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1. absence, n. View full entry c1384
...The state of being absent or away from a place, or from the company of a person or persons. Also occas.: an instance of this. Freq. with possessive adjectives. Contrasted with ...
2. agony, n. View full entry c1384
...Christian Church. In sing. and pl. The mental struggle or anguish of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26: 36–46)....
3. any more, adv. View full entry a1382
...In negative, interrogative, or hypothetical contexts: in repetition or continuance of what has taken place up to a particular time; further, longer, again....
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. bundle, n. View full entry a1382
...That which binds; a bandage. Obs.rare....
6. Caesar, n.1 View full entry 1382
...The cognomen of the Roman dictator Caius Julius Cæsar, transferred as a title to the emperors from Augustus down to Hadrian (b.c. 30 to a.d. 138), and subsequently...
7. caster, n. View full entry a1382
...One who casts, in various senses of the verb....
8. chafe, v. View full entry a1382
...To warm, heat. Obs....
9. chisel, n.1 View full entry a1382
...A cutting tool of iron or steel with the cutting face transverse to the axis, and more or less abruptly bevelled on one or both sides; used for cutting wood, metal, or...
10. 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....
11. coot, n.1 View full entry 1382
...A name originally given vaguely or generically to various swimming and diving birds. In many cases it seems to have been applied to the Guillemot (Uria troile), the Zee-koet or...
12. cram-, comb. form View full entry 1382
...compare cram2, cram1....
13. 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....
14. daub, v. View full entry 1382
...trans. In building, etc.: To coat or cover (a wall or building) with a layer of plaster, mortar, clay, or the like; to cover (laths or wattle) with a...
15. 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....
16. faculty, n. View full entry a1382
...Of persons: An ability or aptitude, whether natural or acquired, for any special kind of action; formerly also, ability, ‘parts’, capacity in general. Sometimes (influenced by sense 4) used to...
17. farmer, n.2 View full entry 1382
...One who undertakes the collection of taxes, revenues, etc., paying a fixed sum for the proceeds....
18. gob, n.1 View full entry a1382
...A mass or lump (cf. gobbet3). Now dial....
19. gravelly, adj. View full entry a1382
...Abounding in sand; sandy (obs.)....
20. 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,...