Browse dictionary
Showing 1-20 of 456 results in 456 entries
1. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry ?a1300
...A single point in a game, and related uses....
2. admiral, n. View full entry c1275
...In Arabic and some other non-European countries: a ruler, military commander, or prince; = emir1. hist. in later use....
3. ado, n. and adj.1 (and adv.) View full entry a1300
...regional (chiefly Sc. and north.Eng.). As infinitive. to have ado: to have (or need) to do....
4. adventure, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A chance occurrence or event, an accident. Obs....
5. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
6. alpha, n. and adj. View full entry ?c1200
...(The name of) the first letter (Α, α) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to English a....
7. anlace, n. View full entry 1297
...A short two-edged knife or dagger, broad at the hilt and tapering to the point, formerly worn at the girdle. (Obs. bef. 1500, erron. defined in early Dicts., and used...
8. annoy, v. View full entry 1250
...intr. To be hateful, odious, offensive, or a cause of trouble (to, or with dat.) Obs....
9. apparel, v. View full entry c1250
...trans. To make ready, or prepare (for a purpose); to fit out, get ready, put into proper order....
10. appeal, n. View full entry 1297
...A calling to account before a legal tribunal; in Law: A criminal charge or accusation, made by one who undertook under penalty to prove it; spec....
11. archer, n. View full entry 1297
...One who shoots with bow and arrows, esp. one who uses them in war; a bowman. Also fig....
12. arm, n.2 View full entry a1250
...Defensive covering or appendages for the body; armour, mail. Now poet....
13. arm, v.1 View full entry 1250
...lit. To furnish with arms defensive or offensive. In early use: (chiefly) to cover (a man or horse) with armour or mail. Later: to provide (a man, garrison, stronghold, ship, etc.)...
14. armed, adj.1 View full entry 1297
...lit. Furnished with arms or armour; fully equipped for war. In intensive ‘Armed to the teeth.’ In armed demonstration, armed neutrality, it refers to the...
15. armour | armor, n. View full entry 1297
...collect. sing. Defensive covering worn by one who is fighting; mail. Cf. arm1....
16. array, v. View full entry 1297
...To set or place in order of readiness, to marshall. esp. To draw up prepared for battle, and in obs. phr. to array a battle....
17. article, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Each of the separate items of a summary of faith; spec.each of the separate clauses or statements of the Apostles' Creed; (freq. with capital initial) any of the...
18. assail, v.1 View full entry c1220
...lit. To leap upon, ‘mount.’ (So French assaillir.)...
19. assault, n. View full entry a1250
...gen. An onset or rush upon any one with hostile intent; an attack with blows or weapons....
20. assemble, v.1 View full entry 1297
...trans. To bring together (persons) into one place or company; to gather, collect, convene....
