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1. attaint, v. View full entry a1400
...To touch, get at with a blow, to hit in tilting; = attaini. Obs....
2. backward, adv., adj., and n.2 View full entry a1300
...Of motion: In the direction of one's back or of that to which one's back is turned, as to lean backward, bend backward, fall backward, ...
3. bar, v. View full entry a1300
...trans....
4. blister, n.1 View full entry a1400
...A thin vesicle on the skin, containing serum, caused by friction, a burn, or other injury, or the action of a vesicatory....
5. bray, v.1 View full entry a1300
...intr. To cry out, to utter a loud harsh cry; esp. of grief or pain. Obs....
6. break, n.1 View full entry a1400
...An act of breaking; breakage, fracture....
7. burning, n. View full entry a1300
...The condition of being on fire; the action of sending up flames; hence concr. flame. Cf. 5b....
8. call, n. View full entry a1300
...A loud vocal utterance or speech, a shout, a cry; a loud vocal address or supplication....
9. case, n.2 View full entry a1300
...A thing fitted to contain or enclose something else; a receptacle or holder; a box, chest, bag, sheath, covering, etc.; spec. in very early use (as in Old French) a...
10. cast, n. View full entry a1300
...A throw of a missile, a bowl, or other object....
11. channel, n.1 View full entry a1300
...The hollow bed of running waters; also, the bed of the sea or other body of water....
12. chess, n.1 View full entry a1300
...A game of skill played by two persons, on a chequered board divided into sixty-four squares; each player having a set of sixteen ‘men’, consisting of king, queen, two bishops, two knights,...
13. cleft | clift, n. View full entry a1300
...gen. A space made by cleaving, splitting, or separation of parts; a split, fissure, crack, crevice....
14. clint, n. View full entry a1300
...A hard or flinty rock; a hard rock projecting on the side of a hill or river, or in the bed of a stream; a part of a crag standing out between...
15. coast, n. View full entry a1300
...The side of the body (of men or animals); the part fortified by the ribs. †by my coste: by my side (quot. 1591). Obs....
16. command, v. View full entry a1300
...with direct and indirect object (the latter formerly often with to)....
17. compass, n.1, adj., and adv. View full entry a1300
...Measure, proper proportion, regularity: e.g. to keep even compass (cf. Old French tenir compas to keep step in marching); by compass (Old French par compas...
18. conqueror, n. View full entry a1300
...One who gains possession of a country, etc., by force of arms; one who subdues or subjugates a nation; one who conquers or vanquishes an adversary, a victor. (Cf. the synonymous ...
19. convert, v. View full entry a1300
...trans. To turn (a thing or oneself) about, to give a different (or specific) direction to. refl. = To turn (intr.). Obs....
20. cord, n.1 View full entry a1300
...A string composed of several strands twisted or woven together; in ordinary popular use, now restricted to small ropes, and thick or stout strings; but formerly applied more widely, e.g....
