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1. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
2. 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....
3. akhara, n. View full entry 1832
...In India: a wrestling ring or pit; a gymnasium or outdoor exercise area....
4. box, n.2 View full entry a1000
...A case or receptacle usually having a lid....
5. burgher, n. View full entry ?1555
...An inhabitant of a burgh, borough, or corporate town; a citizen. Chiefly used of continental towns, but also of English boroughs, in a sense less technical than burgess. Now somewhat...
6. cess, n.1 View full entry 1531
...An assessment, tax, or levy: in various spec. applications....
7. coolie, n. View full entry 1622
...In India and (later also) China: a hired labourer (esp. one employed by a European); a porter (now esp. in a railway station). Hence also: an Asian labourer working abroad (now chiefly...
8. court, n.1 View full entry 1154
...A clear space enclosed by walls or surrounded by buildings; a yard, a court-yard; e.g. that surrounding a castle, or that left for the sake of light, etc. in the...
9. duck, n.1 View full entry 967
...A swimming bird of the genus Anas and kindred genera of the family Anatidæ, of which species are found all over the world....
10. English, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry eOE
...Of or belonging to England (or Britain) or its inhabitants....
11. guard, n. View full entry 1412
...Keeping, guardianship, custody, ward. to take guard: to take care. Obs....
12. history, n. View full entry eOE
...A written narrative constituting a continuous chronological record of important or public events (esp. in a particular place) or of a particular trend, institution, or person's life. Common in the titles of...
13. make, v.1 View full entry eOE
...trans....
14. matchbox, n. View full entry 1786
...Mil. A metal tube pierced with small holes, used by soldiers to conceal lighted matches at night. Now hist....
15. matrimonial, adj. and n. View full entry 1449
...Of or relating to marriage....
16. medical, adj. and n. View full entry 1646
...Of, relating to, or designating the science or practice of medicine in general, or its practitioners....
17. military, adj. and n. View full entry a1460
...Of or relating to warfare or defence; adapted to or connected with a state of war; designed for military use. Of, relating, or belonging to armed forces or an army (now freq....
18. mirasdar, n. View full entry 1796
...In India: a hereditary owner, esp. of land; (spec. in South India) an owner of inherited land prohibited by law from being sold, and leased instead to tenants for a...
19. 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...
20. moorpunky, n. View full entry 1767
...In India: a kind of pleasure boat used on the River Ganges, built in the shape of a peacock....