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1. ˈfoster-child, n. View full entry a1200
...A child as related to persons who have reared it as their own, or (esp. in Ireland and the Highlands) to its wet-nurse and her husband; a nursling....
2. † grave, n.2 View full entry 11..
...A graven image....
3. holly, n. View full entry c1150
...A plant of the genus Ilex; orig. and esp. the common European holly, I. Aquifolium, an evergreen shrub or small tree with dark-green tough...
4. † snode, n. View full entry c1150
...A piece or bit (of bread or other food); a morsel....
5. wayless, adj. View full entry c1100
...Having no way or road. Chiefly of a country, region, etc.: Trackless, pathless....
6. † webbe, n. View full entry c1100
...A male weaver....
7. web-beam, n. View full entry c1100
...The roller in a loom on which the web is wound as it is woven....
8. webster, n.1 View full entry c1100
...A weaver:...
9. weeding, n. View full entry c1100
...The action or process of freeing (land, a crop, etc.) from weeds....
10. whitten, n. View full entry c1100
...More fully, whitten-tree. A name for the water elder or wild guelder-rose (Viburnum opulus), and the wayfaring-tree (V. lantana). Also (by confusion with whicken,...
