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1. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
2. bar, n.1 View full entry c1175
...gen. A straight piece of wood, metal, or other rigid material, long in proportion to its thickness....
3. breaker, n.1 View full entry c1175
...One who breaks, crushes, or destroys; so breaker off, etc.; and with defining n. as housebreaker, ship-breaker, etc., q.v....
4. † crannock, n. View full entry 1189-90
...The name of a dry measure formerly in use in Wales, the West of England, and Ireland. It varied greatly in different places, and according to the commodity. For corn, the crannock...
5. die, v.1 View full entry c1135
...intr. To lose life, cease to live, suffer death; to expire....
6. hidage, n. View full entry a1195
...A tax payable to the royal exchequer, assessed at a certain quota for each hide of land....
7. hoop, n.1 View full entry a1175
...A circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material; esp. a circle of wood or flattened metal for binding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc....
8. knowledge, n. View full entry lOE
...The action of acknowledging or owning something; acknowledgement, confession; an instance of this; (sometimes spec.) acknowledgement or recognition of a person's position, title, etc. Obs....
9. large, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c1175
...Liberal in giving; generous; bountiful, munificent; open-handed. Also, liberal in expenditure, prodigal, lavish. (Cf. fool-large) Const. of, in. Obs....
10. looking, n. View full entry c1175
...The action of look; look, gaze....
11. low, adj. and n.2 View full entry c1150
...Of small upward extent or growth; not tall; little, short. (Now rarely of persons, though still commonly said of stature.)...
12. met, n.1 View full entry lOE
...A quantity of a commodity measured out, esp. according to a particular unit of measurement. Obs....
13. no, adj. View full entry lOE
...With a singular or plural noun. Not any....
14. pack, n.1 View full entry 1191
...A bundle of things wrapped or tied up together for transport; a bale, package, or parcel; (sometimes) spec. the burden carried on the back of a person or animal....
15. pigment, n. View full entry c1150
...Spice; a remedy or concoction containing spices. Obs....
16. pillar, n. View full entry c1180
...A tall vertical structure of stone, brick, wood, metal, etc., usually narrow in proportion to its height, used either as a support for a structure, or as a monument or ornament. Also:...
17. plot, n. View full entry lOE
...A fairly small piece of ground, esp. one used for a specified purpose, such as building or gardening, etc. Cf. plat1. Also fig....
18. plough | plow, n.1 View full entry lOE
...In northern and eastern areas of England and Scotland: the name given to a unit of land capable of being tilled by a team of oxen in a year; = ploughland...
19. press, n.1 View full entry lOE
...A device for compressing, flattening, giving a denser consistency to, holding, or shaping a substance by exerting pressure. Freq. with modifying word indicating the purpose of the instrument, the thing pressed, or...
20. rider, n. View full entry lOE
...A knight; a mounted warrior. Now arch. or hist....
