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1. absolve, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To set free or discharge from (also of) an oath, obligation, liability, etc....
2. gunpowder, n. View full entry 1411
...An explosive mixture of saltpetre, sulphur, and charcoal, chiefly used in discharging projectiles from guns and for blasting....
3. informal, adj. View full entry a1460
...Lacking form; formless. Obs.rare....
4. lashing, n.1 View full entry c1400
...The action of lash in various senses; beating, flogging; an instance of this. lashing out, lavishing, squandering....
5. mink, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1431
...A skin or pelt of a mink (sense A. 2). Usu. in pl.Obs....
6. mixed, adj.2 View full entry ?a1425
...Consisting of different or dissimilar elements or qualities; not of one kind, not pure or simple; composite....
7. mother city, n. View full entry ?a1425
...The city of one's birth or upbringing; one's home city. Cf. mother4c....
8. motor, n. and adj. View full entry 1447
...A person who or thing which imparts motion. In full first (also prime) motor....
9. mouse-hunt, n.1 View full entry 1481
...Chiefly Eng. regional (south.). An animal that hunts mice; spec. a weasel, a small stoat. Now hist....
10. muscadel, n. View full entry c1440
...= muscatel1. More fully muscadel wine. Now chiefly S. Afr....
11. native, adj. View full entry a1425
...Inherent, innate; belonging to or connected with something by nature or natural constitution....
12. pack, v.1 View full entry c1400
...trans. To wrap and tie (goods, clothes, etc.) in cloth, canvas, or other material, so as to form a pack, bale, or parcel; to bundle or parcel up. In early use...
13. pansy, n. and adj. View full entry c1450
...Originally: heartsease, Viola tricolor (now more fully wild pansy). Later: any of various plants of the genus Viola (family Violaceae), generally differing from violets...
14. police, n. View full entry c1450
...= policy in various senses. Obs....
15. poop, n.2 and int. View full entry 1440
...A hollow stick through which something is blown. Obs....
16. predial, adj. and n. View full entry 1461
...Of a tithe: arising or derived from the produce of the soil. Now hist....
17. premier, adj. and n. View full entry a1500
...First in importance, rank, or position; chief, leading, foremost....
18. progressive, adj. and n. View full entry ?c1450
...Of or relating to forward movement in space....
19. quit-rent, n. View full entry 1420-1
...A (usually small) rent paid by a freeholder or copyholder in lieu of services which might otherwise be required; a nominal rent paid (esp. in former British colonial territories to the Crown)...
20. red man, n. View full entry a1500
...Alchemy. A substance regarded as the male principle or parent of metals, usually identified with sulphur (cf. sulphur2a). Now hist....
