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1. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
2. basket, n. View full entry a1300
...A vessel of wickerwork, made of plaited osiers, cane, rushes, bast, or other materials....
3. black, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, and a small hole in a hollow object; of or having this colour; (also)...
4. blade, n. View full entry OE
...The leaf of a herb or plant; originally perhaps (as in Icelandic) applied to those of all herbs, while leaf was used of the foliage of trees. Now applied ...
5. buskin, n. View full entry 1503
...Originally: a calf-high or knee-high boot or covering for the foot and leg, typically made from cloth or leather; a half-boot. Later in pl. (chiefly regional): gaiters, leggings....
6. carriage, n. View full entry c1386
...Carrying or bearing from one place to another; conveyance....
7. cart, n. View full entry ?c1200
...A carriage of any kind; a chariot, car. Obs....
8. castle, n. View full entry c1000
...Used to render Latin castellum of the Vulgate (Greek κώμη), village. Obs....
9. causey, n. View full entry c1300
...A mound, embankment or dam, to retain the water of a river or pond. Obs....
10. chamber, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A room or suite of rooms in a house, typically one allotted to the use of a particular person, a private room; (in later use) esp. a bedroom, typically on...
11. church, n.1 and adj. View full entry eOE
...A building for public Christian worship or rites such as baptism, marriage, etc., traditionally cruciform in shape, and typically having a tower, dome, or spire; distinguished originally from an oratory...
12. coast, n. View full entry a1300
...The side of the body (of men or animals); the part fortified by the ribs. †by my coste: by my side (quot. 1591). Obs....
13. conch, n. View full entry ?1527
...A shell-fish: originally a bivalve such as the mussel or oyster; in later times more frequently a large gastropod, esp. Strombus gigas....
14. consume, v.1 View full entry a1398
...trans. To cause to evaporate or disappear; to disperse. Also with away. Obs....
15. copper, n.1 View full entry c1000
...One of the well-known metals, distinguished by its peculiar red colour; it is malleable, ductile, and very tenacious, and is found native as well as in many ores. Chemically it is a...
16. copy, n. and adj. View full entry c1330
...Plenty, abundance, a copious quantity....
17. crop, n. View full entry a700
...A pouch-like enlargement of the œsophagus or gullet in many birds, in which the food undergoes a partial preparation for digestion before passing on to the true stomach; the craw....
18. dancer, n. View full entry c1440
...One who dances; spec. one who dances professionally in public....
19. darg, n. View full entry c1425
...A day's work, the task of a day; also, a defined quantity or amount of work, or of the product of work, done in a certain time or at a certain rate...
20. dark, adj. View full entry OE
...Characterized by (absolute or relative) absence of light; devoid of or deficient in light; unilluminated; said esp. of night....
