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1. aged, adj. and n. View full entry 1420
...That has lived or existed for a long time; of advanced age; very old....
2. animal, n. View full entry a1398
...A living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and a nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli; any living creature, including man....
3. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
4. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
5. barn-door, n. View full entry ?1544
...The large door of a barn. (Applied humorously to a target too large to be easily missed, and, in Cricket, to a player that blocks every ball.)...
6. 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. ...
7. beating, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The infliction of repeated blows; spec. the action of inflicting blows in punishment; the dashing of waves against the shore; the whipping up of a fluid; the flapping of wings;...
8. bird, n. View full entry a800
...orig. The general name for the young of the feathered tribes; a young bird; a chicken, eaglet, etc.; a nestling. The only sense in Old English; found in literature down to...
9. black, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, and a small hole in a hollow object; of or having this colour; (also)...
10. blanch, v.1 View full entry 1398
...trans. To make white, whiten: chiefly, in mod. use, by depriving of colour; to bleach. Also fig....
11. blood, n. (and int.) View full entry eOE
...The red fluid flowing in the arteries, capillaries, and veins of humans and other vertebrates, carrying oxygen and nutrients to, and carbon dioxide and waste metabolites away from, the organs and tissues...
12. bog, n.1 View full entry a1552
...A piece of wet spongy ground, consisting chiefly of decayed or decaying moss and other vegetable matter, too soft to bear the weight of any heavy body upon its surface; a morass...
13. bone, n. View full entry a700
...The general name for each of the distinct parts which unitedly make up the skeleton or hard framework of the body of vertebrate animals....
14. bottle, n.2 View full entry c1375
...A vessel with a narrow neck for holding liquids, now usually made of glass; originally of leather....
15. branch, n. View full entry 1297
...A portion or limb of a tree or other plant growing out of the stem or trunk, or out of one of the boughs; in a more specific sense, a branch...
16. break, v. View full entry 851
...trans. generally....
17. bucolic, adj. and n. View full entry 1531
...Of or pertaining to herdsmen or shepherds; pastoral....
18. bull-dog, n. View full entry ?1518
...A dog of a bold and fierce breed, with large bull-head, short muzzle, strong muscular body of medium height, and short smooth hair, formerly much used for bull-baiting....
19. bumpkin, n. View full entry 1570
...An awkward country fellow, a clown....
20. button, n. View full entry c1320
...A knob or stud of metal or other material sewn by a shank or neck to articles of dress, usually for the purpose of fastening one part of the dress to another...
