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1. acker, n.1 View full entry 1440
...A strong or turbulent current in the sea; a flood tide. Obs....
2. † afframing, n. View full entry 1440
...Gain, profit. Cf. framing1....
3. afterpart, n. View full entry 1440
...The part of something nearest the rear; (Naut.) the part of a ship, deck, etc., nearest to the stern. Also in pl....
4. aggrieving, n. View full entry 1440
...The action of aggrieve (in all senses)....
5. † aggrudging, n. View full entry 1440
...Grumbling, dissatisfaction, annoyance....
6. † agrotening, n. View full entry 1440
...The action of agroten; glutting, surfeit....
7. aleberry, n. View full entry 1440
...A drink made from ale boiled with spices and sugar, served with sops of bread and freq. given to sick people. Also called alebrue, alemeat....
8. alkekengi, n. View full entry 1440
...The Chinese lantern plant, Physalis alkekengi (family Solanaceae)....
9. almonry, n. View full entry 1440
...A place where alms are or (now usually) were distributed; an office responsible for the distribution of alms. Also: the residence of an almoner, which in some cases also served as an...
10. almswoman, n. View full entry 1440
...A woman who distributes alms; a female almoner. Obs.rare....
11. alphin, n. View full entry 1440
...In the early game of chess: each of four pieces able to move two squares diagonally, jumping over the middle square. hist. in later use....
12. ambrose, n. View full entry 1440
...Herb. An English plant: with some the Wood Sage (Teucrium scorodonia); with others, Chenopodium botrys; with both of which Teucrium botrys seems to have been...
13. angor, n. View full entry 1440
...Anguish (physical or mental). Obs....
14. † aˈppeacher, n. View full entry 1440
...One who impeaches; an accuser or informer....
15. appealing, n. View full entry 1440
...The action of accusing or impeaching (obs.), of transferring a case to a higher court, or of calling for aid, etc. (Mostly gerundial.) Also, the action of making an appeal;...
16. † arceter | arcetour | arcister, n. View full entry 1440
...One skilled in the arts; a master of arts who has passed on to the study of philosophy....
17. arrester, n. View full entry 1440
...He who or that which arrests, stops, or checks....
18. † ˈaskefise, n. View full entry c1400
...One who blows the ashes or fire; a term of reproach among northern nations for an unwarlike fellow who stayed at home in the chimney-corner....
19. † assenel | assenelyke, n. View full entry ?a1440
...Glossed in Promp. Parv. (1440) by Latin squilla ‘sea-leek, sea-onion’....
20. † aˈstray, n. View full entry 1440
...A stray beast; an estray....