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1. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
2. bar, n.1 View full entry c1175
...gen. A straight piece of wood, metal, or other rigid material, long in proportion to its thickness....
3. breaker, n.1 View full entry c1175
...One who breaks, crushes, or destroys; so breaker off, etc.; and with defining n. as housebreaker, ship-breaker, etc., q.v....
4. chequer | checker, n.1 View full entry 1178
...A chess-board; a square board divided into 64 small squares, coloured alternately dark and light. Obs....
5. Christmas, n. View full entry a1123
...The festival of the nativity of Christ, kept on the 25th of December. Usually extended more or less vaguely to the season immediately preceding and following this day, commonly observed as a...
6. Cinque Ports, n. View full entry 1191
...A group of sea-ports (originally five, whence the name) situated on the south-east coast of England, and having jurisdiction along the coast continuously from Seaford in Sussex, to Birchington near Margate, including...
7. countess, n. View full entry 1154
...The feminine of count...
8. court, n.1 View full entry 1154
...A clear space enclosed by walls or surrounded by buildings; a yard, a court-yard; e.g. that surrounding a castle, or that left for the sake of light, etc. in the...
9. die, v.1 View full entry c1135
...intr. To lose life, cease to live, suffer death; to expire....
10. feeling, n. View full entry c1175
...The action of feel in various senses; an instance of the same. Chiefly gerundial....
11. flume, n. View full entry c1175
...A stream, a river; also, water. Obs....
12. gatherer, n. View full entry a1200
...One who gathers or collects (in general senses). Also gatherer up....
13. gem, v. View full entry c1150
...intr. To put forth buds; to bud....
14. hanging, adj. (and prep.) View full entry c1170
...Supported above, and not below; suspended, pendulous; projecting downwards; drooping....
15. harbour | harbor, n.1 View full entry c1150
...Shelter, lodging, entertainment: sojourn, abode....
16. heling | healing, n. View full entry a1200
...The action of covering; covering up, concealing; the covering in of a house, roofing with slate, tiles, or the like....
17. hoop, n.1 View full entry a1175
...A circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material; esp. a circle of wood or flattened metal for binding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc....
18. † irnen, adj. View full entry c1175
...= iron1....
19. Jew, n. View full entry c1175
...A person of Hebrew descent; one whose religion is Judaism; an Israelite. ...
20. kirk, n. View full entry lOE
...= churchI....
