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1. aaron, n.1 View full entry ?c1425
...The wild arum or cuckoo pint, Arum maculatum. Cf. arum...
2. abbreviation, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Med. Reduction in the length or size of a part of the body; contraction, esp. of a muscle; an instance of this. Obs....
3. abhor, v. View full entry ?a1425
...trans. To shrink with horror or repugnance from; to recoil from. Obs....
4. ablation, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Surg. Originally: surgical removal of an organ or other part of the body; the cutting away of abnormal tissue; an instance of this (now rare). In later use also:...
5. abort, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Abortion; miscarriage; an instance of this. Esp. in to make abort. Obs....
6. abscision, n. View full entry ?a1425
...The act of cutting something off or away; (Surg.) amputation; truncation; an instance of this. Cf. abscission12. Obs....
7. abscissor, n. View full entry ?a1425
...A cutting instrument; (prob.) = scissors1a. Obs.rare....
8. absolutely, adv. and int. View full entry ?a1425
...To the fullest extent; in the highest degree; entirely, wholly, utterly. In later use freq. as simple intensifier....
9. absterse, v. View full entry ?a1425
...trans. = absterge (lit. and fig.)....
10. abstersion, n. View full entry ?a1425
...The act or process of wiping clean, cleansing, scouring, or purging. Also concr.: †an abstersive agent (obs.)....
11. abstersive, n. and adj. View full entry ?a1425
...A medicine or other agent that cleans or purges. Also fig....
12. accidently, adv. View full entry ?a1425
...In an accidental or chance manner; accidentally, by chance (contextually: by mischance). (In modern use only as an occasional spelling variant of accidentally)...
13. accusant, n. and adj. View full entry ?a1425
...A person who accuses; an accuser....
14. acerbly, adv. View full entry ?a1425
...Harshly; abrasively. Obs....
15. † acetose, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Any of various kinds of sorrel (genus Rumex) formerly used as ingredients in medicinal preparations....
16. † acetosity, n. View full entry ?a1425
...The quality of being acetose or vinegary; sourness, sharpness....
17. acetous, adj. View full entry ?a1425
...Of or relating to vinegar; producing or containing vinegar or (esp. in later use) acetic acid; of the nature of or resembling vinegar; sour. Also fig....
18. † acleft, adj. View full entry ?c1425
...Cleft, split....
19. acorus, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Originally: the plant sweet flag, Acorus calamus. In later use: any plant of the genus Acorus (family Acoraceae), the members of which are rushlike flowering plants...
20. actually, adv. View full entry ?a1425
...In action; in fact, in reality, really. Opposed to possibly, potentially, theoretically, etc....
