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1. adjectively, adv. View full entry 1550
...Grammar. In an adjectival manner; as an adjective; = adjectivally...
2. adult, adj. and n. View full entry 1531
...Of a person: having reached the age of maturity; grown-up....
3. circulation, n. View full entry 1535
...Movement in a circle, circular motion or course....
4. disappear, v. View full entry 1530
...intr. To cease to appear or be visible; to vanish from sight. The reverse of appear Also with advb. expressions introduced by prepositions....
5. embrace, n. View full entry 1599
...The action of folding in the arms, of pressing to the bosom. (Sometimes euphemistically for sexual intercourse.)...
6. escort, n. View full entry 1579
...Mil. A body of armed men accompanying a traveller or travellers (whether for protection or surveillance, or as a mark of honour), or serving as a guard or convoy for baggage,...
7. facetiae, n. View full entry 1577
...With pl. concord. Humorous sayings or writings; witticisms....
8. fact, n. View full entry 1539
...A thing done or performed....
9. fib, n.1 View full entry 1568
...A venial or trivial falsehood; often used as a jocular euphemism for ‘a lie’....
10. gardening, n. View full entry a1577
...The action or occupation of laying out or cultivating a garden; horticulture....
11. generous, adj. and n. View full entry ?1575
...Of noble or aristocratic lineage; high-born. Of birth, blood, family, etc.: aristocratic, noble, high-ranking. Also in extended use. Obs. (arch. in later use)....
12. golden age, n. View full entry 1555
...The first and best age of the world, in which, according to the Greek and Roman poets, mankind lived in a state of ideal prosperity and happiness, free from all trouble or...
13. green gown, n. View full entry a1586
...A dress stained green from rolling in grass. Chiefly in to give a woman a green gown: to engage in amorous play with a woman; (euphem.) to deflower,...
14. indecent, adj. View full entry 1570
...Unbecoming; highly unsuitable or inappropriate (†to); contrary to the fitness of things; in extremely bad taste; unseemly....
15. 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....
16. leaguer, n.1 View full entry 1577
...A military camp, esp. one engaged in a siege; an investing force....
17. maypole, n. and adj. View full entry 1529
...A high pole traditionally decorated with flowers and greenery and often painted with spiral stripes, set up on a green or other open space for people to dance around during May-time celebrations...
18. model, n. and adj. View full entry 1570
...A set of designs (plans, elevations, sections, etc.) for a projected building or other structure; a similar set of drawings made to scale and representing the proportions and arrangement of an existing...
19. nonny-nonny, int. and n. View full entry 1533
...Used in songs as (part of) a refrain. Also in extended use. Cf. hey2, nonny, nonny-no1. Now arch....
20. not at home, adv., adj., and n. View full entry 1595
...euphem. Not prepared to receive, or unavailable to, callers (or to a particular caller). Cf. home1a(d)....