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1. 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....
2. play, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. To exercise or occupy oneself, to be engaged with some activity; to act, operate, work. Now only as passing into other senses....
3. police, n. View full entry c1450
...= policy in various senses. Obs....
4. rabbit, n.1 View full entry a1398
...A gregarious, burrowing, plant-eating mammal, Oryctolagus cuniculus (family Leporidae, order Lagomorpha), which has long ears, typically brownish-grey fur, and a short, white tail, has been domesticated...
5. rat, n.1 View full entry OE
...Any rodent of the genus Rattus and related genera of the family Muridae, resembling a large mouse, often with a naked or sparsely haired tail; esp....
6. red, adj. and n. (and adv.) View full entry eOE
...Designating the colour of blood, a ruby, a ripe tomato, etc., and appearing in various shades at the longer-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, next to orange and opposite to violet; of...
7. time, n., int., and conj. View full entry eOE
...A finite extent or stretch of continued existence, as the interval separating two successive events or actions, or the period during which an action, condition, or state continues; a finite portion of...
