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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. abraid, v.1 View full entry OE
...trans. To move (something) suddenly or violently, to wrench, snatch; to pull out; to draw (a sword). Also fig.Obs....
3. † accloy, v. View full entry c1330
...trans....
4. accoutrement | accouterment, n. View full entry c1550
...In pl. Items of apparel; (more generally) additional pieces of dress or equipment, trappings; (Mil.) the outfit of a soldier other than weapons and garments....
5. accurize, v. View full entry 1955
...trans. To adjust or modify (a firearm or (occas.) other device) in order to improve accuracy....
6. acinaces, n. View full entry 1653
...A kind of straight Persian short sword....
7. ack-ack, adj. and n. View full entry 1916
...Representing the letters a. a., short for anti-aircraft (see anti-aircraft)....
8. † acoup, v.2 View full entry c1380
...intr. With on. To strike with a weapon....
9. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
10. actioner, n. View full entry 1825
...A shareholder; = actionary Cf. action9. Obs.rare....
11. actioning, n. View full entry 1871
...The furnishing of a gun with an action; a manner of doing this. Cf. action19d....
12. adamsite, n.2 View full entry 1919
...An organic arsenic compound which induces vomiting and is irritating to the eyes and lungs, used in the form of an aerosol in chemical warfare, riot control, etc.; also called DM...
13. † adraw, v. View full entry lOE
...trans. To pull or draw out (also forth, back, etc.)....
14. † adub, v. View full entry ?1473
...trans. To invest with the insignia of knighthood, or the title of a knight; to dub; (in extended use) to invest with some other title. Freq. with noun complement. arch....
15. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
16. after-proof, n. and adj. View full entry 1641
...An outcome, realization; a fulfilment of potential. Obs....
17. Aich's metal, n. View full entry 1861
...A hard alloy of copper, zinc, and iron, used (esp. formerly) in gun-making and marine engineering....
18. aim, n. View full entry c1400
...An object aimed at; a mark, a target....
19. aim, v. View full entry a1375
...To estimate, calculate, reckon (a number or value); to count. Also in pass. with complement: to amount to (a given number). Obs....
20. † aim-frontlet, n. View full entry 1745
...A piece of wood shaped to fit around the muzzle of a cannon so as to make it level with the breech, and formerly used to help with sighting....
