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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. absolution, n. View full entry OE
...Christian Church....
3. 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...
4. flank, n.1 View full entry OE
...The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal or a man between the ribs and the hip....
5. motherless, adj.1, n., and adv. View full entry OE
...Lacking a mother; left without a mother. In early use also: †orphaned (obs.)....
6. O, n.1 View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
7. October, n. View full entry OE
...The tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendar, containing 31 days and falling between September and November....
8. only, adv., conj., and prep. View full entry OE
...Singularly, uniquely; pre-eminently; in a special way. Obs....
9. pig, n.1 View full entry OE
...An omnivorous, domesticated even-toed ungulate derived from the wild boar Sus scrofa, with a stout body, sparse bristly hair, and a broad flat snout for rooting in the soil, kept...
10. saddle, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To put a saddle upon (a horse or other animal)....
11. witch, n.2 View full entry c1000
...A female magician, sorceress; in later use esp. a woman supposed to have dealings with the devil or evil spirits and to be able by their co-operation to perform supernatural...
