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1. † afaite, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To incline, dispose, or discipline (the heart)....
2. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
3. apparel, v. View full entry c1250
...trans. To make ready, or prepare (for a purpose); to fit out, get ready, put into proper order....
4. appear, v. View full entry c1250
...To come forth into view, as from a place or state of concealment, or from a distance; to become visible....
5. aroma, n. View full entry c1220
...Spice; usually in pl. spices. Obs....
6. array, v. View full entry 1297
...To set or place in order of readiness, to marshall. esp. To draw up prepared for battle, and in obs. phr. to array a battle....
7. † aˈtour, n. View full entry c1220
...Attire, array, dress....
8. attire, n. View full entry 1250
...Equipment of man or horse, outfit for war....
9. attire, v.1 View full entry 1297
...To put in order, put to rights. Obs....
10. † aˈturn, v. View full entry c1220
...trans. To attire, array, dress, prepare fitly....
11. awake, adj. View full entry a1300
...Roused from sleep, not asleep. wide awake: thoroughly roused from sleep....
12. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
13. bag, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A receptacle made of some flexible material closed in on all sides except at the top (where also it generally can be closed); a pouch, a small sack....
14. balance, n.1 View full entry 1297
...An apparatus for weighing, consisting of a beam poised so as to move freely on a central pivot, with a scale pan at each end....
15. bald, adj. View full entry 1297
...? Rotund, of full habit, corpulent. Obs....
16. balm, n.1 View full entry c1220
...An aromatic substance, consisting of resin mixed with volatile oils, exuding naturally from various trees of the genus Balsamodendron, and much prized for its fragrance and medicinal properties. (Cf. ...
17. band, n.1 View full entry ?c1200
...Anything with which one's body or limbs are bound, in restraint of personal liberty; a shackle, chain, fetter, manacle. arch....
18. bank, n.2 View full entry 1275
...A long seat for several to sit on, a bench, or form; a platform or stage to speak from. Obs. (Cf. mountebank)...
19. banner, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...prop. A piece of stout taffeta, or other cloth, attached by one side to the upper part of a long pole or staff, and used as the standard of an emperor,...
20. bared, adj. View full entry a1300
...Made bare, exposed to view, naked, nude....