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1. academic, n. and adj. View full entry lOE
...Philos. Usu. with capital initial. An ancient philosopher of the Academy, the school of Plato and his followers; an adherent of the philosophical school of Plato; a Platonist....
2. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
3. back, n.1 View full entry c885
...properly. The convex surface of the body of persons and vertebrated animals which is adjacent to the spinal axis, and opposite to the belly and most of the special organs. It...
4. beat, v.1 View full entry c885
...trans. To strike with repeated blows. to beat the breast: i.e. in sign of sorrow....
5. craft, n. View full entry c888
...Strength, power, might, force. Obs....
6. fair, adj. and n.2 View full entry c888
...Beautiful to the eye; of pleasing form or appearance; good-looking. Phrases, fair to see (arch.); fair and free (obs. or arch.)....
7. fish, v.1 View full entry c888
...To catch or try to catch fish; to use nets or other apparatus for taking fish. Const. †after, for....
8. folk, n. View full entry c888
...A people, nation, race, tribe. Obs. exc. arch....
9. follower, n. View full entry c888
...One who follows (in the literal sense)....
10. free, adj., n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Of a person: not or no longer in servitude or subjection to another; having personal, social, and political rights as a member of a society or state....
11. full, adj., n.3, and adv. View full entry c888
...Having within its limits all it will hold; having no space empty; replete. Const. of (in Old English with gen.) Often with intensive phrases, as full as...
12. great, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c888
...Composed of large particles; coarse of grain or texture. Of diet: Coarse, not delicate. In Old Cookery, applied sometimes to boiled meat in contradistinction to roast. Obs. exc....
13. higher, adj. (and n.1) and adv. View full entry c897
...The comparative of high in its various senses, q.v....
14. hound, n.1 View full entry c888
...A dog, generally. (Now only arch. or poetic.)...
15. † i-taeche, v. View full entry c888
...trans. To show; to hand over, deliver; to teach....
16. lay, v.1 View full entry c888
...trans. To bring or cast down from an erect position (in Old English often, to strike down, slay); †fig. to cast down, abase, humble. Now only with complement denoting...
17. learning, n. View full entry c897
...The action of learn...
18. long, adj.1 and n. View full entry c888
...Great in measurement from end to end. Said of a line, of distance, a journey; also, of a portion of space or a material object with reference to its greatest dimension. Opposed...
19. make, v.1 View full entry eOE
...trans....
20. mark, v. View full entry eOE
...trans....
