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1. aˈmalgam, v. View full entry c1386
...trans. To soften by combination with mercury; to alloy with mercury. Obs....
2. appearance, n. View full entry c1384
...The action of coming forward into view or becoming visible....
3. attemper, v. View full entry c1374
...To qualify by admixture; to modify or moderate by blending with something of different or opposite quality; to temper....
4. bench, v. View full entry c1385
...trans. To furnish with benches....
5. breast-plate, n. View full entry c1386
...A piece of armour for protecting the breast; also, any plate worn on the breast....
6. calcination, n. View full entry c1386
...The action or process of calcining; reduction by fire to a ‘calx’, powder, or friable substance; the subjecting of any infusible substance to a roasting heat....
7. calcine, v. View full entry c1386
...To reduce to quick-lime, or to an analogous substance, by roasting or burning; ‘to burn in the fire to a calx or friable substance’ (Johnson)....
8. calcining, n. View full entry c1386
...The process of reducing to a calx, burning to ashes, or subjecting to a roasting heat....
9. carriage, n. View full entry c1386
...Carrying or bearing from one place to another; conveyance....
10. castle, v. View full entry c1386
...trans. To enclose or place in, or as in, a castle; also fig. Also castle up, etc....
11. ceˈmenting, n. View full entry c1386
...The action of uniting with or as with cement....
12. centre | center, n. and adj. View full entry c1374
...The point round which a circle is described; the middle point of a circle or sphere, equally distant from all points on the circumference....
13. clicket, n. View full entry c1386
...The latch of a gate or door. Still dial....
14. clift, n.2 View full entry c1385
...= cliff (in its various applications)....
15. clink, v.1 View full entry c1386
...intr. To make the sharp abrupt metallic sound described under clink...
16. closure, n. View full entry c1386
...That which encloses, shuts in, or confines; a fence, wall, barrier, case, cover, setting, etc. Obs....
17. collared, adj. View full entry c1405
...Wearing a collar (round the neck)....
18. conceit, n. View full entry c1374
...That which is conceived in the mind, a conception, notion, idea, thought; device. Obs....
19. † corbet, n. View full entry c1384
...= corbel2....
20. couching, n. View full entry c1400
...The action of couch, in various senses....
