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1. better, adj. and adv. (and n.1) View full entry c888
...Of greater excellence, of superior quality....
2. empty, adj. and n. View full entry c897
...Of persons: At leisure, not occupied or engaged. Also, unmarried. Only in Old English....
3. 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...
4. folk, n. View full entry c888
...A people, nation, race, tribe. Obs. exc. arch....
5. free, adj., n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Of a person: not or no longer in servitude or subjection to another; having personal, social, and political rights as a member of a society or state....
6. full, adj., n.3, and adv. View full entry c888
...Having within its limits all it will hold; having no space empty; replete. Const. of (in Old English with gen.) Often with intensive phrases, as full as...
7. great, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c888
...Composed of large particles; coarse of grain or texture. Of diet: Coarse, not delicate. In Old Cookery, applied sometimes to boiled meat in contradistinction to roast. Obs. exc....
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. make, v.1 View full entry eOE
...trans....
10. mid, adj., n.1, and adv.2 View full entry eOE
...(With partitive sense.) (The) middle or midst of; = middle3. Now usu. with hyphen....
11. more, adj., pron., adv., n.3, and prep. View full entry eOE
...As a comparative corresponding in sense to great....
12. mother, n.1 (and int.) View full entry eOE
...The female parent of a human being; a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth; (also, in extended use) a woman who undertakes the responsibilities...
13. narrow, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Small in breadth or width in proportion to length; lacking breadth; constricted....
14. open, adj. View full entry eOE
...Of a door, gate, window, etc.: having the movable part put aside so that there is access or passage through a wall, fence, etc.; not closed or blocked up; (also) unlocked. Of...
15. short, adj., n., and adv. View full entry c888
...Having small longitudinal extent; measuring little along its greatest dimension, or from end to end. Opposed to long....
16. slack, adj. and adv. View full entry c897
...Of persons: Lacking in energy or diligence; inclined to be lazy or idle; remiss, careless; negligent or lax in regard to one's duties....
17. small, adj. and n.2 View full entry eOE
...Of relatively little girth or circumference in comparison with length; not thick, stout, or fleshy; slender, thin. Now regional except with reference to the waist....
18. stem, n.1 View full entry c888
...The main body (usually more or less cylindrical) of the portion above ground of a tree, shrub, or other plant; a trunk, stock, stalk. (Ordinarily implying a greater degree of slenderness than...
19. string, n. View full entry a900
...A line for binding or attaching anything; normally one composed of twisted threads of spun vegetable fibre....
20. that, conj. View full entry c888
...Introducing a subordinate noun clause, as subject, object, or other element of the principal clause, or as complement of a n. or adj., or in apposition to a n. therein....
