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1. calf, n.1 View full entry a800
...The young of any bovine animal, esp. of the domestic cow. ‘Calf is applied to all young cattle until they attain one year old, when they are year-olds...
2. cat, n.1 View full entry a800
...A well-known carnivorous quadruped (Felis domesticus) which has long been domesticated, being kept to destroy mice, and as a house pet....
3. ˈcheeselip | ˈcheeselep, n.1 View full entry a800
...Rennet, for curdling milk in cheese-making....
4. chirm, n. View full entry a800
...Noise, din, chatter, vocal noise (in later times esp. of birds)....
5. clothes, n. View full entry a800
...Covering for the person; wearing apparel; dress, raiment, vesture....
6. cow, n.1 View full entry a800
...The female of any bovine animal (as the ox, bison, or buffalo); most commonly applied to the female of the domestic species (Bos Taurus)....
7. devil, n. View full entry a800
...the Devilrepr. Greekὁ διάβολος of the LXX and New Testament: In Jewish and Christian theology, the proper appellation of the supreme spirit of evil, the tempter and spiritual enemy...
8. dew, n. View full entry a800
...The moisture deposited in minute drops upon any cool surface by the condensation of the vapour in the atmosphere; formed after a hot day during or towards night, and plentiful in the...
9. fan, n.1 View full entry a800
...An instrument for winnowing grain....
10. flay, v. View full entry a800
...trans. To strip or pull off the skin or hide of; to skin:...
11. foul, adj., n., and adv. View full entry a800
...Grossly offensive to the senses, physically loathsome; primarily with reference to the odour or appearance indicative of putridity or corruption....
12. frayne | freyne, v. View full entry a800
...trans. To make inquiry of (a person) about (something); = ask2–6 (which see for constructions)....
13. gather, v. View full entry c725
...(Only in forms with prefixed ge-.) To join or unite; to put together, form by union. Obs. since early Middle English....
14. gore, n.1 View full entry c725
...Dung, fæces; filth of any kind, dirt, slime. Obs. exc. dial....
15. green, adj. and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Of a colour intermediate between blue and yellow in the spectrum; of the colour of grass, foliage, an emerald, etc....
16. greet, v.2 View full entry c725
...intr. To weep, cry, lament, grieve; †rarely said of the eyes....
17. ground, n. View full entry c725
...Of the sea, a well, ditch, etc., and of hell; rarely of heaven. (Cf. bottom3) Obs....
18. grout, n.1 View full entry c725
...Coarse meal, peeled grain. In pl. = groats Now rare....
19. hards | hurds, n. View full entry c725
...The coarser parts of flax or hemp separated in hackling....
20. † harre | har, n. View full entry c725
...The hinge of a door or gate; in modern dialect use, the heel of a gate which bears the hinges: cf. harrow...
