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1. 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....
2. 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,...
3. 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. ...
4. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
5. corker, n. View full entry 1723
...? A cork-cutter. Obs....
6. day, n. View full entry c950
...‘The time between the rising and setting of the sun’ (Johnson); the interval of light between successive periods of darkness or night; in ordinary usage including the lighter part of...
7. fat, adj. and n.2 View full entry c893
...Of an animal used for food: Fed up for slaughter, ready to kill, fatted....
8. good, adj., adv., and n. View full entry 805-31
...Of things: Having in adequate degree those properties which a thing of the kind ought to have....
9. hat, n. View full entry c725
...A covering for the head; in recent use, generally distinguished from other head-gear, as a man's cap (or bonnet) and a woman's bonnet, by having a more or less horizontal brim all...
10. hog, n.1 View full entry OE
...A domestic pig reared for slaughter; spec. a castrated male pig. Also more widely: any domestic pig. Cf. pig1a....
11. jolly, adj. and adv. View full entry c1305
...Of gay and cheerful disposition or character; bright, lively; joyous, gladsome; mirthful. Now arch. and chiefly of time....
12. knight, n. View full entry c893
...A boy, youth, lad. (Only in Old English) Obs....
13. laughing, adj. View full entry OE
...That laughs (in various senses); characterized by or suggestive of laughter....
14. make, v.1 View full entry eOE
...trans....
15. market, n. View full entry lOE
...A meeting or gathering together of people for the purchase and sale of provisions or livestock, publicly displayed, at a fixed time and place; the occasion or time of this. Also: the...
16. Mexican, n. and adj. View full entry 1578
...A native or inhabitant of Mexico. In early use perh. also: †a native or inhabitant of Mexico City (obs.)....
17. mighty, adj. (and int.), n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Possessing might or power; powerful, potent, strong. Freq. rhetorical, connoting a pre-eminent or imposing degree of power....
18. native, n. View full entry 1381
...Under feudal and similar systems: a person born in bondage; a person born to servants, tenants, etc., and inheriting their status. Cf. naif1. Now hist....
19. never, adv. and int. View full entry eOE
...At no time or moment; on no occasion; not ever....
20. nigger, n. and adj. View full entry 1574
...A dark-skinned person of sub-Saharan African origin or descent; = Negro1a....
