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1. African, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...A native or inhabitant of Africa; a person of African origin (contextually = black African(a)black5a); spec. (in local usage) such a person as distinguished from...
2. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
3. bastard, n. and adj. View full entry 1297
...One begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or natural child....
4. beer, n.1 View full entry c1000
...An alcoholic liquor obtained by the fermentation of malt (or other saccharine substance), flavoured with hops or other aromatic bitters. Formerly distinguished from ale by being hopped; but now the...
5. 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)...
6. black jack, n.2 View full entry c1540
...A large, tar-coated leather jug for beer. Cf. black bowlblack5a. Now hist....
7. blue, adj. and n. View full entry c1300
...Of a colour of the spectrum intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or deep sea on a clear day....
8. bluebottle, n. View full entry ?a1450
...The cornflower, Centaurea cyanus....
9. bluetongue, n. View full entry 1863
...Orig. S. Afr....
10. Boer, n. View full entry 1834
...A Dutch-speaking colonist in South Africa, esp. one engaged in agriculture or cattle-farming (now hist.); an Afrikaner....
11. boma, n. View full entry 1878
...An enclosure or stockade used for herding beasts and for defensive purposes....
12. book, n. View full entry 872-915
...A writing; a written document; esp. a charter or deed by which land (hence called bócland) was conveyed. Obs....
13. boss, n.6 View full entry 1806
...An orig. American equivalent of ‘master’ in the sense of employer of labour; applied also to a business manager, or any one who has a right to give orders. In England at...
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. buck, n.5 View full entry 1562
...? The body of an animal, a carcase. Obs....
16. bush, n.1 View full entry c1315
...A shrub, particularly one with close branches arising from or near the ground; a small clump of shrubs apparently forming one plant....
17. bywoner, n. View full entry 1886
...A poor tenant farmer who lives on the farm of another man to whom he renders certain services (with or without payment in produce or money), being allowed to carry on some...
18. 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,...
19. China, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1555
...The country so called, in Asia....
20. chink, n.6 View full entry 1949
...Short for chinkerincheecolloq....
