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1. addition, n. View full entry c1400
...Something which is added or joined to another thing; an appendix, an augmentation; (also) a person who becomes part of a family or other group of people....
2. admiralty, n. View full entry 1419
...The branch of justice concerned with maritime questions and offences. Also: legal matters relating to this. Freq. in court of admiralty...
3. affine, v. View full entry ?1473
...trans. To refine (metal). Obs. (rare after 16th cent.)....
4. aggregate, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Constituted by the collection of many particles or units into one body, mass, or amount; collective, whole, total....
5. alkitran, n. View full entry c1400
...Any of various resins, oils, and pitch-like substances with a practical use (see also some of the 18th- and 19th-cent. quots.); spec.mineral pitch, native asphalt;the resin from trees such...
6. † allay, v.3 View full entry c1400
...trans. To mix (a metal) with another; esp. to mix (a metal) with a less valuable one or with another substance, so as to lower its standard or quality;...
7. allayed, adj. View full entry ?a1475
...That has been mixed or diluted with something; (also fig.) qualified, moderated. Cf. allay12. Obs....
8. allowable, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Worthy of praise; praiseworthy, laudable. Obs....
9. Alpine, adj. and n. View full entry ?a1475
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Alps (see Alp1a), the surrounding regions, or (in later use) any high mountains or mountainous regions....
10. † aluring, n. View full entry 1412
...regional (north.Eng.). A parapet; a railing....
11. amalgam, n. View full entry 1471
...orig. A soft mass formed by chemical manipulation, esp. a soft or plastic condition of gold, silver, etc. produced by combination with mercury; hence, now, any mixture...
12. annealing, n. View full entry 1477
...The process of exposing to the action of fire; firing, burning, baking, etc. Obs....
13. antimony, n. View full entry 1477
...One of the elementary bodies, a brittle metallic substance, of bright bluish white colour and flaky crystalline texture. Its metallic characteristics are less pronounced than those of the metals generally; and it...
14. arch, v.1 View full entry 1463
...To furnish with an arch or vault....
15. † ˈarchitector, n. View full entry 1461-83
...= architect1....
16. † ˌargent-ˈvive, n. View full entry 1453
...Quicksilver, mercury....
17. attempered, adj. View full entry c1430
...Qualified by due admixture; fitly blended....
18. aurum, n. View full entry a1500
...Gold. Used in the names of several preparations containing or resembling gold, as aurum fulminansaurum mosaicum or aurum musivumaurum potabileObs....
19. baboon, n. View full entry c1400
...A representation of a grotesque figure or monster, esp. in architecture, or as a manuscript decoration. Cf. baboonery1. hist. after Middle English....
20. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
