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1. Abdul, n. View full entry 1870
...Originally: a male Turk; spec. (chiefly Austral. and N.Z.) a Turkish soldier in the First World War (191418); (also) Turkish soldiers collectively. Later...
2. Abo, n. and adj. View full entry 1908
...A member of an Australian aboriginal people; an Australian Aboriginal. ...
3. absentee, n. and adj. View full entry 1537
...A landowner who resides abroad or at a distance from his or her estate; (formerly also) a clergyman who is habitually absent from his parish. Also more generally: a person who is...
4. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
5. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
6. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry ?a1300
...A single point in a game, and related uses....
7. acid, adj. and n. View full entry 1626
...In general use: sour, tart, sharp to the taste; tasting like vinegar....
8. acrost, prep. and adv. View full entry 1759
...= across...
9. adjigo, n. View full entry 1863
...A yam, Dioscorea hastifolia, with edible tubers, native to parts of south-west Australia....
10. advantage, n. View full entry c1300
...Benefit; increased well-being or convenience. As a count noun: a benefit received....
11. advisory, adj. and n. View full entry 1751
...Having the function of or responsibility for giving advice; characterized by the giving of advice; (sometimes) spec. having or consisting in the power to make recommendations, without necessarily being empowered...
12. aerial, adj. View full entry ?1545
...Dwelling, flying, or moving in the air, above the earth; occurring or taking place in the air; (spec. of birds or bats) spending much of the time airborne....
13. after, n.2 View full entry 1906
...= afternoon1. Chiefly in this after....
14. agist, v. View full entry a1450
...trans. To let or hire (land, originally woodland) for pasture....
15. agisted, adj. View full entry 1669
...Of an animal: that has been put to pasture, usually for hire on land not belonging to their owner. Also of land: used by livestock that has been agisted....
16. agisting, n. View full entry 1598
...The action of taking livestock in to pasture on agistment....
17. agistment, n. View full entry a1447
...The rate levied on or profit made from the pasturing of another person's cattle....
18. 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....
19. Akubra, n. View full entry 1912
...A proprietary name for: a hat made by the Akubra company, esp. a broad-brimmed type traditionally worn by Australian farmers and cattlemen; (more generally) any similar hat. Also attrib....
20. 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....
