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1. horn, n. View full entry c725
...A non-deciduous excrescence, often curved and pointed, consisting of an epidermal sheath growing about a bony core, on the head of certain mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, antelopes, etc., and serving as...
2. mat, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A piece of a coarse material, usually woven or plaited, used for lying, sitting, or kneeling on, or as a protective covering for floors, walls, etc. Later also: a small rug of...
3. mint, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A piece of money, a coin. Obs....
4. rope, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A length of thick strong cord, made by twisting together strands of hemp, sisal, Manila, cotton, nylon, wire, or other similar material, typically used for pulling a heavy load or for tying...
5. rush, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Any of numerous marsh or waterside plants characterized chiefly by stiff, pithy, or hollow stems, esp. any of those constituting the monocotyledon genus Juncus or (more widely) the...
6. shell, n. View full entry c725
...The calcareous or chitinous outer covering of crustaceans, molluscs, and other invertebrates....
7. ship, n.1 View full entry c725
...A large sea-going vessel (opposed to a boat); spec. (in modern times) a vessel having a bowsprit and three masts, each of which consists of a lower, top,...
8. shoe, n. View full entry c725
...An outer covering for the human foot, normally made of leather (but often of other materials) and consisting of a more or less stiff sole and a lighter upper part. Chiefly in...
9. smelt, n.1 View full entry c725
...A small fish, Osmerus eperlanus, allied to the salmon, and emitting a peculiar odour; the sparling or spirling....
10. sock, n.1 View full entry c725
...A covering for the foot, of the nature of a light shoe, slipper, or pump. Now rare or Obs....
11. south, adv., adj., n., and prep. View full entry eOE
...In the direction of the part of the horizon on the right-hand side of a person facing the rising sun; towards or in the direction of the point or pole on the...
12. sow, n.1 View full entry c725
...The female of swine; an adult or full-grown female pig, esp. a domestic one used for breeding....
13. spear, n.1 View full entry c725
...A thrusting weapon consisting of a stout wooden staff of some length, on which a sharp-pointed head, usually of iron or steel, is socketed or otherwise securely fixed; a lance; also, a...
14. swarm, n. View full entry c725
...A body of bees which at a particular season leave the hive or main stock, gather in a compact mass or cluster, and fly off together in search of a new dwelling-place,...
15. thack, n. View full entry c725
...The roof of a house or building. Obs....
16. toe, n. View full entry c725
...Each of the five digits of the human foot....
17. tooth, n. View full entry c725
...In plural, the hard processes within the mouth, attached (usually in sockets) in a row to each jaw in most vertebrates except birds (but also in some extinct birds), having points, edges,...
18. wife, n. View full entry c725
...A woman: formerly in general sense; in later use restricted to a woman of humble rank or ‘of low employment’ (Johnson), esp. one engaged in the sale of some commodity. Now ...
19. wind, n.1 View full entry c725
...Air in motion; a state of movement in the air; a current of air, of any degree of force perceptible to the senses, occurring naturally in the atmosphere, usually parallel to the...
