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1. beg, v. View full entry ?c1225
...To ask alms or by way of alms....
2. chamber, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A room or suite of rooms in a house, typically one allotted to the use of a particular person, a private room; (in later use) esp. a bedroom, typically on...
3. D, n. View full entry c1000
...the fourth letter of the Roman alphabet, corresponding in position and power to the Phoenician and Hebrew Daleth, and Greek Delta, Δ, whence also its form was derived...
4. dog, n.1 View full entry OE
...A domesticated carnivorous mammal, Canis familiaris (or C. lupus familiaris), which typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractile claws, and a barking, howling, or...
5. duty, n. View full entry 1297
...The action and conduct due to a superior; homage, submission; due respect, reverence; an expression of submission, deference, or respect....
6. fall, v. View full entry c890
...intr. To drop from a high or relatively high position. Const. †in, into, to, on, upon; also, to the earth...
7. golden age, n. View full entry 1555
...The first and best age of the world, in which, according to the Greek and Roman poets, mankind lived in a state of ideal prosperity and happiness, free from all trouble or...
8. house, n.1 and int. View full entry eOE
...A building for human habitation, typically and historically one that is the ordinary place of residence of a family. (Cf. home2.)...
9. lady, n. View full entry eOE
...The female head of a household; a woman who has authority over servants, attendants, or slaves (now chiefly arch. or hist.). Cf. lady of the house1a(a)...
10. land, n.1 View full entry c725
...The solid portion of the earth's surface, as opposed to sea, water. Cf. firm landfirm8, dry land †occas. classed as...
11. plain, adj.1 View full entry c1330
...Of a horizontal surface, as the ground, the sea, etc.: level, even, flat, free from elevations and depressions. Now regional (rare)....
12. pre-, prefix View full entry 1559
...Combinations in which pre- is adverbial or adjectival, qualifying the verb, adjective, or noun to which it is prefixed....
13. 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....
14. relieve, v. View full entry a1382
...trans....
15. time, n., int., and conj. View full entry eOE
...A finite extent or stretch of continued existence, as the interval separating two successive events or actions, or the period during which an action, condition, or state continues; a finite portion of...
16. western, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry OE
...Coming from the west; esp. (of a wind) blowing from the west....
