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1. crutch, n. View full entry c900
...A staff for a lame or infirm person to lean upon in walking; now a staff with a cross-piece at the top to fit under the armpit (usually a pair of...
2. crutch, v.1 View full entry 1641
...trans. To support as with a crutch or crutches, to prop....
3. crutcher, n. View full entry 1885
...An apparatus in which the ingredients are stirred with a crutch....
4. fig, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...The fruit of the fig-tree or Ficus, esp. the fruit of the Ficus carica. figs of Pharaoh: the fruit of the Sycamore Fig (Ficus Sycomorus...
5. figgy, adj. View full entry ?1549
...Resembling figs, sweet as figs; in quot. 1549fig....
6. fit, n.4 View full entry a1688
...The process of fitting or rendering fit....
7. fit, v.1 View full entry ?a1400
...trans. To array, marshal (soldiers). Obs....
8. fitting, n. View full entry 1613
...The action of fit in various senses. Also gerundially with omission of in. Also with advs....
9. fob, n.3 View full entry 1838
...Froth, foam; dial....
10. glue, n. View full entry 1340
...Bird-lime. Also fig.Obs....
11. grain, n.1 View full entry c1290
...A single seed of a plant, esp. one which is small, hard, and roundish in form. (After 15th c. almost exclusively: The stone or pip of a fruit.)...
12. hat, n. View full entry c725
...A covering for the head; in recent use, generally distinguished from other head-gear, as a man's cap (or bonnet) and a woman's bonnet, by having a more or less horizontal brim all...
13. Jack, n.1 View full entry 1362
...(As proper noun.) A familiar by-form of the name John; hence, a generic proper name for any representative of the common people....
14. kelp, n.1 View full entry a1387
...A collective term for large seaweeds (chiefly Fucaceæ and Laminariaceæ) which are burnt for the sake of the substances found in the ashes....
15. kill, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To strike, hit; to beat, knock. Also with off, and absol. or intr. Also fig.Obs....
16. mottle, v. View full entry 1602
...trans. To mark or dapple with spots, patches, or blotches; to variegate, to give or impart a mottled appearance to. Freq. in pass. Also fig....
17. mottling, n. View full entry 1839
...The production of a mottled appearance; the effect or appearance of being mottled; a pattern or arrangement of mottles....
18. nigre, n. View full entry 1853
...A dark-coloured solution of soap and impurities (colouring material, alkali, etc.) which settles out from the pure soap during the final stage of the manufacturing process....
19. orthophosphoric, adj. View full entry 1864
...the tribasic acid H3PO4, a crystalline acid obtained e.g. by treating phosphates with sulphuric acid, and used in fertilizer and soap manufacture and food processing. Cf. ...
20. pan, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A vessel made of metal or (formerly) earthenware, usually broad and shallow and often open, used for cooking and other domestic purposes. Freq. in pl. in collocation with pots...
