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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
3. 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...
4. 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’....
5. class, n. and adj. View full entry 1533
...Roman Hist. A group of Roman citizens who could meet a certain minimum wealth qualification; spec. each of the five groups into which property owners were divided for military...
6. early, adj. and n. View full entry ?c1225
...With reference to the time of day....
7. field, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Open country, esp. as opposed to woodland; a stretch of open land; a plain....
8. food, n. View full entry OE
...Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink in order to maintain life and growth; nourishment, provisions. ...
9. humanist, n. and adj. View full entry 1589
...A person who pursues or is expert in the study of the humanities, esp. a classical scholar. Also (Sc.): spec. a Latinist, a professor or teacher...
10. 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...
11. 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...
12. neighbouring | neighboring, n. View full entry 1651
...The situating of things in neighbouring positions. Obs.rare....
13. outer, adj. and n.2 View full entry c1380
...Designating a thing or condition external to the mind or person; objective, physical (as opposed to subjective, mental, emotional, etc.). Cf. inner2....
14. panel, n.1 View full entry 1336
...Originally: †a piece of cloth, esp. a piece placed under a saddle to protect the horse's back; a saddle pad (obs.). Later: the padded underpart of a saddle....
15. pater, n.2 View full entry 1481
...Christian Church....
16. pattern, n. and adj. View full entry 1324
...Something shaped or designed to serve as a model from which a thing is to be made; a design, an outline; an original. Also fig....
17. picture, n. View full entry ?a1425
...A painting, drawing, photograph, or other visual representation on a surface; esp. such a representation as a work of art....
18. pillar, n. View full entry c1180
...A tall vertical structure of stone, brick, wood, metal, etc., usually narrow in proportion to its height, used either as a support for a structure, or as a monument or ornament. Also:...
19. post-, prefix View full entry 1578
...Forming words in which post- is either adverbial or adjectival, and qualifies the verb, or the verbal derivative or other adjective or noun which forms or is implied in the...
20. pre-, prefix View full entry 1559
...Combinations in which pre- is adverbial or adjectival, qualifying the verb, adjective, or noun to which it is prefixed....
