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1. ancient, adj. and n.1 View full entry 1366
...Of or belonging to time past, former, earlier, bygone. arch., exc. when approaching sense A. 2....
2. 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)...
3. blood, n. (and int.) View full entry eOE
...The red fluid flowing in the arteries, capillaries, and veins of humans and other vertebrates, carrying oxygen and nutrients to, and carbon dioxide and waste metabolites away from, the organs and tissues...
4. 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....
5. break, v. View full entry 851
...trans. generally....
6. card-carrying, adj. View full entry 1927
...Having a membership card of a specified organization, freq. a political party (esp. the Communist Party); (hence) designating a loyal, dedicated member of such an organization....
7. cast, v. View full entry c1200
...trans. To project (anything) with a force of the nature of a jerk, from the hand, the arms, a vessel, or the like; to throw (which is now the...
8. Christian, adj. and n. View full entry 1285
...Of persons and communities: Believing, professing, or belonging to the religion of Christ....
9. club, n. View full entry c1275
...A heavy stick or staff for use as a weapon, thin enough at one end to be grasped with the hand, and increasing in thickness and weight towards the other end; also...
10. commit, v. View full entry c1386
...trans. To give to some one to take care of, keep, or deal with; to give in charge or trust, entrust, consign to (a person, his care, judgement, etc.)....
11. dinner, n. View full entry 1297
...The chief meal of the day, eaten originally, and still by the majority of people, about the middle of the day (cf. German Mittagsessen), but now, by the professional and...
12. district, n. View full entry 1611
...Law. The territory under the jurisdiction of a feudal lord. Obs....
13. doctor, n. View full entry 1303
...A teacher, instructor; one who gives instruction in some branch of knowledge, or inculcates opinions or principles. (Const. of.) Now rare....
14. eˈleventh coˈmmandment, n. View full entry 1857
...A rule to be observed as strictly as if it were an addition to the ten commandments (cf. commandment2d and John xiii. 34)....
15. enfranchise, v. View full entry 1514
...To admit to freedom, set free (a slave or serf)....
16. Essex, n. View full entry 1573
...The name of an English county, occurring attrib. in Essex board (see quot. 1933); Essex calf, properly a calf reared in Essex, but often used as...
17. front, n. (and adj.) View full entry c1290
...= forehead1. Now only poet. or in highly rhetorical language....
18. game, n. View full entry eOE
...Amusement, sport, fun; pleasure, enjoyment. In later use only with modifying adjective, as great (good, etc.) game. Also in fixed collocation with certain other nouns: see 15....
19. general, adj. and n. View full entry c1230
...Including, participated in by, involving, or affecting, all, or nearly all, the parts of a specified whole, or the persons or things to which there is an implied reference; completely or approximately...
20. get, v. View full entry ?c1200
...To obtain possession of (property, etc.) as the result of effort or contrivance....
