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1. almond, n. and adj. View full entry c1330
...An oval, nut-like, oil-rich kernel with a light brown skin and a hard pitted shell, most varieties of which are edible, obtained from the tree Prunus amygdalus (see sense ...
2. Anasazi, n. and adj. View full entry 1936
...Archaeol. A member of the Basket Maker people, or of their successors the early Pueblo people, of the uplands of northern Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah, and Colorado, together considered as...
3. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
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. † ˈbascaud, n. View full entry 1647
...Used to english Latin bascauda, instead of adopting the doubtful translation basket...
6. bascaudal, adj. View full entry 1870
...Of or pertaining to a basket or basket-work....
7. basket, n. View full entry a1300
...A vessel of wickerwork, made of plaited osiers, cane, rushes, bast, or other materials....
8. ˈbasketing, n. View full entry 1623
...Basket-work....
9. basketry, n. View full entry 1851
...Basket-work, basket-ware....
10. bearing, n. View full entry a1300
...The action of carrying or conveying. In Backgammon, see bear1d....
11. † ˈbearleap | ˈbearlep(e, n. View full entry 1325-40
...A carrying basket....
12. bicycle, n. View full entry 1868
...A vehicle having two wheels held one behind the other in a frame, typically propelled by a seated rider using pedals, and steered by means of handlebars at the front. Also: this...
13. black ash, n.1 View full entry 1673
...A North American ash, Fraxinus nigra (formerly called F. sambucifolia), found in wetlands in the north-eastern United States and eastern Canada; (also) the timber of this tree, which...
14. border, n. View full entry c1374
...A side, edge, brink, or margin; a limit, or boundary; the part of anything lying along its boundary or outline....
15. brake, n.3 View full entry c1440
...A toothed instrument for braking flax or hemp....
16. bushel, n.1 View full entry c1300
...A measure of capacity used for corn, fruit, etc., containing four pecks or eight gallons....
17. butt, n.12 View full entry 1533-4
...? A kind of basket-net for catching fish. Also, a kind of basket. Cf. putt...
18. by-, comb. form View full entry c1330
...A Middle English variant spelling of the prefix bi-, be-, under which see most of the words, as, under be-, bycause, bydene,...
19. calathus, n. View full entry 1753
...An ancient basket (in sculpture, etc.)....
20. canister, n. View full entry 1678
...A small case or box, usually of metal, for holding tea, coffee, shot, etc....
