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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. agitation, n. View full entry 1547
...The state or condition of being moved backwards and forwards repeatedly; commotion, disturbance, perturbation; an instance of this....
3. agro-, comb. form View full entry 1893
...Forming esp. temporary and nonce-words with the sense ‘of or relating to agriculture’....
4. amlah, n. View full entry c1778
...In South Asia (esp. India): the body of officials who staff a courthouse; a member of this body....
5. 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...
6. communal, adj. View full entry a1470
...Common, unanimous. Obs....
7. communalism, n. View full entry 1871
...A principle or system of social organization in which the major political units of society are local self-governing communities. Now rare (hist. in later use)....
8. communalist, n. and adj. View full entry 1871
...An advocate of communalism (communalism1); esp. a member or supporter of the Paris Commune of 1871, a Communard. Now rare (hist....
9. laˈdronism, n. View full entry 1902
...In the Philippine Islands, organized resistance to law or authority among the native population....
10. mace, n.3 View full entry 1598
...In Malaysia and Indonesia: a traditional unit of weight (about 2.4 grams or 37 grains), normally one-sixteenth of a tael; (hence) a gold or silver coin of this weight; a monetary unit...
11. machinery, n. View full entry 1687
...Theatre. Stage appliances and apparatus. Cf. machine4a. Chiefly hist....
12. 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....
13. marriage, n. View full entry c1300
...The condition of being a husband or wife; the relation between persons married to each other; matrimony....
14. maty, n. View full entry 1810
...A male servant or menial; a kitchen assistant....
15. mehtar, n. View full entry 1662
...Originally: (the title of) any of several high-ranking officers of the Persian royal household. Later also: a groom, or a stable boy in Persia (Iran). Obs....
16. memsahib, n. View full entry 1832
...In South Asia (esp. India): a married European or upper-class woman; often used as a respectful form of address (as the memsahib, or vocatively) by non-Europeans. Now also in allusive...
17. mil, n.1 View full entry 1849
...A coin with a value equivalent to one-thousandth of the basic monetary unit. Cf. mill...
18. minor, adj. and n. View full entry c1230
...Used chiefly as postmodifier....
19. mutsuddy, n. View full entry 1683
...An accountant, clerk, or administrator....
20. najib, n. (and adj.) View full entry c1790
...In India: (an honorary title given to) a gentleman volunteer serving as an infantry soldier under the Marathas, etc., and later to a certain extent under the British. Also as ...
