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1. company, n. View full entry c1250
...Companionship, fellowship, society; †also transf. of things. in company: in the society of others, amidst other people, as opposed to alone; †also, altogether, in all (...
2. dais, n. View full entry a1259
...A raised table in a hall, at which distinguished persons sat at feasts, etc.; the high table. (Often including the platform on which it was raised: see 2) Obs....
3. degree, n. View full entry c1230
...A step in an ascent or descent; one of a flight of steps; a step or rung of a ladder. Obs. (exc. in Heraldry)....
4. lodge, n. View full entry 1290
...A small house or dwelling, esp. a temporary one; a hut or booth; a tent, arbour, or the like. Now dial. in specific applications....
5. mason, n.1 View full entry c1275
...A builder and worker in stone; a person skilled in dressing and laying stone in buildings. Cf. Freemason1....
6. merit, n. View full entry c1230
...Theol. The quality (in actions or persons) of being entitled to reward from God....
7. order, n. View full entry c1225
...Christian Church. Any of the nine grades of angels, according to medieval angelology. Also: any analogous class of spiritual or demonic beings. Now hist. and poet....
8. square, adj. View full entry a1300
...Having a rectilinear and rectangular form of equal length and breadth; contained by four equal sides at right angles to each other; quadrate....
9. Templar, n. View full entry c1290
...A member of a military and religious order, consisting of knights (Knights Templars, Knights or Poor Soldiers of the Temple), chaplains, and men-at-arms, founded 1118, chiefly...
10. tender, adj. (and adv.) and n.3 View full entry ?c1225
...Soft or delicate in texture or consistence; yielding easily to force or pressure; fragile; easily broken, divided, compressed, or injured; of food, easily masticated, succulent. tender bread, newly baked bread...
11. thinking, n. View full entry a1225
...In pl. Thoughts; musings, trains of thought....
12. tiler, n. View full entry ?a1300
...One who covers the roofs of buildings with tiles, a tile-layer, also formerly, a tile-maker....
13. warden, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...One who guards, protects, or defends; occas. a guardian angel: = guardian1. Obs....
14. worshipful, adj. (n. and adv.) View full entry a1300
...Of things: Notable or outstanding in respect of some (good) quality or property; distinguished, imposing; reputable, honourable. Now arch....
