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1. blood, n. (and int.) View full entry eOE
...The red fluid flowing in the arteries, capillaries, and veins of humans and other vertebrates, carrying oxygen and nutrients to, and carbon dioxide and waste metabolites away from, the organs and tissues...
2. broad, adj., n.1, and adv. View full entry 971
...Extended in the direction measured from side to side; wide. Opposed to narrow....
3. child, n. View full entry c950
...The unborn or newly born human being; fœtus, infant. App. originally always used in relation to the mother as the ‘fruit of the womb’....
4. field, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Open country, esp. as opposed to woodland; a stretch of open land; a plain....
5. heaven, n. View full entry eOE
...The expanse in which the sun, moon, and stars are seen, (esp. in earlier use) regarded as having the appearance of a vast vault arched over the earth; the sky, the firmament....
6. 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...
7. 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...
8. rope, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A length of thick strong cord, made by twisting together strands of hemp, sisal, Manila, cotton, nylon, wire, or other similar material, typically used for pulling a heavy load or for tying...
9. sib, adj. and n.2 View full entry c950
...Related by blood or descent; akin. Now chiefly Sc. or arch., but also used spec. of canaries (see quot. 1882)....
10. soul, n. View full entry eOE
...The condition or attribute of life in humans or animals; animate existence; this viewed as a possession of which one is deprived by death. Obs....
11. 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...
12. woman, n. View full entry eOE
...An adult female human being. The counterpart of man (see man4.)....
13. word, n. and int. View full entry eOE
...As a count noun (usu. in sing.)....
