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1. acid, adj. and n. View full entry 1626
...In general use: sour, tart, sharp to the taste; tasting like vinegar....
2. addiction, n. View full entry ?1532
...The state or condition of being dedicated or devoted to a thing, esp. an activity or occupation; adherence or attachment, esp. of an immoderate or compulsive kind....
3. afion, n. View full entry 1542
...Opium, esp. in a raw liquid form....
4. alligator, n.2 View full entry 1591
...Any of various broad-snouted crocodilians constituting the family Alligatoridae, found chiefly in the New World and including the caimans; (now) spec. either of two members of the genus...
5. baller, n.1 View full entry a1586
...Sport. A player of a ball game....
6. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
7. 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)...
8. black drop, n. View full entry 1801
...Med. In sing. or (rare) pl. A dark-coloured liquid medicine composed of opium in vinegar or verjuice with various spices. Now hist....
9. 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....
10. boy, n.1 and int. View full entry c1300
...A male servant, slave, assistant, junior employee, etc....
11. cabbage, n.1 View full entry 1391
...As a count noun. The compact round or conical head of thick, short-stemmed, typically green leaves, formed by numerous cultivated varieties of the plant Brassica oleracea (family Brassicaceae),...
12. chemical, adj. and n. View full entry 1576
...Of, relating to, or used for the practice of chemistry or (in early use) alchemy; (of a substance) obtained by the operations of chemistry or (in early use) alchemy. Also fig....
13. class, n. and adj. View full entry 1533
...Roman Hist. A group of Roman citizens who could meet a certain minimum wealth qualification; spec. each of the five groups into which property owners were divided for military...
14. crystal, n. and adj. View full entry OE
...Ice. Cf. sense A. 2a. Obs....
15. dime, n. View full entry 1377
...A tenth part, a tithe paid to the church or to a temporal ruler. Obs. or Hist....
16. drugster, n. View full entry 1611
...= druggist Now hist....
17. ecstasy, n. View full entry 1382
...The state of being ‘beside oneself’, thrown into a frenzy or a stupor, with anxiety, astonishment, fear, or passion....
18. French, adj. and n. View full entry OE
...Esp. in early use: of or relating to the Romance-speaking peoples of western Europe (as opposed to the Germanic or Celtic peoples). In later use: of or relating to France....
19. gamma, n. and adj. View full entry ?a1425
...The third letter of the Greek alphabet, Γ, γ, corresponding to English g....
20. girl, n. View full entry c1300
...Chiefly in pl. A child of either sex; a young person. Now Irish English (Wexford)....
