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1. airless, adj. View full entry a1616
...Stuffy; unventilated, not open to the air....
2. anchovy, n. View full entry 1598
...A small fish of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus) found on the European coasts, especially in the Mediterranean, where it is extensively caught, and pickled for exportation....
3. ˈapoplex, v. View full entry 1604
...To strike with apoplexy, paralyze, benumb....
4. † asiˈnego, n. View full entry 1609
...A little ass....
5. aˈttending, adj. View full entry 1598
...Listening, attentive....
6. backing, n. View full entry 1598
...The action of supporting at the back....
7. barefaced, adj. View full entry 1600
...With the face uncovered: hence...
8. baring, n. View full entry a1616
...The action of laying bare or uncovering; the removal of something so as to leave a bare place....
9. barky, adj. View full entry 1600
...Covered with bark....
10. based, adj.3 View full entry a1616
...As the second element in compounds: having or standing on a base of a specified kind....
11. battered, adj. View full entry 1593
...Bruised and shattered by repeated blows; worn and defaced by rough or hard usage, the chances of time, etc. Often fig....
12. batty, adj. View full entry 1600
...Of or belonging to a bat, bat-like....
13. beachy, adj. View full entry 1600
...Covered with beach (sense 1); pebbly, shingly....
14. Bellona, n. View full entry a1616
...Proper name of the Roman goddess of war; transf. a spirited woman of commanding presence. Beˈllonian...
15. belly, v. View full entry 1609
...trans. To cause to swell out....
16. belonging, n. View full entry a1616
...Circumstances connected with a person or thing; relations with another person or thing....
17. biddy, n.2 View full entry a1616
...A chicken, a fowl. Also dial., a louse....
18. † ˈbitter-ˌsweeting, n. View full entry 1597
...The Bitter-sweet Apple. (In Shakespeare allusively.)...
19. blue-veined, adj. View full entry 1593
...Having blue veins....
20. ˈblushing, adj. View full entry 1597
...That blushes; modest. Also used, often somewhat facetiously, with bride....
