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1. B, n. View full entry c1000
...The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth, whence also its form...
2. backside, n. View full entry 1489
...The hinder or back part; the back, the rear....
3. bar steward, n. View full entry 1888
...A person who serves drinks in a bar; a bartender....
4. be, v. View full entry eOE
...To have place in the objective universe or realm of fact, to exist; (spec. of God, etc.) to exist independently of other beings. Also: to exist in life, to live....
5. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
6. bless, v.1 View full entry c950
...trans. To consecrate (a thing) by a religious rite, the utterance of a formula or charm; in later times by a prayer committing it to God for his patronage, defence, and...
7. business, n. View full entry OE
...Anxiety, solicitude, care; distress, uneasiness. Obs....
8. chamber, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A room or suite of rooms in a house, typically one allotted to the use of a particular person, a private room; (in later use) esp. a bedroom, typically on...
9. chuffing, adj. View full entry 1980
...Used as an intensifier, freq. as a mild expletive or euphemism for fucking....
10. come, v. View full entry c825
...In its most literal sense it expresses the hitherward motion of a voluntary agent....
11. D, n. View full entry c1000
...the fourth letter of the Roman alphabet, corresponding in position and power to the Phoenician and Hebrew Daleth, and Greek Delta, Δ, whence also its form was derived...
12. death, n. View full entry c888
...The act or fact of dying; the end of life; the final cessation of the vital functions of an animal or plant....
13. do, v. View full entry c825
...To put, place....
14. dog, n.1 View full entry OE
...A domesticated carnivorous mammal, Canis familiaris (or C. lupus familiaris), which typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractile claws, and a barking, howling, or...
15. early, adj. and n. View full entry ?c1225
...With reference to the time of day....
16. economy, n. View full entry ?1440
...The management or administration of the material resources of a community, discipline, or other organized body; the art or science of managing such resources. Freq. with modifying word....
17. fall, v. View full entry c890
...intr. To drop from a high or relatively high position. Const. †in, into, to, on, upon; also, to the earth...
18. find, v. View full entry c950
...trans. To come across, fall in with, meet with, light upon. Primarily of persons, and implying perception of the object encountered; hence of things viewed as agents....
19. 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....
20. front, n. (and adj.) View full entry c1290
...= forehead1. Now only poet. or in highly rhetorical language....
