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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. † adrench, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To submerge; to drown (a person), to inundate (land), to sink (a ship). Also fig....
3. alight, v.1 View full entry OE
...trans. To make light, or less heavy; to lighten, alleviate (a burden); to relieve (a person) of a burden. Also fig.Obs....
4. 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...
5. 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. ...
6. bee, n.2 View full entry c1009
...A ring or torque of metal, usually meant for the arm or neck; but in one case at least used of a finger-ring. Obs....
7. brass, n. View full entry c1000
...Historically: The general name for all alloys of copper with tin or zinc (and occasionally other base metals). To distinguish alloys of copper and tin, the name bronze has...
8. bridge, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A structure forming or carrying a road over a river, a ravine, etc., or affording passage between two points at a height above the ground....
9. claw, v. View full entry c1000
...trans. To scratch or tear with the claws, or (transf.) with the nails or a pointed instrument....
10. colt, n.1 View full entry c1000
...The young of the horse, or of animals of the horse kind. In Scripture applied also to the young of the camel....
11. D, n. View full entry c1000
...the fourth letter of the Roman alphabet, corresponding in position and power to the Phoenician and Hebrew Daleth, and Greek Delta, Δ, whence also its form was derived...
12. E, n.1 View full entry c1000
...simply....
13. eastern, adj. and n. View full entry OE
...Coming from the east; (esp. of a wind) blowing from the east....
14. F, n. View full entry c1000
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
15. fetch, v. View full entry c1000
...trans. To go in quest of, and convey or conduct back. The first part of the notion is often additionally expressed by go or come....
16. fin, n.1 View full entry c1000
...An organ attached to various parts of the body in fishes and cetaceans, which serves for propelling and steering in the water. With prefixed adj., as anal, caudal,...
17. flying, adj. View full entry c1000
...That moves through the air with wings. Sometimes with distinguishing word prefixed, as high-flying...
18. food, n. View full entry OE
...Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink in order to maintain life and growth; nourishment, provisions. ...
19. fore-, prefix View full entry c1000
...In verbs, ppl. adjs., agent-nouns and nouns of action. (Stress on the verb.)...
20. fork, n. View full entry c1000
...An implement, chiefly agricultural, consisting of a long straight handle, furnished at the end with two or more prongs or tines, and used for carrying, digging, lifting, or throwing; also with word...
