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1. † abounder, n. View full entry 1755
...A person who abounds in something, esp. wealth; a rich person....
2. Aeolus, n. View full entry a1748
...= Aeolian harpAeolian....
3. alieniloquy, n. View full entry 1727
...An instance of straying from the subject one is supposed to be talking about; rambling or evasive talk....
4. alif, n. View full entry 1727
...The first letter of the Arabic and Persian alphabets, corresponding to Roman a, and having the form ا when written or printed. Cf. aleph1. Also...
5. alloquial, adj. View full entry 1767
...Of or relating to the action of addressing others; of the nature of, characterized by, or given to alloquy. Sometimes contrasted with colloquial....
6. amalgamating, n. View full entry 1753
...lit. The process of alloying with mercury; hence, of intimately combining different elements into one. (Mostly gerundial or attrib.)...
7. ˈardurous, adj. View full entry a1770
...Full of ardour, ardent....
8. asphyxia, n. View full entry 1706
...lit. Stoppage of the pulse....
9. aˈssistless, adj. View full entry 1718
...Without assistance, helpless....
10. auriferous, adj. View full entry 1744
...Containing or yielding gold; lit. and fig....
11. baconize, v. View full entry 1799
...To make into bacon; to smoke. lit. and fig....
12. bandage, v. View full entry 1774
...To tie or bind up with a bandage. lit. and fig....
13. ˈbarken, adj. View full entry 1755
...Made or consisting of bark....
14. belittle, v. View full entry 1785
...To reduce in size, make small....
15. bladdery, adj. View full entry 1785
...Of the nature of a bladder; thin and inflated; inflated and hollow. lit. and fig....
16. bloodstaining, adj. View full entry 1781
...Characterized by wounding or injury (lit. and fig.); that stains something with blood....
17. bookless, adj. View full entry 1735
...Ignorant of books, unscholarly. poet....
18. boughten, adj. View full entry 1793
...= bought Used poet. for the sake of metre; otherwise only dial. and in U.S. in application to purchased as opposed to home-made articles....
19. break-up, n. View full entry 1795
...The action or fact of breaking up; disruption, separation into parts, disintegration (lit. and fig.); e.g. decay of animal functions; change from fine or settled weather, or from...
20. ˈbrightening, adj. View full entry 1725
...Becoming or making bright. lit. and fig....
