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1. able, adj., adv., and n. View full entry a1382
...In predicative use, with for (in early use also with to). Capable of, having sufficient strength or power for; ready for, fit to cope with. Now chiefly ...
2. add, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. To join (something) to something else so as to increase the amount, size, importance, etc.; to put in as an additional element or ingredient. Freq. with to. Cf....
3. affirm, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. To assert (something) strongly; to state as a fact....
4. any more, adv. View full entry a1382
...In negative, interrogative, or hypothetical contexts: in repetition or continuance of what has taken place up to a particular time; further, longer, again....
5. blackness, n. View full entry c1384
...Esp. relating to things: the quality or state of being black (in various senses)....
6. bucket, n.1 View full entry a1382
...‘The vessel in which water is drawn out of a well’....
7. bundle, n. View full entry a1382
...That which binds; a bandage. Obs.rare....
8. caption, n. View full entry 1382
...Taking, catching, seizure, capture. Now rare....
9. chafe, v. View full entry a1382
...To warm, heat. Obs....
10. chisel, n.1 View full entry a1382
...A cutting tool of iron or steel with the cutting face transverse to the axis, and more or less abruptly bevelled on one or both sides; used for cutting wood, metal, or...
11. circuit, n. View full entry a1382
...The line, real or imaginary, described in going round any area; the distance round; the compass, circumference, containing line or limits....
12. closing, n. View full entry 1382
...The action of close, in various senses; shutting; enclosing; drawing together; ending, etc....
13. coast, v. View full entry 1382
...trans. To keep by the side of (a person moving on); esp. to march on the flank of. Obs....
14. concourse, n. View full entry 1382
...The running or flocking together of people; the condition or state of being so gathered together. to have concourse: to resort in crowds to, unto....
15. condemnation, n. View full entry 1382
...The action of condemning or of pronouncing adverse judgement on; judicial conviction; expression of disapprobation or strong censure; the fact of being condemned: as in ‘your condemnation of me’, ‘my condemnation by...
16. coot, n.1 View full entry 1382
...A name originally given vaguely or generically to various swimming and diving birds. In many cases it seems to have been applied to the Guillemot (Uria troile), the Zee-koet or...
17. cucumber, n. View full entry 1382
...A creeping plant, Cucumis sativus (family Cucurbitaceæ), a native of southern Asia, from ancient times cultivated for its fruit: see 2....
18. dauber, n. View full entry a1382
...One who plasters or covers walls with mortar, clay, etc.; a plasterer; one who builds with daub. Obs....
19. defer, v.1 View full entry 1382
...trans. To put on one side; to set aside. Obs....
20. destroyer, n. View full entry 1382
...A person or thing that destroys....
