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1. advancement, n. View full entry c1325
...The raising of a person to a higher rank or position; promotion, preferment; (also) an instance of this....
2. advise, v. View full entry c1325
...trans. To look at, observe, examine, scrutinize; (also) to see, discern. Obs....
3. ally, v. View full entry c1325
...trans....
4. amendment, n. View full entry 1297
...Removal of faults, correction, reformation....
5. ancestor, n. View full entry 1297
...One from whom a person is descended, either by the father or mother; a progenitor, a forefather. (Usually said of those more remote than a grandfather.) Also, of animals, and fig....
6. 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....
7. arch, n.1 View full entry 1297
...Any part of a curve; = arc12. Obs....
8. armour | armor, n. View full entry 1297
...collect. sing. Defensive covering worn by one who is fighting; mail. Cf. arm1....
9. 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....
10. assign, v. View full entry 1297
...trans. To allot as a share, portion, or allowance (to); to appoint, apportion, make over....
11. assize, n. View full entry 1297
...A sitting or session of a consultative or legislative body. Obs....
12. assoil, v. View full entry 1297
...To absolve from sin, grant absolution to, pardon, forgive; = absolve2 ‘Whom God assoil!’ (Old French que Dieu assoille! Latin quem Deus absolvat!):...
13. assumption, n. View full entry 1297
...The action of receiving up into heaven; ascent to or reception into heaven....
14. bailie, n. View full entry 1297
...= bailiff1. Obs....
15. bailiff, n. View full entry 1297
...One charged with public administrative authority in a certain district....
16. barony, n. View full entry 1297
...The domain of a baron:...
17. battle, n. View full entry 1297
...A hostile engagement or encounter between opposing forces on land or sea; a combat, a fight....
18. building, n. View full entry 1297
...The action of the verb build, lit. and fig. Freq. with up (also attrib.)....
19. bull, n.2 View full entry 1297
...A seal attached to an official document; esp. the leaden seal attached to the Pope's edicts....
20. caution, n. View full entry 1297
...Security given for the performance of some engagement; bail; a guarantee, a pledge. Still in Sc. Law, U.S., and in caution-money; see ....
