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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. affodill, n. View full entry a1400
...The plant ramsons, Allium ursinum. Obs....
3. afterings, n. View full entry 1609
...That which remains or is left; the remnant, the remains; (Theol.) a part of the suffering of Christ that remains in the flesh of man. Now Sc. and...
4. 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....
5. alligator, n.2 View full entry 1591
...Any of various broad-snouted crocodilians constituting the family Alligatoridae, found chiefly in the New World and including the caimans; (now) spec. either of two members of the genus...
6. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
7. apple, v. View full entry 1601
...intr. Of vegetables, flower buds, and esp. (in later use) root crops: to swell into a globular shape; to become shaped like an apple....
8. ark, n. View full entry c825
...A chest, box, coffer, close basket, or similar receptacle; esp....
9. at, prep. View full entry 755
...The most general determination of simple localization in space, expressing, strictly, the simple relation of a thing to a point of space which it touches; hence, usually determining a point or object...
10. † aught, n.1 View full entry c1000
...Possession; that which one possesses as his own; property....
11. aver, n. View full entry 1330
...collect. sing. Possession, property, estate, wealth; money....
12. † average, n.3 View full entry 1537
...(See quot.)...
13. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
14. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
15. balk | baulk, n.1 View full entry c885
...A ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground; e.g. a grave-mound. Obs....
16. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
17. balloon, n. View full entry 1591
...A game played with a large inflated ball of strong double leather, struck to and fro with the arm protected by a wooden bracer. Also attrib. in balloon ball...
18. bank, n.1 View full entry ?c1200
...A portion of the surface of the ground raised or thrown up into a ridge or shelf; a lengthened mound with steeply sloping sides. Hence, One side or slope of...
19. bar, n.1 View full entry c1175
...gen. A straight piece of wood, metal, or other rigid material, long in proportion to its thickness....
20. barb, n.1 View full entry c1374
...The beard of a man. Obs.rare....
