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1. agreeable, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c1405
...With to (also †unto). That is to someone's liking; pleasing to a person, or to his or her taste....
2. airish, adj. View full entry c1450
...Of or belonging to the air; aerial, airlike. Now rare....
3. all right, adv., adj., int., and n. View full entry a1413
...Used as an intensifier at the end of a sentence or clause: certainly, indeed....
4. Arctic, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Astron. Designating the celestial north pole, and the Pole Star that marks its position in the sky. Chiefly, and now only, in particular compounds, as Arctic Circle2 and...
5. army, n. View full entry c1386
...An armed expedition by sea or land. Obs....
6. attention, n. View full entry c1374
...The action, fact, or state of attending or giving heed; earnest direction of the mind, consideration, or regard; esp. in phr. to pay or give attention. The mental...
7. barb, n.1 View full entry c1374
...The beard of a man. Obs.rare....
8. ˈbed-ˈhead, n. View full entry c1386
...The part of a bed on which the head rests; a pillow or bolster. Obs....
9. bench, v. View full entry c1385
...trans. To furnish with benches....
10. borax, n. View full entry c1386
...A native salt; the acid borate of sodium, or biborate of soda (Na2B4O7): having, when pure, the form of a transparent or whitish crystal, or white...
11. border, n. View full entry c1374
...A side, edge, brink, or margin; a limit, or boundary; the part of anything lying along its boundary or outline....
12. bream, n. View full entry c1405
...The common name of a fresh-water fish (Abramis brama) called also Carp-bream, which inhabits lakes and deep water, and is distinguished by its yellowish colour and the high arched form...
13. captive, adj. and n. View full entry c1374
...Taken prisoner in war, or by force; kept in confinement or bondage....
14. centre | center, n. and adj. View full entry c1374
...The point round which a circle is described; the middle point of a circle or sphere, equally distant from all points on the circumference....
15. closure, n. View full entry c1386
...That which encloses, shuts in, or confines; a fence, wall, barrier, case, cover, setting, etc. Obs....
16. collateral, adj. and n. View full entry c1374
...Situated or placed side by side (with one another); running side by side, parallel....
17. complaint, n. View full entry c1368
...The action of complaining; the utterance of grief, lamentation, grieving....
18. convertible, adj. and n. View full entry c1386
...That may be ‘converted’ or transposed each into the place of the other; interchangeable. Usually of terms: Equivalent, synonymous....
19. cottage, n. View full entry c1386
...A dwelling-house of small size and humble character, such as is occupied by farm-labourers, villagers, miners, etc....
20. cramp, n.1 View full entry 1374
...An involuntary, violent and painful contraction of the muscles, usually the result of a slight strain, a sudden chill, etc....
