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1. Academe, n. View full entry 1598
...orig. and chiefly literary. = academy2....
2. † acture, n. View full entry 1609
...The process of acting; action....
3. after hours, n., adv., and adj. View full entry 1599
...The hours following any incident or act; subsequent hours; the later hours of a day; (in extended use) the later part of a person's life. Also: future times; posterity....
4. aidance, n. View full entry 1593
...Assistance, aid; (occas.) an instance of this....
5. allayment, n. View full entry 1609
...The action or result of allaying something (in various senses of allay); esp. subduing, assuaging, moderation. Also: an instance of this....
6. all hid, n. (and int.) View full entry 1598
...The game of hide-and-seek. Also as : the call used in the game (see note)....
7. † allicholly, n. View full entry a1616
...= melancholy Cf. allicholly...
8. † allottery, n. View full entry a1616
...Something that has been allotted to someone; a designated portion or share, an allotment....
9. ambassy | embassy, n. View full entry 1598
...The mission, function, or office of an ambassador....
10. ambuscado, n. View full entry 1597
...= ambuscade1, ambush1....
11. 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....
12. annexion, n. View full entry 1609
...The action of annexing; = annexation1....
13. annexment, n. View full entry 1604
...That which is annexed; an adjunct, or supplement....
14. † anthropophaˈginian, n. View full entry 1602
...Used as a sing. to Anthropophagi; an anthropophagist, a cannibal....
15. antre, n. View full entry a1616
...A cave, a cavern....
16. apathaton, n. View full entry 1598
...Corruption of epitheton, epithet...
17. apostrophe, n.2 View full entry 1598
...The omission of one or more letters in a word. Obs....
18. appearer, n. View full entry 1609
...One who or that which appears....
19. † aˈpperil, n. View full entry a1616
...Peril, risk....
20. † apperˈtainment, n. View full entry a1616
...That which belongs to; appurtenance....
