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1. accountant, adj. and n. View full entry 1429-30
...Giving or liable to give an account (esp. of conduct or the performance of duties); accountable, responsible. Esp. in earlier use, to stand accountant. Chiefly to (a person),...
2. cocket, n.1 View full entry 1293
...Hist. A seal belonging to the King's Custom House. Also applied to other seals used to seal permits....
3. ˈcocket, v.1 View full entry 1343
...trans. To furnish with a cocket or custom-house certificate....
4. deposition, n. View full entry 1399
...The taking down of the body of Christ from the cross; a representation of this in art....
5. green cloth, n. View full entry 1449-50
...Freq. with capital initials. The counting house, formerly a department of the British royal household consisting of the Lord Steward and his subordinates, with control of various matters of law and finance...
6. Hansard, n.1 View full entry 1449
...A member of one of the establishments of the German Hanse....
7. † hungil | hungill, n. View full entry 1450
...A payment under the Forest Laws on account of dogs. ...
8. improvement, n. View full entry 1453
...The turning of a thing to profit or good account; profitable management or use; making the most of a thing for one's own profit; realization of the profits of anything; concr....
9. intercourse, n. View full entry 1473
...Communication to and fro between countries, etc.; mutual dealings between the inhabitants of different localities. In early use exclusively with reference to trade, and hence sometimes = commerce, traffic; now in more...
10. interest, n. View full entry 1450
...The relation of being objectively concerned in something, by having a right or title to, a claim upon, or a share in....
11. Italian, adj. and n. View full entry 1439
...Of or pertaining to Italy or its people; native to or produced in Italy....
12. jurat, n.1 View full entry 1432
...One who has taken an oath; a person who performs some duty on oath; spec. one sworn to give information about the crimes committed in his neighbourhood, and in other...
13. † levable, adj. View full entry 1432
...That may be levied; = leviable...
14. levy, n.1 View full entry 1427
...The action of levying:...
15. market town, n. View full entry 1449
...A town permitted to hold a market; a town where a market is held regularly. Also: †a trading town (obs.)....
16. merchandisable, adj. View full entry 1482
...Of a saleable quality or condition; marketable....
17. merchant stranger, n. View full entry 1425
...A merchant from a foreign country; a foreign trader....
18. mesne, adv., adj., and n. View full entry 1439
...At an intervening time (between two other times). Cf. mean2. Obs....
19. milliner, n. View full entry 1449
...With capital initial. A native or inhabitant of Milan, a city in northern Italy. Obs....
20. offer, n.1 View full entry 1433
...An act of offering something for acceptance or refusal; an expression of intention or willingness to give or do something if desired; a proposal, an invitation....
