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1. absolution, n. View full entry OE
...Christian Church....
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. 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)...
4. book, n. View full entry 872-915
...A writing; a written document; esp. a charter or deed by which land (hence called bócland) was conveyed. Obs....
5. duck, n.1 View full entry 967
...A swimming bird of the genus Anas and kindred genera of the family Anatidæ, of which species are found all over the world....
6. lady, n. View full entry eOE
...The female head of a household; a woman who has authority over servants, attendants, or slaves (now chiefly arch. or hist.). Cf. lady of the house1a(a)...
7. land, n.1 View full entry c725
...The solid portion of the earth's surface, as opposed to sea, water. Cf. firm landfirm8, dry land †occas. classed as...
8. 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...
9. man, n.1 (and int.) View full entry eOE
...A human being....
10. marble, n. and adj. View full entry c1180
...Limestone that has been recrystallized by metamorphism and is capable of taking a polish; esp. one that is pure white or has a mottled surface, such as is often used...
11. motor, n. and adj. View full entry 1447
...A person who or thing which imparts motion. In full first (also prime) motor....
12. native, n. View full entry 1381
...Under feudal and similar systems: a person born in bondage; a person born to servants, tenants, etc., and inheriting their status. Cf. naif1. Now hist....
13. ox, n. View full entry eOE
...A large cloven-hoofed, often horned ruminant mammal, Bos taurus (family Bovidae), derived from the extinct Eurasian aurochs and long domesticated for its milk, meat, and hide; a cow,...
14. paramount, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1530
...Of a person, people, nation, etc.: highest in rank, power, or jurisdiction; supreme. Also: pre-eminent, leading, or most notable. Freq. as postmodifier....
15. pass, n.4 View full entry 1555
...Prob.: demeanour; a course of action. Obs.rare....
16. petty, adj. and n. View full entry 1372
...Of secondary or lesser importance, rank, or scale; minor; subordinate. Now chiefly in historically fixed collocations (e.g. petty officer)....
17. point, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...A separate or single item, article, or element in an extended whole (usually an abstract whole, as a course of action, a subject of thought, a treatise, a discourse, a set of...
18. rain, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling to the ground visibly in separate drops; the fall of such drops; rainwater....
19. red, adj. and n. (and adv.) View full entry eOE
...Designating the colour of blood, a ruby, a ripe tomato, etc., and appearing in various shades at the longer-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, next to orange and opposite to violet; of...
20. rock, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A large rugged mass of hard mineral material (see sense 2a) or stone forming a cliff, crag, or other natural feature on land or in the sea. Cf. stone...
