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1. accuser, n. View full entry a1382
...A person who accuses, blames, or criticizes. Also: spec. a plaintiff, a prosecutor....
2. crusted, adj. View full entry 1382
...Having or covered with a crust, encrusted; †crustaceous (obs.); that has deposited a crust, as old port or other wine....
3. filthy, adj. View full entry 1382
...Full of filth; besmeared or defiled with filth; dirty, foul, nasty, unclean. the filthy parts: the private parts....
4. froth, n. View full entry 1382
...The aggregation of small bubbles formed in liquids by agitation, fermentation, effervescence, etc.; foam, spume; = foam1....
5. hospitality, n. View full entry 1382
...The act or practice of being hospitable; the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers, with liberality and goodwill....
6. infant, n.1 (and adj.) View full entry 1382
...A child during the earliest period of life (or still unborn); now most usually applied to a child in arms, a babe; but often extended to include any child under seven years...
7. libation, n. View full entry 1382
...The pouring out of wine or other liquid in honour of a god; concr. the liquid so poured out; a drink-offering....
8. multiplying, n. View full entry a1382
...Prob.: multiplicity....
9. muster, n.1 View full entry a1382
...The number of people or things assembled on a particular occasion; an assembly, a collection....
10. persuasion, n. View full entry c1384
...The action or an act of persuading or attempting to persuade; the addressing of arguments or appeals to a person in order to induce cooperation, submission, or agreement; the presenting of persuasive...
11. property, n. View full entry a1382
...Usu. with the and of. The characteristic quality of a person or thing; (hence) character, nature. Obs....
12. pygarg, n. View full entry a1382
...A kind of antelope mentioned by Herodotus and Pliny, perh. the addax, Addax nasomaculatus. Now hist. and humorous....
13. resident, adj. and n.1 View full entry c1384
...That resides, dwells, or has an abode in a place; living somewhere on a long-term basis....
14. schism, n. View full entry c1384
...In the versions of the New Testament, used to represent the Greek σχίσμα in some passages, where the sense is that of a (metaphorical) rent or cleft....
15. sex, n.1 View full entry a1382
...Either of the two main categories (male and female) into which humans and many other living things are divided on the basis of their reproductive functions; (hence) the members of these categories...
16. sucker, n. View full entry c1384
...A young mammal before it is weaned; †a child at the breast (even-sucker, see even-3); now spec. a sucking-pig; a young whale-calf....
