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1. † alp, n.2 View full entry a1425
...The bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula....
2. argol, n.1 View full entry c1386
...The tartar deposited from wines completely fermented, and adhering to the sides of the casks as a hard crust; crude bitartrate of potassium, which, when purified, becomes cream of tartar....
3. † aˈrout, v. View full entry c1390
4. † aˈskance(s, adv.1 View full entry c1374
...As though, as if. (? On the pretence.)...
5. † bagge, v. View full entry 1369
...To look askew, or obliquely; to leer, ogle, or glance aside; cf. asquint2c....
6. † bet, adv.2 View full entry c1386
...In go bet. (Prof. Skeat takes it as = go better, i.e. go quicker.)...
7. † ˈbicched, adj. View full entry c1386
...Precise meaning unknown: in general the sense ‘Cursed, execrable, shrewed,’ suits the context....
8. bodkin, n. View full entry 1386
...A short pointed weapon; a dagger, poniard, stiletto, lancet. Obs....
9. chuck, n.1 View full entry c1386
...A species of cluck: e.g. that made by a cock, or a hen calling chickens, or by people in calling fowls; also that made to incite a horse....
10. chuck, v.1 View full entry c1386
...intr. To make a clucking noise like a fowl, or that used by henwives in calling fowls....
11. falter, v.1 View full entry c1386
...Of a person or his steps; also of a horse: To stumble, stagger; to walk with an unsteady gait....
12. † ˈflatter, v.2 View full entry c1425
...intr. To float, flutter....
13. † ˈGalianes, n. View full entry c1386
...With pl. concord. ‘Drinks named after Galen’ (Skeat)....
14. gaze, v. View full entry c1386
...intr. †In early use: To look vacantly or curiously about; also, to stare, open one's eyes (with astonishment). In modern use: To look fixedly, intently, or deliberately at something. Now chiefly...
15. † gere, n. View full entry c1369
...A sudden fit of passion, feeling, transient fancy, or the like; a wild or changeful mood in which a loose is given to the feelings of the moment....
16. † gig, n.3 View full entry c1384
...? A squeaking noise....
17. † hayne, n.1 View full entry c1386
...A term of reproach: A mean wretch, a niggard....
18. ingot, n. View full entry c1386
...A mould in which metal is cast; an ingot-mould. Obs....
19. jade, n.1 View full entry c1386
...A contemptuous name for a horse; a horse of inferior breed, e.g. a cart- or draught-horse as opposed to a riding horse; a roadster, a hack; a sorry, ill-conditioned, wearied, or worn-out...
20. jingle, v. View full entry c1405
...intr. To give forth a mingling of ringing sounds, as by the striking together of coins, keys, or other small metallic objects; it expresses a more prolonged and continuous sound than...
