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1. communication, n. View full entry a1382
...The fact of having something in common with another person or thing; affinity; congruity. Obs.rare....
2. Freemason, n. View full entry 1376
...A member of a certain class of skilled workers in stone. Now hist. except as merged in sense 2....
3. 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....
4. guard, n. View full entry 1412
...Keeping, guardianship, custody, ward. to take guard: to take care. Obs....
5. 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....
6. 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....
7. mark, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A boundary, frontier, or limit. Also: land within or near certain boundaries (cf. march). Obs....
8. 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....
9. monitorial, adj. View full entry 1725
...Of a letter, communiqué, etc.: warning, admonitory. See monitory1. Obs....
10. 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...
11. 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....
12. 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....
13. † pass-master, n. View full entry 1599
...= passed masterrare....
14. patrol, n. View full entry 1650
...A person or group of people that goes round or about an area at regular intervals for the purpose of keeping watch and guarding or protecting it; esp. a detachment...
15. ranger, n.1 View full entry 1327
...Originally: a forester, a gamekeeper. Subsequently: a keeper of a royal park (also as an honorary title). Now esp.: a warden of a national or state park or forest; cf....
16. rosebud, n. View full entry a1500
...The bud of a rose; the flower of a rose before it opens. Also fig....
17. roughmason, n. View full entry 1379-80
...A mason who undertakes work requiring less skill or experience than that of a Freemason (Freemason1)....
18. rover, n.2 View full entry 1511
...Archery. An arbitrarily selected mark at an unknown distance from the archer, esp. as used to provide practice in range-finding and long-distance shooting. Hence also in later use: a mark for...
19. royal, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Befitting or appropriate to a monarch, esp. in quality, size, or ostentation; stately, magnificent, splendid, imposing....
20. sea, n. View full entry c825
...The continuous body of salt water that covers the greater part of the earth's surface. Often poet. with epithet as broad, deep (see deep1...
