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1. acrook, adv. View full entry a1387
...In a bend or curve, at an angle; (fig.) awry, crookedly....
2. Afer, n. View full entry a1398
...An African. Cf. AfricObs....
3. Alban, n.1 and adj. View full entry a1387
...Ancient Hist. An inhabitant or citizen of Alba Longa, a city of ancient Latium....
4. Amazon, n. View full entry a1398
...pl. A race of female warriors alleged by Herodotus, etc. to exist in Scythia....
5. angle, v.1 View full entry a1398
...Freq. with adverb or prepositional phrase indicating direction....
6. † bain, v. View full entry 1398
...trans. and refl. To bathe or wash; to drench....
7. build, n. View full entry a1387
...A building. Obs....
8. carrier, n. View full entry 1398
...A person who or thing that carries, in various senses of carry; a bearer....
9. cerastes, n. View full entry 1398
...A genus of venomous serpents found in Africa and some parts of Asia, having a projecting scale or ‘horn’ above each eye; the horned viper. Early and poetic uses are drawn vaguely...
10. chamber, v. View full entry a1402
...trans....
11. clog, v. View full entry 1398
...trans. To fasten a clog or heavy block of wood to; to fetter or confine by this means....
12. close, adj. and adv. View full entry a1387
...gen. Closed, shut; having no part left open. Often as complement of predicate, as in to shut close. (Cf. B. 1.)...
13. coldness, n. View full entry 1398
...lit. The condition of being cold, cold quality....
14. consumptive, n. and adj. View full entry a1398
...A medicinal agent used to reduce or eliminate morbid humours or diseased tissue. Obs....
15. design, v. View full entry a1398
...trans. To point out or represent by some distinctive sign, mark, or token; to indicate, signify. Also with forth, out, etc. Obs....
16. diameter, n. View full entry 1387
...Geom. A straight line passing through the centre of a circle (or sphere), and terminated at each end by its circumference (or surface). Hence extended to a chord of any conic...
17. effuse, v. View full entry 1398
...trans. To pour forth or out (a liquid); †to shed (blood); in pass. to be extravasated. Also refl....
18. ether, n. View full entry 1398
...The clear sky; the upper regions of space beyond the clouds; the medium filling the upper regions of space, as the air fills the lower regions. Now poet. or ...
19. filing, n.1 View full entry 1398
...The action of filelit. and fig....
20. flash, v.1 View full entry 1387
...intr. Of the sea, waves, etc.: To rush along the surface; to rise and dash, esp. with the tide. Also with up. In later use with mixture...
