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. …

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]. …

One who professes the liberal arts. …

(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. …

(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……

A portable sun dial in the shape of an upright cylinder with a conical top [see L. Thorndike in Isis 13.51-2]. …

(a) Any substance, such as mortar, cement, plaster, etc. for binding stones, surfacing walls, etc., which hardens after it has been applied. …

Med. (a) A clyster, enema; any medicinal liquid administered through the rectum; (b) the instrument for injecting such liquids, a sort of syringe. …

A collection of laws; esp., the compilation of Roman laws made by order of the Emperor Justinian. …

Dysentery; flux dissenterie. …

A dromedary; also, a camel of any kind. …

Any of various plants which respond to the movement of the sun. [See Osiris 3.22-46.] …

Med. A syringe or douche for introducing curative fumes or liquids. …

Hemorrhoids, esp. the bleeding kind; def emoroid, hemorrhoids that do not bleed; also, the presence of hemorrhoids as constituting a morbid condition. [Cp. figes, piles.] …

Either of the two periods, one in March, the other in September, when the days and nights are of equal length; the equinox. …

(a) The face of man in its general physical aspects; (b) the face of an animal; (c) the face (of Fortune); the (double) face (of Janus, Law). …

A place where official documents and letters are kept, a file. …