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1. bed, n. View full entry c995
...A permanent structure or arrangement for sleeping on, or for the sake of rest. In some form or other it constitutes a regular article of household furniture in civilized life, as well...
2. cabin, n. View full entry 1362
...A temporary shelter of slight materials; a tent, booth, temporary hut. Obs....
3. country, n. View full entry c1275
...A tract or expanse of land of undefined extent; a region, district....
4. court, n.1 View full entry 1154
...A clear space enclosed by walls or surrounded by buildings; a yard, a court-yard; e.g. that surrounding a castle, or that left for the sake of light, etc. in the...
5. make, v.1 View full entry eOE
...trans....
6. news, n. View full entry a1382
...New things; novelties. Obs....
7. one, adj., n., and pron. View full entry eOE
...Designating a person who or thing which consists of a single individual or unit, without the addition of another of the same kind; single and integral in number....
8. press, n.1 View full entry lOE
...A device for compressing, flattening, giving a denser consistency to, holding, or shaping a substance by exerting pressure. Freq. with modifying word indicating the purpose of the instrument, the thing pressed, or...
9. Responsivist, n. and adj. View full entry 1926
...A person in favour of cooperating with the diarchal administrative system introduced in the Indian provinces during British rule....
10. road, n. View full entry eOE
...The action or an act of riding on horseback. Also: a period of riding; a journey on horseback, a ride. Obs....
11. sabha, n. View full entry 1922
...In India, an assembly; a council or society (see quots.). Cf. Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha...
12. samiti, n. View full entry 1930
...In India and Bangladesh, an assembly or committee....
13. Shiv Sena, n. View full entry 1967
...In India, the name of a Hindu nationalist organization centred in Maharashtra....
14. short, adj., n., and adv. View full entry c888
...Having small longitudinal extent; measuring little along its greatest dimension, or from end to end. Opposed to long....
15. sit, v. View full entry c825
...Of persons: To be or remain in that posture in which the weight of the body rests upon the posteriors; to be seated....
16. Swadeshi, n. View full entry 1905
...Used chiefly attrib. to designate an Indian nationalist movement originating in Bengal, which advocated principally the support of indigenous industries using home-produced materials (esp. cotton), and the boycott of foreign...
17. Swaraj, n. View full entry 1907
...Self-government (for India); the agitation in favour of this....
18. ticket, n.1 View full entry 1528
...A short written notice or document; a memorandum, a note, a billet. in ticket, in writing (Sc.). Obs. exc. as in 1b1c....
19. tribal, adj. and n. View full entry 1632
...Of or pertaining to a tribe or tribes; characteristic of a tribe....
20. union, n.1 View full entry c1450
...The action of joining or uniting one thing to another or others, or two or more things together, so as to form one whole or complete body; the state or condition of...
