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1. angle, n.2 View full entry a1325
...A corner of a room or other enclosed space, esp. viewed internally or as a retreating space; a recess, a nook. Also fig....
2. asphalt, v. View full entry 1872
...To cover or lay with asphalt....
3. asphalted, adj. View full entry 1845
...Covered or laid with asphalt....
4. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
5. bag, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A receptacle made of some flexible material closed in on all sides except at the top (where also it generally can be closed); a pouch, a small sack....
6. ballast, v. View full entry 1538
...To provide (a ship) with ballast; to steady by the placing of ballast in the hold....
7. bank, v.1 View full entry 1590
...trans. To form a bank to; to border, edge, hem in as a bank....
8. banking, n. View full entry 1610
...The business of a banker; the keeping or management of a bank....
9. battery, n. View full entry c1503
...The action of beating or battering....
10. † beˈdelve, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To dig round or about....
11. bench, v. View full entry c1385
...trans. To furnish with benches....
12. binder, n. View full entry OE
...gen. One who binds. (See senses of the verb.)...
13. blacktopping, n. View full entry 1947
...The action of surfacing a road, driveway, etc. with blacktop; (also) the blacktop surface itself....
14. blast, v. View full entry c1300
...intr. To blow, to puff violently. Obs....
15. blind, v. View full entry 1303
...trans. To make blind, deprive of sight:...
16. blinding, n. View full entry c1380
...The action of making blind....
17. block, v. View full entry c1570
...trans. To obstruct or close with obstacles (a passage). Predicated either of the personal agent, or of the obstructions. Also fig....
18. ˈborrow-pit, n. View full entry 1893
...In civil engineering, an excavation formed by the removal of material to be used in filling or embanking....
19. bouldering, n. View full entry 1880
...The action of prec. verb; paving with boulders; concr. boulder-stones laid as a pavement....
20. † ˈbrooking, n.2 View full entry 1610
...The maintenance or preservation of a brook....
