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1. accouplement, n. View full entry 1483
...The action or fact of coupling one person or thing to another; union, pairing, mating. Also: an instance of this....
2. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
3. † adub, v. View full entry ?1473
...trans. To invest with the insignia of knighthood, or the title of a knight; to dub; (in extended use) to invest with some other title. Freq. with noun complement. arch....
4. agate, n. View full entry ?1483
...= jet1a. Obs.rare....
5. † aˈmict, n. View full entry 1480
...A kerchief or cloth tied round the head. Obs....
6. armil, n. View full entry 1480
...A bracelet; = armilla1....
7. ˈazured, adj. View full entry 1490
...arch. orObs. Coloured azure; = azure (in various senses):...
8. † bague, n. View full entry 1477
...A ring, a brooch....
9. bank, n.3 View full entry 1474
...The table or counter of a money-changer or dealer in money. Obs. exc. Hist....
10. beamed, adj. View full entry 1480
...Having or furnished with a beam or beams....
11. 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,...
12. † cengle, n. View full entry a1492
...A girdle....
13. chausses, n. View full entry 1484
...With pl. concord. Pantaloons or tight coverings for the legs and feet; esp. of mail, forming part of a knight's armour (in Old French chauces de fer...
14. coat of arms, n. View full entry 1490
...Hist. A coat or vest embroidered with heraldic arms; a tabard. (See armour10, coat-armour1.)...
15. compose, v. View full entry 1477
...trans. To make by putting together parts or elements: to make up, form, frame, fashion, construct, produce. Obs. exc. in the special senses below....
16. corf, n.1 View full entry c1483
...A basket. Obs....
17. crampon, n. View full entry 1490
...A bar of iron or other metal bent in the form of a hook, to serve as a grapple or clutch; a grappling-iron; also = cramp2....
18. † curre, n. View full entry 1483
...A chariot....
19. deuce, n.1 View full entry 1481
...The two at dice or cards....
20. discovered, adj. View full entry 1484
...Uncovered; bare; having the head bare....
