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1. acceptance, n. View full entry 1528-30
...Law. An agreement to abide by the act or contract of another, such as a predecessor in an office, by some act which amounts to a recognition or approval of it,...
2. Adam, n.1 View full entry OE
...The first human in the biblical account of the creation of the world, as a symbol of humanity or human nature, esp. of the state of sin into which, according to traditional...
3. Alsatia, n. View full entry 1676
...orig. cant. The precinct of Whitefriars in London, where debtors and criminals were immune from arrest. Now hist....
4. altar, n. View full entry eOE
...A block, table, stand, or other raised structure with a flat top used as the focus for a religious ritual, especially for making sacrifices or offerings to a god or gods....
5. 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,...
6. arrow, n. View full entry a835
...A slender pointed missile shot from a bow, usually feathered and barbed. Sometimes also applied to the bolts, or quarrels, with thickened heads, discharged from the cross-bow....
7. Babylonian, n. and adj. View full entry 1534
...A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Babylon (now in Iraq), or the ancient Babylonian Empire. hist....
8. bauble, n. View full entry c1320
...An instrument consisting of a stick with a mass of lead fixed or suspended at one end, used for weighing, and apparently for other purposes. Forms: babyll(e, babulle,...
9. beard, n. View full entry c825
...The hair that grows upon the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of an adult man's face; now usually excluding the moustache, or hair of the upper lip....
10. brass, n. View full entry c1000
...Historically: The general name for all alloys of copper with tin or zinc (and occasionally other base metals). To distinguish alloys of copper and tin, the name bronze has...
11. brave, adj., n., and int. View full entry 1568
...Of persons and their attributes: Courageous, daring, intrepid, stout-hearted (as a good quality)....
12. bread, n. View full entry c950
...(Only in Old English) Bit, piece, morsel (of food). See above in Etymology....
13. buskin, n. View full entry 1503
...Originally: a calf-high or knee-high boot or covering for the foot and leg, typically made from cloth or leather; a half-boot. Later in pl. (chiefly regional): gaiters, leggings....
14. bust, n.2 View full entry a1660
...The part of a sculpture representing the torso, esp. that of a larger ancient Greek or Roman statue. Obs. (but cf. sense 2a)....
15. campus, n. View full entry 1774
...The grounds of a college or university; the open space between or around the buildings; a separate part of a university. Hence allusively, university or college life or people. Also attrib....
16. Capitol, n. View full entry a1387
...The temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, on the Saturnian or Tarpeian (later called Capitoline) Hill at Rome, the smallest of its seven hills; the hill itself. Also more generally: any citadel on...
17. Cassandra, n. View full entry 1670
...The name of a daughter of Priam, sought in love by Apollo, who gave her the gift of prophecy; when she deceived him he ordained that no one should believe her prophecies,...
18. Castalia | Castalie | Castaly, n. View full entry 1591
...Proper name of a spring on Mount Parnassus, sacred to the Muses; often used allusively....
19. Cerberus, n. View full entry c1386
...In Greek and Latin mythology the proper name of the watch-dog which guarded the entrance of the infernal regions, represented as having three heads. Used allusively, esp. in phrase, to give...
20. Charon, n. View full entry a1522
...In Greek and Latin mythology the name of the ferryman who conveyed the shades of the departed across the Styx; often used allusively....
