…help given to a sick or injured person until full medical treatment is available…
…the first shedding of blood, especially in a boxing match or formerly in duelling with swords…
…a supposed ultimate cause of all events, which does not itself have a cause, identified with God…
…the score achieved by a team who have kept possession of the ball by advancing at least ten yards in a series of four downs…
…be the first person to cross the threshold of the house of (someone) in the New Year, in accordance with a Scottish custom…
…the lowest in a set of gears on a vehicle, used when travelling very slowly…
…(of information or experience) from the original source or personal experience; direct…
…a personal name given to someone at birth or baptism and used before a family name…
…relating to the simplest or most fundamental level of organization, experience, or analysis; primary or immediate…
…(in the British armed forces) the first of two bugle calls giving notice of the hour of retiring at night…
…the industrialized capitalist countries of western Europe, North America, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand…
…a university degree with first-class honours in two subjects or two major examinations…
…the title held by Napoleon Bonaparte from 1799 to 1804, when he became Emperor of France…
…denoting burns that affect only the surface of the skin and cause reddening…
…the period of the reign of Napoleon I as emperor of the French (1804–15)…
…a family considered to rank first in social prestige or pedigree in a particular place…
…the finger next to the thumb; the forefinger; the index finger…
…the first agricultural produce of a season, especially when given as an offering to God…
…(in Canada) an indigenous American Indian community officially recognized as an administrative unit by the federal government or functioning as such without official status…
…the first presentation of a bill to a legislative assembly, to permit its introduction…
…the privilege of deciding whether to accept or reject something before it is offered to others…
…an attack with nuclear weapons designed to destroy the enemy’s nuclear weapons before use…
…the best players on a team, the ones that normally play the most…
…an envelope bearing a stamp or set of stamps postmarked on their day of issue…
…the healing of a wound by natural contact of the parts involved…
…the leader of the ruling political party in some regions or countries…
