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1. altogether, adj., n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Modifying the object or complement of a clause, indicating that the whole of what it refers to is involved: all of (something); constituting or representing the entirety of (a place, group, etc.);...
2. bank, n.2 View full entry 1275
...A long seat for several to sit on, a bench, or form; a platform or stage to speak from. Obs. (Cf. mountebank)...
3. brock, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A badger: a name, in later times, associated especially with the epithet stinking....
4. divest, v. View full entry a1616
...trans. To unclothe, undress, disrobe; to strip of clothing, or of any covering, ornament, etc....
5. hunger, n. View full entry c825
...The uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food; craving appetite. Also, the exhausted condition caused by want of food....
6. intra-, prefix View full entry 1666
...In adjectives (properly, and most frequently, of Latin origin) in which it stands in prepositional relation to the n. implied in the second element....
7. Irish, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry OE
...Of a person: native to Ireland; that is a citizen of Ireland; (also) descended from emigrants from Ireland to another country, esp. the United States or Australia (cf. Irish-American, ...
8. issue, n. View full entry c1330
...The action of going, passing, or flowing out; egress, exit; power of egress or exit; outgoing, outflow....
9. † ˈJanian, adj. View full entry 1598
...Janus-like; two-faced....
10. nice, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person: foolish, silly, simple; ignorant. Obs....
11. off, adv., prep., n.1, and adj. View full entry eOE
...Expressing motion or direction from a place: to a distance, away, quite away; as in to go off, run off, drive off. to be off...
12. pair, n.1 View full entry c1300
...A set of two individual things of the same kind, that are associated or complementary in use, purpose, position, etc....
13. private, adj.1, adv., and n. View full entry 1395
...Of a religious rule: not shared by all Christians. Of an individual or a religious order: living according to distinct religious rules; set apart by distinct beliefs, religious practices, etc. Obs....
14. rational, adj. and adv. View full entry a1398
...Of a person, a person's soul, mind, etc....
15. regard, n. View full entry 1348
...In sing. and pl. In early use: †detailed consideration of a problem or question (obs.). Later: notice taken of a person or thing; close attention. Now...
16. seasonable, adj. View full entry 1380
...Occurring at the right season, opportune....
17. † ˈstanchgrain, n. View full entry c1440
...A composition used in preparing the smooth surface of parchment....
18. superior, adj., n., and adv. View full entry a1393
...That is on a higher physical level; situated above or further up than something else; upper. Formerly also: †heavenly, celestial (obs.)....
19. transpire, v. View full entry 1598
...trans. To emit or cause to pass in the state of vapour through the walls or surface of a body; esp. to give off or discharge (waste matter, etc.)...
