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1. abroad, adv., prep., and n. View full entry c1300
...Over a broad or wide area; widely, broadly; †so as to be fully open or outspread (obs.). In later use more commonly with reference to non-physical things, as news, information,...
2. Algarbe, n. View full entry 1393
...A type of wine produced in the Algarve region of Portugal....
3. † alker, n. View full entry 1381
...A kind of pudding consisting of pieces of fruit set in a base of rice flour and almond milk. Cf. moile1....
4. ally, v. View full entry c1325
...trans....
5. almond, n. and adj. View full entry c1330
...An oval, nut-like, oil-rich kernel with a light brown skin and a hard pitted shell, most varieties of which are edible, obtained from the tree Prunus amygdalus (see sense ...
6. almond milk, n. View full entry 1381
...A milky liquid prepared from ground almonds, used as a drink and in cooking, and also applied to the skin, etc., as an emollient....
7. amber, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1398
...orig. = ambergris (In 17th c. greece of amber, gris ambre, gray amber.) Obs....
8. aniseed, n. View full entry a1398
...The seed of the anise, used as a carminative, and in the preparation of Oil of Anise, Spirit of Anise, Anise water, and Anisette....
9. appal | appall, v. View full entry c1315
...To wax pale or dim. Obs. Cf. appale1....
10. apple-moyse, n. View full entry 1381
...Any of various dishes made from stewed apples; spec. a dessert made from sieved apple pulp flavoured with saffron or other spices....
11. argol, n.1 View full entry c1386
...The tartar deposited from wines completely fermented, and adhering to the sides of the casks as a hard crust; crude bitartrate of potassium, which, when purified, becomes cream of tartar....
12. assay, n. View full entry 1330
...The trying (of a person or thing); trial imposed upon or endured by any object, in order to test its virtue, fitness, etc. Obs. exc. as fig. use of 6....
13. babbler, n. View full entry 1366-7
...A person who talks foolishly or at great length, esp. to little purpose; a chatterer. ...
14. back, adv. View full entry c1300
...lit. In the direction of one's back, or the back of any object in question; toward the rear; away from a forward position. Often with the vb. (go, ...
15. bacon, n. View full entry c1330
...The back and sides of the pig, ‘cured’ by salting, drying, etc. Formerly also the fresh flesh now called pork....
16. bakehouse, n. View full entry a1400
...A building or apartment in which bread is made, having an oven for baking it. Also, one in which loaf-sugar is made....
17. baken, adj. View full entry c1325
...Baked, as bread or meat....
18. baking, n. View full entry 1398
...The action of the verb bake; the process of preparing bread; the hardening or ‘firing’ of earthenware. Also spec. in Typogr. (see quot.). Cf. baked...
19. band, n.2 View full entry c1394
...A strip of any material flat and thin, used to bind together, clasp, or gird....
20. barley-corn, n. View full entry 1382
...= barley (the plant or grain)....
