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1. bob, n.8 View full entry 1789
...A shilling....
2. brown, adj. View full entry a1000
...Dusky, dark. (Now only poetic, and regarded as transf. from sense 2.)...
3. G, n. View full entry 1596
...G. g, g is used to denote anything occupying the seventh place in a series. (Cf. A, B, C, etc.)...
4. 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....
5. grip, n.1 View full entry OE
...Firm hold or grasp; the action of gripping, grasping, or clutching; esp. the tight or strained grasp of the hand upon an object (cf. handgrip); also, grasping power....
6. guard, n. View full entry 1412
...Keeping, guardianship, custody, ward. to take guard: to take care. Obs....
7. mark, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A boundary, frontier, or limit. Also: land within or near certain boundaries (cf. march). Obs....
8. order, n. View full entry c1225
...Christian Church. Any of the nine grades of angels, according to medieval angelology. Also: any analogous class of spiritual or demonic beings. Now hist. and poet....
9. pack, n.1 View full entry 1191
...A bundle of things wrapped or tied up together for transport; a bale, package, or parcel; (sometimes) spec. the burden carried on the back of a person or animal....
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. rover, n.2 View full entry 1511
...Archery. An arbitrarily selected mark at an unknown distance from the archer, esp. as used to provide practice in range-finding and long-distance shooting. Hence also in later use: a mark for...
12. royal, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Befitting or appropriate to a monarch, esp. in quality, size, or ostentation; stately, magnificent, splendid, imposing....
13. sea, n. View full entry c825
...The continuous body of salt water that covers the greater part of the earth's surface. Often poet. with epithet as broad, deep (see deep1...
14. warden, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...One who guards, protects, or defends; occas. a guardian angel: = guardian1. Obs....
15. wide, adj. View full entry 971
...Having great extent (esp. horizontally); vast, spacious, ample, extensive, roomy. Obs. exc. as generalized use of sense 5....
16. work, v. View full entry c825
...warke, dial.wark....
