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1. Adam and Eve, n. View full entry 1789
...N. Amer. Any of several similar North American orchids, esp. the putty-root, Aplectrum hyemale, with a tuber formerly (and sometimes still) used medicinally or carried to protect...
2. † ˈancome, n. View full entry 1538
...‘An ulcerous swelling rising unexpectedly’ (Wright); a boil; an imposthume; by some later authors applied to a whitlow....
3. † average, n.3 View full entry 1537
...(See quot.)...
4. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
5. badge, v.2 View full entry 1552
...trans. To buy up (provisions) for resale elsewhere; to hawk for sale; (occas. more generally) to deal in (a commodity). Also intr.: to engage in buying and selling in...
6. 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....
7. balderdash, n. View full entry 1596
...? Froth or frothy liquid. Obs....
8. † ballow, n.2 View full entry 1677
...A shoal or sandbank....
9. Ballyhack, n. View full entry 1843
...Hell....
10. † ˈbangle, v. View full entry 1567
...Orig. of hawks: To beat about, flutter aimlessly, in the air, instead of making direct for the quarry. See bangling...
11. † barth, n. View full entry 1570
...A warm sheltered place for cattle and sheep....
12. basket, n. View full entry a1300
...A vessel of wickerwork, made of plaited osiers, cane, rushes, bast, or other materials....
13. bat, n.2 View full entry ?c1225
...A stick, a club, a staff for support and defence. (In 1387 applied to a crosier.) arch. Still dial. (Kent, Sussex, etc.) = staff, walking-stick....
14. bate, n.4 View full entry 1664
...The grain of wood or stone....
15. bawley, n. View full entry 1887
...A fishing-smack peculiar to the coasts of Essex and Kent. Also attrib., as bawley-boat....
16. beek, v.1 View full entry c1230
...trans. and refl. To suffuse with genial warmth; to expose (oneself, one's limbs, etc.) to the pleasurable warmth of sun, fire, etc....
17. beft, v. View full entry a1300
...intr. To strike, give blows. rare....
18. bein, adj. and adv. View full entry a1200
...Pleasant, genial, kindly; ‘nice.’ (Latin amœnus, almus, benignus.) Obs....
19. ˌberˈgander, n. View full entry 1544
...An old name (apparently still lingering on the Northumbrian coast) of the Sheldrake, Tadorna vulpanser (Leach), a bird related to the duck and goose, which inhabits the seashore and breeds...
20. † bewh, v. View full entry 1581
...intr. To bark in a thin voice, to yelp....
