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1. adzooks, int. View full entry 1675
...Used as an oath to express asseveration, surprise, etc....
2. ahey, int. View full entry 1696
...An exclamation used to attract attention. Cf. ahoy, hey...
3. ahoy, int. and v. View full entry 1748
...A shout or exclamation used to hail, greet, or attract attention to someone or something, esp. from a distance (originally at sea). Also ahoy there! Cf. hoy...
4. alack, int. View full entry 1447
...Used to express grief, condemnation, pity, regret, concern, or surprise....
5. alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry c1400
...Used as a call to arms or warning of imminent danger, esp. of being attacked. Now literary (chiefly arch. and hist.)....
6. alas, int. and n. View full entry ?c1225
...Used to express grief, pity, regret, disappointment, or concern. Also with for, †to....
7. all hail, int. and n. View full entry a1425
...‘(I wish you) all health!’. Used as a salutation expressing an affectionate or respectful greeting or welcome to a person. Also used (freq. with to) with a thing as complement,...
8. blood and thunder, int. and n. View full entry 1696
...Expressing anger or exasperation. Cf. blood6. Now rare and arch....
9. brave, adj., n., and int. View full entry 1568
...Of persons and their attributes: Courageous, daring, intrepid, stout-hearted (as a good quality)....
10. ecod, int. View full entry 1677
...As a mild oath: = egad...
11. gammon, n.4 and int. View full entry 1717
...cant. A thief's accomplice who distracts the attention of a victim while a crime is committed. See also 1. Obs....
12. gramercy, int. View full entry c1330
...= Thanks; thank you. Formerly also in pl. Const. for, †of....
13. hist, int. (and n.) View full entry 1599
...Used to enjoin silence, attract attention, or call on a person to listen. Also (after use in sense 2) in hist-a-boy. Now somewhat arch....
14. house, n.1 and int. View full entry eOE
...A building for human habitation, typically and historically one that is the ordinary place of residence of a family. (Cf. home2.)...
15. la, int. View full entry 1578
...An exclamation formerly used to introduce or accompany a conventional phrase or an address, or to call attention to an emphatic statement; †also la you. In recent use, a mere...
16. ˈlack-a-day, int. View full entry 1695
...= alack...
17. lo, int.1 View full entry OE
...In early use, an interjection of vague meaning, corresponding approximately to the modern O! or Oh! (obs.)....
18. marry, int. View full entry a1375
...Expressing surprise, astonishment, outrage, etc., or used to give emphasis to one's words. (Often in response to a question, expressing surprise or indignation that it should be asked)....
19. mercy, n. and int. View full entry a1225
...Clemency and compassion shown to a person who is in a position of powerlessness or subjection, or to a person with no right or claim to receive kindness; kind and compassionate treatment...
20. mew, int. View full entry 1582
...Representing the characteristic cry of a cat, gull, etc....
