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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. academy, n. View full entry a1382
...With capital initial....
3. accident, n. View full entry 1395
...Philos. In Aristotelian thought: a property or quality not essential to a substance or object; something that does not constitute an essential component, an attribute. Cf. substance4a....
4. band, n.1 View full entry ?c1200
...Anything with which one's body or limbs are bound, in restraint of personal liberty; a shackle, chain, fetter, manacle. arch....
5. being, n. View full entry c1330
...Existence in relationship to some place or condition; (formerly also) presence (obs.). Now somewhat rare....
6. block, n. View full entry c1305
...A log of wood; part of the trunk of a tree, a stump....
7. body, n. View full entry eOE
...The complete physical form of a person or animal; the assemblage of parts, organs, and tissues that constitutes the whole material organism....
8. cash, n.1 View full entry 1593
...A chest or box for money; a cash-box, till....
9. cause, n. View full entry ?c1225
...That which produces an effect; that which gives rise to any action, phenomenon, or condition. Cause and effect are correlative terms....
10. 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...
11. cognition, n. View full entry 1447
...The action or faculty of knowing; knowledge, consciousness; acquaintance with a subject. Obs. exc. as in 2....
12. 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, ...
13. conceit, n. View full entry c1374
...That which is conceived in the mind, a conception, notion, idea, thought; device. Obs....
14. crocodile, n. View full entry c1300
...A large amphibious saurian reptile of the genus Crocodilus or other allied genera. The name belongs originally and properly to the crocodile of the Nile (C. niloticus or...
15. doctor, n. View full entry 1303
...A teacher, instructor; one who gives instruction in some branch of knowledge, or inculcates opinions or principles. (Const. of.) Now rare....
16. draw, v. View full entry c950
...trans. To cause (anything) to move toward oneself by the application of force; to pull....
17. E, n.1 View full entry c1000
...simply....
18. field, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Open country, esp. as opposed to woodland; a stretch of open land; a plain....
19. first, adj. (and n.2) and adv. View full entry OE
...In regard to time: Prior to all others in occurrence, existence, etc.; happening, existing, or presenting itself before the others; earliest....
20. frame, n. and adj.2 View full entry ?c1200
...Advantage, benefit, profit; = freme Also in to do frame: to do (someone) good, to benefit. Obs....
