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1. abaction, n. View full entry 1623
...The action of driving something away; spec. the action of stealing livestock, esp. cattle, by driving them away....
2. abactor, n. View full entry 1659
...A person who steals livestock, esp. herds of cattle, usually by driving the animals away. Also in extended use....
3. 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....
4. abrasion, n. View full entry c1550
...The action or process of scraping or grazing something, or of wearing something down by friction; the action or fact of becoming worn down in this way. Also fig....
5. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
6. accredited, adj. View full entry 1738
...Provided with credentials, publicly or officially recognized. Cf. well-accredited...
7. acorning, n. View full entry 1818
...The action of looking for, feeding on, or gathering acorns....
8. acre, n. View full entry OE
...A plot or piece of land, a field; spec. a piece of tilled or arable land. Now arch. and in proper names, as Long Acre....
9. acreman, n. View full entry OE
...A cultivator of the ground, a farmer; a ploughman; spec. †a manorial tenant; (Sc.) a person who rents a piece of ground of a Scottish acre or more....
10. actinobacillosis, n. View full entry 1903
...Disease of cattle, other livestock, and occasionally humans caused by infection with bacteria of the genus Actinobacillus, typically characterized by suppurating nodules like those of actinomycosis but also seen as...
11. actinomycosis, n. View full entry 1877
...Disease caused by bacteria of the genus Actinomyces in cattle, other animals, or humans, typically characterized by the formation of nodular suppurating abscesses, most commonly in the region of the...
12. 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...
13. adventive, adj. and n. View full entry 1605
...That comes from outside or from some external source; extrinsically added; extraneous; foreign. Cf. adventitious1....
14. aeroponic, adj. View full entry 1969
...Relating to or involving aeroponics....
15. aeroponics, n. View full entry 1957
...With sing. concord. A method of cultivating plants in which the roots are allowed to hang in the air, and nutrient solution is delivered to them in the form of...
16. † afaite, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To incline, dispose, or discipline (the heart)....
17. afield, adv. View full entry OE
...On or in a field; spec.out in the fields; engaged in agricultural labour;out in the countryside; engaged in an outdoor pursuit such as hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, etc.;on...
18. aflatoxin, n. View full entry 1962
...Any of a group of toxic pentacyclic lactones that are produced as metabolites by certain fungi, esp. of the genus Aspergillus, which are found as contaminants in stored peanuts and...
19. African, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...A native or inhabitant of Africa; a person of African origin (contextually = black African(a)black5a); spec. (in local usage) such a person as distinguished from...
20. Afrikander, n. and adj. View full entry 1822
...= Afrikaner2. Now hist. and rare....
