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1. batch, n.1 View full entry 1440
...The process of baking. Obs....
2. ˈbillet, n.2 View full entry c1440
...A thick piece of wood cut to a suitable length for fuel....
3. bite, n. View full entry 1499
...The act or action of cutting, piercing, or wounding, with the teeth; also fig....
4. bulk, n.1 View full entry c1440
...A heap; spec. the pile in which fish are laid for salting; a pile of tobacco made up to undergo sweating. U.S....
5. burr | bur, n.1 View full entry c1440
...General sense: A circle....
6. cancel, v. View full entry c1440
...trans. To deface or obliterate (writing), properly by drawing lines across it lattice-wise; to cross out, strike out. Of legal documents, deeds, etc.: To annul, render void or invalid by so...
7. † candle-beam, n. View full entry c1440
...A beam between the chancel and the nave of a church, on which the rood stood, with candles placed on each side of it; a rood-beam....
8. chipping, n. View full entry c1440
...The action of the verb chip; the act of chopping lightly or breaking off small pieces, of cracking or breaking the shell of an egg, etc....
9. cintre, n. View full entry c1440
...The centre or centering of a bridge or arch....
10. cobble-stone, n. View full entry c1440
...A water-worn rounded stone, such as is used for paving; = cobble1. Cf. also cobbled...
11. cog, v.1 View full entry 1499
...trans. To furnish (a wheel, etc.) with cogs....
12. column, n. View full entry c1440
...Archit. A cylindrical or slightly tapering body of considerably greater length than diameter, erected vertically as a support for some part of a building; spec. in the classic orders,...
13. cork, n.1 View full entry c1440
...The ‘bark’ or periderm of the cork-oak, which grows to a thickness of one or two inches, is very light, tough, and elastic, and is commonly used for a variety of purposes....
14. cream, v. View full entry c1440
...intr. Of milk: To form cream....
15. crowfoot, n. View full entry c1440
...A name for various species of Ranunculus or Buttercup, properly those with divided leaves; but extended as a book-name to the whole genus....
16. culm, n.1 View full entry c1440
...Soot, smut. Obs. exc. Sc.; = coom1....
17. cyllowre | cylour | cylure, n. View full entry c1440
...Variant of celureObs., ceiling, canopy....
18. digger, n. View full entry c1400
...One who excavates or turns up the earth with a mattock, spade, or other tool; also an animal that turns up the earth. With adverb, as digger-up....
19. dipping, n. View full entry c1440
...The action of the verb dip in various senses....
20. ˈdressing, n. View full entry c1440
...The action of dress, in various senses....
