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1. anvil, n. View full entry a800
...The block (usually of iron) on which the smith hammers and shapes the metal which he is working....
2. bast, n.1 View full entry a800
...The inner bark of the lime or linden, which, cut into strips and coarsely plaited, is sold as ‘Russia matting’; also applied generally to flexible fibrous barks, and other similar materials (cf....
3. † beme, n. View full entry a800
...A trumpet....
4. 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...
5. boat, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A small, typically open vessel for travelling over water, propelled by oars, sail, an engine, etc. Usu. contrasted with ship....
6. burn, n.1 View full entry a800
...In Old English: A spring, fountain; a stream or river. In later use: A small stream or brook. Now (exc. in the form bourn) chiefly north....
7. byre, n.1 View full entry a800
...A cow-house. Perh. in Old English times, more generally, ‘a shed’. to muck the byre (Sc.): to take out the dung and cleanse the byre....
8. calf, n.1 View full entry a800
...The young of any bovine animal, esp. of the domestic cow. ‘Calf is applied to all young cattle until they attain one year old, when they are year-olds...
9. cat, n.1 View full entry a800
...A well-known carnivorous quadruped (Felis domesticus) which has long been domesticated, being kept to destroy mice, and as a house pet....
10. ˈcheeselip | ˈcheeselep, n.1 View full entry a800
...Rennet, for curdling milk in cheese-making....
11. chervil, n. View full entry a750
...A garden pot-herb (Anthriscus Cerefolium, formerly Chærophyllum sativum, family Umbelliferæ) the young leaves of which are used to impart an aromatic flavour to soups, stews, salads,...
12. chirm, n. View full entry a800
...Noise, din, chatter, vocal noise (in later times esp. of birds)....
13. cinder, n. View full entry a800
...The refuse or dross thrown off from iron or other metals in the furnace; scoria, slag. (Usually in sing.) Now techn....
14. clothes, n. View full entry a800
...Covering for the person; wearing apparel; dress, raiment, vesture....
15. cluster, n. View full entry a800
...A collection of things of the same kind, as fruits or flowers, growing closely together; a bunch....
16. ˈcorn-worm, n. View full entry a800
...The larva of the Corn-moth or other insect, destructive to grain....
17. cove, n.1 View full entry a800
...In Old English: A small chamber, inner chamber, bed-chamber, cell, etc.; common with qualifying word prefixed, as bán-cofa bone-chamber, body, gást-cofa spirit's chamber, breast....
18. cow, n.1 View full entry a800
...The female of any bovine animal (as the ox, bison, or buffalo); most commonly applied to the female of the domestic species (Bos Taurus)....
19. † crump, adj.1 and n.1 View full entry a800
...Crooked: said chiefly of the body or limbs from deformity, old age, or disease....
20. dale, n.1 View full entry a800
...A valley. In the northern counties, the usual name of a river-valley between its enclosing ranges of hills or high land. In geographical names, e.g. Clydesdale, Annandale, ...
