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1. abacus, n. View full entry a1387
...A board or tray strewn with sand in which numbers, letters, diagrams, etc., can be traced and erased. Cf. sandboard1, sand-table(a)sand2a. Now rare...
2. amber, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1398
...orig. = ambergris (In 17th c. greece of amber, gris ambre, gray amber.) Obs....
3. animal, n. View full entry a1398
...A living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and a nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli; any living creature, including man....
4. batter, v.2 View full entry 1398
...intr. Of walls, etc.: To incline from the perpendicular, so as to have a receding slope....
5. bay, n.2 View full entry 1385
...An indentation of the sea into the land with a wide opening....
6. bending, n.1 View full entry 1398
...Drawing tight with a string, tension. Obs....
7. black lead, n. View full entry a1398
...Lead, or a black or metallic lead ore such as galena, as distinct from tin (white lead). Now hist....
8. blanch, v.1 View full entry 1398
...trans. To make white, whiten: chiefly, in mod. use, by depriving of colour; to bleach. Also fig....
9. build, n. View full entry a1387
...A building. Obs....
10. bunch, v.2 View full entry 1398
...intr....
11. bunchy, adj. View full entry 1398
...Bulging, protuberant; full of protuberances or swellings; humped....
12. cane, n.1 View full entry 1398
...The hollow jointed ligneous stem of various giant reeds or grasses, as Bamboo and Sugar cane, and the solid stem of some of the more slender palms, esp. the genus Calamus...
13. carrier, n. View full entry 1398
...A person who or thing that carries, in various senses of carry; a bearer....
14. castoreum, n. View full entry 1398
...= castor2....
15. † ˈcastory, n. View full entry 1398
...= castoreum Also ‘a colour extracted from castoreum’ (Godefroy)....
16. chamber, v. View full entry a1402
...trans....
17. cinnamon, n. View full entry 1398
...The inner bark of an East Indian tree (see 2), dried in the sun, in rolls or ‘quills’, and used as a spice. It is of a characteristic yellowish brown...
18. civil, adj., n., and adv. View full entry a1387
...Of warfare, conflict, etc.: occurring within a society or community; taking place between inhabitants of the same country or state, or between the populace and the ruling power; of or relating to...
19. clod, n. View full entry 1398
...A mass formed by the coagulation of anything liquid, esp. blood. Obs. (now clot)...
20. conservation, n. View full entry a1398
...The action or process of conserving; preservation of life, health, perfection, etc.; (also) preservation from destructive influences, natural decay, or waste....
