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1. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
2. agate, n. View full entry ?1483
...= jet1a. Obs.rare....
3. † ˈarchon, n.1 View full entry 1480
...A fiddlebow; ? a plectrum....
4. aureola, n. View full entry 1483
...Medieval Church and R.C. Church The celestial crown won by a martyr, virgin, or doctor, as victor over the world, the flesh, or the devil; the special degree of...
5. authoress, n. View full entry 1478
...A female author:...
6. band, n.3 View full entry 1490
...An organized company; a troop. Said of armed men, also of robbers, assassins, etc....
7. blank, n. View full entry 1480
...A small French coin, originally of silver, but afterwards of copper; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English. According to Littré,...
8. blueness, n. View full entry ?1491
...The state or quality of being blue, blue colour....
9. canonical, adj. and n. View full entry 1483
...Prescribed by, in conformity with, or having reference to ecclesiastical edict or canon law....
10. † ˈcantic | ˈcantick, n. View full entry 1483
...A song, a canticle....
11. chess-board, n. View full entry 1474
...The board on which chess is played. Also fig....
12. chirograph, n. View full entry 1483
...Applied technically to various documents formally written, engrossed, or signed....
13. † clavichord, n. View full entry 1484
...A musical instrument with strings and keys; in its developed form resembling a square pianoforte, the tones being produced by the action on the strings of ‘tangents’ or small brass wedges attached...
14. compose, v. View full entry 1477
...trans. To make by putting together parts or elements: to make up, form, frame, fashion, construct, produce. Obs. exc. in the special senses below....
15. composed, adj. View full entry 1483
...Made up of parts; compound; composite....
16. conductor, n. View full entry 1481
...One who leads, guides, or escorts; a leader, guide (lit. and fig.)....
17. consonant, adj. View full entry 1483
...In agreement, accordance, or harmony; agreeable, accordant (to); agreeing, consistent (with)....
18. content, n.1 View full entry 1481
...A thing contained; now only in pl. (with of or possessive): That which is contained (in a vessel or the like); also fig....
19. contrast, v. View full entry 1489
...trans. To withstand, resist, fight against....
20. † corn | corne, n.3 View full entry 1477
...A musical instrument, a horn....
