(a) Forgiveness of sin as pronounced by a priest or by authority of the Church, remission; esp., the sacrament of penance; (b) a document granting remission of sins, an indulgence; (c) the act of……

Phil., physiol., med., alch.: (a) Change, transformation, transmutation; (b) change for the worse, deterioration; evel alteracioun; ill effect or result; (c) change for the better, amelioration……

Med. & alch. Antimony. …

Physiol. & psych. An inherent urge or drive attributed to the various organs of the body (such as the genitals, the stomach, the senses), to the mental 'faculties', or to the organism as a whole……

(a) Med. Arsenic or some of its compounds; prob., a special form of orpiment (arsenic trisulphide) distinguished from the latter by physical properties; (b) arsenik citrinum, orpiment; arsenik rubeum……

(a) The ascent of Christ to heaven; the Ascension; ascensioun dai, dai of ascensioun; (b) the feast day [forty days after Easter] commemorating the Ascension; ascensioun dai, ascensioun eve(n, the……

(a) Bathing, or water prepared for bathing; maken a bain, prepare a bath; (b) a place for bathing, such as a bath chamber or public bath; (c) alch. a water bath for heating substances. …

The act, ceremony, or sacrament of baptism; the fact of being baptized; also fig.; bapteme water, water of bapteme, water used in baptism; ben hight in bapteme, be given a Christian name; name of……

(a) The foundation or base (of a building or some other structure); bas ston, the ground course of stone; bas pece, ?the landing (of the stairs); (b) the base (of a pillar), the pedestal (of a statue……

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

Name given to several minerals; prob. borax, malachite, sodium carbonate, verdigris, and possibly others: (a) an ingredient in preparations for soldering metals and for fastening gold leaf; also, a……

Alch. The process of reducing a substance to powder, or the like, by heating it; naturel calcinacioun, treu calcinacioun, changing the nature of a substance by heating. …

(a) The basilisk [see the *Trev.Barth. quots. for the folklore of this 'serpent']; -- also in fig. context; (b) confused with the crocodile; (c) alch. see quot. …

(a) Freezing; chilling; (b) clotting or thickening (of blood, humors, etc.); (c) alch. combining (of different things). …

(a) Maintenance in good condition, conservation; preservation from damage; (b) alch. fir of conservacioun. …

(a) A dead body, corpse; ded cors; dedman cors; (b) cors present, a customary gift to the clergy from the estate of a deceased parishioner, a mortuary. …

(a) A gourd; esp., the fruit of Lagenaria vulgaris; also, the gourd-bearing plant; (b) some kind of bird; (c) alch. a gourd-shaped vessel for distillation. …

(a) An elevated place, a step, platform, tier; a step in a flight of stairs; a tier of seats; a rung of a ladder; song of degres, one of the fifteen gradual Psalms; (b) bi degres, by steps or stairs……

(a) Downward flow; (b) alch. condensation of vapors; (c) astron. decline in influence, position of declining influence in the zodiac; (d) abasement; (e) mus. lowering of pitch; (f) genealogial……

(a) A monarch's crown or diadem; (b) a crown-like headdress; the papal tiara; (c) a crown or wreath awarded for virtue or victory. …