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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. bob, n.8 View full entry 1789
...A shilling....
3. brown, adj. View full entry a1000
...Dusky, dark. (Now only poetic, and regarded as transf. from sense 2.)...
4. 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....
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. cowan, n.2 View full entry 1598
...Sc. One who builds dry stone walls (i.e. without mortar); a dry-stone-diker; applied derogatorily to one who does the work of a mason, but has not been regularly apprenticed...
7. deacon, n.1 View full entry c900
...Ecclesiastical. The name of an order of ministers or officers in the Christian church....
8. degree, n. View full entry c1230
...A step in an ascent or descent; one of a flight of steps; a step or rung of a ladder. Obs. (exc. in Heraldry)....
9. den, n.1 View full entry OE
...The lair or habitation of a wild beast....
10. G, n. View full entry 1596
...G. g, g is used to denote anything occupying the seventh place in a series. (Cf. A, B, C, etc.)...
11. 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....
12. 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....
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. jamboˈree, n. View full entry 1868
...A noisy revel; a carousal or spree. orig. U.S.slang....
15. mark, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A boundary, frontier, or limit. Also: land within or near certain boundaries (cf. march). Obs....
16. masonry, n. and adj. View full entry a1425
...Stonework, brickwork; work executed by a mason....
17. master, n.1 and adj. View full entry eOE
...gen. A person (predominantly, a man) having authority, direction or control over the action of another or others; a director, leader, chief, commander; a ruler, governor. Now arch....
18. mystery, n.1 View full entry c1350
...Mystical presence or nature; mystical significance. in (also through) his mystery: in or by its mystical presence or nature. in (a) mystery: mystically, symbolically; with hidden or...
19. order, n. View full entry c1225
...Christian Church. Any of the nine grades of angels, according to medieval angelology. Also: any analogous class of spiritual or demonic beings. Now hist. and poet....
20. pack, n.1 View full entry 1191
...A bundle of things wrapped or tied up together for transport; a bale, package, or parcel; (sometimes) spec. the burden carried on the back of a person or animal....
