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1. Academe, n. View full entry 1598
...orig. and chiefly literary. = academy2....
2. acerb, adj. View full entry a1616
...Of food or flavour: astringently sour or harsh-tasting....
3. all hid, n. (and int.) View full entry 1598
...The game of hide-and-seek. Also as : the call used in the game (see note)....
4. aˈttending, adj. View full entry 1598
...Listening, attentive....
5. backing, n. View full entry 1598
...The action of supporting at the back....
6. bandit, n. View full entry 1594
...lit. One who is proscribed or outlawed; hence, a lawless desperate marauder, a brigand: usually applied to members of the organized gangs which infest the mountainous districts of Italy,...
7. belly, v. View full entry 1609
...trans. To cause to swell out....
8. bump, n.1 View full entry 1599
...A blow somewhat heavy, but rather dull in sound; a sudden collision, more or less violent. So with a bump (fig.), abruptly, with a shock....
9. buzzer, n.1 View full entry 1604
...An insect that buzzes. Also fig....
10. coasting, n. View full entry 1609
...Sailing along the coast, or trading between the ports of a country. (See also .)...
11. control, n. View full entry 1597
...The fact of controlling, or of checking and directing action; the function or power of directing and regulating; domination, command, sway....
12. critical, adj. View full entry 1600
...Given to judging; esp. given to adverse or unfavourable criticism; fault-finding, censorious....
13. dateless, adj. and n. View full entry 1597
...Having no time limit or fixed term; endless; eternal....
14. disturbed, adj. View full entry 1593
...Disquieted; agitated; having the settled state, order, or position interfered with....
15. divest, v. View full entry a1616
...trans. To unclothe, undress, disrobe; to strip of clothing, or of any covering, ornament, etc....
16. dominie, n. View full entry a1625
...A schoolmaster, pedagogue. (Now chiefly Sc.)...
17. ˈemptying, n. View full entry a1616
...The action of making empty....
18. exposure, n. View full entry 1609
...The action of exposing; the fact or state of being exposed....
19. eyeball, n. View full entry 1593
...= ball of the eye....
20. fixture, n. View full entry a1616
...The action of fixing; the process of fixing or settling, or of becoming fixed or settled. ? Obs....
