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1. about, adv., prep.1, adj., and int. View full entry eOE
...In rotation or revolution; round in a circular course. Now rare except in fig. use with verbs....
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. altar, n. View full entry eOE
...A block, table, stand, or other raised structure with a flat top used as the focus for a religious ritual, especially for making sacrifices or offerings to a god or gods....
4. 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...
5. 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...
6. bare, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c885
...Of the body or its parts: Unclothed, naked, nude....
7. beat, v.1 View full entry c885
...trans. To strike with repeated blows. to beat the breast: i.e. in sign of sorrow....
8. best, adj. and adv. View full entry c888
...Of the highest excellence, excelling all others in quality....
9. blower, n.1 View full entry c897
...gen. One who, or that which, blows. Usually followed by of (the object blown)....
10. 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...
11. bridle, v. View full entry c888
...trans. To put a bridle on (a horse), to furnish with a bridle; also (obs.), to guide or control with a bridle....
12. by, prep. and adv. View full entry c888
...At the side or edge of; in the vicinity of; near, close to, beside....
13. clew, n. View full entry c897
...A globular body; a ball (formed by coiling together or conglomeration). Obs....
14. craft, n. View full entry c888
...Strength, power, might, force. Obs....
15. 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...
16. 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....
17. 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....
18. 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.)....
19. fall, v. View full entry c890
...intr. To drop from a high or relatively high position. Const. †in, into, to, on, upon; also, to the earth...
20. 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....
