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1. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
2. accept, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. (formerly (17th–18th centuries) also †intr. with of (obs.))....
3. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
4. address, v. View full entry a1325
...trans. (chiefly in pass.). To direct (a written communication) to a specific person or destination; spec. (in early use) to write and send (a writ, a petition,...
5. † adub, v. View full entry ?1473
...trans. To invest with the insignia of knighthood, or the title of a knight; to dub; (in extended use) to invest with some other title. Freq. with noun complement. arch....
6. † aguise, v. View full entry ?a1450
...trans. To adorn, array; to dress. Also refl....
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. alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry c1400
...Used as a call to arms or warning of imminent danger, esp. of being attacked. Now literary (chiefly arch. and hist.)....
9. 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....
10. antique, adj. and n. View full entry 1530
...Belonging to former times, ancient, olden. (Now generally rhetorical = of the ‘good old times.’)...
11. apparel, n. View full entry 1330
...abstr. The work of fitly preparing for anything, preparation, array. Obs....
12. apparel, v. View full entry c1250
...trans. To make ready, or prepare (for a purpose); to fit out, get ready, put into proper order....
13. apply, v. View full entry c1384
...trans....
14. apt, adj. View full entry 1398
...Fitted (materially), fitting. rare....
15. argent, n. and adj. View full entry c1500
...The metal silver. arch. or poet.spume of argent (Latin argenti spuma): litharge of silver....
16. ˈarm-ˌhole, n. View full entry c1400
...An arm-pit. arch. or Obs....
17. art, n.1 View full entry c1300
...Skill in doing something, esp. as the result of knowledge or practice....
18. atlas, n.2 View full entry 1687
...A silk-satin manufactured in the East....
19. attire, v.1 View full entry 1297
...To put in order, put to rights. Obs....
20. ˈazured, adj. View full entry 1490
...arch. orObs. Coloured azure; = azure (in various senses):...
