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1. abuse, v. View full entry c1430
...trans. To use (something) improperly, to misuse; to make a bad use of; to pervert; to take advantage of wrongly....
2. C, n. View full entry 1420
...C springs: see cee (springs). C-scroll: a decorative scroll shaped like the letter C....
3. † ˈchesboll, n. View full entry c1410
...A poppy; particularly the Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum)....
4. deck, n.1 View full entry 1466
...A covering. Obs....
5. drug, n.1 View full entry c1400
...Originally: any substance, of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin, used as an ingredient in pharmacy, chemistry, dyeing, or various manufacturing processes. In later use: spec. a natural or synthetic substance...
6. fix, v. View full entry 14..
...trans. To fasten, make firm or stable in position; to place, attach, or insert and secure against displacement. Const. in, on, to. etc....
7. gamma, n. and adj. View full entry ?a1425
...The third letter of the Greek alphabet, Γ, γ, corresponding to English g....
8. habituation, n. View full entry c1449
...The action of rendering or becoming habitual; formation of habit. Esp. the formation of such habits as dependence on drugs....
9. hit, n. View full entry c1450
...A blow given to something aimed at; a stroke (at cricket, billiards, etc.); the collision or impact of one body with another....
10. hop, n.1 View full entry c1440
...(Usually in pl.)...
11. junk, n.2 View full entry 1485
...Naut. An old or inferior cable or rope; usually old junk. Obs....
12. mellow, adj. View full entry 1440
...Of fruit: ripe; soft, sweet, and juicy with ripeness. Also fig....
13. mud, n.1 View full entry c1400
...Soft, moist, glutinous material resulting from the mixing of water with soil, sand, dust, or other earthy matter; mire, sludge. Also: hard material or ground produced by the drying of this; (...
14. mushroom, n. and adj. View full entry 1440
...Originally: a fleshy fungal fruiting body consisting of a stalk and a dome-shaped cap lined underneath with gills; the macroscopic fruiting body of a fungus, esp. a basidiomycete. Later also: any fungus,...
15. opiate, n. and adj. View full entry ?a1425
...Med. and Pharmacol....
16. piper, n.2 View full entry 1456
...A person who lays or repairs pipes; a plumber. U.S. in later use....
17. polluted, adj. View full entry a1425
...Defiled, made impure or unclean, profane; tainted, sinful. Now esp.: (of the air, water, land, etc.) contaminated with noxious or poisonous substances; affected by excessive light, noise, organic waste, etc....
18. pop, n.1 View full entry c1425
...A blow, a knock, a punch; a slight rap or tap....
19. product, n.1 View full entry c1450
...Math....
20. quill, n.1 View full entry ?a1425
...The shaft of a feather, or something made from it....
