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1. act, n. View full entry a1382
...In pl., with capital initial, and freq. with the. More fully Acts of the Apostles. (The name of) one of the books of the New Testament...
2. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
3. adjectival, adj. and n. View full entry 1647
...Grammar. That is or functions as an adjective; of, relating to, of the nature of, or characteristic of an adjective or adjectives....
4. adjective, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Grammar. That is an adjective (sense B. 1a)....
5. adult, adj. and n. View full entry 1531
...Of a person: having reached the age of maturity; grown-up....
6. aerosol, n. View full entry 1923
...Physical Chem. A system of colloidal particles dispersed in the air or in a gas, such as mist, fog, or smoke....
7. Alaska, n. View full entry 1867
...the purchase by the United States from Russia, in 1867, of the territory now constituting the state of Alaska. Cf. purchase13c....
8. amiss, adv., adj., and n. View full entry a1250
...Erroneously, in a way that goes astray of, or misses its object....
9. arrangement, n. View full entry 1715
...The action of arranging or disposing in order....
10. article, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Each of the separate items of a summary of faith; spec.each of the separate clauses or statements of the Apostles' Creed; (freq. with capital initial) any of the...
11. 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...
12. backside, n. View full entry 1489
...The hinder or back part; the back, the rear....
13. Ballyhack, n. View full entry 1843
...Hell....
14. bar steward, n. View full entry 1888
...A person who serves drinks in a bar; a bartender....
15. beggar, n. View full entry a1250
...One who asks alms, especially habitually; one who lives by so doing....
16. blank, n. View full entry 1480
...A small French coin, originally of silver, but afterwards of copper; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English. According to Littré,...
17. blessing, n. View full entry c825
...Hallowing, consecration. Obs....
18. bonus, n. View full entry 1785
...A boon or gift over and above what is normally due as remuneration to the receiver, and which is therefore something wholly ‘to the good’....
19. business, n. View full entry OE
...Anxiety, solicitude, care; distress, uneasiness. Obs....
20. buzzard, n.1 View full entry c1300
...Name for the genus Buteo of birds of the falcon family, esp. B. vulgaris. Applied also, with defining words, to other birds belonging to the Falconidæ:...
