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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. accent, n. View full entry OE
...Any of a set of marks originally used with a letter to indicate the nature and position of the spoken accent, later of stress, in a written word; (also) any of these...
3. B, n. View full entry c1000
...The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth, whence also its form...
4. blade, n. View full entry OE
...The leaf of a herb or plant; originally perhaps (as in Icelandic) applied to those of all herbs, while leaf was used of the foliage of trees. Now applied ...
5. byword, n. View full entry c1050
...A proverb, proverbial saying....
6. darkness, n. View full entry a1050
...Absence or want of light (total or partial)....
7. deep, adv. View full entry OE
...lit. Deeply; to, at, or with, a great, or specified depth; far down, in, etc....
8. ending, n. View full entry c1000
...The action of the verb end: termination, conclusion, completion; †death, etc....
9. every, adj. and pron. View full entry OE
...Used to express distributively the sense that is expressed collectively by all....
10. false, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c1000
...Of opinions, propositions, doctrines, representations: Contrary to what is true, erroneous....
11. high, adv. View full entry c1000
...At or to a great distance or extent upward; in or into a high position; far up; aloft....
12. Irish, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry OE
...Of a person: native to Ireland; that is a citizen of Ireland; (also) descended from emigrants from Ireland to another country, esp. the United States or Australia (cf. Irish-American, ...
13. kernel, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A seed; esp. the seed contained within any fruit; the pip of an apple or similar fruit; a grape-stone. Obs. exc. dial....
14. L, n. View full entry c1000
...Illustrations of the literary use of the letter....
15. lip, n. View full entry c1000
...Either of the two fleshy structures which in man and other animals form the edges of the mouth. Distinguished as upper and lower, also as †over...
16. longness, n. View full entry c1000
...Length (in various senses); long continuance; †protractedness, delay....
17. M, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
18. marker, n. View full entry OE
...A secretary, clerk, or scribe. Obs.rare....
19. metaplasm, n.1 View full entry OE
...Grammar. Usu. with reference to classical languages: the alteration of a word by addition, removal, or transposition of letters or syllables; an instance of this....
20. mint, v.2 View full entry OE
...intr. To make a coin, or coinage, by stamping metal. Obs....
