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1. 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....
2. 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,...
3. ask, v. View full entry c885
...trans. To call for, call upon (a person or thing personified) to come. Obs....
4. asking, n. View full entry c885
...The action of putting a question, interrogation, inquiry....
5. bare, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c885
...Of the body or its parts: Unclothed, naked, nude....
6. beat, v.1 View full entry c885
...trans. To strike with repeated blows. to beat the breast: i.e. in sign of sorrow....
7. best, adj. and adv. View full entry c888
...Of the highest excellence, excelling all others in quality....
8. 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...
9. by, prep. and adv. View full entry c888
...At the side or edge of; in the vicinity of; near, close to, beside....
10. 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.)...
11. dear, adj.1, n.2, and int. View full entry c888
...Glorious, noble, honourable, worthy. Obs....
12. † ˈdearworth | derworth, adj. View full entry c888
...Worthy of high estimation, highly valuable, precious, costly....
13. 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....
14. deeply, adv. View full entry c888
...To a great or considerable depth; far downwards, inwards, etc. (See 7.)...
15. drink, n. View full entry c888
...Liquid swallowed for assuaging thirst or taken into the system for nourishment. Also fig....
16. 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....
17. earn, v.1 View full entry c888
...trans. To render an equivalent in labour or service for (wages); hence, to obtain or deserve (money, praise, any advantage) as the reward of labour. In early use in wider sense:...
18. 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....
19. fair, adj. and n.2 View full entry c888
...Beautiful to the eye; of pleasing form or appearance; good-looking. Phrases, fair to see (arch.); fair and free (obs. or arch.)....
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...
