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1. abstinence, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The practice or discipline of resisting self-indulgence; self-restraint....
2. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry ?a1300
...A single point in a game, and related uses....
3. acquit, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans....
4. addling, n.1 View full entry ?c1200
...The action of earning or deserving something; that which a person earns or merits. Obs....
5. advance, v. View full entry a1250
...trans. To promote or help the progress, success, or completion of (something); to further....
6. adventure, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A chance occurrence or event, an accident. Obs....
7. age, n. View full entry c1275
...A naturally distinct section of a person's or animal's existence; a particular period or stage of life. Often with defining word or phrase specifying the stage....
8. alpha, n. and adj. View full entry ?c1200
...(The name of) the first letter (Α, α) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to English a....
9. amount, v. View full entry c1250
...intr. (simply, or with defining relation to an object.) To go up, ascend, rise, mount. Obs....
10. 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....
11. arles, n. View full entry c1220
...Money given in confirmation of a bargain; esp. that given, when a servant is hired, in confirmation of the engagement; earnest-money....
12. 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...
13. assize, n. View full entry 1297
...A sitting or session of a consultative or legislative body. Obs....
14. aumbry, n. View full entry a1225
...A container for storing books, a bookcase; (occas.) a room where books or other documents are stored, a library, an archive. Formerly also: †a repository or compendium of knowledge, such as a...
15. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
16. 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, ...
17. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
18. 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....
19. 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....
20. baronage, n. View full entry a1300
...The body of barons collectively; the great vassals of the Crown; the nobles, lords, peerage....
