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1. abroad, adv., prep., and n. View full entry c1300
...Over a broad or wide area; widely, broadly; †so as to be fully open or outspread (obs.). In later use more commonly with reference to non-physical things, as news, information,...
2. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
3. allay, v.4 View full entry a1475
...trans. To carve (a bird, esp. a pheasant)....
4. angelot, n. View full entry 1525
...A French gold coin struck by Louis XI, bearing the image of St. Michael with the dragon under his feet; also a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI....
5. arch-, prefix View full entry 1541
...In titles of office, rank, or dignity: meaning, ‘Chief, principal, -in-chief; superior, master-; one who occupies a position or rank above those who bear the simple title’; as archbishop, ...
6. 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....
7. aˈstonishment, n. View full entry 1576
...Loss of physical sensation, insensibility; paralysis, numbness, deadness. Obs....
8. attire, v.1 View full entry 1297
...To put in order, put to rights. Obs....
9. audit, n. View full entry 1435-6
...gen. A hearing, an audience; esp. a judicial hearing of complaints, a judicial examination. arch....
10. baken, adj. View full entry c1325
...Baked, as bread or meat....
11. basis, n. View full entry ?a1560
...gen. The bottom of anything, considered as the part on which it rests or is supported; the foundation, base, foot. arch....
12. batch, n.1 View full entry 1440
...The process of baking. Obs....
13. beat, adj.1 View full entry c1400
...Shortened form of beaten, often used as pple.; as chiefly in the sense: Overcome by hard work or difficulty; common in the expression dead-beat....
14. beat, v.1 View full entry c885
...trans. To strike with repeated blows. to beat the breast: i.e. in sign of sorrow....
15. bed, n. View full entry c995
...A permanent structure or arrangement for sleeping on, or for the sake of rest. In some form or other it constitutes a regular article of household furniture in civilized life, as well...
16. beef, n. View full entry a1300
...The flesh of an ox, bull, or cow, used as food. Often preceded by words indicating the exact part of the animal, e.g. sirloin, ribs of beef, etc....
17. ˈbishop, v.1 View full entry c1000
...To administer the rite of confirmation to (a person); to confirm. arch. or Obs....
18. black, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, and a small hole in a hollow object; of or having this colour; (also)...
19. blackguard, n. and adj. View full entry 1513
...A guard of attendants dressed in black, or with dark or forbidding features or characters; a group of villainous attendants or followers. Freq. with the. Obs....
20. blast, n.1 View full entry a1000
...A blowing or strong gust of wind....
