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1. attaint, v. View full entry a1400
...To touch, get at with a blow, to hit in tilting; = attaini. Obs....
2. 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, ...
3. bar, v. View full entry a1300
...trans....
4. 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....
5. beneˈdight, adj. View full entry a1400
...Blessed....
6. burly, adj. and adv. View full entry a1400
...Stately, dignified, of noble or imposing presence or appearance. Obs....
7. cark, n. View full entry a1300
...(?) A load; a weight of 3 or 4 cwt. Obs....
8. cark, v.1 View full entry a1300
...trans. To load, burden; also, to charge or impose as a charge upon. Obs....
9. carl | carle, n.1 View full entry a1300
...A man of the common people; more particularly a countryman, a husbandman. arch....
10. carol, n. View full entry a1300
...A ring-dance with accompaniment of song; ? a ring of men or women holding hands and moving round in dancing step. arch....
11. cast, n. View full entry a1300
...A throw of a missile, a bowl, or other object....
12. chastise, v. View full entry c1325
...To correct (authoritatively) the faults of; to amend, reform, improve (a person or thing). Obs....
13. † childing, n. View full entry a1400
...Child-bearing, parturition, delivery....
14. command, v. View full entry a1300
...with direct and indirect object (the latter formerly often with to)....
15. compass, n.1, adj., and adv. View full entry a1300
...Measure, proper proportion, regularity: e.g. to keep even compass (cf. Old French tenir compas to keep step in marching); by compass (Old French par compas...
16. compassing, n. View full entry a1300
...A devising, planning; a device, design, artifice, contrivance....
17. conceive, v. View full entry a1300
...trans. Of a female: To receive (seed) in the womb; to become pregnant with (young)....
18. conclude, v. View full entry a1300
...(in physical sense). Obs. or arch....
19. consent, n. View full entry a1300
...Voluntary agreement to or acquiescence in what another proposes or desires; compliance, concurrence, permission....
20. corrupt, v. View full entry a1300
...trans. To spoil or destroy (flesh, fruit, or other organic matter) by physical dissolution or putrid decomposition; to turn from a sound into an unsound impure condition; to cause to ‘go...
