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1. accidie, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Physical or mental slothfulness, esp. as a condition leading to listlessness and lack of interest in life; apathy, lethargy, torpor; (also) †an instance of this (obs.)....
2. acquit, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans....
3. addebted, adj. View full entry a1400
...= indebted (in various senses)....
4. advance, v. View full entry a1250
...trans. To promote or help the progress, success, or completion of (something); to further....
5. adventure, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A chance occurrence or event, an accident. Obs....
6. ail, n.2 View full entry ?c1225
...Trouble, affliction; (in later use esp.) illness, disease. In early use also: harm. Obs....
7. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
8. alas, int. and n. View full entry ?c1225
...Used to express grief, pity, regret, disappointment, or concern. Also with for, †to....
9. amaze, v. View full entry ?c1225
...To put out of one's wits; to stun or stupefy, as by a blow on the head; to infatuate, craze. Obs....
10. ampul, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A small bottle or flask; a phial. Obs. in general sense....
11. annoy, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A mental state akin to pain arising from the involuntary reception of impressions, or subjection to circumstances, which one dislikes; disturbed or ruffled feeling; discomfort, vexation, trouble. In earlier times often =...
12. asperity, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Unevenness of surface, roughness, ruggedness; concr. in pl. sharp, rough, or rugged excrescences....
13. asquint, adv. and adj. View full entry a1250
...(To look) to one side instead of straight forward; obliquely, out at the corners of the eyes....
14. await, v. View full entry a1250
...To keep watch, watch for; esp. to watch stealthily with hostile purpose; to lie in wait for, waylay....
15. bat, n.2 View full entry ?c1225
...A stick, a club, a staff for support and defence. (In 1387 applied to a crosier.) arch. Still dial. (Kent, Sussex, etc.) = staff, walking-stick....
16. beadsman, n. View full entry ?c1225
...lit. A man of prayer; one who prays for the soul or spiritual welfare of another....
17. beˈbleed, v. View full entry c1230
...To cover, or stain with blood, make bloody....
18. beforehand, adv. and adj. View full entry ?c1225
...In anticipation of something so as to be ready for it; in advance....
19. beˈforesaid, adj. View full entry a1250
...Mentioned, or treated of before or already. Now arch. or Obs., its place being taken by aforesaid...
20. blaze, v.1 View full entry ?c1225
...intr. To burn with a bright fervent flame. Often with away, forth, out. to blaze up: to burst or flash into a blaze....
