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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
3. accident, n. View full entry 1395
...Philos. In Aristotelian thought: a property or quality not essential to a substance or object; something that does not constitute an essential component, an attribute. Cf. substance4a....
4. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
5. artist, n. View full entry 1563
...A person who pursues a craft or trade; a craftsperson, an artisan. Obs....
6. block, n. View full entry c1305
...A log of wood; part of the trunk of a tree, a stump....
7. colour | color, n.1 View full entry c1300
...Any of the constituents into which light can be separated as in a spectrum or rainbow, and which are referred to by names such as blue, red, ...
8. cultural, adj. and n. View full entry 1856
...Of or relating to intellectual and artistic pursuits....
9. doctor, n. View full entry 1303
...A teacher, instructor; one who gives instruction in some branch of knowledge, or inculcates opinions or principles. (Const. of.) Now rare....
10. domain, n. View full entry c1425
...= demesne1. Also attrib. in domain lands. Obs.rare....
11. double, adj.1 and adv. View full entry ?c1225
...Consisting of two members, things, or sets combined; twofold; forming a pair, paired, coupled; made of two layers of material, as a garment, etc. Often, with a sing. n., equivalent to ‘two’...
12. first, adj. (and n.2) and adv. View full entry OE
...In regard to time: Prior to all others in occurrence, existence, etc.; happening, existing, or presenting itself before the others; earliest....
13. frame, n. and adj.2 View full entry ?c1200
...Advantage, benefit, profit; = freme Also in to do frame: to do (someone) good, to benefit. Obs....
14. free, adj., n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Of a person: not or no longer in servitude or subjection to another; having personal, social, and political rights as a member of a society or state....
15. ghost, n. View full entry a800
...The soul or spirit, as the principle of life; also ghost of life. Obs. exc. in phrase to give up (†earlier to give, give away,:...
16. ground, n. View full entry c725
...Of the sea, a well, ditch, etc., and of hell; rarely of heaven. (Cf. bottom3) Obs....
17. identity, n. View full entry 1545
...The quality or condition of being the same in substance, composition, nature, properties, or in particular qualities under consideration; absolute or essential sameness; oneness....
18. legitimacy, n. View full entry 1691
...The fact of being a legitimate child....
19. legitimate, adj. and n. View full entry a1513
...Of a child: Having the status of one lawfully begotten; entitled to full filial rights. Said also of a parent, and of lineal descent. (The only sense in Johnson.)...
20. life, n. View full entry eOE
...The condition, quality, or fact of being a living person or animal; human or animal existence. Cf. soul1. ...
