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1. abbey, n. View full entry c1300
...Christian Church....
2. advowson, n. View full entry c1300
...The right to present a member of the clergy to a particular benefice or living. Also occas. more generally: guardianship, protection, or patronage of a church or religious house; an instance of...
3. aglet, n. View full entry 1365
...A tag attached to the end of a lace, originally of metal and now also of plastic, intended primarily to make it easier to thread through the eyelet holes, but also developed...
4. airy, adj. View full entry a1398
...Of or belonging to the air, esp. as distinguished from the earth, water, etc.; living or located in the air....
5. animal, n. View full entry a1398
...A living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and a nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli; any living creature, including man....
6. art, n.1 View full entry c1300
...Skill in doing something, esp. as the result of knowledge or practice....
7. bargain, n.1 View full entry 1330
...Discussion between two parties of the terms on which one is to give or do something to or for the other; chaffering; bargaining. Obs....
8. base, n.1 View full entry ?a1325
...Part of a structure....
9. bleating, n. View full entry 1398
...The crying of a sheep, goat, or calf; also contemptuously said of human utterances....
10. blister, n.1 View full entry a1400
...A thin vesicle on the skin, containing serum, caused by friction, a burn, or other injury, or the action of a vesicatory....
11. block, n. View full entry c1305
...A log of wood; part of the trunk of a tree, a stump....
12. blue, adj. View full entry 1366
...The name of one of the colours of the spectrum; of the colour of the sky and the deep sea; cerulean....
13. boot, n.3 View full entry c1325
...A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, usually of leather. (Distinguished from a shoe by extending above the ankle. In earlier times used only by riders:...
14. † boss, n.3 View full entry c1375
...A cask; esp. a small cask; a leathern butt or bottle for wine, etc....
15. boy, n.1 and int. View full entry c1300
...A male servant, slave, assistant, junior employee, etc....
16. broker, n. View full entry 1377
...A retailer; contemptuously, Pedlar, petty dealer, monger. (Now sunk in sense 2.)...
17. † broll, n. View full entry a1325
...Offspring, child; contemptuously, a brat, an ‘imp’, a little wretch....
18. bugger, n.1 View full entry 1340
...(With capital initial). A heretic: the name was particularly applied to the Albigenses. Obs. exc. Hist....
19. † bulchin, n. View full entry 1330
...A bull-calf....
20. bum, n.1 View full entry a1387
...‘The buttocks, the part on which we sit’ (Johnson); the posteriors....
