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1. beaver, n.1 View full entry c1000
...An amphibious rodent, distinguished by its broad, oval, horizontally-flattened, scaly tail, palmated hind feet, coat of soft fur, and hard incisor teeth with which it cuts down trees; remarkable for its skill...
2. brown, adj. View full entry a1000
...Dusky, dark. (Now only poetic, and regarded as transf. from sense 2.)...
3. captain, n. View full entry c1380
...One who stands at the head of others and leads them, or exercises authority over them; a headman, chief, or leader. Now only as fig. use of special senses....
4. communication, n. View full entry a1382
...The fact of having something in common with another person or thing; affinity; congruity. Obs.rare....
5. company, n. View full entry c1250
...Companionship, fellowship, society; †also transf. of things. in company: in the society of others, amidst other people, as opposed to alone; †also, altogether, in all (...
6. craft, n. View full entry c888
...Strength, power, might, force. Obs....
7. dais, n. View full entry a1259
...A raised table in a hall, at which distinguished persons sat at feasts, etc.; the high table. (Often including the platform on which it was raised: see 2) Obs....
8. deacon, n.1 View full entry c900
...Ecclesiastical. The name of an order of ministers or officers in the Christian church....
9. den, n.1 View full entry OE
...The lair or habitation of a wild beast....
10. good, adj., adv., and n. View full entry 805-31
...Of things: Having in adequate degree those properties which a thing of the kind ought to have....
11. grand, adj. and n. View full entry a1400-50
...the Grand: = ‘the Great’ Frenchle grand, la grande as an epithet of a famous person, city, or country. Obs....
12. Gregorian, adj. and n. View full entry 1598
...Of or pertaining to Pope Gregory I (who reigned 590–600); chiefly applied to the ancient system of ritual music, otherwise known as plainchant or plainsong (characterized by free...
13. grip, n.1 View full entry OE
...Firm hold or grasp; the action of gripping, grasping, or clutching; esp. the tight or strained grasp of the hand upon an object (cf. handgrip); also, grasping power....
14. guard, n. View full entry 1412
...Keeping, guardianship, custody, ward. to take guard: to take care. Obs....
15. guide, n. View full entry 1362
...One who leads or shows the way, esp. to a traveller in a strange country; spec. one who is hired to conduct a traveller or tourist (e.g. over a mountain,...
16. illuminati, n. View full entry 1599
...With pl. concord. A name assumed by or applied to various societies or sects because of their claim to special enlightenment in religious, or (later) intellectual, matters....
17. lieutenant, n. View full entry 1377
...One who takes the place of another; usually, an officer civil or military who acts for a superior; a representative, substitute, vicegerent....
18. lodge, n. View full entry 1290
...A small house or dwelling, esp. a temporary one; a hut or booth; a tent, arbour, or the like. Now dial. in specific applications....
19. mark, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A boundary, frontier, or limit. Also: land within or near certain boundaries (cf. march). Obs....
20. mason, n.1 View full entry c1275
...A builder and worker in stone; a person skilled in dressing and laying stone in buildings. Cf. Freemason1....
