Armpit. …

(a) A kind of precious stone; diamond; (b) adamant; fig. something indestructible and enduring, something impenetrable. …

A mineral reputed to be unquenchable when set on fire; ?the fiber asbestos as used for the wick of an ever-burning lamp; prob. confused with alabaster in quot. c1450. …

The flaring sides or 'wings' (of the nostrils). …

A place for storing or safekeeping: (a) a pantry or butlery; a safe for food; also said of the stomach [quot. a1398]; (b) a closet or wardrobe; (c) a cabinet, chest, or strongbox, as for valuables……

A Eucharistic vestment: amice [a linen scarf worn over the head and the shoulders]. …

A musical composition based upon a scriptural text, sung in the Church Offices before each psalm and often repeated after the psalm, or after each verse of the psalm [see Karl Young, The Drama of the……

Blood-letting performed on the corresponding opposite side of the body. …

One who professes the liberal arts. …

A silly fellow, an upstart. …

(a) An ecclesiastical vestment (usually of white linen) reaching to the ankles, an alb; also, the Greek poderis, the Hebrew ephod; (b) aube girdel, girdle used to gather the alb at the waist. …

Asarabacca (Asarum Europaeum). …

An herb; the garden beet. …

A kind of frog. …

(a) A chameleon; (b) a giraffe. …

A harbor. …

Naut. A device for hauling up the anchor, etc.; capstan bar, capstan spoke, a capstan bar. …

(a) Cabbage, kale, colwort, rape, mustard, or some other plant of the genus Brassica; also, any cultivated leafy vegetable, garden greens, pot-herbs; (b) wilde caul, wild mustard, charlock. …

(a) A piece of paper or parchment containing writing; a written document, letter, etc.; (b) a brief document attached to a roll or enclosed in a letter, and usually containing a list of names or bill……

Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium), used as a pot-herb and in medicaments. …