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1. † afaite, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To incline, dispose, or discipline (the heart)....
2. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
3. amendment, n. View full entry 1297
...Removal of faults, correction, reformation....
4. aver-, comb. form View full entry 1253-1378
...? corn paid as a feudal due or in lieu of service....
5. bachelor, n. View full entry 1297
...A young knight, not old enough, or having too few vassals, to display his own banner, and who therefore followed the banner of another; a novice in arms. [On this sense was...
6. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
7. backward, adv., adj., and n.2 View full entry a1300
...Of motion: In the direction of one's back or of that to which one's back is turned, as to lean backward, bend backward, fall backward, ...
8. bailiff, n. View full entry 1297
...One charged with public administrative authority in a certain district....
9. band, n.1 View full entry ?c1200
...Anything with which one's body or limbs are bound, in restraint of personal liberty; a shackle, chain, fetter, manacle. arch....
10. bank, n.1 View full entry ?c1200
...A portion of the surface of the ground raised or thrown up into a ridge or shelf; a lengthened mound with steeply sloping sides. Hence, One side or slope of...
11. † ˈbargham, n. View full entry a1300
...The collar of a working horse....
12. bark, n.1 View full entry a1300
...The rind or outer sheath of the trunk and branches of trees, formed of tissue parallel with the wood. See quot. 1866....
13. basin, n. View full entry c1220
...A circular vessel of greater width than depth, with sloping or curving sides, used for holding water and other liquids, especially for washing purposes. barber's basin: see barber2...
14. basket, n. View full entry a1300
...A vessel of wickerwork, made of plaited osiers, cane, rushes, bast, or other materials....
15. bastard, n. and adj. View full entry 1297
...One begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or natural child....
16. bearing, n. View full entry a1300
...The action of carrying or conveying. In Backgammon, see bear1d....
17. beast, n. View full entry c1210
...A living being, an animal. (Used to translate Greek ζῳ̑ον, or Latin animal, esp. in versions of the Bible. Now restricted in literary use as in sense ...
18. beating, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The infliction of repeated blows; spec. the action of inflicting blows in punishment; the dashing of waves against the shore; the whipping up of a fluid; the flapping of wings;...
19. † ˈbedrip, n. View full entry 1226
...A service which some tenants had to perform to their lord, viz. at his request or bidding to reap his corn at harvest-time. The days thus employed were sometimes called boon-days...
20. beef, n. View full entry a1300
...The flesh of an ox, bull, or cow, used as food. Often preceded by words indicating the exact part of the animal, e.g. sirloin, ribs of beef, etc....
