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1. aha, int. and n. View full entry a1400
...Expressing triumph, satisfaction, realization, discovery, or (now rarely) mockery or irony. Cf. ah34ha1b....
2. airt, n. View full entry a1400
...A quarter of the heavens; a point of the compass; a direction. Hence more generally: a quarter, a locality....
3. axle-tree, n. View full entry a1400
...The fixed bar or beam of wood, etc., on the rounded ends of which the opposite wheels of a carriage revolve. The original and only surviving sense. axle-tree arms: the...
4. backward, adv., adj., and n.2 View full entry a1300
...Of motion: In the direction of one's back or of that to which one's back is turned, as to lean backward, bend backward, fall backward, ...
5. bailey, n. View full entry a1400
...The external wall enclosing the outer court, and forming the first line of defence, of a feudal castle; and, in a wider sense, any of the circuits of walls or defences which...
6. † ˈbairnheid, n. View full entry a1300
...Childhood, infancy....
7. banning, n. View full entry a1400
...Cursing....
8. † bapˈtize | bapˈtise | bapˈtiis, n. View full entry a1400
...Baptism....
9. barge, n.1 View full entry a1300
...A small sea-going vessel with sails: used spec. for one next in size above the balinger, and generally as = Ship, vessel (in which use it...
10. bark, n.1 View full entry a1300
...The rind or outer sheath of the trunk and branches of trees, formed of tissue parallel with the wood. See quot. 1866....
11. † bate, n.1 View full entry a1400
...Contention, strife, discord....
12. beck, n.1 View full entry a1400
...A brook or stream: the ordinary name in those parts of England from Lincolnshire to Cumbria which were occupied by the Danes and Norwegians; hence, often used spec. in literature...
13. benison, n. View full entry a1300
...Blessing, beatitude....
14. bestial, n.1 View full entry a1300
...A collective term for domestic animals, especially of the bovine kind, kept for food or tillage. It took the place of the Old English féoh, Middle English fee;...
15. beta, n. View full entry a1400
...The second letter of the Greek alphabet, Β, β....
16. Bible, n. View full entry a1300
...The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament. (Sometimes in early use, and still dial., used for the Old Testament; e.g. ‘neither in the Bible nor the Testament.’) the...
17. † bigame, adj. and n. View full entry a1400
...Bigamous....
18. bike, n.1 View full entry a1400
...A nest of wasps, hornets, or wild bees, as distinct from the hive or skep of domestic bees. Also, the whole nestful of bees; a swarm....
19. † blenk, n.2 View full entry a1400
...A sudden gleam of light....
20. † ˈblessedhead, n. View full entry a1300
...Blessedness, beatitude....
