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1. bed, n. View full entry c995
...A permanent structure or arrangement for sleeping on, or for the sake of rest. In some form or other it constitutes a regular article of household furniture in civilized life, as well...
2. dicky | dickey, n. View full entry 1753
...Naut. (See quot. 1867.)...
3. mango, n.1 (and adj.) View full entry 1582
...The fruit of the mango tree (see sense 2), a sweet orange-fleshed drupe which is much eaten as dessert, especially in the tropics, and is used in its unripe state...
4. marriage, n. View full entry c1300
...The condition of being a husband or wife; the relation between persons married to each other; matrimony....
5. pani, n. View full entry 1816
...Water. Also occas. (now rare): spec. rain....
6. soft, adj. View full entry c1000
...Producing agreeable or pleasant sensations; characterized by ease and quiet enjoyment; of a calm or placid nature....
7. use, v. View full entry a1250
...trans. To celebrate, keep, or observe (a religious rite); spec. to partake of or receive (the Eucharist). Now rare (chiefly hist.)....
8. void, adj. and n.1 View full entry c1290
...Of a see, benefice, etc.: Having no incumbent, holder, or possessor; unoccupied, vacant....
