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1. Alaska, n. View full entry 1867
...the purchase by the United States from Russia, in 1867, of the territory now constituting the state of Alaska. Cf. purchase13c....
2. B, n. View full entry c1000
...The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth, whence also its form...
3. beggar, n. View full entry a1250
...One who asks alms, especially habitually; one who lives by so doing....
4. chamber, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A room or suite of rooms in a house, typically one allotted to the use of a particular person, a private room; (in later use) esp. a bedroom, typically on...
5. come, v. View full entry c825
...In its most literal sense it expresses the hitherward motion of a voluntary agent....
6. comfort, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Strengthening; encouragement, incitement; aid, succour, support, countenance. upon comfort of: on the strength of. Obs. except in archaic legal use (in phr. aid and comfort)....
7. convenience, n. View full entry 1413
...Agreement, accordance; congruity of form, quality, or nature. Obs....
8. do, v. View full entry c825
...To put, place....
9. dog, n.1 View full entry OE
...A domesticated carnivorous mammal, Canis familiaris (or C. lupus familiaris), which typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractile claws, and a barking, howling, or...
10. flesh, n. View full entry a800
...The soft substance, esp. the muscular parts, of an animal body; that which covers the framework of bones and is enclosed by the skin. raw flesh...
11. French, adj. and n. View full entry OE
...Esp. in early use: of or relating to the Romance-speaking peoples of western Europe (as opposed to the Germanic or Celtic peoples). In later use: of or relating to France....
12. front, n. (and adj.) View full entry c1290
...= forehead1. Now only poet. or in highly rhetorical language....
13. full, adj., n.3, and adv. View full entry c888
...Having within its limits all it will hold; having no space empty; replete. Const. of (in Old English with gen.) Often with intensive phrases, as full as...
14. generous, adj. and n. View full entry ?1575
...Of noble or aristocratic lineage; high-born. Of birth, blood, family, etc.: aristocratic, noble, high-ranking. Also in extended use. Obs. (arch. in later use)....
15. good, adj., adv., and n. View full entry 805-31
...Of things: Having in adequate degree those properties which a thing of the kind ought to have....
16. hard, adj. and n. View full entry 971
...A primary adjective expressing consistency of matter: That does not yield to blows or pressure; not easily penetrated or separated into particles; firm and resisting to the touch; solid, compact in substance...
17. house, n.1 and int. View full entry eOE
...A building for human habitation, typically and historically one that is the ordinary place of residence of a family. (Cf. home2.)...
18. lady, n. View full entry eOE
...The female head of a household; a woman who has authority over servants, attendants, or slaves (now chiefly arch. or hist.). Cf. lady of the house1a(a)...
19. land, n.1 View full entry c725
...The solid portion of the earth's surface, as opposed to sea, water. Cf. firm landfirm8, dry land †occas. classed as...
20. leather, n. View full entry c1000
...Skin prepared for use by tanning, or some similar process....
