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1. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
2. agate, n. View full entry ?1483
...= jet1a. Obs.rare....
3. ahorseback, adv. View full entry ?1473
...On horseback....
4. anybody, n. and pron. View full entry 1490
...comb. of any and body in the sense of person (as in nobody, somebody): Any person, any one. It has all the...
5. approach, n. View full entry 1489
...The act of coming nearer (relatively), or of drawing near (absolutely), in space....
6. aquatic, adj. and n. View full entry 1490
...Of or pertaining to water as a substance; watery, rainy. Obs....
7. assault, v. View full entry 1489
...To make a violent hostile attack by physical means upon (a person, army, etc.); to commit an unlawful or criminal assault upon the person of (see assault3). to...
8. bank, n.3 View full entry 1474
...The table or counter of a money-changer or dealer in money. Obs. exc. Hist....
9. 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,...
10. blank, v. View full entry 1484
...trans. To make white, whiten; to make pale....
11. † ˈbrackener, n. View full entry 1490
...A servant who attended to the hounds....
12. † ˈbutter, n.3 View full entry 1474
...One who cheats at play....
13. calamity, n. View full entry 1490
...The state or condition of grievous affliction or adversity; deep distress, trouble, or misery, arising from some adverse circumstance or event....
14. chess-board, n. View full entry 1474
...The board on which chess is played. Also fig....
15. chess-men, n. View full entry 1474
...The pieces (eight ‘pieces’ proper and eight pawns on each side) with which chess is played....
16. corf, n.1 View full entry c1483
...A basket. Obs....
17. demi-lance, n. View full entry 1490
...A lance with short shaft, used in the 15th and 16th centuries....
18. deuce, n.1 View full entry 1481
...The two at dice or cards....
19. discovered, adj. View full entry 1484
...Uncovered; bare; having the head bare....
20. disgorge, v. View full entry 1477
...trans. To eject or throw out from, or as from, the gorge or throat; to vomit forth (what has been swallowed)....
