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1. academic, n. and adj. View full entry lOE
...Philos. Usu. with capital initial. An ancient philosopher of the Academy, the school of Plato and his followers; an adherent of the philosophical school of Plato; a Platonist....
2. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
3. bar, n.1 View full entry c1175
...gen. A straight piece of wood, metal, or other rigid material, long in proportion to its thickness....
4. barley, n. View full entry 1124
...A hardy awned cereal (genus Hordeum), cultivated in all parts of the world; used partly as food, and largely (in Britain and the United States, mainly) in the preparation of...
5. † ˈblanchet, n. View full entry c1175
...White flour or powder for the face....
6. breaker, n.1 View full entry c1175
...One who breaks, crushes, or destroys; so breaker off, etc.; and with defining n. as housebreaker, ship-breaker, etc., q.v....
7. cardinal, n. View full entry 1125
...One of the seventy ecclesiastical princes (six cardinal bishops, fifty cardinal priests, and fourteen cardinal deacons) who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college, and to whom the right of electing...
8. chequer | checker, n.1 View full entry 1178
...A chess-board; a square board divided into 64 small squares, coloured alternately dark and light. Obs....
9. cony | coney, n. View full entry a1200
...A rabbit: formerly the proper and ordinary name, but now superseded in general use by rabbit, which was originally a name for the young only....
10. court, n.1 View full entry 1154
...A clear space enclosed by walls or surrounded by buildings; a yard, a court-yard; e.g. that surrounding a castle, or that left for the sake of light, etc. in the...
11. crook, v.1 View full entry c1175
...trans. To bend into an angular or curved form; to distort from a straight line; to curve....
12. die, v.1 View full entry c1135
...intr. To lose life, cease to live, suffer death; to expire....
13. empress, n.1 View full entry 1154
...The consort of an emperor. Also, a female sovereign having the rank equivalent to that of an emperor....
14. ermine, n. View full entry a1200
...An animal of the weasel tribe (Mustela Erminea), an inhabitant of northern countries, called in England a stoat, whose fur is reddish brown in summer, but in winter...
15. fruit, n. View full entry c1175
...Vegetable products in general, that are fit to be used as food by men and animals. Now usually in pl. Also fruits of the earth or the....
16. gatherer, n. View full entry a1200
...One who gathers or collects (in general senses). Also gatherer up....
17. gem, v. View full entry c1150
...intr. To put forth buds; to bud....
18. greening, n.1 View full entry a1200
...The process of making something green or imparting a green colour, esp. to vegetables or other food. Cf. green2a. Now rare....
19. hanging, adj. (and prep.) View full entry c1170
...Supported above, and not below; suspended, pendulous; projecting downwards; drooping....
20. ˈhaybote, n. View full entry ?1170
...Wood or thorns for the repair of fences; the right of the tenant or commoner to take such material from the landlord's estate, or the common. By legal writers also called ...
