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1. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
2. break-, comb. form View full entry c1300
...With verb + object....
3. burn-, comb. form View full entry c1485
...With verb + object....
4. by-, comb. form View full entry c1330
...A Middle English variant spelling of the prefix bi-, be-, under which see most of the words, as, under be-, bycause, bydene,...
5. choke-, comb. form View full entry 1556
...in attributive relation to a n. = ‘choking, that chokes’....
6. cram-, comb. form View full entry 1382
...compare cram2, cram1....
7. cross-, comb. form View full entry c1330
...General uses in combination....
8. † crowd-, comb. form View full entry c1330
...the stem of crowd (see sense 3) in combination, as in crowd-barrow(now dial.)crowd-wain= Dutchkruiwagen, in Kilian krodewaghenObs....
9. drop-, comb. form View full entry 1578
...the verb-stem used in Comb....
10. dub-, comb. form View full entry 1706
...Having a blunt point....
11. half-, comb. form View full entry c893
...With adjectives and pa. pples. Already in Old English: see above. Very common in later use, esp. with pa. pples., to which half- may be prefixed whenever the sense suits:...
12. kill-, comb. form View full entry 1593
...Nouns....
13. kiss-, comb. form View full entry a1586
...In Comb., forming nouns and adjectives. Kiss is the imperative or stem of the vb. See also kiss-in-the-ring, kiss-me-quick...
14. pick-, comb. form View full entry c1400
...Forming nouns and adjectives, chiefly where the second element would be the object of the verb to pick....
15. pinch-, comb. form View full entry 1582
...See also pinch-gut, pinchpenny...
16. pop-, comb. form View full entry 1594
...Forming nouns and adjectives, with the sense ‘that pops’, or ‘which pops or can be popped in some way’....
17. pull-, comb. form View full entry 1552
...Forming compounds with nouns....
18. set-, comb. form View full entry 1627
...the stem of set in comb., chiefly in ns. derived from phr. with advs. (see set2): See also set-back, set-down, set-to,...
19. slip-, comb. form View full entry 1521
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20. snap-, comb. form View full entry 1603
...With ns. (also forming derivatives)....
