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1. ad, n.3 View full entry 1799
...= advertisement4a....
2. aeolist, n. View full entry 1704
...A derogatory term for: a person who claims to speak with divine inspiration or who behaves as if inspired....
3. antiseptic, adj. and n. View full entry 1751
...Counteracting putrefaction; antiputrescent....
4. anythingarian, n. View full entry a1704
...One who professes no creed in particular; an indifferentist. (A contemptuous term.)...
5. babu, n. View full entry 1763
...A title of respect typically appended (sometimes prefixed) to the surname of a Hindu man....
6. bean-eater, n. View full entry 1710
...A person who habitually or frequently eats beans....
7. bigwig, n. View full entry 1703
...A person of high official standing; a noteworthy or important person....
8. black and tan, adj. and n. View full entry 1786
...Of an animal, esp. a dog: having a coat of a black and tan (yellowish-brown) colour; spec. designating breeds of dog noted for such colouring (see sense B. 1...
9. blackface, n. View full entry 1704
...orig. and chiefly U.S. A dark-skinned person. Also without article, as if a name. Now rare and offensive....
10. blackleg, n. View full entry a1722
...In sing. and †pl....
11. blackleg, v. View full entry 1791
...trans. With it. Prob.: to make a living by swindling or other dishonest practices. Cf. blackleg2. Obs.rare....
12. blacky, n. View full entry 1759
...A black person. Freq. without article, as though a proper name. Now offensive....
13. blue-bellied, adj. View full entry 1753
...Esp. in the names of animals: having a distinctive blue belly....
14. blue light, n. View full entry 1761
...Naut. A pyrotechnic preparation which burns with a blue flame and is used to send signals, esp. at night-time. Now hist....
15. bluenose, n. View full entry 1785
...Freq. with capital initial....
16. blue skin, n. View full entry 1777
...An ardent supporter of the American cause during the War of Independence (177583). Obs.rare....
17. brattery, n. View full entry 1783
...A collection of brats, a nursery. (contemptuous.)...
18. † buschie, n. View full entry 1731
...In early accounts of South Africa: = bushman1a....
19. canteen, n. View full entry 1737
...A kind of sutler's shop in a camp, barracks, or garrison town, where provisions and liquors are sold to soldiers and non-commissioned officers. Now under regimental control. Also, in Indian and colonial...
20. Chelsea, n. View full entry 1711
...a kind of rolled currant-bun originally made in Chelsea....
