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1. acceptor, n. View full entry c1384
...= accepter of persons (also faces)accepter2....
2. add, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. To join (something) to something else so as to increase the amount, size, importance, etc.; to put in as an additional element or ingredient. Freq. with to. Cf....
3. angle-hook, n. View full entry a1382
...A fish hook. Also fig. Cf. angle1....
4. barnacle, n.1 View full entry a1382
...A kind of powerful bit or twitch for the mouth of horse or ass, used to restrain a restive animal; later, spec. an instrument consisting of two branches joined by...
5. breather, n. View full entry 1382
...He who, or that which, breathes; one who lives, a living being, creature, animal....
6. bridle-rein, n. View full entry a1382
...A strap or cord attached to the bit, and serving to guide or control the horse; a rein....
7. bruising, n. View full entry a1382
...Crushing or damaging with a heavy blow; also (obs.) breaking in pieces, breaking; also fig....
8. bucket, n.1 View full entry a1382
...‘The vessel in which water is drawn out of a well’....
9. bundle, n. View full entry a1382
...That which binds; a bandage. Obs.rare....
10. † burdon, n. View full entry 1382
...A mule between a horse and she-ass; a hinny. Also attrib....
11. bushy, adj. View full entry a1382
...Abounding in bushes; overgrown with shrubs or underwood....
12. canopy, n. View full entry a1382
...A covering or hangings suspended over a throne, couch, bed, etc., or held over a person walking in procession....
13. caster, n. View full entry a1382
...One who casts, in various senses of the verb....
14. chambered, adj. View full entry a1382
...Having a chamber or chambers (in various senses). Originally and freq. with modifying word specifying the number of chambers, as single-chambered, three-chambered, etc....
15. circuit, n. View full entry a1382
...The line, real or imaginary, described in going round any area; the distance round; the compass, circumference, containing line or limits....
16. 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....
17. coupled, adj. View full entry 1382
...Tied, joined, linked, or associated together in pairs. In Heraldry = conjoinedc....
18. courier, n. View full entry a1382
...A running messenger; a messenger sent in haste....
19. exercise, v. View full entry 1382
...trans. To put in action or motion....
20. forcing, n. View full entry 1382
...The action of force...
