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1. act, n. View full entry a1382
...In pl., with capital initial, and freq. with the. More fully Acts of the Apostles. (The name of) one of the books of the New Testament...
2. adult, adj. and n. View full entry 1531
...Of a person: having reached the age of maturity; grown-up....
3. B, n. View full entry c1000
...The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth, whence also its form...
4. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
5. business, n. View full entry OE
...Anxiety, solicitude, care; distress, uneasiness. Obs....
6. challenge, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To accuse, bring a charge against, arraign, impeach. Also absol.Obs. (or ? dial.)...
7. drop, v. View full entry c1000
...Of a liquid: To fall in drops or globules; to exude or distil in drops....
8. duty, n. View full entry 1297
...The action and conduct due to a superior; homage, submission; due respect, reverence; an expression of submission, deference, or respect....
9. find, v. View full entry c950
...trans. To come across, fall in with, meet with, light upon. Primarily of persons, and implying perception of the object encountered; hence of things viewed as agents....
10. full, adj., n.3, and adv. View full entry c888
...Having within its limits all it will hold; having no space empty; replete. Const. of (in Old English with gen.) Often with intensive phrases, as full as...
11. garden, n. View full entry 13..
...An enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit, or vegetables; often preceded by some defining word, as flower-, fruit-, kitchen-, market-...
12. get, v. View full entry ?c1200
...To obtain possession of (property, etc.) as the result of effort or contrivance....
13. hearty, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c1380
...Full of courage; courageous, bold (obs.). In later use coloured by senses A. 4A. 5: Zealous; energetic or thorough in one's support or action....
14. holiday, n. View full entry c950
...A consecrated day, a religious festival. Now usually written holy-day, q.v....
15. house, n.1 and int. View full entry eOE
...A building for human habitation, typically and historically one that is the ordinary place of residence of a family. (Cf. home2.)...
16. know, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To perceive (a thing or person) as identical with one already perceived or considered; to recognize; to identify. Formerly freq. with for; also with by (a...
17. lady, n. View full entry eOE
...The female head of a household; a woman who has authority over servants, attendants, or slaves (now chiefly arch. or hist.). Cf. lady of the house1a(a)...
18. let, v.1 View full entry c893
...trans. To allow to remain; to leave behind; to abstain from taking away, using, consuming, occupying, etc. Obs....
19. M, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
20. mark, v. View full entry eOE
...trans....
