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1. again, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...In the opposite direction; back. Obs....
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. bottle, n.2 View full entry c1375
...A vessel with a narrow neck for holding liquids, now usually made of glass; originally of leather....
4. cancer, n. and adj. View full entry c1392
...In form Cancer....
5. cookie, n. View full entry 1754
...In Scotland the usual name for a baker's plain bun; in U.S. usually a small flat sweet cake (a biscuit in U.K.), but locally a name for small cakes of...
6. cracker, n. View full entry 1509
...gen....
7. drab, n.2, adj., and n. View full entry 1541
...A kind of cloth: see quots....
8. 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)...
9. live, v.1 View full entry eOE
...intr....
10. 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...
11. man, n.1 (and int.) View full entry eOE
...A human being....
12. monkey, n. View full entry 1530
...Any of numerous small- to medium-sized primates belonging to the one of the three families Callitrichidae, Cebidae, and Cercopithecidae, most kinds of which have long tails...
13. mountain, n. and adj. View full entry c1275
...A large natural elevation of the earth's surface, esp. one high and steep in form (larger and higher than a hill) and with a summit of relatively small area....
14. native, n. View full entry 1381
...Under feudal and similar systems: a person born in bondage; a person born to servants, tenants, etc., and inheriting their status. Cf. naif1. Now hist....
15. O, n.1 View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
16. ox, n. View full entry eOE
...A large cloven-hoofed, often horned ruminant mammal, Bos taurus (family Bovidae), derived from the extinct Eurasian aurochs and long domesticated for its milk, meat, and hide; a cow,...
17. pig, n.1 View full entry OE
...An omnivorous, domesticated even-toed ungulate derived from the wild boar Sus scrofa, with a stout body, sparse bristly hair, and a broad flat snout for rooting in the soil, kept...
18. pocket, n. and adj. View full entry 1350
...A sack or bag, sometimes used as a measure of quantity. Now chiefly S. Afr. and Austral., and in specialist agricultural contexts....
19. 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...
20. poop, n.2 and int. View full entry 1440
...A hollow stick through which something is blown. Obs....
