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1. breast-board, n. View full entry 1652
...The earth-board or mould-board of a plough....
2. clearer, n. View full entry 1599
...One who or that which clears (in various senses of the vb.)....
3. cordelier, n. View full entry c1400
...A Franciscan friar of the strict rule: so called from the knotted cord which they wear round the waist....
4. ebauchoir, n. View full entry
...A large chisel used by sculptors to rough-hew their work....
5. fluff, v.1 View full entry 1859
...trans.Leather Manuf. (See quot. 1882) Cf. buff1....
6. haul, n. View full entry 1670
...The act of hauling; a pull, a tug; spec. the draught of a fishing-net....
7. lay, v.1 View full entry c888
...trans. To bring or cast down from an erect position (in Old English often, to strike down, slay); †fig. to cast down, abase, humble. Now only with complement denoting...
8. long, adj.1 and n. View full entry c888
...Great in measurement from end to end. Said of a line, of distance, a journey; also, of a portion of space or a material object with reference to its greatest dimension. Opposed...
9. loper, n. View full entry 1483
...A leaper, dancer. Obs....
10. mail, n.3 View full entry c1330
...Any of the metal rings (or plates) of which mail-armour is composed; also fig.Obs....
11. pointing, n.1 View full entry 1374-5
...Building. The action of filling exterior joints in brickwork, masonry, etc. (see point1a). Also: the facing or filling applied in this way....
12. ramie, n. and adj. View full entry 1817
...The herbaceous plant Boehmeria nivea (family Urticaceae), originating in tropical Asia and widely cultivated for its valuable fibre; also called China grass, grass-cloth plant,...
13. reaching, n.1 View full entry OE
...The action of reach (in various senses); an instance of this. Also with out, up....
14. ready, adj., adv., int., and n. View full entry c1200
...With infinitive....
15. reel, n.1 View full entry OE
...A device on to which yarn or thread is wound during production or processing and from which it may easily be wound off; a yarn-winder. Also fig. Cf. swift...
16. register, n.1 View full entry 1395
...(A name given to) the epistles of Gregory the Great. Obs....
17. register, v. View full entry a1393
...trans....
18. registered, adj. and n. View full entry 1572
...Recorded; officially set down, esp. in a book or list....
19. register plate, n. View full entry 1688
...A plate on a barometer marked with a scale of atmospheric pressure and the supposed weather conditions corresponding to different pressures. Now hist....
20. resplice, v. View full entry 1831
...trans. To splice again (in various senses)....
