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1. accompany, v. View full entry 1426
...trans....
2. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
3. ample, adj. View full entry 1481
...Extending far and wide; broad, wide, spacious. (Now always eulogistic: abundantly, excellently wide.)...
4. backside, n. View full entry 1489
...The hinder or back part; the back, the rear....
5. blank, n. View full entry 1480
...A small French coin, originally of silver, but afterwards of copper; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English. According to Littré,...
6. convenience, n. View full entry 1413
...Agreement, accordance; congruity of form, quality, or nature. Obs....
7. economical, adj. View full entry c1487
...Relating to household management, esp. as regards the proper organization of domestic resources; resembling what obtains in a household, domestic. Cf. economic1. Now rare....
8. economy, n. View full entry ?1440
...The management or administration of the material resources of a community, discipline, or other organized body; the art or science of managing such resources. Freq. with modifying word....
9. facility, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Gentleness; lightness of touch. Obs.rare....
10. frig, v. View full entry a1500
...intr. To move about restlessly; to agitate the body or limbs. Cf. fridge1. Obs....
11. inexplicable, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry 1490
...That cannot be unfolded, untwisted, or disentangled; inextricable; very intricate or complex. Obs....
12. Judas, n. View full entry c1400
...The name of the disciple who betrayed Jesus Christ; hence allusively (cf. Iscariot): One who treacherously betrays under the semblance of friendship; a traitor or betrayer of the worst kind....
13. lady of the night, n. View full entry 1480
...The moon. Freq. poet....
14. mature, adj. and n. View full entry ?1440
...Complete in natural development or growth....
15. misfortune, n. View full entry 1441
...Adverse fortune; bad luck....
16. mislay, v. View full entry 1402
...trans....
17. mollify, v. View full entry ?a1425
...trans. To make soft or supple; to make tender; to reduce the hardness of. Also intr. Also fig. Now rare. Perh. Obs....
18. naughty, n. View full entry a1460
...Evil or hostile people. Obs....
19. Neapolitan, n. and adj. View full entry c1425
...A native or inhabitant of the city or former kingdom of Naples in southern Italy....
20. O, n.3 View full entry ?c1425
...The figure or symbol zero, 0; nought; (hence) a cipher, a mere nothing....
