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1. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
2. 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...
3. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
4. blank, n. View full entry 1480
...A small French coin, originally of silver, but afterwards of copper; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English. According to Littré,...
5. business, n. View full entry OE
...Anxiety, solicitude, care; distress, uneasiness. Obs....
6. busy, adj. View full entry eOE
...Occupied with or concentrating on a particular activity; actively engaged; doing something that engrosses the attention....
7. chamber, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A room or suite of rooms in a house, typically one allotted to the use of a particular person, a private room; (in later use) esp. a bedroom, typically on...
8. come, v. View full entry c825
...In its most literal sense it expresses the hitherward motion of a voluntary agent....
9. cross, v. View full entry c1340
...trans. To crucify. Obs....
10. D, n. View full entry c1000
...the fourth letter of the Roman alphabet, corresponding in position and power to the Phoenician and Hebrew Daleth, and Greek Delta, Δ, whence also its form was derived...
11. dash, v.1 View full entry c1290
...To strike with violence so as to break into fragments; to break in pieces by a violent stroke or collision; to smash. Now generally with complement, as to dash to pieces...
12. dog, n.1 View full entry OE
...A domesticated carnivorous mammal, Canis familiaris (or C. lupus familiaris), which typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractile claws, and a barking, howling, or...
13. drop, v. View full entry c1000
...Of a liquid: To fall in drops or globules; to exude or distil in drops....
14. 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....
15. edit, v. View full entry 1791
...To publish, give to the world (a literary work by an earlier author, previously existing in MS.). Chiefly in pa. pple., after Latin ēditus. Obs....
16. escape, n.1 View full entry c1300
...The action of escaping, or the fact of having escaped, from custody, danger, etc.; spec. in Law: see quot. 1641....
17. French, adj. and n. View full entry OE
...Esp. in early use: of or relating to the Romance-speaking peoples of western Europe (as opposed to the Germanic or Celtic peoples). In later use: of or relating to France....
18. 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...
19. get, v. View full entry ?c1200
...To obtain possession of (property, etc.) as the result of effort or contrivance....
20. glamour | glamor, n. View full entry ?17..
...Magic, enchantment, spell; esp. in the phrase to cast the glamour over one (see quot. 1721)....
