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1. account, n. View full entry c1300
...Counting, reckoning, enumeration; computation, calculation; (also) a style or mode of reckoning; an amount established by counting. Now chiefly in money of account: see money2....
2. adder, n.1 View full entry eOE
...In generic sense: a snake, a serpent, esp. with reference to the serpent as a manifestation of the devil in the biblical account of the Fall in the Garden of Eden; (hence,...
3. afterings, n. View full entry 1609
...That which remains or is left; the remnant, the remains; (Theol.) a part of the suffering of Christ that remains in the flesh of man. Now Sc. and...
4. agreed, adj. View full entry 1409
...Of two or more parties: that are at one on a particular matter; being in agreement; holding the same view or opinion (about, †in, †of, ...
5. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
6. almous, n. View full entry OE
...= alms (in various senses)....
7. angle, n.2 View full entry a1325
...A corner of a room or other enclosed space, esp. viewed internally or as a retreating space; a recess, a nook. Also fig....
8. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
9. ark, n. View full entry c825
...A chest, box, coffer, close basket, or similar receptacle; esp....
10. at, prep. View full entry 755
...The most general determination of simple localization in space, expressing, strictly, the simple relation of a thing to a point of space which it touches; hence, usually determining a point or object...
11. aumbry, n. View full entry a1225
...A container for storing books, a bookcase; (occas.) a room where books or other documents are stored, a library, an archive. Formerly also: †a repository or compendium of knowledge, such as a...
12. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
13. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
14. balance, n.1 View full entry 1297
...An apparatus for weighing, consisting of a beam poised so as to move freely on a central pivot, with a scale pan at each end....
15. ban, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To summon by proclamation. (Chiefly, in early use, to arms.) Obs....
16. barrack, n.1 View full entry 1686
...A temporary hut or cabin; e.g. for the use of soldiers during a siege, etc. Still in north. dial....
17. basket, n. View full entry a1300
...A vessel of wickerwork, made of plaited osiers, cane, rushes, bast, or other materials....
18. 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....
19. be-, prefix View full entry a1000
...Forming derivative verbs, with sense of ‘around’:...
20. being, n. View full entry c1330
...Existence in relationship to some place or condition; (formerly also) presence (obs.). Now somewhat rare....
