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1. abjuration, n. View full entry ?a1439
...Renunciation on oath; forswearing, esp. of heretical opinions; (also) an instance of this. Now chiefly hist....
2. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
3. Act of Parliament, n. View full entry 1456
...Originally: a law made by the British monarch with the advice of Parliament (now hist.). In later use: a statute passed by a parliament....
4. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
5. adjournment, n. View full entry 1445-6
...The action or an act of adjourning (in various senses of the verb)....
6. adopt, v. View full entry c1429
...trans....
7. adoptive, adj. View full entry c1429
...Due to or deriving from adoption (in sense 1); esp. having a specified familial relationship by adoption, as adoptive father, adoptive son, etc....
8. align, v. View full entry c1425
...trans.Hunting. Of a male animal: to copulate with (a female). Obs.rare....
9. † alliage, n. View full entry 1450
...Alliance, confederation; (also) an alliance....
10. † ambassade | embassade, n. View full entry c1450
...The mission or function of an ambassador....
11. appeasement, n. View full entry 1430
...The action or process of appeasing; pacification, satisfaction....
12. audit, n. View full entry 1435-6
...gen. A hearing, an audience; esp. a judicial hearing of complaints, a judicial examination. arch....
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. † ˈbassade, n. View full entry 1458
...Shortened form of ambassade...
15. billet, n.1 View full entry c1440
...gen....
16. 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,...
17. † bowrugie, n. View full entry 1488
...The ‘Burgesses’ or third estate of the Scottish Parliament....
18. Brunswick, n.1 View full entry 1480
...A kind of textile fabric. Obs....
19. bung, n.1 View full entry c1440
...A stopper; spec. a large cork stopper for the ‘mouth’ of a cask, i.e. the hole in the bulge by which it is filled....
20. burgess-ship, n. View full entry 1467
...The status and privileges of a burgess; the ‘freedom’ of a borough, citizenship....
