(a) The stone alabaster; (b) an alabaster container for chrism or ointment; (c) a medicament containing powdered alabaster. …

The fabulous bird halcyon. …

Barley meal. …

The sea eagle or fish hawk [for other medieval opinions see first quot.]. …

Theol. One of the four methods or levels in the interpretation of Holy Writ [i.e. the literal (temporal), spiritual (allegorical), moralizing (tropological), and mystical (anagogical)]: spiritual……

To interpret (sth.) in the spiritual sense. …

(a) Falling of the hair; (b) a form of leprosy. …

The name given to the great astronomical treatise of Ptolemy; also applied to other astron. works. …

(a) Anything given to relieve those in poverty or distress, any charitable gift or offering, alms; an allotment of alms; eten almes, be dependent on alms; gan on almes, liven bi, of almes, live on……

Aloe: (a) the tree; (b) the juice or resin of the tree, aloes; (c) med. the drug aloes; aloe caballinum (cicotrine, epatik). …

(a) Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet; (b) alpha used as the numeral 1; (c) aleph, the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. …

The marsh mallow Althaea officinalis. …

Wood-nymphs. …

Marjoram. …

Amethyst; amatist colour, amatist ston. …

The Amazons. …

A liquid measure (of varying capacity). …

A plant of the genus Ammi; bishop's-weed. …

Crushed hulled wheat; grits, starch. …

A fabled two-headed snake [see quot.]. …