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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. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry ?a1300
...A single point in a game, and related uses....
3. adelantado, n. View full entry 1588
...The governor of a Spanish province, acting as the chief civil and judicial authority, and as military commander-in-chief in time of war; (also) a military leader with the authority to explore, colonize,...
4. 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....
5. aglet, n. View full entry 1365
...A tag attached to the end of a lace, originally of metal and now also of plastic, intended primarily to make it easier to thread through the eyelet holes, but also developed...
6. alpha, n. and adj. View full entry ?c1200
...(The name of) the first letter (Α, α) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to English a....
7. amusement, n. View full entry 1611
...Musing, mental abstraction, reverie. Obs....
8. article, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Each of the separate items of a summary of faith; spec.each of the separate clauses or statements of the Apostles' Creed; (freq. with capital initial) any of the...
9. baboon, n. View full entry c1400
...A representation of a grotesque figure or monster, esp. in architecture, or as a manuscript decoration. Cf. baboonery1. hist. after Middle English....
10. 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....
11. bang, v.1 View full entry ?c1550
...trans. To strike violently with a resounding blow; to thump, thrash....
12. base, n.1 View full entry ?a1325
...Part of a structure....
13. bastard, n. and adj. View full entry 1297
...One begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or natural child....
14. 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. ...
15. bed, n. View full entry c995
...A permanent structure or arrangement for sleeping on, or for the sake of rest. In some form or other it constitutes a regular article of household furniture in civilized life, as well...
16. ˈbeefˌeater, n. View full entry 1610
...An eater of beef; contemptuously, a well-fed menial. (Properly with hyphen, beef-eater.)...
17. beggar, n. View full entry a1250
...One who asks alms, especially habitually; one who lives by so doing....
18. bellow, v. View full entry c1000
...prop. To roar as a bull, or as a cow when excited. (Ordinarily, a cow lows.)...
19. † beˈsonio | beˈsognio, n. View full entry 1603
...A raw soldier....
20. † bezonian, n. View full entry 1592
...A raw recruit....
