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1. account, n. View full entry c1300
...Counting, reckoning, enumeration; computation, calculation; (also) a style or mode of reckoning; an amount established by counting. Now chiefly in money of account: see money2....
2. acrost, prep. and adv. View full entry 1759
...= across...
3. afters, n. View full entry 1909
...The sweet course following the main course of a meal; pudding, dessert. Also with sing. concord. Cf. second8....
4. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
5. altogether, adj., n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Modifying the object or complement of a clause, indicating that the whole of what it refers to is involved: all of (something); constituting or representing the entirety of (a place, group, etc.);...
6. an, conj. and n. View full entry ?a1160
...Now usu. in form an'. = andI. (coordinating). Now regional and nonstandard....
7. and, conj.1, adv., and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Simply connective....
8. as, adv. and conj. View full entry OE
...Of quantity or degree: in that degree, to that extent (in or to which). Obs....
9. athwart, adv. and prep. View full entry c1470
...Across from side to side, transversely; usually, but not necessarily, in an oblique direction....
10. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
11. 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....
12. Irish, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry OE
...Of a person: native to Ireland; that is a citizen of Ireland; (also) descended from emigrants from Ireland to another country, esp. the United States or Australia (cf. Irish-American, ...
13. know, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To perceive (a thing or person) as identical with one already perceived or considered; to recognize; to identify. Formerly freq. with for; also with by (a...
14. mind, v. View full entry a1382
...trans....
15. much, adj., adv., pron., and n. View full entry a1154
...Of any physical object or entity: great in size or dimension; spec. (of a person) tall, large, bulky; (formerly also) †adult, grown up, mature (obs.). Now only in...
16. neither, adv. (and conj.), pron., and adj. View full entry c1150
...Introducing reference to alternatives or different things, about each of which a negative statement is made....
17. nohow, adv. and adj. View full entry 1775
...By no course of action, method, or agency; in no way, by no means, not at all....
18. nor, conj.1 (and adv.) View full entry a1375
...Following a word, phrase, or clause which is negated with neither (also formerly †nother or †nouther), used as a correlative to introduce a second or subsequent...
19. northen, adj. View full entry c1175
...Of a person, etc.: inhabiting or originating from the northern part of a country or region (from the 19th cent. chiefly in African-American usage or representations of this). Cf. northern2a...
20. not, adv., n., and int. View full entry 1299
...Preceding a simple tense or form of a verb. Now usually (chiefly N. Amer.) with a subjunctive verb in a subordinate clause....
