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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. acolyte, n. View full entry OE
...Christian Church (now chiefly R.C. Church). A person who attends a priest and performs subordinate duties, as assisting at the altar, lighting and bearing candles, etc. Also: the order...
3. B, n. View full entry c1000
...The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth, whence also its form...
4. beadle, n. View full entry c1000
...One who makes a proclamation (on behalf of another); a herald. Obs....
5. bear, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A heavily-built, thick-furred plantigrade quadruped, of the genus Ursus; belonging to the Carnivora, but having teeth partly adapted to a vegetable diet. ...
6. beaver, n.1 View full entry c1000
...An amphibious rodent, distinguished by its broad, oval, horizontally-flattened, scaly tail, palmated hind feet, coat of soft fur, and hard incisor teeth with which it cuts down trees; remarkable for its skill...
7. † beˈteach, v. View full entry a1000
...trans. To show, point out....
8. breed, v. View full entry c1000
...trans. Said of a female parent: To cherish (brood) in the womb or egg; to bring (offspring) forward from the germ to the birth; to hatch (young birds) from the egg;...
9. cram, v. View full entry c1000
...trans. To fill (a receptacle) with more than it properly or conveniently holds, by force or compression; less strictly, to fill to repletion, fill quite full or overfull, ‘pack’. Const. ...
10. E, n.1 View full entry c1000
...simply....
11. hop, v.1 View full entry c1000
...intr....
12. inn, n. View full entry c1000
...A dwelling-place, habitation, abode, lodging; a house (in relation to its inhabitant)....
13. keep, v. View full entry c1000
...To seize, lay hold of; to snatch, take. Obs....
14. knock, v. View full entry c1000
...intr. To strike with a sounding blow, as with the fist or something hard; esp. to rap upon a door or gate in order to call attention or gain...
15. L, n. View full entry c1000
...Illustrations of the literary use of the letter....
16. † ˈlorespell, n. View full entry c1000
...A sermon, instructive discourse....
17. M, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
18. mislear, v. View full entry OE
...trans. †To misteach (obs.); to mislead, misguide; to lead astray....
19. misteach, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To teach or instruct (a person) badly or wrongly....
20. O, n.1 View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
