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1. Aaron, n.2 View full entry 1565
...A person resembling the Jewish high priest Aaron, esp. a high priest, a leader....
2. Aaronical, adj. View full entry ?1549
...Of or relating to Aaron; Aaronic....
3. Aaron's bells, n. View full entry 1581
...Originally: the small bells attached to the hem of Aaron's ephod (see quot. 1611 in etymology). In later use also: small bells used as Torah scroll ornaments. Also fig....
4. † ab, n.1 View full entry 1587
...Moisture within timber; sap....
5. Abelonian, n. View full entry 1572
...= Abelite...
6. abishersing, n. View full entry 1579
...App. a misreading of mishersing...
7. abstable, adj. View full entry 1532
...Editorial misreading of obstacle Subsequently misinterpreted in quot. 1847....
8. Acacian, n. and adj. View full entry 1577
...A follower of the Arian Christological doctrines of Acacius, a 4th-cent. bishop of Caesarea....
9. Achates, n. View full entry 1582
...allusively. A person likened to Achates, esp. a loyal friend or companion. Cf. fidus Achates...
10. Actaeon, n. View full entry 1567
...(A type of) a cuckold; the husband of an unfaithful wife....
11. † Actaeon, v. View full entry 1582
...trans. To make a cuckold of....
12. Adamism, n. View full entry 1596
...A state of sinfulness or guilt. Cf. Adam13. Obs.rare....
13. Adamite, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1542
...Church Hist. A member of any of a number of sects, both in the early church and later, who imitated the biblical Adam by going naked, typically as a symbol of...
14. † Adam's morsel, n. View full entry 1594
...= Adam's apple3....
15. advower, n. View full entry 1503
...A misreading (in Arnold's Chron. (1811) 146) of aduowes, plural of aduowe, variant of avow: see quot. 1503avow1....
16. Aganippe, n. View full entry a1586
...Used allusively to denote the source of poetic inspiration, or a person's poetic power, voice, or method. Also attrib., as Aganippe spring, Aganippe well, etc....
17. aie, int. View full entry 1594
...A wailing exclamation of resignation, surprise, regret, alarm, etc.; sometimes imitative of non-British speakers of English. Cf. ai...
18. Albanian, adj.1 and n.3 View full entry 1565
...Of or relating to Scotland or its people; Scottish. Chiefly with reference to the time prior to the Scottish Wars of Independence (12961357), in later use often in relation...
19. † alchimistie, n. View full entry 1578
...= alchemistry1....
20. Aleppine, adj. and n. View full entry 1584
...Of or relating to Aleppo, a city in northern Syria, or its inhabitants....
