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1. bird, n. View full entry a800
...orig. The general name for the young of the feathered tribes; a young bird; a chicken, eaglet, etc.; a nestling. The only sense in Old English; found in literature down to...
2. calf, n.1 View full entry a800
...The young of any bovine animal, esp. of the domestic cow. ‘Calf is applied to all young cattle until they attain one year old, when they are year-olds...
3. cow, n.1 View full entry a800
...The female of any bovine animal (as the ox, bison, or buffalo); most commonly applied to the female of the domestic species (Bos Taurus)....
4. flay, v. View full entry a800
...trans. To strip or pull off the skin or hide of; to skin:...
5. flesh, n. View full entry a800
...The soft substance, esp. the muscular parts, of an animal body; that which covers the framework of bones and is enclosed by the skin. raw flesh...
6. grow, v. View full entry c725
...Of a plant: To manifest vigorous life; to put forth foliage, flourish, be green. Also of land: To be verdant, produce vegetation. Often associated with blowObs....
7. handle, n.1 View full entry a800
...That part of a thing which is made to be grasped by the hand in using or moving it....
8. kite, n. View full entry c725
...A bird of prey of the family Falconidæ and subfamily Milvinæ, having long wings, tail usually forked, and no tooth in the bill....
9. maw, n.1 View full entry eOE
...The stomach of an animal or (now Brit. regional or humorous) of a person. Formerly also: spec. †the abomasum or fourth stomach of a ruminant (...
10. old, adj. View full entry eOE
...Of a human or other living thing....
11. shave, v. View full entry c725
...trans. To scrape, to scrape away the surface of, to cut down or pare away with a sharp tool, thereby removing very thin portions of the surface. Also with off...
12. shell, n. View full entry c725
...The calcareous or chitinous outer covering of crustaceans, molluscs, and other invertebrates....
13. ship, n.1 View full entry c725
...A large sea-going vessel (opposed to a boat); spec. (in modern times) a vessel having a bowsprit and three masts, each of which consists of a lower, top,...
14. staff, n.1 View full entry c725
...A stick carried in the hand as an aid in walking or climbing. Now chiefly literary (e.g. in reference to ‘pilgrims’)....
15. tongs, n. View full entry c725
...An implement consisting of two limbs or ‘legs’ connected by a hinge, pivot, or spring, by means of which their lower ends are brought together so as to grasp and take up...
16. weather, n. View full entry c725
...The condition of the atmosphere (at a given place and time) with respect to heat or cold, quantity of sunshine, presence or absence of rain, hail, snow, thunder, fog, etc., violence or...
17. wife, n. View full entry c725
...A woman: formerly in general sense; in later use restricted to a woman of humble rank or ‘of low employment’ (Johnson), esp. one engaged in the sale of some commodity. Now ...
18. woe, int., and adv., n., and adj. View full entry c725
...As an exclamation of grief or lamentation: = Alas! Often in combination with another int., as ah, lo (see wale, wellawo); cf. waesuck(s...
