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1. acetic, adj. View full entry 1788
...Of or relating to acetic acid; producing, containing, or tasting of acetic acid (or vinegar); relating to or containing an acetyl radical or group (—C(O)CH3)....
2. bust, n.3 View full entry 1764
...Perh.: a distinctive mark. Obs.rare....
3. cannabis, n. View full entry 1783
...Common hemp, Cannabis sativa, a tall erect herb of the family Moraceæ having long dentate leaves on long petioles and common in central Asia and other warm regions;...
4. drugged, adj. View full entry 1758
...Of food, drink, etc.: adulterated with a drug, esp. a sedative or narcotic; containing a drug....
5. ˈgateway, n.1 View full entry 1707
...A passage that is or may be closed by a gate; an opening through a fence or wall. ? Obs....
6. huskanaw | huskanoy, n. View full entry 1705
...The ceremony or ordeal, formerly in use among the Indians of Virginia, of preparing young men for the duties of manhood by means of solitary confinement and the use of narcotics....
7. hydro-, comb. form View full entry 1721
...before a vowel also hydr-. = Greek ὑδρ(ο-, combining form of ὕδωρ water, employed in many compounds adopted or formed from Greek....
8. hyoscyamus, n. View full entry 1799
...A genus of plants belonging to the N.O. Solanaceæ; the British species is Hyoscyamus niger, henbane...
9. jagged, adj.2 View full entry 1737
...Drunk, intoxicated....
10. liberty cap, n. View full entry 1773
...A soft conical hat worn as a symbol of liberty; a Phrygian cap (see Phrygian3). Freq. in figurative contexts. Cf. cap of libertycap4g(c)....
11. majoun, n. View full entry 1780
...An intoxicating sweet of Middle Eastern origin, made of cannabis leaves mixed with poppy seed, nux vomica, ghee, honey, etc....
12. maw seed, n. View full entry 1724
...The oil-yielding seed of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferumsubsp.somniferum, which is typically blue-grey and is used to feed cage birds; a seed of this type. Also: the opium...
13. † meconology, n. View full entry 1721
...A treatise on the poppy or on opium....
14. mescal, n. View full entry 1709
...Any of various plants of the genus Agave, of Mexico and the south-western United States; esp. any of several large agaves with paniculate inflorescences, including those grown for...
15. monkey apple, n. View full entry 1750
...Any of various tropical trees and shrubs bearing fruit which resembles an apple or is regarded as fit (only) for monkeys; esp. Annona glabra (family Annonaceae), of tropical...
16. nickel, n. and adj. View full entry 1755
...A hard silvery-white chemical element, atomic number 28, which is one of the transition metals, is both malleable and ductile, and which usually occurs in combination with arsenic or sulphur (esp. in...
17. nitrogen, n. View full entry 1791
...A non-metallic chemical element, atomic no. 7, which, as a colourless, odourless gas with diatomic molecules (N2), forms approximately four-fifths of the earth's atmosphere, and which is also a...
18. outfit, n. View full entry 1748
...The action of fitting out or equipping a ship, etc., for a journey or expedition, or for any purpose, as fighting, etc. Also: the cost of doing this. Now rare....
19. overdose, n. View full entry 1700
...An excessive dose; spec. a dangerously large dose of medicine, a drug, etc. Also in extended use....
20. overdose, v. View full entry 1700
...trans. To give too large a dose to (a person, etc.). Also in extended use....
