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1. African, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...A native or inhabitant of Africa; a person of African origin (contextually = black African(a)black5a); spec. (in local usage) such a person as distinguished from...
2. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
3. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
4. balk | baulk, n.1 View full entry c885
...A ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground; e.g. a grave-mound. Obs....
5. bare, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c885
...Of the body or its parts: Unclothed, naked, nude....
6. beat, v.1 View full entry c885
...trans. To strike with repeated blows. to beat the breast: i.e. in sign of sorrow....
7. board, n. View full entry c897
...A piece of timber sawn thin, and having considerable extent of surface; usually a rectangular piece of much greater length than breadth; a thin plank. Rarely used without the article, as in...
8. delver, n. View full entry c888
...One who delves, as a tiller of the ground, or excavator....
9. dry, adj. and adv. View full entry c888
...Destitute of or free from moisture; not wet or moist; arid; of the eyes, free from tears....
10. dry, v. View full entry c888
...trans. To make dry (e.g. by wiping, rubbing, exposure to heat or air, draining, etc.); to rid, deprive, or exhaust of moisture; to desiccate....
11. ear, v.1 View full entry c888
...trans. To plough, till (the ground); also, to turn up (the ground), to throw up (an object) with a plough....
12. earth, n.1 View full entry eOE
...The ground considered simply as a surface on which human beings, animals, and things associated with them rest or move....
13. empty, adj. and n. View full entry c897
...Of persons: At leisure, not occupied or engaged. Also, unmarried. Only in Old English....
14. fair, adj. and n.2 View full entry c888
...Beautiful to the eye; of pleasing form or appearance; good-looking. Phrases, fair to see (arch.); fair and free (obs. or arch.)....
15. feeding, n. View full entry c897
...The action of feed, in its various senses....
16. fenny, adj.1 View full entry c897
...Of the nature of, or characterized by, fen; boggy, swampy....
17. field, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Open country, esp. as opposed to woodland; a stretch of open land; a plain....
18. floor, n.1 View full entry c888
...The layer of boards, brick, stone, etc. in an apartment, on which people tread; the under surface of the interior of a room. Phr. to mop or wipe the: see...
19. follower, n. View full entry c888
...One who follows (in the literal sense)....
20. free, adj., n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Of a person: not or no longer in servitude or subjection to another; having personal, social, and political rights as a member of a society or state....
