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1. accident, n. View full entry 1395
...Philos. In Aristotelian thought: a property or quality not essential to a substance or object; something that does not constitute an essential component, an attribute. Cf. substance4a....
2. advantage, n. View full entry c1300
...Benefit; increased well-being or convenience. As a count noun: a benefit received....
3. alter, v. View full entry a1398
...trans....
4. amber, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1398
...orig. = ambergris (In 17th c. greece of amber, gris ambre, gray amber.) Obs....
5. art, n.1 View full entry c1300
...Skill in doing something, esp. as the result of knowledge or practice....
6. assigned, adj. View full entry c1374
...Allotted, appointed, prescribed, specified, etc.: see the vb....
7. asthma, n. View full entry a1398
...Difficulty of breathing; spec. a disease of respiration, characterized by intermittent paroxysms of difficult breathing, with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in the chest, cough, and expectoration....
8. babbler, n. View full entry 1366-7
...A person who talks foolishly or at great length, esp. to little purpose; a chatterer. ...
9. bag, v.1 View full entry a1400
...intr....
10. bail | bayle, n.3 View full entry c1320
...pl. Outer line of fortification, formed of stakes; palisades, barriers....
11. barber, n. View full entry c1330
...A man, or more rarely a woman, whose business it is to shave or trim the beards, and cut and dress the hair, of customers. (Now largely replaced by hairdresser.)...
12. base, n.1 View full entry ?a1325
...Part of a structure....
13. battler, n.1 View full entry c1300
...One who battles or fights; a warrior, a fighter....
14. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
15. block, n. View full entry c1305
...A log of wood; part of the trunk of a tree, a stump....
16. blood house, n. View full entry 1385
...In a monastery or abbey: a building used for bloodletting. Cf. bloodletting1. Obs....
17. blue, n. View full entry a1400
...Blue colour. (It may have a plural.)...
18. boot, n.3 View full entry c1325
...A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, usually of leather. (Distinguished from a shoe by extending above the ankle. In earlier times used only by riders:...
19. break, n.1 View full entry a1400
...An act of breaking; breakage, fracture....
20. brush, n.1 View full entry 1330
...Loppings of trees or hedges; cut brushwood (now in U.S.)....
