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1. Academe, n. View full entry 1598
...orig. and chiefly literary. = academy2....
2. acerb, adj. View full entry a1616
...Of food or flavour: astringently sour or harsh-tasting....
3. † acture, n. View full entry 1609
...The process of acting; action....
4. aidance, n. View full entry 1593
...Assistance, aid; (occas.) an instance of this....
5. ambassy | embassy, n. View full entry 1598
...The mission, function, or office of an ambassador....
6. anchovy, n. View full entry 1598
...A small fish of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus) found on the European coasts, especially in the Mediterranean, where it is extensively caught, and pickled for exportation....
7. annexion, n. View full entry 1609
...The action of annexing; = annexation1....
8. † anthropophaˈginian, n. View full entry 1602
...Used as a sing. to Anthropophagi; an anthropophagist, a cannibal....
9. antre, n. View full entry a1616
...A cave, a cavern....
10. apostrophe, n.2 View full entry 1598
...The omission of one or more letters in a word. Obs....
11. applause, n. View full entry 1600
...Approbation loudly expressed; acclamation....
12. † asiˈnego, n. View full entry 1609
...A little ass....
13. attributive, adj. and n. View full entry 1609
...Characterized by attributing. Obs....
14. bail, v.3 View full entry 1609
...To confine. rare....
15. bandit, n. View full entry 1594
...lit. One who is proscribed or outlawed; hence, a lawless desperate marauder, a brigand: usually applied to members of the organized gangs which infest the mountainous districts of Italy,...
16. basta, int. View full entry a1616
...Enough! no more! no matter!...
17. bavian, n. View full entry a1625
...Usu. with capital initial. A character in a morris dance representing a baboon, and typically engaging in wild, foolish, or lewd behaviour....
18. bawcock, n. View full entry a1616
...A colloquial or burlesque term of endearment: = Fine fellow, good fellow....
19. Bellona, n. View full entry a1616
...Proper name of the Roman goddess of war; transf. a spirited woman of commanding presence. Beˈllonian...
20. ˈBergamask, n. View full entry 1600
...a rustic dance, framed in imitation of the people of Bergamo (a province in the state of Venice), ridiculed as clownish in their manners and dialect. Nares....
