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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. † aback, n. View full entry 1592
...A square section or area, sometimes containing an inscription....
6. abacot, n. View full entry 1548
...= bycoket...
7. † abada, n. View full entry 1588
...Originally in south and south-east Asia: a rhinoceros....
8. † abail, v.2 View full entry 1513
...trans. To reach, get to....
9. abalienate, v. View full entry a1555
...trans. To estrange or alienate in feeling; to cause to feel removed or distant. Also: to remove, distance. Freq. with from. Now rare....
10. abalienation, n. View full entry 1596
...Removal or transferral of feeling; estrangement, alienation....
11. aband, v. View full entry 1574
...trans. To banish. Obs....
12. abanderado, n. View full entry 1598
...A standard-bearer....
13. † abandonate, v. View full entry ?1561
...trans. = abandon (in various senses). Also refl....
14. abandoner, n. View full entry 1562
...A person, creature, etc., that abandons or forsakes something. Freq. followed by of....
15. abandonment, n. View full entry 1593
...The surrender or devotion of oneself to an influence, passion, emotion, etc.; self-abandonment; an instance of this....
16. † abannition, n. View full entry 1583
...An act or the action of banishing someone, usually for a year as a punishment for manslaughter....
17. † abar, v. View full entry a1504
...trans. To bar, debar. Chiefly with from....
18. abased, adj. View full entry 1554
...Made lower in rank, condition, or character; humbled, humiliated, degraded....
19. abaser, n. View full entry 1587
...A person who, or thing which, abases....
20. abashedly, adv. View full entry a1522
...In an abashed manner....
