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1. 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...
2. 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...
3. 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....
4. marriage, n. View full entry c1300
...The condition of being a husband or wife; the relation between persons married to each other; matrimony....
5. mehtar, n. View full entry 1662
...Originally: (the title of) any of several high-ranking officers of the Persian royal household. Later also: a groom, or a stable boy in Persia (Iran). Obs....
6. minor, adj. and n. View full entry c1230
...Used chiefly as postmodifier....
7. mochi, n.2 View full entry 1815
...In South Asia: a member of a Scheduled Caste of leather-workers; a shoemaker, a cobbler, (formerly) a saddler. Cf. chamar...
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. naik, n. View full entry 1588
...In South Asia: a lord, prince, or governor; a nobleman. Also as a title. Cf. Nair...
10. number, n. View full entry c1300
...The precise sum or aggregate of a collection of individual things or persons; the quantity or amount....
11. numdah, n. View full entry 1819
...In South Asia: a kind of coarse felt; a piece of this, used esp. as a saddlecloth or rug. Freq. attrib. Cf. namad, numnah...
12. O, n.1 View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
13. padang, n. View full entry 1909
...In Malaysia and Indonesia: an open grassy space, esp. a playing field. Also occas.: scrub vegetation....
14. pass, n.4 View full entry 1555
...Prob.: demeanour; a course of action. Obs.rare....
15. puggee, n. View full entry 1823
...In South Asia: a tracker of animals or people....
16. ranjau, n. View full entry 1783
...In Malaysia and Indonesia: a sharp bamboo or iron stake or caltrop placed point upwards in the ground to hinder or injure an enemy or hunted animal....
17. 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...
18. soft, adj. View full entry c1000
...Producing agreeable or pleasant sensations; characterized by ease and quiet enjoyment; of a calm or placid nature....
19. void, adj. and n.1 View full entry c1290
...Of a see, benefice, etc.: Having no incumbent, holder, or possessor; unoccupied, vacant....
