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1. aback, adv. View full entry OE
...In a backward direction; to or towards the rear; back. Also fig. and in extended use: from the scene of action, away, to a distance; to a former place or...
2. acre, n. View full entry OE
...A plot or piece of land, a field; spec. a piece of tilled or arable land. Now arch. and in proper names, as Long Acre....
3. boatswain, n. View full entry OE
...A ship's officer in charge of equipment (in a sailing ship, esp. the sails, rigging, cables, etc.) and the work of the crew on deck. Cf. bosun...
4. hog, n.1 View full entry OE
...A domestic pig reared for slaughter; spec. a castrated male pig. Also more widely: any domestic pig. Cf. pig1a....
5. merry, v. View full entry OE
...intr. To be merry or (formerly) pleasant; to act or play merrily. Now chiefly literary and fig. (esp. of the weather, nature, etc.)....
6. mind, n.1 View full entry OE
...The state of being remembered; remembrance, recollection. Chiefly in phrases....
7. miss, v.1 View full entry OE
...intr. To go wrong, make a mistake, err. In Old English impers. with dative of person. In later use (occas.) refl. (Eng. regional). Now also...
8. mould | mold, n.2 View full entry OE
...The top or dome of the head. Also: a fontanelle on an infant's head. Cf. head-mould-shot...
9. nothing, pron., and n., adv., and int. View full entry OE
...Not any (material or immaterial) thing; nought....
10. October, n. View full entry OE
...The tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendar, containing 31 days and falling between September and November....
11. out, v. View full entry OE
...trans....
12. over, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To make higher, exalt; to make later, delay, put off. Obs....
13. paradise, n. View full entry OE
...The abode of Adam and Eve before the Fall in the biblical account of the Creation; the Garden of Eden....
14. pear, n. View full entry OE
...The fleshy edible fruit (a pome) of the tree Pyrus communis (see sense 2a), typically having a broad base and tapering or constricted towards the stalk. Also (usu....
15. pine, n.2 View full entry OE
...Any of the numerous evergreen coniferous trees and shrubs of north temperate regions constituting the genus Pinus (family Pinaceae), having long needle-like leaves in clusters of usually two,...
16. pot, n.1 View full entry OE
...A relatively deep vessel (typically with a cylindrical or otherwise rounded body and made of earthenware, metal, plastic, etc.) used chiefly to hold a liquid or solid substance....
17. pull, v. View full entry OE
...trans....
18. rat, n.1 View full entry OE
...Any rodent of the genus Rattus and related genera of the family Muridae, resembling a large mouse, often with a naked or sparsely haired tail; esp....
19. rattle, n.1 View full entry OE
...Any of several plants of the related genera Rhinanthus and Pedicularis (family Orobanchaceae), which have seeds that rattle in the capsule when ripe and are chiefly...
20. root, n.1 View full entry OE
...The persistent underground part of a plant (see sense 2) used for eating or (esp. formerly) as a source of medicine. Now esp.: the fleshy and enlarged root...
