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1. cow, n.1 View full entry a800
...The female of any bovine animal (as the ox, bison, or buffalo); most commonly applied to the female of the domestic species (Bos Taurus)....
2. devil, n. View full entry a800
...the Devilrepr. Greekὁ διάβολος of the LXX and New Testament: In Jewish and Christian theology, the proper appellation of the supreme spirit of evil, the tempter and spiritual enemy...
3. fern, n.1 View full entry a800
...One of a large group of vascular cryptogamous plants constituting the family Filices; a single plant or frond of the same; also collect. in sing.flowering fern...
4. 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...
5. 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....
6. ground, n. View full entry c725
...Of the sea, a well, ditch, etc., and of hell; rarely of heaven. (Cf. bottom3) Obs....
7. handle, n.1 View full entry a800
...That part of a thing which is made to be grasped by the hand in using or moving it....
8. hat, n. View full entry c725
...A covering for the head; in recent use, generally distinguished from other head-gear, as a man's cap (or bonnet) and a woman's bonnet, by having a more or less horizontal brim all...
9. kite, n. View full entry c725
...A bird of prey of the family Falconidæ and subfamily Milvinæ, having long wings, tail usually forked, and no tooth in the bill....
10. land, n.1 View full entry c725
...The solid portion of the earth's surface, as opposed to sea, water. Cf. firm landfirm8, dry land †occas. classed as...
11. mat, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A piece of a coarse material, usually woven or plaited, used for lying, sitting, or kneeling on, or as a protective covering for floors, walls, etc. Later also: a small rug of...
12. mint, n.2 View full entry eOE
...Any of various aromatic plants constituting the genus Mentha (family Lamiaceae (Labiatae)), which includes many kinds grown as culinary herbs; esp. a cultivated plant...
13. old, adj. View full entry eOE
...Of a human or other living thing....
14. rust, n.1 and adj. View full entry eOE
...A red, orange, or yellowish-brown substance which forms progressively as a flaking, permeable coating on the surface of iron and its alloys as a result of oxidation, esp. through exposure to air...
15. set, v.1 View full entry c725
...trans. To place in a sitting posture; to cause to occupy a seat; to seat....
16. shear, n.1 View full entry c725
...Originally (and still Sc. and dial.) = scissors In later use commonly applied to scissors of large size, and to other cutting instruments which similarly operate...
17. sock, n.1 View full entry c725
...A covering for the foot, of the nature of a light shoe, slipper, or pump. Now rare or Obs....
18. spade, n.1 View full entry c725
...A tool for digging, paring, or cutting ground, turf, etc., now usually consisting of a flattish rectangular iron blade socketed on a wooden handle which has a grip or cross-piece at the...
19. spark, n.1 View full entry c725
...A small particle of fire, an ignited fleck or fragment, thrown off from a burning body or remaining in one almost extinguished, or produced by the impact of one hard body on...
20. spear, n.1 View full entry c725
...A thrusting weapon consisting of a stout wooden staff of some length, on which a sharp-pointed head, usually of iron or steel, is socketed or otherwise securely fixed; a lance; also, a...
