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1. ass, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A well-known quadruped of the horse kind, distinguished from the horse by its smaller size, long ears, tuft at end of tail, and black stripe across the shoulders. Found wild in western...
2. bear, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A heavily-built, thick-furred plantigrade quadruped, of the genus Ursus; belonging to the Carnivora, but having teeth partly adapted to a vegetable diet. ...
3. bellow, v. View full entry c1000
...prop. To roar as a bull, or as a cow when excited. (Ordinarily, a cow lows.)...
4. ˈbishop, v.1 View full entry c1000
...To administer the rite of confirmation to (a person); to confirm. arch. or Obs....
5. capon, n. View full entry c1000
...A castrated cock....
6. clay, n. View full entry c1000
...A stiff viscous earth found, in many varieties, in beds or other deposits near the surface of the ground and at various depths below it: it forms with water a tenacious paste...
7. colt, n.1 View full entry c1000
...The young of the horse, or of animals of the horse kind. In Scripture applied also to the young of the camel....
8. dub, v.1 View full entry 1085-1123
...trans. To confer the rank of knighthood by the ceremony of striking the shoulder with a sword....
9. edge, n. View full entry OE
...The thin sharpened side of the blade of a cutting instrument or weapon; opposed to the ‘back’ or blunt side; or to the ‘flat’ or broad surface of the blade. Often associated...
10. fellow, n. View full entry 1016
...One who shares with another in a possession, official dignity, or in the performance of any work; a partner, colleague, co-worker. Also, one united with another in a covenant for common ends;...
11. fin, n.1 View full entry c1000
...An organ attached to various parts of the body in fishes and cetaceans, which serves for propelling and steering in the water. With prefixed adj., as anal, caudal,...
12. French, adj. and n. View full entry OE
...Esp. in early use: of or relating to the Romance-speaking peoples of western Europe (as opposed to the Germanic or Celtic peoples). In later use: of or relating to France....
13. game, n. View full entry OE
...Amusement, delight, fun, mirth, sport. Often in game and glee, game and play, joy and game; also game and solace. upon her game...
14. ˈgodˌfather, n. View full entry c1000
...A male sponsor considered in relation to his god-child....
15. graze, v.1 View full entry c1000
...intr. Chiefly of cattle: To feed on growing grass and other herbage....
16. hang, v. View full entry OE
...To place (a thing) so that it is supported from above, and takes, below the point of support, the position due to the action of gravity or any external force; to fasten,...
17. hog, n.1 View full entry OE
...A domestic pig reared for slaughter; spec. a castrated male pig. Also more widely: any domestic pig. Cf. pig1a....
18. hoof, n. View full entry c1000
...The massive horny growth which sheathes the ends of the digits or incases the foot of quadrupeds forming the order Ungulata, primarily that of the horse and other equine animals:...
19. hose, n. View full entry a1100
...An article of clothing for the leg; sometimes reaching down only to the ankle as a legging or gaiter, sometimes also covering the foot like a long stocking....
20. Irish, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry OE
...Of a person: native to Ireland; that is a citizen of Ireland; (also) descended from emigrants from Ireland to another country, esp. the United States or Australia (cf. Irish-American, ...