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1. ablution, n. View full entry c1405
...Chem. Originally: the purification of oils and other substances by a process of emulsification with hot water, the water being drained off after the two immiscible liquids have been allowed to...
2. accidently, adv. View full entry ?a1425
...In an accidental or chance manner; accidentally, by chance (contextually: by mischance). (In modern use only as an occasional spelling variant of accidentally)...
3. aged, adj. and n. View full entry 1420
...That has lived or existed for a long time; of advanced age; very old....
4. alack, int. View full entry 1447
...Used to express grief, condemnation, pity, regret, concern, or surprise....
5. blonde | blond, adj. and n. View full entry 1481
...Properly (of the hair): Of a light golden brown, light auburn; but commonly used in sense of light-coloured, ‘fair’, as opposed to ‘dark’, or ‘brunette’, and extended to the complexion of those...
6. bow-case, n. View full entry 1464
...A case in which a bow is kept. In 16–17th c. applied humorously to a lean starveling, a ‘bag of bones’....
7. buckle, v. View full entry c1400
...trans. To fasten with a buckle. Often with prep. on, to, or adv. on, up, together....
8. Capricorn, n. View full entry c1400
...Astron....
9. ˈcaptainship, n. View full entry c1465
...The office, position, authority or rank of a captain; commandership; leadership....
10. † celsitude, n. View full entry c1450
...Lofty position, high rank; dignity, eminence....
11. chalder, n.1 View full entry a1500
...An obsolete dry measure of capacity: in Scotland 16 bolls or 64 firlots of corn, making nearly 12 quarters Winchester measure: used in the computation of the stipends of the parish ministers....
12. † comfit, v. View full entry 1483
...To prepare, make into a ‘preparation’. Obs....
13. comparative, adj. and n. View full entry 1447
...Of or pertaining to comparison; that compares or involves comparison....
14. confabulation, n. View full entry c1450
...Talking together; a familiar talk or conversation; chat....
15. copulative, adj. and n. View full entry a1450
...Serving to couple or connect; spec. in Grammar applied to conjunctions which connect (constructionally) words or clauses which are also connected in sense; opposed to adversative...
16. daddy, n. View full entry ?a1500
...colloq....
17. demi-lance, n. View full entry 1490
...A lance with short shaft, used in the 15th and 16th centuries....
18. digital, n. and adj. View full entry ?c1425
...A whole number less than ten; = digit1a. Obs....
19. elevate, v. View full entry 1497
...trans. To lighten, lessen the weight of; to depreciate, extenuate. Obs....
20. eloquently, adv. View full entry 1471
...In an eloquent manner. Also fig....
