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1. adder, n.1 View full entry eOE
...In generic sense: a snake, a serpent, esp. with reference to the serpent as a manifestation of the devil in the biblical account of the Fall in the Garden of Eden; (hence,...
2. address, v. View full entry a1325
...trans. (chiefly in pass.). To direct (a written communication) to a specific person or destination; spec. (in early use) to write and send (a writ, a petition,...
3. agate, n. View full entry ?1483
...= jet1a. Obs.rare....
4. 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....
5. alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry c1400
...Used as a call to arms or warning of imminent danger, esp. of being attacked. Now literary (chiefly arch. and hist.)....
6. anadem, n. View full entry 1604
...A wreath for the head, usually of flowers; a chaplet, a garland....
7. 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...
8. 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...
9. argent, n. and adj. View full entry c1500
...The metal silver. arch. or poet.spume of argent (Latin argenti spuma): litharge of silver....
10. array, n. View full entry c1330
...Arrangement in line or ranks, esp. martial order. Phrases: in battle array, out of array (obs.)....
11. 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....
12. 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....
13. arrowed, adj. View full entry 1652
...Made into an arrow....
14. assay, v. View full entry c1300
...trans. To put to the proof, try (a person or thing); to test the nature, excellence, fitness, etc. of. Obs. exc. as fig. use of 4....
15. axle, n.2 View full entry 1405
...The centre-pin or spindle upon which a wheel revolves, or which revolves along with it....
16. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
17. bag, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A receptacle made of some flexible material closed in on all sides except at the top (where also it generally can be closed); a pouch, a small sack....
18. balance, n.1 View full entry 1297
...An apparatus for weighing, consisting of a beam poised so as to move freely on a central pivot, with a scale pan at each end....
19. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
20. band, n.1 View full entry ?c1200
...Anything with which one's body or limbs are bound, in restraint of personal liberty; a shackle, chain, fetter, manacle. arch....
