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1. abased, adj. View full entry 1554
...Made lower in rank, condition, or character; humbled, humiliated, degraded....
2. abstract, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a word: denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. Freq. in abstract noun. Opposed to concrete....
3. accollé, adj. View full entry 1664
...Entwined, wreathed; (spec. of a heraldic animal) wreathed about the neck, collared, gorged. Cf. accolled1, 2. Now rare....
4. accolled, adj. View full entry 1612
...Heraldry. Intertwined; entwined, wreathed....
5. accosted, adj. and n. View full entry 1632
...Heraldry. Of a charge: flanked by other charges; spec. = cotisedcotise. Obs....
6. accrued, adj. View full entry 1656
...Accumulated or increased by growth; (esp. of interest, leave) built up over time....
7. acorned, adj. View full entry 1610
...Provided or decorated with acorns; bearing acorns. In early use chiefly Heraldry....
8. addorsed, adj. View full entry 1572
...Of two emblems: facing back to back on a shield; (of a shield) characterized by such a design. Freq. as postmodifier....
9. adossé, adj. View full entry 1710
...= addorsed...
10. affronted, adj. View full entry ?1488
...Impudent, shameless; = effrontedObs....
11. affrontee, adj. View full entry 1718
...orig. Heraldry. Of two figures in a design: facing each other. Cf. affronted3, confronté Now rare....
12. allusive, adj. View full entry 1593
...Symbolic, metaphorical, figurative. Obs....
13. anchored, adj. View full entry 1611
...With the anchor let down to the ground....
14. animé, adj. View full entry 1730
...Of a heraldic animal: having eyes of a different colour from the animal itself (indicating readiness to fight). Cf. incensed3....
15. annulated, adj. View full entry 1668
...‘That weareth rings, ringed.’ Blount Glossogr....
16. anserated, adj. View full entry 1688
...Of a cross: Having the extremities cleft and terminated (orig.) in the heads of serpents, (subseq.) of eagles, lions or other animals....
17. appaumé, adj. View full entry 1864
...Having the hand opened out so as to display the palm....
18. appointé, adj. View full entry 1753
19. ˈaquilated, adj. View full entry 1688
...(See quot.)...
20. argent, n. and adj. View full entry c1500
...The metal silver. arch. or poet.spume of argent (Latin argenti spuma): litharge of silver....
