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1. † afaite, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To incline, dispose, or discipline (the heart)....
2. 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....
3. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
4. beating, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The infliction of repeated blows; spec. the action of inflicting blows in punishment; the dashing of waves against the shore; the whipping up of a fluid; the flapping of wings;...
5. bolt, v.2 View full entry ?c1225
...To start, spring. Obs....
6. cage, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A box or place of confinement for birds and other animals (or, in barbarous times, for human beings), made wholly or partly of wire, or with bars of metal or wood, so...
7. catch, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To chase, to drive. Obs....
8. champion, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A fighting man, a combatant; a stout fighter, a man of valour. Also fig....
9. city, n. View full entry ?c1225
...orig. A town or other inhabited place. Not a native designation, but app. at first a somewhat grandiose title, used instead of the Old English burh, borough...
10. clap, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An abrupt explosive noise; the noise made by the sudden collision of two hard flat or concave surfaces; the bang or report of a gun. Obs. (except as in next,...
11. clove, n.2 View full entry ?c1225
...The dried flower-bud of Caryophyllus aromaticus, much used as a pungent aromatic spice. (Usually in pl.)...
12. clove-gillyflower, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The spice clove1. Obs....
13. cratch, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...A rack or crib to hold fodder for horses and cattle in a stable or a cowshed; in early use sometimes, a manger. Obs. exc. dial....
14. crop, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To cut off or remove the ‘crop’ or head of (a plant, tree, etc.); to poll, to lop off the branches of (a tree)....
15. † cubbel, n. View full entry c1230
...Something fastened to a beast as a clog....
16. danger, n. and adj. View full entry ?c1225
...Power of a lord or master, jurisdiction, dominion; power to dispose of, or to hurt or harm; esp. in phr. in (a person's) danger, within his power or...
17. dod, v.1 View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To make the top or head of (anything) blunt, rounded, or bare; hence, to clip or poll the hair of (a person); to deprive (an animal) of its horns; to...
18. double, adj.1 and adv. View full entry ?c1225
...Consisting of two members, things, or sets combined; twofold; forming a pair, paired, coupled; made of two layers of material, as a garment, etc. Often, with a sing. n., equivalent to ‘two’...
19. estate, n. View full entry ?c1225
...State or condition in general, whether material or moral, bodily or mental. In Middle English occas.: Constitution, nature. arch.; now almost exclusively in Biblical phrases....
20. † ˈestre, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Condition of being, way of life, position, circumstances; also, a state of things....
