=Arras=, _n._ [Arras, name of a town in Artois, famed for its manufacture of the fabric.] A hanging screen of a rich tapestry fabric formerly placed around the walls of household apartments. 1. 2. 46. =Art=, _n._ 1. A contrivance. 1. 7. 24. †2. Magic art. 1. 5. 21. =Artist=, _n._ †A professor of magic arts; an astrologer. 1. 2. 22. =As=, _conj._ †With finite verb: That. 1. 4. 30; 1. 6. 61; 3. 2. 23. =As=, _adv._ Phr. _as that_: Even as (in parallel clause, introducing a known circumstance with which a hypothesis is contrasted). 5. 1. 20. =Assure=, _v._ †To secure. 3. 5. 68. =At=, _prep._ Upon. 1. 6. 114. =Atchieue=, _v._ [Form of _achieve_.] †To gain, win (a material acquisition). 3. 5. 67. =Attemp=, _n._ [Form of _attempt_.] Endeavor to win over. 2. 2. 30. =Attempt=, _v._ To try to win over, or seduce. _Arch._ 4. 5. 7. =Audit=, _n._ A statement of account. _Fig._, _arch._ 3. 3. 229. =Aye=, _adv._ At all times, on all occasions. (Now only _Sc._ and north _dial._) 1. 6. 220. =Ayre=, _n._ [Form of _air_.] Manner; sort. 2. 7. 21. =Baffle=, _v._ †To treat with contempt. 4. 7. 73 SN. =Bag=, _n._ The sac (of the bee) containing honey. 2. 6. 112. =Bailie=, _n._ [Form of _bailiff_.] An officer of justice under a sheriff; a warrant officer. 3. 3. 38. =Bane=, _n._ 1. Poison. 2. 7. 18. †2. As _exclam._ ‘Plague.’ 5. 6. 66. =Banke=, _n._ †An artificial earthwork, an embankment. 2. 1. 56. =Bare=, _a._ Bare-headed. _Arch._ 2. 3. 37. =Bate=, _v._ †1. To deprive (_of_). 4. 1. 56. †2. To make a reduction (_of_); to deduct. 2. 1. 83; 2. 1. 104. =Baudy=, 2. 8. 73. See _Bawdy_. =Bawd-ledger=, _n._ Resident minister to the bawds (a mock title coined by Jonson). 5. 6. 64. =Bawdry=, _n._ _Arch._ Lewd talk; obscenity. 4. 1. 176. =Bawdy=, _a._ 1. Lewd. 2. 1. 167. 2. _absol. quasi-sb._ Lewd language, obscenity. 4. 4. 165. baudy. 2. 8. 73. =Be=, _v. pl._ Are. _Obs._ or _dial._ 2. 8. 63. =Bed-fellow=, _n._ †Intimate companion. 2. 8. 9. =Behaue=, _v. †trans._ To manage. 2. 8. 71. =Benefit=, _n._ Advantage. †Phr. _make benefit of_: To take advantage of. ?_Obs._ 2. 2. 98. =Beniamin=, _n._ Gum benzoin, an aromatic resin obtained from the _Styrax benzoin_, a tree of Sumatra, Java, and the neighboring islands, used in medicine, perfumery, and chemistry. ||=Beniamin di gotta=, _n._ ?Gum benzoin in drops. See _Beniamin_. 4. 4. 33. =Bespeake=, _v. trans._ w. _refl._ To engage. 1. 6. 214. =Bestow=, _v._ To deposit. _Arch._ 3. 2. 9. =Black-water=, _n._ 3. 3. 179. See_-water_. =Blanck manger=, _n._ [Form of _blancmange_.] †‘A dish composed usually of fowl, but also of other meat, minced with cream, rice, almonds, sugar, eggs, etc.’ _NED._ 1. 6. 240.