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1. Bible, n. View full entry a1300
...The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament. (Sometimes in early use, and still dial., used for the Old Testament; e.g. ‘neither in the Bible nor the Testament.’) the...
2. blue, n. View full entry a1400
...Blue colour. (It may have a plural.)...
3. break, n.1 View full entry a1400
...An act of breaking; breakage, fracture....
4. burning, n. View full entry a1300
...The condition of being on fire; the action of sending up flames; hence concr. flame. Cf. 5b....
5. cast, n. View full entry a1300
...A throw of a missile, a bowl, or other object....
6. coast, n. View full entry a1300
...The side of the body (of men or animals); the part fortified by the ribs. †by my coste: by my side (quot. 1591). Obs....
7. cypress, n.1 View full entry a1300
...A well-known coniferous tree, Cupressus sempervirens, a native of Iran and the eastern Mediterranean, extensively cultivated in Western Asia and Southern Europe, with hard durable wood and dense dark foliage;...
8. dream, n.2 View full entry a1300
...A train of thoughts, images, or fancies passing through the mind during sleep; a vision during sleep; the state in which this occurs....
9. dump, v.1 View full entry a1300
...intr. To fall with sudden force; to plunge....
10. falling, n. View full entry c1300
...In intransitive senses....
11. force, n.1 View full entry a1300
...Physical strength, might, or vigour, as an attribute of living beings (occas. of liquor). Rarely in pl. (= French forces). Obs....
12. force, v.1 View full entry a1300
...trans. To use violence to; to violate, ravish (a woman)....
13. head, v. View full entry a1400
...trans. To cut off or remove the head of; to decapitate, behead....
14. ivory, n. View full entry a1300
...The hard, white, elastic, and fine-grained substance (being dentine of exceptional hardness) composing the main part of the tusks of the elephant, mammoth (fossil), hippopotamus, walrus, and narwhal; it forms...
15. lead, n.2 View full entry a1300
...The action of lead; leading, direction, guidance. to take to lead: to take under one's direction or guidance. Obs....
16. mouth, v. View full entry a1400
...trans. To pronounce, speak; to give utterance to. Now chiefly Sc....
17. muster, v.1 View full entry a1400
...trans. To show, show forth, display, exhibit; to report, tell, explain. Sometimes with clause as object. Obs....
18. nut-brown, adj. and n. View full entry a1400
...That is the colour of a ripe hazelnut; brown as a nut; of a warm reddish-brown colour....
19. rope, v.2 View full entry a1400
...trans. To tie, bind, fasten, or secure with a rope. Also with up....
20. round, v.2 View full entry a1400
...trans....
