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1. † ablow, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. To blow or breathe on or upon....
2. ache, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. Of a part of the body, a wound, etc.: to be painful or sore. More generally: to be the source or seat of continuous or prolonged dull physical pain or...
3. † adead, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. To die. Also in extended use and fig....
4. † adeave, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. To become deaf. Cf. deave1....
5. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
6. agnail, n. View full entry eOE
...A corn on the toe or foot. In later use also: a bunion; an ingrowing or deformed toenail. Now Eng. regional (north.), rare....
7. agrimony, n. View full entry eOE
...Any of various plants constituting the genus Agrimonia (family Rosaceae), comprising perennial herbaceous flowering plants native chiefly to temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere; esp. (more...
8. ail, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. With animate subject: to cause trouble or harm to, to afflict. Obs....
9. akele, v. View full entry eOE
...trans....
10. ale, n. View full entry eOE
...Any beer other than lager, stout, or porter; spec. beer brewed by top fermentation. Also: a type of this....
11. alexanders, n. View full entry eOE
...A tall biennial plant, Smyrnium olusatrum (family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae), native to southern Europe, with large, glossy compound leaves and clusters of tiny yellow-green flowers, formerly commonly...
12. aloe, n. View full entry eOE
...In pl. (in early use occas. sing.). An aromatic resin or wood; spec. the resin or decaying heartwood of any of several South-East Asian trees of...
13. angletwitch, n. View full entry eOE
...A worm used as bait in fishing; an earthworm....
14. ˈblind-nettle, n. View full entry eOE
...The Dead-nettle; also the Hemp-nettle and Hedge Nettle or Wood Woundwort....
15. blood, n. (and int.) View full entry eOE
...The red fluid flowing in the arteries, capillaries, and veins of humans and other vertebrates, carrying oxygen and nutrients to, and carbon dioxide and waste metabolites away from, the organs and tissues...
16. blood-red, adj. View full entry eOE
...Red like blood; blood-coloured....
17. canker, n. View full entry eOE
...A chronic, non-healing sore or ulcer, esp. one that extends into surrounding tissue; (in early use) spec. a cancer, or the disease cancer. Perh. also: gangrene. Cf. cancer3a...
18. church bell, n. View full entry eOE
...In early use: †a handbell used in church (obs.). Later: a (usually large) bell, freq. one of a set, hung in the tower of a church and rung to call...
19. earth-gall, n. View full entry eOE
...Any of various bitter herbs of the family Gentianaceae; esp. common centaury, Centaurium erythraeum....
20. earth house, n. View full entry eOE
...An underground dwelling, basement, or chamber; = souterrain...
