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1. brown, adj. View full entry a1000
...Dusky, dark. (Now only poetic, and regarded as transf. from sense 2.)...
2. communication, n. View full entry a1382
...The fact of having something in common with another person or thing; affinity; congruity. Obs.rare....
3. 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....
4. 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.)...
5. 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....
6. 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....
7. guard, n. View full entry 1412
...Keeping, guardianship, custody, ward. to take guard: to take care. Obs....
8. 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,...
9. 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....
10. mark, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A boundary, frontier, or limit. Also: land within or near certain boundaries (cf. march). Obs....
11. markman, n. View full entry 1562
...= marksman2a. Obs....
12. 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....
13. masoness, n. View full entry 1833
...A female Freemason....
14. Masonship, n. View full entry 1833
...The fact or condition of being a Freemason....
15. 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....
16. merit, n. View full entry c1230
...Theol. The quality (in actions or persons) of being entitled to reward from God....
17. monitorial, adj. View full entry 1725
...Of a letter, communiqué, etc.: warning, admonitory. See monitory1. Obs....
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. operative, adj. and n. View full entry ?a1425
...Characterized by operating or working; being in operation or force; (also) exerting force or influence, or active in producing or having the power to produce effects; productive of something....
20. 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....
