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1. ability, n. View full entry a1398
...Suitableness or adaptation for a purpose; fitness, aptitude; (also) an instance of this. Obs....
2. apprehend, v. View full entry a1398
...To lay hold upon, seize, with hands, teeth, etc. Also said of fire, and fig. of trembling, fear, etc. Obs. or arch....
3. apprehension, n. View full entry a1398
...The action of laying hold of or seizing (physically); prehension, grasping. rare....
4. artificial, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a thing: made or constructed by human skill, esp. in imitation of, or as a substitute for, something which is made or occurs naturally; man-made....
5. breeding, n. View full entry 1387
...Bringing to the birth; hatching; production of young. breeding of teeth: dentition (obs.)....
6. bum, n.1 View full entry a1387
...‘The buttocks, the part on which we sit’ (Johnson); the posteriors....
7. buttery, adj. View full entry 1398
...Of the nature of butter; containing butter....
8. collection, n. View full entry a1387
...The action of collecting or gathering together; e.g. in Post Office use, the gathering of letters from receiving-houses, and pillar-boxes, into the Chief Office for dispatch or delivery....
9. convocation, n. View full entry 1387
...The action of calling together or assembling by summons; the state or fact of being called together....
10. core, n.1 View full entry 1398
...The dry horny capsule imbedded in the centre of the pulp and containing the seeds or pips of the apple, pear, quince, etc. (= colk)....
11. duck's egg, n. View full entry 1398
...The egg of a duck....
12. Easter term, n. View full entry a1387
...= Paschal termpaschal. Now hist....
13. † enˈsignment, n. View full entry 1398
...The action or process of showing or teaching, instruction....
14. ferula, n. View full entry 1398
...Bot. A genus of plants; the giant fennel....
15. grammar school, n. View full entry a1387
...The name given in England to a class of schools, of which many of the English towns have one, founded in the 16th c. or earlier for the teaching of Latin. They...
16. grinder, n. View full entry 1398
...A molar tooth; hence colloq. or jocularly in pl., the teeth generally....
17. in, prep.2 View full entry a1387
...in abˈsentia, in (his, her, or their) absence....
18. incorporation, n. View full entry 1398
...The action of incorporating two or more things, or one thing with (in, into, †to) another; the process or condition of being so incorporated;...
19. infect, v. View full entry a1387
...trans. To instil in (someone) an opinion or belief, esp. a pernicious one, as heresy or seditious views. Of an (esp. pernicious) opinion, belief, etc.: to persuade, win over (someone); to...
20. information, n. View full entry a1387
...The shaping of the mind or character; communication of instructive knowledge; education, training; †advice (obs.). Now rare....
