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1. acid, adj. and n. View full entry 1626
...In general use: sour, tart, sharp to the taste; tasting like vinegar....
2. acronarcotic, adj. View full entry 1816
...Of a poison or its effect: both corrosive or irritating and narcotic....
3. green, adj. and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Of a colour intermediate between blue and yellow in the spectrum; of the colour of grass, foliage, an emerald, etc....
4. ice, n. View full entry eOE
...Frozen water; water made solid by cooling to a low temperature, either naturally (by weather or climate) or artificially (as by refrigeration)....
5. Mickey Finn, n. View full entry 1918
...A strong alcoholic drink (now rare or disused); an alcoholic or other drink that has been deliberately adulterated with a strong sedative (esp. chloral hydrate) or (U.S....
6. N, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
7. narcomania, n. View full entry 1865
...Originally (in the terminology of N. Kerr): uncontrollable craving for intoxication by alcohol or narcotic drugs (now disused). Later: addiction to or abuse of narcotic drugs....
8. psycho-, comb. form View full entry 1607
...Forming words with the senses ‘of or relating to the soul or spirit’, ‘of or relating to the mind or psyche’, ‘of or relating to psychology’....
9. skin, n. View full entry OE
...The natural external covering or integument of an animal removed from the body, esp. one which is dressed or tanned (with or without the fur) and used as a material...
