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1. affable, adj. View full entry ?c1475
...Of a person, or a person's character or bearing: easy to approach and converse with; courteous and kind in relations with others, formerly esp. when dealing with people of equal or lower...
2. † alkanamyer, n. View full entry ?c1475
...An alchemist, (perh.) one who prepared or used the metallic composition ‘alchemy’ (see alchemy2)....
3. aˈpprove | aˈpprow, v.2 View full entry 1483
...lit. To make profit to oneself of (e.g. land), by increasing the value or rent. esp. Said of the lord of a manor enclosing or appropriating to...
4. † ardagh | ardawe, n. View full entry 1483
...Ploughing, the quantity of land that may be ploughed in a day (or other space of time)....
5. † aˈreasoner, n. View full entry 1483
...One who addresses or questions....
6. ˈarrow-head, n. View full entry 1483
...The head or pointed part of an arrow, made separately and of different material from the shaft....
7. † ˈaxle-ˌtooth, n. View full entry 1483
...A molar tooth, a grinder....
8. † ˈbairnly, adv. View full entry 1483
9. banstickle, n. View full entry 1483
...Name of the Three-spined Stickleback....
10. baptizer, n. View full entry 1483
...One who baptizes; occas. used of John the Baptist....
11. † ˈbastardry, n. View full entry 1483
12. beat, n.2 View full entry a1500
...A bundle of flax or hemp made up ready for steeping....
13. beater, n. View full entry 1483
...A person who beats; one who strikes repeated blows, a striker; a punisher; one who ‘beats’ or walks the streets (obs.); one who beats metals, e.g. a gold-beater;...
14. ˈbedstock, n. View full entry 1483
...Earlier name of a bedstead, or rather of its front and back parts, between which the cross staves or rungs were laid; still used in the north....
15. † beˈguilous, adj. View full entry 1483
...= beguileful...
16. begun, adj. View full entry 1483
...That has begun, or has been begun....
17. bell, n.3 View full entry 1483
...A bubble formed in a liquid. (The ordinary word for ‘bubble’ in modern Scottish use, whence occasional in English literature.)...
18. belted, adj. View full entry 1483
...Wearing, or girded with, a belt; spec. as describing the distinctive cincture of an earl or knight (cf. belt1b); fastened on by means of a belt....
19. berande, adj. View full entry 1483
...obs. north. form of bearing Also subst. Bearer, carrier....
20. † ˈbirthful, adj. View full entry 1483
...Prolific, productive....