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1. accident, n. View full entry 1395
...Philos. In Aristotelian thought: a property or quality not essential to a substance or object; something that does not constitute an essential component, an attribute. Cf. substance4a....
2. base, n.1 View full entry ?a1325
...Part of a structure....
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. colour | color, n.1 View full entry c1300
...Any of the constituents into which light can be separated as in a spectrum or rainbow, and which are referred to by names such as blue, red, ...
5. double, v. View full entry c1290
...trans. To make double; to make twice as many, as much, or as great; to increase or enlarge twofold; to multiply by two; to put two in place of one, as...
6. first, adj. (and n.2) and adv. View full entry OE
...In regard to time: Prior to all others in occurrence, existence, etc.; happening, existing, or presenting itself before the others; earliest....
7. fleece, n. View full entry a1000
...The woolly covering of a sheep or similar animal....
8. give, v. View full entry a855
...To hand over (a thing) as a present; to confer gratuitously the ownership of (some possession) on another person (with or without actual delivery of the object)....
9. 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....
10. half-, comb. form View full entry c893
...With adjectives and pa. pples. Already in Old English: see above. Very common in later use, esp. with pa. pples., to which half- may be prefixed whenever the sense suits:...
11. horse, n. View full entry c825
...A solid-hoofed perissodactyl quadruped (Equus caballus), having a flowing mane and tail, whose voice is a neigh. It is well known in the domestic state as a beast of burden...
12. king, n. View full entry 836
...The usual title of the male sovereign ruler of an independent state, whose position is either purely hereditary, or hereditary under certain legal conditions, or, if elective, is considered to give to...
13. leg, n. View full entry 13..
...One of the organs of support and locomotion in an animal body; esp. one of the two lower limbs of the human body; in narrower sense, the part of the...
14. leopard, n. View full entry a1290
...A large carnivorous quadruped, Felis pardus, otherwise called the Panther, a native of Africa and southern Asia. Its coat is yellowish fawn shading to white under the body, with dark...
15. lizard, n. View full entry 1377
...A name popularly applied to reptiles of the genus Lacerta, and to other reptiles resembling these in shape and general appearance, having an elongated body, a long tail, four legs,...
16. main, adj.2 View full entry c1275
...Of a material object, an animal, etc.: of great size or bulk. (Sometimes connoting strength, resisting power, or the like.) Now regional....
17. mark, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A boundary, frontier, or limit. Also: land within or near certain boundaries (cf. march). Obs....
18. mill, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A building designed and fitted with machinery for the grinding of corn into flour (traditionally one worked by wind or water power)....
19. mongrel, n. and adj. View full entry c1460
...A dog having parents of different breeds (in quot. 1460 a heraldic representation of such a dog); a dog of no definable breed resulting from various crossings. Also: †the offspring...
20. mountain, n. and adj. View full entry c1275
...A large natural elevation of the earth's surface, esp. one high and steep in form (larger and higher than a hill) and with a summit of relatively small area....
