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1. babbling, adj. View full entry a1250
...That talks rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way; chattering, prating, tattling; (also) full of or characterized by babble....
2. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
3. bag, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A receptacle made of some flexible material closed in on all sides except at the top (where also it generally can be closed); a pouch, a small sack....
4. beggar, n. View full entry a1250
...One who asks alms, especially habitually; one who lives by so doing....
5. blaze, v.1 View full entry ?c1225
...intr. To burn with a bright fervent flame. Often with away, forth, out. to blaze up: to burst or flash into a blaze....
6. carving, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The action of the verb carve, in various senses....
7. case, n.1 View full entry a1250
...A thing that befalls or happens to any one; an event, occurrence, hap, or chance....
8. cellar, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...In general sense. A storehouse or storeroom, whether above or below ground, for provisions; a granary, buttery, or pantry. Obs. (in later use regional except as merged with...
9. chamber, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A room or suite of rooms in a house, typically one allotted to the use of a particular person, a private room; (in later use) esp. a bedroom, typically on...
10. clove, n.2 View full entry ?c1225
...The dried flower-bud of Caryophyllus aromaticus, much used as a pungent aromatic spice. (Usually in pl.)...
11. comfort, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Strengthening; encouragement, incitement; aid, succour, support, countenance. upon comfort of: on the strength of. Obs. except in archaic legal use (in phr. aid and comfort)....
12. delight, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The fact or condition of being delighted; pleasure, joy, or gratification felt in a high degree....
13. diet, n.1 View full entry c1230
...Course of life: way of living or thinking....
14. estate, n. View full entry ?c1225
...State or condition in general, whether material or moral, bodily or mental. In Middle English occas.: Constitution, nature. arch.; now almost exclusively in Biblical phrases....
15. fig, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...The fruit of the fig-tree or Ficus, esp. the fruit of the Ficus carica. figs of Pharaoh: the fruit of the Sycamore Fig (Ficus Sycomorus...
16. flower, v. View full entry ?c1225
...intr. To bloom or blossom; to come into bloom, produce flowers. Of a flower: To expand, open....
17. 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.)...
18. Greek, adj. View full entry ?c1225
...Of or pertaining to Greece or its people; Hellenic....
19. griddle, n. View full entry ?c1225
...= gridiron1. Obs....
20. joy, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A vivid emotion of pleasure arising from a sense of well-being or satisfaction; the feeling or state of being highly pleased or delighted; exultation of spirit; gladness, delight....
