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1. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
2. approach, v. View full entry c1305
...intr. To come nearer (relatively), or draw near (absolutely), in space....
3. article, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Each of the separate items of a summary of faith; spec.each of the separate clauses or statements of the Apostles' Creed; (freq. with capital initial) any of the...
4. B, n. View full entry c1000
...The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth, whence also its form...
5. beg, v. View full entry ?c1225
...To ask alms or by way of alms....
6. beggar, n. View full entry a1250
...One who asks alms, especially habitually; one who lives by so doing....
7. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
8. blank, n. View full entry 1480
...A small French coin, originally of silver, but afterwards of copper; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English. According to Littré,...
9. blue, adj. and n. View full entry c1300
...Of a colour of the spectrum intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or deep sea on a clear day....
10. business, n. View full entry OE
...Anxiety, solicitude, care; distress, uneasiness. Obs....
11. challenge, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To accuse, bring a charge against, arraign, impeach. Also absol.Obs. (or ? dial.)...
12. chamber, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A room or suite of rooms in a house, typically one allotted to the use of a particular person, a private room; (in later use) esp. a bedroom, typically on...
13. come, v. View full entry c825
...In its most literal sense it expresses the hitherward motion of a voluntary agent....
14. cross, v. View full entry c1340
...trans. To crucify. Obs....
15. D, n. View full entry c1000
...the fourth letter of the Roman alphabet, corresponding in position and power to the Phoenician and Hebrew Daleth, and Greek Delta, Δ, whence also its form was derived...
16. death, n. View full entry c888
...The act or fact of dying; the end of life; the final cessation of the vital functions of an animal or plant....
17. do, v. View full entry c825
...To put, place....
18. dog, n.1 View full entry OE
...A domesticated carnivorous mammal, Canis familiaris (or C. lupus familiaris), which typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractile claws, and a barking, howling, or...
19. drop, v. View full entry c1000
...Of a liquid: To fall in drops or globules; to exude or distil in drops....
20. early, adj. and n. View full entry ?c1225
...With reference to the time of day....
