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1. 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...
2. 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....
3. 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)...
4. blow, v.1 View full entry c1000
...intr. The proper verb naming the motion or action of the wind, or of an aerial current. Sometimes with subject it, as ‘it blows hard’, and often with complement,...
5. 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....
6. come, v. View full entry c825
...In its most literal sense it expresses the hitherward motion of a voluntary agent....
7. cooking, n. View full entry 1645
...The action of the verb cook (lit. and fig.). spec. the process of preparing opium. Cf. cook2d....
8. crystal, n. and adj. View full entry OE
...Ice. Cf. sense A. 2a. Obs....
9. cut, adj. View full entry c1380
...Gashed or wounded with a sharp-edged instrument; having an incision made in it....
10. cut, v. View full entry c1275
...trans. To penetrate with an edged instrument which severs the continuity of the substance; to wound or injure with a sharp-edged instrument; to make incision in; to gash, slash....
11. do, v. View full entry c825
...To put, place....
12. drug, v.2 View full entry a1616
...trans. To mix or adulterate (food or drink) with a drug, esp. a narcotic or poisonous drug. Also fig. and poet....
13. edge, n. View full entry OE
...The thin sharpened side of the blade of a cutting instrument or weapon; opposed to the ‘back’ or blunt side; or to the ‘flat’ or broad surface of the blade. Often associated...
14. fix, v. View full entry 14..
...trans. To fasten, make firm or stable in position; to place, attach, or insert and secure against displacement. Const. in, on, to. etc....
15. grass, n.1 View full entry c725
...Herbage in general, the blades or leaves and stalks of which are eaten by horses, cattle, sheep, etc. Also, in a narrower sense, restricted to the smaller non-cereal Gramineæ (see...
16. green, adj. and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Of a colour intermediate between blue and yellow in the spectrum; of the colour of grass, foliage, an emerald, etc....
17. hard, adj. and n. View full entry 971
...A primary adjective expressing consistency of matter: That does not yield to blows or pressure; not easily penetrated or separated into particles; firm and resisting to the touch; solid, compact in substance...
18. head, n.1 View full entry c825
...The anterior part of the body of an animal, when separated by a neck, or otherwise distinguished, from the rest of the body; it contains the mouth and special sense-organs, and the...
19. hit, v. View full entry a1075
...trans. To reach or get at with a blow or a missile; to give a blow to (something aimed at); to strike with aim or intent. When the success of the...
20. hold, v. View full entry a855
...To keep watch over, keep in charge, herd, ‘keep’ (sheep, etc.); to rule (men). Only in Old English and early Middle English Obs....
