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1. acre, n. View full entry OE
...A plot or piece of land, a field; spec. a piece of tilled or arable land. Now arch. and in proper names, as Long Acre....
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. ant, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Any of various small insects constituting the family Formicidae of the order Hymenoptera, which typically live in complex social colonies, are usually wingless except for fertile adults in...
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. bastard, n. and adj. View full entry 1297
...One begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or natural child....
6. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
7. 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)...
8. blue, adj. and n. View full entry c1300
...Of a colour of the spectrum intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or deep sea on a clear day....
9. cock's-comb | cockscomb, n. View full entry c1400
...The comb or crest of a cock....
10. crop, n. View full entry a700
...A pouch-like enlargement of the œsophagus or gullet in many birds, in which the food undergoes a partial preparation for digestion before passing on to the true stomach; the craw....
11. 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...
12. English, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry eOE
...Of or belonging to England (or Britain) or its inhabitants....
13. hog, n.1 View full entry OE
...A domestic pig reared for slaughter; spec. a castrated male pig. Also more widely: any domestic pig. Cf. pig1a....
14. hothouse, n. View full entry c1450
...A bathhouse with hot baths, steam baths, etc.; = bagnio1. Now hist. and rare....
15. June, n. View full entry lOE
...The sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, containing 30 days and falling between May and July....
16. make, v.1 View full entry eOE
...trans....
17. Margaret, n. View full entry c1425
...A daisy; esp. the common daisy, Bellis perennis, and the ox-eye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare. More fully Margaret flower. Cf. herb Margaretherb2b...
18. marigold, n. and adj. View full entry a1400
...A plant of the genus Calendula (family Asteraceae (Compositae)) with golden or bright yellow flowers; esp. C. officinalis (= pot marigoldpot2...
19. maroon, n.2 and adj.2 View full entry 1666
...A member of a community of black slaves who had escaped from their captivity or (subsequently) of their descendants, esp. those who settled in the mountains and forests of Suriname and the...
20. matrimony, n. View full entry 1357
...The rite or sacrament of marriage; the action of marrying....
