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1. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
2. approach, v. View full entry c1305
...intr. To come nearer (relatively), or draw near (absolutely), in space....
3. 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...
4. 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...
5. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
6. 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....
7. business, n. View full entry OE
...Anxiety, solicitude, care; distress, uneasiness. Obs....
8. 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...
9. come, v. View full entry c825
...In its most literal sense it expresses the hitherward motion of a voluntary agent....
10. cross, v. View full entry c1340
...trans. To crucify. Obs....
11. D, n. View full entry c1000
...the fourth letter of the Roman alphabet, corresponding in position and power to the Phoenician and Hebrew Daleth, and Greek Delta, Δ, whence also its form was derived...
12. do, v. View full entry c825
...To put, place....
13. dog, n.1 View full entry OE
...A domesticated carnivorous mammal, Canis familiaris (or C. lupus familiaris), which typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractile claws, and a barking, howling, or...
14. down-size | downsize, v. View full entry 1975
...trans. To design or build (a car) of smaller overall dimensions, esp. without reducing interior and boot capacity. Also absol....
15. drop, v. View full entry c1000
...Of a liquid: To fall in drops or globules; to exude or distil in drops....
16. economy, n. View full entry ?1440
...The management or administration of the material resources of a community, discipline, or other organized body; the art or science of managing such resources. Freq. with modifying word....
17. escape, n.1 View full entry c1300
...The action of escaping, or the fact of having escaped, from custody, danger, etc.; spec. in Law: see quot. 1641....
18. escort, n. View full entry 1579
...Mil. A body of armed men accompanying a traveller or travellers (whether for protection or surveillance, or as a mark of honour), or serving as a guard or convoy for baggage,...
19. fall, v. View full entry c890
...intr. To drop from a high or relatively high position. Const. †in, into, to, on, upon; also, to the earth...
20. flaming, adj. View full entry ?a1400
...That flames; in flames or on fire, as a combustible; esp. in flaming sword....
