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1. able, adj., adv., and n. View full entry a1382
...In predicative use, with for (in early use also with to). Capable of, having sufficient strength or power for; ready for, fit to cope with. Now chiefly ...
2. acclaim, v. View full entry c1330
...trans.Sc. and Eng. regional. To lay claim to, to claim. Obs....
3. account, n. View full entry c1300
...Counting, reckoning, enumeration; computation, calculation; (also) a style or mode of reckoning; an amount established by counting. Now chiefly in money of account: see money2....
4. acquaint, v. View full entry c1325
...trans. (refl.). To make the acquaintance of a person; to introduce or present oneself to;to develop an acquaintanceship with a person, get to know.Obs....
5. acquiescency, n. View full entry 1646
...= acquiescence (in various senses)....
6. 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....
7. actious, adj. View full entry 1441
...Active, energetic, eager; (also) giving rise to action....
8. adder, n.1 View full entry eOE
...In generic sense: a snake, a serpent, esp. with reference to the serpent as a manifestation of the devil in the biblical account of the Fall in the Garden of Eden; (hence,...
9. adderwort, n. View full entry OE
...The plant bistort, Persicaria bistorta; also called snakeweed; cf. adder's grass1.Dragon arum, Dracunculus vulgaris (obs.)....
10. addition, n. View full entry c1400
...Something which is added or joined to another thing; an appendix, an augmentation; (also) a person who becomes part of a family or other group of people....
11. addle, n. and adj. View full entry OE
...Urine; liquid dung; foul or stagnant water; slime, mire. Chiefly Eng. regional (chiefly south-west.) and Sc. in later use....
12. addle, v.1 View full entry ?c1200
...trans. To earn (money, etc.). Also in early use: †to deserve (punishment, etc.); to merit (spiritual reward, etc.) (obs.)....
13. admire, v. View full entry c1429
...intr. To feel or express wonder, astonishment, or surprise; to marvel....
14. affodill, n. View full entry a1400
...The plant ramsons, Allium ursinum. Obs....
15. afront, adv. and prep. View full entry c1380
...Face to face, in direct opposition; opposite. Obs....
16. after, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...Behind something in place or position; in the rear; further back....
17. again, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...In the opposite direction; back. Obs....
18. agarita, n. View full entry 1891
...An evergreen barberry, Mahonia trifoliata (family Berberidaceae), of the south-western United States and Mexico, having greyish, sharply pointed trifoliate leaves, clusters of yellow flowers, and bright red edible...
19. agnail, n. View full entry eOE
...A corn on the toe or foot. In later use also: a bunion; an ingrowing or deformed toenail. Now Eng. regional (north.), rare....
20. ago, v. View full entry eOE
...intr.To move to another place; to go away, depart, leave;to disappear, vanish; to be used up. Chiefly in past participle with to be....
