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1. addle, n. and adj. View full entry OE
...Urine; liquid dung; foul or stagnant water; slime, mire. Chiefly Eng. regional (chiefly south-west.) and Sc. in later use....
2. 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...
3. 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....
4. barn, n. View full entry c950
...A covered building for the storage of grain; and, in wider usage, of hay, straw, flax, and other produce of the earth....
5. be-, prefix View full entry a1000
...Forming derivative verbs, with sense of ‘around’:...
6. bed, n. View full entry c995
...A permanent structure or arrangement for sleeping on, or for the sake of rest. In some form or other it constitutes a regular article of household furniture in civilized life, as well...
7. 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)...
8. blood, n. (and int.) View full entry eOE
...The red fluid flowing in the arteries, capillaries, and veins of humans and other vertebrates, carrying oxygen and nutrients to, and carbon dioxide and waste metabolites away from, the organs and tissues...
9. board, n. View full entry c897
...A piece of timber sawn thin, and having considerable extent of surface; usually a rectangular piece of much greater length than breadth; a thin plank. Rarely used without the article, as in...
10. borough, n. View full entry c820
...A fortress, castle, or citadel. Obs. (Unequivocal instances of this sense are rare, even in Old English In quot. 1394 the word denotes simply a large building; and...
11. break, v. View full entry 851
...trans. generally....
12. bring, v. View full entry c950
...To cause to come along with oneself; to fetch. It includes ‘lead’ or ‘conduct’ (French amener) as well as ‘carry’ (French apporter); it implies motion towards the place...
13. broad, adj., n.1, and adv. View full entry 971
...Extended in the direction measured from side to side; wide. Opposed to narrow....
14. brown, adj. View full entry a1000
...Dusky, dark. (Now only poetic, and regarded as transf. from sense 2.)...
15. business, n. View full entry OE
...Anxiety, solicitude, care; distress, uneasiness. Obs....
16. clerk, n. View full entry c975
...A man ordained to the ministry or service of the Christian Church; a churchman, clergyman, or ecclesiastic. (For greater distinction, cleric is now often substituted.)...
17. corn, n.1 View full entry a700
...gen. A small hard particle, a grain, as of sand or salt. In Old English and mod.dial. (In literary use in 16–17th c., chiefly transl. Latin grānum...
18. 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....
19. elder, adj. and n.3 View full entry c888
...That has lived or existed longer; senior, more advanced in age....
20. end, v.1 View full entry OE
...trans. To carry through to the end; to finish, complete. Also (in Middle English), to perform (religious duties). Obs....
