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1. alarm, v. View full entry 1485
...trans. (refl.). To ready and equip oneself for battle. Cf. alarmed1. Obs....
2. bastard, n. and adj. View full entry 1297
...One begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or natural child....
3. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
4. black, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, and a small hole in a hollow object; of or having this colour; (also)...
5. blue, adj. and n. View full entry c1300
...Of a colour of the spectrum intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or deep sea on a clear day....
6. coolie, n. View full entry 1622
...In India and (later also) China: a hired labourer (esp. one employed by a European); a porter (now esp. in a railway station). Hence also: an Asian labourer working abroad (now chiefly...
7. duck, n.1 View full entry 967
...A swimming bird of the genus Anas and kindred genera of the family Anatidæ, of which species are found all over the world....
8. English, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry eOE
...Of or belonging to England (or Britain) or its inhabitants....
9. 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....
10. jump, v. View full entry 1511
...To make a spring from the ground or other base by flexion and sudden muscular extension of the legs (or, in the case of some animals, as fish, of the tail, or...
11. main, n.1 View full entry OE
...Physical strength, force, or power. Now only in with might and main: see might1b....
12. make, v.1 View full entry eOE
...trans....
13. man, n.1 (and int.) View full entry eOE
...A human being....
14. message, n. and adj. View full entry c1300
...The business entrusted to a messenger; the carrying or delivery of a communication; a mission, an errand....
15. milk, n.1 and adj. View full entry eOE
...A whitish fluid, rich in fat and protein, secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals (including humans) for the nourishment of their young, and taken from cows, sheep, etc., as an...
16. miss, v.1 View full entry OE
...intr. To go wrong, make a mistake, err. In Old English impers. with dative of person. In later use (occas.) refl. (Eng. regional). Now also...
17. monkey, n. View full entry 1530
...Any of numerous small- to medium-sized primates belonging to the one of the three families Callitrichidae, Cebidae, and Cercopithecidae, most kinds of which have long tails...
18. most, adj., pron., and n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Greatest in size, stature, bulk, or extent. Chiefly Sc. in later use. Obs....
19. mountain, n. and adj. View full entry c1275
...A large natural elevation of the earth's surface, esp. one high and steep in form (larger and higher than a hill) and with a summit of relatively small area....
20. night, n. and int. View full entry eOE
...The period of darkness occurring between one day and the next; that part of a 24-hour period during which a place receives no light from the sun; the time between evening and...
