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1. acquaintation, n. View full entry 1468
...App. a misreading of aqweyntance, variant of acquaintance...
2. Adam's apple, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Any of several kinds of citrus fruits, esp. the pomelo or shaddock, Citrus maxima, and a variety of sweet lime, Citrus limetta....
3. akimbo, adv. and adj. View full entry c1460
...With hands on hips and elbows turned outwards....
4. † alard, v. View full entry a1425
...trans. To fatten....
5. Albanian, n.1 and adj.2 View full entry c1400
...A native or inhabitant of Albania, a country once located in the eastern Caucasus, in the regions that are now Azerbaijan and the southern part of the Russian Republic of Dagestan....
6. † alp, n.2 View full entry a1425
...The bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula....
7. † aˈquile, v. View full entry c1400
8. arras, n. View full entry c1400
...A rich tapestry fabric, in which figures and scenes are woven in colours. Also cloth of arras....
9. Arthur, n. View full entry c1425
...Astron. In the genitive, forming names for the distinctive group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major called the Plough (also the Big Dipper), and...
10. † askoyˈe | aˈskoyne, adv. View full entry 1430
...Sidewise, askew, with sidelong glance, askance. (Always with look.)...
11. † a-ˈslet, adv. View full entry c1440
12. † a-ˈslout, adv. View full entry c1440
...Aslant, obliquely....
13. badge, n. View full entry 1440
...Originally: a heraldic symbol worn as an identifying mark by a knight and his retainers (= cognizance5a; sometimes more fully badge of arms). In later use: any...
14. badger, n.1 View full entry a1500
...A trader who buys produce (perh. originally grain) and carries it elsewhere to sell; an itinerant dealer; a hawker, a huckster, a pedlar; (occas. more generally) a dealer, a trader....
15. battel, n. View full entry c1475
...See quot. 1475 (Perhaps a distinct word.) Obs....
16. baudrons, n. View full entry c1450
...Scottish name for the cat (like ‘reynard’ for the fox)....
17. † ˈbawtere, n. View full entry 1486
...(See quot. 1486.)...
18. bay, n.5 View full entry c1440
...‘Obstacle.’ Obs....
19. beagle, n. View full entry ?c1475
...A small variety of hound, tracking by scent, formerly used in hunting hares, but now superseded by the Harrier, which sometimes takes its name....
20. beat, n.2 View full entry a1500
...A bundle of flax or hemp made up ready for steeping....
