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1. † ac, conj. View full entry eOE
...Introducing a contrary after a negative: = but23....
2. academic, n. and adj. View full entry lOE
...Philos. Usu. with capital initial. An ancient philosopher of the Academy, the school of Plato and his followers; an adherent of the philosophical school of Plato; a Platonist....
3. † acold, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. To become cold; (fig.) to decline in ardour, to cool off. Cf. acool1....
4. † acool, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. To become cold, to cool; fig. to decline in ardour or passion. Occas. in perfect tense formed with to be....
5. adamant, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...Originally: a hard, strong rock or mineral, not otherwise identified, to which various other (often contradictory) properties were attributed. In later use chiefly a poetical or rhetorical name for: an embodiment of...
6. † afall, v. View full entry eOE
...intr....
7. 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...
8. again, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...In the opposite direction; back. Obs....
9. † aheave, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To heave, lift (up). Also fig....
10. † alet, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To let go, relinquish, give up....
11. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
12. altar, n. View full entry eOE
...A block, table, stand, or other raised structure with a flat top used as the focus for a religious ritual, especially for making sacrifices or offerings to a god or gods....
13. † althede, n. View full entry eOE
...A foreign people; a foreign country or nation, often as a place of exile....
14. † aˈmar, v. View full entry c885
...To destroy, spoil, mar, squander; hurt, injure....
15. anchor, n.1 View full entry c880
...An appliance for holding a ship, etc., fixed in a particular place, by mooring it to the bottom of the sea or river; now consisting of ‘a heavy iron, composed of a...
16. angle, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Originally: a fish hook. In later use also: the apparatus used for fishing in combination with this, as a line, rod, etc. Cf. angle-hook...
17. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
18. archbishop, n. View full entry c885
...The chief bishop; the highest dignitary in an episcopal church, superintending the bishops of his province; a metropolitan....
19. † armth(e, n. View full entry c885
...Poverty, wretchedness, misery....
20. † ˈarveth, adj. View full entry c885
...Difficult, hard....
