Browse dictionary
Showing 1-20 of 94 results in 94 entries
1. ark, n. View full entry c825
...A chest, box, coffer, close basket, or similar receptacle; esp....
2. beard, n. View full entry c825
...The hair that grows upon the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of an adult man's face; now usually excluding the moustache, or hair of the upper lip....
3. burn, v.1 View full entry c825
...Of fire, a furnace, or conflagration: To be in the state of activity characteristic of fire; to be in the state of combustion. Sometimes the prominent notion is that of intense heat...
4. cheek, n. View full entry c825
...The jaw, jaw-bone; later called ‘cheek-bone’. Obs....
5. coal, n.1 View full entry c825
...A piece of carbon glowing without flame. (Now arch. or blending with 45.)...
6. come, v. View full entry c825
...In its most literal sense it expresses the hitherward motion of a voluntary agent....
7. do, v. View full entry c825
...To put, place....
8. door, n. View full entry c825
...A movable barrier of wood or other material, consisting either of one piece, or of several pieces framed together, usually turning on hinges or sliding in a groove, and serving to close...
9. drop, n. View full entry c825
...The smallest quantity of liquid that falls or detaches itself, or is produced, in a spherical or pear-shaped form; a globule of liquid....
10. ear, n.1 View full entry c825
...The external ear....
11. end, n. View full entry c825
...The extremity or outermost part (in any direction) of a portion of space, or of anything extended in space; utmost limit. Obs. in general sense; retained in phrase, the...
12. finger, n. View full entry c825
...One of the five terminal members of the hand; in a restricted sense, one of the four excluding the thumb. In this latter sense, the fingers are commonly numbered first to fourth,...
13. fire, n. View full entry c825
...The natural agency or active principle operative in combustion; popularly conceived as a substance visible in the form of flame or of ruddy glow or incandescence....
14. fish, n.1 View full entry c825
...In popular language, any animal living exclusively in the water; primarily denoting vertebrate animals provided with fins and destitute of limbs; but extended to include various cetaceans, crustaceans, molluscs, etc. In modern...
15. foot, n. View full entry c825
...The lowest part of the leg beyond the ankle-joint....
16. fox, n. View full entry c825
...An animal of the genus Vulpes, having an elongated pointed muzzle and long bushy tail. Usually V. vulgaris, preserved in England and elsewhere as a beast of the...
17. grin, n.1 View full entry c825
...A snare for catching birds or animals, made of cord, hair, wire, or the like, with a running noose. Obs. exc. dial. or arch....
18. grope, v. View full entry c825
...intr. To use the hands in feeling, touching, or grasping; to handle or feel something. Obs....
19. gum, n.1 View full entry c825
...Used in Old English and early Middle English sing. or pl. indifferently for the inside of the mouth or throat....
20. hand, n.1 View full entry c825
...The terminal part of the arm beyond the wrist, consisting of the palm and five digits, forming the organ of prehension characteristic of man. The name is also given to the similar...
