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1. assoil, v. View full entry 1297
...To absolve from sin, grant absolution to, pardon, forgive; = absolve2 ‘Whom God assoil!’ (Old French que Dieu assoille! Latin quem Deus absolvat!):...
2. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
3. 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)...
4. chivalry, n. View full entry 1297
...collect. Knights or horsemen equipped for battle....
5. hurtle, v. View full entry a1250
...To strike, dash, or knock (something against something else, or two things together); †to knock or thrust down with force or violence; †to run (a ship) aground....
6. inquire | enquire, v. View full entry c1290
...trans. To search into, seek information or knowledge concerning, investigate, examine. Obs....
7. not, adv., n., and int. View full entry 1299
...Preceding a simple tense or form of a verb. Now usually (chiefly N. Amer.) with a subjunctive verb in a subordinate clause....
8. testament, n. View full entry a1300
...Law. A formal declaration, usually in writing, of a person's wishes as to the disposal of his property after his death; a will. Formerly, properly applied to a disposition of personal...
9. they, pron. View full entry c1200
...As pronoun of the third person plural, nom. case; the plural of he, she, or it: The persons or things in question, or last mentioned....