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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
3. 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...
4. 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....
5. 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...
6. 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....
7. bare, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c885
...Of the body or its parts: Unclothed, naked, nude....
8. 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. ...
9. beat, n.1 View full entry a1625
...A stroke or blow in beating....
10. 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...
11. 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)...
12. blood, n. (and int.) View full entry eOE
...The red fluid flowing in the arteries, capillaries, and veins of humans and other vertebrates, carrying oxygen and nutrients to, and carbon dioxide and waste metabolites away from, the organs and tissues...
13. 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....
14. bluebottle, n. View full entry ?a1450
...The cornflower, Centaurea cyanus....
15. bluey, adj. and n. View full entry a1727
...Somewhat blue; bluish....
16. ˈbolter, n.2 View full entry 1699
...One that bolts or runs; esp. a horse that bolts....
17. book, n. View full entry 872-915
...A writing; a written document; esp. a charter or deed by which land (hence called bócland) was conveyed. Obs....
18. boot, n.3 View full entry c1325
...A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, usually of leather. (Distinguished from a shoe by extending above the ankle. In earlier times used only by riders:...
19. borough, n. View full entry c820
...A fortress, castle, or citadel. Obs. (Unequivocal instances of this sense are rare, even in Old English In quot. 1394 the word denotes simply a large building; and...
20. box, n.2 View full entry a1000
...A case or receptacle usually having a lid....
