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1. a, adj. View full entry ?a1160
...Used in an indefinite noun phrase referring to something not specifically identified (and, freq., mentioned for the first time) but treated as one of a class: one, some, any (the oneness, or...
2. above, adv., prep., n., and adj. View full entry lOE
...With regard to writing: further up on the present page; previously in the text; in a preceding paragraph, passage, etc. See also senses C. 3, D....
3. aforeward, adv. and prep. View full entry a1200
...Before all others in rank or position; in front. Also: (of time) in the first place, first of all. Cf. foremostObs....
4. alehouse, n. View full entry lOE
...A house or other premises where ale is sold; a public house, a tavern....
5. an, conj. and n. View full entry ?a1160
...Now usu. in form an'. = andI. (coordinating). Now regional and nonstandard....
6. † argh(e, v. View full entry c1175
...To be disheartened, timid, fearful, loath; to hesitate from timidity. (Still in Sc.)...
7. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
8. bar, n.1 View full entry c1175
...gen. A straight piece of wood, metal, or other rigid material, long in proportion to its thickness....
9. barley, n. View full entry 1124
...A hardy awned cereal (genus Hordeum), cultivated in all parts of the world; used partly as food, and largely (in Britain and the United States, mainly) in the preparation of...
10. bein, adj. and adv. View full entry a1200
...Pleasant, genial, kindly; ‘nice.’ (Latin amœnus, almus, benignus.) Obs....
11. blae, adj. and n. View full entry ?a1200
...Of a dark colour between black and blue; blackish blue; of the colour of the blae-berry (Vaccinium myrtillus); livid; also, of a lighter shade, bluish grey, lead-coloured. (Sometimes...
12. boon, n.1 View full entry c1175
...A prayer, petition, entreaty, request. Obs....
13. both, adj., conj., and adv. View full entry 1154
...absol. From 14th c. sometimes the both (obs.). In early modern English sometimes inflected as a n., with genitive both's....
14. chequer | checker, n.1 View full entry 1178
...A chess-board; a square board divided into 64 small squares, coloured alternately dark and light. Obs....
15. Christmas, n. View full entry a1123
...The festival of the nativity of Christ, kept on the 25th of December. Usually extended more or less vaguely to the season immediately preceding and following this day, commonly observed as a...
16. church hay, n. View full entry c1175
...A churchyard. Cf. church haw...
17. cony | coney, n. View full entry a1200
...A rabbit: formerly the proper and ordinary name, but now superseded in general use by rabbit, which was originally a name for the young only....
18. crown, v.1 View full entry c1175
...trans. To place a crown, wreath, or garland upon the head of (a person), in token of victory or honour, or as a decoration, etc.; to adorn with the aureole of...
19. grisly, adj. View full entry a1150
...Causing horror, terror, or extreme fear; horrible or terrible to behold or to hear; causing such feelings as are associated with thoughts of death and ‘the other world’, spectral appearances, and the...
20. harbour | harbor, n.1 View full entry c1150
...Shelter, lodging, entertainment: sojourn, abode....
