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1. 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....
2. anthrax, n. View full entry a1398
...A carbuncle, or malignant boil....
3. artificial, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a thing: made or constructed by human skill, esp. in imitation of, or as a substitute for, something which is made or occurs naturally; man-made....
4. blanch, v.1 View full entry 1398
...trans. To make white, whiten: chiefly, in mod. use, by depriving of colour; to bleach. Also fig....
5. bud, n.1 View full entry 1398
...Bot. A little projection found at the axil of a leaf, composed of scales, which are small leaves, and forming the rudiment of a branch, cluster of leaves, or blossom. Hence,...
6. bud, v.1 View full entry 1398
...intr....
7. budding, n.1 View full entry 1398
...The action of putting forth buds, sprouting; concr. buds collectively....
8. bunch, v.2 View full entry 1398
...intr....
9. buprestis, n. View full entry 1398
...An unidentified insect of the ancients, very harmful to cattle; ‘perhaps of the genus Mylabris’ (Kirby and Spence)....
10. cane, n.1 View full entry 1398
...The hollow jointed ligneous stem of various giant reeds or grasses, as Bamboo and Sugar cane, and the solid stem of some of the more slender palms, esp. the genus Calamus...
11. cinnamon, n. View full entry 1398
...The inner bark of an East Indian tree (see 2), dried in the sun, in rolls or ‘quills’, and used as a spice. It is of a characteristic yellowish brown...
12. clod, n. View full entry 1398
...A mass formed by the coagulation of anything liquid, esp. blood. Obs. (now clot)...
13. close, adj. and adv. View full entry a1387
...gen. Closed, shut; having no part left open. Often as complement of predicate, as in to shut close. (Cf. B. 1.)...
14. cock, n.2 View full entry 1398
...A conical heap of produce or material....
15. conservation, n. View full entry a1398
...The action or process of conserving; preservation of life, health, perfection, etc.; (also) preservation from destructive influences, natural decay, or waste....
16. conservator, n. View full entry a1402
...An officer appointed to conserve or manage something; a keeper, administrator, trustee of some organization, interest, right, or resource; a member of a conservancy. Freq. in official or descriptive titles...
17. ˈcornland | corn-land, n. View full entry a1387
...Land appropriated to, or suitable for, the cultivation of corn....
18. count, v. View full entry a1387
...To tell over one by one, to assign to (individual objects in a collection) the numerals one, two, three, etc. so as to ascertain their number; to number, enumerate; to reckon, reckon...
19. cycle, n.1 View full entry 1387
...Astron. A circle or orbit in the heavens....
20. dewlap, n. View full entry 1398
...The fold of loose skin which hangs from the throat of cattle....
