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1. acceptance, n. View full entry 1528-30
...Law. An agreement to abide by the act or contract of another, such as a predecessor in an office, by some act which amounts to a recognition or approval of it,...
2. basket, n. View full entry a1300
...A vessel of wickerwork, made of plaited osiers, cane, rushes, bast, or other materials....
3. Christian, adj. and n. View full entry 1285
...Of persons and communities: Believing, professing, or belonging to the religion of Christ....
4. commandment, n. View full entry c1250
...An authoritative order or injunction; a precept given by authority. (arch.)...
5. devil, v. View full entry 1593
...to devil it: to play the devil, to act like the devil. Obs....
6. dog, n.1 View full entry OE
...A domesticated carnivorous mammal, Canis familiaris (or C. lupus familiaris), which typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractile claws, and a barking, howling, or...
7. ferry, n.1 View full entry c1425
...A passage or crossing. Obs....
8. floor, n.1 View full entry c888
...The layer of boards, brick, stone, etc. in an apartment, on which people tread; the under surface of the interior of a room. Phr. to mop or wipe the: see...
9. 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.)...
10. franklin, n.1 View full entry 1297
...A freeman. Obs....
11. hall, n.1 View full entry 971
...A large place covered by a roof; in early times applied to any spacious roofed place, without or with subordinate chambers attached; a temple, palace, court, royal residence. Obs. in...
12. hand, n.1 View full entry c825
...The terminal part of the arm beyond the wrist, consisting of the palm and five digits, forming the organ of prehension characteristic of man. The name is also given to the similar...
13. 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...
14. inn, n. View full entry c1000
...A dwelling-place, habitation, abode, lodging; a house (in relation to its inhabitant)....
15. Jack, n.1 View full entry 1362
...(As proper noun.) A familiar by-form of the name John; hence, a generic proper name for any representative of the common people....
16. † long-acre, n. View full entry 1608
...Apparently a usual proper name for a long narrow field containing an acre. (Now preserved as the name of a well-known London street.) In quots. allusive = one's estate or...
17. lord, n. View full entry 831
...A master of servants; the male head of a household. Obs....
18. marriage, n. View full entry c1300
...The condition of being a husband or wife; the relation between persons married to each other; matrimony....
19. minor, adj. and n. View full entry c1230
...Used chiefly as postmodifier....
20. mint, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A piece of money, a coin. Obs....
