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1. ABD, n. View full entry 1954
...A student who has completed all the work required for the award of a doctorate, except for the dissertation; an unofficial qualification recognizing this status; also in PhD (ABD)....
2. Arnoldian, adj. and n. View full entry 1888
...Belonging to or characteristic of either Thomas Arnold or his son Matthew Arnold....
3. Baker day, n. View full entry 1988
...Any of several days in the state school year set aside for INSET training (see INSET); an INSET day....
4. battel, n. View full entry c1475
...See quot. 1475 (Perhaps a distinct word.) Obs....
5. beak, n.3 View full entry 1799
...A magistrate or justice of the peace....
6. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
7. Black Mountain, n. View full entry 1960
...attrib. Designating, belonging, or relating to a school of projective poets (cf. projective6) led by Charles Olson (191070) who taught at Black Mountain College, North...
8. Bob, n.7 View full entry 1707
...In various combinations, denoting persons: as dry-bobwet-boblight-bob...
9. Bodleian, adj. and n. View full entry 1663
...Of or pertaining to Sir T. Bodley or the Library bearing his name....
10. BTEC, n. View full entry 1982
...The Business and Technician Education Council, formed in 1983 by the British Government from a merger of the Business Education Council and the Technician Education Council to develop and regulate...
11. bug, n.2 View full entry 1622
...A name given vaguely to various insects, esp. of the beetle kind, also to grubs, larvæ of insects, etc. Now chiefly dial. and in U.S.; esp. with defining...
12. bum, n.1 View full entry a1387
...‘The buttocks, the part on which we sit’ (Johnson); the posteriors....
13. bump, n.1 View full entry 1599
...A blow somewhat heavy, but rather dull in sound; a sudden collision, more or less violent. So with a bump (fig.), abruptly, with a shock....
14. bunk, n.1 View full entry 1758
...A box or recess in a ship's cabin, railway-carriage, lodging-house, etc., serving for a bed; a sleeping-berth. Freq. one of two or more beds arranged in a tier....
15. Cambridge blue, n. View full entry 1858
...A pale shade of blue, adopted as the colour of Cambridge University....
16. Chautauqua, n. View full entry 1873
...Used esp. attrib. to designate a system of home study originating with summer schools held at Chautauqua, or the organization resulting from this, established by charter in 1871....
17. Cowper-Temple, n. View full entry 1902
...Used attrib. to designate the clause which Cowper-Temple introduced into the Education Act of 1870, or the religious teaching of an undenominational character in public elementary schools as...
18. cub, n.1 View full entry 1530
...orig. A young fox....
19. Dalton, n.1 View full entry 1920
...Used to designate an educational plan (devised by Miss Helen Parkhurst) which consists essentially in dividing up the year's work into monthly ‘assignments’ which the pupils contract to carry through (with certain...
20. docity, n. View full entry 1682
...Docility; quickness of comprehension; ‘gumption’....
