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1. minor, adj. and n. View full entry c1230
...Used chiefly as postmodifier....
2. monkey gland, n. View full entry 1919
...A testicle from a monkey or ape used as a possible means of rejuvenation, either by being grafted on to a man, or by the injection of an extract. Freq. in ...
3. ox, n. View full entry eOE
...A large cloven-hoofed, often horned ruminant mammal, Bos taurus (family Bovidae), derived from the extinct Eurasian aurochs and long domesticated for its milk, meat, and hide; a cow,...
4. point, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...A separate or single item, article, or element in an extended whole (usually an abstract whole, as a course of action, a subject of thought, a treatise, a discourse, a set of...
5. Rehoboth, n. View full entry 1628
...allusive. A place, esp. of sanctuary or safety, regarded as provided by God for a particular person or group. Now rare....
6. rock, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A large rugged mass of hard mineral material (see sense 2a) or stone forming a cliff, crag, or other natural feature on land or in the sea. Cf. stone...
7. sea, n. View full entry c825
...The continuous body of salt water that covers the greater part of the earth's surface. Often poet. with epithet as broad, deep (see deep1...
8. sour, adj. and n.1 View full entry a1000
...Having a tart or acid taste, such as that which is characteristic of unripe fruits and vinegar. Also said of taste. (Opposed to sweet, and distinguished from bitter.)...
9. spider, n. View full entry 1340
...One or other of the arachnids belonging to the insectivorous order Araneidæ, many species of which possess the power of spinning webs in which their prey is caught....
10. stone, n. View full entry c825
...A piece of rock or hard mineral substance (other than metal) of a small or moderate size....
11. torch, n. View full entry c1290
...A light to be carried in the hand, consisting of a stick of resinous wood, or of twisted hemp or similar material soaked with tallow, resin, or other inflammable substance. Also applied...
12. woman, n. View full entry eOE
...An adult female human being. The counterpart of man (see man4.)....
