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1. anchor, n.1 View full entry c880
...An appliance for holding a ship, etc., fixed in a particular place, by mooring it to the bottom of the sea or river; now consisting of ‘a heavy iron, composed of a...
2. angle, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Originally: a fish hook. In later use also: the apparatus used for fishing in combination with this, as a line, rod, etc. Cf. angle-hook...
3. back, n.1 View full entry c885
...properly. The convex surface of the body of persons and vertebrated animals which is adjacent to the spinal axis, and opposite to the belly and most of the special organs. It...
4. balk | baulk, n.1 View full entry c885
...A ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground; e.g. a grave-mound. Obs....
5. bare, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c885
...Of the body or its parts: Unclothed, naked, nude....
6. bark, v.1 View full entry c885
...intr. To utter a sharp explosive cry. (Orig. of dogs, hence of other animals, and spec. of foxes at rutting-time.) Const. at (on, upon...
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. 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. brain, n. View full entry eOE
...The organ contained in the skull of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of soft grey or white tissue with (esp. in mammals) a conspicuously convoluted surface. Also (as a mass noun): the...
10. bridle, v. View full entry c888
...trans. To put a bridle on (a horse), to furnish with a bridle; also (obs.), to guide or control with a bridle....
11. 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.)...
12. cudgel, n. View full entry c897
...A short thick stick used as a weapon; a club....
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. dint, n. View full entry c897
...A stroke or blow; esp. one given with a weapon in fighting, etc.; = dent1. Obs. or blending with 3....
15. 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....
16. † eke, n.1 View full entry c888
...An addition, increase; a piece added on; a supplement. In Old English, A reinforcement (of troops)....
17. eldest, adj. View full entry c897
...Of persons or things: Most aged, farthest advanced in age. Also absol. quasi-Obs. in general sense: replaced by oldest...
18. 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...
19. fast, adj. View full entry c888
...Firmly fixed in its place; not easily moved or shaken; settled, stable. Obs. or arch. exc. as said predicatively of something fixed as in a socket (e.g....
20. fastness, n. View full entry c888
...The quality or state of being firmly fixed; fixedness, stability. †Also, firm attachment....
