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1. accompanied, adj. View full entry 1611
...App. = consorteda. Obs.rare....
2. acid, adj. and n. View full entry 1626
...In general use: sour, tart, sharp to the taste; tasting like vinegar....
3. acies, n. View full entry 1628
...Roman Hist. A battle line in a military formation. rare....
4. acinaces, n. View full entry 1653
...A kind of straight Persian short sword....
5. activate, v. View full entry 1624
...trans. To make (more) active; to move to activity; to initiate (a process). Also: to motivate....
6. adjust, v.2 View full entry 1611
...trans. To arrange, harmonize, or reconcile (different or contradictory things); to settle, to resolve (esp. a difficulty or problem)....
7. adjutancy, n. View full entry 1665
...Assistance, agency, support. Obs....
8. adjutant, n. and adj. View full entry 1622
...An assistant, a helper; an aide....
9. adjutant general, n. View full entry 1644
...Mil. A senior administrative officer, originally one assisting or acting on behalf of the general of an army; (in modern use) the chief administrative officer of an army, or of a...
10. adjutator, n. View full entry 1647
...A person empowered to act on behalf of others; spec. each of the delegates chosen to represent the private soldiers of some units of the Parliamentary army during the English...
11. advance guard, n. View full entry 1690
...A body of troops sent out before or in front of the main body of an army. In early use also in pl.: such troops regarded individually. Cf. avant-garde...
12. after-proof, n. and adj. View full entry 1641
...An outcome, realization; a fulfilment of potential. Obs....
13. aggression, n. View full entry 1611
...An unprovoked attack; the first attack in a dispute or conflict; an assault, an inroad....
14. aggressive, adj. and n. View full entry 1695
...Of or relating to aggression; involving attack; offensive....
15. agitator, n. View full entry 1623
...Astron. A constellation (prob. Auriga). Obs.rare....
16. agraffe, n. View full entry c1660
...A kind of fastener or clasp consisting of a hook attached to a ring or loop, often richly ornamented and worn esp. on military uniforms, women's gowns, ceremonial costumes, etc. (sometimes having...
17. aide-de-camp, n. View full entry 1670
...An officer acting as an assistant to a senior officer, or who assists on ceremonial occasions. Also in extended use. Abbreviated ADC (see ADCA)....
18. airborne, adj. View full entry 1637
...Carried through the air; (of an aircraft, person, etc.) having left the ground; in flight; (of troops) carried by aircraft....
19. air gun, n. View full entry 1685
...A gun for shooting a pellet or other missile by the force of compressed air. Cf. wind-gun...
20. alarm post, n. View full entry 1694
...A station appointed to be taken up by a particular platoon, company, regiment, etc., in the event of an alarm....
