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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. acreman, n. View full entry OE
...A cultivator of the ground, a farmer; a ploughman; spec. †a manorial tenant; (Sc.) a person who rents a piece of ground of a Scottish acre or more....
3. anima, n. View full entry OE
...Chiefly Philos. The animating principle in living things, the soul; some part or aspect of the soul, esp. the irrational part of the soul as distinguished from the...
4. animus, n. View full entry OE
...Chiefly Philos. The rational soul; mind, will, spirit. Contrasted with anima1. Now hist....
5. bloodless, adj. View full entry OE
...Having or containing no blood; lacking in blood; (also) not marked or stained with blood....
6. brass, n. View full entry c1000
...Historically: The general name for all alloys of copper with tin or zinc (and occasionally other base metals). To distinguish alloys of copper and tin, the name bronze has...
7. crystal, n. and adj. View full entry OE
...Ice. Cf. sense A. 2a. Obs....
8. D, n. View full entry c1000
...the fourth letter of the Roman alphabet, corresponding in position and power to the Phoenician and Hebrew Daleth, and Greek Delta, Δ, whence also its form was derived...
9. eastern, adj. and n. View full entry OE
...Coming from the east; (esp. of a wind) blowing from the east....
10. food, n. View full entry OE
...Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink in order to maintain life and growth; nourishment, provisions. ...
11. frog, n.1 and adj. View full entry OE
...Originally: a widespread Eurasian amphibian, Rana temporaria (family Ranidae), which has a short, squat, tailless body, moist smooth skin, and long, web-footed hind legs for swimming and leaping;...
12. Gang Week, n. View full entry OE
...Rogation week, during which the Gang Days fall. Cf. Gang Day...
13. genesis, n. View full entry OE
...With capital initial. (The name of) the first book of the Bible, which includes the stories of the creation of the world, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel, and the patriarchs Abraham,...
14. holy rood, n.1 View full entry OE
...The cross upon which Jesus suffered; = rood3. Chiefly with the. Cf. Holy cross1. Now arch....
15. knock, v. View full entry c1000
...intr. To strike with a sounding blow, as with the fist or something hard; esp. to rap upon a door or gate in order to call attention or gain...
16. L, n. View full entry c1000
...Illustrations of the literary use of the letter....
17. lively, adj. and n. View full entry OE
...Living, animate; = live1. Obs....
18. lively, adv. View full entry OE
...So as to impart life. Obs....
19. loved, adj. and n. View full entry OE
...That is the object of love or affection; beloved. In attrib. use now chiefly poet. exc. with prefixed adverb as dearly loved, much-loved, etc.;...
20. M, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
