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1. achillea, n. View full entry OE
...Any of numerous plants of the chiefly Eurasian genus Achillea (family Asteraceae (Compositae)), which comprises hardy perennials, typically with finely divided aromatic leaves and corymbose flower-heads;...
2. acre, n. View full entry OE
...A plot or piece of land, a field; spec. a piece of tilled or arable land. Now arch. and in proper names, as Long Acre....
3. 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....
4. afield, adv. View full entry OE
...On or in a field; spec.out in the fields; engaged in agricultural labour;out in the countryside; engaged in an outdoor pursuit such as hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, etc.;on...
5. † atˈlie, v. View full entry c1000
...intr. To lie idle or fallow (with dat. = from)....
6. † aught, n.1 View full entry c1000
...Possession; that which one possesses as his own; property....
7. balsam, n. and adj. View full entry c1000
...An aromatic vegetable juice; = balm1....
8. bear, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A heavily-built, thick-furred plantigrade quadruped, of the genus Ursus; belonging to the Carnivora, but having teeth partly adapted to a vegetable diet. ...
9. beaver, n.1 View full entry c1000
...An amphibious rodent, distinguished by its broad, oval, horizontally-flattened, scaly tail, palmated hind feet, coat of soft fur, and hard incisor teeth with which it cuts down trees; remarkable for its skill...
10. becarve, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To cut off. Obs. (Cf. behead.)...
11. beck, n.3 View full entry c1000
...An agricultural implement with two hooks, for dressing turnips, hops, etc.; a kind of mattock....
12. beer, n.1 View full entry c1000
...An alcoholic liquor obtained by the fermentation of malt (or other saccharine substance), flavoured with hops or other aromatic bitters. Formerly distinguished from ale by being hopped; but now the...
13. beet, n. View full entry c1000
...A plant or genus of plants (family Chenopodiaceæ), having, in cultivation, a succulent root much used for food, and also for yielding sugar. There are two species, the Common or...
14. bench, n. View full entry OE
...A long seat, with or without a back, usually of wood, but also of stone, etc. ‘Distinguished from a stool by its greater length’ (Johnson)....
15. bend, v. View full entry c1000
...trans. To put in bonds, to fetter. Obs....
16. bill, n.1 View full entry OE
...A weapon of war mentioned in Old English poetry, a kind of broadsword, a falchion. Obs. (Probably passing with modified shape into sense 2.)...
17. binder, n. View full entry OE
...gen. One who binds. (See senses of the verb.)...
18. bit, n.2 View full entry c1000
...The portion of food bitten off at once; as much as is taken in the mouth at once; a mouthful; = bite4. Obs....
19. bite, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To cut into, pierce, or nip (anything) with the teeth....
20. blade, n. View full entry OE
...The leaf of a herb or plant; originally perhaps (as in Icelandic) applied to those of all herbs, while leaf was used of the foliage of trees. Now applied ...
