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1. account, n. View full entry c1300
...Counting, reckoning, enumeration; computation, calculation; (also) a style or mode of reckoning; an amount established by counting. Now chiefly in money of account: see money2....
2. against, prep., conj., adv., and n. View full entry eOE
...In reception of, in welcome of. Obs....
3. 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....
4. allenarly, adv. and adj. View full entry 1444
...Solitarily, alone; only, solely, exclusively. In later use Sc. Law, with reference to liferent....
5. allow, v. View full entry 1340
...trans. To laud, praise, commend. Obs....
6. anent, prep. and adv. View full entry OE
...In a line with, side by side with, in company with, beside. Obs. or dial....
7. angle, n.2 View full entry a1325
...A corner of a room or other enclosed space, esp. viewed internally or as a retreating space; a recess, a nook. Also fig....
8. aside, adv., prep., adj., and n. View full entry c1330
...To one side; out of the way, away....
9. at, prep. View full entry 755
...The most general determination of simple localization in space, expressing, strictly, the simple relation of a thing to a point of space which it touches; hence, usually determining a point or object...
10. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
11. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
12. 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....
13. bailie, n. View full entry 1297
...= bailiff1. Obs....
14. bairn, n. View full entry 830
...A child; a son or daughter. (Expressing relationship, rather than age.)...
15. bait, n.1 View full entry a1325
...An attractive morsel of food placed on a hook or in a trap, in order to allure fish or other animals to seize it and be thereby captured....
16. bar, n.1 View full entry c1175
...gen. A straight piece of wood, metal, or other rigid material, long in proportion to its thickness....
17. bargain, n.1 View full entry 1330
...Discussion between two parties of the terms on which one is to give or do something to or for the other; chaffering; bargaining. Obs....
18. barrack, n.1 View full entry 1686
...A temporary hut or cabin; e.g. for the use of soldiers during a siege, etc. Still in north. dial....
19. basket, n. View full entry a1300
...A vessel of wickerwork, made of plaited osiers, cane, rushes, bast, or other materials....
20. battle, n. View full entry 1297
...A hostile engagement or encounter between opposing forces on land or sea; a combat, a fight....
