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1. affirmative, adj., n., and int. View full entry c1449
...Asserting that a fact is as stated or perceived; declaring what exists; expressing a positive response....
2. alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry c1400
...Used as a call to arms or warning of imminent danger, esp. of being attacked. Now literary (chiefly arch. and hist.)....
3. all clear, int. and n. View full entry 1826
...orig. Naut. Used to indicate that there is no danger or obstruction, and that it is safe to proceed....
4. aloof, adv., int., adj., and prep. View full entry a1535
...Naut. To the windward side; towards the direction from which the wind blows; (in later use) esp. on a course close to the wind, usually so as to stay...
5. boy, n.1 and int. View full entry c1300
...A male servant, slave, assistant, junior employee, etc....
6. check, int. and n.1 View full entry c1330
...A call at chess by which notice is given to the opponent that a move has been made which exposes his King; one says also check to your king! and...
7. cool, adj., adv., and int. View full entry eOE
...Of or at a relatively low temperature; moderately cold, esp. agreeably or refreshingly so (in contrast with heat or cold)....
8. gangway, n. and int. View full entry OE
...A road, a thoroughfare. Now rare (Irish English (north.) in later use)....
9. hell, n. and int. View full entry eOE
...The dwelling place of the dead; the abode of departed spirits; the infernal regions regarded as a place of existence after death; the underworld; the grave; Hades....
10. hell-fire, n., adv., and int. View full entry eOE
...A fire or the fires conceived of as raging in hell. Freq. considered as an embodiment or symbol of eternal punishment after death. Also fig....
11. hello, int. and n. View full entry 1827
...Used as a greeting. Also in extended use....
12. hot, int. (and n.3) View full entry 1785
...Used as a command to a draught ox to turn in a direction away from the side of the wagon on which the driver is sitting. Also as : a command...
13. house, n.1 and int. View full entry eOE
...A building for human habitation, typically and historically one that is the ordinary place of residence of a family. (Cf. home2.)...
14. mercy, n. and int. View full entry a1225
...Clemency and compassion shown to a person who is in a position of powerlessness or subjection, or to a person with no right or claim to receive kindness; kind and compassionate treatment...
15. momma, n. and int. View full entry 1803
...In the southern United States (esp. before the abolition of slavery): an older black woman, esp. one having the care of white children. Freq. as a title or form of...
16. monstrous, adj., adv., int., and n. View full entry a1464
...Of a thing (material or immaterial): deviating from the natural or conventional order; unnatural, extraordinary. Obs....
17. morning, n. and int. View full entry c1275
...Originally: the time of the approach or beginning of ‘morn’; the period around sunrise. In later use usually: the early part of the day, esp. from sunrise until noon or lunchtime....
18. negative, adj., adv.2, and int. View full entry c1460
...Of a person: that denies something. Obs.rare....
19. 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...
20. O.K., n.1 and int.2 View full entry 1840
...Old Kinderhook, a nickname for Martin Van Buren, United States president and the Democratic presidential candidate, during the election of 1840. Chiefly attrib. in O.K. Club...