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1. aback, adv. View full entry OE
...In a backward direction; to or towards the rear; back. Also fig. and in extended use: from the scene of action, away, to a distance; to a former place or...
2. 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,...
3. adder, n.1 View full entry eOE
...In generic sense: a snake, a serpent, esp. with reference to the serpent as a manifestation of the devil in the biblical account of the Fall in the Garden of Eden; (hence,...
4. adry, adv. and adj. View full entry 1578
...In a dry or thirsty condition. poet. in later use....
5. aflocht, adj. and adv. View full entry c1540
...In predicative use: agitated, in a flutter....
6. against, prep., conj., adv., and n. View full entry eOE
...In reception of, in welcome of. Obs....
7. agony, n. View full entry c1384
...Christian Church. In sing. and pl. The mental struggle or anguish of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26: 36–46)....
8. aim, n. View full entry c1400
...An object aimed at; a mark, a target....
9. alarm, v. View full entry 1485
...trans. (refl.). To ready and equip oneself for battle. Cf. alarmed1. Obs....
10. alder-, prefix View full entry ?a1160
...Prefixed to superlative adverbs with the sense ‘of all’, as alder-best, alder-first, alder-last, alder-most, etc. Usu. in cases where modern English uses an adverbial...
11. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
12. alms, n. View full entry eOE
...Charitable relief given to the poor or needy, usu. (now only) in the form of material gifts, typically of money or food; (in later use esp.) the goods given in...
13. alow, adv.1 and prep. View full entry c1400
...With reference to position: low or lower down; below something; down low. Now chiefly Sc....
14. an, conj. and n. View full entry ?a1160
...Now usu. in form an'. = andI. (coordinating). Now regional and nonstandard....
15. and, conj.1, adv., and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Simply connective....
16. artation, n. View full entry 1441
...Compulsion; constraint; (also) urging, instigation....
17. as, adv. and conj. View full entry OE
...Of quantity or degree: in that degree, to that extent (in or to which). Obs....
18. at, prep. View full entry 755
...The most general determination of simple localization in space, expressing, strictly, the simple relation of a thing to a point of space which it touches; hence, usually determining a point or object...
19. ay | aye, adv. View full entry ?c1200
...Ever, always, continually....
20. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
