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1. academic, n. and adj. View full entry lOE
...Philos. Usu. with capital initial. An ancient philosopher of the Academy, the school of Plato and his followers; an adherent of the philosophical school of Plato; a Platonist....
2. collector, n. View full entry c1380
...One who collects or gathers together; spec. one who gathers separate literary compositions, etc., into one book, a compiler (now rare or obs.), one who collects...
3. country, n. View full entry c1275
...A tract or expanse of land of undefined extent; a region, district....
4. court, n.1 View full entry 1154
...A clear space enclosed by walls or surrounded by buildings; a yard, a court-yard; e.g. that surrounding a castle, or that left for the sake of light, etc. in the...
5. griff, n.2 View full entry 1829
...= griffin...
6. griffin, n.2 View full entry 1793
...A European newly arrived in India, and unaccustomed to Indian ways and peculiarities; a novice, new-comer, greenhorn....
7. jungle, n. View full entry 1776
...In India, originally, as a native word, Waste or uncultivated ground (= ‘forest’ in the original sense); then, such land overgrown with brushwood, long grass, etc.; hence, in Anglo-Indian use:...
8. make, v.1 View full entry eOE
...trans....
9. matriculate, adj. and n. View full entry 1487
...Matriculated. Obs....
10. medical, adj. and n. View full entry 1646
...Of, relating to, or designating the science or practice of medicine in general, or its practitioners....
11. one, adj., n., and pron. View full entry eOE
...Designating a person who or thing which consists of a single individual or unit, without the addition of another of the same kind; single and integral in number....
12. schooling, adj.1 View full entry 1614
...That serves to instruct or educate a person; that provides education or enlightenment. Formerly also: †admonishing, reproving (obs.). Now rare....
13. sit, v. View full entry c825
...Of persons: To be or remain in that posture in which the weight of the body rests upon the posteriors; to be seated....
14. union, n.1 View full entry c1450
...The action of joining or uniting one thing to another or others, or two or more things together, so as to form one whole or complete body; the state or condition of...
15. V, n. View full entry 13..
...Illustrations of the use of the letter or of its name. double Vi.e. U, = W....
