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1. adjectived, adj. View full entry 1798
...Grammar. Used as an adjective; changed or formed into an adjective. Obs....
2. arrangement, n. View full entry 1715
...The action of arranging or disposing in order....
3. bonus, n. View full entry 1785
...A boon or gift over and above what is normally due as remuneration to the receiver, and which is therefore something wholly ‘to the good’....
4. dang, v. View full entry 1793-7
...A euphemistic substitute for damn...
5. disappearance, n. View full entry 1712
...The action of disappearing; passing away from sight or observation; vanishing....
6. edit, v. View full entry 1791
...To publish, give to the world (a literary work by an earlier author, previously existing in MS.). Chiefly in pa. pple., after Latin ēditus. Obs....
7. family jewel, n. View full entry 1744
...A jewel belonging to a particular family, handed down from generation to generation, esp. as an heirloom. Chiefly in pl. (freq. with the): a collection of such jewellery....
8. glamour | glamor, n. View full entry ?17..
...Magic, enchantment, spell; esp. in the phrase to cast the glamour over one (see quot. 1721)....
9. hypocoristic, adj. and n. View full entry 1796
...Of the nature of a pet-name; pertaining to the habit of using endearing or euphemistic terms....
10. nation, adj., adv., and n.2 View full entry 1765
...Very large, very great....
11. neutralization, n. View full entry 1796
...Chem. The action of neutralizing an acid or alkali, or of making something chemically neutral; an instance of this....
12. number one, n. and adj. View full entry 1705
...Oneself, one's own person and interests; esp. in to look after (also take care of) number one. Cf. one1d....
13. sacré, adj.2 View full entry 1768
...Holy, sacred, used in various French oaths, as sacré bleusakre blø, also sacre bleu, sacrebleu, a euphemism for sacré Dieu; sacré Dieu...
14. statistics, n. View full entry 1770
...With sing. concord....
15. ˈstory-ˌteller, n. View full entry 1709
...One who is accustomed to tell stories or anecdotes in conversation....
16. taradiddle | tarradiddle, n. View full entry 1796
...A trifling falsehood, a petty lie; a colloquial euphemism for a lie; a ‘fib’....
