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1. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
2. again, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...In the opposite direction; back. Obs....
3. be, v. View full entry eOE
...To have place in the objective universe or realm of fact, to exist; (spec. of God, etc.) to exist independently of other beings. Also: to exist in life, to live....
4. bioscope, n. View full entry 1812
...A circular scale for representing a person's life, having seventy divisions corresponding to seventy years (ten of which represent one of the seven supposed stages of human life), with a pointer for...
5. black, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, and a small hole in a hollow object; of or having this colour; (also)...
6. blue, adj. and n. View full entry c1300
...Of a colour of the spectrum intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or deep sea on a clear day....
7. burgher, n. View full entry ?1555
...An inhabitant of a burgh, borough, or corporate town; a citizen. Chiefly used of continental towns, but also of English boroughs, in a sense less technical than burgess. Now somewhat...
8. come, v. View full entry c825
...In its most literal sense it expresses the hitherward motion of a voluntary agent....
9. crayfish | crawfish, n. View full entry a1400-50
...Formerly, like German krebs, a general name for all the larger edible crustacea. Obs....
10. lady, n. View full entry eOE
...The female head of a household; a woman who has authority over servants, attendants, or slaves (now chiefly arch. or hist.). Cf. lady of the house1a(a)...
11. long, adj.1 and n. View full entry c888
...Great in measurement from end to end. Said of a line, of distance, a journey; also, of a portion of space or a material object with reference to its greatest dimension. Opposed...
12. madam, n. View full entry c1300
...A form of respectful or polite address (substituted for the name) originally used by servants in speaking to their mistress, and by people generally in speaking to a woman of high rank;...
13. maid, n.1 View full entry a1225
...A virgin; spec. the Virgin Mary (maid Mary); = maiden2a. (Not always distinguishable from senses 2a and 3.) Now arch....
14. man, n.1 (and int.) View full entry eOE
...A human being....
15. night, n. and int. View full entry eOE
...The period of darkness occurring between one day and the next; that part of a 24-hour period during which a place receives no light from the sun; the time between evening and...
16. only, adv., conj., and prep. View full entry OE
...Singularly, uniquely; pre-eminently; in a special way. Obs....
17. own, adj. and pron. View full entry eOE
...Used after a possessive adjective, or a noun in the genitive, to emphasize possession or ownership: of or belonging to the specified person or thing; individual, peculiar....
18. 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,...
19. pack, v.1 View full entry c1400
...trans. To wrap and tie (goods, clothes, etc.) in cloth, canvas, or other material, so as to form a pack, bale, or parcel; to bundle or parcel up. In early use...
20. pap, n.2 View full entry 1286
...Semi-liquid food, such as that considered suitable for babies or invalids, usually made from bread, meal, etc., moistened with water or milk; bland soft or moist food. Now arch. and...
