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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. 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 ...
3. 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)...
4. 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....
5. drift, n. View full entry a1300
...The act of driving; propulsion, impulse, impetus. (Now rare or Obs. exc. as in 1b, or 2a.)...
6. informal, adj. View full entry a1460
...Lacking form; formless. Obs.rare....
7. loan, n.1 View full entry a1240
...A gift or grant from a superior. Obs....
8. 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...
9. man, n.1 (and int.) View full entry eOE
...A human being....
10. mixed, adj.2 View full entry ?a1425
...Consisting of different or dissimilar elements or qualities; not of one kind, not pure or simple; composite....
11. motivation, n. View full entry 1873
...The fact of having a motive; (Literary Criticism) the structure of cause and effect in the plot of a play or other literary work, esp. as accounting for the motives...
12. O, n.1 View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
13. plural, adj. and n. View full entry a1387
...Grammar. Of the form or class of a noun, verb, etc.: denoting more than one (or in languages having a dual form, more than a minimum number). Opposed to singular...
14. point, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...A separate or single item, article, or element in an extended whole (usually an abstract whole, as a course of action, a subject of thought, a treatise, a discourse, a set of...
15. progressive, adj. and n. View full entry ?c1450
...Of or relating to forward movement in space....
16. slip-slop, n. View full entry 1675
...A sloppy compound used as a food, beverage, or medicine....
17. small, adj. and n.2 View full entry eOE
...Of relatively little girth or circumference in comparison with length; not thick, stout, or fleshy; slender, thin. Now regional except with reference to the waist....
18. stand, n.1 View full entry c950
...A pause, delay. (Old English rare.)...
19. state, n. View full entry c1225
...The combination of circumstances or attributes belonging at a particular time to a person or thing; a particular manner or way of existing as defined by the presence of certain circumstances or...
20. test, n.1 View full entry c1386
...orig. The cupel used in treating gold or silver alloys or ore; now esp. the cupel, with the iron frame or basket which contains it, forming the movable hearth...
