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1. aback, adv. View full entry OE
...In a backward direction; to or towards the rear; back. Also fig. and in extended use: from the scene of action, away, to a distance; to a former place or...
2. acre, n. View full entry OE
...A plot or piece of land, a field; spec. a piece of tilled or arable land. Now arch. and in proper names, as Long Acre....
3. after, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...Behind something in place or position; in the rear; further back....
4. again, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...In the opposite direction; back. Obs....
5. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
6. already, adj. and adv. View full entry c1275
...As predicate or complement. Fully prepared or ready. Obs....
7. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
8. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
9. big, v.2 View full entry 1884
...trans.Eng. regional. To enlarge; (fig.) to magnify, inflate. Now rare....
10. 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)...
11. 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....
12. buse, v. View full entry 1589
...trans. = abuse...
13. conch, n. View full entry ?1527
...A shell-fish: originally a bivalve such as the mussel or oyster; in later times more frequently a large gastropod, esp. Strombus gigas....
14. crop, n. View full entry a700
...A pouch-like enlargement of the œsophagus or gullet in many birds, in which the food undergoes a partial preparation for digestion before passing on to the true stomach; the craw....
15. duck, n.1 View full entry 967
...A swimming bird of the genus Anas and kindred genera of the family Anatidæ, of which species are found all over the world....
16. hog, n.1 View full entry OE
...A domestic pig reared for slaughter; spec. a castrated male pig. Also more widely: any domestic pig. Cf. pig1a....
17. hopping, adj.1 View full entry 1675
...That hops: see the verb....
18. I, pron. and n.2 View full entry eOE
...Used by the speaker or writer referring to himself or herself....
19. madam, n. View full entry c1300
...A form of respectful or polite address (substituted for the name) originally used by servants in speaking to their mistress, and by people generally in speaking to a woman of high rank;...
20. main, n.1 View full entry OE
...Physical strength, force, or power. Now only in with might and main: see might1b....
