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1. again, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...In the opposite direction; back. Obs....
2. already, adj. and adv. View full entry c1275
...As predicate or complement. Fully prepared or ready. Obs....
3. 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....
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. blackhead, n.2 and adj. View full entry 1658
...Any of various black-headed birds, esp. the black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus; (S. Afr.) the black-headed canary, Serinus alario (family Fringillidae), the male...
6. black jack, n.2 View full entry c1540
...A large, tar-coated leather jug for beer. Cf. black bowlblack5a. Now hist....
7. blackthorn, n. View full entry a1325
...A Eurasian thorny shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa (family Rosaceae), with dark-coloured bark and stiff spiny branches, which produces white five-petalled flowers before the leaves appear, followed...
8. buck, n.5 View full entry 1562
...? The body of an animal, a carcase. Obs....
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. China, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1555
...The country so called, in Asia....
11. come, v. View full entry c825
...In its most literal sense it expresses the hitherward motion of a voluntary agent....
12. cracker, n. View full entry 1509
...gen....
13. dolly, n.1 View full entry 1612
...A familiar pet-form of the name Dorothy (= doll1)....
14. drift, n. View full entry a1300
...The act of driving; propulsion, impulse, impetus. (Now rare or Obs. exc. as in 1b, or 2a.)...
15. dropper, n. View full entry 1699
...One who drops or lets fall in drops; in quot. 1699 = distiller (slang)....
16. duck, n.1 View full entry 967
...A swimming bird of the genus Anas and kindred genera of the family Anatidæ, of which species are found all over the world....
17. idle, adj. and n. View full entry c825
...Empty, vacant; void (of). Obs....
18. Jimmy, n.2 View full entry 1845
...In full, Jimmy Grant. Rhyming slang for immigrant or emigrant. Austral., N.Z., and S. Afr....
19. kromnek disease, n. View full entry 1932
...A local name for the spotted wilt virus disease of tomato; also, a similar disease of tobacco....
20. kweek, n. View full entry 1904
...In full, kweek grass. A local name for several creeping grasses, esp. Cynodon dactylon....
