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1. Aberdeen, n. View full entry 1639
...attrib. Of or relating to Aberdeen; spec. designating things originating in, made in, or associated with Aberdeen, as Aberdeen granite, Aberdeen sausage, etc....
2. academist, n. View full entry ?1649
...= academician2....
3. accelerator, n. View full entry 1611
...gen. A person who or thing which accelerates something (in speed, rate, amount, or extent, or in time)....
4. accipitrary, n. View full entry 1633
...A person who keeps and trains hawks or falcons; a falconer....
5. † accloy, n. View full entry 1673
...A wound in the sole of a horse's foot caused by a horseshoe nail; a prick (prick1b)....
6. accumulator, n. View full entry 1611
...A person who accumulates things, esp. wealth or possessions; an acquisitive person....
7. Adirondack, n. and adj. View full entry 1699
...A member of the Algonquin people formerly living along the Ottawa River and its tributaries, in Ontario and Quebec. Also occas. with the and pl. concord: this people...
8. aerial, n. View full entry 1649
...A creature or spirit of the air; an aerial being. Obs....
9. afoam, adj. and adv. View full entry 1686
...In predicative use: foaming; covered with or full of foam. Also fig....
10. agonistical, adj. View full entry 1643
...= agonistic2....
11. agonistics, n. View full entry 1656
...With sing. concord. The theory of agonistic rhetoric; agonistic argument. Cf. agonistic1....
12. agonothete, n. View full entry 1600
...In the ancient Greek or Roman world: a person who presides over public games; a director or overseer of the games. Also: †a master of revels (obs.). Also fig....
13. agricultural, adj. View full entry 1661
...Of, relating to, or used in agriculture: (also occas.) of, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside; rural, rustic....
14. ajog, adj. (and adv.) View full entry 1615
...Moving or travelling at a jog; having a jogging motion. Also occas. as : at a jog....
15. albatross, n. View full entry 1681
...Any of various very large oceanic birds constituting the family Diomedeidae (order Procellariiformes), having long, narrow wings and typically white plumage, and found chiefly in the southern oceans....
16. † alectryomachy, n. View full entry 1656
...Cockfighting. Cf. alectoromachy...
17. aleiptic, adj. View full entry 1660
...Of or relating to physical training or exercise....
18. algebraic, adj. View full entry 1653
...Of or relating to algebra; characteristic of algebra, occurring in or involving algebra; (esp. of a sum) taken with consideration of the sign (plus or minus) of each term....
19. alguacil, n. View full entry 1670
...A mounted constable acting as an official at a bullfight....
20. allonge, n.1 View full entry 1675
...A thrust made with a sword (esp. in Fencing); = lunge1a. Obs....