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1. backward, adv., adj., and n.2 View full entry a1300
...Of motion: In the direction of one's back or of that to which one's back is turned, as to lean backward, bend backward, fall backward, ...
2. † bale, v.1 View full entry a1400
...To dance....
3. bar, v. View full entry a1300
...trans....
4. belt, v. View full entry a1400
...trans. and refl. To gird with a belt; to engirdle; spec. to invest with a distinctive belt, e.g. of knighthood....
5. Bible, n. View full entry a1300
...The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament. (Sometimes in early use, and still dial., used for the Old Testament; e.g. ‘neither in the Bible nor the Testament.’) the...
6. bray, v.1 View full entry a1300
...intr. To cry out, to utter a loud harsh cry; esp. of grief or pain. Obs....
7. break, n.1 View full entry a1400
...An act of breaking; breakage, fracture....
8. breve, n. View full entry a1400
...A letter of authority; a royal mandate: see brief1....
9. briefly, adv. View full entry a1300
...In a way or form that occupies short time; in few words, shortly, concisely, tersely....
10. call, n. View full entry a1300
...A loud vocal utterance or speech, a shout, a cry; a loud vocal address or supplication....
11. carol, n. View full entry a1300
...A ring-dance with accompaniment of song; ? a ring of men or women holding hands and moving round in dancing step. arch....
12. cast, n. View full entry a1300
...A throw of a missile, a bowl, or other object....
13. chastise, v. View full entry c1325
...To correct (authoritatively) the faults of; to amend, reform, improve (a person or thing). Obs....
14. clarity, n. View full entry c1340
...Brightness, lustre, brilliancy, splendour. Obs. (An exceedingly common sense in 17th c.)...
15. clearness, n. View full entry a1400
...Brightness, luminousness; splendour, brilliancy; fairness, beauty; fineness of weather. Obs....
16. compass, n.1, adj., and adv. View full entry a1300
...Measure, proper proportion, regularity: e.g. to keep even compass (cf. Old French tenir compas to keep step in marching); by compass (Old French par compas...
17. compassing, n. View full entry a1300
...A devising, planning; a device, design, artifice, contrivance....
18. conception, n. View full entry a1300
...The action of conceiving, or fact of being conceived, in the womb....
19. conclusion, n. View full entry c1340
...The end, close, finish, termination, ‘wind up’ (e.g. of a speech or writing). (See also 4.)...
20. concord, n.1 View full entry a1300
...Agreement between persons; concurrence in feeling and opinion; harmony, accord....
