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1. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
2. 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)...
3. 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....
4. love, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A feeling or disposition of deep affection or fondness for someone, typically arising from a recognition of attractive qualities, from natural affinity, or from sympathy and manifesting itself in concern for the...
5. man, n.1 (and int.) View full entry eOE
...A human being....
6. mind, n.1 View full entry OE
...The state of being remembered; remembrance, recollection. Chiefly in phrases....
7. monkey, n. View full entry 1530
...Any of numerous small- to medium-sized primates belonging to the one of the three families Callitrichidae, Cebidae, and Cercopithecidae, most kinds of which have long tails...
8. nose, n. View full entry eOE
...That part (usually more or less prominent) of the head or face in humans and other mammals which lies above the mouth and contains the nostrils, and functions as the organ of...
9. orange, n.1 and adj.1 View full entry a1400
...Any of various kinds of citrus fruit with a usually reddish-yellow rind when mature and an acid many-celled juicy pulp; spec.(more fully Seville orange, bitter orange)(more fully...
10. pop, n.1 View full entry c1425
...A blow, a knock, a punch; a slight rap or tap....
11. posse, n.2 View full entry 1645
...An assembled force, band, or company, often with hostile intent (cf. posse comitatus2); also fig. Also (now usually without negative connotation): any throng or assembled group (of...
12. red, adj. and n. (and adv.) View full entry eOE
...Designating the colour of blood, a ruby, a ripe tomato, etc., and appearing in various shades at the longer-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, next to orange and opposite to violet; of...
13. rock, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A large rugged mass of hard mineral material (see sense 2a) or stone forming a cliff, crag, or other natural feature on land or in the sea. Cf. stone...
14. skin, v. View full entry a1400
...trans. To circumcise. Obs....
15. spliff, n. View full entry 1936
...A cannabis cigarette, spec. one rolled in a conical form; a smoke of cannabis....
16. stick, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A short piece of wood, esp. a piece cut and shaped for a special purpose, usually with defining word indicating its use, as in bung-stick, potstick, setting-stick...
17. use, v. View full entry a1250
...trans. To celebrate, keep, or observe (a religious rite); spec. to partake of or receive (the Eucharist). Now rare (chiefly hist.)....
18. yardie, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1986
...A member of any of a number of West Indian (esp. Jamaican) gangs engaged in usu. drug-related organized crime; also more generally, a Jamaican. Freq. attrib. or as ...
