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1. 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....
2. adopt, v. View full entry c1429
...trans....
3. † afaite, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To incline, dispose, or discipline (the heart)....
4. afforest, v. View full entry c1503
...trans.Eng. Law. To convert (an area of land) into a royal hunting ground; to give (land) the legal status of a forest (forest2). Cf. disafforest1...
5. † after-crop, v. View full entry 1573
...intr. To sow or harvest an after-crop. Also trans.: to sow (ground) with an after-crop....
6. agist, v. View full entry a1450
...trans. To let or hire (land, originally woodland) for pasture....
7. air, v. View full entry 1530
...trans. To expose to the open air, to ventilate; occas. with out. Also intr.: to be exposed to the open air, to be ventilated....
8. aˈmeuble, v. View full entry 1725
...To stir up, loosen (soil)....
9. 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....
10. apple, v. View full entry 1601
...intr. Of vegetables, flower buds, and esp. (in later use) root crops: to swell into a globular shape; to become shaped like an apple....
11. † arˈbust, v. View full entry 1623
...To plant with trees....
12. arrent, v. View full entry a1754
...To let out or farm at a rent; spec. to allow the enclosure of forest lands ‘with a low hedge, and small ditch’ under a yearly rent....
13. assart, v. View full entry 1523
...To grub up trees and bushes from forest-land, so as to make it arable. Also absol....
14. † atˈlie, v. View full entry c1000
...intr. To lie idle or fallow (with dat. = from)....
15. averruncate, v. View full entry 1623
...prop. To avert, ward off....
16. † ayre, v.2 View full entry c1540
...To plough....
17. back, v. View full entry 1362
...To cover the back, clothe. Obs....
18. ˈback-furrow, v. View full entry 1855
...trans. and intr. To plough (land) so that a second furrow-slice is laid against the face of the first by ploughing in the reverse direction. Also back-furrow...
19. ˌbackˈset, v. View full entry 1574
...To set upon in the rear. Obs....
20. bag, v.2 View full entry a1697
...To cut corn, pease, or beans, with a bagging or badging hook: see quot. 1865....
