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1. babe, n. View full entry a1393
...A very young child; a baby. Formerly also: †a child of any age (obs.). Now chiefly literary and somewhat arch., often in fixed phrases, as ...
2. bauble, n. View full entry c1320
...An instrument consisting of a stick with a mass of lead fixed or suspended at one end, used for weighing, and apparently for other purposes. Forms: babyll(e, babulle,...
3. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
4. Capitol, n. View full entry a1387
...The temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, on the Saturnian or Tarpeian (later called Capitoline) Hill at Rome, the smallest of its seven hills; the hill itself. Also more generally: any citadel on...
5. Cerberus, n. View full entry c1386
...In Greek and Latin mythology the proper name of the watch-dog which guarded the entrance of the infernal regions, represented as having three heads. Used allusively, esp. in phrase, to give...
6. cloak, n. View full entry c1300
...A loose outer garment worn by both sexes over their other clothes....
7. Corinth, n. View full entry c1380
...Name of a city of ancient Greece celebrated for its artistic adornment, and for its luxury and licentiousness; hence, Corinth metal: = Corinthian brassCorinthian1c....
8. cricket, n.1 View full entry a1325
...Any of various insects related to grasshoppers (order Orthoptera); spec. those of the family Gryllidae, which have relatively short hindlegs and the males of which produce...
9. Crœsus, n. View full entry 1390
...Used allusively in phrases, as Crœsus' wealth, as rich as Crœsus, and hence typically for ‘a very rich person’....
10. die, n.1 View full entry c1330
...A small cube of ivory, bone, or other material, having its faces marked with spots numbering from one to six, used in games of chance by being thrown from a box or...
11. ecstasy, n. View full entry 1382
...The state of being ‘beside oneself’, thrown into a frenzy or a stupor, with anxiety, astonishment, fear, or passion....
12. elect, adj. and n.2 View full entry ?a1400
...Picked out, chosen; also, chosen for excellence or by preference; select, choice. Also absol. a person or persons chosen....
13. gourd, n.1 View full entry 1303
...The large fleshy fruit of the trailing or climbing plants of the family Cucurbitaceæ; spec. the fruit of Lagenaria vulgaris, which when dried and hollowed out...
14. gurnard | gurnet, n. View full entry 1314
...One of the marine fishes of the genus Trigla or family Triglidæ, characterized by a large spiny head with mailed cheeks and three free pectoral rays....
15. iris, n. View full entry a1387
...Greek Mythol. The goddess who acted as the messenger of the gods, and was held to display as her sign, or appear as, the rainbow; hence, allusively, a messenger....
16. 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....
17. † lorel, n. and adj. View full entry 1362
...A worthless person, rogue, blackguard; = losel In 16th c. often opposed to lord....
18. marriage, n. View full entry c1300
...The condition of being a husband or wife; the relation between persons married to each other; matrimony....
19. Medusa, n. View full entry a1393
...Greek Mythol. The one of the three Gorgons who was mortal (see Gorgon1a); (more generally) each of the three Gorgons. Also allusively with reference to any...
20. Moabite, adj. and n. View full entry a1325
...Of or relating to Moab, an ancient region east of the Dead Sea, or its inhabitants....
