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1. Adam, n.1 View full entry OE
...The first human in the biblical account of the creation of the world, as a symbol of humanity or human nature, esp. of the state of sin into which, according to traditional...
2. altar, n. View full entry eOE
...A block, table, stand, or other raised structure with a flat top used as the focus for a religious ritual, especially for making sacrifices or offerings to a god or gods....
3. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
4. arrow, n. View full entry a835
...A slender pointed missile shot from a bow, usually feathered and barbed. Sometimes also applied to the bolts, or quarrels, with thickened heads, discharged from the cross-bow....
5. 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....
6. bread, n. View full entry c950
...(Only in Old English) Bit, piece, morsel (of food). See above in Etymology....
7. Christendom, n. View full entry c893
...The state or condition of being Christian; = Christianity3to take Christendom: to accept Christianity, become Christian; see also 4....
8. fleet, n.2 View full entry c893
...A place where water flows; an arm of the sea; a creek, inlet, run of water....
9. floor, n.1 View full entry c888
...The layer of boards, brick, stone, etc. in an apartment, on which people tread; the under surface of the interior of a room. Phr. to mop or wipe the: see...
10. four, adj. and n. View full entry OE
...In concord with n. expressed....
11. gospel, n. View full entry c950
...‘The glad tidings (of the kingdom of God)’ announced to the world by Jesus Christ. Hence, the body of religious doctrine taught by Christ and His apostles; the Christian revelation, religion or...
12. hall, n.1 View full entry 971
...A large place covered by a roof; in early times applied to any spacious roofed place, without or with subordinate chambers attached; a temple, palace, court, royal residence. Obs. in...
13. 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...
14. home, adv. View full entry eOE
...To or towards one's home, house, or abode; to the place, region, or country where one lives....
15. 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...
16. 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...
17. knell, v. View full entry c950
...trans. To strike with a resounding blow, to knock; also absol.Obs....
18. lane, n.1 View full entry 971
...A narrow way between hedges or banks; a narrow road or street between houses or walls; a bye-way. blind lane, turn-again lane: a cul-de-sac (see also quot. ...
19. leek, n. View full entry eOE
...A culinary herb, Allium Porrum (family Liliaceæ), allied to the onion, but differing from it in having the bulbous part cylindrical and the leaves flat and broad....
20. lick, v. View full entry a1000
...trans....
