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1. aˈpplaudingly, adv. View full entry 1741
...With applause or loud commendation....
2. aˈpplausively, adv. View full entry 1741
...In an applausive manner; with applause or approbation....
3. a-squat, adv. View full entry 1747
...In a squatting posture, squatting....
4. babyhood, n. View full entry 1748
...The state of being a baby; the time of life during which one is a baby. Also fig.: the earliest period of something....
5. badgerly, adj. View full entry 1753
...Resembling or characteristic of a badger; badger-like....
6. beaminess, n. View full entry 1741
...The quality of being beamy; radiance....
7. blowzed, adj. View full entry 1748
...Rendered blowzy in the face; excited; disordered in dress or hair; dishevelled, frowzy....
8. † ˈblowzing, adj. View full entry 1753
...Tending to be blowzy....
9. bow window, n. View full entry 1753
...A bay window segmentally curved on plan; called in A.P.S. Dict. Arch., a Bow Bay-window....
10. ˈbreakfasting, n. View full entry 1740
...The taking of breakfast. Also attrib., as in breakfasting-house, breakfasting-place, breakfasting-time....
11. ˈbriberess, n. View full entry 1748
...A woman who bribes....
12. † ˈbridalry, n. View full entry 1741
...= brideship...
13. Brussels, n. View full entry 1748
...Short for ‘Brussels carpet’....
14. ˈcast-off, adj. and n.1 View full entry 1740
...Thrown off, rejected from use, discarded: as clothes, a favourite, a lover, etc....
15. † cherubim, v. View full entry 1748
...To sing like the cherubim....
16. † chuffily, adv. View full entry 1748
...In a chuffy or surly manner....
17. circumjacency, n. View full entry 1751
...The quality of being circumjacent; concr. (in pl.) circumjacent parts, environs....
18. cleanish, adj. View full entry 1748
...Rather or pretty clean....
19. complimenter, n. View full entry 1748
...One who compliments; a payer of compliments....
20. † conˈcedence, n. View full entry 1748
...The action of conceding; concession....
