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61bird — {{11}}bird (n.1) O.E. bird, rare collateral form of bridd, originally young bird, nestling (the usual O.E. for bird being fugol), of uncertain origin with no cognates in any other Germanic language. The suggestion that it is related by umlaut to… …
62broadcast — 1767, adjective, in reference to the spreading of seed, from BROAD (Cf. broad) (adj.) + pp. of CAST (Cf. cast) (v.). Figurative use is recorded from 1785. Modern media use began with radio (1922, adjective and noun). As a verb, recorded from 1813 …
63curdle — (v.) 1630s (earlier crudle, 1580s), to thicken, cause to congeal, frequentative of curd (v.) to make into curd (late 14c.; see CURD (Cf. curd)). Of blood, in figurative sense to inspire horror from c.1600. Related: Curdled (1590); curdling… …
64devious — 1590s, out of the way, from L. devius out of the way, remote, off the main road, from de via (see DEVIATE (Cf. deviate)). Originally in the Latin literal sense; figurative sense of deceitful is first recorded 1630s. Related: Deviously;… …
65gripe — (v.) O.E. gripan grasp at, lay hold, attack, take, seek to get hold of, from P.Gmc. *gripanan (Cf. O.S. gripan, O.N. gripa, Du. grijpen, Goth. greipan, O.H.G. grifan, Ger. greifen to seize ), from PIE root *ghreib to grip (Cf. Lith. griebiu …
66horn — {{11}}horn (n.) O.E. horn horn of an animal, also wind instrument (originally made from animal horns), from P.Gmc. *hurnaz (Cf. Ger. Horn, Du. horen, Goth. haurn), from PIE *ker uppermost part of the body, head, horn, top, summit (Cf. Gk. karnon …
67idol — (n.) mid 13c., image of a deity as an object of (pagan) worship, from O.Fr. idole idol, graven image, pagan god, from L.L. idolum image (mental or physical), form, used in Church Latin for false god, from Gk. eidolon appearance, reflection in… …
68keystone — (n.) stone in the middle of an arch, which holds up the others, 1630s, from KEY (Cf. key) (n.1) in figurative sense of that which holds together other parts + STONE (Cf. stone). Figurative sense is from 1640s. Pennsylvania was called the Keystone …
69map — {{11}}map (n.) 1520s, shortening of M.E. mapemounde map of the world (late 14c.), and in part from M.Fr. mappe, shortening of O.Fr. mapemonde, both English and French words from M.L. mappa mundi map of the world; first element from L. mappa… …
70milk — {{11}}milk (n.) O.E. meoluc (W.Saxon), milc (Anglian), from P.Gmc. *meluks milk (Cf. O.N. mjolk, O.Fris. melok, O.S. miluk, Du. melk, O.H.G. miluh, Ger. Milch, Goth. miluks), from *melk to milk, from PIE root …
