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1. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
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. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
4. archbishop, n. View full entry c885
...The chief bishop; the highest dignitary in an episcopal church, superintending the bishops of his province; a metropolitan....
5. awaken, v. View full entry c885
...lit. = awake1....
6. before, adv., prep., conj., and n. View full entry eOE
...Of place, position, or direction. Freq. contrasted with behind....
7. brain, n. View full entry eOE
...The organ contained in the skull of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of soft grey or white tissue with (esp. in mammals) a conspicuously convoluted surface. Also (as a mass noun): the...
8. by, prep. and adv. View full entry c888
...At the side or edge of; in the vicinity of; near, close to, beside....
9. cleanly, adj. View full entry c888
...Morally or spiritually clean; pure; innocent. Obs....
10. cleanse, v. View full entry c897
...trans. To make clean, purify, free from dirt or filth (Johnson says ‘by washing or rubbing’). Formerly the ordinary word; but in mod. times to clean has largely taken...
11. cock, n.1 View full entry c897
...The male of the common domestic fowl, Gallus domesticus, the female being the hen (Often called in U.S., as in Kent, rooster.)...
12. craft, n. View full entry c888
...Strength, power, might, force. Obs....
13. creep, v. View full entry c888
...intr. To move with the body prone and close to the ground, as a short-legged reptile, an insect, a quadruped moving stealthily, a human being on hands and feet, or in...
14. death, n. View full entry c888
...The act or fact of dying; the end of life; the final cessation of the vital functions of an animal or plant....
15. drink, n. View full entry c888
...Liquid swallowed for assuaging thirst or taken into the system for nourishment. Also fig....
16. dry, adj. and adv. View full entry c888
...Destitute of or free from moisture; not wet or moist; arid; of the eyes, free from tears....
17. earth, n.1 View full entry eOE
...The ground considered simply as a surface on which human beings, animals, and things associated with them rest or move....
18. elder, adj. and n.3 View full entry c888
...That has lived or existed longer; senior, more advanced in age....
19. † elne | ˈellen, n. View full entry 888
...Strength, courage (also, in Old English, zeal); in Theol. strength vouchsafed, comfort, grace....
20. 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...
