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1. bedlam, n. View full entry 971
...The town of Bethlehem in Judea. Obs....
2. † beˈfong, v. View full entry 971
...trans. To lay hold on, seize, grasp, catch....
3. † beˈsench, v. View full entry 971
...trans. To cause to sink, submerge, plunge down, overwhelm....
4. † beˈswike, v. View full entry 971
...trans. To betray, cheat, deceive....
5. bind, v. View full entry 971
...trans. To make fast with a tie; to fasten, tie up....
6. bitter, adj. and n.1 View full entry 971
...One of the elementary sensations of taste proper (i.e. without any element arising through the nerves of touch): obnoxious, irritating, or unfavourably stimulating to the gustatory nerve; disagreeable to the palate; having...
7. bitter, adv. View full entry 971
...= bitterly...
8. bitterness, n. View full entry 971
...The quality or state of being bitter:...
9. blindness, n. View full entry 971
...Blind condition; want of sight....
10. bliss, n. View full entry 971
...Blitheness of aspect toward others, kindness of manner; ‘light of one's countenance,’ ‘smile.’ (Only in Old English)...
11. blithe, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 971
...Exhibiting kindly feeling to others; kind, friendly, clement, gentle. Obs....
12. blossom, n. View full entry 971
...‘The flower that grows on any plant, previous to the seed or fruit. We generally call those flowers blossoms, which are not much regarded in themselves, but as a token...
13. ˈblowing, adj.2 View full entry 917
...Blossoming, in bloom....
14. boot, n.1 View full entry 971
...Good: in phrase to boot: ‘to the good’, to advantage, into the bargain, in addition; besides, moreover....
15. bosom, n. and adj. View full entry 971
...The breast of a human being; also poet. of a bird, etc....
16. broad, adj., n.1, and adv. View full entry 971
...Extended in the direction measured from side to side; wide. Opposed to narrow....
17. † brydthing, n. View full entry 971
...Wedding, marriage, nuptials....
18. burden | burthen, n. View full entry c971
...A load....
19. catacomb, n. View full entry 971
...A subterranean place for the burial of the dead, consisting of galleries or passages with recesses excavated in their sides for tombs....
20. clam, n.1 View full entry 971
...Anything that holds tight; bond, chain; pl. bonds, bondage. Obs. (In Old English.)...