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1. ambage, n. View full entry c1374
...For deceit: Equivocation, quibbles, ambiguities. Obs. or arch....
2. amble, n. View full entry c1386
...The pace described in amble1 and loosely, an easy pace....
3. ambler, n. View full entry c1405
...An ambling horse or mule....
4. amphibology, n. View full entry c1374
...= amphiboly1....
5. annex, v. View full entry c1386
...To join, unite (to):...
6. arc, n. View full entry c1386
...Part of the circumference of a circle or other curve....
7. argument, n. View full entry c1374
...Proof, evidence, manifestation, token. (Passing from clear proof in early, to proof presumptive in later usage; cf. argue3) arch....
8. attemper, v. View full entry c1374
...To qualify by admixture; to modify or moderate by blending with something of different or opposite quality; to temper....
9. † aˈttemperance, n. View full entry c1374
...Temperance, moderation....
10. babery, n. View full entry ?c1450
...Grotesque or absurd ornamentation, carving, or pictures; an example of this. Cf. baboonery1baby5....
11. bagpipe, n. View full entry c1405
...A musical instrument of great antiquity and wide diffusion, consisting of an airtight wind-bag and one or more reed-pipes into which the air is pressed by the performer....
12. barb, n.1 View full entry c1374
...The beard of a man. Obs.rare....
13. barring, n.1 View full entry c1386
...The action of bar:...
14. † ˈbending, n.2 View full entry c1386
...Decoration with ‘bends’ or stripes....
15. blaze, v.2 View full entry c1384
...To blow (e.g. with a musical instrument); to puff. Also with out. Obs....
16. blot, n.1 View full entry c1386
...A spot or stain of ink, mud, or other discolouring matter; a disfiguring spot or mark....
17. border, n. View full entry c1374
...A side, edge, brink, or margin; a limit, or boundary; the part of anything lying along its boundary or outline....
18. cadence, n. View full entry c1384
...‘The flow of verses or periods’ (Johnson); rhythm, rhythmical construction, measure....
19. chant, v. View full entry c1405
...intr. To sing, warble. arch. or poet....
20. chantepleure, n. View full entry c1374
...Name of a French poem of the 13th c. addressed to those who sing (chanter) in this world and shall weep (pleurer) in the next (Godefroy): hence used...
