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1. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
2. bearer, n. View full entry a1382
...One who carries or conveys; a carrier, a porter....
3. bed, n. View full entry c995
...A permanent structure or arrangement for sleeping on, or for the sake of rest. In some form or other it constitutes a regular article of household furniture in civilized life, as well...
4. box, n.2 View full entry a1000
...A case or receptacle usually having a lid....
5. collector, n. View full entry c1380
...One who collects or gathers together; spec. one who gathers separate literary compositions, etc., into one book, a compiler (now rare or obs.), one who collects...
6. coss | cos, n.2 View full entry 1616
...A measure of length in India, varying in different parts from 2½ miles or more down to about 1¼....
7. cotta | cottah, n.3 View full entry 1784
...‘A small land-measure containing eighty square yards’ (Yule)....
8. † covid, n. View full entry 1686
...A lineal measure formerly used in India: its length varied, at different places and times, from 36 to 14 inches....
9. date, n.2 View full entry c1330
...The time during which something lasts; period, season; duration; term of life or existence. Now rare (poet. in later use)....
10. grass, n.1 View full entry c725
...Herbage in general, the blades or leaves and stalks of which are eaten by horses, cattle, sheep, etc. Also, in a narrower sense, restricted to the smaller non-cereal Gramineæ (see...
11. guard, n. View full entry 1412
...Keeping, guardianship, custody, ward. to take guard: to take care. Obs....
12. guz, n. View full entry 1698
...A measure of length (see quot. 1874)....
13. howdah, n. View full entry 1775
...A seat to contain two or more persons, usually fitted with a railing and a canopy, erected on the back of an elephant....
14. make, v.1 View full entry eOE
...trans....
15. † mangelin, n. View full entry 1555
...In southern India and Sri Lanka (Ceylon): a weight used for precious stones, varying regionally and usually between 4 and 5 grains (1 and 1.25 carats)....
16. markal, n.1 View full entry c1680
...A unit of weight for grain used in Tamil Nadu, southern India....
17. monkey, n. View full entry 1530
...Any of numerous small- to medium-sized primates belonging to the one of the three families Callitrichidae, Cebidae, and Cercopithecidae, most kinds of which have long tails...
18. news, n. View full entry a1382
...New things; novelties. Obs....
19. off, adv., prep., n.1, and adj. View full entry eOE
...Expressing motion or direction from a place: to a distance, away, quite away; as in to go off, run off, drive off. to be off...
20. one, adj., n., and pron. View full entry eOE
...Designating a person who or thing which consists of a single individual or unit, without the addition of another of the same kind; single and integral in number....
