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1. acceptance, n. View full entry 1528-30
...Law. An agreement to abide by the act or contract of another, such as a predecessor in an office, by some act which amounts to a recognition or approval of it,...
2. altar, n. View full entry eOE
...A block, table, stand, or other raised structure with a flat top used as the focus for a religious ritual, especially for making sacrifices or offerings to a god or gods....
3. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
4. arrow, n. View full entry a835
...A slender pointed missile shot from a bow, usually feathered and barbed. Sometimes also applied to the bolts, or quarrels, with thickened heads, discharged from the cross-bow....
5. basket, n. View full entry a1300
...A vessel of wickerwork, made of plaited osiers, cane, rushes, bast, or other materials....
6. beard, n. View full entry c825
...The hair that grows upon the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of an adult man's face; now usually excluding the moustache, or hair of the upper lip....
7. before, adv., prep., conj., adj., and n. View full entry OE
...Of motion: Ahead, in advance, in front....
8. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
9. Billy Bunter, n. View full entry 1939
...The name of a schoolboy in stories written between 1908 and 1961 by ‘Frank Richards’ (Charles Hamilton, 18751961), used allusively to indicate fatness, gluttony, clumsiness,...
10. † ˈbitter-ˌsweeting, n. View full entry 1597
...The Bitter-sweet Apple. (In Shakespeare allusively.)...
11. brass, n. View full entry c1000
...Historically: The general name for all alloys of copper with tin or zinc (and occasionally other base metals). To distinguish alloys of copper and tin, the name bronze has...
12. brave, adj., n., and int. View full entry 1568
...Of persons and their attributes: Courageous, daring, intrepid, stout-hearted (as a good quality)....
13. bread, n. View full entry c950
...(Only in Old English) Bit, piece, morsel (of food). See above in Etymology....
14. bust, n.2 View full entry a1660
...The part of a sculpture representing the torso, esp. that of a larger ancient Greek or Roman statue. Obs. (but cf. sense 2a)....
15. cake, n. View full entry c1230
...As name of an object, with plural: A baked mass of bread or substance of similar kind, distinguished from a loaf or other ordinary bread, either by its form or by its...
16. camelious, adj. View full entry 1902
...Jocular word invented by Kipling (in form cameelious) to describe the hump given to the lazy camel in Just So Stories. Hence allusively (with ref. to...
17. champagne, n. View full entry 1664
...The name of a province of eastern France; hence, a well-known wine of different varieties, white and red, and still or sparkling, made in this district....
18. Christian, adj. and n. View full entry 1285
...Of persons and communities: Believing, professing, or belonging to the religion of Christ....
19. Circe, n. View full entry c1405
...In Greek and Latin mythology the name of an enchantress who dwelt in the island of Aea, and transformed all who drank of her cup into swine; often used allusively....
20. cloak, n. View full entry c1300
...A loose outer garment worn by both sexes over their other clothes....
