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1. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
2. beating, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The infliction of repeated blows; spec. the action of inflicting blows in punishment; the dashing of waves against the shore; the whipping up of a fluid; the flapping of wings;...
3. coverture, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Anything used to cover. Formerly used of the cover or lid of a cup or dish; the cover of a book; the cover of a letter; now only in the general and...
4. falling, adj. View full entry ?c1225
...That falls, in various senses of the vb....
5. general, adj. and n. View full entry c1230
...Including, participated in by, involving, or affecting, all, or nearly all, the parts of a specified whole, or the persons or things to which there is an implied reference; completely or approximately...
6. luff, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...? Some implement or contrivance for altering the course of a ship. Phrases, to turn, wend the luff (= Anglo-Latin obliquare dracenam), to change one's course; also ...
7. mad, adj. View full entry c1275
...Of an animal: abnormally aggressive; spec. (esp. of a dog) suffering from rabies, rabid....
8. memory, n. View full entry ?c1225
...An act of commemoration, esp. of the dead; = commemoration2b. Obs....
9. person, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A role or character assumed in real life, or in a play, etc.; a part, function, or office; a persona; a semblance or guise. Hence: any of the characters in a play...
10. point, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...A separate or single item, article, or element in an extended whole (usually an abstract whole, as a course of action, a subject of thought, a treatise, a discourse, a set of...
11. profession, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The declaration, promise, or vow made by a person entering a religious order; (hence) the action of entering such an order; the fact or occasion of being professed in a religious order....
12. relic, n. View full entry ?c1225
...In the Christian Church, esp. the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches: the physical remains (as the body or a part of it) of a saint, martyr, or other deceased holy person, or...
13. scald, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To affect painfully and injure with very hot liquid or steam....
14. scandal, n. View full entry ?c1225
...In religious use....
15. use, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The act of putting something to work, or employing or applying a thing, for any (esp. a beneficial or productive) purpose; the fact, state, or condition of being put to work, employed,...
16. wag, v. View full entry ?c1225
...To be in motion or activity; to stir, move. Now colloq. (chiefly in negative context), to stir, move one's limbs....
17. yours, pron. and adj. View full entry a1250
...Equivalent to your with a noun supplied from the context. Frequently paired or contrasted with another possessive....
