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THE  MAJOR  SYSTEM
                                         915  Battle      938  Bumph -  derogatory
                                         916  Badge          term  for  official
                                         917  Bedding        documents,  forms
                                                          939  Bump
                                         918  Beautify
                                         919  Bad boy     940  Brass
                                         920  Bans - curses;  941  Bread
                                            interdicts;   942  Barn
                                            prohibitions;  sentences  943  Brim
                                            of outlawry
                                                          944  Barrier
                                         921  Band
                                                          945  Barrel
                                         922  Banana
                                                          946  Barge
                                         923  Benumb - to make
                                            numb  or torpid,  947  Bark
                                            insensible  or powerless  948  Brief
                                         924  Banner      949  Bribe
                                         925  Banal - trivial,  trite,  950  Blaze
                                            stale,  commonplace  951  Bald
                                         926  Banish      952  Balloon
                                         927  Bank        953  Blame
                                         928  Banff- a holiday resort  954  Boiler
                                            in  north-east  Scotland,  955  Balliol-oneofthe
                                            in  Grampian  Region
                                                             Oxford  colleges
                                         929  Pin-up
                                                          956  Blush
                                         930  Beams
                                                          957  Black
                                         931  Pomade - a scented
                                            ointment,  originating  958  Bailiff- a  king's
                                            from  apples,  for the  representative in a
                                            hair             district; agent or lord of
                                                             a  manor;  officer under
                                         932  Bemoan - weep  or  a  sheriff
                                            express  sorrow  for  or
                                            over;  to lament or  959  Bulb
                                            bewail        960  Beaches
                                         933  Beam-maker  961  Budget
                                         934  Be merry    962  Passion
                                         935  Pommel -  a rounded  963  Pyjamas
                                            knob,  especially at the  964  Poacher -  one who
                                            end  of a  sword-hilt  trespasses to steal game
                                         936  Bombshell      or fish; a vessel  for
                                         937  Beaming        poaching  eggs
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