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1. abbrochment, n. View full entry 1670
...= forestalling2. Also: an instance of this....
2. † abnodate, v. View full entry 1656
...trans. To prune (a tree)....
3. absentaneous, adj. View full entry 1656
...Done in absence, relating to or characterized by absence; absent....
4. accentor, n. View full entry 1656
...Music. A person who performs the treble part in a trio or choir. Cf. incentor2succentor1b. Obs....
5. acephalic, adj. View full entry 1656
...Having or recognizing no ruler, head, or chief; leaderless; = acephalous1....
6. † actitation, n. View full entry 1661
...Law. The action or an act of debating a cause....
7. adipal, adj. View full entry 1656
...Fat; (in later use) adipose. Cf. adipose1....
8. † adoxy, n. View full entry 1656
...Ill repute, ignominy; shame....
9. aduncous, adj. View full entry 1656
...Esp. of the nose or beak: hooked, bent inward. Also parasynthetic in aduncous-beaked....
10. advectitious, adj. View full entry 1656
...That has been brought from elsewhere; imported, foreign....
11. † adynamous, adj. View full entry 1656
...Weak, powerless....
12. † affictitious, adj. View full entry 1656
...Counterfeit, faked....
13. affinage, n. View full entry 1656
...The action or process of refining metals. Obs.rare....
14. affricate, v. View full entry 1656
...trans. To rub against. Obs.rare....
15. agonarch, n. View full entry 1656
...A presiding authority at an agon or public celebration of games (see agon1); a judge or overseer of proceedings. Also more generally: a master of revels....
16. † agricole, n. View full entry 1656
...A person who works on the land; a farmer or farm-worker. rare....
17. † alabandical, adj. View full entry 1656
...Barbarous, uncivilized....
18. alazony, n. View full entry 1656
...Pride, arrogance. Obs.rare....
19. † alectryomachy, n. View full entry 1656
...Cockfighting. Cf. alectoromachy...
20. † aletude, n. View full entry 1656
...Fatness, corpulence....
