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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. 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)...
3. 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....
4. bush, n.1 View full entry c1315
...A shrub, particularly one with close branches arising from or near the ground; a small clump of shrubs apparently forming one plant....
5. idle, adj. and n. View full entry c825
...Empty, vacant; void (of). Obs....
6. lady, n. View full entry eOE
...The female head of a household; a woman who has authority over servants, attendants, or slaves (now chiefly arch. or hist.). Cf. lady of the house1a(a)...
7. long, adj.1 and n. View full entry c888
...Great in measurement from end to end. Said of a line, of distance, a journey; also, of a portion of space or a material object with reference to its greatest dimension. Opposed...
8. maid, n.1 View full entry a1225
...A virgin; spec. the Virgin Mary (maid Mary); = maiden2a. (Not always distinguishable from senses 2a and 3.) Now arch....
9. mammy, n. (and int.) View full entry 1523
...= mother1a. Used esp. to and by children....
10. man, n.1 (and int.) View full entry eOE
...A human being....
11. matric, n. View full entry 1885
...Matriculation at a university or college. Also: a matriculation examination for admission to a university or (chiefly S. Afr.) on leaving high school....
12. matriculant, n. View full entry 1860
...A person who matriculates; a candidate for matriculation. Also (S. Afr.): a pupil studying for or who has passed the matriculation examination....
13. matriculate, v. View full entry 1557
...trans. (usu. in pass.). To enter (a name) in the register of a university, college, etc.; (now) esp. to admit as a member of a university, college,...
14. matriculated, adj. View full entry 1642
...Admitted by enrolment, esp. as a student of a university; (chiefly S. Afr.) that has passed a matriculation examination....
15. matriculation, n. View full entry 1557
...The action of matriculating or of being matriculated; esp. formal admission into a university or college. Also: short for matriculation examination....
16. meal, n.1 View full entry eOE
...The edible part of a grain or pulse (now usually one other than wheat) ground to powder or granules. Also: spec.Sc. and Irish English, oatmeal;U.S. and Cf....
17. meester, n. View full entry 1798
...A resident tutor hired by rural families; an itinerant schoolmaster. Also with modifying word, as school-meester. Now hist....
18. milk, n.1 and adj. View full entry eOE
...A whitish fluid, rich in fat and protein, secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals (including humans) for the nourishment of their young, and taken from cows, sheep, etc., as an...
19. minor, adj. and n. View full entry c1230
...Used chiefly as postmodifier....
20. 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...
