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1. ablution, n. View full entry c1405
...Chem. Originally: the purification of oils and other substances by a process of emulsification with hot water, the water being drained off after the two immiscible liquids have been allowed to...
2. again, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...In the opposite direction; back. Obs....
3. alpha, n. and adj. View full entry ?c1200
...(The name of) the first letter (Α, α) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to English a....
4. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
5. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
6. badger, n.2 View full entry ?1523
...A nocturnal burrowing Eurasian mammal, Meles meles (family Mustelidae), having a grey coat and a white head bearing two long black stripes. Also: a similar animal, Taxidea...
7. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
8. bang, v.1 View full entry ?c1550
...trans. To strike violently with a resounding blow; to thump, thrash....
9. bar steward, n. View full entry 1888
...A person who serves drinks in a bar; a bartender....
10. beastie, n. View full entry 1786
...A little animal; an endearing form of beast Also applied jocularly to insects. (orig. Sc.)...
11. birkie, n. and adj. View full entry 1724
...A familiar or jocular term for a man, often connoting self-assertion, crustiness, or the ‘having a mind of his own’; sometimes slightly depreciatory = ‘strutting fellow,’ but often, like ‘fellow,’ ‘carle,’ ‘chield,’...
12. ˈbishop, v.1 View full entry c1000
...To administer the rite of confirmation to (a person); to confirm. arch. or Obs....
13. black, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, and a small hole in a hollow object; of or having this colour; (also)...
14. bless, v.1 View full entry c950
...trans. To consecrate (a thing) by a religious rite, the utterance of a formula or charm; in later times by a prayer committing it to God for his patronage, defence, and...
15. blood, n. (and int.) View full entry eOE
...The red fluid flowing in the arteries, capillaries, and veins of humans and other vertebrates, carrying oxygen and nutrients to, and carbon dioxide and waste metabolites away from, the organs and tissues...
16. blue, adj. and n. View full entry c1300
...Of a colour of the spectrum intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or deep sea on a clear day....
17. bone, n. View full entry a700
...The general name for each of the distinct parts which unitedly make up the skeleton or hard framework of the body of vertebrate animals....
18. bonkbuster, n. View full entry 1988
...A type of popular novel characterized by frequent explicit sexual encounters between the characters....
19. bonkbusting, adj. View full entry 1993
...Of, relating to, or of the nature of a bonkbuster; (of a writer) that writes in the style of a bonkbuster....
20. boot, n.3 View full entry c1325
...A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, usually of leather. (Distinguished from a shoe by extending above the ankle. In earlier times used only by riders:...
