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1. 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....
2. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
3. bare, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c885
...Of the body or its parts: Unclothed, naked, nude....
4. board, n. View full entry c897
...A piece of timber sawn thin, and having considerable extent of surface; usually a rectangular piece of much greater length than breadth; a thin plank. Rarely used without the article, as in...
5. death, n. View full entry c888
...The act or fact of dying; the end of life; the final cessation of the vital functions of an animal or plant....
6. dry, adj. and adv. View full entry c888
...Destitute of or free from moisture; not wet or moist; arid; of the eyes, free from tears....
7. fair, adj. and n.2 View full entry c888
...Beautiful to the eye; of pleasing form or appearance; good-looking. Phrases, fair to see (arch.); fair and free (obs. or arch.)....
8. fall, v. View full entry c890
...intr. To drop from a high or relatively high position. Const. †in, into, to, on, upon; also, to the earth...
9. flax, n. View full entry c897
...The plant Linum usitatissimum bearing blue flowers which are succeeded by pods containing the seeds commonly known as linseed. It is cultivated for its textile fibre and for its seeds....
10. free, adj., n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Of a person: not or no longer in servitude or subjection to another; having personal, social, and political rights as a member of a society or state....
11. full, adj., n.3, and adv. View full entry c888
...Having within its limits all it will hold; having no space empty; replete. Const. of (in Old English with gen.) Often with intensive phrases, as full as...
12. home, adv. View full entry eOE
...To or towards one's home, house, or abode; to the place, region, or country where one lives....
13. long, adj.1 and n. View full entry c888
...Great in measurement from end to end. Said of a line, of distance, a journey; also, of a portion of space or a material object with reference to its greatest dimension. Opposed...
14. make, v.1 View full entry eOE
...trans....
15. manna, n.1 View full entry eOE
...In the Bible (Exodus 16): a substance miraculously provided each day as food for the Israelites in the wilderness after their departure from Egypt....
16. mark, v. View full entry eOE
...trans....
17. milk, n.1 and adj. View full entry eOE
...A whitish fluid, rich in fat and protein, secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals (including humans) for the nourishment of their young, and taken from cows, sheep, etc., as an...
18. neck, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Originally: the back portion of the part of the body between the head and the shoulders; the nape. Later: the whole of this part of the body; the part connecting the head...
19. nose, n. View full entry eOE
...That part (usually more or less prominent) of the head or face in humans and other mammals which lies above the mouth and contains the nostrils, and functions as the organ of...
20. on, adv., adj., and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Into the position of being supported by the upper surface of something. Cf. sense A. 9b....
