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1. agree, v. View full entry a1413
...trans....
2. an, conj. and n. View full entry ?a1160
...Now usu. in form an'. = andI. (coordinating). Now regional and nonstandard....
3. and, conj.1, adv., and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Simply connective....
4. better, adj. and adv. (and n.1) View full entry c888
...Of greater excellence, of superior quality....
5. black, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, and a small hole in a hollow object; of or having this colour; (also)...
6. 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 ...
7. bowing, n.1 View full entry 1398
...Bending, curving, twisting; flexure, inclination....
8. break, v. View full entry 851
...trans. generally....
9. brief, n.1 View full entry 1330
...A writing issued by official or legal authority; a royal letter or mandate; a writ, a summons. (Translating Latin breve and Anglo-Norman French bref in various legal meanings.)...
10. broad, adj., n.1, and adv. View full entry 971
...Extended in the direction measured from side to side; wide. Opposed to narrow....
11. broken, adj. View full entry c1200
...Separated forcibly into parts; in fragments; in pieces. (The resulting damaged state is often the main notion.)...
12. bunch, n.1 View full entry c1325
...A protuberance, esp. on the body of an animal; a hump on the back (of a human being, a camel, etc.); a goitre; a swelling, tumour....
13. by-, comb. form View full entry c1330
...A Middle English variant spelling of the prefix bi-, be-, under which see most of the words, as, under be-, bycause, bydene,...
14. central, adj. View full entry 1647
...Of or pertaining to the centre or middle; situated in, proceeding from, containing or constituting the centre....
15. check, int. and n.1 View full entry c1330
...A call at chess by which notice is given to the opponent that a move has been made which exposes his King; one says also check to your king! and...
16. child, n. View full entry c950
...The unborn or newly born human being; fœtus, infant. App. originally always used in relation to the mother as the ‘fruit of the womb’....
17. clear, adj., adv., and n. View full entry 1297
...orig. Expressing the vividness or intensity of light: Brightly shining, bright, brilliant....
18. close, adj. and adv. View full entry a1387
...gen. Closed, shut; having no part left open. Often as complement of predicate, as in to shut close. (Cf. B. 1.)...
19. condition, n. View full entry c1315
...Something demanded or required as a prerequisite to the granting or performance of something else; a provision, a stipulation....
20. cross-, comb. form View full entry c1330
...General uses in combination....
