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1. accepted, adj. View full entry c1384
...Satisfactory, acceptable, agreeable, esp. to a person. Obs....
2. brown, adj. View full entry a1000
...Dusky, dark. (Now only poetic, and regarded as transf. from sense 2.)...
3. good, adj., adv., and n. View full entry 805-31
...Of things: Having in adequate degree those properties which a thing of the kind ought to have....
4. 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....
5. Gregorian, adj. and n. View full entry 1598
...Of or pertaining to Pope Gregory I (who reigned 590–600); chiefly applied to the ancient system of ritual music, otherwise known as plainchant or plainsong (characterized by free...
6. masonic, adj. View full entry 1786
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry. Also in extended use....
7. masonry, n. and adj. View full entry a1425
...Stonework, brickwork; work executed by a mason....
8. master, n.1 and adj. View full entry eOE
...gen. A person (predominantly, a man) having authority, direction or control over the action of another or others; a director, leader, chief, commander; a ruler, governor. Now arch....
9. monitorial, adj. View full entry 1725
...Of a letter, communiqué, etc.: warning, admonitory. See monitory1. Obs....
10. operative, adj. and n. View full entry ?a1425
...Characterized by operating or working; being in operation or force; (also) exerting force or influence, or active in producing or having the power to produce effects; productive of something....
11. royal, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Befitting or appropriate to a monarch, esp. in quality, size, or ostentation; stately, magnificent, splendid, imposing....
12. scald, adj.1 and n.3 View full entry 1529
...Affected with the ‘scall’; scabby. ...
13. six, adj. and n. View full entry 835
...In concord with n. expressed....
14. square, adj. View full entry a1300
...Having a rectilinear and rectangular form of equal length and breadth; contained by four equal sides at right angles to each other; quadrate....
15. superexcellent, adj. and n. View full entry 1508
...That superexcels; excellent to a high degree, or above all others; very, or more than usually, excellent....
16. tawny, adj. and n. View full entry 1377
...Having, or being of, this colour....
17. tender, adj. (and adv.) and n.3 View full entry ?c1225
...Soft or delicate in texture or consistence; yielding easily to force or pressure; fragile; easily broken, divided, compressed, or injured; of food, easily masticated, succulent. tender bread, newly baked bread...
18. third degree | third-degree, n. and adj. View full entry 1578
...gen. The third step or stage in succession, intensity, or amount....
19. tiled, adj. View full entry c1450
...Covered, roofed, lined, or laid with tiles....
20. wide, adj. View full entry 971
...Having great extent (esp. horizontally); vast, spacious, ample, extensive, roomy. Obs. exc. as generalized use of sense 5....
