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1. Abelungu, n. View full entry 1836
...With sing. or pl. concord. White people collectively. Cf. mlungu, umlungu2....
2. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
3. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
4. alleluia, int. and n.1 View full entry eOE
...‘Praise the Lord’: used as an expression of worship. Now also in weakened or ironic use. Freq. in psalms, prayers, and other devotional compositions....
5. alms, n. View full entry eOE
...Charitable relief given to the poor or needy, usu. (now only) in the form of material gifts, typically of money or food; (in later use esp.) the goods given in...
6. altesse, n. View full entry 1559
...Chiefly in French or continental European contexts: a person of high rank, a nobleman or noblewoman. Freq. as a title, usually with possessive and capital initial: ‘Highness’. Sometimes ironic or...
7. answer, n. View full entry c950
...A reply made to a charge, whereby the accused seeks to clear himself; a defence. spec. in Law, The counter-statement made in reply to a complainant's bill of...
8. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
9. bank, n.3 View full entry 1474
...The table or counter of a money-changer or dealer in money. Obs. exc. Hist....
10. banquet, n.1 View full entry 1483
...A feast, a sumptuous entertainment of food and drink; now usually a ceremonial or state feast, followed by speeches....
11. bear, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A heavily-built, thick-furred plantigrade quadruped, of the genus Ursus; belonging to the Carnivora, but having teeth partly adapted to a vegetable diet. ...
12. beauty, n. View full entry c1325
...Such combined perfection of form and charm of colouring as affords keen pleasure to the sense of sight:...
13. big boy, n. View full entry 1572
...A boy who is relatively old or mature; (also) a boy who is old enough to look after himself or to cope with adult experiences (also (colloq.) used ironically, of...
14. big girl, n. View full entry 1662
...A girl who is relatively old or mature; (also) a girl who is old enough to look after herself or to cope with adult experiences (also (colloq.) used ironically, of...
15. bounty, n. View full entry c1250
...Of persons: Goodness in general, worth, virtue; in pl. virtues, excellences; also excellent condition, high estate. Obs....
16. brain, n. View full entry eOE
...The organ contained in the skull of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of soft grey or white tissue with (esp. in mammals) a conspicuously convoluted surface. Also (as a mass noun): the...
17. brother, n. View full entry OE
...The word applied to a male being to express his relationship to others (male or female) as the child of the same parent or parents....
18. conscience, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The internal acknowledgement or recognition of the moral quality of one's motives and actions; the sense of right and wrong as regards things for which one is responsible; the faculty or principle...
19. corker, n. View full entry 1723
...? A cork-cutter. Obs....
20. culcha, n. View full entry 1872
...‘Culture’ or cultural pursuits, variously regarded as pretentious, exotic, alien, worthless, etc....
