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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry ?a1300
...A single point in a game, and related uses....
3. active, adj. and n. View full entry 1340
...Of a way or style of life: characterized by outward action rather than inward contemplation or speculation; practical. Esp. in active life, and chiefly in religious contexts. Opposed to ...
4. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
5. be, v. View full entry eOE
...To have place in the objective universe or realm of fact, to exist; (spec. of God, etc.) to exist independently of other beings. Also: to exist in life, to live....
6. beer, n.1 View full entry c1000
...An alcoholic liquor obtained by the fermentation of malt (or other saccharine substance), flavoured with hops or other aromatic bitters. Formerly distinguished from ale by being hopped; but now the...
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. 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....
9. bottle, n.2 View full entry c1375
...A vessel with a narrow neck for holding liquids, now usually made of glass; originally of leather....
10. China, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1555
...The country so called, in Asia....
11. come, v. View full entry c825
...In its most literal sense it expresses the hitherward motion of a voluntary agent....
12. dolly, n.1 View full entry 1612
...A familiar pet-form of the name Dorothy (= doll1)....
13. dropper, n. View full entry 1699
...One who drops or lets fall in drops; in quot. 1699 = distiller (slang)....
14. duck, n.1 View full entry 967
...A swimming bird of the genus Anas and kindred genera of the family Anatidæ, of which species are found all over the world....
15. dump, n.4 View full entry 1825
...(Chiefly U.S.) A pile or heap of refuse or other matter ‘dumped’ or thrown down. spec. A pile of ore, earth, etc., which accumulates during mining operations; esp....
16. dumper, n. View full entry 1856
...One who ‘dumps’ or deposits rubbish, etc....
17. Dutch, adj., n., and adv. View full entry c1380
...Of or relating to the people of Germany; German. Obs. exc. as a historical archaism, and in some parts of U.S.: see B. 1 and Dutchman...
18. egg, n. View full entry 805-31
...The (more or less) spheroidal body produced by the female of birds and other animal species, and containing the germ of a new individual, enclosed within a shell or firm membrane. ...
19. endorse | indorse, v. View full entry 1381
...trans. To write on the back of (a document); to inscribe (words) on (the back of) a document....
20. fiscal, adj. and n. View full entry 1539
...Of or pertaining to the fisc or treasury of a state or prince; pertaining to the public revenue....
