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1. amber, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1398
...orig. = ambergris (In 17th c. greece of amber, gris ambre, gray amber.) Obs....
2. aniseed, n. View full entry a1398
...The seed of the anise, used as a carminative, and in the preparation of Oil of Anise, Spirit of Anise, Anise water, and Anisette....
3. baking, n. View full entry 1398
...The action of the verb bake; the process of preparing bread; the hardening or ‘firing’ of earthenware. Also spec. in Typogr. (see quot.). Cf. baked...
4. blanch, v.1 View full entry 1398
...trans. To make white, whiten: chiefly, in mod. use, by depriving of colour; to bleach. Also fig....
5. buttery, adj. View full entry 1398
...Of the nature of butter; containing butter....
6. cane, n.1 View full entry 1398
...The hollow jointed ligneous stem of various giant reeds or grasses, as Bamboo and Sugar cane, and the solid stem of some of the more slender palms, esp. the genus Calamus...
7. ˈcheese-vat | ˈcheese-fat, n. View full entry 1398
...The vessel or mould in which the curds are pressed and the cheese shaped in cheese-making....
8. cheesy, adj. View full entry 1398
...Of or belonging to cheese; consisting of, or of the nature of, cheese; abounding in cheese....
9. chipped, adj. View full entry 1398
...Chapped. Obs....
10. cinnamon, n. View full entry 1398
...The inner bark of an East Indian tree (see 2), dried in the sun, in rolls or ‘quills’, and used as a spice. It is of a characteristic yellowish brown...
11. clammy, adj. View full entry 1398
...gen. Soft, moist, and sticky; viscous, tenacious, adhesive....
12. † claret, n.1 View full entry 1398
...= clary...
13. commixtion, n. View full entry 1387
...The action of mixing or blending together, commingling. Obs....
14. † conˈfect, adj. View full entry 1398
...Performed. (Said of the sacrifice of the mass: cf. confection2, conficient)...
15. confection, n. View full entry a1387
...Making or preparation by mixture of ingredients; mixing, compounding; composition, preparation, making up, manufacture. Sometimes esp. the making of preserves or confectionery....
16. conservation, n. View full entry a1398
...The action or process of conserving; preservation of life, health, perfection, etc.; (also) preservation from destructive influences, natural decay, or waste....
17. conserve, v. View full entry a1398
...trans....
18. crispy, adj. View full entry 1398
...Curly, wavy; undulated; = crisp12....
19. † ˈcury, n.1 View full entry a1387
...Cookery. (Also the ‘concoction’ of substances in alchemy.)...
20. damson, n. View full entry 1398
...A small plum, black or dark purple, the fruit of Prunus communis or domestica, variety damascena, which was introduced in very early times into Greece and...
