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1. abstract, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a word: denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. Freq. in abstract noun. Opposed to concrete....
2. abstractive, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of, relating to, or expressing abstract ideas or concepts; engaged in, or able to engage in, the process of considering something theoretically or in the abstract. Cf. abstract1b....
3. abstractly, adv. View full entry a1398
...Without reference to concrete examples or particular instances; in the abstract....
4. actuality, n. View full entry a1398
...Capacity for action, effective power; activity. Also: an instance of this. Obs....
5. airy, adj. View full entry a1398
...Of or belonging to the air, esp. as distinguished from the earth, water, etc.; living or located in the air....
6. Alexandrine, n.1 and adj.1 View full entry a1387
...= Alexandrian (in various senses)....
7. alteration, n. View full entry a1398
...The action or process of altering or being altered; an instance of this....
8. amber, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1398
...orig. = ambergris (In 17th c. greece of amber, gris ambre, gray amber.) Obs....
9. angle, v.1 View full entry a1398
...Freq. with adverb or prepositional phrase indicating direction....
10. animal, n. View full entry a1398
...A living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and a nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli; any living creature, including man....
11. application, n. View full entry a1398
...The action of bringing something to bear upon a person or thing with practical results; the action of causing something to affect a person or thing....
12. apt, adj. View full entry 1398
...Fitted (materially), fitting. rare....
13. † ˈarch-ˈchanter, n. View full entry a1387
...A choir-leader, precentor....
14. arsis, n. View full entry a1398
...(The following quots. illustrate the various opinions of writers.)...
15. artificial, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a thing: made or constructed by human skill, esp. in imitation of, or as a substitute for, something which is made or occurs naturally; man-made....
16. asbestos, n. View full entry 1387
...‘The unquenchable stone’; a fabulous stone, the heat of which, when once kindled, was alleged to be unquenchable. (A distorted reference to the phenomena observed in pouring cold water on quick lime.)...
17. atrament, n. View full entry a1398
...Blacking, ink; any similar black substance, as the ‘ink’ of the cuttle-fish....
18. † auriˈpigment, n. View full entry 1398
...A bright yellow mineral, the trisulphide of arsenic (As2S3), used by painters under the name of King's Yellow. Cf. arsenica....
19. barred, adj. View full entry a1387
...Secured, enclosed, or shut with bars....
20. † beˈtravail, v. View full entry 1387
...trans. To work at; to compose (a book)....
