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1. acid, adj. and n. View full entry 1626
...In general use: sour, tart, sharp to the taste; tasting like vinegar....
2. addictedness, n. View full entry 1641
...The quality, state, or condition of being addicted; devotion, adherence, attachment, esp. of a compulsive kind; (also) an instance of this. Freq. with to. Cf. addiction...
3. bomb, v. View full entry 1694
...trans....
4. bust, v.2 View full entry 1639
...intr. To burst, esp. as a result of internal pressure; (also) to break, fall to pieces; (hence) to stop working. Also with adverb, as open, out, ...
5. cane, v.1 View full entry a1667
...trans. To beat with a cane as a punishment....
6. † carpese, n. View full entry 1605
...A plant with narcotic juice mentioned by ancient authors....
7. chemically, adv. View full entry 1616
...By a chemical or (in early use) alchemical process; using chemical methods, by means of chemicals; as regards chemistry. ...
8. chronic, adj. View full entry 1601
...Of or relating to time; chronological. Obs....
9. connection | connexion, n. View full entry 1609
...The action of connecting or joining together; the condition of being connected or joined together....
10. contact, n. View full entry 1626
...The state or condition of touching; the mutual relation of two bodies whose external surfaces touch each other. Hence to be or come in (into) contact....
11. cooking, n. View full entry 1645
...The action of the verb cook (lit. and fig.). spec. the process of preparing opium. Cf. cook2d....
12. dagga, n.1 View full entry 1670
...A name for hemp, Cannabis sativa, used as a narcotic. Also applied to any indigenous plant of the genus Leonotis, called wild dagga, which is similarly used. Also...
13. down, n.3 View full entry 1611
...The burden of a song. (Cf. down26.)...
14. drive, n. View full entry 1697
...The action or an act of driving, impelling, urging onward, etc.: see the verb. spec. of cattle or logs (cf. sense 3) (chiefly U.S. and ...
15. drug, v.2 View full entry a1616
...trans. To mix or adulterate (food or drink) with a drug, esp. a narcotic or poisonous drug. Also fig. and poet....
16. drugster, n. View full entry 1611
...= druggist Now hist....
17. freak, v. View full entry 1638
...trans. To fleck or streak whimsically or capriciously; to variegate. Usually in pa. pple....
18. gong, n.2 View full entry c1600
...A metallic disk with upturned rim (usually made of an alloy composed of four parts copper to one of tin) which produces resonant musical notes when suspended and struck with a soft...
19. hocus, v. View full entry 1675
...trans. To play a trick upon, ‘take in’, hoax....
20. homegrown, adj. and n. View full entry 1645
...Of produce: raised or cultivated at home, on one's own land, or in one's own country....
