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1. act, n. View full entry a1382
...In pl., with capital initial, and freq. with the. More fully Acts of the Apostles. (The name of) one of the books of the New Testament...
2. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
3. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
4. blank, n. View full entry 1480
...A small French coin, originally of silver, but afterwards of copper; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English. According to Littré,...
5. 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....
6. business, n. View full entry OE
...Anxiety, solicitude, care; distress, uneasiness. Obs....
7. chamber, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A room or suite of rooms in a house, typically one allotted to the use of a particular person, a private room; (in later use) esp. a bedroom, typically on...
8. cultural, adj. and n. View full entry 1856
...Of or relating to intellectual and artistic pursuits....
9. dash, v.1 View full entry c1290
...To strike with violence so as to break into fragments; to break in pieces by a violent stroke or collision; to smash. Now generally with complement, as to dash to pieces...
10. deseˈlect, v. View full entry 1968
...trans. To choose not to select; to remove from selection. spec. (U.S.), to dismiss (an employee). Cf. dehireeuphem.rare....
11. friend, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...A person with whom one has developed a close and informal relationship of mutual trust and intimacy; (more generally) a close acquaintance. Often with adjective indicating the closeness of the relationship, as...
12. front, n. (and adj.) View full entry c1290
...= forehead1. Now only poet. or in highly rhetorical language....
13. full, adj., n.3, and adv. View full entry c888
...Having within its limits all it will hold; having no space empty; replete. Const. of (in Old English with gen.) Often with intensive phrases, as full as...
14. get, v. View full entry ?c1200
...To obtain possession of (property, etc.) as the result of effort or contrivance....
15. good, adj., adv., and n. View full entry 805-31
...Of things: Having in adequate degree those properties which a thing of the kind ought to have....
16. hard, adj. and n. View full entry 971
...A primary adjective expressing consistency of matter: That does not yield to blows or pressure; not easily penetrated or separated into particles; firm and resisting to the touch; solid, compact in substance...
17. house, n.1 and int. View full entry eOE
...A building for human habitation, typically and historically one that is the ordinary place of residence of a family. (Cf. home2.)...
18. lady, n. View full entry eOE
...The female head of a household; a woman who has authority over servants, attendants, or slaves (now chiefly arch. or hist.). Cf. lady of the house1a(a)...
19. land, n.1 View full entry c725
...The solid portion of the earth's surface, as opposed to sea, water. Cf. firm landfirm8, dry land †occas. classed as...
20. liberty, n.1 View full entry c1384
...Theol. Freedom from the bondage or dominating influence of sin, spiritual servitude, worldly ties, etc....
