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1. body, n. View full entry eOE
...The complete physical form of a person or animal; the assemblage of parts, organs, and tissues that constitutes the whole material organism....
2. canonic, adj. and n. View full entry a1000
...Authorized by, or according to, ecclesiastical canons; = canonical1....
3. draw, v. View full entry c950
...trans. To cause (anything) to move toward oneself by the application of force; to pull....
4. field, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Open country, esp. as opposed to woodland; a stretch of open land; a plain....
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. ghost, n. View full entry a800
...The soul or spirit, as the principle of life; also ghost of life. Obs. exc. in phrase to give up (†earlier to give, give away,:...
7. ground, n. View full entry c725
...Of the sea, a well, ditch, etc., and of hell; rarely of heaven. (Cf. bottom3) Obs....
8. heap, n. View full entry c725
...A collection of things lying one upon another so as to form an elevated mass often roughly conical in form. (A heap of things placed regularly one above another is more distinctively...
9. hook, n.1 View full entry a700
...A length of metal, or piece of wood or other material, bent back, or fashioned with a sharp angle, often forming a part of something, as a pole, chain, etc., adapted for...
10. I, n.1 View full entry c975
...Illustrations of the literary use of the letter:...
11. I, pron. and n.2 View full entry eOE
...Used by the speaker or writer referring to himself or herself....
12. law, n.1 View full entry a1000
...The body of rules, whether proceeding from formal enactment or from custom, which a particular state or community recognizes as binding on its members or subjects. (In this sense usually the...
13. liar, n. View full entry c950
...One who lies or tells a falsehood; an untruthful person. I'm a liar, (in trivial use) I am mistaken....
14. life, n. View full entry eOE
...The condition, quality, or fact of being a living person or animal; human or animal existence. Cf. soul1. ...
15. manifold, adj. and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Varied or diverse in appearance, form, or character; having various forms, features, component parts, relations, applications, etc.; performing several functions at once; †complex, difficult (obs.). Now chiefly literary....
16. many, adj., pron., and n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Used distributively with a singular noun or pronoun (formerly sometimes with plural concord)....
17. mark, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A boundary, frontier, or limit. Also: land within or near certain boundaries (cf. march). Obs....
18. mid, adj., n.1, and adv.2 View full entry eOE
...(With partitive sense.) (The) middle or midst of; = middle3. Now usu. with hyphen....
19. middle, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating that member of a group or series, or that part of a whole, so situated as to have the same number of members or parts on each side of it: said...
20. name, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...A proper noun; a word or phrase constituting the individual designation by which a particular person or thing is known, referred to, or addressed....
