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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. a, prep.1 View full entry OE
...Expressing position within, situation, etc.: in, with; = on7a13. Now Eng. regional....
3. aback, adv. View full entry OE
...In a backward direction; to or towards the rear; back. Also fig. and in extended use: from the scene of action, away, to a distance; to a former place or...
4. † abare, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To lay bare, uncover; to strip. Also fig....
5. Abba, n.1 View full entry OE
...An invocation to God as father. Chiefly in Abba, father....
6. † abbotric, n. View full entry OE
...The benefice or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess; an abbacy. Also: an abbey....
7. abecedarium, n. View full entry OE
...The alphabet; esp. (in early use) the Roman alphabet as opposed to the Greek; (in later use) an alphabet belonging to an ancient writing system, or an inscription of this;...
8. † ablast, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To blow on or at; to blast. In quot. OEfig.: to inspire....
9. † ablend, v. View full entry OE
...To deprive of sight, blind; to deprive of sight temporarily; to dazzle....
10. † ablind, v. View full entry OE
...intr. To lose one's sight, become blind. Also fig....
11. absinthium, n. View full entry OE
...The plant absinth (absinth1a); (also) the dried leaves and flowering tops of the plant, esp. as an ingredient of drinks and herbal remedies. Formerly also †fig. (cf....
12. absolution, n. View full entry OE
...Christian Church....
13. abye, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To buy, purchase (something); to pay a price for (something); to obtain (something) at the cost of labour or suffering. Also (and in earliest use) Theol.: to redeem,...
14. accent, n. View full entry OE
...Any of a set of marks originally used with a letter to indicate the nature and position of the spoken accent, later of stress, in a written word; (also) any of these...
15. accidia, n. View full entry OE
...= accidie (In early use freq. as a Latin name.)...
16. acephali, n. View full entry OE
...Priests who are not subject to the authority of a bishop. Also: bishops who are not subject to the authority of a metropolitan or archbishop. Obs.rare....
17. achillea, n. View full entry OE
...Any of numerous plants of the chiefly Eurasian genus Achillea (family Asteraceae (Compositae)), which comprises hardy perennials, typically with finely divided aromatic leaves and corymbose flower-heads;...
18. † achor, n. View full entry OE
...A disease of the scalp, prob. favus or some other form of dermatophytosis, characterized by the presence of small pustules, ulcers, and scabs; (also) a pustule or ulcer of this disease....
19. acolyte, n. View full entry OE
...Christian Church (now chiefly R.C. Church). A person who attends a priest and performs subordinate duties, as assisting at the altar, lighting and bearing candles, etc. Also: the order...
20. † acome, v. View full entry OE
...intr. To come forth, to germinate; to come into being or to hand. Also: to attain to....
