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1. bent, adj. View full entry c1330
...Constrained into a curve, as a strung bow; curved, crooked, deflected from the straight line....
2. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
3. blast, v. View full entry c1300
...intr. To blow, to puff violently. Obs....
4. boy, n.1 and int. View full entry c1300
...A male servant, slave, assistant, junior employee, etc....
5. bud, n.1 View full entry 1398
...Bot. A little projection found at the axil of a leaf, composed of scales, which are small leaves, and forming the rudiment of a branch, cluster of leaves, or blossom. Hence,...
6. cabbage, n.1 View full entry 1391
...As a count noun. The compact round or conical head of thick, short-stemmed, typically green leaves, formed by numerous cultivated varieties of the plant Brassica oleracea (family Brassicaceae),...
7. cook, v.1 View full entry c1380
...intr. To act as cook, to prepare food by the action of heat (for a household, etc.). (Now regarded as the absol. use of 2.)...
8. crack, n. View full entry a1387
...A sudden sharp and loud noise as of something breaking or bursting; e.g. the crack of a rifle, a whip, of breaking ice, bones, etc. Formerly applied also to the...
9. cut, adj. View full entry c1380
...Gashed or wounded with a sharp-edged instrument; having an incision made in it....
10. dime, n. View full entry 1377
...A tenth part, a tithe paid to the church or to a temporal ruler. Obs. or Hist....
11. drunk, adj. and n.2 View full entry 1340
...That has drunk intoxicating liquor to an extent which affects steady self-control; intoxicated, inebriated; overcome by alcoholic liquor. The degree of inebriation is expressed by various adjs. and advs., as beastly...
12. ecstasy, n. View full entry 1382
...The state of being ‘beside oneself’, thrown into a frenzy or a stupor, with anxiety, astonishment, fear, or passion....
13. girl, n. View full entry c1300
...Chiefly in pl. A child of either sex; a young person. Now Irish English (Wexford)....
14. glue, n. View full entry 1340
...Bird-lime. Also fig.Obs....
15. gun, n. View full entry 1339
...A weapon consisting essentially of a metal tube (massive enough to require to be mounted on a carriage or a fixed substructure) from which heavy missiles are thrown by the force of...
16. happy, adj. View full entry 1340
...Coming or happening by chance; fortuitous; chance. Obs.rare....
17. Indian, adj. and n. View full entry a1393
...Of, from, or belonging to India, British India (now hist.), or (formerly) the East Indies. Also: of or characteristic of the inhabitants of these regions....
18. Jack, n.1 View full entry 1362
...(As proper noun.) A familiar by-form of the name John; hence, a generic proper name for any representative of the common people....
19. kick, v.1 View full entry c1380
...intr. To strike out with the foot....
20. lettuce, n. View full entry c1300
...Any plant of the genus Lactuca (family Asteraceae (Compositae)) comprising annual and perennial plants with milky sap, native chiefly to north temperate regions; esp....
