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1. bundle, n. View full entry a1382
...That which binds; a bandage. Obs.rare....
2. burnt | burned, adj. View full entry a1382
...Set on fire, consumed with fire....
3. coast, v. View full entry 1382
...trans. To keep by the side of (a person moving on); esp. to march on the flank of. Obs....
4. forcing, n. View full entry 1382
...The action of force...
5. ˈfrying-ˌpan, n. View full entry 1382
...A shallow pan, usually of iron, with a long handle, in which food is fried....
6. gum, n.2 View full entry a1382
...A viscid secretion issuing from certain trees and shrubs, which hardens in drying but is usually soluble in cold or hot water, in this respect differing from resin. Occas. in wider use,...
7. liberal, adj. and n. View full entry c1384
...Free in giving; generous, magnanimous. Also with of....
8. margin, n. View full entry a1382
...An edge, a border; that part of a surface which lies immediately within its boundary, esp. when in some way marked off or distinguished from the rest of the surface....
9. muster, n.1 View full entry a1382
...The number of people or things assembled on a particular occasion; an assembly, a collection....
10. poisoner, n. View full entry c1384
...A person who or thing which poisons someone or something....
11. receiving, n. View full entry a1382
...The action of receive (in various senses); reception, acceptance. Formerly also (in pl.): †that which is received (obs.)....
12. sex, n.1 View full entry a1382
...Either of the two main categories (male and female) into which humans and many other living things are divided on the basis of their reproductive functions; (hence) the members of these categories...
13. square, v. View full entry 1382
...To make (a thing) square; to reduce to a square or rectangular form, by cutting or some similar process; to shape by reduction to straight lines and right angles....
14. stirrer, n. View full entry c1384
...One who or something which excites or provokes something, as strife, passion, etc., or incites a person to something; an inciter, instigator; †a promoter (obs.); †an exhorter (obs.)....
15. sucker, n. View full entry c1384
...A young mammal before it is weaned; †a child at the breast (even-sucker, see even-3); now spec. a sucking-pig; a young whale-calf....
