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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. 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....
3. 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....
4. Adam's Needle, n. View full entry 1730
...Any of several yucca plants with narrow sharp-pointed leaves, esp. (in early use) Yucca gloriosa, and (now more usually) Y. filamentosa, both native to eastern North...
5. ADAS, n. View full entry 1971
...The Agricultural Development and Advisory Service, set up in Britain in 1971 to provide consultancy in matters relating to farming and environmental management....
6. Alar, n. View full entry 1965
...A growth regulator formerly applied to apples and other fruit in order to control the ripening process and to enhance the quality of the crop....
7. Alderney, n. View full entry 1747
...Originally: a breed of small dairy cattle bred in Alderney. In later use chiefly: any of the Channel Island breeds of cattle, esp. the Jersey and the Guernsey. Also: an...
8. aldrin, n. View full entry 1949
...A chlorinated polycyclic hydrocarbon, formerly used as an insecticide. Cf. dieldrin...
9. American, n. and adj. View full entry 1568
...An indigenous inhabitant of (any part of) the Americas; an American Indian. Now only with modifying word, as indigenous American, original American, etc.; see also Native American...
10. Angus, n. View full entry 1842
...Applied attrib. to a breed of cattle. Also absol. Cf. Aberdeen AngusAberdeen2....
11. Archangel, n.2 View full entry 1854
...a bast mat used by horticulturists as a protective covering for plants, garden frames, etc....
12. † average, n.3 View full entry 1537
...(See quot.)...
13. Ayrshire, n. View full entry 1837
...A breed of horned cattle esteemed for dairy farming....
14. bag, v.2 View full entry a1697
...To cut corn, pease, or beans, with a bagging or badging hook: see quot. 1865....
15. banksia, n. View full entry 1803
...A genus of Australian shrubs, with umbellate flowers, cultivated as ornamental shrubs in Europe....
16. Banksian, adj. View full entry 1837
...a Chinese species of climbing rose, bearing small white or yellow flowers in clusters, named after Lady Banks; also absol....
17. Barbados, n. View full entry 1700
...the tart fruit, resembling a cherry, of the Malpighia urens....
18. Barberton, n. View full entry 1906
...the Transvaal daisy (see Transvaal). Also ellipt....
19. barrow, v.2 View full entry 1933
...(See quot. 1933.)...
20. † barth, n. View full entry 1570
...A warm sheltered place for cattle and sheep....
