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1. album, n.2 View full entry 1612
...A book in which contributions (such as signatures, memorial verses, and epigrams) are inscribed for the owner, esp. as mementos or keepsakes. Also more generally: a collection of literary items. Also ...
2. art, n.1 View full entry c1300
...Skill in doing something, esp. as the result of knowledge or practice....
3. Babylonian, n. and adj. View full entry 1534
...A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Babylon (now in Iraq), or the ancient Babylonian Empire. hist....
4. Babylonical, adj. View full entry 1535
...derogatory. = Babylonian2. Obs....
5. Babylonically, adv. View full entry 1599
...In a manner characteristic of Babylon or its inhabitants. Also (derogatory): in the manner of a Roman Catholic (see Babylon1)....
6. Babylonish, adj. (and n.) View full entry eOE
...Of, from, or relating to the ancient city of Babylon (now in Iraq), or to the ancient Babylonian Empire (hist.). Also: resembling (that of) Babylon or Babylonia. In Old English...
7. Babylonism, n. View full entry 1610
...derogatory. The doctrines and practices of the Roman Catholic Church; Roman Catholicism. See Babylon1. Obs.rare....
8. base, n.1 View full entry ?a1325
...Part of a structure....
9. 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)...
10. brood, n. View full entry c1000
...Progeny, offspring, young....
11. Celtic, adj. and n. View full entry 1656
...Hist. and Archaeol. Of or belonging to the ancient Celtæ and their presumed congeners....
12. chorister, n. View full entry c1360
...A member of a choir of singers....
13. 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...
14. 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, ...
15. dog, n.1 View full entry OE
...A domesticated carnivorous mammal, Canis familiaris (or C. lupus familiaris), which typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractile claws, and a barking, howling, or...
16. field, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Open country, esp. as opposed to woodland; a stretch of open land; a plain....
17. fool, n.1 and adj. View full entry ?c1225
...One deficient in judgement or sense, one who acts or behaves stupidly, a silly person, a simpleton. (In Biblical use applied to vicious or impious persons.)...
18. green, adj. and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Of a colour intermediate between blue and yellow in the spectrum; of the colour of grass, foliage, an emerald, etc....
19. Hamite, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1645
...A follower of Ham: used as a term of obloquy. (Cf. Gen. ix. 22–25.) Obs.rare....
20. hand, n.1 View full entry c825
...The terminal part of the arm beyond the wrist, consisting of the palm and five digits, forming the organ of prehension characteristic of man. The name is also given to the similar...
