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1. abacus, n. View full entry a1387
...A board or tray strewn with sand in which numbers, letters, diagrams, etc., can be traced and erased. Cf. sandboard1, sand-table(a)sand2a. Now rare...
2. agony, n. View full entry c1384
...Christian Church. In sing. and pl. The mental struggle or anguish of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26: 36–46)....
3. aisle, n. View full entry 1398
...In a church: an area extending parallel to, and typically divided by pillars from, the main body of the church; (usually) each of a pair of such areas north and south of...
4. alchemy, n. and adj. View full entry c1390
...The branch of study and practical craft in the medieval and early renaissance period concerned with the nature and transformation of physical substances, esp. the transmutation of baser metals into gold; the...
5. allay, n.1 View full entry a1325
...The comparative purity or prescribed degree of fineness of gold or silver; = alloy1. Obs....
6. alley, n.1 View full entry 1360-1
...A passage between buildings; a narrow street or lane, esp. one wide enough only for pedestrians; a back lane....
7. altar stone, n. View full entry c1350
...A stone forming part of or constituting an altar; esp. the slab forming the flat top or table of an altar....
8. alure, n. View full entry c1325
...A gallery, balcony, or other (often covered) walkway; spec.one behind the parapets of a castle, tower, etc.; a parapet walk;a covered passageway, a cloister. Also occas.: †an aisle...
9. aˈmalgam, v. View full entry c1386
...trans. To soften by combination with mercury; to alloy with mercury. Obs....
10. amber, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1398
...orig. = ambergris (In 17th c. greece of amber, gris ambre, gray amber.) Obs....
11. ancient, adj. and n.1 View full entry 1366
...Of or belonging to time past, former, earlier, bygone. arch., exc. when approaching sense A. 2....
12. † aneus, n. View full entry 1330
...Links of a chain; fetters, irons....
13. angle, n.2 View full entry a1325
...A corner of a room or other enclosed space, esp. viewed internally or as a retreating space; a recess, a nook. Also fig....
14. animal, n. View full entry a1398
...A living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and a nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli; any living creature, including man....
15. appearance, n. View full entry c1384
...The action of coming forward into view or becoming visible....
16. apron, n. View full entry 1307
...An article of dress, originally of linen, but now also of stuff, leather, or other material, worn in front of the body, to protect the clothes from dirt or injury, or simply...
17. † ariel, n.1 View full entry 1382
...A word transferred by Wyclif from the Vulgate (after Ἀριὴλ of the LXX, ăriēl of the Hebrew), rendered by Coverdale and version of 1611 ‘altar.’...
18. art, n.1 View full entry c1300
...Skill in doing something, esp. as the result of knowledge or practice....
19. ashlar, n. View full entry 1370
...A square hewn stone for building purposes or for pavement (? so called as resembling in appearance, or serving the same purpose as, a wooden beam); also used as a missile in...
20. assay, n. View full entry 1330
...The trying (of a person or thing); trial imposed upon or endured by any object, in order to test its virtue, fitness, etc. Obs. exc. as fig. use of 6....
