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1. accidence, n.1 View full entry a1393
...Chance, unforeseen or unexpected eventuality; (contextually) mishap, fortuitous circumstance. Also: an occurrence of this type. Freq. in prepositional phrases, as by accidence. Cf. accident5a....
2. accroach, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To draw to oneself, catch, attract, acquire. In later use: spec. to assume (the prerogative of power) from another, to usurp....
3. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
4. astrolabe, n. View full entry a1393
...Any of various portable instruments formerly used for making astronomical measurements, esp. the altitudes of celestial objects, typically taking the form of a graduated metal disc with rotating parts and a sighting...
5. astrologia, n. View full entry a1425
...Originally: any of several medicinal herbs of the genus Aristolochia, formerly used to facilitate childbirth (also called birthwort); esp. A. longa and A. rotunda....
6. base, adj. and n.6 View full entry a1393
...Low in height, short....
7. bombard, n. View full entry 1393
...The earliest kind of cannon, usually throwing a stone ball or a very large shot....
8. climate, n.1 View full entry a1393
...In ancient and medieval geography: each of the bands or belts of the earth's surface stretching from west to east and associated with specific parallels of latitude; (more generally) latitude. Also occas.:...
9. feminie, n. View full entry a1393
...Freq. with capital initial. The Amazons (Amazon1); the country of the Amazons....
10. gaud, n.1 View full entry 1390
...One of the larger and more ornamental beads placed between the decades of ‘aves’ in a rosary. (Called in French signaux or seigneaux.)...
11. Indian, adj. and n. View full entry a1393
...Of, from, or belonging to India, British India (now hist.), or (formerly) the East Indies. Also: of or characteristic of the inhabitants of these regions....
12. infortunate, adj. and n. View full entry c1390
...Subject to or marked by misfortune, unlucky; = unfortunate Now rare....
13. intelligence, n. View full entry c1390
...The faculty of understanding; intellect. Also as a count noun: a mental manifestation of this faculty, a capacity to understand....
14. laborious, adj. View full entry a1393
...Given to labour or hard work; industrious, diligent, hard-working. Formerly also: †able to do physical labour (obs.)....
15. labourer | laborer, n. View full entry a1393
...A person who performs physical labour, usually as a means of employment; a manual worker, esp. one carrying out unskilled work....
16. Lollard, n. View full entry 1390
...A name of contempt given in the 14th c. to certain heretics, who were either followers of Wyclif or held opinions similar to his....
17. mappemonde, n. View full entry a1393
...= mappa mundi Formerly also: †the world itself (obs.). Also in extended use....
18. mechanic, adj. and n. View full entry a1393
...Relating to or involving manual labour or skill, esp. in mechanic arts (see etymological note). Cf. mechanical1. Now rare (chiefly hist.)....
19. melancholy, adj. and n.2 View full entry a1393
...Med....
20. merels, n. View full entry a1393
...In singular form. Each of the counters or pieces used in the game of nine men's morris (see morris). Also fig.Obs....
