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1. adieu, int., n., and adv. View full entry a1393
...Used as an expression of farewell: ‘goodbye’....
2. afternoon, n., adv., and int. View full entry c1330
...Originally: the part of the day between the midday meal and the evening meal. In later use: the part of the day from noon or lunchtime to evening. Cf. forenoon1...
3. aha, int. and n. View full entry a1400
...Expressing triumph, satisfaction, realization, discovery, or (now rarely) mockery or irony. Cf. ah34ha1b....
4. † aˈvoy, int. View full entry c1300
...Exclamation of surprise, fear, remonstrance....
5. ay, int. View full entry 1340
...= Ah! O! (Now the common northern exclamation of surprise, invocation, earnestness.)...
6. baw, int. View full entry 1377
...Ejaculation of disgust, aversion, or contempt....
7. boy, n.1 and int. View full entry c1300
...A male servant, slave, assistant, junior employee, etc....
8. check, int. and n.1 View full entry c1330
...A call at chess by which notice is given to the opponent that a move has been made which exposes his King; one says also check to your king! and...
9. checkmate, int. and n. View full entry a1346
...Exclamation at chess by a player on putting his adversary's King into inextricable check, a move by which the game is won; orig. meaning ‘(your) King is dead’. (Now commonly mate...
10. † deus, int. View full entry c1300
...The French interjectional deus!, ohi! deus, God!, ah God! occasionally retained in translation, or ascribed to foreigners, fiends, etc., but not apparently in native English use....
11. farewell, int., n. (and adj.), and adv. View full entry 1377
...An expression of good wishes at the parting of friends, originally addressed to the one setting forth, but in later use a mere formula of civility at parting; Goodbye! Adieu! Now ...
12. gramercy, int. View full entry c1330
...= Thanks; thank you. Formerly also in pl. Const. for, †of....
13. ha, int. and n.2 View full entry c1320
...An exclamation expressing, according to the intonation, surprise, wonder, joy, suspicion, indignation, etc....
14. hait | heit, int. View full entry c1386
...A word of encouragement or command given to horses to urge them forward; in some dialects, to turn them to one side or the other....
15. † harrow | haro, int. View full entry 1340
...A cry of distress or alarm; a call for succour. to cry harrow (on any one): to denounce (a person's) doings. Obs. since 1600. (Modern instances...
16. † he, int.1 View full entry 13..
...An exclamation used to draw attention or express emotion....
17. heave ho, int. and n. View full entry a1400
...A cry of sailors in heaving the anchor up, etc.; also used as the burden of a song. with heave and how (ho), fig. with force, with might...
18. † hilla | hillir, int. View full entry a1400-50
...= hillo...
19. ho, int.1 and n.2 View full entry a1400
...An exclamation expressing, according to intonation, surprise, admiration, exultation (often ironical), triumph, taunting....
20. ho, int.2 and n.3 View full entry c1374
...A call to stop or to cease what one is doing. to say or cry ho: to stay, cease, check oneself. Obs. (It is often impossible to separate...
