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1. ablactation, n. View full entry a1500
...Originally: the weaning of a child or other young mammal. In later use also: suppression or cessation of lactation....
2. 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....
3. 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...
4. 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...
5. adder's tongue, n. View full entry a1425
...Any of various plants used medicinally in the treatment of snakebites, or thought to resemble a snake's tongue in some way....
6. adopt, v. View full entry c1429
...trans....
7. 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....
8. aged, adj. and n. View full entry 1420
...That has lived or existed for a long time; of advanced age; very old....
9. 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...
10. agist, v. View full entry a1450
...trans. To let or hire (land, originally woodland) for pasture....
11. agistment, n. View full entry a1447
...The rate levied on or profit made from the pasturing of another person's cattle....
12. † agrest, adj. and n. View full entry ?1440
...Belonging to the fields; uncultivated, wild; = agrestial; (hence) inferior, coarse....
13. agricultor, n. View full entry ?a1425
...A person engaged in or concerned with agriculture; esp. a person who cultivates the soil in order to grow crops; a husbandman....
14. agriculture, n. View full entry ?1440
...Originally: the theory or practice of cultivating the soil to produce crops; an instance of this (now rare).Later also (now chiefly): the practice of growing crops, rearing livestock, and producing...
15. aitch-bone, n. View full entry 1486
...In various animals, esp. cattle: the part of the pelvis forming the bone of the buttock or rump. In later use also: a cut of beef lying over or including this bone....
16. Alpine, adj. and n. View full entry ?a1475
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Alps (see Alp1a), the surrounding regions, or (in later use) any high mountains or mountainous regions....
17. aphtha, n. View full entry ?a1425
...An ulcer, usu. small and superficial, of a mucous membrane, esp. in the mouth. Also (as a mass noun, in sing. or pl. form): any disease (in humans...
18. approach, n. View full entry 1489
...The act of coming nearer (relatively), or of drawing near (absolutely), in space....
19. Arctic, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Astron. Designating the celestial north pole, and the Pole Star that marks its position in the sky. Chiefly, and now only, in particular compounds, as Arctic Circle2 and...
20. † ardagh | ardawe, n. View full entry 1483
...Ploughing, the quantity of land that may be ploughed in a day (or other space of time)....
