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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. afford, v. View full entry OE
...To further, advance; to promote the well-being of (a person or thing); to perform, carry out (a task, order, etc.); to accomplish. Obs....
3. † again-, comb. form View full entry OE
...Against, in opposition to. Also: opposite (rare)....
4. as, adv. and conj. View full entry OE
...Of quantity or degree: in that degree, to that extent (in or to which). Obs....
5. 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. ...
6. 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...
7. 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...
8. 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...
9. bridge, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A structure forming or carrying a road over a river, a ravine, etc., or affording passage between two points at a height above the ground....
10. claw, v. View full entry c1000
...trans. To scratch or tear with the claws, or (transf.) with the nails or a pointed instrument....
11. E, n.1 View full entry c1000
...simply....
12. F, n. View full entry c1000
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
13. fetch, v. View full entry c1000
...trans. To go in quest of, and convey or conduct back. The first part of the notion is often additionally expressed by go or come....
14. flying, adj. View full entry c1000
...That moves through the air with wings. Sometimes with distinguishing word prefixed, as high-flying...
15. food, n. View full entry OE
...Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink in order to maintain life and growth; nourishment, provisions. ...
16. fore-, prefix View full entry c1000
...In verbs, ppl. adjs., agent-nouns and nouns of action. (Stress on the verb.)...
17. goldsmith, n. View full entry c1000
...A worker in gold; one who fashions gold into jewels, ornaments, articles of plate, etc....
18. handle, v.1 View full entry c1000
...trans. To subject to the action of the hand or hands: in earlier use, esp., to touch or feel with the hands, to pass the hand over, stroke with...
19. health, n. View full entry c1000
...Soundness of body; that condition in which its functions are duly and efficiently discharged....
20. hire, n. View full entry c1000
...Payment contracted to be made for the temporary use of anything. (In Old English, esp. for money lent; usury, interest.) to be or have on hire, to let (†put,...
