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1. albacore, n. View full entry 1579
...Any of several small and medium-sized tunas of the genera Thunnus and Euthynnus; (in later use) spec. T. alalunga, with very long pectoral fins, which is...
2. apricot, n. View full entry 1551
...A stone-fruit allied to the plum, of an orange colour, roundish-oval shape, and delicious flavour....
3. bamboo, n. View full entry 1598
...A genus of giant-grasses (genus Bambusa), numerous species of which are common throughout the tropics. Also the stem of any of these used as a stick, or as material....
4. black jack, n.2 View full entry c1540
...A large, tar-coated leather jug for beer. Cf. black bowlblack5a. Now hist....
5. blueback, n. View full entry c1532
...Any of various fishes, birds, and other animals having a bluish back; esp. a river herring or shad of eastern North America, Alosa aestivalis, (in western Canada) a...
6. buck, n.5 View full entry 1562
...? The body of an animal, a carcase. Obs....
7. burgher, n. View full entry ?1555
...An inhabitant of a burgh, borough, or corporate town; a citizen. Chiefly used of continental towns, but also of English boroughs, in a sense less technical than burgess. Now somewhat...
8. camp, n.2 View full entry 1525
...The place where an army or body of troops is lodged in tents or other temporary means of shelter, with or without intrenchments. In common modern use the collection of tents, huts,...
9. China, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1555
...The country so called, in Asia....
10. comrade, n. View full entry 1591
...orig. One who shares the same room, a chamber-fellow, ‘chum’; esp. among soldiers, a tent-fellow, fellow-soldier (also comrade-in-arms); hence gen., an associate in friendship, occupation,...
11. cracker, n. View full entry 1509
...gen....
12. drab, n.2, adj., and n. View full entry 1541
...A kind of cloth: see quots....
13. fiscal, adj. and n. View full entry 1539
...Of or pertaining to the fisc or treasury of a state or prince; pertaining to the public revenue....
14. giraffe, n. View full entry 1594
...A ruminant quadruped found in Africa, remarkable for the length of its neck and legs, and for having its skin spotted like that of a panther; also called camelopard...
15. hiccup, n. View full entry 1580
...An involuntary spasm of the respiratory organs, consisting in a quick inspiratory movement of the diaphragm checked suddenly by closure of the glottis, and accompanied by a characteristic sound. Also, the affection...
16. identity, n. View full entry 1545
...The quality or condition of being the same in substance, composition, nature, properties, or in particular qualities under consideration; absolute or essential sameness; oneness....
17. job, n.2 View full entry 1557
...A piece of work; esp. a small and discrete piece of work done as part of one's regular occupation or profession....
18. low-country, n. View full entry 1530
...A region or district whose level is lower than that of the surrounding country....
19. Malay, n. and adj. View full entry 1598
...A member of a people chiefly inhabiting Malaysia, Brunei, and parts of Indonesia, and characteristically speaking the Malay language....
20. mammy, n. (and int.) View full entry 1523
...= mother1a. Used esp. to and by children....
