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1. anybody, n. and pron. View full entry 1490

...comb. of any and body in the sense of person (as in nobody, somebody): Any person, any one. It has all the...

2. facile, adj. and adv. View full entry 1484

...That can be achieved with little effort; straightforward, easy. In later use freq. in disparaging sense: contemptibly easy. ...

3. † magnific, adj. View full entry 1490

...Renowned, glorious. Cf. magnificent2....

4. † mastin, n. View full entry 1483

...= mastiffa. (In quot. 1485 used as a term of contempt.)...

5. rechauffe, v. View full entry 1483

...trans. To warm again; to turn (leftovers) into a new dish. In later use also fig.: to rehash, rework (chiefly depreciative). Now rare....

6. rogue, n. and adj. View full entry 1489

...An idle vagrant, a vagabond; one of a group or class of such people. Now arch. or hist....

7. Saturday night, n. View full entry 1489

...The night of Saturday....

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