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1. a, adj. View full entry ?a1160
...Used in an indefinite noun phrase referring to something not specifically identified (and, freq., mentioned for the first time) but treated as one of a class: one, some, any (the oneness, or...
2. Aaron's beard, n. View full entry 1820
...Any of several plants which are thought to resemble a beard in growth, habit, or appearance; esp.the rose of Sharon, Hypericum calcinum, which has prominent tufts of hair-likeeither...
3. Aaron's bells, n. View full entry 1581
...Originally: the small bells attached to the hem of Aaron's ephod (see quot. 1611 in etymology). In later use also: small bells used as Torah scroll ornaments. Also fig....
4. Aaron's serpent, n. View full entry 1732
...= Aaron's rod1....
5. aback, adv. View full entry OE
...In a backward direction; to or towards the rear; back. Also fig. and in extended use: from the scene of action, away, to a distance; to a former place or...
6. abackward, adv. View full entry c1275
...= backward...
7. † abackwards, adv. View full entry a1477
...= back5. Cf. abackward...
8. abaft, adv. and prep. View full entry a1400
...Chiefly Naut. To or towards the rear; backward....
9. † abail, v.1 View full entry 1450
...trans. To provide bail for, to release on bail; (also) to pay bail to....
10. † aban, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To summon, esp. by proclamation; spec. to call to arms. Freq. with out....
11. abandonee, n. View full entry 1804
...A person to whom anything is formally or legally abandoned; spec. (in marine insurance) the underwriters to whom all interest in property insured is relinquished after a loss (cf. ...
12. abandonly, adv.2 View full entry 1757
...Without constraint....
13. abased, adj. View full entry 1554
...Made lower in rank, condition, or character; humbled, humiliated, degraded....
14. abaser, n. View full entry 1587
...A person who, or thing which, abases....
15. † abashance, n. View full entry a1450
...The quality or condition of being abashed; loss of self-possession....
16. † abashing, n. View full entry c1404
...The action of abash; an instance of this; (also) the state of being abashed; confusion, consternation, embarrassment....
17. abashless, adj. View full entry 1868
...Unabashed, shameless. Also fig....
18. abasing, n. View full entry 1548
...The action or an act of lowering in rank, condition, or character; humbling, humiliation, degradation....
19. † abastardized, adj. View full entry 1653
...Degenerate, corrupt; bastardized. Cf. abastardize...
20. † abate, n. View full entry 1486
...Diminution, reduction (of a quality, etc.); an instance of this....
