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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. Abdulla, n. View full entry 1903
...A brand of Turkish cigarette; a cigarette of this type. Freq. attrib....
3. acenaphthylene, n. View full entry 1875
...A crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon found in coal tar and tobacco smoke. Cf. acenaphthene...
4. agriot, n. View full entry 1611
...The sour fruit of a Eurasian cherry, prob. a variety of the morello cherry, Prunus cerasus. Also: the wood of this tree or that of the related Eurasian wild cherry,...
5. amber, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1398
...orig. = ambergris (In 17th c. greece of amber, gris ambre, gray amber.) Obs....
6. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
7. arnica, n. View full entry 1753
...A genus of Composite plants, of which the species A. montana or Mountain Tobacco, a native of Central Europe, has valuable medicinal properties....
8. ash, n.2 View full entry c950
...The powdery residue, composed chiefly of earthy or mineral particles, left after the combustion of any substance....
9. bacca, n. View full entry 1824
...Colloq. clipped forms of tobacco (Cf. bacco, backer)...
10. bacco | baccy, n. View full entry 1792
...Vulgar abbreviations of tobacco...
11. backer | backey, n.3 View full entry 1823
...Vulgar contr. of tobacco Cf. bacco...
12. band, n.2 View full entry c1394
...A strip of any material flat and thin, used to bind together, clasp, or gird....
13. bergamot, n.1 View full entry 1696
...A tree of the orange and lemon kind (Citrus bergamia); from the rind of the fruit a fragrant oil is prepared, called Essence of Bergamot. Also attrib., as...
14. Bermuda, n. View full entry c1640
...A variety of cigar, or rolled tobacco....
15. bifter, n. View full entry 1989
...A cigarette; (sometimes) spec. (esp. outside Liverpool) a marijuana cigarette....
16. bird's-eye, n. and adj. View full entry 1597
...A name given to several plants with small round bright flowers....
17. 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)...
18. black boy, n. View full entry 1530
...A dark-skinned boy or youth....
19. blackguard, n. and adj. View full entry 1513
...A guard of attendants dressed in black, or with dark or forbidding features or characters; a group of villainous attendants or followers. Freq. with the. Obs....
20. blast, n.1 View full entry a1000
...A blowing or strong gust of wind....
