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1. ablaqueate, v. View full entry ?1440
...trans. To loosen or remove the soil round the roots of (a tree, vine, etc.) so as to expose them to the sun and rain....
2. ablaqueation, n. View full entry ?1440
...The loosening or removal of the soil round the roots of a tree or vine; the exposure of a plant's roots. Cf. ablaqueate...
3. academy, n. View full entry a1382
...With capital initial....
4. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
5. acre, n. View full entry OE
...A plot or piece of land, a field; spec. a piece of tilled or arable land. Now arch. and in proper names, as Long Acre....
6. acreman, n. View full entry OE
...A cultivator of the ground, a farmer; a ploughman; spec. †a manorial tenant; (Sc.) a person who rents a piece of ground of a Scottish acre or more....
7. Adamist, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1623
...A person who follows or imitates the behaviour of Adam in the Garden of Eden; spec. = Adamite1a....
8. adder's grass, n. View full entry c1450
...Any of several plants thought to resemble a snake in some way, or used to treat snakebites; esp. adder's tongue, genus Ophioglossum, and †bistort, Persicaria bistorta...
9. Adonis, n. View full entry ?1571
...A beautiful or handsome young man. Cf. Venus4....
10. advance, n. and adj. View full entry a1400
...The action of extolling or lauding something; ostentation, boasting. Cf. advancement2. Obs....
11. afforest, v. View full entry c1503
...trans.Eng. Law. To convert (an area of land) into a royal hunting ground; to give (land) the legal status of a forest (forest2). Cf. disafforest1...
12. afforestation, n. View full entry 1598
...Originally: the action or process of giving land the legal status of forest (forest2) (now hist.). Later also: the conversion of land into forest or woodland. Also:...
13. Afrikander, n. and adj. View full entry 1822
...= Afrikaner2. Now hist. and rare....
14. 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....
15. aftermath, n. View full entry 1496
...Agric. A second crop or new growth of grass (or occas. another plant used as feed) after the first has been mown or harvested. Also fig....
16. agent, n.1 and adj. View full entry a1500
...A person who or thing which acts upon someone or something; one who or that which exerts power; the doer of an action. Sometimes contrasted with the patient (instrument...
17. agistator, n. View full entry a1634
...= agister...
18. agistment, n. View full entry a1447
...The rate levied on or profit made from the pasturing of another person's cattle....
19. agrarian, adj. and n. View full entry 1593
...Roman Hist. Relating to the land or landholding; spec. designating a law (lex agraria) for the division of conquered lands....
20. agro-, comb. form View full entry 1893
...Forming esp. temporary and nonce-words with the sense ‘of or relating to agriculture’....
