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1. airy, adj. View full entry a1398
...Of or belonging to the air, esp. as distinguished from the earth, water, etc.; living or located in the air....
2. animal, n. View full entry a1398
...A living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and a nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli; any living creature, including man....
3. bleating, n. View full entry 1398
...The crying of a sheep, goat, or calf; also contemptuously said of human utterances....
4. bum, n.1 View full entry a1387
...‘The buttocks, the part on which we sit’ (Johnson); the posteriors....
5. clod, n. View full entry 1398
...A mass formed by the coagulation of anything liquid, esp. blood. Obs. (now clot)...
6. clyster, n. View full entry 1398
...A medicine injected into the rectum, to empty or cleanse the bowels, to afford nutrition, etc.; an injection, enema; sometimes, a suppository....
7. idea, n. View full entry a1398
...In Platonic philosophy: an abstract or eternally existing pattern or archetype of any kind of thing, in relation to which particular things are conceived as imperfect copies or approximations, and often as...
8. litter, v. View full entry 1398
...trans. To carry in a litter. Obs.rare....
9. marmoset, n. View full entry a1398
...Originally: any small monkey. Subsequently: any of several small tropical Central and South American monkeys which together with tamarins constitute the family Callitricidae; esp. one of the genus...
10. mastiff, n. View full entry a1387
...A breed of large, powerful dog with a broad head, drooping ears, and pendulous lips, used as a guard dog and for fighting; a dog of this breed. Also mastiff dog...
11. moderate, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of medium or middling quality, size, or extent; average in intensity, difficulty, or degree; fairly large or good; intermediate. Later also depreciative (esp. in very moderate): of limited...
12. moderator, n. View full entry a1398
...A ruler, governor, director. Also fig.Obs....
13. motion, n. View full entry a1387
...Political agitation, civil unrest; (hence) an uprising or revolt. Obs....
14. object, n. View full entry a1398
...Originally: something placed before or presented to the eyes or other senses. Now (more generally): a material thing that can be seen and touched....
15. ordinary, adj. and adv. View full entry a1402
...Law. Of a judge: having regular jurisdiction, i.e. exercising authority by virtue of office and not by special deputation; esp. empowered ex officio to take jurisdiction of...
16. overgrown, adj. View full entry a1398
...That has grown too much; too big, abnormally large, of excessive size....
17. pastor, n. View full entry a1387
...A person who has the spiritual care of a body of Christians, as a bishop, priest, minister, etc.; spec. a minister in charge of a church or congregation, esp. (in...
18. piss, n. View full entry a1387
...Urine, esp. evacuated urine....
19. poesy, n. View full entry a1387
...A poetic composition; a poem. In early use also: an inventive or imaginative composition....
20. pope-holy, adj. and n. View full entry a1387
...Characterized by a show or pretence of piety or holiness; sanctimonious, hypocritical. Now arch. and rare....
