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1. burn, n.1 View full entry a800
...In Old English: A spring, fountain; a stream or river. In later use: A small stream or brook. Now (exc. in the form bourn) chiefly north....
2. ˈcheeselip | ˈcheeselep, n.1 View full entry a800
...Rennet, for curdling milk in cheese-making....
3. cow, n.1 View full entry a800
...The female of any bovine animal (as the ox, bison, or buffalo); most commonly applied to the female of the domestic species (Bos Taurus)....
4. devil, n. View full entry a800
...the Devilrepr. Greekὁ διάβολος of the LXX and New Testament: In Jewish and Christian theology, the proper appellation of the supreme spirit of evil, the tempter and spiritual enemy...
5. dew, n. View full entry a800
...The moisture deposited in minute drops upon any cool surface by the condensation of the vapour in the atmosphere; formed after a hot day during or towards night, and plentiful in the...
6. flesh, n. View full entry a800
...The soft substance, esp. the muscular parts, of an animal body; that which covers the framework of bones and is enclosed by the skin. raw flesh...
7. gold, n.1 View full entry c725
...The most precious metal: characterized by a beautiful yellow colour, non-liability to rust, high specific gravity, and great malleability and ductility. Chemical symbol Au....
8. green, adj. and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Of a colour intermediate between blue and yellow in the spectrum; of the colour of grass, foliage, an emerald, etc....
9. grout, n.1 View full entry c725
...Coarse meal, peeled grain. In pl. = groats Now rare....
10. hat, n. View full entry c725
...A covering for the head; in recent use, generally distinguished from other head-gear, as a man's cap (or bonnet) and a woman's bonnet, by having a more or less horizontal brim all...
11. horn, n. View full entry c725
...A non-deciduous excrescence, often curved and pointed, consisting of an epidermal sheath growing about a bony core, on the head of certain mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, antelopes, etc., and serving as...
12. kiln, n. View full entry c725
...A furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying, of which various kinds are used in different industrial processes: e.g. a furnace for burning a substance, as in calcining lime (...
13. lamb, n.1 View full entry c725
...The young of the sheep....
14. land, n.1 View full entry c725
...The solid portion of the earth's surface, as opposed to sea, water. Cf. firm landfirm8, dry land †occas. classed as...
15. marrow, n.1 View full entry eOE
...The soft, fatty material contained in the cavities of bones, consisting chiefly of adipose and haematopoietic tissue, spec. as an article of food. In Med. now chiefly as...
16. mint, n.2 View full entry eOE
...Any of various aromatic plants constituting the genus Mentha (family Lamiaceae (Labiatae)), which includes many kinds grown as culinary herbs; esp. a cultivated plant...
17. nail, n. View full entry eOE
...A smooth horny plate overlying the upper (dorsal) surface of the end of each finger and toe in humans and most other primates. Cf. finger-nail, toe-nailtoe2....
18. naked, adj. and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Having no clothing on the body, stripped to the skin; unclothed, nude. Formerly also: †wearing only an undergarment (obs.). Also fig....
19. nettle, n. View full entry eOE
...Any of various plants with inconspicuous green flowers and (usually) stinging hairs that constitute the genus Urtica (family Urticaceae); esp. the Eurasian plant U. dioica...
20. old, adj. View full entry eOE
...Of a human or other living thing....
