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1. alpargata, n. View full entry 1613
...Originally in Spanish-speaking contexts: a light canvas shoe with a plaited fibre sole; an espadrille. In later use also Caribbean: a flat-soled sandal having a strap of canvas, leather, or...
2. 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...
3. bastard, n. and adj. View full entry 1297
...One begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or natural child....
4. batty, n.2 View full entry 1935
...A person's buttocks; the backside. Also: the posterior of a bird or other animal (rare)....
5. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
6. 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)...
7. boiler, n. View full entry c1540
...One who boils (anything)....
8. coolie, n. View full entry 1622
...In India and (later also) China: a hired labourer (esp. one employed by a European); a porter (now esp. in a railway station). Hence also: an Asian labourer working abroad (now chiefly...
9. 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....
10. 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....
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. gauze, n. View full entry 1561
...A very thin, transparent fabric of silk, linen, or cotton....
14. 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....
15. jointer, n.2 View full entry 1678
...Name of various tools....
16. love, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A feeling or disposition of deep affection or fondness for someone, typically arising from a recognition of attractive qualities, from natural affinity, or from sympathy and manifesting itself in concern for the...
17. macaroni, n. View full entry 1616
...In Jonson's use: (prob.) = gnocchiObs.rare....
18. make, v.1 View full entry eOE
...trans....
19. man, n.1 (and int.) View full entry eOE
...A human being....
20. mangrove, n.1 View full entry 1613
...In generic use: any of various trees and shrubs, chiefly species of the genera Rhizophora and Bruguiera (family Rhizophoraceae), Avicennia (family Avicenniaceae),...
