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1. 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....
2. babbling, adj. View full entry a1250
...That talks rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way; chattering, prating, tattling; (also) full of or characterized by babble....
3. 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....
4. chamber, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A room or suite of rooms in a house, typically one allotted to the use of a particular person, a private room; (in later use) esp. a bedroom, typically on...
5. crooked, adj. View full entry ?c1225
...Bent from the straight form; having (one or more) bends or angles; curved, bent, twisted, tortuous, wry. Applied to everything which is not ‘straight’ (of which crooked is now the...
6. desert, n.2 View full entry ?c1225
...An uninhabited and uncultivated tract of country; a wilderness:...
7. double, adj.1 and adv. View full entry ?c1225
...Consisting of two members, things, or sets combined; twofold; forming a pair, paired, coupled; made of two layers of material, as a garment, etc. Often, with a sing. n., equivalent to ‘two’...
8. holding, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The action of hold, in various senses....
9. mad, adj. View full entry c1275
...Of an animal: abnormally aggressive; spec. (esp. of a dog) suffering from rabies, rabid....
10. Martha, n. View full entry c1230
...Originally: in Christian allegory, used as a symbol or type of the active life, as opposed to the contemplative life (typified by Mary). Hence: an active or busy woman, usually...
11. part, v. View full entry ?c1225
...intr. To go away from a person, take one's leave; to separate from. Also fig....
12. pick, v.1 View full entry a1250
...trans. Of a bird or (occas.) other animal: to pierce or strike with its beak or mouthparts; to peck or peck at. Also fig.Obs....
13. piece, n. View full entry c1230
...A portion or quantity of a substance....
14. point, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...A separate or single item, article, or element in an extended whole (usually an abstract whole, as a course of action, a subject of thought, a treatise, a discourse, a set of...
15. poor man, n. View full entry ?c1225
...lit. A man who is poor, esp. one who is indigent or needy; a pauper....
16. roll, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...A piece of parchment or paper which is written upon or intended to contain writing, music, etc., and is rolled up for ease of handling, carrying, or storing; a scroll....
17. rotten, adj., n., and adv. View full entry a1250
...Of the flesh or (part of) the body of a person or animal, or material of animal origin: that is in a state of decomposition; decayed; putrefied, putrid. Cf. rot1a...
18. ruck, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...A heap or stack of combustible material, esp. when to be used as fuel. Freq. with of. Now rare....
19. snatch, v. View full entry c1230
...intr....
20. soiled, adj.1 View full entry a1250
...Defiled; stained, dirtied. Also fig.Comb.soiled doveAustral. and N. Amer.slang....
