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1. account, n. View full entry c1300
...Counting, reckoning, enumeration; computation, calculation; (also) a style or mode of reckoning; an amount established by counting. Now chiefly in money of account: see money2....
2. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
3. altogether, adj., n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Modifying the object or complement of a clause, indicating that the whole of what it refers to is involved: all of (something); constituting or representing the entirety of (a place, group, etc.);...
4. and, conj.1, adv., and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Simply connective....
5. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
6. bank, n.2 View full entry 1275
...A long seat for several to sit on, a bench, or form; a platform or stage to speak from. Obs. (Cf. mountebank)...
7. establish, v. View full entry c1374
...To render stable or firm....
8. founder, v. View full entry c1330
...trans. To burst or smash (something) in; to force a passage through. Obs....
9. † hippodame, n. View full entry 1590
...erron. used by Spenser for hippocamp...
10. hippodrome, n. View full entry 1585
...In Ancient Greek Hist. and Roman Hist. A course or circus for horse-races and chariot-races. Sometimes used as a high-sounding name for a modern circus....
11. hunger, n. View full entry c825
...The uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food; craving appetite. Also, the exhausted condition caused by want of food....
12. Irish, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry OE
...Of a person: native to Ireland; that is a citizen of Ireland; (also) descended from emigrants from Ireland to another country, esp. the United States or Australia (cf. Irish-American, ...
13. no, adj. View full entry lOE
...With a singular or plural noun. Not any....
14. odd, adj., n.1, and adv. View full entry a1325
...Of an individual: that is one in addition to a pair, or to an even number; remaining over after distribution or division into pairs; constituting a unit in excess of an even...
15. off, adv., prep., n.1, and adj. View full entry eOE
...Expressing motion or direction from a place: to a distance, away, quite away; as in to go off, run off, drive off. to be off...
16. pair, n.1 View full entry c1300
...A set of two individual things of the same kind, that are associated or complementary in use, purpose, position, etc....
17. scrub, n.1 View full entry 1398
...A low stunted tree. Cf. shrub...
18. seasonable, adj. View full entry 1380
...Occurring at the right season, opportune....
19. tantivy, adv., n., adj., and int. View full entry 1648
...At full gallop; swiftly; headlong....
20. tontine, n. and adj. View full entry 1765
...A financial scheme by which the subscribers to a loan or common fund receive each an annuity during his life, which increases as their number is diminished by death, till the last...
