12. † aˈset, v. View full entry c885
...To set up, place; to appoint; to set out, array....
13. ash, n.1 View full entry c700
...A well-known forest tree, indigenous to Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa, and noted in Teutonic literature from the earliest times; having silver-grey bark, graceful pinnate foliage, a peculiar winged seed or...
14. ash, n.2 View full entry c950
...The powdery residue, composed chiefly of earthy or mineral particles, left after the combustion of any substance....
15. awl, n. View full entry c885
...A small tool, having a slender, cylindrical, tapering, sharp-pointed blade, with which holes may be pierced; a piercer, pricker, bodkin....
16. back, n.1 View full entry c885
...properly. The convex surface of the body of persons and vertebrated animals which is adjacent to the spinal axis, and opposite to the belly and most of the special organs. It...
17. balk | baulk, n.1 View full entry c885
...A ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground; e.g. a grave-mound. Obs....
18. ballista, n. View full entry eOE
...A military engine used in ancient times, resembling a giant crossbow stretched with cords and thongs, and used to propel heavy bolts and other missiles....
19. bare, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c885
...Of the body or its parts: Unclothed, naked, nude....
20. bark, v.1 View full entry c885
...intr. To utter a sharp explosive cry. (Orig. of dogs, hence of other animals, and spec. of foxes at rutting-time.) Const. at (on, upon...
