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1. † aboutspeech, n. View full entry a1522
...A roundabout phrase, a circumlocution....
2. † addecked, adj. View full entry 1553
...That is or has been decked....
3. admix, v. View full entry a1522
...trans. To mix (something) with something else; to add (something) as an ingredient or additional element. Also intr.: to mingle or be mixed with something else....
4. adorner, n. View full entry a1522
...A person who or thing which adorns or decorates something....
5. † adread, conj. View full entry ?1553
...For fear, lest....
6. Aegean, adj. and n. View full entry 1513
...Of, relating to, or situated in the area between the Greek mainland and Asia Minor....
7. † alift, v. View full entry a1522
...trans. and intr. To lift (in various senses)....
8. † apirsmart, adj. View full entry a1522
...Sharp-tempered, harsh....
9. † Arthur's hufe, n. View full entry a1522
...The constellation Boötes. Cf. Arthur1....
10. † asseˈcurit, adj. View full entry ?1553
...Assured, constant....
11. † aˈstonate, adj. View full entry 1522
...Astounded....
12. astonished, adj. View full entry 1513
...Bereft of sensation; stunned, benumbed. Obs....
13. † aˈttentful, adj. View full entry a1522
...Full of attention, attentive. aˈttentfully...
14. augural, adj. View full entry a1522
...Of or pertaining to augurs or augury....
15. augurial, adj. View full entry a1522
...Pertaining to augury, augural....
16. † auˈgurian, adj. View full entry a1522
...= augurial...
17. babord, n. View full entry a1522
...The port side of a ship. Cf. back-board1....
18. backwards, adv. and adj. View full entry 1513
...to bend or lean over backwards(s) (fig.), to go to the opposite extreme (in order to avoid a possible bias, etc.); to go almost too far in the effort to overcome...
19. band, n.4 View full entry a1522
...A ridge of a hill; commonly applied in the English Lake district to a long ridge-like hill of minor height, or to a long narrow sloping offshoot from a higher hill or...
20. barken, v. View full entry 1513
...trans. To dry up (any sticky daubing) into a hardened crust or bark; to cover or stiffen by this process....
