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1. † abare, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To lay bare, uncover; to strip. Also fig....
2. Abba, n.1 View full entry OE
...An invocation to God as father. Chiefly in Abba, father....
3. abecedarium, n. View full entry OE
...The alphabet; esp. (in early use) the Roman alphabet as opposed to the Greek; (in later use) an alphabet belonging to an ancient writing system, or an inscription of this;...
4. † ablend, v. View full entry OE
...To deprive of sight, blind; to deprive of sight temporarily; to dazzle....
5. absinthium, n. View full entry OE
...The plant absinth (absinth1a); (also) the dried leaves and flowering tops of the plant, esp. as an ingredient of drinks and herbal remedies. Formerly also †fig. (cf....
6. absolution, n. View full entry OE
...Christian Church....
7. accent, n. View full entry OE
...Any of a set of marks originally used with a letter to indicate the nature and position of the spoken accent, later of stress, in a written word; (also) any of these...
8. accidia, n. View full entry OE
...= accidie (In early use freq. as a Latin name.)...
9. acephali, n. View full entry OE
...Priests who are not subject to the authority of a bishop. Also: bishops who are not subject to the authority of a metropolitan or archbishop. Obs.rare....
10. achillea, n. View full entry OE
...Any of numerous plants of the chiefly Eurasian genus Achillea (family Asteraceae (Compositae)), which comprises hardy perennials, typically with finely divided aromatic leaves and corymbose flower-heads;...
11. † achor, n. View full entry OE
...A disease of the scalp, prob. favus or some other form of dermatophytosis, characterized by the presence of small pustules, ulcers, and scabs; (also) a pustule or ulcer of this disease....
12. acolyte, n. View full entry OE
...Christian Church (now chiefly R.C. Church). A person who attends a priest and performs subordinate duties, as assisting at the altar, lighting and bearing candles, etc. Also: the order...
13. † acome, v. View full entry OE
...intr. To come forth, to germinate; to come into being or to hand. Also: to attain to....
14. † acover, v. View full entry OE
...intr....
15. acre, n. View full entry OE
...A plot or piece of land, a field; spec. a piece of tilled or arable land. Now arch. and in proper names, as Long Acre....
16. adderwort, n. View full entry OE
...The plant bistort, Persicaria bistorta; also called snakeweed; cf. adder's grass1.Dragon arum, Dracunculus vulgaris (obs.)....
17. Adonai, n. View full entry OE
...A name of God, esp. in the Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures. Now chiefly in Jewish use. Also as ...
18. † adrowe, v. View full entry OE
...intr. To dry up; to become dry or withered; to perish. Also fig....
19. † adwesch, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To extinguish, quench; to put an end to, suppress, quell; to overwhelm, destroy, kill....
20. Aeneid, n. View full entry OE
...(The name of) a Latin epic poem in twelve books by Virgil (7019 b.c.) which relates the travels and experiences of Aeneas after the fall of Troy;...
