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1. abaft, adv. and prep. View full entry a1400
...Chiefly Naut. To or towards the rear; backward....
2. 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...
3. 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....
4. 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...
5. 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....
6. blue, n. View full entry a1400
...Blue colour. (It may have a plural.)...
7. break, n.1 View full entry a1400
...An act of breaking; breakage, fracture....
8. brotherhood, n. View full entry a1300
...The relation of a brother, or of brothers mutually; fraternal tie. Also in spiritual sense....
9. call, n. View full entry a1300
...A loud vocal utterance or speech, a shout, a cry; a loud vocal address or supplication....
10. cast, n. View full entry a1300
...A throw of a missile, a bowl, or other object....
11. channel, n.1 View full entry a1300
...The hollow bed of running waters; also, the bed of the sea or other body of water....
12. coast, n. View full entry a1300
...The side of the body (of men or animals); the part fortified by the ribs. †by my coste: by my side (quot. 1591). Obs....
13. command, v. View full entry a1300
...with direct and indirect object (the latter formerly often with to)....
14. commander, n. View full entry a1300
...One who commands....
15. compass, n.1, adj., and adv. View full entry a1300
...Measure, proper proportion, regularity: e.g. to keep even compass (cf. Old French tenir compas to keep step in marching); by compass (Old French par compas...
16. 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....
17. cord, n.1 View full entry a1300
...A string composed of several strands twisted or woven together; in ordinary popular use, now restricted to small ropes, and thick or stout strings; but formerly applied more widely, e.g....
18. cross, v. View full entry c1340
...trans. To crucify. Obs....
19. ˈdeadman, n. View full entry a1400
...(deadman). = dead man: formerly written and pronounced as one word. (Cf. blindman) Obs. exc. in names, as Deadman's Walk....
20. descend, v. View full entry a1300
...To move or pass from a higher to a lower position in space; to come or go down, fall, sink. (The general word, including all kinds of downward motion, vertical or oblique;...
