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1. backward, adv., adj., and n.2 View full entry a1300
...Of motion: In the direction of one's back or of that to which one's back is turned, as to lean backward, bend backward, fall backward, ...
2. † ˈbairnheid, n. View full entry a1300
...Childhood, infancy....
3. bar, v. View full entry a1300
...trans....
4. bared, adj. View full entry a1300
...Made bare, exposed to view, naked, nude....
5. barge, n.1 View full entry a1300
...A small sea-going vessel with sails: used spec. for one next in size above the balinger, and generally as = Ship, vessel (in which use it...
6. bark, n.1 View full entry a1300
...The rind or outer sheath of the trunk and branches of trees, formed of tissue parallel with the wood. See quot. 1866....
7. beˈforetime, adv. View full entry a1300
...In former time, formerly, previously....
8. beft, v. View full entry a1300
...intr. To strike, give blows. rare....
9. † beˈknow, v. View full entry a1300
...To become acquainted with, to recognize....
10. benison, n. View full entry a1300
...Blessing, beatitude....
11. † beˈserve, v. View full entry a1300
...trans. To serve diligently....
12. bestial, n.1 View full entry a1300
...A collective term for domestic animals, especially of the bovine kind, kept for food or tillage. It took the place of the Old English féoh, Middle English fee;...
13. † beˈtorn, adj. View full entry a1300
...Torn....
14. Bible, n. View full entry a1300
...The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament. (Sometimes in early use, and still dial., used for the Old Testament; e.g. ‘neither in the Bible nor the Testament.’) the...
15. † ˈblessedhead, n. View full entry a1300
...Blessedness, beatitude....
16. † blin, n.1 View full entry a1300
...Cessation, end; delay, fail. (In phr. without(en) blin.)...
17. † bode, n.3 View full entry a1300
...Biding, tarrying, waiting, delay. but bode: without delay....
18. bodily, adj. View full entry a1300
...Of the nature of body, corporeal, material, physical; as opposed to spiritual. Obs....
19. † ˈbrathly | braithly, adj. and adv. View full entry a1300
...Impetuous, violent, angry....
20. bray, v.1 View full entry a1300
...intr. To cry out, to utter a loud harsh cry; esp. of grief or pain. Obs....