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1. advice, n. View full entry c1300
...The view which a person holds in regard to a given matter; opinion, judgement, assessment. Also: the action of adopting a particular view or opinion; decision; (occas.) an opinion. Obs....
2. 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...
3. bio-, comb. form View full entry 1808
...With the sense ‘biographical’, ‘comprising elements of biography’....
4. class, n. and adj. View full entry 1533
...Roman Hist. A group of Roman citizens who could meet a certain minimum wealth qualification; spec. each of the five groups into which property owners were divided for military...
5. dicky | dickey, n. View full entry 1753
...Naut. (See quot. 1867.)...
6. 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....
7. mo-bike, n. View full entry 1925
...A motorcycle....
8. multi-, comb. form View full entry 1647
...Forming parasynthetic adjectives, with the sense ‘more than one, several, many’. From the adjectives are formed adverbs (e.g. multiserially) and nouns (e.g. multicellularity). Some formations of this kind...
9. number, n. View full entry c1300
...The precise sum or aggregate of a collection of individual things or persons; the quantity or amount....
10. O, n.1 View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
11. pass, n.4 View full entry 1555
...Prob.: demeanour; a course of action. Obs.rare....
12. prahu, n. View full entry 1582
...In Malaysia and Indonesia: a type of undecked sailing boat, usually with a large triangular sail and a canoe-like outrigger. In Southern India: a small sailing boat or catamaran....
13. punkah, n. View full entry a1625
...= punkah-wallah2. Obs.rare....
14. round, n.1 View full entry a1325
...A circular band, a ring; a ring-shaped object; (in later use) spec. a representation or drawing of a ring-shaped object on a flat surface, esp. one used to...
15. soft, adj. View full entry c1000
...Producing agreeable or pleasant sensations; characterized by ease and quiet enjoyment; of a calm or placid nature....
16. use, v. View full entry a1250
...trans. To celebrate, keep, or observe (a religious rite); spec. to partake of or receive (the Eucharist). Now rare (chiefly hist.)....
17. wallah-wallah | walla-walla, n. View full entry 1957
...In Hong Kong, a small boat used as a ferry for casual traffic....
