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1. aeger, adj. and n. View full entry 1835
...Of a student or pupil: excused from attendance at lectures, classes, etc., on account of illness....
2. bed-sitting-room, n. View full entry 1892
...A room serving both as a bedroom and as a sitting-room....
3. beef, v. View full entry 1860
...trans. To apply raw beef to (a bruise)....
4. beer pong, n. View full entry 1972
...Any of various drinking games in which players attempt to throw or hit table tennis balls into cups of beer, which must then be drunk by an opponent....
5. blood, v. View full entry 1522
...trans. To smear, wet, or cover with blood; to cause to be bloodstained. Also fig.: to make (something) blood-coloured....
6. bonner, n. View full entry 1898
...A bonfire. Obs....
7. brewski, n. View full entry 1977
...Beer; a drink of beer, esp. in a can or bottle....
8. brunch, n. View full entry 1896
...A single meal taken late in the morning and intended to combine breakfast with lunch....
9. buller, n.4 View full entry 1906
...= bull-dog2....
10. Canader, n. View full entry 1893
...A Canadian canoe....
11. coach, n. View full entry 1556
...A large kind of carriage: in 16th and 17th centuries, usually a state carriage of royalty or people of quality (still occasionally used, as e.g. the Lord Mayor's coach); now,...
12. coach, v. View full entry 1612
...trans. To convey in, seat in, provide with, a coach. Also fig. ? Obs....
13. coaching, n. View full entry 1848
...Travelling by coach; the running or driving of coaches. Chiefly attrib....
14. † coll, n.4 View full entry 1726
...College ale....
15. commonize, v. View full entry 1863
...intr. (University colloq.) To combine ‘commons’, so as to form a joint meal....
16. crackling, n. View full entry c1550
...The action of the verb crackle; the production of a rapid succession of slight cracking sounds; crepitation....
17. cupper, n.2 View full entry 1900
...A series of intercollegiate matches played in competition for a cup. Freq. in pl....
18. dead, adj., n.1, and adv. View full entry c950
...That has ceased to live; deprived of life; in that state in which the vital functions and powers have come to an end, and are incapable of being restored:...
19. † dead, v. View full entry c950
...To become dead....
20. Divvers, n. View full entry 1905
...Formerly, divinity moderations, the first public examination in Holy Scripture....
