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1. abstaining, adj. View full entry 1440
...Practising abstinence; refraining; esp. abstaining from some activity, as voting, drinking alcohol, etc....
2. acker, n.1 View full entry 1440
...A strong or turbulent current in the sea; a flood tide. Obs....
3. affirmed, adj. View full entry 1440
...That is or has been affirmed; confirmed, corroborated; positively asserted, declared....
4. † afframing, n. View full entry 1440
...Gain, profit. Cf. framing1....
5. afterpart, n. View full entry 1440
...The part of something nearest the rear; (Naut.) the part of a ship, deck, etc., nearest to the stern. Also in pl....
6. age, v. View full entry 1440
...intr. Of a person, animal, or thing: to grow old; to become or appear aged....
7. aggrieving, n. View full entry 1440
...The action of aggrieve (in all senses)....
8. † aggrudged, adj. View full entry 1440
...Troubled, afflicted....
9. † aggrudging, n. View full entry 1440
...Grumbling, dissatisfaction, annoyance....
10. † agroten, v. View full entry 1440
...trans. To glut, surfeit; = agrotye Cf. ingroten...
11. † agrotening, n. View full entry 1440
...The action of agroten; glutting, surfeit....
12. † alangely, adv. View full entry 1440
...In a strange or foreign manner; strangely. Cf. alange, elengely...
13. aleberry, n. View full entry 1440
...A drink made from ale boiled with spices and sugar, served with sops of bread and freq. given to sick people. Also called alebrue, alemeat....
14. † alikely, adv. View full entry 1440
...Equally, likewise....
15. alkekengi, n. View full entry 1440
...The Chinese lantern plant, Physalis alkekengi (family Solanaceae)....
16. allowed, adj. View full entry 1440
...Assigned as a portion or due share; allotted. Now rare except as merged with sense 4a....
17. almonry, n. View full entry 1440
...A place where alms are or (now usually) were distributed; an office responsible for the distribution of alms. Also: the residence of an almoner, which in some cases also served as an...
18. almswoman, n. View full entry 1440
...A woman who distributes alms; a female almoner. Obs.rare....
19. alphin, n. View full entry 1440
...In the early game of chess: each of four pieces able to move two squares diagonally, jumping over the middle square. hist. in later use....
20. ambrose, n. View full entry 1440
...Herb. An English plant: with some the Wood Sage (Teucrium scorodonia); with others, Chenopodium botrys; with both of which Teucrium botrys seems to have been...
