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1. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
2. be, v. View full entry eOE
...To have place in the objective universe or realm of fact, to exist; (spec. of God, etc.) to exist independently of other beings. Also: to exist in life, to live....
3. date, n.2 View full entry c1330
...The time during which something lasts; period, season; duration; term of life or existence. Now rare (poet. in later use)....
4. grass, n.1 View full entry c725
...Herbage in general, the blades or leaves and stalks of which are eaten by horses, cattle, sheep, etc. Also, in a narrower sense, restricted to the smaller non-cereal Gramineæ (see...
5. guard, n. View full entry 1412
...Keeping, guardianship, custody, ward. to take guard: to take care. Obs....
6. haˈlalcor, n. View full entry 1662
...One of the lowest and most despised class in India, Iran, etc., (lit.) to whom everything is lawful food....
7. midnoon, n. and adj. View full entry 1580
...Midday; noon. In later use also: the middle of the day....
8. need, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Violence, force, constraint, or compulsion, exercised by or upon a person. Obs....
9. off, adv., prep., n.1, and adj. View full entry eOE
...Expressing motion or direction from a place: to a distance, away, quite away; as in to go off, run off, drive off. to be off...
10. one, adj., n., and pron. View full entry eOE
...Designating a person who or thing which consists of a single individual or unit, without the addition of another of the same kind; single and integral in number....
11. press, n.1 View full entry lOE
...A device for compressing, flattening, giving a denser consistency to, holding, or shaping a substance by exerting pressure. Freq. with modifying word indicating the purpose of the instrument, the thing pressed, or...
12. road, n. View full entry eOE
...The action or an act of riding on horseback. Also: a period of riding; a journey on horseback, a ride. Obs....
13. roundel, n. View full entry c1300
...A circle or ring drawn, marked out, or formed in some way. Now Eng. regional and rare....
14. shoe, n. View full entry c725
...An outer covering for the human foot, normally made of leather (but often of other materials) and consisting of a more or less stiff sole and a lighter upper part. Chiefly in...
15. sit, v. View full entry c825
...Of persons: To be or remain in that posture in which the weight of the body rests upon the posteriors; to be seated....
16. stay, v.1 View full entry c1440
...To cease going forward; to stop, halt; to arrest one's course and stand still. Obs. (exc. as in 1b.)...