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1. Aaron's rod, n. View full entry 1631
...In similative and allusive use: a powerful force which devours or overwhelms everything around it....
2. abaction, n. View full entry 1623
...The action of driving something away; spec. the action of stealing livestock, esp. cattle, by driving them away....
3. abactor, n. View full entry 1659
...A person who steals livestock, esp. herds of cattle, usually by driving the animals away. Also in extended use....
4. Aberdeen, n. View full entry 1639
...attrib. Of or relating to Aberdeen; spec. designating things originating in, made in, or associated with Aberdeen, as Aberdeen granite, Aberdeen sausage, etc....
5. 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....
6. adventive, adj. and n. View full entry 1605
...That comes from outside or from some external source; extrinsically added; extraneous; foreign. Cf. adventitious1....
7. aftergrowth, n. View full entry a1677
...A second or subsequent growth; a new growth after the first has been removed. Also: growth that occurs later....
8. afterings, n. View full entry 1609
...That which remains or is left; the remnant, the remains; (Theol.) a part of the suffering of Christ that remains in the flesh of man. Now Sc. and...
9. † agistage, n. View full entry 1691
...The action or function of agisting; agistment....
10. † agistation, n. View full entry 1686
...= agistment...
11. agistator, n. View full entry a1634
...= agister...
12. agisted, adj. View full entry 1669
...Of an animal: that has been put to pasture, usually for hire on land not belonging to their owner. Also of land: used by livestock that has been agisted....
13. agister, n. View full entry 1677
...A person who supervises the agistment of livestock; (now chiefly) spec. an officer of the royal forests, who takes charge of animals agisted, and accounts for the money paid for...
14. agricolation, n. View full entry 1623
...The theory or practice of cultivating the soil; agriculture....
15. † agricole, n. View full entry 1656
...A person who works on the land; a farmer or farm-worker. rare....
16. agricultural, adj. View full entry 1661
...Of, relating to, or used in agriculture: (also occas.) of, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside; rural, rustic....
17. alcove, n. View full entry 1655
...A part of a room separated off from the main part in some way, as by a lower ceiling or a higher floor, or by a screen; (formerly) esp. †one...
18. amputate, v. View full entry 1638
...gen. To cut or lop off, e.g. the branches of trees in pruning. Obs. exc. as a fig. use of 2....
19. amputation, n. View full entry 1611
...gen. A cutting or lopping off, as of branches of trees in pruning; also, the cut end. Obs. exc. as fig. use of 2....
20. anadem, n. View full entry 1604
...A wreath for the head, usually of flowers; a chaplet, a garland....
