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1. ˈbinding, adj. View full entry 1382
...That binds together or up; causing or tending to cohere; astringent, styptic....
2. bucket, n.1 View full entry a1382
...‘The vessel in which water is drawn out of a well’....
3. burnt | burned, adj. View full entry a1382
...Set on fire, consumed with fire....
4. 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....
5. colony, n. View full entry 1382
...A farm, estate in the country; a rural settlement. Obs....
6. cucumber, n. View full entry 1382
...A creeping plant, Cucumis sativus (family Cucurbitaceæ), a native of southern Asia, from ancient times cultivated for its fruit: see 2....
7. dedication, n. View full entry 1382
...The action of dedicating, the fact of being dedicated; a setting apart and devoting to the Deity or to a sacred purpose with solemn rites....
8. desolation, n. View full entry 1382
...The action of laying waste a land, etc., destroying its people, crops, and buildings, and making it unfit for habitation; utter devastation; an act or occasion of this kind. Also personified...
9. enrich, v. View full entry 1382
...trans. To make rich, wealthy, or opulent. Also absol....
10. exercise, v. View full entry 1382
...trans. To put in action or motion....
11. farmer, n.2 View full entry 1382
...One who undertakes the collection of taxes, revenues, etc., paying a fixed sum for the proceeds....
12. forcing, n. View full entry 1382
...The action of force...
13. ˈfrying-ˌpan, n. View full entry 1382
...A shallow pan, usually of iron, with a long handle, in which food is fried....
14. gith, n. View full entry a1382
...A name for plants of the genus Nigella, esp. N. sativa. damask gith = N. damascena....
15. 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,...
16. horned, adj. View full entry 1382
...Having horns or antlers; cornuted....
17. ˈivy-ˈtree, n. View full entry 1382
...A large plant of ivy. Obs....
18. † jaˈcinthine, adj. and n. View full entry 1382
...Consisting of jacinth; hyacinthine....
19. lapidary, adj. and n. View full entry a1382
...Concerned with stones. rare....
20. layer, n. View full entry 1382
...One who or that which lays (in various senses); one who lays siege, plots, etc. Also with n. in comb., as besiege-layer, plate-layer, etc....
