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1. 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....
2. anchor, n.1 View full entry c880
...An appliance for holding a ship, etc., fixed in a particular place, by mooring it to the bottom of the sea or river; now consisting of ‘a heavy iron, composed of a...
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. balk | baulk, n.1 View full entry c885
...A ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground; e.g. a grave-mound. Obs....
5. blower, n.1 View full entry c897
...gen. One who, or that which, blows. Usually followed by of (the object blown)....
6. board, n. View full entry c897
...A piece of timber sawn thin, and having considerable extent of surface; usually a rectangular piece of much greater length than breadth; a thin plank. Rarely used without the article, as in...
7. brain, n. View full entry eOE
...The organ contained in the skull of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of soft grey or white tissue with (esp. in mammals) a conspicuously convoluted surface. Also (as a mass noun): the...
8. cock, n.1 View full entry c897
...The male of the common domestic fowl, Gallus domesticus, the female being the hen (Often called in U.S., as in Kent, rooster.)...
9. creep, v. View full entry c888
...intr. To move with the body prone and close to the ground, as a short-legged reptile, an insect, a quadruped moving stealthily, a human being on hands and feet, or in...
10. dry, adj. and adv. View full entry c888
...Destitute of or free from moisture; not wet or moist; arid; of the eyes, free from tears....
11. dwell, v. View full entry c888
...trans. To lead into error, mislead, delude; to stun, stupefy. Obs....
12. earth, n.1 View full entry eOE
...The ground considered simply as a surface on which human beings, animals, and things associated with them rest or move....
13. empty, adj. and n. View full entry c897
...Of persons: At leisure, not occupied or engaged. Also, unmarried. Only in Old English....
14. endless, adj. and adv. View full entry c888
...Having no end or limit of duration; unending, eternal....
15. fast, adj. View full entry c888
...Firmly fixed in its place; not easily moved or shaken; settled, stable. Obs. or arch. exc. as said predicatively of something fixed as in a socket (e.g....
16. fast, adv. View full entry c888
...In a fast manner, so as not to be moved or shaken; lit. and fig.; firmly, fixedly. Often with stand, sit, stick,...
17. felloe | felly, n. View full entry c888
...The exterior rim, or a part of the rim, of a wheel, supported by the spokes. In pl. the curved pieces of wood which, joined together, form the circular rim...
18. field, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Open country, esp. as opposed to woodland; a stretch of open land; a plain....
19. 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....
20. flax, n. View full entry c897
...The plant Linum usitatissimum bearing blue flowers which are succeeded by pods containing the seeds commonly known as linseed. It is cultivated for its textile fibre and for its seeds....
