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1. ambs-ace, n. View full entry 1297
...lit. Both aces, double ace, the lowest possible throw at dice; hence, fig. bad luck, misfortune; worthlessness, nought, next to nothing....
2. amendment, n. View full entry 1297
...Removal of faults, correction, reformation....
3. † aˈnaunter, adv. and conj. View full entry 1297
...In risk or peril; on the chance, in case, lest....
4. ancestor, n. View full entry 1297
...One from whom a person is descended, either by the father or mother; a progenitor, a forefather. (Usually said of those more remote than a grandfather.) Also, of animals, and fig....
5. † an-ˈerthe, adv. View full entry 1297
...Of motion: to or into the earth....
6. † anhaunce | anhanse, v. View full entry 1297
...To raise up; exalt, extol....
7. † anˈhit, v. View full entry 1297
...To hit, strike against....
8. anlace, n. View full entry 1297
...A short two-edged knife or dagger, broad at the hilt and tapering to the point, formerly worn at the girdle. (Obs. bef. 1500, erron. defined in early Dicts., and used...
9. † aˈnoveward, adv. and prep. View full entry 1297
...Towards the top, upward, away up....
10. ˈant-hill, n. View full entry 1297
...The mound or hillock raised over an ant's nest....
11. apaid, adj. View full entry 1297
...Satisfied, contented, pleased....
12. aˈpertly, adv. View full entry 1297
...Openly to the senses, publicly, plainly; without secrecy or concealment. (Opposed to privily.)...
13. † aˈplight, adv. View full entry 1297
...In faith, in truth, truly, certainly, surely. Often expletive, or in asseveration....
14. † aˈpoison | aˈpoyson, v. View full entry 1297
...To poison....
15. † aˈppair | aˈpair, v. View full entry 1297
...trans. To make worse, less valuable, weaker, or less; to injure, damage, weaken; to impair...
16. appeal, n. View full entry 1297
...A calling to account before a legal tribunal; in Law: A criminal charge or accusation, made by one who undertook under penalty to prove it; spec....
17. † aˈprick, v. View full entry 1297
...To prick, spur on....
18. arch, n.1 View full entry 1297
...Any part of a curve; = arc12. Obs....
19. archer, n. View full entry 1297
...One who shoots with bow and arrows, esp. one who uses them in war; a bowman. Also fig....
20. † archiˈtemple, n. View full entry 1297
...A chief temple....