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1. aid, n. View full entry 1419
...A levy or subsidy paid to the Crown to defray military or other extraordinary expenses. Now chiefly hist....
2. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
3. baron, n. View full entry a1200
...Hist. Originally, one who held, by military or other honourable service, from the king or other superior; afterwards restricted to the former or king's barons, and at length mostly...
4. bell, n.1 View full entry a1000
...A hollow body of cast metal, formed to ring, or emit a clear musical sound, by the sonorous vibration of its entire circumference, when struck by a clapper, hammer, or other appliance....
5. 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)...
6. boating, n. View full entry 1504
...orig. Sc. The action of transporting something by boat; (also esp. in early use) the action of loading something on to a boat in preparation for transportation. Cf. shipping...
7. bone, n. View full entry a700
...The general name for each of the distinct parts which unitedly make up the skeleton or hard framework of the body of vertebrate animals....
8. brood, n. View full entry c1000
...Progeny, offspring, young....
9. † ˈburian, n. View full entry OE
...A tomb, sepulchre. Obs....
10. capital, adj. and n.2 View full entry ?c1225
...Of or relating to the head or top. Obs....
11. cart, n. View full entry ?c1200
...A carriage of any kind; a chariot, car. Obs....
12. castle, n. View full entry c1000
...Used to render Latin castellum of the Vulgate (Greek κώμη), village. Obs....
13. causey, n. View full entry c1300
...A mound, embankment or dam, to retain the water of a river or pond. Obs....
14. chamber, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A room or suite of rooms in a house, typically one allotted to the use of a particular person, a private room; (in later use) esp. a bedroom, typically on...
15. church, n.1 and adj. View full entry eOE
...A building for public Christian worship or rites such as baptism, marriage, etc., traditionally cruciform in shape, and typically having a tower, dome, or spire; distinguished originally from an oratory...
16. civil, adj., n., and adv. View full entry a1387
...Of warfare, conflict, etc.: occurring within a society or community; taking place between inhabitants of the same country or state, or between the populace and the ruling power; of or relating to...
17. class, n. and adj. View full entry 1533
...Roman Hist. A group of Roman citizens who could meet a certain minimum wealth qualification; spec. each of the five groups into which property owners were divided for military...
18. classic, adj. and n. View full entry 1597
...= classical1a; of or relating to Greek and Roman antiquity in general. Now rare....
19. coast, n. View full entry a1300
...The side of the body (of men or animals); the part fortified by the ribs. †by my coste: by my side (quot. 1591). Obs....
20. colour | color, n.1 View full entry c1300
...Any of the constituents into which light can be separated as in a spectrum or rainbow, and which are referred to by names such as blue, red, ...
