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1. accepted, adj. View full entry c1384
...Satisfactory, acceptable, agreeable, esp. to a person. Obs....
2. captain, n. View full entry c1380
...One who stands at the head of others and leads them, or exercises authority over them; a headman, chief, or leader. Now only as fig. use of special senses....
3. communication, n. View full entry a1382
...The fact of having something in common with another person or thing; affinity; congruity. Obs.rare....
4. Freemason, n. View full entry 1376
...A member of a certain class of skilled workers in stone. Now hist. except as merged in sense 2....
5. grand, adj. and n. View full entry a1400-50
...the Grand: = ‘the Great’ Frenchle grand, la grande as an epithet of a famous person, city, or country. Obs....
6. guide, n. View full entry 1362
...One who leads or shows the way, esp. to a traveller in a strange country; spec. one who is hired to conduct a traveller or tourist (e.g. over a mountain,...
7. lieutenant, n. View full entry 1377
...One who takes the place of another; usually, an officer civil or military who acts for a superior; a representative, substitute, vicegerent....
8. master mason, n. View full entry 1370
...A skilled mason, esp. one who employs other workers; a mason who designs buildings or oversees their construction....
9. mystery, n.1 View full entry c1350
...Mystical presence or nature; mystical significance. in (also through) his mystery: in or by its mystical presence or nature. in (a) mystery: mystically, symbolically; with hidden or...
10. ranger, n.1 View full entry 1327
...Originally: a forester, a gamekeeper. Subsequently: a keeper of a royal park (also as an honorary title). Now esp.: a warden of a national or state park or forest; cf....
11. roughmason, n. View full entry 1379-80
...A mason who undertakes work requiring less skill or experience than that of a Freemason (Freemason1)....
12. skipper, n.2 View full entry 1390
...The captain or master of ship, esp. of a small trading, merchant, or fishing vessel; †a shipman, seaman....
13. tawny, adj. and n. View full entry 1377
...Having, or being of, this colour....
14. working, n. View full entry 1340
...Performance of work or labour; †formerly also, that which is done, work....
