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1. acceptancy, n. View full entry 1788
...= acceptance (in various senses)....
2. Anglo-French, n. and adj. View full entry 1796
...With the and pl. concord. English supporters of the French interest during the French Revolutionary Wars of 17921802, considered collectively. Obs.rare....
3. Anglomaniac, n. View full entry 1795
...A partisan or admirer of England (or Britain), esp. one considered extreme or excessive....
4. big man, n. View full entry 1789
...A man of high status or importance in a social group, organization, business, etc.; a leader, a boss....
5. blue-printed, adj. View full entry 1797
...Of pottery: decorated using the blue printing process (blueprinting1). Also, of the decoration itself: created using the blue printing process. Now hist....
6. chambray, n. and adj. View full entry 1787
...A lightweight cotton fabric, woven with a white weft and coloured warp. Also: a piece of such fabric. Cf. cambrica....
7. ˈCongressman, n. View full entry 1780
...A member of Congress (in U.S.)....
8. Durham, n. View full entry 1799
...Used to designate a breed of shorthorn cattle originating in Durham, now generally called shorthorns....
9. French harp, n. View full entry 1785
...A pedal harp....
10. hoggin, n. View full entry 1793
...Finely sifted or screened gravel; (now chiefly) a material consisting of a mixture of sand, gravel, and clay....
11. iron curtain, n. View full entry 1794
...In a theatre, a curtain of iron which can be lowered between the stage and the auditorium in order to prevent passage or communication, or for protection....
12. Lord's, n. View full entry 1799
...The cricket ground at St. John's Wood, London, named after its founder Thomas Lord (17571832); now the headquarters of the Marylebone Cricket Club....
13. marcella, n. View full entry 1795
...A type of stiff cotton or linen fabric, formed of two series of interlacing threads; = Marseilles2. Freq. attrib....
14. Marseillaise, n. View full entry 1794
...Also Marseillaise hymn. A French revolutionary marching song written and composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, a military engineer in the Rhine army, in 1792 on the...
15. mesmerist, n. View full entry 1795
...A person who practises mesmerism. Also: a person who believes in mesmerism; a follower of Mesmer....
16. millionaire, n. and adj. View full entry 1795
...A person whose assets are worth at least a million pounds (dollars, etc.); a person of great wealth....
17. nation, adj., adv., and n.2 View full entry 1765
...Very large, very great....
18. party political, adj. and n. View full entry 1791
...Of or relating to party politics; based on party politics....
19. pew-rent, n. View full entry 1794
...A rent paid for the exclusive use of a particular pew or seat in a church or chapel. Cf. pewage...
20. pig-hunt, n. View full entry 1793
...A hunt for wild pigs; a competition to catch a pig....
