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1. a, int.2 View full entry c1440
...Prefixed to a proper name as a war cry....
2. † aa, n.1 View full entry 1430
...A stream, a watercourse....
3. aaron, n.1 View full entry ?c1425
...The wild arum or cuckoo pint, Arum maculatum. Cf. arum...
4. abaisance, n. View full entry a1486
...An act expressing deference or respect, usually a bending forwards of the body; a bow....
5. † abandon, n.1 View full entry a1425
...Chiefly Sc.at (also in) abandoun: recklessly, impetuously; unreservedly, freely. to give in abandon: to give freely....
6. † abase, adv. View full entry a1450
...Down, low; back....
7. abatable, adj. View full entry c1430
...That may be abated; liable to be abated (in various senses of abate)....
8. abate, v.2 View full entry c1436
...trans. (refl.). To take possession of land between the death of the owner and the accession of the heir, thereby keeping the legitimate heir out of possession....
9. † abate, v.3 View full entry a1475
...intr. Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to beat or flap the wings, to flutter. Cf. bate...
10. abatement, n.2 View full entry 1421
...The result of abating or lessening (in various senses of abateII.); the amount by which something is abated; a reduction, deduction, decrease....
11. † abay, v. View full entry c1400
...intr. Of a dog: to bark or bay, esp. at prey it is pursuing or has caught. Also in extended use, of a person....
12. abbacy, n. View full entry 1469
...The benefice, jurisdiction, or office of an abbot or abbess. Also (Sc.): †an abbey (obs.). Cf. abbotship1....
13. abbatial, adj. View full entry 1445
...Of, relating to, or deriving from an abbacy; of or belonging to an abbey, abbot, or abbess....
14. abbreviate, adj. View full entry c1425
...= abbreviated (in either sense). Also as pa. pple....
15. abbreviate, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To shorten (a text, speech, etc.) whilst retaining the sense and substance; to edit into a shorter form, esp. by omitting the less important passages; to condense, summarize, abridge....
16. 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....
17. abecedary, n.2 View full entry ?a1475
...= ABC4. Now chiefly hist....
18. † abhominal, adj. View full entry 1477
...Abominable, detestable; inhuman....
19. abhor, v. View full entry ?a1425
...trans. To shrink with horror or repugnance from; to recoil from. Obs....
20. † abition, n. View full entry a1500
...A division of opinion; a disagreement. rare....
