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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. Abdul, n. View full entry 1870
...Originally: a male Turk; spec. (chiefly Austral. and N.Z.) a Turkish soldier in the First World War (191418); (also) Turkish soldiers collectively. Later...
3. Abo, n. and adj. View full entry 1908
...A member of an Australian aboriginal people; an Australian Aboriginal. ...
4. accident, n. View full entry 1395
...Philos. In Aristotelian thought: a property or quality not essential to a substance or object; something that does not constitute an essential component, an attribute. Cf. substance4a....
5. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry ?a1300
...A single point in a game, and related uses....
6. acid, adj. and n. View full entry 1626
...In general use: sour, tart, sharp to the taste; tasting like vinegar....
7. aerial, adj. View full entry ?1545
...Dwelling, flying, or moving in the air, above the earth; occurring or taking place in the air; (spec. of birds or bats) spending much of the time airborne....
8. after, n.2 View full entry 1906
...= afternoon1. Chiefly in this after....
9. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
10. Albert, n.2 View full entry 1840
...(usually in pl.) a type of boot popularized by Prince Albert, orig. and esp. one having a fabric upper and patent leather toecap....
11. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
12. alley, n.2 View full entry 1720
...A toy marble (marble11a), orig. one of high quality made from marble or alabaster, later also one made from glass or other material. Also (occas.) attrib. in...
13. all-up, adj. and n. View full entry 1923
...Chiefly in all-up weight....
14. ambo, n.2 View full entry 1974
...= ambulance2....
15. ampster, n. View full entry 1941
...The helper of a showman or trickster, ‘planted’ in the audience to start the buying of tickets, goods, etc. Hence as intr., to act as an ampster....
16. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
17. Apple Island, n. View full entry 1906
...The island or state of Tasmania. Usu. with the....
18. Apple Isle, n. View full entry 1906
...= Apple Island...
19. arsey, adj. View full entry 1953
...orig. and chiefly Austral. Lucky. Cf. tin-arsedtin2....
20. Arthur, n. View full entry c1425
...Astron. In the genitive, forming names for the distinctive group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major called the Plough (also the Big Dipper), and...
