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1. A1, adj. View full entry 1776
...Esp. of a wooden ship: first-class in respect of both hull and fittings (originally and esp. as classified in Lloyd's Register: see note in etymology). Also A1 at Lloyd's. Now...
2. abb, n. View full entry eOE
...Originally: the woof or weft in a web. Later also: the warp in a web. Freq. attrib., as abb thread, abb wool, etc....
3. abbey-lubber, n. View full entry 1528
...At the English Reformation, a derogatory term for: a monk living in idleness and self-indulgence....
4. † abbotric, n. View full entry OE
...The benefice or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess; an abbacy. Also: an abbey....
5. 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....
6. abearing, n. View full entry ?1454
...= abearance...
7. Aberginian, n. View full entry 1634
...A member of a North American Indian people inhabiting an area north of Massachusetts Bay....
8. abhorrer, n. View full entry ?1538
...A person who loathes or detests something. Freq. with of....
9. abiding, n. View full entry 1340
...The action of waiting at a certain point; stopping, pausing, hesitation; a pause, delay. Cf. abide2a. Obs....
10. abigail, n. View full entry 1616
...A lady's maid; a female servant or attendant....
11. abiogenesis, n. View full entry 1870
...The supposed production of certain living organisms directly from inanimate matter, rather than by the reproduction of existing organisms; spontaneous generation. Opposed to biogenesis1a. Now chiefly hist....
12. abiogenist, n. View full entry 1870
...A person who supports the hypothesis of abiogenesis (spontaneous generation). Cf. abiogenesis1....
13. Abiponian, n. and adj. View full entry 1786
...= Abipon1....
14. abjured, adj. View full entry 1533
...That has abjured or renounced heresy, a religion, etc. Now hist....
15. abjurement, n. View full entry ?1594
...The process of abjuring; abjuration, renunciation....
16. able whackets, n. View full entry 1785
...Blows given on the palm of the hand with a twisted handkerchief. Hence: a sailors' card game in which the loser of the game (or of a point) receives such blows....
17. abode, n.1 View full entry c1225
...The action of waiting or delaying; a delay. Esp. in without abode: without delay, immediately. Obs....
18. abolitionize, v. View full entry 1836
...trans. To imbue with the principles of abolitionism; to make (a person or community) opposed to slavery....
19. above, adv., prep., n., and adj. View full entry lOE
...With regard to writing: further up on the present page; previously in the text; in a preceding paragraph, passage, etc. See also senses C. 3, D....
20. Abraham, n. View full entry c1300
...heaven; the place of rest for the souls of the righteous dead. Chiefly in Abraham's bosom....