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1. account, n. View full entry c1300
...Counting, reckoning, enumeration; computation, calculation; (also) a style or mode of reckoning; an amount established by counting. Now chiefly in money of account: see money2....
2. addling, n.1 View full entry ?c1200
...The action of earning or deserving something; that which a person earns or merits. Obs....
3. after, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...Behind something in place or position; in the rear; further back....
4. against, prep., conj., adv., and n. View full entry eOE
...In reception of, in welcome of. Obs....
5. agree, v. View full entry a1413
...trans....
6. ale, n. View full entry eOE
...Any beer other than lager, stout, or porter; spec. beer brewed by top fermentation. Also: a type of this....
7. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
8. allow, v. View full entry 1340
...trans. To laud, praise, commend. Obs....
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. 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....
11. as, adv. and conj. View full entry OE
...Of quantity or degree: in that degree, to that extent (in or to which). Obs....
12. ask, v. View full entry c885
...trans. To call for, call upon (a person or thing personified) to come. Obs....
13. 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...
14. 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...
15. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
16. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
17. badge, v.2 View full entry 1552
...trans. To buy up (provisions) for resale elsewhere; to hawk for sale; (occas. more generally) to deal in (a commodity). Also intr.: to engage in buying and selling in...
18. badger, n.1 View full entry a1500
...A trader who buys produce (perh. originally grain) and carries it elsewhere to sell; an itinerant dealer; a hawker, a huckster, a pedlar; (occas. more generally) a dealer, a trader....
19. badger, v.1 View full entry 1600
...intr. Originally: †to trade as a badger (badger) (obs.). Later: to haggle, drive a bargain. Also trans.: to beat down in price. See also ...
20. badgerer, n.2 View full entry 1876
...A haggler, a person who drives a hard bargain....
