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1. African, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...A native or inhabitant of Africa; a person of African origin (contextually = black African(a)black5a); spec. (in local usage) such a person as distinguished from...
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. board, n. View full entry c897
...A piece of timber sawn thin, and having considerable extent of surface; usually a rectangular piece of much greater length than breadth; a thin plank. Rarely used without the article, as in...
4. dry, adj. and adv. View full entry c888
...Destitute of or free from moisture; not wet or moist; arid; of the eyes, free from tears....
5. elder, adj. and n.3 View full entry c888
...That has lived or existed longer; senior, more advanced in age....
6. fastness, n. View full entry c888
...The quality or state of being firmly fixed; fixedness, stability. †Also, firm attachment....
7. floor, n.1 View full entry c888
...The layer of boards, brick, stone, etc. in an apartment, on which people tread; the under surface of the interior of a room. Phr. to mop or wipe the: see...
8. free, adj., n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Of a person: not or no longer in servitude or subjection to another; having personal, social, and political rights as a member of a society or state....
9. full, adj., n.3, and adv. View full entry c888
...Having within its limits all it will hold; having no space empty; replete. Const. of (in Old English with gen.) Often with intensive phrases, as full as...
10. great, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c888
...Composed of large particles; coarse of grain or texture. Of diet: Coarse, not delicate. In Old Cookery, applied sometimes to boiled meat in contradistinction to roast. Obs. exc....
11. last, adj. (and n.6) and adv. View full entry c888
...Following all the others in a series, succession, order, or enumeration; subsequent to all others in occurrence, existence, etc. spec. in Cricket, (the) last man (in):...
12. lay, v.1 View full entry c888
...trans. To bring or cast down from an erect position (in Old English often, to strike down, slay); †fig. to cast down, abase, humble. Now only with complement denoting...
13. 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...
14. lose, v.1 View full entry c888
...intr. To perish; also, to be lost or missing....
15. make, v.1 View full entry eOE
...trans....
16. mother, n.1 (and int.) View full entry eOE
...The female parent of a human being; a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth; (also, in extended use) a woman who undertakes the responsibilities...
17. other, adj., pron., and n., and adv.1 View full entry eOE
...That is one of the two, the one (of two). (In quots. 1590, 1596 (prob.): spec. that is the left one of two.) Obs....
18. short, adj., n., and adv. View full entry c888
...Having small longitudinal extent; measuring little along its greatest dimension, or from end to end. Opposed to long....
19. small, adj. and n.2 View full entry eOE
...Of relatively little girth or circumference in comparison with length; not thick, stout, or fleshy; slender, thin. Now regional except with reference to the waist....
20. ten, adj., n., and adv. View full entry c888
...In concord with n. expressed....
