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1. affine, v. View full entry ?1473
...trans. To refine (metal). Obs. (rare after 16th cent.)....
2. bark | barque, n.2 View full entry 1477
...A small ship; in earlier times, a general term for all sailing vessels of small size, e.g. fishing-smacks, xebecs, pinnaces; in modern use, applied poetically or rhetorically to any sailing...
3. base court, n. View full entry 1490
...Archit. The lower or outer court of a castle or mansion, occupied by the servants. Also: a court at the back of an early farmhouse, containing the outbuildings....
4. beamed, adj. View full entry 1480
...Having or furnished with a beam or beams....
5. 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,...
6. blank, v. View full entry 1484
...trans. To make white, whiten; to make pale....
7. Catalan, adj. and n. View full entry 1480
...Of or belonging to Catalonia, the most northeasterly province of Spain, once an independent principality. Catalan forge...
8. composed, adj. View full entry 1483
...Made up of parts; compound; composite....
9. corf, n.1 View full entry c1483
...A basket. Obs....
10. 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....
11. damp, n.1 View full entry 1480
...An exhalation, a vapour or gas, of a noxious kind. Obs. exc. as in 1b....
12. embow, v.1 View full entry 1481
...trans. To bend or curve into a bow (see bow)....
13. embowed, adj. View full entry 1481
...Bent or curved into the form of a bow; convex, bow-like....
14. essay, v. View full entry 1483
...trans. To put to the proof, try (a person or thing); to test the nature, excellence, fitness, etc. of; = assay1. Also to practise (an art, etc.) by...
15. fabric, n. View full entry 1483
...An edifice, a building....
16. facing, n. View full entry 1481
...The action of boasting, swaggering, or browbeating; defiant behaviour; confrontation. Obs....
17. fencing, n. View full entry 1489
...The action or art of using the sword scientifically as a weapon of offence or defence; the practice of this art with a blunted sword, foil, or stick....
18. fluting, n. View full entry 1481
...The action of playing on the flute or singing in flute-like tones; an instance of this....
19. fortification, n. View full entry 1489
...Strengthening, corroboration, ratification....
20. Ionic, adj.1 and n. View full entry 1483
...Ancient Hist. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Ionians (Ionian1) or their language; Ionian....
