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1. acid, adj. and n. View full entry 1626
...In general use: sour, tart, sharp to the taste; tasting like vinegar....
2. 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....
3. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
4. 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)...
5. bomb, n. View full entry 1588
...Transl. of Spanish bomba de fuego ‘a ball of wilde-fire,’ Minsheu. Obs....
6. bomb, v. View full entry 1694
...trans....
7. bust, v.2 View full entry 1639
...intr. To burst, esp. as a result of internal pressure; (also) to break, fall to pieces; (hence) to stop working. Also with adverb, as open, out, ...
8. cabbage, n.1 View full entry 1391
...As a count noun. The compact round or conical head of thick, short-stemmed, typically green leaves, formed by numerous cultivated varieties of the plant Brassica oleracea (family Brassicaceae),...
9. come, v. View full entry c825
...In its most literal sense it expresses the hitherward motion of a voluntary agent....
10. cut, adj. View full entry c1380
...Gashed or wounded with a sharp-edged instrument; having an incision made in it....
11. cut, v. View full entry c1275
...trans. To penetrate with an edged instrument which severs the continuity of the substance; to wound or injure with a sharp-edged instrument; to make incision in; to gash, slash....
12. do, v. View full entry c825
...To put, place....
13. dope, n. View full entry 18..
...Any thick liquid or semi-fluid used as an article of food, or as a lubricant. U.S....
14. down, n.3 View full entry 1611
...The burden of a song. (Cf. down26.)...
15. drive, n. View full entry 1697
...The action or an act of driving, impelling, urging onward, etc.: see the verb. spec. of cattle or logs (cf. sense 3) (chiefly U.S. and ...
16. dry, adj. and adv. View full entry c888
...Destitute of or free from moisture; not wet or moist; arid; of the eyes, free from tears....
17. French, adj. and n. View full entry OE
...Esp. in early use: of or relating to the Romance-speaking peoples of western Europe (as opposed to the Germanic or Celtic peoples). In later use: of or relating to France....
18. grass, n.1 View full entry c725
...Herbage in general, the blades or leaves and stalks of which are eaten by horses, cattle, sheep, etc. Also, in a narrower sense, restricted to the smaller non-cereal Gramineæ (see...
19. green, adj. and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Of a colour intermediate between blue and yellow in the spectrum; of the colour of grass, foliage, an emerald, etc....
20. gun, n. View full entry 1339
...A weapon consisting essentially of a metal tube (massive enough to require to be mounted on a carriage or a fixed substructure) from which heavy missiles are thrown by the force of...
