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1. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
2. baron, n. View full entry a1200
...Hist. Originally, one who held, by military or other honourable service, from the king or other superior; afterwards restricted to the former or king's barons, and at length mostly...
3. biting, n. View full entry c1175
...The action of bite in its various senses....
4. bloodwite, n. View full entry lOE
...Feudal Law. A fine payable for the offence of shedding blood; (also) a legal action for this offence; (occas.) †the offence itself (obs.). Also: the right of levying this...
5. council, n. View full entry 1125
...generally. An assembly called together for any purpose; a convocation or congregation. Obs....
6. court, n.1 View full entry 1154
...A clear space enclosed by walls or surrounded by buildings; a yard, a court-yard; e.g. that surrounding a castle, or that left for the sake of light, etc. in the...
7. hanging, adj. (and prep.) View full entry c1170
...Supported above, and not below; suspended, pendulous; projecting downwards; drooping....
8. † horngeld, n. View full entry c1170
...A feudal ‘service’, being a form of rent fixed according to the number of horned cattle; cornage....
9. Jew, n. View full entry c1175
...A person of Hebrew descent; one whose religion is Judaism; an Israelite. ...
10. kirk, n. View full entry lOE
...= churchI....
11. legate, n.1 View full entry lOE
...An ecclesiastic deputed to represent the Pope and armed with his authority. legate of the cross: one entitled to have a cross borne before him, as an emblem of dignity....
12. marble, n. and adj. View full entry c1180
...Limestone that has been recrystallized by metamorphism and is capable of taking a polish; esp. one that is pure white or has a mottled surface, such as is often used...
13. peace, n. View full entry ?a1160
...Freedom from civil unrest or disorder; public order and security....
14. pillar, n. View full entry c1180
...A tall vertical structure of stone, brick, wood, metal, etc., usually narrow in proportion to its height, used either as a support for a structure, or as a monument or ornament. Also:...
15. plough | plow, n.1 View full entry lOE
...In northern and eastern areas of England and Scotland: the name given to a unit of land capable of being tilled by a team of oxen in a year; = ploughland...
16. robber, n. View full entry c1175
...A person who commits robbery. In early use also: a plunderer, a despoiler. Also fig....
17. sacrament, n. View full entry c1175
...Ecclesiastical. Used as the common name for certain solemn ceremonies or religious acts belonging to the institutions of the Christian church....
18. scot, n.2 View full entry 1189
...A tax or tribute paid by a feudal tenant to his or her lord or ruler in proportion to ability to pay; a similar tax paid to a sheriff or bailiff. Cf....
19. serve, v.1 View full entry c1175
...intr. To be a servant; to perform the duties of a servant....
20. synagogue, n. View full entry c1175
...The regular assembly or congregation of the Jews for religious instruction and worship apart from the service of the temple, constituting, since the destruction of the temple, their sole form of public...
