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1. conclude, v. View full entry a1300
...(in physical sense). Obs. or arch....
2. fashion, n. View full entry a1300
...The action or process of making. Hence, the ‘making’ or workmanship as an element in the value of plate or jewellery. Obs....
3. fine, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry a1300
...Of superior quality, choice of its kind....
4. fortune, n. View full entry a1300
...Chance, hap, or luck, regarded as a cause of events and changes in men's affairs. Often (after Latin) personified as a goddess, ‘the power supposed to distribute the lots of life according...
5. illfare, n. View full entry c1300
...The condition of faring or ‘getting on’ badly; infelicity; adversity; the opposite of welfare. (In recent use only as nonce-wd.) Used more or less joc. in...
6. Merry England, n. View full entry a1400
...Originally: England characterized by its pleasant landscape, etc. Later (freq. humorous or ironic): England characterized by the robust cheerfulness of its people, esp. in an imagined past golden...
7. olive branch, n. View full entry a1400
...A branch of an olive tree....
8. scour, v.2 View full entry a1300
...trans. To cleanse or polish (metal, earthenware, wood, etc.) by hard rubbing with some detergent substance. Sometimes with adj. compl., as bright, clean. Also const. of...
9. square, adj. View full entry a1300
...Having a rectilinear and rectangular form of equal length and breadth; contained by four equal sides at right angles to each other; quadrate....
10. sweat, n. View full entry a1300
...The life-blood: in phr. to tine, leave, lose the sweat: to lose one's life-blood, die. Obs....
11. weak, adj. and n. View full entry a1300
...Of a material thing: Pliant, flexible, readily bending. (Usually with implication of want of strength.) = wokea.Obs....
