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1. advice, n. View full entry c1300
...The view which a person holds in regard to a given matter; opinion, judgement, assessment. Also: the action of adopting a particular view or opinion; decision; (occas.) an opinion. Obs....
2. 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...
3. bio-, comb. form View full entry 1808
...With the sense ‘biographical’, ‘comprising elements of biography’....
4. class, n. and adj. View full entry 1533
...Roman Hist. A group of Roman citizens who could meet a certain minimum wealth qualification; spec. each of the five groups into which property owners were divided for military...
5. kati, n. View full entry 1727
...= catty...
6. koyan, n. View full entry 1783
...In Malaysia, a unit of weight equal to 40 piculs, equivalent to approximately 5,330 lb. (2·42 tonnes)....
7. machinery, n. View full entry 1687
...Theatre. Stage appliances and apparatus. Cf. machine4a. Chiefly hist....
8. mail, n.2 View full entry c1275
...A bag, pack, or wallet; a travelling bag, a portmanteau. In later use Sc. and U.S. in pl.: baggage. †Also fig....
9. masha, n. View full entry 1786
...A unit of weight, legally fixed in 1833 in British India as 15 grains (0.97 grams)....
10. mil, n.1 View full entry 1849
...A coin with a value equivalent to one-thousandth of the basic monetary unit. Cf. mill...
11. multi-, comb. form View full entry 1647
...Forming parasynthetic adjectives, with the sense ‘more than one, several, many’. From the adjectives are formed adverbs (e.g. multiserially) and nouns (e.g. multicellularity). Some formations of this kind...
12. number, n. View full entry c1300
...The precise sum or aggregate of a collection of individual things or persons; the quantity or amount....
13. O, n.1 View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
14. pani-wallah, n. View full entry 1934
...In South Asia: a water-carrier. Also in extended use (see quot. 1960)....
15. pass, n.4 View full entry 1555
...Prob.: demeanour; a course of action. Obs.rare....
16. quantum, n. and adj. View full entry 1567
...Chiefly Philos. Something that has quantity; (sometimes) spec. = quantity3....
17. ratti, n. View full entry 1625
...In South Asia: a small weight used for expressing the weight of gems, equal to one-eighth of a masha....
18. round, n.1 View full entry a1325
...A circular band, a ring; a ring-shaped object; (in later use) spec. a representation or drawing of a ring-shaped object on a flat surface, esp. one used to...
19. soft, adj. View full entry c1000
...Producing agreeable or pleasant sensations; characterized by ease and quiet enjoyment; of a calm or placid nature....
