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1. check, int. and n.1 View full entry c1330
...A call at chess by which notice is given to the opponent that a move has been made which exposes his King; one says also check to your king! and...
2. Eureka, int. (and n.) View full entry 1603
...The exclamation (‘I have found it’) uttered by Archimedes when he discovered the means of determining (by specific gravity) the proportion of base metal in Hiero's golden crown. (See Vitruvius Arch....
3. fudge, int. and n. View full entry 1766
...Stuff and nonsense! Bosh!...
4. gangway, n. and int. View full entry OE
...A road, a thoroughfare. Now rare (Irish English (north.) in later use)....
5. 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.)...
6. morning, n. and int. View full entry c1275
...Originally: the time of the approach or beginning of ‘morn’; the period around sunrise. In later use usually: the early part of the day, esp. from sunrise until noon or lunchtime....
7. olive oil, n. and int. View full entry 1566
...A pale yellow or greenish-yellow oil extracted from olive pulp, which has a mild flavour and is used esp. in cookery and medicine....
8. room, n.1 and int. View full entry eOE
...Dimensional extent, space; spec. the amount of space that is or may be occupied by a thing. Freq. with modifying word (esp. less, more)....
9. time, n., int., and conj. View full entry eOE
...A finite extent or stretch of continued existence, as the interval separating two successive events or actions, or the period during which an action, condition, or state continues; a finite portion of...
