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1. adder, n.1 View full entry eOE
...In generic sense: a snake, a serpent, esp. with reference to the serpent as a manifestation of the devil in the biblical account of the Fall in the Garden of Eden; (hence,...
2. aglet, n. View full entry 1365
...A tag attached to the end of a lace, originally of metal and now also of plastic, intended primarily to make it easier to thread through the eyelet holes, but also developed...
3. animal, n. View full entry a1398
...A living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and a nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli; any living creature, including man....
4. anorak, n. View full entry 1924
...A weatherproof jacket of skin or cloth, with hood attached, worn by the Inuit in Greenland; a similar garment elsewhere....
5. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
6. art, n.1 View full entry c1300
...Skill in doing something, esp. as the result of knowledge or practice....
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. bag, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A receptacle made of some flexible material closed in on all sides except at the top (where also it generally can be closed); a pouch, a small sack....
9. base, n.1 View full entry ?a1325
...Part of a structure....
10. bastard, n. and adj. View full entry 1297
...One begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or natural child....
11. bat, n.1 View full entry a1300
...An animal, a member of the Mammalian order Cheiroptera, and especially of the family Vespertilionidæ; consisting of mouse-like quadrupeds (whence the names Rere-mouse, Flitter-mouse),...
12. batty, n.2 View full entry 1935
...A person's buttocks; the backside. Also: the posterior of a bird or other animal (rare)....
13. bear, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A heavily-built, thick-furred plantigrade quadruped, of the genus Ursus; belonging to the Carnivora, but having teeth partly adapted to a vegetable diet. ...
14. 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...
15. ˈbeefˌeater, n. View full entry 1610
...An eater of beef; contemptuously, a well-fed menial. (Properly with hyphen, beef-eater.)...
16. beggar, n. View full entry a1250
...One who asks alms, especially habitually; one who lives by so doing....
17. bit, n.2 View full entry c1000
...The portion of food bitten off at once; as much as is taken in the mouth at once; a mouthful; = bite4. Obs....
18. 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)...
19. blackface, n. View full entry 1704
...orig. and chiefly U.S. A dark-skinned person. Also without article, as if a name. Now rare and offensive....
20. block, n. View full entry c1305
...A log of wood; part of the trunk of a tree, a stump....
