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The branch of knowledge dealing with past events.

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beadsman

History; Medieval

petitioner, or a person who seeks a favour of some kind. Normally used of a social inferior, in relation to a superior.

brattishing

History; Medieval

carved openwork in a parapet, a crest or battlement.

broach spire

History; Medieval

earliest type of spire, where the tower rises direct into the spire without parapet or pinnacles; the broach' is the sloping triangular piece of masonry connecting the angle of ...

bullnose moulding

History; Medieval

rounded or obtuse moulding.

burgess

History; Medieval

the holder of land or house within a borough.

buttress

History; Medieval

projecting pillar on wall added to strengthen it.

abacus

History; Medieval

the uppermost member of a capital immediately under the architrave.