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1. † ˈdisour, n. View full entry a1300
...A (professional) story-teller; a reciter of ‘gestes’; a jester....
2. evidence, n. View full entry a1300
...The quality or condition of being evident; clearness, evidentness....
3. feud, n.1 View full entry a1300
...Active hatred or enmity, hostility, ill-will....
4. gest, n.1 View full entry a1300
...pl. Notable deeds or actions, exploits (later also sing., a deed, exploit); esp. the deeds of a person or people as narrated or recorded, history. Obs....
5. kirkman, n. View full entry a1400
...A member of the clergy; (in later use) spec. a clergyman of the Kirk or Church of Scotland. Cf. churchman2a....
6. moneyer, n. View full entry a1400
...A money changer, a moneylender. Now arch....
7. multiplying, adj. View full entry a1400
...Becoming more numerous, causing something to become more numerous; breeding, proliferating. multiplying of: tending to cause to multiply or increase (obs.)....
8. natatory, n. View full entry a1400
...A pool; a place to swim. rare. Now hist....
9. numb, adj. and n. View full entry a1400
...Deprived of physical sensation or of the power of movement, esp. through extreme cold....
10. peaceful, adj. and n. View full entry a1400
...Inclined to or in favour of peace; amicable, pacific, placid; = peaceable1a....
11. ransomer, n. View full entry a1400
...A person who ransoms someone or something, a person who pays a ransom; a redeemer, spec. (now freq. with capital initial) Christ....
12. rope, v.2 View full entry a1400
...trans. To tie, bind, fasten, or secure with a rope. Also with up....
13. round, v.2 View full entry a1400
...trans....
14. sample, n. View full entry a1300
...A fact, incident, story, or suppositious case, which serves to illustrate, confirm, or render credible some proposition or statement. (Cf. example1) Obs....
15. scripture, n. View full entry a1300
...(Usually with capital initial.)...
16. slight, v. View full entry a1300
...trans. To make smooth or level. Obs....
17. sphere, n. View full entry a1300
...The apparent outward limit of space, conceived as a hollow globe enclosing (and at all points equidistant from) the earth; the visible vault of heaven, in which the celestial bodies appear to...
18. square, n. View full entry a1300
...An implement or tool for determining, measuring, or setting out right angles, or for testing the exactness of artificers' work, usually consisting of two pieces or arms set at right angles to...
19. stage, n. View full entry a1300
...Each of the portions into which the height of a structure is divided; a horizontal partition....
20. standing, adj. View full entry a1300
...Of a person, an animal, a statue: That keeps an upright stationary position on the feet. †Also rarely of the limb used. Also fig....
