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1. 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....
2. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
3. † agrest, adj. and n. View full entry ?1440
...Belonging to the fields; uncultivated, wild; = agrestial; (hence) inferior, coarse....
4. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
5. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
6. approach, n. View full entry 1489
...The act of coming nearer (relatively), or of drawing near (absolutely), in space....
7. aration, n. View full entry 1663
...Ploughing; tillage....
8. arbute, n. View full entry 1551
...= arbutus Also attrib....
9. backward, adv., adj., and n.2 View full entry a1300
...Of motion: In the direction of one's back or of that to which one's back is turned, as to lean backward, bend backward, fall backward, ...
10. band, n.1 View full entry ?c1200
...Anything with which one's body or limbs are bound, in restraint of personal liberty; a shackle, chain, fetter, manacle. arch....
11. bare, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c885
...Of the body or its parts: Unclothed, naked, nude....
12. bark, n.1 View full entry a1300
...The rind or outer sheath of the trunk and branches of trees, formed of tissue parallel with the wood. See quot. 1866....
13. basket, n. View full entry a1300
...A vessel of wickerwork, made of plaited osiers, cane, rushes, bast, or other materials....
14. beat, v.1 View full entry c885
...trans. To strike with repeated blows. to beat the breast: i.e. in sign of sorrow....
15. bed, n. View full entry c995
...A permanent structure or arrangement for sleeping on, or for the sake of rest. In some form or other it constitutes a regular article of household furniture in civilized life, as well...
16. bed, v. View full entry a1000
...intr. To spread or prepare a bed. Const. dat.; also with cognate object. Obs....
17. bedding, n. View full entry a1000
...A collective term for the articles which compose a bed, esp. the mattress, feather-bed, or other article lain upon, and the bed-clothes....
18. beef, n. View full entry a1300
...The flesh of an ox, bull, or cow, used as food. Often preceded by words indicating the exact part of the animal, e.g. sirloin, ribs of beef, etc....
19. bend, v. View full entry c1000
...trans. To put in bonds, to fetter. Obs....
20. bite, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To cut into, pierce, or nip (anything) with the teeth....
