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1. brass, n. View full entry c1000
...Historically: The general name for all alloys of copper with tin or zinc (and occasionally other base metals). To distinguish alloys of copper and tin, the name bronze has...
2. church key, n. View full entry c1175
...Freq. in pl....
3. inn, n. View full entry c1000
...A dwelling-place, habitation, abode, lodging; a house (in relation to its inhabitant)....
4. Israel, n. View full entry c1000
...The people descended from Israel or Jacob, the ‘children of Israel’ collectively; the Jewish or Hebrew nation or people....
5. Mars, n.1 View full entry OE
...(The name of) the god of war of the ancient Romans, ranking in importance next to Jupiter, and identified from an early period with the Greek god Ares. Also fig.:...
6. open, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To move or turn (a door, gate, window, tap, etc.) away from its closed position so as to allow passage or access. Also in figurative context....
7. Q, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
8. seven sleepers, n. View full entry c1000
...Seven youths of Ephesus said to have hidden in a cave during the Decian persecution and to have slept there for several hundred years....
9. turn, v. View full entry c1000
...trans. To cause to move round on an axis or about a centre; to cause to rotate or revolve, as a wheel....
10. watering, n. View full entry c1000
...The action of carrying water. Obs....
11. Z, n. View full entry c1000
...The letter, or its sound....
