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1. alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry c1400
...Used as a call to arms or warning of imminent danger, esp. of being attacked. Now literary (chiefly arch. and hist.)....
2. aloha, n. and int. View full entry 1820
...An utterance of ‘aloha’ (see sense B.); an expression of welcome or farewell. Also: good wishes; love, affection....
3. check, int. and n.1 View full entry c1330
...A call at chess by which notice is given to the opponent that a move has been made which exposes his King; one says also check to your king! and...
4. fudge, int. and n. View full entry 1766
...Stuff and nonsense! Bosh!...
5. gorblimey, int. View full entry 1896
...Vulgar corruption of the imprecation God blind me! See also quots. 19191925....
6. hell, n. and int. View full entry eOE
...The dwelling place of the dead; the abode of departed spirits; the infernal regions regarded as a place of existence after death; the underworld; the grave; Hades....
7. house, n.1 and int. View full entry eOE
...A building for human habitation, typically and historically one that is the ordinary place of residence of a family. (Cf. home2.)...
8. kwacha, int. and n. View full entry 1962
...Used as a Zambian and Malawian nationalist rallying cry....
9. Mizpah, int. and adj. View full entry 1835
...‘May the Lord watch between us’ (usually as an inscription on a piece of jewellery)....
10. morning, n. and int. View full entry c1275
...Originally: the time of the approach or beginning of ‘morn’; the period around sunrise. In later use usually: the early part of the day, esp. from sunrise until noon or lunchtime....
11. never, adv. and int. View full entry eOE
...At no time or moment; on no occasion; not ever....
12. night, n. and int. View full entry eOE
...The period of darkness occurring between one day and the next; that part of a 24-hour period during which a place receives no light from the sun; the time between evening and...
13. nothing, pron., and n., adv., and int. View full entry OE
...Not any (material or immaterial) thing; nought....
14. peekaboo, n., int., and adj. View full entry 1600
...A game played with a young child which involves hiding oneself, or one's face, and suddenly reappearing, saying ‘peekaboo’. Cf. bo-peep, peep-bo Also in extended use....
15. plash, n.2 and int. View full entry a1522
...The sound made when a body strikes the surface of water so as to break it up, or plunges into or through it; an act accompanied by this noise; a plunge, a...
16. pluff, n., adj., and int. (and adv.) View full entry 1525-6
...Sc. A blowpipe. Obs.rare....
17. ready, adj., adv., int., and n. View full entry c1200
...With infinitive....
18. rumbelow, int., n., and adj. View full entry c1400
...Used in songs as (part of) a refrain, esp. by sailors when rowing. Cf. heave ho, hey-ho Now arch. and rare....
19. super, adj.2 and int. View full entry 1769
...Chiefly Textiles. = superfine4....
20. tally-ho, int. and n. View full entry 1773
...The view-halloo raised by huntsmen on catching sight of the fox....