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1. 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...
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. belt, v. View full entry a1400
...trans. and refl. To gird with a belt; to engirdle; spec. to invest with a distinctive belt, e.g. of knighthood....
4. break, n.1 View full entry a1400
...An act of breaking; breakage, fracture....
5. call, n. View full entry a1300
...A loud vocal utterance or speech, a shout, a cry; a loud vocal address or supplication....
6. cark, n. View full entry a1300
...(?) A load; a weight of 3 or 4 cwt. Obs....
7. 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...
8. channel, n.1 View full entry a1300
...The hollow bed of running waters; also, the bed of the sea or other body of water....
9. cleading, n. View full entry a1300
...Clothing, apparel. Sc. and north. Eng....
10. 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...
11. corrupt, v. View full entry a1300
...trans. To spoil or destroy (flesh, fruit, or other organic matter) by physical dissolution or putrid decomposition; to turn from a sound into an unsound impure condition; to cause to ‘go...
12. couple, n. View full entry a1300
...A brace or leash for holding two hounds together. Usually in pl.; also a pair of couples....
13. crawl, v.1 View full entry a1300
...intr. To move slowly in a prone position, by dragging the body along close to the ground, as a child upon its hands and knees, any short-limbed quadruped or reptile, an...
14. cross, v. View full entry c1340
...trans. To crucify. Obs....
15. drift, n. View full entry a1300
...The act of driving; propulsion, impulse, impetus. (Now rare or Obs. exc. as in 1b, or 2a.)...
16. dump, v.1 View full entry a1300
...intr. To fall with sudden force; to plunge....
17. dwell, n. View full entry a1300
...Delay, stay, stoppage. withoute(n dwell: without delay, straightway. Obs....
18. earthing, n. View full entry a1400
...Chiefly Sc. in early use. Burial, interment. Now rare. ...
19. fade, n.1 View full entry a1300
...The action of fade...
20. fine, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry a1300
...Of superior quality, choice of its kind....
