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1. barley-corn, n. View full entry 1382
...= barley (the plant or grain)....
2. burnt | burned, adj. View full entry a1382
...Set on fire, consumed with fire....
3. cistern, n. View full entry 1382
...An artificial reservoir for the storage of water; esp. a watertight tank in a high part of a building, whence the taps in various parts of it are supplied....
4. covering, n.1 View full entry 1382
...The action of cover, in various senses....
5. crusted, adj. View full entry 1382
...Having or covered with a crust, encrusted; †crustaceous (obs.); that has deposited a crust, as old port or other wine....
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. curing, n. View full entry a1382
...Healing, cure....
8. forcing, n. View full entry 1382
...The action of force...
9. froth, n. View full entry 1382
...The aggregation of small bubbles formed in liquids by agitation, fermentation, effervescence, etc.; foam, spume; = foam1....
10. ˈfrying-ˌpan, n. View full entry 1382
...A shallow pan, usually of iron, with a long handle, in which food is fried....
11. 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,...
12. heady, adj. View full entry 1382
...Headlong, precipitate, impetuous, violent; passionate; headstrong; ‘hurried on with passion’ (Johnson)....
13. juniper, n. View full entry a1382
...A genus of coniferous evergreen shrubs and trees, of which about thirty species are found in different parts of the northern hemisphere; specifically and originally, the common European species Juniperus communis...
14. junket, n. View full entry 1382
...A basket (orig. made of rushes); esp. a basket in which fish are caught or carried. Now dial....
15. 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....
16. liberty, n.1 View full entry c1384
...Theol. Freedom from the bondage or dominating influence of sin, spiritual servitude, worldly ties, etc....
17. minute, n.1 View full entry c1384
...A coin of trifling value; = mite1a. Obs....
18. moist, adj. and n. View full entry a1382
...Slightly wet, imbued with moisture; containing liquid in a state of suspension or absorption; not dry; damp, humid....
19. mortify, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. To deprive of life; to kill, put to death. Also: to render insensible. Occas. intr.: to kill. Obs....
20. palate, n. and adj. View full entry a1382
...The roof of the mouth (in humans and vertebrates generally); the structures of bone and flesh which separate the cavity of the mouth from that of the nose....
