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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. absolution, n. View full entry OE
...Christian Church....
3. absolve, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To set free or discharge from (also of) an oath, obligation, liability, etc....
4. 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)...
5. ˈbluebottle, n. View full entry 1551
...The common name for the Blue Corn-flower (Centaurea cyanus)....
6. boma, n. View full entry 1878
...An enclosure or stockade used for herding beasts and for defensive purposes....
7. 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....
8. BOSS, n.9 View full entry 1969
...The state security service of the Republic of South Africa, established in 1969 and renamed National Intelligence Service in 1978....
9. 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....
10. come, v. View full entry c825
...In its most literal sense it expresses the hitherward motion of a voluntary agent....
11. commonage, n. View full entry 1610
...The practice of commoning; right of common; usually ‘common of pasture’, or the right of pasturing animals on common land....
12. drift, n. View full entry a1300
...The act of driving; propulsion, impulse, impetus. (Now rare or Obs. exc. as in 1b, or 2a.)...
13. 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....
14. field-cornet, n. View full entry 1800
...A minor magistrate in charge of a subdivision of a district of the Cape Colony and answerable to the landdrost....
15. 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....
16. fly, n.1 View full entry c950
...Any winged insect; as the bee, gnat, locust, moth, etc. Obs. Cf. 2–4 below, and butterfly...
17. freedom, n. View full entry eOE
...Exemption or release from slavery or imprisonment; = liberty1b....
18. grey | gray, adj. and n. View full entry a700
...The adjective denoting the colour intermediate between black and white, or composed of a mixture of black and white with little or no positive hue; ash-coloured, lead-coloured....
19. identity, n. View full entry 1545
...The quality or condition of being the same in substance, composition, nature, properties, or in particular qualities under consideration; absolute or essential sameness; oneness....
20. job, n.2 View full entry 1557
...A piece of work; esp. a small and discrete piece of work done as part of one's regular occupation or profession....
