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1. abode, n.1 View full entry c1225
...The action of waiting or delaying; a delay. Esp. in without abode: without delay, immediately. Obs....
2. accord, n. View full entry c1275
...Opposed to discord....
3. 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....
4. appeal, n. View full entry 1297
...A calling to account before a legal tribunal; in Law: A criminal charge or accusation, made by one who undertook under penalty to prove it; spec....
5. appear, v. View full entry c1250
...To come forth into view, as from a place or state of concealment, or from a distance; to become visible....
6. article, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Each of the separate items of a summary of faith; spec.each of the separate clauses or statements of the Apostles' Creed; (freq. with capital initial) any of the...
7. asperity, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Unevenness of surface, roughness, ruggedness; concr. in pl. sharp, rough, or rugged excrescences....
8. aunt, n. View full entry 1297
...The sister of one's father or mother. Also, an uncle's wife, more strictly called an aunt-in-law....
9. aureole, n. View full entry c1220
...= aureola1....
10. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
11. 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, ...
12. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
13. bag, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A receptacle made of some flexible material closed in on all sides except at the top (where also it generally can be closed); a pouch, a small sack....
14. balance, n.1 View full entry 1297
...An apparatus for weighing, consisting of a beam poised so as to move freely on a central pivot, with a scale pan at each end....
15. bald, adj. View full entry 1297
...? Rotund, of full habit, corpulent. Obs....
16. bank, n.2 View full entry 1275
...A long seat for several to sit on, a bench, or form; a platform or stage to speak from. Obs. (Cf. mountebank)...
17. bar, v. View full entry a1300
...trans....
18. barren, adj. and n. View full entry c1200
...Of a woman: Bearing no children; without issue, childless....
19. 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...
20. basket, n. View full entry a1300
...A vessel of wickerwork, made of plaited osiers, cane, rushes, bast, or other materials....
