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1. accipitrary, n. View full entry 1633
...A person who keeps and trains hawks or falcons; a falconer....
2. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
3. address, v. View full entry a1325
...trans. (chiefly in pass.). To direct (a written communication) to a specific person or destination; spec. (in early use) to write and send (a writ, a petition,...
4. adventure, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A chance occurrence or event, an accident. Obs....
5. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
6. agallop, adv. (and adj.) View full entry 1548
...At a gallop. Also as : galloping. Occas. fig....
7. age, n. View full entry c1275
...A naturally distinct section of a person's or animal's existence; a particular period or stage of life. Often with defining word or phrase specifying the stage....
8. ahorse, adv. View full entry 1808
...On horseback....
9. ahorseback, adv. View full entry ?1473
...On horseback....
10. aim, n. View full entry c1400
...An object aimed at; a mark, a target....
11. 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....
12. alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry c1400
...Used as a call to arms or warning of imminent danger, esp. of being attacked. Now literary (chiefly arch. and hist.)....
13. alaunt, n. View full entry c1405
...A large fierce dog or mastiff of a breed valued for its use in hunting and fighting....
14. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
15. and, conj.1, adv., and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Simply connective....
16. angle, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Originally: a fish hook. In later use also: the apparatus used for fishing in combination with this, as a line, rod, etc. Cf. angle-hook...
17. answer, v. View full entry c950
...intr. To speak in reply or opposition to a charge or accusation, to make a rebutting statement, defend oneself....
18. appeal, v. View full entry 1330
...To call (one) to answer before a tribunal; in Law: To accuse of a crime which the accuser undertakes to prove. spec....
19. approach, n. View full entry 1489
...The act of coming nearer (relatively), or of drawing near (absolutely), in space....
20. approach, v. View full entry c1305
...intr. To come nearer (relatively), or draw near (absolutely), in space....
