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1. basket, n. View full entry a1300
...A vessel of wickerwork, made of plaited osiers, cane, rushes, bast, or other materials....
2. cake, n. View full entry c1230
...As name of an object, with plural: A baked mass of bread or substance of similar kind, distinguished from a loaf or other ordinary bread, either by its form or by its...
3. Christian, adj. and n. View full entry 1285
...Of persons and communities: Believing, professing, or belonging to the religion of Christ....
4. cloven, adj. View full entry ?c1200
...Divided lengthwise; split....
5. commandment, n. View full entry c1250
...An authoritative order or injunction; a precept given by authority. (arch.)...
6. cuckold, n.1 View full entry a1250
...A derisive name for the husband of an unfaithful wife....
7. curtain, n.1 View full entry a1300
...A piece of cloth or similar material suspended by the top so as to admit of being withdrawn sideways, and serving as a screen or hanging for purposes of use or ornament;...
8. fool, n.1 and adj. View full entry ?c1225
...One deficient in judgement or sense, one who acts or behaves stupidly, a silly person, a simpleton. (In Biblical use applied to vicious or impious persons.)...
9. franklin, n.1 View full entry 1297
...A freeman. Obs....
10. Ironside, n. View full entry 1297
...sing. A name given to a man of great hardihood or bravery; spec. in Eng. Hist. (Ironside) to Edmund II king of England (a.d...
11. legion, n. View full entry c1275
...Roman Hist. A body of infantry in the Roman army, composed of different numbers at different periods, ranging from 3,000 in early times to 6,000 under Marius, and combined usually with...
12. lime, v.1 View full entry a1225
...trans. To cement. Chiefly fig....
13. lump, n.1 View full entry a1300
...A compact mass of no particular shape; a shapeless piece or mass; often with implication of excessive size, protuberant outline, or clumsiness. Also ellipt., = lump of sugar....
14. lusty, adj. View full entry a1225
...Of persons and their attributes: Joyful, merry, jocund; cheerful, lively. Obs....
15. May Day, n.1 View full entry 1267-8
...The first day of May, traditionally an occasion for springtime festivities, and later also designated a holiday in honour of working people in many countries (also known outside North America as ...
16. minor, adj. and n. View full entry c1230
...Used chiefly as postmodifier....
17. multure, n. View full entry ?a1300
...A toll consisting of a proportion of the grain carried or of the flour made, paid to the proprietor or tenant of a mill, usually in return for grinding corn. Also: the...
18. oil, n.1 View full entry 1221
...As a mass noun: any of a number of liquids of natural or artificial origin which have a smooth, sticky, unctuous, feel and are insoluble in water (but soluble in organic solvents),...
19. ostrich, n. and adj. View full entry a1250
...A very large, swift-running, flightless bird, Struthio camelus, with a long, almost bare neck and long legs with two toes on each foot, inhabiting open, semi-arid areas of Africa and...
20. physician, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A person who is trained and qualified to practise medicine; esp. one who practises medicine as opposed to surgery....
