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1. ail, n.1 View full entry eOE
...The awn (awn) of barley and other grasses....
2. alder, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A European tree, Alnus glutinosa (family Betulaceae), common on riverbanks and damp woodland across the northern hemisphere, having rounded toothed leaves and bearing male catkins and woody female...
3. ape, n. View full entry a700
...An animal of the monkey tribe (Simiadæ); before the introduction of ‘monkey’ (16th c.), the generic name, and still (since 1700) sometimes so used poetically or rhetorically, or...
4. ash, n.1 View full entry c700
...A well-known forest tree, indigenous to Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa, and noted in Teutonic literature from the earliest times; having silver-grey bark, graceful pinnate foliage, a peculiar winged seed or...
5. asp, n.1 View full entry c700
...A tree of the poplar family (Populus tremula), with greyish bark and spreading branches, the leaves of which are specially liable to the tremulous motion that characterizes all the poplars....
6. † ˈatter, n. View full entry a700
...Poison, venom, esp. that of reptiles. Obs....
7. auger, n.1 View full entry c700
...A carpenter's tool for boring holes in wood, etc., having a long pointed shank with a cutting edge and a screw point, and a handle fixed at right angles to the top...
8. † ax | axe, n. View full entry a700
...The axle of a wheel; the axis of revolution. Not found after the Old English period exc. in compounds, as ax-nail, the nail or pin by...
9. bladder, n. View full entry a700
...A membranous bag in the animal body....
10. † cawl, n. View full entry a700
...A basket; in modern Cornish dialect, a fish-basket or creel....
11. chesil | chisel, n.1 View full entry a700
...A collective term for small pebbles, such as those of the sea-beach; gravel, shingle. (In early quots. also = a siliceous stone or pebble, with pl.)...
12. † chevese, n. View full entry a700
...A concubine, mistress, leman....
13. † chine, v.1 View full entry a700
...intr. To burst asunder, split open; to open in fissures; to crack, chink, etc....
14. † chis | chise, adj. View full entry a700
...Fastidious, dainty as to eating; particular or nice in choosing; to be chosen; choice; fond. (The sense in Middle English in some cases very uncertain.)...
15. claw, n. View full entry a700
...The sharp horny nail with which the feet of birds and some beasts are armed. Also applied to similar structures on the feet of insects, crustacea, etc....
16. clout, n.1 View full entry a700
...A piece of cloth, leather, metal, etc., set on to mend anything; a patch. arch. and dial....
17. comb, n. View full entry a700
...A strip of wood, bone, horn, metal, etc., with indentations forming a series of teeth, or with teeth inserted, along one or both edges; used for disentangling, cleaning, and arranging the hair,...
18. cops | copse, n. View full entry a700
...A shackle for any part of the body; a fetter (Old English fót-cops), manacle (hand-cops), or collar (sweor-cops), to secure a prisoner. Obs....
19. corn, n.1 View full entry a700
...gen. A small hard particle, a grain, as of sand or salt. In Old English and mod.dial. (In literary use in 16–17th c., chiefly transl. Latin grānum...
20. creeping, n. View full entry a700
...The action of moving on the ground, as a reptile, or a human being on hands and knees....
