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1. acrost, prep. and adv. View full entry 1759
...= across...
2. 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....
3. amber, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1398
...orig. = ambergris (In 17th c. greece of amber, gris ambre, gray amber.) Obs....
4. 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,...
5. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
6. 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....
7. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
8. bank, n.1 View full entry ?c1200
...A portion of the surface of the ground raised or thrown up into a ridge or shelf; a lengthened mound with steeply sloping sides. Hence, One side or slope of...
9. ˈbarney, n. View full entry 1859
...In various dial. and slang uses....
10. barney, v. View full entry 1880
...intr. To argue, dispute. dial., Austral. and N.Z....
11. bean, n. View full entry 940
...A smooth, kidney-shaped, laterally flattened seed, borne in long pods by a leguminous plant, Faba vulgaris....
12. beat, n.1 View full entry a1625
...A stroke or blow in beating....
13. bed, n. View full entry c995
...A permanent structure or arrangement for sleeping on, or for the sake of rest. In some form or other it constitutes a regular article of household furniture in civilized life, as well...
14. belly, n. View full entry c950
...A bag, skin-bag, purse, pod, husk. Freq. in comb. as béan bælg ‘bean-pod,’ blást-bælgbellows q.v., met-bæl(i)g ‘meat-bag, scrip,’ belly wínbel(i)g...
15. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
16. bin, n. View full entry c950
...gen. A receptacle (orig. of wicker- or basket-work): still used dialectally and technically in the most diverse senses, as seen in the following quotations....
17. binder, n. View full entry OE
...gen. One who binds. (See senses of the verb.)...
18. 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)...
19. blackball, n. View full entry 1550
...Any of a number of black-coloured balls of wood, ivory, etc., used to record an adverse vote in a ballot; (hence) an adverse secret vote; the vetoing of (an applicant's) membership or...
20. blade, n. View full entry OE
...The leaf of a herb or plant; originally perhaps (as in Icelandic) applied to those of all herbs, while leaf was used of the foliage of trees. Now applied ...
