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61. appurtenaunt adj. & n.

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(a) Belonging (to a country, a manor) as a possession or a right; (b) as noun: what belongs to or forms a subsidiary part (of a manor, etc.).

62. aquitaille n.

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The manner in which one acquits oneself; conduct, behavior; treue aquitaille, dutiful or faithful conduct; froward aquitaille, perverse behavior.

63. arblast, -blastē̆r n.

Additional spellings: arblaster
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(a) A weapon for discharging quarrels, stones, etc., consisting of a bow set crosswise on a shaft; a crossbow, an arbalest; (b) a missile shot from a crossbow; arblast shute.

64. arblastēr, -rēr n.

Additional spellings: arblastrer
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A soldier armed with a crossbow; a crossbowman.

65. archēr, -iēr n.

Additional spellings: archier
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One who is trained in the use of bow and arrow: (a) a soldier armed with a bow or longbow, longbowman, archer; also, crossbowman [quot. 1509]; archers and arblasters, longbowmen and crossbowmen; (b)…

66. archerīe n.

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The practice, art, or skill of an archer; man of archerie, an archer.

67. arēsǒunen, -onen v.

Additional spellings: aresonen
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(a) To address (sb.); ask (sb. a question); inquire; answer (sb.); respond; aresounen rebuking, reproach; (b) to request or urge (sb. to do sth.).

68. argoil(le n.

Additional spellings: argoille
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(a) The tartar produced by fermentation of wine, crude potassium bitartrate; (b) poudre of argoil, powdered tartar; prob. also, sal tartar; (c) salt argoil, potassium carbonate made by heating tartar…

69. arīvaille n.

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(a) Act of coming to land, end of a voyage, arrival by sea; (b) disembarkation, landing.

70. arnement n.

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(a) A black coloring matter or pigment; black ink; (b) a pigment used in glass painting; prob., ferric oxide [cp. Knowles in Antiq.50].

71. arrāǧe n.

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Some kind of rent due a feudal lord.

72. arrai n.

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(a) The action of preparing or arranging; the building (of a temple); the mustering (of an army); commissioun of arrai, officials in charge of mustering troops; (b) festivities, ceremonies…

73. arraien v.

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(a) To put (things) in order, arrange; to get (sth.) ready, prepare; to rule (a kingdom); to organize (a book, an argument); (b) to marshall (men for battle), draw up (an army, a division of an army)…

74. arraiment n.

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(a) The action of preparing for something, preparation; (b) action of decorating, ornamentation.

75. arreinement n.

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Law The procedure of calling upon an accused person to answer to a formal charge, arraignment.

76. arreinen v.

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(a) To interrogate (sb.), ask (sb.) a question; ask (a question); (b) to rebuke (sb.), censure.

77. arrēre adv.

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In or to the rear; behind; don arrere, drive back; arainen arrere, hold back, restrain; neither avaunt nor arrere, neither ahead nor farther back (in a sequence).

78. arrēren v.

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(a) To fall back, retreat; -- intr. & refl.; (b) to hold back, restrain; (c) to come back, return.

79. asaumple n.

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(a) An illustrative instance or story; (b) a model of conduct.

80. aschītes n.

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Pathol. A collection of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the abdomen; ascites.