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1. † about-writing, n. View full entry c1449
...An inscription or legend around the head on the face of a coin....
2. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
3. accessory, n. and adj. View full entry 1414
...Chiefly Law. A person who incites or assists someone to commit an arrestable offence, or who knowingly aids someone who has committed such an offence (opposed to principal)....
4. accouplement, n. View full entry 1483
...The action or fact of coupling one person or thing to another; union, pairing, mating. Also: an instance of this....
5. 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....
6. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
7. addressing, n. View full entry ?c1400
...The action of address (in various senses); an instance of this; (esp. in early use) the action or an act of arranging or guiding something; (in later use)...
8. † adub, v. View full entry ?1473
...trans. To invest with the insignia of knighthood, or the title of a knight; to dub; (in extended use) to invest with some other title. Freq. with noun complement. arch....
9. agate, n. View full entry ?1483
...= jet1a. Obs.rare....
10. age, v. View full entry 1440
...intr. Of a person, animal, or thing: to grow old; to become or appear aged....
11. aged, adj. and n. View full entry 1420
...That has lived or existed for a long time; of advanced age; very old....
12. † aguiler, n.1 View full entry a1425
...A needle case....
13. † aguise, v. View full entry ?a1450
...trans. To adorn, array; to dress. Also refl....
14. alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry c1400
...Used as a call to arms or warning of imminent danger, esp. of being attacked. Now literary (chiefly arch. and hist.)....
15. alcanna, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Alkanet, Alkanna tinctoria, a southern European plant with a root which is used to produce a red dye; the root of this plant or the dye (or other extract) itself....
16. all along, adv. and adj. View full entry c1450
...All the time, from the beginning, throughout; continuously, without interruption. Cf. right alongright5....
17. alnage, n. View full entry 1418
...The fee or duty charged for alnage (sense 2) of cloth; the revenue raised by this means....
18. alphabet, n. View full entry ?a1475
...A set of letters arranged in a conventional order used in a particular writing system; esp. (with the) the set of 26 letters from A to Z used...
19. Alpine, adj. and n. View full entry ?a1475
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Alps (see Alp1a), the surrounding regions, or (in later use) any high mountains or mountainous regions....
20. alum, v. View full entry ?a1425
...trans. To infuse or impregnate with alum; to treat or coat with alum....
