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1. bar, n.1 View full entry c1175
...gen. A straight piece of wood, metal, or other rigid material, long in proportion to its thickness....
2. baron, n. View full entry a1200
...Hist. Originally, one who held, by military or other honourable service, from the king or other superior; afterwards restricted to the former or king's barons, and at length mostly...
3. cony | coney, n. View full entry a1200
...A rabbit: formerly the proper and ordinary name, but now superseded in general use by rabbit, which was originally a name for the young only....
4. ermine, n. View full entry a1200
...An animal of the weasel tribe (Mustela Erminea), an inhabitant of northern countries, called in England a stoat, whose fur is reddish brown in summer, but in winter...
