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1. abacus, n. View full entry a1387
...A board or tray strewn with sand in which numbers, letters, diagrams, etc., can be traced and erased. Cf. sandboard1, sand-table(a)sand2a. Now rare...
2. abaft, adv. and prep. View full entry a1400
...Chiefly Naut. To or towards the rear; backward....
3. abandon, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To let go, give up, renounce (a pursuit, practice, possession, etc.); to cease to use, have, or practise....
4. abase, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To lower in rank, condition, or character; to humble, humiliate, degrade. In later use chiefly refl....
5. abate, v.1 View full entry c1300
...trans. To put an end to (a condition, state of affairs, etc.). Obs....
6. abatement, n.1 View full entry ?a1400
...The action of abate; wrongful occupation of land or property, usurpation; an instance of this. Freq. in abatement of freehold....
7. abating, n. View full entry 1370
...The action or process of reducing, or lessening; reduction, diminution, decrease; an instance of this....
8. † abattle, v.1 View full entry c1380
...trans. To fortify. Cf. embattle3....
9. abbey, n. View full entry c1300
...Christian Church....
10. † abear, n. View full entry c1350
...A gesture, an action. Also: behaviour, demeanour. Cf. abearance...
11. † abeche, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To feed. Only in pa. pple....
12. abed, adv. View full entry c1300
...In bed. Now somewhat arch....
13. abetment, n. View full entry c1380
...Chiefly Law. The action or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed....
14. abiding, n. View full entry 1340
...The action of waiting at a certain point; stopping, pausing, hesitation; a pause, delay. Cf. abide2a. Obs....
15. ability, n. View full entry a1398
...Suitableness or adaptation for a purpose; fitness, aptitude; (also) an instance of this. Obs....
16. able, adj., adv., and n. View full entry a1382
...In predicative use, with for (in early use also with to). Capable of, having sufficient strength or power for; ready for, fit to cope with. Now chiefly ...
17. abnegation, n. View full entry a1398
...Denial of an assertion, statement of what is not the case; absence of evidence for a case. Obs.rare....
18. aboard, adv. and prep. View full entry a1393
...Alongside, on one side (of a ship or a shore). Freq. modified by hard, close. See also board on boardboard12d....
19. † aboast, v. View full entry c1390
...trans. To address in a boastfully defiant manner....
20. † abob, v. View full entry c1330
...trans. To astonish, confound, mystify....
