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1. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
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. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
4. brother, n. View full entry OE
...The word applied to a male being to express his relationship to others (male or female) as the child of the same parent or parents....
5. eˈleventh coˈmmandment, n. View full entry 1857
...A rule to be observed as strictly as if it were an addition to the ten commandments (cf. commandment2d and John xiii. 34)....
6. eminent, adj. View full entry c1420
...High, towering above surrounding objects. Also fig. Now poet. or arch....
7. fat, adj. and n.2 View full entry c893
...Of an animal used for food: Fed up for slaughter, ready to kill, fatted....
8. good, adj., adv., and n. View full entry 805-31
...Of things: Having in adequate degree those properties which a thing of the kind ought to have....
9. 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....
10. hat, n. View full entry c725
...A covering for the head; in recent use, generally distinguished from other head-gear, as a man's cap (or bonnet) and a woman's bonnet, by having a more or less horizontal brim all...
11. hogan, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1651
...Freq. depreciative. A person from the Netherlands. Also in pl.: the States General of the Netherlands (see States General2). Cf. hogen mogen2,...
12. hogen mogen, n. and adj. View full entry 1639
...Freq. ironic or humorous. Any grand or powerful person, council, authority, etc. Cf. High Mightinesshigh20. Now rare....
13. joined-up, adj. View full entry 1983
...Connected, conjoined. Of writing: cursive (as learnt in elementary school as a stage beyond printing individual letters separately), esp. in joined-up writing, joined-up handwriting; freq. used allusively...
14. knight, n. View full entry c893
...A boy, youth, lad. (Only in Old English) Obs....
15. 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...
16. liberation, n. View full entry ?a1475
...The action of liberating (esp. from confinement or servitude); the condition of being liberated; release. Also: an instance of this....
17. make, v.1 View full entry eOE
...trans....
18. malignant, adj. and n. View full entry 1542
...Disposed to rebel against God or against constituted authority; disaffected, malcontent. Obs....
19. market, n. View full entry lOE
...A meeting or gathering together of people for the purchase and sale of provisions or livestock, publicly displayed, at a fixed time and place; the occasion or time of this. Also: the...
20. resident, adj. and n.1 View full entry c1384
...That resides, dwells, or has an abode in a place; living somewhere on a long-term basis....
