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1. † acold, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. To become cold; (fig.) to decline in ardour, to cool off. Cf. acool1....
2. adamant, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...Originally: a hard, strong rock or mineral, not otherwise identified, to which various other (often contradictory) properties were attributed. In later use chiefly a poetical or rhetorical name for: an embodiment of...
3. adown, adv. and prep. View full entry eOE
...To a lower place or position; downward, down; towards the earth. Freq. with verbs of motion, often those signifying descent, as fall, sink, kneel, etc. (see...
4. again, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...In the opposite direction; back. Obs....
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. altar, n. View full entry eOE
...A block, table, stand, or other raised structure with a flat top used as the focus for a religious ritual, especially for making sacrifices or offerings to a god or gods....
7. alway, adv. View full entry eOE
...= always3....
8. angle, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Originally: a fish hook. In later use also: the apparatus used for fishing in combination with this, as a line, rod, etc. Cf. angle-hook...
9. ask, v. View full entry c885
...trans. To call for, call upon (a person or thing personified) to come. Obs....
10. asking, n. View full entry c885
...The action of putting a question, interrogation, inquiry....
11. back, n.1 View full entry c885
...properly. The convex surface of the body of persons and vertebrated animals which is adjacent to the spinal axis, and opposite to the belly and most of the special organs. It...
12. bare, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c885
...Of the body or its parts: Unclothed, naked, nude....
13. beat, v.1 View full entry c885
...trans. To strike with repeated blows. to beat the breast: i.e. in sign of sorrow....
14. befall, v. View full entry c897
...intr. To fall. (Chiefly fig.) Obs....
15. before, adv., prep., conj., and n. View full entry eOE
...Of place, position, or direction. Freq. contrasted with behind....
16. bereave, v. View full entry c888
...trans. To deprive, rob, strip, dispossess (a person, etc., of a possession; the latter orig. expressed by the genitive). Since 1650 mostly of immaterial possessions, life...
17. better, adj. and adv. (and n.1) View full entry c888
...Of greater excellence, of superior quality....
18. blee, n. View full entry c888
...Colour, hue. arch....
19. ˈbook-craft, n. View full entry c888
...Book-learning, literary skill, literature: book-making, authorship....
20. but, prep., adv., conj., n.2, adj., and pron. View full entry c888
...Outside of, without....
