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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. aikona, adj. and int. View full entry 1899
...No; not any; not....
4. already, adj. and adv. View full entry c1275
...As predicate or complement. Fully prepared or ready. Obs....
5. babalaas, adj. and n. View full entry 1947
...Suffering from a hangover, hung-over....
6. 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....
7. 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...
8. 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)...
9. black jack, n.2 View full entry c1540
...A large, tar-coated leather jug for beer. Cf. black bowlblack5a. Now hist....
10. blerry, adj. View full entry 1920
...= bloody8. Cf. plurry...
11. blue tongue | blue-tongue, n. View full entry 1863
...Afrikaansbloutong. A virus disease affecting horses and sheep, in which the tongue becomes swollen and blue. orig. S. Afr....
12. boet, n. View full entry 1920
...A brother. Also prefixed to a man's first name as an informal title....
13. boetie, n. View full entry 1867
...A brother. Also used as an affectionate or familiar form of address to any man or boy. Cf. boet...
14. 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....
15. boss, n.6 View full entry 1806
...An orig. American equivalent of ‘master’ in the sense of employer of labour; applied also to a business manager, or any one who has a right to give orders. In England at...
16. bottle, n.2 View full entry c1375
...A vessel with a narrow neck for holding liquids, now usually made of glass; originally of leather....
17. boykie, n. View full entry 1974
...A boy, a young man, esp. one regarded as very successful or talented....
18. 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....
19. cancer, n. and adj. View full entry c1392
...In form Cancer....
20. China, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1555
...The country so called, in Asia....
