An ointment [see quots.]. …

(a) A fabulous serpent whose glance kills, basilisk; (b) alch. the name of a certain substance that transmutes or 'slays' matter, elixir. …

(a) A tree of the genus Commiphora; (b) the gum resin of such trees. …

To warm (sth.), expose to heat; keep oneself warm; season (wood) with heat. …

The second letter of the Greek alphabet. …

(a) The 'books' or writings of the Old and the New Testament, the Bible; half bible, a designation for ?or title of a portion of the Bible, probably the Old Testament; bible man, an interpreter of……

A compilation of books, or section of such a compendium. …

A precious kind of linen or cotton cloth; ?batiste, cambric; also, a garment made of this fabric (as worn by the nobility along with purple); purpur and bis; brightest under bis, fairest to behold. …

(a) Uttered insult or irreverence to God, blasphemy (against God or anything holy; also, against heathen gods); a kind or example of blasphemy; (b) theol. any action, belief, or utterance offering……

The constellation or the star Arcturus, Bootes. …

A red astringent earth, Armenian bole (used as a styptic, etc.); bol armoniac. …

A kind of small pustule; in pl.: small gatherings of pus under the skin having some resemblance to a cluster of grapes. …

(a) The box tree (Buxus sempervirens) or its wood; box tre; box table, a tablet of boxwood (for inscriptions); (b) rendering L sambucus 'elder' erroneously. …

A jar (for salves, cosmetics, spices, etc.), usually cylindrical. …

A Biblical insect. …

Used imprecisely for (a) the aurochs; (b) an antelope. …

(a) An inflammatory swelling, an ulcerous sore (as in the bubonic plague, in venerial disease, etc.); bubo, ulcer, canker; (b) the groin. …

A plant of the borage family: bugloss Anchusa officinalis. …

The bulb (of a plant). …

An insect that causes a disease of cattle. …