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1. † ablow, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. To blow or breathe on or upon....
2. ache, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. Of a part of the body, a wound, etc.: to be painful or sore. More generally: to be the source or seat of continuous or prolonged dull physical pain or...
3. † acool, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. To become cold, to cool; fig. to decline in ardour or passion. Occas. in perfect tense formed with to be....
4. adamant, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...Originally: a hard, strong rock or mineral, not otherwise identified, to which various other (often contradictory) properties were attributed. In later use chiefly a poetical or rhetorical name for: an embodiment of...
5. 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,...
6. adown, adv. and prep. View full entry eOE
...To a lower place or position; downward, down; towards the earth. Freq. with verbs of motion, often those signifying descent, as fall, sink, kneel, etc. (see...
7. † adrench, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To submerge; to drown (a person), to inundate (land), to sink (a ship). Also fig....
8. affright, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To frighten, terrify. Formerly also: †to deter from (obs.)....
9. Afric, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...A native or inhabitant of Africa, esp. a black African; = African1a....
10. after, adj. and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Designating the second of two or more people, things, occasions, etc., occurring in chronological sequence. Obs....
11. against, prep., conj., adv., and n. View full entry eOE
...In reception of, in welcome of. Obs....
12. 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....
13. 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...
14. amid, adv. and prep. View full entry eOE
...In the middle, in the midst. Obs....
15. anchor, n.1 View full entry c880
...An appliance for holding a ship, etc., fixed in a particular place, by mooring it to the bottom of the sea or river; now consisting of ‘a heavy iron, composed of a...
16. and, conj.1, adv., and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Simply connective....
17. angel, n. View full entry c950
...A ministering spirit or divine messenger; one of an order of spiritual beings superior to man in power and intelligence, who, according to the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and other theologies, are the...
18. anneal, v. View full entry a1000
...To set on fire, kindle, inflame. lit. and fig.Obs....
19. answer, v. View full entry c950
...intr. To speak in reply or opposition to a charge or accusation, to make a rebutting statement, defend oneself....
20. arise, v. View full entry c825
...To get up from sitting or kneeling, to stand up. arch.: see rise...
