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1. adhesive, adj. and n. View full entry 1661
...Having the property of physically adhering to something, sticky; (also) that has an adhesive surface or surfaces....
2. airmail, n. View full entry 1911
...Mail conveyed by air; a service for conveying letters, parcels, etc., by air....
3. bâtonné, n. View full entry 1892
...(See quot. 1897.)...
4. 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)...
5. British, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Of or relating to the Brittonic-speaking peoples originally inhabiting all of Britain south of the Firth of Forth before and during the Roman occupation....
6. coil, n.3 View full entry 1627
...orig. A length of cable, rope, etc., when ‘coiled’ or gathered up into a number of concentric rings, either fake over fake, or in a flat disk...
7. cover, n.1 View full entry c1300
...That which covers: anything that is put or laid over, or that naturally overlies or overspreads an object, with the effect of hiding, sheltering, or enclosing it; often a thing designed or...
8. definitive, adj. and n. View full entry c1386
...Having the function of finally deciding or settling; decisive, determinative, conclusive, final: esp. in definitive sentence, and the like....
9. ˈdentilated, adj. View full entry 1867
...‘Formed like teeth; having teeth.’...
10. entire, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c1380
...Whole; with no part excepted....
11. error, n. View full entry a1300
...The action of roaming or wandering; hence a devious or winding course, a roving, winding. Now only poet....
12. first, adj. (and n.2) and adv. View full entry OE
...In regard to time: Prior to all others in occurrence, existence, etc.; happening, existing, or presenting itself before the others; earliest....
13. fiscal, adj. and n. View full entry 1539
...Of or pertaining to the fisc or treasury of a state or prince; pertaining to the public revenue....
14. flown, adj.1 View full entry 1606
...Used adjectively in senses of the vb. Also with out, and with defining word prefixed, as far-flown, new-flown....
15. frank, n.5 View full entry 1713
...The superscribed signature of a person, e.g. a member of Parliament, entitled to send letters post free....
16. frank, v.2 View full entry 1708
...trans. To superscribe (a letter, etc.) with a signature, so as to ensure its being sent without charge; to send or cause to be sent free of charge (obs....
17. ˈfranking machine, n. View full entry 1927
...An officially authorized machine, introduced by the British Post Office in 1922, used by large concerns for ‘stamping’ letters, etc., with a sign (in lieu of an affixed postage stamp);...
18. grille | grill, n. View full entry 1661
...A grating; an arrangement of parallel or cross bars, or structure of open metal-work, used to close an opening or separate one part of a room, etc. from another; spec....
19. halfpenny, n. View full entry c1330
...A coin (formerly of copper, subsequently of bronze) of half the value of a penny; a sum equivalent to two farthings. halfpenny farthing = three farthings (¾d.); ...
20. hand, n.1 View full entry c825
...The terminal part of the arm beyond the wrist, consisting of the palm and five digits, forming the organ of prehension characteristic of man. The name is also given to the similar...
