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1. bear, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A heavily-built, thick-furred plantigrade quadruped, of the genus Ursus; belonging to the Carnivora, but having teeth partly adapted to a vegetable diet. ...
2. brother, n. View full entry OE
...The word applied to a male being to express his relationship to others (male or female) as the child of the same parent or parents....
3. dight, v. View full entry c1000
...trans. To dictate, give directions to, direct. Obs. (Only in Old English.)...
4. hog, n.1 View full entry OE
...A domestic pig reared for slaughter; spec. a castrated male pig. Also more widely: any domestic pig. Cf. pig1a....
5. hope, n.1 View full entry c1000
...Expectation of something desired; desire combined with expectation....
6. laughing, adj. View full entry OE
...That laughs (in various senses); characterized by or suggestive of laughter....
7. martyr, n. View full entry OE
...Christian Church. A person who chooses to suffer death rather than renounce faith in Christ or obedience to his teachings, a Christian way of life, or adherence to a law or...
8. pig, n.1 View full entry OE
...An omnivorous, domesticated even-toed ungulate derived from the wild boar Sus scrofa, with a stout body, sparse bristly hair, and a broad flat snout for rooting in the soil, kept...
9. pretty, adj., n., and int. View full entry OE
...Originally: cunning, crafty. Subsequently: clever, skilful, able....
10. ripe, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry OE
...Of grain, fruit, etc.: having developed to the point of readiness for harvesting and eating, or for the dispersal of seed for propagation; that is at the full extent of natural growth....
11. witty, adj. View full entry OE
...Having wisdom....
