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1. 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....
2. mode, n. View full entry c1400
...Music....
3. partition, n. View full entry 1429
...The action or process of dividing into shares or portions; distribution among a number....
4. queue, n. View full entry c1475
...double queue: a band of parchment attached to a letter, with seals on the free ends. Obs....
5. quilled, adj.1 View full entry 1606
...Esp. of a porcupine or hedgehog: covered with or having quills. Also fig. Cf. quill1a4....
6. ray, n.5 View full entry c1400
...A single line or narrow beam of light; each of the lines in which light (and accompanying radiant heat) may seem to emanate from the sun or other source. Also fig....
7. remora, n. View full entry 1533
...Any of various slender marine fishes of the family Echeneidae, which have the dorsal fin modified to form a large oval suction disc for attachment to the undersides of sharks,...
8. rose, n.1 and adj.1 View full entry eOE
...The flower or a flowering stem of any of numerous wild and cultivated plants of the genus Rosa (see sense A. 2a); esp. the large, many-petalled...
