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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. adult, adj. and n. View full entry 1531
...Of a person: having reached the age of maturity; grown-up....
4. Alaska, n. View full entry 1867
...the purchase by the United States from Russia, in 1867, of the territory now constituting the state of Alaska. Cf. purchase13c....
5. article, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Each of the separate items of a summary of faith; spec.each of the separate clauses or statements of the Apostles' Creed; (freq. with capital initial) any of the...
6. B, n. View full entry c1000
...The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth, whence also its form...
7. backassward, adj. View full entry 1971
...= ass-backwards...
8. backasswards, adv. View full entry 1951
...= ass-backwards Cf. bass-ackwards...
9. Ballyhack, n. View full entry 1843
...Hell....
10. bass-ackward, adj. View full entry 1949
...= ass-backwards...
11. bass-ackwards, adv. and adj. View full entry 1930
...= ass-backwards...
12. be, v. View full entry eOE
...To have place in the objective universe or realm of fact, to exist; (spec. of God, etc.) to exist independently of other beings. Also: to exist in life, to live....
13. beg, v. View full entry ?c1225
...To ask alms or by way of alms....
14. beggar, n. View full entry a1250
...One who asks alms, especially habitually; one who lives by so doing....
15. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
16. 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,...
17. business, n. View full entry OE
...Anxiety, solicitude, care; distress, uneasiness. Obs....
18. busy, adj. View full entry eOE
...Occupied with or concentrating on a particular activity; actively engaged; doing something that engrosses the attention....
19. challenge, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To accuse, bring a charge against, arraign, impeach. Also absol.Obs. (or ? dial.)...
20. 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...
