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1. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
2. 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,...
3. delinquent, adj. and n. View full entry 1484
...Failing in, or neglectful of, a duty or obligation; defaulting; faulty; more generally, guilty of a misdeed or offence....
4. destructive, adj. and n. View full entry 1490
...Having the quality of destroying; tending to destroy, put an end to, or completely spoil; pernicious, deadly, annihilative. Const. to, of....
5. director, n. View full entry 1477
...One who or that which directs, rules, or guides; a guide, a conductor; ‘one that has authority over others; a superintendent; one that has the general management of a design or work’...
6. factor, n. View full entry 1485
...One who makes or does (anything); a doer, maker, performer, perpetrator; an author of a literary work. Obs. or arch....
7. 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....
8. interior, adj. and n. View full entry 1490
...Situated more within, or (usually, simply) within, something; belonging to or connected with the inside; = inner1a, internal1....
9. intitule, v. View full entry 1483
...trans. To furnish (a book or document) with a heading or superscription; to give a designation to (a book, etc.); = entitle1. Now chiefly used technically in reference...
10. parliament, v. View full entry a1492
...intr....
11. preside, v. View full entry 1490
...intr. To exercise authority or control over; to rule, govern. Also fig.: to reign supreme....
12. proximity, n. View full entry 1480
...The fact or condition of being near or close in abstract relations, as kinship (esp. in proximity of blood), time, nature, etc.; closeness....
13. repeal, n. View full entry 1483
...Recall of a person, esp. from exile. Obs....
14. scratch, v. View full entry 1474
...trans. To wound superficially by dragging the claws or finger-nails over the skin. Also, in wider sense: To wound superficially with anything pointed and hard dragged over the skin or in...
15. † senatoire, n. View full entry 1474
...A senate-house....
