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1. all right, adv., adj., int., and n. View full entry a1413
...Used as an intensifier at the end of a sentence or clause: certainly, indeed....
2. check, int. and n.1 View full entry c1330
...A call at chess by which notice is given to the opponent that a move has been made which exposes his King; one says also check to your king! and...
3. cool, adj., adv., and int. View full entry eOE
...Of or at a relatively low temperature; moderately cold, esp. agreeably or refreshingly so (in contrast with heat or cold)....
4. dear, adj.1, n.2, and int. View full entry c888
...Glorious, noble, honourable, worthy. Obs....
5. farewell, int., n. (and adj.), and adv. View full entry 1377
...An expression of good wishes at the parting of friends, originally addressed to the one setting forth, but in later use a mere formula of civility at parting; Goodbye! Adieu! Now ...
6. house, n.1 and int. View full entry eOE
...A building for human habitation, typically and historically one that is the ordinary place of residence of a family. (Cf. home2.)...
7. kwacha, int. and n. View full entry 1962
...Used as a Zambian and Malawian nationalist rallying cry....
8. memorandum, int. and n. View full entry 1394-1435
...In later use only in Law. ‘It is to be remembered (that)’; placed at the head of a note of something to be remembered or a record (for future reference)...
9. milko, int. and n. View full entry 1865
...Chiefly Brit. and Austral. (A milkman's call) indicating that milk is available....
10. negative, adj., adv.2, and int. View full entry c1460
...Of a person: that denies something. Obs.rare....
11. night, n. and int. View full entry eOE
...The period of darkness occurring between one day and the next; that part of a 24-hour period during which a place receives no light from the sun; the time between evening and...
12. nothing, pron., and n., adv., and int. View full entry OE
...Not any (material or immaterial) thing; nought....
13. paid-for, adj. and int. View full entry 1817
...That has been paid for....
14. Peter, n. and int. View full entry a1325
...Wild thyme or marjoram. Cf. petergrass2. Obs.rare....
15. plump, adv., int., and adj.2 View full entry 1594
...With an abrupt or heavy fall or drop; with a thud or a sudden impact; suddenly, unexpectedly; = plumply2....
16. plunk, n., adv., and int. View full entry 1767
...slang....
17. pretty, adj., n., and int. View full entry OE
...Originally: cunning, crafty. Subsequently: clever, skilful, able....
18. rabbit-o, n. and int. View full entry 1902
...A (usually itinerant) seller of rabbits as food. Also more fully rabbit-o man....
19. ready, adj., adv., int., and n. View full entry c1200
...With infinitive....
20. room, n.1 and int. View full entry eOE
...Dimensional extent, space; spec. the amount of space that is or may be occupied by a thing. Freq. with modifying word (esp. less, more)....
