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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. † abandon, n.1 View full entry a1425
...Chiefly Sc.at (also in) abandoun: recklessly, impetuously; unreservedly, freely. to give in abandon: to give freely....
3. abatement, n.2 View full entry 1421
...The result of abating or lessening (in various senses of abateII.); the amount by which something is abated; a reduction, deduction, decrease....
4. abbacy, n. View full entry 1469
...The benefice, jurisdiction, or office of an abbot or abbess. Also (Sc.): †an abbey (obs.). Cf. abbotship1....
5. abbey, n. View full entry c1300
...Christian Church....
6. abbreviate, n. View full entry 1531
...Chiefly Sc. A condensed account of something; an abridgement; a summary; an abstract. Now Sc. Law: a brief notice registering a decree of adjudication (adjudication3a)...
7. ABC, n.1 View full entry c1325
...The alphabet. Freq. with reference to the teaching or learning of this, now esp. in to know one's ABC. Also in pl. in same sense....
8. † abide, n. View full entry c1330
...Delay, tarrying. Also as a count noun: an instance of this....
9. ability, n. View full entry a1398
...Suitableness or adaptation for a purpose; fitness, aptitude; (also) an instance of this. Obs....
10. able, adj., adv., and n. View full entry a1382
...In predicative use, with for (in early use also with to). Capable of, having sufficient strength or power for; ready for, fit to cope with. Now chiefly ...
11. ablution, n. View full entry c1405
...Chem. Originally: the purification of oils and other substances by a process of emulsification with hot water, the water being drained off after the two immiscible liquids have been allowed to...
12. † aboutspeech, n. View full entry a1522
...A roundabout phrase, a circumlocution....
13. above, adv., prep., n., and adj. View full entry lOE
...With regard to writing: further up on the present page; previously in the text; in a preceding paragraph, passage, etc. See also senses C. 3, D....
14. abroad, adv., prep., and n. View full entry c1300
...Over a broad or wide area; widely, broadly; †so as to be fully open or outspread (obs.). In later use more commonly with reference to non-physical things, as news, information,...
15. abthanage, n. View full entry 1862
...= abthanery...
16. abthane, n. View full entry a1525
...A senior thane (thane4)....
17. abthanery, n. View full entry 1796
...An abbacy; the territory and jurisdiction of an abbot; the secular jurisdiction of what were previously abbatial lands. Also: the jurisdiction of an abthane1....
18. a/c, n.1 View full entry 1736
...Account....
19. academy, n. View full entry a1382
...With capital initial....
20. accident, n. View full entry 1395
...Philos. In Aristotelian thought: a property or quality not essential to a substance or object; something that does not constitute an essential component, an attribute. Cf. substance4a....
