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1. abacus, n. View full entry a1387
...A board or tray strewn with sand in which numbers, letters, diagrams, etc., can be traced and erased. Cf. sandboard1, sand-table(a)sand2a. Now rare...
2. accipiter, n. View full entry a1398
...Originally (chiefly Falconry): a bird of prey, esp. a hawk. In later use spec. (in Ornithol.): a hawk of the genus Accipiter...
3. accounting, n. View full entry a1387
...The action or process of reckoning, counting, or computing; numeration, computation, calculation; (also) an instance of this. Occas. in extended uses. Now chiefly in sense 1b....
4. acetabulum, n. View full entry a1398
...Roman Hist.A cup to hold condiments, esp. vinegar, for serving at the table.A measure of capacity for liquids and dry granular substances, equal to one-eighth of a sextary (sextary...
5. actuality, n. View full entry a1398
...Capacity for action, effective power; activity. Also: an instance of this. Obs....
6. acute, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Med....
7. adduction, n.1 View full entry a1398
...The action or process of conveying something, esp. towards another; the fact of being so conveyed. Now rare....
8. afforcing, n. View full entry a1398
...Effort, exertion. Obs....
9. alectory, n. View full entry a1398
...A precious stone with magical properties, supposedly found in the gizzards of cockerels; = cock-stone1. Cf. gizzard stonegizzard. Also attrib....
10. Allobroges, n. View full entry a1387
...Ancient Hist. With pl. concord. A Gaulish people who occupied the region between the Rhône and Lake Geneva. Also occas. in sing.: a member of this people....
11. alterative, n. and adj. View full entry a1398
...Med. An alterative medicine or remedy. Now hist....
12. alum, n.1 View full entry a1398
...An astringent mineral salt, typically occurring as colourless or whitish crystals, that is used as a mordant for dyeing, in tanning, for sizing paper and fireproofing materials, in water purification, and in...
13. analepsy, n. View full entry a1398
...Epilepsy (supposedly) caused by distension or disorder of the stomach. rare. Now hist....
14. animal, n. View full entry a1398
...A living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and a nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli; any living creature, including man....
15. animate, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Endowed with life, living, alive; (esp. in later use) alive and having the power of movement, like an animal....
16. application, n. View full entry a1398
...The action of bringing something to bear upon a person or thing with practical results; the action of causing something to affect a person or thing....
17. † ˈarch-ˈchanter, n. View full entry a1387
...A choir-leader, precentor....
18. artery, n. View full entry a1398
...Anat. More fully rough artery (also asper artery, sharp artery). The trachea or windpipe (occas. including the larynx); (in early use also, in pl....
19. articulus, n. View full entry a1398
...Math. A multiple of ten; = article9. rare. Now hist....
20. artificial, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a thing: made or constructed by human skill, esp. in imitation of, or as a substitute for, something which is made or occurs naturally; man-made....
