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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. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
3. 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....
4. 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,...
5. † aˈwrite, v. View full entry c885
...To write....
6. bare, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c885
...Of the body or its parts: Unclothed, naked, nude....
7. beat, v.1 View full entry c885
...trans. To strike with repeated blows. to beat the breast: i.e. in sign of sorrow....
8. best, adj. and adv. View full entry c888
...Of the highest excellence, excelling all others in quality....
9. blower, n.1 View full entry c897
...gen. One who, or that which, blows. Usually followed by of (the object blown)....
10. 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...
11. ˈbook-craft, n. View full entry c888
...Book-learning, literary skill, literature: book-making, authorship....
12. cleanly, adj. View full entry c888
...Morally or spiritually clean; pure; innocent. Obs....
13. 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.)...
14. craft, n. View full entry c888
...Strength, power, might, force. Obs....
15. death, n. View full entry c888
...The act or fact of dying; the end of life; the final cessation of the vital functions of an animal or plant....
16. deeply, adv. View full entry c888
...To a great or considerable depth; far downwards, inwards, etc. (See 7.)...
17. 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....
18. dwell, v. View full entry c888
...trans. To lead into error, mislead, delude; to stun, stupefy. Obs....
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. † eke, n.1 View full entry c888
...An addition, increase; a piece added on; a supplement. In Old English, A reinforcement (of troops)....
