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1. 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)....
2. † ariel, n.1 View full entry 1382
...A word transferred by Wyclif from the Vulgate (after Ἀριὴλ of the LXX, ăriēl of the Hebrew), rendered by Coverdale and version of 1611 ‘altar.’...
3. barley-corn, n. View full entry 1382
...= barley (the plant or grain)....
4. ˈbinding, adj. View full entry 1382
...That binds together or up; causing or tending to cohere; astringent, styptic....
5. birthday, n. View full entry 1382
...The day on which any one is born; also fig. that of regeneration; transf. (of things), the day or date of origin or beginning....
6. bucket, n.1 View full entry a1382
...‘The vessel in which water is drawn out of a well’....
7. bundle, n. View full entry a1382
...That which binds; a bandage. Obs.rare....
8. burnt | burned, adj. View full entry a1382
...Set on fire, consumed with fire....
9. 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....
10. chimera | chimaera, n. View full entry 1382
...A fabled fire-breathing monster of Greek mythology, with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail (or according to others with the heads of a lion, a goat, and a...
11. 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....
12. communion, n. View full entry a1382
...The action or fact of sharing or holding something in common with others; mutual participation; the condition of things so held, mutuality, community, union....
13. composition, n. View full entry 1382
...The action of putting together or combining; the fact of being put together or combined; combination (of things as parts or elements of a whole)....
14. coupled, adj. View full entry 1382
...Tied, joined, linked, or associated together in pairs. In Heraldry = conjoinedc....
15. crevice, n. View full entry 1382
...A crack producing an opening in the surface or through the thickness of anything solid; a cleft, rift, chink, fissure....
16. 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...
17. dauber, n. View full entry a1382
...One who plasters or covers walls with mortar, clay, etc.; a plasterer; one who builds with daub. Obs....
18. daubing, n. View full entry 1382
...The action of daub in various senses....
19. distribution, n. View full entry 1382
...The action of dividing and dealing out or bestowing in portions among a number of recipients; apportionment, allotment....
20. dog-tooth, n. View full entry a1382
...In proverbial use. Obs.rare....
