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1. abettement n.

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Instigation to, or connivance in, an offense or crime. …

2. abobbed ppl. as n.

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The game of blind-man's buff [see first quot.]; pleien abobbed; fig. to fool or delude a helpless person. …

3. acciǒun n.

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(a) Something done, an act, a deed; accioun of penitence (penaunce), an act of penance; (b) the operation or effect (of heat or fire); the activity or function (of a bodily organ); accioun visif……

4. ac(c)ǒuntǒur, -ere n.

Additional spellings: accountour, acountere, accountere, accomptere
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(a) One who keeps accounts; (b) a writer, a historian. …

5. achāt n.

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(a) The act of buying, a purchase; (b) comune achat [transl. L coemptio], a purchase made under (unfair) conditions imposed by a ruler; (c) fig. redemption. …

6. achātǒur n.

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A buyer of provisions, esp. for the household of the king or a lord; a purveyor. …

7. achēsǒun n.

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(a) Cause, reason; motive for doing something; withouten achesoun, in vain, for nothing; (b) that which furnishes a pretext, an opportunity; achesoun of sclaunder; (c) blame, aspersion; casten……

8. achēte n.

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Reversion of property to a feudal lord upon failure of heires to the tenant, escheat; also, the right to claim such escheated property; writ of achete. …

9. acrōchement n.

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Encroachment (upon another's jurisdiction). …

10. afēres n. (plural)

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(a) Things one does; activities, doings, affairs; also, behavior; (b) sg. an enterprise. …

11. affẹ̄̆rer n.

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An assessor of fines. …

12. aǧist(e)ment n.

Additional spellings: agistement
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The practice of pasturing, or permitting the pasturing, of livestock; also the right to do so, or the land so used. …

13. aǧistǒur, -er n.

Additional spellings: agister
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A forest officer in charge of pasturing livestock; also as surname. …

14. alai n.

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(a) The alloying of a noble metal with a base metal; debasing a noble metal or coin by this means; (b) dilution of wine. …

15. alaunt n.

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(a) A highly prized ferocious dog of a breed used in hunting, bull-baiting, etc. [described in quot.: c1410]; (b) a representation of such a dog. [See A. S. Cook, Trans.Conn.Acad. 2.128, 23.30.] …

16. aldermanrīe n.

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The office of an alderman. …

17. Aleman(n)es n. (plural)

Additional spellings: Alemannes
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The Germans, the German nation; also, the Teutons. …

18. ale-pevere n.

Additional spellings: alepevere
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A garlic sauce, with pepper. …

19. allēgeaunce, alleǧǧeaunce n.(2)

Additional spellings: alleggeaunce
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Mitigation, easing, or relief; -- often with of (rarely to) phrase. …

20. alliǧeaunce n.

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(a) Allegiance (to a lord), loyalty; esp., loyalty to the king [quot. 1461]; fidelity (to God); (b) a lord's title to the loyalty of his subjects, lordship; your alligeaunce, your Highness. …

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