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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. a, prep.1 View full entry OE
...Expressing position within, situation, etc.: in, with; = on7a13. Now Eng. regional....
3. aback, adv. View full entry OE
...In a backward direction; to or towards the rear; back. Also fig. and in extended use: from the scene of action, away, to a distance; to a former place or...
4. accent, n. View full entry OE
...Any of a set of marks originally used with a letter to indicate the nature and position of the spoken accent, later of stress, in a written word; (also) any of these...
5. alongst, prep. and adv. View full entry OE
...= along1....
6. amen, int. and n. View full entry c1000
...As a concluding formula (merely transferred from Latin) = Finis....
7. apple tree, n. View full entry OE
...A tree which bears apples; esp. any one of the many varieties cultivated for their fruit; = apple4a....
8. asparagus, n. View full entry c1000
...A plant (Asparagus officinalis, family Liliaceæ) cultivated for the sake of its vernal shoots, which form a well-known delicacy of the table. Bot. The genus which...
9. atom, n. View full entry OE
...In and with reference to the medieval period: the smallest unit of time, of which there are 376 in a minute and 22,560 in an hour, equal to 1594...
10. B, n. View full entry c1000
...The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth, whence also its form...
11. back-board, n. View full entry OE
...= larboard Only in Old English....
12. bake, v. View full entry c1000
...trans. To cook by dry heat acting by conduction, and not by radiation, hence either in a closed place (oven, ashes, etc.), or on a heated surface (bakestone, griddle, live coals);...
13. barefoot, adj. and adv. View full entry c1000
...With the feet bare or naked, without shoes or stockings on:...
14. bear, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A heavily-built, thick-furred plantigrade quadruped, of the genus Ursus; belonging to the Carnivora, but having teeth partly adapted to a vegetable diet. ...
15. beaver, n.1 View full entry c1000
...An amphibious rodent, distinguished by its broad, oval, horizontally-flattened, scaly tail, palmated hind feet, coat of soft fur, and hard incisor teeth with which it cuts down trees; remarkable for its skill...
16. beer, n.1 View full entry c1000
...An alcoholic liquor obtained by the fermentation of malt (or other saccharine substance), flavoured with hops or other aromatic bitters. Formerly distinguished from ale by being hopped; but now the...
17. begin, v.1 View full entry c1000
...intr. To open operations upon or in reference to (any action), to set oneself effectively to do (something), to be at the point of first contact with;...
18. bench, n. View full entry OE
...A long seat, with or without a back, usually of wood, but also of stone, etc. ‘Distinguished from a stool by its greater length’ (Johnson)....
19. bend, v. View full entry c1000
...trans. To put in bonds, to fetter. Obs....
20. berry, n.1 View full entry c1000
...Any small globular, or ovate juicy fruit, not having a stone; in Old English chiefly applied to the grape; in mod. popular use, embracing the gooseberry, raspberry, bilberry, and their congeners, as...
