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1. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
2. Act of Parliament, n. View full entry 1456
...Originally: a law made by the British monarch with the advice of Parliament (now hist.). In later use: a statute passed by a parliament....
3. adder, n.1 View full entry eOE
...In generic sense: a snake, a serpent, esp. with reference to the serpent as a manifestation of the devil in the biblical account of the Fall in the Garden of Eden; (hence,...
4. aldern, adj. and n. View full entry OE
...Of alder (the tree or the wood)....
5. † Alexander, n.1 View full entry 1540
...A type of fabric produced in or typical of Alexandria; = bord alexander...
6. allowance, n. View full entry c1390
...Praise, commendation. Obs....
7. altogether, adj., n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Modifying the object or complement of a clause, indicating that the whole of what it refers to is involved: all of (something); constituting or representing the entirety of (a place, group, etc.);...
8. American, n. and adj. View full entry 1568
...An indigenous inhabitant of (any part of) the Americas; an American Indian. Now only with modifying word, as indigenous American, original American, etc.; see also Native American...
9. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
10. † armosie, n. View full entry 1566
...= armozeen...
11. B, n. View full entry c1000
...The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth, whence also its form...
12. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
13. back, n.1 View full entry c885
...properly. The convex surface of the body of persons and vertebrated animals which is adjacent to the spinal axis, and opposite to the belly and most of the special organs. It...
14. back, v. View full entry 1362
...To cover the back, clothe. Obs....
15. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
16. backing, n. View full entry 1598
...The action of supporting at the back....
17. 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....
18. † ˈbaggier, n. View full entry 1578
...A jewel-case....
19. baggy, adj. and n. View full entry 1808
...Puffed or bulging out, hanging in loose folds....
20. balk | baulk, n.1 View full entry c885
...A ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground; e.g. a grave-mound. Obs....
