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1. adventure, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A chance occurrence or event, an accident. Obs....
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. article, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Each of the separate items of a summary of faith; spec.each of the separate clauses or statements of the Apostles' Creed; (freq. with capital initial) any of the...
4. assault, n. View full entry a1250
...gen. An onset or rush upon any one with hostile intent; an attack with blows or weapons....
5. babble, v.1 View full entry a1250
...intr. To talk excessively or inappropriately; to chatter quickly, excitedly, or at length; to speak indiscreetly; to tattle. Also with on....
6. babbling, adj. View full entry a1250
...That talks rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way; chattering, prating, tattling; (also) full of or characterized by babble....
7. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
8. 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....
9. bat, n.2 View full entry ?c1225
...A stick, a club, a staff for support and defence. (In 1387 applied to a crosier.) arch. Still dial. (Kent, Sussex, etc.) = staff, walking-stick....
10. beak, v. View full entry ?c1225
...To strike or seize with the beak, to peck; to push the beak (or snout) into:...
11. beating, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The infliction of repeated blows; spec. the action of inflicting blows in punishment; the dashing of waves against the shore; the whipping up of a fluid; the flapping of wings;...
12. beg, v. View full entry ?c1225
...To ask alms or by way of alms....
13. beggar, n. View full entry a1250
...One who asks alms, especially habitually; one who lives by so doing....
14. bolt, v.2 View full entry ?c1225
...To start, spring. Obs....
15. bounce, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans.Obs....
16. buffet, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...A blow, stroke; now usually one given with the hand. †pl. Fisticuffs (rare). blindman('s) buffet (also blind and buffet) = blind-man's-buff...
17. cage, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A box or place of confinement for birds and other animals (or, in barbarous times, for human beings), made wholly or partly of wire, or with bars of metal or wood, so...
18. carrion, n. and adj. View full entry ?c1225
...A dead body; a corpse or carcass. Obs....
19. catch, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To chase, to drive. Obs....
20. cellar, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...In general sense. A storehouse or storeroom, whether above or below ground, for provisions; a granary, buttery, or pantry. Obs. (in later use regional except as merged with...
