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1. African, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...A native or inhabitant of Africa; a person of African origin (contextually = black African(a)black5a); spec. (in local usage) such a person as distinguished from...
2. after-born, adj. and n. View full entry OE
...Chiefly Law. Of a child: born after the father's death, or after the execution of the father's will (cf. posthumous2). Also (Roman Law): born after...
3. altar, n. View full entry eOE
...A block, table, stand, or other raised structure with a flat top used as the focus for a religious ritual, especially for making sacrifices or offerings to a god or gods....
4. apostle, n. View full entry c950
...(As in Greek) One sent on an errand, a messenger. (A verbalism of translation.) Obs....
5. Babylonish, adj. (and n.) View full entry eOE
...Of, from, or relating to the ancient city of Babylon (now in Iraq), or to the ancient Babylonian Empire (hist.). Also: resembling (that of) Babylon or Babylonia. In Old English...
6. barton, n.1 View full entry c950
...A threshing-floor. Obs.; only in Old English....
7. bell, n.1 View full entry a1000
...A hollow body of cast metal, formed to ring, or emit a clear musical sound, by the sonorous vibration of its entire circumference, when struck by a clapper, hammer, or other appliance....
8. 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)...
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. book, n. View full entry 872-915
...A writing; a written document; esp. a charter or deed by which land (hence called bócland) was conveyed. Obs....
11. bowl, n.1 View full entry c950
...‘A [round] vessel to hold liquids, rather wide than deep; distinguished from a cup, which is rather deep than wide’ (Johnson). Usually hemispherical or nearly so....
12. brazen, adj. View full entry a1000
...Made of brass....
13. † ˈburian, n. View full entry OE
...A tomb, sepulchre. Obs....
14. canon, n.1 View full entry c890
...A rule, law, or decree of the Church; esp. a rule laid down by an ecclesiastical Council. the canon (collectively) = canon law1b....
15. Capitolium, n. View full entry eOE
...Originally: = Capitol1. Later also (freq. with lower-case initial): any of a number of temples dedicated to the Capitoline triad (see Capitoline), built on hills or other...
16. church, n.1 and adj. View full entry eOE
...A building for public Christian worship or rites such as baptism, marriage, etc., traditionally cruciform in shape, and typically having a tower, dome, or spire; distinguished originally from an oratory...
17. cold, adj. View full entry c950
...The proper adjective expressing a well-known quality of the air or of other substances exciting one of the primary physical sensations, due to the abstraction of heat from the surface of the...
18. cove, n.1 View full entry a800
...In Old English: A small chamber, inner chamber, bed-chamber, cell, etc.; common with qualifying word prefixed, as bán-cofa bone-chamber, body, gást-cofa spirit's chamber, breast....
19. crop, n. View full entry a700
...A pouch-like enlargement of the œsophagus or gullet in many birds, in which the food undergoes a partial preparation for digestion before passing on to the true stomach; the craw....
20. dark, adj. View full entry OE
...Characterized by (absolute or relative) absence of light; devoid of or deficient in light; unilluminated; said esp. of night....
