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1. able, adj., adv., and n. View full entry a1382
...In predicative use, with for (in early use also with to). Capable of, having sufficient strength or power for; ready for, fit to cope with. Now chiefly ...
2. apply, v. View full entry c1384
...trans....
3. ascend, v. View full entry 1382
...intr. (occas. emphasized by a redundant up) To go or come up, originally by a gradual motion, to a relatively higher position....
4. breather, n. View full entry 1382
...He who, or that which, breathes; one who lives, a living being, creature, animal....
5. bucket, n.1 View full entry a1382
...‘The vessel in which water is drawn out of a well’....
6. bundle, n. View full entry a1382
...That which binds; a bandage. Obs.rare....
7. canopy, n. View full entry a1382
...A covering or hangings suspended over a throne, couch, bed, etc., or held over a person walking in procession....
8. caster, n. View full entry a1382
...One who casts, in various senses of the verb....
9. coast, v. View full entry 1382
...trans. To keep by the side of (a person moving on); esp. to march on the flank of. Obs....
10. communication, n. View full entry a1382
...The fact of having something in common with another person or thing; affinity; congruity. Obs.rare....
11. concourse, n. View full entry 1382
...The running or flocking together of people; the condition or state of being so gathered together. to have concourse: to resort in crowds to, unto....
12. conscription, n. View full entry a1382
...Writing down together, putting in writing....
13. covering, n.1 View full entry 1382
...The action of cover, in various senses....
14. depth, n. View full entry a1382
...Measurement or distance from the top downwards (or from the surface inwards); also fig....
15. destroyer, n. View full entry 1382
...A person or thing that destroys....
16. entering, n. View full entry 1382
...The action of enter in various senses....
17. excess, n. View full entry 1382
...In literal sense: The action of going out or forth; adjournment (of Parliament). Obs.rare....
18. expense, n. View full entry 1382
...The action of expending; the state of being expended. Obs. Cf. expenditure1....
19. farmer, n.2 View full entry 1382
...One who undertakes the collection of taxes, revenues, etc., paying a fixed sum for the proceeds....
20. foregoer, n. View full entry 1382
...A messenger sent before, a forerunner, a harbinger; spec. a purveyor. Obs....
