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1. ablution, n. View full entry c1405
...Chem. Originally: the purification of oils and other substances by a process of emulsification with hot water, the water being drained off after the two immiscible liquids have been allowed to...
2. absorb, v. View full entry 1490
...trans. To swallow up, engulf, esp. in a body of water. Also with in. Freq. in pass. Also fig.Obs....
3. accidently, adv. View full entry ?a1425
...In an accidental or chance manner; accidentally, by chance (contextually: by mischance). (In modern use only as an occasional spelling variant of accidentally)...
4. act, v. View full entry c1460
...trans. In early use esp. in conventional formulas....
5. actually, adv. View full entry ?a1425
...In action; in fact, in reality, really. Opposed to possibly, potentially, theoretically, etc....
6. admire, v. View full entry c1429
...intr. To feel or express wonder, astonishment, or surprise; to marvel....
7. advertisement, n. View full entry 1426
...The action of advertise1....
8. aged, adj. and n. View full entry 1420
...That has lived or existed for a long time; of advanced age; very old....
9. aggravation, n. View full entry 1481
...The fact of imposing a burden; oppression. Obs....
10. agreeable, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c1405
...With to (also †unto). That is to someone's liking; pleasing to a person, or to his or her taste....
11. ahorseback, adv. View full entry ?1473
...On horseback....
12. aid, n. View full entry 1419
...A levy or subsidy paid to the Crown to defray military or other extraordinary expenses. Now chiefly hist....
13. allot, v. View full entry 1473-4
...trans. To give or assign (something) to someone authoritatively, without the recipient having any control; to distribute (shares, duties, etc.) among a number of people; to apportion. Also: to assign (a...
14. all right, adv., adj., int., and n. View full entry a1413
...Used as an intensifier at the end of a sentence or clause: certainly, indeed....
15. angler, n.2 View full entry c1450
...A person who fishes with a rod and line....
16. anybody, n. and pron. View full entry 1490
...comb. of any and body in the sense of person (as in nobody, somebody): Any person, any one. It has all the...
17. apiece, adv. View full entry c1430
...For each piece, article, thing, or (colloq.) person; each, for each, to each; severally, individually....
18. Arctic, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Astron. Designating the celestial north pole, and the Pole Star that marks its position in the sky. Chiefly, and now only, in particular compounds, as Arctic Circle2 and...
19. Arthur, n. View full entry c1425
...Astron. In the genitive, forming names for the distinctive group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major called the Plough (also the Big Dipper), and...
20. auld, adj. View full entry 1489
...= old; as in auld lang-syne, ‘old long-since,’ old long-ago (used subst.); Auld Reekie, ‘Old Smoky,’ a sobriquet of Edinburgh; auldfarrand, ‘favouring,’ i.e...
