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1. alpha, n. and adj. View full entry ?c1200
...(The name of) the first letter (Α, α) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to English a....
2. asset, n. View full entry c1523
...Law. In pl., originally as mass noun, subsequently with pl. concord....
3. avuncular, adj. View full entry 1831
...Of, belonging to, or resembling, an uncle....
4. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
5. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
6. badger, n.2 View full entry ?1523
...A nocturnal burrowing Eurasian mammal, Meles meles (family Mustelidae), having a grey coat and a white head bearing two long black stripes. Also: a similar animal, Taxidea...
7. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
8. bang, v.1 View full entry ?c1550
...trans. To strike violently with a resounding blow; to thump, thrash....
9. bear, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A heavily-built, thick-furred plantigrade quadruped, of the genus Ursus; belonging to the Carnivora, but having teeth partly adapted to a vegetable diet. ...
10. 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)...
11. blood, n. (and int.) View full entry eOE
...The red fluid flowing in the arteries, capillaries, and veins of humans and other vertebrates, carrying oxygen and nutrients to, and carbon dioxide and waste metabolites away from, the organs and tissues...
12. bone, n. View full entry a700
...The general name for each of the distinct parts which unitedly make up the skeleton or hard framework of the body of vertebrate animals....
13. boot, n.3 View full entry c1325
...A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, usually of leather. (Distinguished from a shoe by extending above the ankle. In earlier times used only by riders:...
14. bottle, n.2 View full entry c1375
...A vessel with a narrow neck for holding liquids, now usually made of glass; originally of leather....
15. branch, n. View full entry 1297
...A portion or limb of a tree or other plant growing out of the stem or trunk, or out of one of the boughs; in a more specific sense, a branch...
16. break, v. View full entry 851
...trans. generally....
17. bric-à-brac, n. View full entry 1840
...Old curiosities of artistic character, knick-knacks, antiquarian odds-and-ends, such as old furniture, plate, china, fans, statuettes, and the like....
18. bull-dog, n. View full entry ?1518
...A dog of a bold and fierce breed, with large bull-head, short muzzle, strong muscular body of medium height, and short smooth hair, formerly much used for bull-baiting....
19. button, n. View full entry c1320
...A knob or stud of metal or other material sewn by a shank or neck to articles of dress, usually for the purpose of fastening one part of the dress to another...
20. call, v. View full entry a1000
...To utter one's voice loudly, forcibly, and distinctly, so as to be heard at a distance; to shout, cry: often emphasized by out, to cry out. Const. to,...
