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1. 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....
2. Babylonian, n. and adj. View full entry 1534
...A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Babylon (now in Iraq), or the ancient Babylonian Empire. hist....
3. basket, n. View full entry a1300
...A vessel of wickerwork, made of plaited osiers, cane, rushes, bast, or other materials....
4. buskin, n. View full entry 1503
...Originally: a calf-high or knee-high boot or covering for the foot and leg, typically made from cloth or leather; a half-boot. Later in pl. (chiefly regional): gaiters, leggings....
5. bust, n.2 View full entry a1660
...The part of a sculpture representing the torso, esp. that of a larger ancient Greek or Roman statue. Obs. (but cf. sense 2a)....
6. Corinth, n. View full entry c1380
...Name of a city of ancient Greece celebrated for its artistic adornment, and for its luxury and licentiousness; hence, Corinth metal: = Corinthian brassCorinthian1c....
7. 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...
8. elephantine, adj. View full entry 1631
...Of or pertaining to an elephant, or elephants. elephantine epoch (Geol.): the period marked by the abundance of large pachydermata....
9. fool, n.1 and adj. View full entry ?c1225
...One deficient in judgement or sense, one who acts or behaves stupidly, a silly person, a simpleton. (In Biblical use applied to vicious or impious persons.)...
10. furca, n. View full entry 1653
...Roman Hist. (and allusively). A gallows....
11. hand, n.1 View full entry c825
...The terminal part of the arm beyond the wrist, consisting of the palm and five digits, forming the organ of prehension characteristic of man. The name is also given to the similar...
12. Heliogabalus, n. View full entry 1589
...The adopted name of Varius Avitus Bassianus, Roman Emperor a.d. 218–222, famed for folly and profligacy, used allusively....
13. Iron Age, n. View full entry a1592
...The last and worst age of the world according to Greek and Roman mythology, succeeding the Golden, Silver, and Brazen Ages. Hence allusively, An age or period of wickedness, cruelty,...
14. legion, n. View full entry c1275
...Roman Hist. A body of infantry in the Roman army, composed of different numbers at different periods, ranging from 3,000 in early times to 6,000 under Marius, and combined usually with...
15. limpet, n. View full entry c1050
...A gasteropod mollusc of the genus Patella, having an open tent-shaped shell and found adhering tightly to the rock which it makes its resting-place....
16. lord, n. View full entry 831
...A master of servants; the male head of a household. Obs....
17. lotus, n. View full entry 1541
...The plant yielding the fruit which was the food of the Lotophagi of Greek legend; represented by Homer (Od.ix. 90 ff.) as producing in those who ate...
18. mark, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A boundary, frontier, or limit. Also: land within or near certain boundaries (cf. march). Obs....
19. marriage, n. View full entry c1300
...The condition of being a husband or wife; the relation between persons married to each other; matrimony....
20. Mars, n.1 View full entry OE
...(The name of) the god of war of the ancient Romans, ranking in importance next to Jupiter, and identified from an early period with the Greek god Ares. Also fig.:...
