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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. active, adj. and n. View full entry 1340
...Of a way or style of life: characterized by outward action rather than inward contemplation or speculation; practical. Esp. in active life, and chiefly in religious contexts. Opposed to ...
3. beer, n.1 View full entry c1000
...An alcoholic liquor obtained by the fermentation of malt (or other saccharine substance), flavoured with hops or other aromatic bitters. Formerly distinguished from ale by being hopped; but now the...
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. book, n. View full entry 872-915
...A writing; a written document; esp. a charter or deed by which land (hence called bócland) was conveyed. Obs....
6. bottle, n.2 View full entry c1375
...A vessel with a narrow neck for holding liquids, now usually made of glass; originally of leather....
7. come, v. View full entry c825
...In its most literal sense it expresses the hitherward motion of a voluntary agent....
8. cookie, n. View full entry 1754
...In Scotland the usual name for a baker's plain bun; in U.S. usually a small flat sweet cake (a biscuit in U.K.), but locally a name for small cakes of...
9. dolly, n.1 View full entry 1612
...A familiar pet-form of the name Dorothy (= doll1)....
10. drift, n. View full entry a1300
...The act of driving; propulsion, impulse, impetus. (Now rare or Obs. exc. as in 1b, or 2a.)...
11. dump, n.4 View full entry 1825
...(Chiefly U.S.) A pile or heap of refuse or other matter ‘dumped’ or thrown down. spec. A pile of ore, earth, etc., which accumulates during mining operations; esp....
12. flank, n.1 View full entry OE
...The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal or a man between the ribs and the hip....
13. freedom, n. View full entry eOE
...Exemption or release from slavery or imprisonment; = liberty1b....
14. 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...
15. gunpowder, n. View full entry 1411
...An explosive mixture of saltpetre, sulphur, and charcoal, chiefly used in discharging projectiles from guns and for blasting....
16. idle, adj. and n. View full entry c825
...Empty, vacant; void (of). Obs....
17. job, n.2 View full entry 1557
...A piece of work; esp. a small and discrete piece of work done as part of one's regular occupation or profession....
18. land, n.1 View full entry c725
...The solid portion of the earth's surface, as opposed to sea, water. Cf. firm landfirm8, dry land †occas. classed as...
19. long, adj.1 and n. View full entry c888
...Great in measurement from end to end. Said of a line, of distance, a journey; also, of a portion of space or a material object with reference to its greatest dimension. Opposed...
20. mail, n.2 View full entry c1275
...A bag, pack, or wallet; a travelling bag, a portmanteau. In later use Sc. and U.S. in pl.: baggage. †Also fig....
