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1. cast, n. View full entry a1300
...A throw of a missile, a bowl, or other object....
2. cider, n. View full entry a1300
...A beverage made from the juice of apples expressed and fermented. Formerly including fermented drinks prepared from some other fruits....
3. 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....
4. dwale, n.2 View full entry a1300
...A stupefying or soporific drink. Obs. (Prob. in many instances, the juice or infusion of Belladonna: see 2.)...
5. entrail, n.1 View full entry a1300
...collect. The intestines or internal parts generally; the ‘inside’. Obs....
6. flourish, v. View full entry a1300
...Of a plant or tree: To blossom, flower. Obs....
7. fortune, n. View full entry a1300
...Chance, hap, or luck, regarded as a cause of events and changes in men's affairs. Often (after Latin) personified as a goddess, ‘the power supposed to distribute the lots of life according...
8. gravel, n. View full entry a1300
...Sand. quick gravel: quicksand. gravel of gold, golden gravel: see golden3. Obs....
9. lift, v. View full entry a1300
...trans. To raise into the air from the ground, or to a higher position; to elevate, heave, hoist. †Also, to erect, rear on high (a building). to lift (a child)...
10. lump, n.1 View full entry a1300
...A compact mass of no particular shape; a shapeless piece or mass; often with implication of excessive size, protuberant outline, or clumsiness. Also ellipt., = lump of sugar....
11. nut-brown, adj. and n. View full entry a1400
...That is the colour of a ripe hazelnut; brown as a nut; of a warm reddish-brown colour....
12. pithy, adj. View full entry a1400
...Full of strength or vigour; vigorous, powerful, strong; substantial. Now rare (chiefly Sc. in later use)....
13. rendered, adj. View full entry a1400
...Molten, melted; esp. (of fat) clarified by melting....
14. salted, adj. View full entry a1400
...Cured, preserved, or pickled with salt....
15. salting, n. View full entry a1300
...The curing of fish, meat, etc., with salt....
16. scour, v.2 View full entry a1300
...trans. To cleanse or polish (metal, earthenware, wood, etc.) by hard rubbing with some detergent substance. Sometimes with adj. compl., as bright, clean. Also const. of...
17. season, n. View full entry a1300
...Any one of the periods, longer or shorter, into which the year is naturally divided by the earth's changing position in regard to the sun, and which are marked by varying length...
18. seed, v. View full entry 13..
...To produce seed; to run to seed. Also fig....
19. shipping, n. View full entry a1300
...A ship or ships for the use or accommodation of a person or thing....
20. † sicer, n. View full entry a1400
...Intoxicating liquor, strong drink....
