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1
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Aery

A

Characterized by lightness and not solid

2
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Argal

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Wild sheep of semidesert regions of Central Asia

3
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Baedry

A

Obscenity in speech or writing

4
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Beshrew

A

Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

5
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Bodkin

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A dagger with a slender blade

6
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Bourn

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An archaic term for a boundary

7
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Brainish

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Characterized by undue sate and lack of thought or deliberation

8
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Calmnious

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Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit

9
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Cannoneer

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A service man in the artillery

10
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Cellarage

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A storage area in a cellar

11
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Cerement

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Burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped

12
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Chopine

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A woman’s shoe with a very high thick sole

13
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Chough

A

A small European bird with red legs and black feathers

14
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Cicatrice

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A mark left by the healing of injured tissue

15
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Cozenage

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A fraudulent business scheme

16
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Cutpurse

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A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

17
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Encompassment

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Including entirely

18
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Eyas

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An unfledged or nesting hawk

19
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Accurst

A

Under a curse