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1. advantageous, adj. View full entry c1485
...Providing or conferring advantage; profitable, beneficial; opportune, favourable....
2. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
3. already, adj. and adv. View full entry c1275
...As predicate or complement. Fully prepared or ready. Obs....
4. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
5. bad mind, n. and adj. View full entry 1593
...An evil or suspicious mind. Now rare....
6. bad-minded, adj. View full entry 1588
...Evil, suspicious; malicious, spiteful; cynical....
7. bastard, n. and adj. View full entry 1297
...One begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or natural child....
8. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
9. big-eye, adj. and n. View full entry 1818
...attrib. Designating various kinds of fish with large eyes. See also bigeye tuna....
10. 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)...
11. bloodclaat, n., adj., and int. View full entry 1956
...A sanitary towel....
12. criss, adj. View full entry 1952
...Stiff; not pliable....
13. curry, adj. View full entry 1938
...attrib. Curried, esp. in a Caribbean style. Esp. in curry goat....
14. dat, pron.1, adj., and adv. View full entry 1600
...In speech and representations of speech: = that...
15. Dutch, adj., n., and adv. View full entry c1380
...Of or relating to the people of Germany; German. Obs. exc. as a historical archaism, and in some parts of U.S.: see B. 1 and Dutchman...
16. English, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry eOE
...Of or belonging to England (or Britain) or its inhabitants....
17. facety, adj. View full entry 1928
...Impudent, arrogant, rude; excessively bold or feisty....
18. facey, adj. View full entry 1929
...Bold; impertinent. Cf. facety...
19. hopping, adj.1 View full entry 1675
...That hops: see the verb....
20. irie, adj. (and adv.) and int. View full entry 1976
...Great, fine, all right; pleasing to the senses; powerful. Also occas. as : well, positively....
