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1. ajoupa, n. View full entry 1666
...In the Caribbean: a wooden-framed hut or shelter with a thatched roof and (sometimes) open sides....
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. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
4. bastard, n. and adj. View full entry 1297
...One begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or natural child....
5. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
6. 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)...
7. blue, adj. and n. View full entry c1300
...Of a colour of the spectrum intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or deep sea on a clear day....
8. boatswain, n. View full entry OE
...A ship's officer in charge of equipment (in a sailing ship, esp. the sails, rigging, cables, etc.) and the work of the crew on deck. Cf. bosun...
9. boiler, n. View full entry c1540
...One who boils (anything)....
10. conch, n. View full entry ?1527
...A shell-fish: originally a bivalve such as the mussel or oyster; in later times more frequently a large gastropod, esp. Strombus gigas....
11. crop, n. View full entry a700
...A pouch-like enlargement of the œsophagus or gullet in many birds, in which the food undergoes a partial preparation for digestion before passing on to the true stomach; the craw....
12. dory, n.3 View full entry 1726
...‘A small boat; esp. a small flat-bottomed boat used in sea-fisheries, in which to go out from a larger vessel to catch fish’ (Cent. Dict.)....
13. hog, n.1 View full entry OE
...A domestic pig reared for slaughter; spec. a castrated male pig. Also more widely: any domestic pig. Cf. pig1a....
14. jointer, n.2 View full entry 1678
...Name of various tools....
15. jump, v. View full entry 1511
...To make a spring from the ground or other base by flexion and sudden muscular extension of the legs (or, in the case of some animals, as fish, of the tail, or...
16. love, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A feeling or disposition of deep affection or fondness for someone, typically arising from a recognition of attractive qualities, from natural affinity, or from sympathy and manifesting itself in concern for the...
17. macaroni, n. View full entry 1616
...In Jonson's use: (prob.) = gnocchiObs.rare....
18. main, n.1 View full entry OE
...Physical strength, force, or power. Now only in with might and main: see might1b....
19. make, v.1 View full entry eOE
...trans....
20. man, n.1 (and int.) View full entry eOE
...A human being....
