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1. African, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...A native or inhabitant of Africa; a person of African origin (contextually = black African(a)black5a); spec. (in local usage) such a person as distinguished from...
2. 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....
3. 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...
4. field, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Open country, esp. as opposed to woodland; a stretch of open land; a plain....
5. free, adj., n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Of a person: not or no longer in servitude or subjection to another; having personal, social, and political rights as a member of a society or state....
6. game, n. View full entry eOE
...Amusement, sport, fun; pleasure, enjoyment. In later use only with modifying adjective, as great (good, etc.) game. Also in fixed collocation with certain other nouns: see 15....
7. great, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c888
...Composed of large particles; coarse of grain or texture. Of diet: Coarse, not delicate. In Old Cookery, applied sometimes to boiled meat in contradistinction to roast. Obs. exc....
8. heriot, n. View full entry c888
...Military equipments. (Only in Old English.)...
9. Idumaean, n. and adj. View full entry c897
...A member of the race inhabiting Idumæa....
10. late, adj.1 (and n.2) and n.3 View full entry c897
...Slow, tardy; dial. slow in progress, tedious. Const. to with inf.; also with gen. or of. Now dial....
11. long, adj.1 and n. View full entry c888
...Great in measurement from end to end. Said of a line, of distance, a journey; also, of a portion of space or a material object with reference to its greatest dimension. Opposed...
12. master, n.1 and adj. View full entry eOE
...gen. A person (predominantly, a man) having authority, direction or control over the action of another or others; a director, leader, chief, commander; a ruler, governor. Now arch....
13. pillow, n. View full entry eOE
...A support for the head when lying or sleeping, esp. a rectangular cushion stuffed with feathers or a soft synthetic material....
14. ridge, n.1 View full entry eOE
...The back or spine of a human or animal, esp. (in later use) a horse. Obs....
15. Thule, n. View full entry c888
...The ancient Greek and Latin name (first found in Polybius's account of the voyage of Pytheas) for a land six days' sail north of Britain, which he supposed to be the most...
16. time, n., int., and conj. View full entry eOE
...A finite extent or stretch of continued existence, as the interval separating two successive events or actions, or the period during which an action, condition, or state continues; a finite portion of...
17. tool, n. View full entry c888
...‘Any instrument of manual operation’ (Johnson); a mechanical implement for working upon something, as by cutting, striking, rubbing, or other process, in any manual art or industry; usually, one held in and...
18. tower, n.1 View full entry c897
...A building lofty in proportion to the size of its base, either isolated, or forming part of a castle, church, or other edifice, or of the walls of a town....
19. watch, n. View full entry c888
...The state of being awake; voluntary or involuntary going without sleep; wakefulness. Obs....
20. white, adj. View full entry c888
...Of the colour of snow or milk; having that colour produced by reflection, transmission, or emission of all kinds of light in the proportion in which they exist in the complete visible...
