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1. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
2. array, v. View full entry 1297
...To set or place in order of readiness, to marshall. esp. To draw up prepared for battle, and in obs. phr. to array a battle....
3. banquet, n.1 View full entry 1483
...A feast, a sumptuous entertainment of food and drink; now usually a ceremonial or state feast, followed by speeches....
4. dight, v. View full entry c1000
...trans. To dictate, give directions to, direct. Obs. (Only in Old English.)...
5. ˈdressing, n. View full entry c1440
...The action of dress, in various senses....
6. fat, adj. and n.2 View full entry c893
...Of an animal used for food: Fed up for slaughter, ready to kill, fatted....
7. god, n. View full entry c825
...A superhuman person (regarded as masculine: see goddess) who is worshipped as having power over nature and the fortunes of mankind; a deity. (Chiefly of heathen divinities; when applied to...
8. good, adj., adv., and n. View full entry 805-31
...Of things: Having in adequate degree those properties which a thing of the kind ought to have....
9. great, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c888
...Composed of large particles; coarse of grain or texture. Of diet: Coarse, not delicate. In Old Cookery, applied sometimes to boiled meat in contradistinction to roast. Obs. exc....
10. hat, n. View full entry c725
...A covering for the head; in recent use, generally distinguished from other head-gear, as a man's cap (or bonnet) and a woman's bonnet, by having a more or less horizontal brim all...
11. 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....
12. hogan, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1651
...Freq. depreciative. A person from the Netherlands. Also in pl.: the States General of the Netherlands (see States General2). Cf. hogen mogen2,...
13. hogen mogen, n. and adj. View full entry 1639
...Freq. ironic or humorous. Any grand or powerful person, council, authority, etc. Cf. High Mightinesshigh20. Now rare....
14. icing, n. View full entry 1683
...A mixture of sugar (or other sweetener) with water, egg white, butter, or margarine, often coloured or flavoured, or a synthetic preparation with similar properties, used for covering or decorating cakes, biscuits,...
15. joy, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A vivid emotion of pleasure arising from a sense of well-being or satisfaction; the feeling or state of being highly pleased or delighted; exultation of spirit; gladness, delight....
16. King Kong, n. View full entry 1946
...Used as a nickname for anyone of outstanding size or strength. (In quot. 1966 used ironically.)...
17. lay, v.1 View full entry c888
...trans. To bring or cast down from an erect position (in Old English often, to strike down, slay); †fig. to cast down, abase, humble. Now only with complement denoting...
18. make, v.1 View full entry eOE
...trans....
19. manage, v. View full entry 1561
...Horse Riding....
20. mightiness, n. View full entry c1390
...The state or condition of being supremely or overwhelmingly powerful or strong; supremacy, pre-eminence, powerfulness, great strength....
