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1. 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)....
2. 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.)...
3. 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...
4. Peter, n. and int. View full entry a1325
...Wild thyme or marjoram. Cf. petergrass2. Obs.rare....
5. pretty, adj., n., and int. View full entry OE
...Originally: cunning, crafty. Subsequently: clever, skilful, able....
6. room, n.1 and int. View full entry eOE
...Dimensional extent, space; spec. the amount of space that is or may be occupied by a thing. Freq. with modifying word (esp. less, more)....
7. ryebuck, adj. (and adv.) and int. View full entry 1859
...Good, excellent. Also: genuine. Also as ...
8. sheep-o(h, int. and n. View full entry 1900
...A shearer's call for a sheep to shear....
9. sooey, int. View full entry 1892
...An exclamation used to call or drive pigs. Also (rare) as intr....
10. sook, n.3 and int. View full entry 1850
...A familiar name for a cow (in Scotland rare, a calf)....
11. swash, adv., and int., and n.1 View full entry 1528
...Expressive of the fall of a heavy body or blow: With a crash....
12. ˈtisty-ˈtosty, int., n., and adj. View full entry 1568
... as an ejaculation of triumph or exultation....
