n. (pl. -ies) 1 young female horse.

- colloq. Girl or young woman. [old norse]

adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 thin and translucent.

- covered with or as with a film.

n. - repugnant or extreme dirt.

- obscenity. [old english: related to *foul]

cause n. Philos. Ultimate purpose.

- clause n. Gram. Clause expressing purpose.

- solution n. Nazi policy (1941–5) of exterminating european jews.

- —adj. - situated at the end, coming last.

- conclusive, decisive. —n. - last or deciding heat or game in sports etc. (cup final).

- last daily edition of a newspaper.

- (usu. In pl.) Examinations at the end of a degree course. finally adv. [latin finis end]

n. Small seed-eating bird, esp. A crossbill, canary, or chaffinch. [old english]

herbes n.pl. Mixed herbs used in cooking. [french, = fine herbs]

n. End, esp. Of a book. [latin]

n. (also fjord) long narrow sea inlet, as in norway. [norwegian]

see *fir.

aid n. Emergency medical treatment.

- class —n. - best group or category.

- best accommodation in a train, ship, etc.

- mail given priority.

- highest division in an examination. —adj. & adv. (first-class) 1 of or by the first class.

- excellent.

- cousin see *cousin.

- finger n. Finger next to the thumb.

- floor n. (us second floor) floor above the ground floor.

- lady n. (in the us) wife of the president.

- light n. Dawn.

- mate n. (on a merchant ship) second in command.

- name n. Personal or christian name.

- night n. First public performance of a play etc.

- offender n. Criminal without previous convictions.

- officer n. = *first mate.

- person see *person.

- post n. (also last post) bugle-call as a signal to retire for the night.

- thing adv. Colloq. Before anything else; very early.

- —adj. - earliest in time or order (took the first bus).

- foremost in rank or importance (first lord of the treasury).

- most willing or likely (the first to admit it).

- basic or evident (first principles). —n. - (prec. By the) person or thing first mentioned or occurring.

- first occurrence of something notable.

- place in the first class in an examination.

- first gear.

- a first place in a race. B winner of this. —adv. - before any other person or thing (first of all; first and foremost).

- before someone or something else (get this done first).

- for the first time (when did you first see her?).

- in preference; rather (will see him damned first). at first at the beginning. At first hand directly from the original source.