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1. airt, n. View full entry a1400
...A quarter of the heavens; a point of the compass; a direction. Hence more generally: a quarter, a locality....
2. axle-tree, n. View full entry a1400
...The fixed bar or beam of wood, etc., on the rounded ends of which the opposite wheels of a carriage revolve. The original and only surviving sense. axle-tree arms: the...
3. † bale, v.1 View full entry a1400
...To dance....
4. bar, v. View full entry a1300
...trans....
5. barge, n.1 View full entry a1300
...A small sea-going vessel with sails: used spec. for one next in size above the balinger, and generally as = Ship, vessel (in which use it...
6. bark, n.1 View full entry a1300
...The rind or outer sheath of the trunk and branches of trees, formed of tissue parallel with the wood. See quot. 1866....
7. † ˈbattle, v.2 View full entry a1400
...trans. To fortify or furnish with battlements. (Usually in passive: cf. battled)...
8. beck, n.1 View full entry a1400
...A brook or stream: the ordinary name in those parts of England from Lincolnshire to Cumbria which were occupied by the Danes and Norwegians; hence, often used spec. in literature...
9. beneˈdight, adj. View full entry a1400
...Blessed....
10. benison, n. View full entry a1300
...Blessing, beatitude....
11. beta, n. View full entry a1400
...The second letter of the Greek alphabet, Β, β....
12. Bible, n. View full entry a1300
...The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament. (Sometimes in early use, and still dial., used for the Old Testament; e.g. ‘neither in the Bible nor the Testament.’) the...
13. † bigame, adj. and n. View full entry a1400
...Bigamous....
14. † biˈsweligh, v. View full entry a1400
...To swallow up....
15. 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....
16. † bode, n.3 View full entry a1300
...Biding, tarrying, waiting, delay. but bode: without delay....
17. † bow, n.4 View full entry a1400
...The stock of cattle on a farm, a herd....
18. bray, v.1 View full entry a1300
...intr. To cry out, to utter a loud harsh cry; esp. of grief or pain. Obs....
19. † ˈbrixle | brixel, n. View full entry a1300
...Shame, reproach....
20. brotherhood, n. View full entry a1300
...The relation of a brother, or of brothers mutually; fraternal tie. Also in spiritual sense....
