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1. academical, adj. and n. View full entry 1549
...Philos. Also with capital initial. = academic1. Now rare....
2. acanthus, n. View full entry 1551
...Bot. In early use: the Mediterranean plant Acanthus spinosus, the spiny leaves of which (or representations of them) are used decoratively (see sense 2). In later use...
3. accoutred | accoutered, adj. View full entry c1540
...Provided with accoutrements; attired, dressed, equipped, arrayed. Freq. with modifying word, indicating special or sumptuous attire....
4. accoutrement | accouterment, n. View full entry c1550
...In pl. Items of apparel; (more generally) additional pieces of dress or equipment, trappings; (Mil.) the outfit of a soldier other than weapons and garments....
5. acer, n. View full entry 1567
...Any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer (family Sapindaceae), comprising the maples (see maple1); the wood of any of these trees or...
6. 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...
7. adminicle, n. View full entry 1551
...Something which provides help or assistance, esp. in a subordinate or supporting capacity; an aid, an accessory; an adjunct. Freq. with to. Now rare....
8. Adonis, n. View full entry ?1571
...A beautiful or handsome young man. Cf. Venus4....
9. ageing, n. View full entry 1549
...The process of growing old....
10. agila, n. View full entry 1555
...The aromatic resin or (more fully agila wood) resinous wood from any of various trees of the genus Aquilaria; = aloe1. Cf. agalloch...
11. † aglet, v. View full entry 1530
...intr. and trans. To attach a tag to the end of (a lace)....
12. album graecum, n. View full entry 1584
...The dry white excrement of a dog, hyena, or other bone-eating carnivore, esp. when used as an ingredient in medicinal preparations or in dyeing and tanning....
13. alcohol, n. View full entry 1543
...Chem. A fine powder, esp. as produced by grinding. Obs....
14. Aleppine, adj. and n. View full entry 1584
...Of or relating to Aleppo, a city in northern Syria, or its inhabitants....
15. † Alexander, n.1 View full entry 1540
...A type of fabric produced in or typical of Alexandria; = bord alexander...
16. alligator, n.2 View full entry 1591
...Any of various broad-snouted crocodilians constituting the family Alligatoridae, found chiefly in the New World and including the caimans; (now) spec. either of two members of the genus...
17. alnager, n. View full entry 1519
...An officer appointed to examine woollen cloth and certify its quality (see alnage2)....
18. aluming, n. View full entry 1583
...The action of alum...
19. amarant(h), n. View full entry 1551
...An imaginary flower reputed never to fade; a fadeless flower (as a poetic conception). Also attrib....
20. † ambraˈcan, n. View full entry 1584
...Ambergris....
