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1. abb, n. View full entry eOE
...Originally: the woof or weft in a web. Later also: the warp in a web. Freq. attrib., as abb thread, abb wool, etc....
2. † about-writing, n. View full entry c1449
...An inscription or legend around the head on the face of a coin....
3. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
4. academic, n. and adj. View full entry lOE
...Philos. Usu. with capital initial. An ancient philosopher of the Academy, the school of Plato and his followers; an adherent of the philosophical school of Plato; a Platonist....
5. academical, adj. and n. View full entry 1549
...Philos. Also with capital initial. = academic1. Now rare....
6. accept, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. (formerly (17th–18th centuries) also †intr. with of (obs.))....
7. accessory, n. and adj. View full entry 1414
...Chiefly Law. A person who incites or assists someone to commit an arrestable offence, or who knowingly aids someone who has committed such an offence (opposed to principal)....
8. accolated, adj. View full entry 1875
...= accolled3....
9. accordion, n. View full entry 1830
...A portable musical instrument played by stretching and squeezing a central bellows to blow air over metal reeds, the melody being sounded by buttons or a keyboard on one side of the...
10. accouplement, n. View full entry 1483
...The action or fact of coupling one person or thing to another; union, pairing, mating. Also: an instance of this....
11. 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....
12. acetozone, n. View full entry 1902
...A white crystalline solid with strong oxidizing properties, used as an antiseptic, disinfectant, and bleaching agent....
13. acetyl, n. View full entry 1840
...An organic radical C2H3 or C4H3. Cf. vinyl1. Now hist....
14. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
15. Adamite, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1542
...Church Hist. A member of any of a number of sects, both in the early church and later, who imitated the biblical Adam by going naked, typically as a symbol of...
16. Adamitical, adj. View full entry 1666
...= Adamitic In early use with reference to nakedness....
17. adatis, n. View full entry 1653
...Very fine Indian muslin....
18. adder, n.1 View full entry eOE
...In generic sense: a snake, a serpent, esp. with reference to the serpent as a manifestation of the devil in the biblical account of the Fall in the Garden of Eden; (hence,...
19. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
20. address, v. View full entry a1325
...trans. (chiefly in pass.). To direct (a written communication) to a specific person or destination; spec. (in early use) to write and send (a writ, a petition,...
