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1. ashen, adj.1 View full entry a1400
...Of or pertaining to an ash-tree. (Cf. aspen)...
2. bared, adj. View full entry a1300
...Made bare, exposed to view, naked, nude....
3. barge, n.1 View full entry a1300
...A small sea-going vessel with sails: used spec. for one next in size above the balinger, and generally as = Ship, vessel (in which use it...
4. bark, n.1 View full entry a1300
...The rind or outer sheath of the trunk and branches of trees, formed of tissue parallel with the wood. See quot. 1866....
5. bark, v.2 View full entry a1400
...intr. (with over) To form a bark....
6. 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....
7. 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...
8. blue, n. View full entry a1400
...Blue colour. (It may have a plural.)...
9. break, n.1 View full entry a1400
...An act of breaking; breakage, fracture....
10. breek, n. View full entry a1300
...A garment covering the loins and thighs; = breech1....
11. breve, n. View full entry a1400
...A letter of authority; a royal mandate: see brief1....
12. brimstone, n. View full entry a1300
...Formerly the common vernacular name for sulphur Now used chiefly when referring to its inflammable character, and to the biblical use in Gen. xix. 24 and Rev....
13. burly, adj. and adv. View full entry a1400
...Stately, dignified, of noble or imposing presence or appearance. Obs....
14. burning, n. View full entry a1300
...The condition of being on fire; the action of sending up flames; hence concr. flame. Cf. 5b....
15. call, n. View full entry a1300
...A loud vocal utterance or speech, a shout, a cry; a loud vocal address or supplication....
16. case, n.2 View full entry a1300
...A thing fitted to contain or enclose something else; a receptacle or holder; a box, chest, bag, sheath, covering, etc.; spec. in very early use (as in Old French) a...
17. † ceinte, n. View full entry c1340
...A girdle; the woven portion of a girdle....
18. channel, n.1 View full entry a1300
...The hollow bed of running waters; also, the bed of the sea or other body of water....
19. † char, n.2 View full entry a1300
...A chariot, car: a cart, wagon. Later examples show the French word char used in English-language contexts in the nineteenth century....
20. charm, n.1 View full entry a1300
...orig. The chanting or recitation of a verse supposed to possess magic power or occult influence; incantation, enchantment; hence, any action, process, verse, sentence, word, or material thing, credited with such...
