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1. assembly, n. View full entry 1330
...Gathering together, meeting; the state of being collected or gathered; = assemblage1....
2. by-, comb. form View full entry c1330
...A Middle English variant spelling of the prefix bi-, be-, under which see most of the words, as, under be-, bycause, bydene,...
3. chastisement, n. View full entry 1303
...Authoritative correction of one who is in fault; means of amendment, discipline, training. Obs....
4. commons, n. View full entry c1330
...The common people, as distinguished from those of noble, knightly, or gentle rank; (also) †the common soldiers of an army (obs.)....
5. copy, n. and adj. View full entry c1330
...Plenty, abundance, a copious quantity....
6. county, n.1 View full entry c1330
...The domain or territory of a count. Obs....
7. dean, n.1 View full entry c1330
...Representing various uses of late Latin decānus: A head, chief, or commander of a division of ten....
8. doctor, n. View full entry 1303
...A teacher, instructor; one who gives instruction in some branch of knowledge, or inculcates opinions or principles. (Const. of.) Now rare....
9. examine, v. View full entry 1303
...trans. To try, test, assay (precious metals, etc.). Said both of personal and material agents. Also fig.Obs....
10. extender, n. View full entry c1330
...gen....
11. fee, n.2 View full entry c1330
...Feudal Law. An estate in land (in England always a heritable estate), held on condition of homage and service to a superior lord, by whom it is granted and in whom...
12. final, adj. and n. View full entry c1330
...Coming at the end (of a word, a series)....
13. fraternity, n. View full entry c1330
...The relation of a brother or of brothers; brotherhood....
14. gree, n.1 View full entry 1303
...A step in an ascent or descent; one of a flight of steps; = degree1. In quots. 13031382, a flight of steps. Obs....
15. honourable | honorable, adj., n., and adv. View full entry c1330
...Worthy of being honoured; entitled to honour, respect, esteem, or reverence....
16. mooch, v. View full entry a1400
...intr. To be miserly; to be a hoarder. Also trans.: to hoard. Cf. mitch3b. Obs....
17. ordinary, n. View full entry a1400
...A formula or rule prescribing a certain order or course of action; an ordinance, regulation. Obs....
18. servitor, n. View full entry c1330
...A (male) personal or domestic attendant (in early use chiefly, one who waits at table); a man-servant. Now arch....
19. set, n.1 View full entry c1330
...The act of setting (of a luminary); the apparent descent of the heavenly bodies towards the horizon at the close of their diurnal period. Now only poet. except in ...
20. single, adj. View full entry 1303
...In predicative use: Unaccompanied or unsupported by others; alone, solitary....
