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1. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
2. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
3. Albert, n.2 View full entry 1840
...(usually in pl.) a type of boot popularized by Prince Albert, orig. and esp. one having a fabric upper and patent leather toecap....
4. alter, v. View full entry a1398
...trans....
5. 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,...
6. art, n.1 View full entry c1300
...Skill in doing something, esp. as the result of knowledge or practice....
7. B, n. View full entry c1000
...The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth, whence also its form...
8. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
9. bag, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A receptacle made of some flexible material closed in on all sides except at the top (where also it generally can be closed); a pouch, a small sack....
10. bag, v.1 View full entry a1400
...intr....
11. baggy, adj. and n. View full entry 1808
...Puffed or bulging out, hanging in loose folds....
12. bail | bayle, n.3 View full entry c1320
...pl. Outer line of fortification, formed of stakes; palisades, barriers....
13. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
14. banjo, n. View full entry 1764
...A stringed musical instrument, played with the fingers, having a head and neck like a guitar, and a body like a tambourine; a modification of the bandore....
15. barber, n. View full entry c1330
...A man, or more rarely a woman, whose business it is to shave or trim the beards, and cut and dress the hair, of customers. (Now largely replaced by hairdresser.)...
16. bare, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c885
...Of the body or its parts: Unclothed, naked, nude....
17. base, n.1 View full entry ?a1325
...Part of a structure....
18. bastard, n. and adj. View full entry 1297
...One begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or natural child....
19. bather, n. View full entry a1610
...A bath-keeper, or attendant at a bath. Obs....
20. bean, n. View full entry 940
...A smooth, kidney-shaped, laterally flattened seed, borne in long pods by a leguminous plant, Faba vulgaris....
