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1. academic, n. and adj. View full entry lOE
...Philos. Usu. with capital initial. An ancient philosopher of the Academy, the school of Plato and his followers; an adherent of the philosophical school of Plato; a Platonist....
2. † adight, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To compose or write (a letter, etc.). Cf. dightII....
3. 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...
4. anchor, n.1 View full entry c880
...An appliance for holding a ship, etc., fixed in a particular place, by mooring it to the bottom of the sea or river; now consisting of ‘a heavy iron, composed of a...
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. back, n.1 View full entry c885
...properly. The convex surface of the body of persons and vertebrated animals which is adjacent to the spinal axis, and opposite to the belly and most of the special organs. It...
7. balk | baulk, n.1 View full entry c885
...A ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground; e.g. a grave-mound. Obs....
8. bare, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c885
...Of the body or its parts: Unclothed, naked, nude....
9. beat, v.1 View full entry c885
...trans. To strike with repeated blows. to beat the breast: i.e. in sign of sorrow....
10. best, adj. and adv. View full entry c888
...Of the highest excellence, excelling all others in quality....
11. blower, n.1 View full entry c897
...gen. One who, or that which, blows. Usually followed by of (the object blown)....
12. 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...
13. brain, n. View full entry eOE
...The organ contained in the skull of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of soft grey or white tissue with (esp. in mammals) a conspicuously convoluted surface. Also (as a mass noun): the...
14. broke, n. View full entry c888
...That which breaks; affliction, trouble, misery. Only in Old English....
15. clew, n. View full entry c897
...A globular body; a ball (formed by coiling together or conglomeration). Obs....
16. cock, n.1 View full entry c897
...The male of the common domestic fowl, Gallus domesticus, the female being the hen (Often called in U.S., as in Kent, rooster.)...
17. craft, n. View full entry c888
...Strength, power, might, force. Obs....
18. 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....
19. 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....
20. fall, v. View full entry c890
...intr. To drop from a high or relatively high position. Const. †in, into, to, on, upon; also, to the earth...
