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1. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry ?a1300
...A single point in a game, and related uses....
2. already, adj. and adv. View full entry c1275
...As predicate or complement. Fully prepared or ready. Obs....
3. bastard, n. and adj. View full entry 1297
...One begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or natural child....
4. drift, n. View full entry a1300
...The act of driving; propulsion, impulse, impetus. (Now rare or Obs. exc. as in 1b, or 2a.)...
5. leopard, n. View full entry a1290
...A large carnivorous quadruped, Felis pardus, otherwise called the Panther, a native of Africa and southern Asia. Its coat is yellowish fawn shading to white under the body, with dark...
6. loan, n.1 View full entry a1240
...A gift or grant from a superior. Obs....
7. maid, n.1 View full entry a1225
...A virgin; spec. the Virgin Mary (maid Mary); = maiden2a. (Not always distinguishable from senses 2a and 3.) Now arch....
8. mail, n.2 View full entry c1275
...A bag, pack, or wallet; a travelling bag, a portmanteau. In later use Sc. and U.S. in pl.: baggage. †Also fig....
9. minor, adj. and n. View full entry c1230
...Used chiefly as postmodifier....
10. mountain, n. and adj. View full entry c1275
...A large natural elevation of the earth's surface, esp. one high and steep in form (larger and higher than a hill) and with a summit of relatively small area....
11. pap, n.2 View full entry 1286
...Semi-liquid food, such as that considered suitable for babies or invalids, usually made from bread, meal, etc., moistened with water or milk; bland soft or moist food. Now arch. and...
12. pheasant, n. View full entry c1299
...Any of numerous large, long-tailed game birds of the subfamily Phasianinae (family Phasianidae), native to Asia, the males of which typically have showy plumage while the females are...
13. point, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...A separate or single item, article, or element in an extended whole (usually an abstract whole, as a course of action, a subject of thought, a treatise, a discourse, a set of...
14. scale, n.1 View full entry c1230
...A drinking-bowl or cup. Obs. exc. S. Afr....
15. state, n. View full entry c1225
...The combination of circumstances or attributes belonging at a particular time to a person or thing; a particular manner or way of existing as defined by the presence of certain circumstances or...
16. stock-fish | ˈstockfish, n. View full entry 1290
...A name for cod and other gadoid fish cured by splitting open and drying hard in the air without salt....
17. torch, n. View full entry c1290
...A light to be carried in the hand, consisting of a stick of resinous wood, or of twisted hemp or similar material soaked with tallow, resin, or other inflammable substance. Also applied...
18. warrant, n.1 View full entry a1225
...A protector, defender. Obs....
