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1. accomplice, n. View full entry 1550
...A partner in some undertaking; an associate. Sometimes humorous with reference to sense 2....
2. adelantado, n. View full entry 1588
...The governor of a Spanish province, acting as the chief civil and judicial authority, and as military commander-in-chief in time of war; (also) a military leader with the authority to explore, colonize,...
3. aldermanikin, n. View full entry 1640
...A little or young alderman....
4. 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....
5. asset, n. View full entry c1523
...Law. In pl., originally as mass noun, subsequently with pl. concord....
6. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
7. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
8. 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. ...
9. 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)...
10. 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...
11. boot, n.3 View full entry c1325
...A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, usually of leather. (Distinguished from a shoe by extending above the ankle. In earlier times used only by riders:...
12. boy, n.1 and int. View full entry c1300
...A male servant, slave, assistant, junior employee, etc....
13. break, v. View full entry 851
...trans. generally....
14. buckle, v. View full entry c1400
...trans. To fasten with a buckle. Often with prep. on, to, or adv. on, up, together....
15. bull-dog, n. View full entry ?1518
...A dog of a bold and fierce breed, with large bull-head, short muzzle, strong muscular body of medium height, and short smooth hair, formerly much used for bull-baiting....
16. call, v. View full entry a1000
...To utter one's voice loudly, forcibly, and distinctly, so as to be heard at a distance; to shout, cry: often emphasized by out, to cry out. Const. to,...
17. capon, n. View full entry c1000
...A castrated cock....
18. 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...
19. chief, n. View full entry 1297
...lit. The head (of the body). Obs.rare....
20. child, n. View full entry c950
...The unborn or newly born human being; fœtus, infant. App. originally always used in relation to the mother as the ‘fruit of the womb’....
