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1. a, adj. View full entry ?a1160
...Used in an indefinite noun phrase referring to something not specifically identified (and, freq., mentioned for the first time) but treated as one of a class: one, some, any (the oneness, or...
2. a, prep.1 View full entry OE
...Expressing position within, situation, etc.: in, with; = on7a13. Now Eng. regional....
3. † a, conj. View full entry ?a1325
...= andI....
4. a-, prefix2 View full entry c1275
...(No longer productive.) Expressing completeness; = y-23....
5. 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...
6. abaht, adv. and prep. View full entry 1839
...About....
7. † abandonly, adv.1 View full entry 1487
...Recklessly, impetuously, unguardedly....
8. abashedly, adv. View full entry a1522
...In an abashed manner....
9. abatement, n.2 View full entry 1421
...The result of abating or lessening (in various senses of abateII.); the amount by which something is abated; a reduction, deduction, decrease....
10. abbreviate, n. View full entry 1531
...Chiefly Sc. A condensed account of something; an abridgement; a summary; an abstract. Now Sc. Law: a brief notice registering a decree of adjudication (adjudication3a)...
11. ABC, n.1 View full entry c1325
...The alphabet. Freq. with reference to the teaching or learning of this, now esp. in to know one's ABC. Also in pl. in same sense....
12. a-be, v. View full entry 1718
...Sc., Eng. regional, and Irish English (north.). As infinitive, in phrase to let (also leave, etc.) a-be: to leave off, desist...
13. abear, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To bear, carry; to raise up. Obs....
14. † abefore, adv. View full entry 1431
...Before, formerly....
15. abeigh, adv. View full entry c1707
...Aloof, apart; away, at a distance....
16. † abide, n. View full entry c1330
...Delay, tarrying. Also as a count noun: an instance of this....
17. abide, v. View full entry OE
...trans. Now rare and arch....
18. ables, adv. View full entry 1673
...Perhaps, possibly; = aiblins...
19. ablow, adv. and prep. View full entry 1829
...= below (in various senses)....
20. aboard, adv. and prep. View full entry a1393
...Alongside, on one side (of a ship or a shore). Freq. modified by hard, close. See also board on boardboard12d....
