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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. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
3. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
4. anchor, n.1 View full entry c880
...An appliance for holding a ship, etc., fixed in a particular place, by mooring it to the bottom of the sea or river; now consisting of ‘a heavy iron, composed of a...
5. angel, n. View full entry c950
...A ministering spirit or divine messenger; one of an order of spiritual beings superior to man in power and intelligence, who, according to the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and other theologies, are the...
6. anneal, v. View full entry a1000
...To set on fire, kindle, inflame. lit. and fig.Obs....
7. argent, n. and adj. View full entry c1500
...The metal silver. arch. or poet.spume of argent (Latin argenti spuma): litharge of silver....
8. as, adv. and conj. View full entry OE
...Of quantity or degree: in that degree, to that extent (in or to which). Obs....
9. ash, n.2 View full entry c950
...The powdery residue, composed chiefly of earthy or mineral particles, left after the combustion of any substance....
10. assay, v. View full entry c1300
...trans. To put to the proof, try (a person or thing); to test the nature, excellence, fitness, etc. of. Obs. exc. as fig. use of 4....
11. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
12. bag, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A receptacle made of some flexible material closed in on all sides except at the top (where also it generally can be closed); a pouch, a small sack....
13. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
14. band, n.1 View full entry ?c1200
...Anything with which one's body or limbs are bound, in restraint of personal liberty; a shackle, chain, fetter, manacle. arch....
15. basis, n. View full entry ?a1560
...gen. The bottom of anything, considered as the part on which it rests or is supported; the foundation, base, foot. arch....
16. beam, n.1 View full entry 826
...A tree; only in Old English, exc. in the now unanalysed compounds, hornbeam, quickbeam, whitebeam or beam-tree, names of trees....
17. beam, v. View full entry c1430
...trans. To shed light upon, irradiate, illumine....
18. beat, v.1 View full entry c885
...trans. To strike with repeated blows. to beat the breast: i.e. in sign of sorrow....
19. beating, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The infliction of repeated blows; spec. the action of inflicting blows in punishment; the dashing of waves against the shore; the whipping up of a fluid; the flapping of wings;...
20. bell, n.1 View full entry a1000
...A hollow body of cast metal, formed to ring, or emit a clear musical sound, by the sonorous vibration of its entire circumference, when struck by a clapper, hammer, or other appliance....
