Med. A gum made from the juice of green plums or sloes (used as an astringent, a restringent, or a repercussive). …

(a) The deadly sin of Sloth, a disinclination to do anything good; (b) a spell of lethargy or apathy. …

A cleric who has taken the highest of the four minor orders, an acolyte; also, the order itself. …

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

?Adam's deed; ?sinful Adam. …

Divination by air, aeromancy. …

(a) Anguish, agony; a fit of anguish; (b) death throes; the agony of Jesus in Gethsemane. …

The gaseous substance surrounding the Earth; air, the atmosphere. [In ancient cosmology, the perisphere of air was said to be surrounded by the perisphere of fire. The perisphere of air was regarded……

(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……

Amethyst; amatist colour, amatist ston. …

Crushed hulled wheat; grits, starch. …

Amphitheater. …

(a) An amphora; (b) a flask or flagon; (c) a liquid measure [of varying capacity]. …

The science of anatomy; knowledge of the structure and the functioning of the human body in all its parts; grosse anatomie. [See definition in Lanfranc 1/9.] …

A recluse or hermit. …

A maker of icons, etc. …

Arterial dilation, aneurism. …

(a) A ship's anchor; casten, laien, senden out anker; drauen up, halen, highen, pullen up, taken up, weien (up) anker; riden at, bi, on anker; (b) a weight; (c) a fastening device, a mooring. …

The antagonist of Christ who was predicted to come before Doomsday, gather a host to fight Christ and his followers, kill Enoch and Elias, devastate the world, and then succumb before Christ. [First……

Any morbid swelling or inflammation in any part of the body, external or internal. [a1400 Lanfranc & c1425 Arderne distinguish it from cankre & festre.] …