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1. ability, n. View full entry a1398
...Suitableness or adaptation for a purpose; fitness, aptitude; (also) an instance of this. Obs....
2. abouts, adv. and prep. View full entry a1387
...= about (in various senses). Cf. nearabouts...
3. advisement, n. View full entry a1387
...The action or an act of stipulating what action is required; an instruction, a directive, an injunction. Obs....
4. airy, adj. View full entry a1398
...Of or belonging to the air, esp. as distinguished from the earth, water, etc.; living or located in the air....
5. alter, v. View full entry a1398
...trans....
6. animal, n. View full entry a1398
...A living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and a nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli; any living creature, including man....
7. application, n. View full entry a1398
...The action of bringing something to bear upon a person or thing with practical results; the action of causing something to affect a person or thing....
8. artery, n. View full entry a1398
...Anat. More fully rough artery (also asper artery, sharp artery). The trachea or windpipe (occas. including the larynx); (in early use also, in pl....
9. baking, n. View full entry 1398
...The action of the verb bake; the process of preparing bread; the hardening or ‘firing’ of earthenware. Also spec. in Typogr. (see quot.). Cf. baked...
10. bay, n.1 View full entry 1398
...A berry, a small fruit, esp. used of that of the laurel or bay-tree: see 2. Obs....
11. bay, n.2 View full entry 1385
...An indentation of the sea into the land with a wide opening....
12. bubble, v. View full entry 1398
...intr. To form bubbles (as boiling water, a running stream, etc.); to rise in bubbles (as gas through liquid, water from a spring, etc.; often with out or ...
13. bud, n.1 View full entry 1398
...Bot. A little projection found at the axil of a leaf, composed of scales, which are small leaves, and forming the rudiment of a branch, cluster of leaves, or blossom. Hence,...
14. bull, v.1 View full entry 1398
...trans. Said of a bull: To gender with (the cow)....
15. bunch, v.2 View full entry 1398
...intr....
16. buzz, v.1 View full entry 1398
...intr. To make the humming sibilant sound characteristic of bees and other insects; to fly out, in, etc. with such a sound....
17. cane, n.1 View full entry 1398
...The hollow jointed ligneous stem of various giant reeds or grasses, as Bamboo and Sugar cane, and the solid stem of some of the more slender palms, esp. the genus Calamus...
18. Capitol, n. View full entry a1387
...The temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, on the Saturnian or Tarpeian (later called Capitoline) Hill at Rome, the smallest of its seven hills; the hill itself. Also more generally: any citadel on...
19. cheesy, adj. View full entry 1398
...Of or belonging to cheese; consisting of, or of the nature of, cheese; abounding in cheese....
20. chipped, adj. View full entry 1398
...Chapped. Obs....
