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1. ˈbarking, n.2 View full entry c1440
...Steeping in an infusion of bark; tanning....
2. † benger(e | byngger, n. View full entry c1440
...A corn-bin....
3. bill, v.1 View full entry c1440
...trans. To work at or on with a bill; to hoe, hack, chop, lop....
4. † ˈbilling, n.1 View full entry c1440
...Working with a bill or mattock; hoeing....
5. boose, n. View full entry c1440
...A stall for a cow or (less usually) a horse; esp. the upper part of the stall, where the fodder is placed. See also boosy...
6. brake, n.3 View full entry c1440
...A toothed instrument for braking flax or hemp....
7. brand, v. View full entry c1440
...trans. To burn with a hot iron, whether for the purpose of marking the flesh (as in the case of criminals or slaves), or of cauterizing as a surgical operation; also...
8. branding, n. View full entry c1440
...The action of marking with a hot iron, as a surgical operation; or of burning a mark upon a criminal, or an article for sale....
9. bred, adj.1 View full entry c1440
...Developed in the womb; hatched from the egg; brought forth. Obs....
10. carrying, n. View full entry c1440
...The action of carry in various senses....
11. check, v.2 View full entry c1440
...trans. To mark with a chess-board pattern, mark out or cut in squares (obs.); to mark with a pattern of crossing lines....
12. cherished, adj. View full entry c1440
...Held dear, tenderly cared for or fostered....
13. chuff, n.1 View full entry c1440
...A rustic, peasant, country person, churl....
14. clack, n. View full entry c1440
...A sharp, sudden, dry sound as of two flat pieces of wood striking each other, partaking of the character of a clap and a crack....
15. combine, v. View full entry c1440
...trans. To couple or join two or more things together:...
16. compost, v. View full entry 1499
...To treat with compost, to manure or dung....
17. ˈcountryˌwoman, n. View full entry c1440
...A woman of a (specified) country, or of one's own country (fellow-countrywoman)....
18. culling, n.1 View full entry c1440
...The action of selecting or picking....
19. digger, n. View full entry c1400
...One who excavates or turns up the earth with a mattock, spade, or other tool; also an animal that turns up the earth. With adverb, as digger-up....
20. ˈdodded, adj. View full entry c1440
...Polled, lopped; hornless; awnless....
