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1. beard, n. View full entry c825
...The hair that grows upon the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of an adult man's face; now usually excluding the moustache, or hair of the upper lip....
2. hand, n.1 View full entry c825
...The terminal part of the arm beyond the wrist, consisting of the palm and five digits, forming the organ of prehension characteristic of man. The name is also given to the similar...
3. hyssop, n. View full entry c825
...A small bushy aromatic herb of the genus Hyssopus (N.O. Labiatæ); spec. the common cultivated species H. officinalis, a native of Southern Europe, formerly...
4. lion, n. View full entry c825
...A large carnivorous quadruped, Felis leo, now found native only in Africa and southern Asia, of a tawny or yellowish brown colour, and having a tufted tail. The male is...
5. ox, n. View full entry eOE
...A large cloven-hoofed, often horned ruminant mammal, Bos taurus (family Bovidae), derived from the extinct Eurasian aurochs and long domesticated for its milk, meat, and hide; a cow,...
6. run, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. To go with quick steps on alternate feet, never having both or (in the case of many animals) all feet on the ground at the same time; to make one's...
7. 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...
8. sharp, adj. and n.1 View full entry c825
...Well adapted for cutting or piercing; having a keen edge or point: opposed to blunt....
9. snow, n.1 View full entry c825
...The partially frozen vapour of the atmosphere falling in flakes characterized by their whiteness and lightness; the fall of these flakes, or the layer formed by them on the surface of the...
10. sore, n.1 View full entry c825
...Bodily pain or suffering. Obs....
11. stone, n. View full entry c825
...A piece of rock or hard mineral substance (other than metal) of a small or moderate size....
12. summer, n.1 View full entry c825
...The second and warmest season of the year, coming between spring and autumn; reckoned astronomically from the summer solstice (21 June) to the autumnal equinox (22 or 23 September); in popular use...
13. work, n. View full entry c825
...Something that is or was done; what a person does or did; an act, deed, proceeding, business; in pl. actions, doings (often collectively = 3). arch....
14. work, v. View full entry c825
...warke, dial.wark....
15. worm, n. View full entry c825
...A serpent, snake, dragon. Now only arch....
