Browse dictionary
Showing 1-14 of 14 results in 14 entries
1. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
2. 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....
3. John, n. View full entry c1175
...A masculine Christian name, that of John the Baptist and John the Evangelist; hence from early Middle English times one of the commonest in England....
4. marble, n. and adj. View full entry c1180
...Limestone that has been recrystallized by metamorphism and is capable of taking a polish; esp. one that is pure white or has a mottled surface, such as is often used...
5. market, n. View full entry lOE
...A meeting or gathering together of people for the purchase and sale of provisions or livestock, publicly displayed, at a fixed time and place; the occasion or time of this. Also: the...
6. pack, n.1 View full entry 1191
...A bundle of things wrapped or tied up together for transport; a bale, package, or parcel; (sometimes) spec. the burden carried on the back of a person or animal....
7. pilgrim, n. View full entry lOE
...A person on a journey, a person who travels from place to place; a traveller, a wanderer, an itinerant. Also in early use: a foreigner, an alien, a stranger. Now literary...
8. plough | plow, n.1 View full entry lOE
...In northern and eastern areas of England and Scotland: the name given to a unit of land capable of being tilled by a team of oxen in a year; = ploughland...
9. she, pron. View full entry 1154
...The female being in question, or last mentioned....
10. sly, adj., adv., and n. View full entry a1200
...Of persons: Skilful, clever, dexterous, or expert in doing something; possessing practical skill or ability; skilled, knowing, wise. (Also occas. of animals.) Obs. exc. north. dial....
11. smother, n. View full entry c1175
...Dense, suffocating, or stifling smoke, such as is produced by combustion without flame. (Freq. coupled with smoke.)...
12. smother, v. View full entry a1200
...To suffocate with smoke....
13. stag, n.1 View full entry ?c1185
...The male of a deer, esp. of the red deer; spec. a hart or male deer of the fifth year. (In the 15th c. stag of a hart.)...
14. take, v. View full entry c1100
...To touch (intr. with on, also trans.: = ON. taka á, and taka). Obs....
