(a) A small dot marked on a surface; also, a punctuation mark, period; (b) a small hole; prick, puncture; the pointes of peines, ?the marks of Christ's wounds; (c) a spot of dirt; med. a round spot or……

(a) A reply, an answer; (b) eccl. a series of verses and responses said or sung alternately by a soloist and a choir or congregation, a responsory; (c) arch. a semi-pillar attached to a wall to……

(a) An escutcheon; a depiction of a coat of arms; (b) a small escutcheon within a larger one, an inescutcheon; fals scochoun; (c) fig. as a symbol of power or virtue; (d) a badge; (e) a shield. …

Arch. (a) Beveled stone used to form the slope of a gable coping, the offset of a buttress, etc.; a piece of such stone, a skew; skeu scapeled; (b) in cpds. & combs.: skeu assheler, squared, hewed……

(a) The place of origin of a river; the fountainhead of a spring; (b) the cause of or reason for an emotion, a situation, condition, etc.; also, the origin or source of something [quot. a1425]; (c)……

(a) An interval or a span of time elapsing between two specified points, events, etc.; (b) the amount or extent of time comprised by or contained within a specified period; -- often with gen. or of ph……

Arch. A space between supporting timbers in a brace. …

Arch. (a) A stone shaped for building a vault or an arch, a wedge-shaped stone;—also coll.; (b) an arched ceiling or other vaulted structure [1st quot.]; also, ?coll. vaulting, vault work, arches. …