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1. Adam, n.1 View full entry OE
...The first human in the biblical account of the creation of the world, as a symbol of humanity or human nature, esp. of the state of sin into which, according to traditional...
2. again, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...In the opposite direction; back. Obs....
3. bath, n.1 View full entry 864
...The action of bathing or immersing the body, or a part of it, in water or other liquid. (Used playfully of accidental or involuntary immersion.)...
4. beyond, adv., prep., and n. View full entry a1000
...On the farther side, farther away, at a greater distance....
5. bird, n. View full entry a800
...orig. The general name for the young of the feathered tribes; a young bird; a chicken, eaglet, etc.; a nestling. The only sense in Old English; found in literature down to...
6. 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)...
7. bless, v.1 View full entry c950
...trans. To consecrate (a thing) by a religious rite, the utterance of a formula or charm; in later times by a prayer committing it to God for his patronage, defence, and...
8. blood, n. (and int.) View full entry eOE
...The red fluid flowing in the arteries, capillaries, and veins of humans and other vertebrates, carrying oxygen and nutrients to, and carbon dioxide and waste metabolites away from, the organs and tissues...
9. bone, n. View full entry a700
...The general name for each of the distinct parts which unitedly make up the skeleton or hard framework of the body of vertebrate animals....
10. brain, n. View full entry eOE
...The organ contained in the skull of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of soft grey or white tissue with (esp. in mammals) a conspicuously convoluted surface. Also (as a mass noun): the...
11. break, v. View full entry 851
...trans. generally....
12. calf, n.1 View full entry a800
...The young of any bovine animal, esp. of the domestic cow. ‘Calf is applied to all young cattle until they attain one year old, when they are year-olds...
13. call, v. View full entry a1000
...To utter one's voice loudly, forcibly, and distinctly, so as to be heard at a distance; to shout, cry: often emphasized by out, to cry out. Const. to,...
14. chalk, n. View full entry c893
...? Lime. (Traces of this sense after the Old English period are very uncertain; quot. 1572 is doubtful.)...
15. cheese, n.1 View full entry a1000
...A substance used as food, consisting of the curd of milk (coagulated by rennet) separated from the whey and pressed into a solid mass....
16. chest, n.1 View full entry a700
...A box, a coffer; now mostly applied to a large box of strong construction, used for the safe custody of articles of value....
17. chicken, n.1 View full entry c950
...The young of the domestic fowl; its flesh....
18. 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’....
19. cloth, n. View full entry a800
...A piece of pliable woven or felted stuff, suitable for wrapping or winding round, spreading or folding over, drying, wiping, or other purpose; a swaddling or winding cloth, wrap, covering, veil, curtain,...
20. comb, n. View full entry a700
...A strip of wood, bone, horn, metal, etc., with indentations forming a series of teeth, or with teeth inserted, along one or both edges; used for disentangling, cleaning, and arranging the hair,...
