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1. attaint, v. View full entry a1400
...To touch, get at with a blow, to hit in tilting; = attaini. Obs....
2. bailey, n. View full entry a1400
...The external wall enclosing the outer court, and forming the first line of defence, of a feudal castle; and, in a wider sense, any of the circuits of walls or defences which...
3. bar, v. View full entry a1300
...trans....
4. blister, n.1 View full entry a1400
...A thin vesicle on the skin, containing serum, caused by friction, a burn, or other injury, or the action of a vesicatory....
5. blue, n. View full entry a1400
...Blue colour. (It may have a plural.)...
6. † ˈbondhead, n. View full entry a1400
...The condition of a bond or vassal; vassalage; bondage....
7. breve, n. View full entry a1400
...A letter of authority; a royal mandate: see brief1....
8. call, n. View full entry a1300
...A loud vocal utterance or speech, a shout, a cry; a loud vocal address or supplication....
9. carl | carle, n.1 View full entry a1300
...A man of the common people; more particularly a countryman, a husbandman. arch....
10. ˈcavel, n.1 View full entry a1400
...A lot (that is cast). Now applied in the Northumberland collieries to the lots which are cast from time to time to determine in which ‘bord’ each miner shall hew till the...
11. centenier, n. View full entry a1400
...A centurion. Obs....
12. clad, adj. View full entry a1300
...Covered with clothes (or armour), clothed....
13. clenge, v.1 View full entry a1300
...trans. To cleanse, make clean (lit. and fig.)....
14. † clepe, n. View full entry c1340
...A call, cry, shout. rare....
15. conceive, v. View full entry a1300
...trans. Of a female: To receive (seed) in the womb; to become pregnant with (young)....
16. conclude, v. View full entry a1300
...(in physical sense). Obs. or arch....
17. conclusion, n. View full entry c1340
...The end, close, finish, termination, ‘wind up’ (e.g. of a speech or writing). (See also 4.)...
18. concord, n.1 View full entry a1300
...Agreement between persons; concurrence in feeling and opinion; harmony, accord....
19. conqueror, n. View full entry a1300
...One who gains possession of a country, etc., by force of arms; one who subdues or subjugates a nation; one who conquers or vanquishes an adversary, a victor. (Cf. the synonymous ...
20. convert, v. View full entry a1300
...trans. To turn (a thing or oneself) about, to give a different (or specific) direction to. refl. = To turn (intr.). Obs....
