Browse dictionary
Showing 1-20 of 333 results in 333 entries
1. aldern, adj. and n. View full entry OE
...Of alder (the tree or the wood)....
2. ankle | ancle, n. View full entry c1000
...The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the slender part of the leg between this joint and the calf....
3. B, n. View full entry c1000
...The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth, whence also its form...
4. bake, v. View full entry c1000
...trans. To cook by dry heat acting by conduction, and not by radiation, hence either in a closed place (oven, ashes, etc.), or on a heated surface (bakestone, griddle, live coals);...
5. barefoot, adj. and adv. View full entry c1000
...With the feet bare or naked, without shoes or stockings on:...
6. bear, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A heavily-built, thick-furred plantigrade quadruped, of the genus Ursus; belonging to the Carnivora, but having teeth partly adapted to a vegetable diet. ...
7. beath, v. View full entry c1000
...To foment, bathe with warm liquid....
8. ˈbeathing, n. View full entry c1000
...Fomentation; the heating of wood in order to render it flexible....
9. beaver, n.1 View full entry c1000
...An amphibious rodent, distinguished by its broad, oval, horizontally-flattened, scaly tail, palmated hind feet, coat of soft fur, and hard incisor teeth with which it cuts down trees; remarkable for its skill...
10. bee, n.2 View full entry c1009
...A ring or torque of metal, usually meant for the arm or neck; but in one case at least used of a finger-ring. Obs....
11. beechen, adj. View full entry c1000
...Of, pertaining to, or derived from the beech....
12. bench, n. View full entry OE
...A long seat, with or without a back, usually of wood, but also of stone, etc. ‘Distinguished from a stool by its greater length’ (Johnson)....
13. bend, n.2 View full entry c1000
...A thin flat strip adapted to bind round....
14. berry, n.1 View full entry c1000
...Any small globular, or ovate juicy fruit, not having a stone; in Old English chiefly applied to the grape; in mod. popular use, embracing the gooseberry, raspberry, bilberry, and their congeners, as...
15. beˈsee, v. View full entry c1000
...intr. To look about, to look (in any direction); to see. Obs....
16. † beˈwork, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To work round about, to surround....
17. binder, n. View full entry OE
...gen. One who binds. (See senses of the verb.)...
18. bit, n.2 View full entry c1000
...The portion of food bitten off at once; as much as is taken in the mouth at once; a mouthful; = bite4. Obs....
19. bite, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To cut into, pierce, or nip (anything) with the teeth....
20. † biˈweve, v.1 View full entry c1000
...trans. To wrap up, envelop, clothe....
