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1. Aaron's rod, n. View full entry 1631
...In similative and allusive use: a powerful force which devours or overwhelms everything around it....
2. abreuvoir, n. View full entry 1696
...Masonry. A place between stones or bricks which is to be filled with mortar or cement; a joint. Now rare....
3. abutment, n. View full entry 1614
...App.: a projecting spit of land, a promontory. Obs.rare....
4. Abyssinian, n. and adj. View full entry 1660
...Any of the languages spoken by the inhabitants of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia). Now usu. spec.= Amharic...
5. acid, adj. and n. View full entry 1626
...In general use: sour, tart, sharp to the taste; tasting like vinegar....
6. acroter, n. View full entry 1692
...Archit....
7. acroterion, n. View full entry 1664
...Archit....
8. Adirondack, n. and adj. View full entry 1699
...A member of the Algonquin people formerly living along the Ottawa River and its tributaries, in Ontario and Quebec. Also occas. with the and pl. concord: this people...
9. adit, n. View full entry 1602
...A roughly horizontal passage introduced into a mine for the purpose of access or drainage. Also in extended use; spec. a watercourse, esp. one that carries water away...
10. adytum, n. View full entry 1611
...The innermost or most sacred part of a temple or other place of worship; (Classical Archit.) a small sanctuary in the cella reserved for oracles, priests, or priestesses. Also ...
11. aedicula, n. View full entry 1672
...Originally in Roman architecture: a niche (for a statue), esp. one framed by two columns supporting a pediment or an entablature; such a structure forming a shrine....
12. air bladder, n. View full entry 1675
...Biol. and Anat....
13. air hole, n. View full entry 1601
...A hole or passage to admit air; esp. a hole in a layer of ice formed over deep water, providing a breathing-place for aquatic animals or divers....
14. airshaft, n. View full entry 1665
...A straight passage (usually vertical) for the admission of air into a mine or tunnel....
15. ajoupa, n. View full entry 1666
...In the Caribbean: a wooden-framed hut or shelter with a thatched roof and (sometimes) open sides....
16. ala, n.1 View full entry 1634
...Anat. A wing-like structure or process; spec.the lateral cartilage of each side of the nose;either of the two wings (great and small) of the sphenoid bone;a horizontal...
17. alchemy, v. View full entry 1615
...trans. To treat, produce, or transform by (or as if by) alchemy; (in early use) spec. †to plate or alloy with another metal (obs.). Now chiefly ...
18. alcove, n. View full entry 1655
...A part of a room separated off from the main part in some way, as by a lower ceiling or a higher floor, or by a screen; (formerly) esp. †one...
19. all'antica, adj. View full entry 1605
...Designating an artefact or decorative form or style based on a classical model. Freq. as postmodifier....
20. alloy, v. View full entry 1625
...trans. To combine (metals) so as to form an alloy; to combine (a metal) with one or more other metals or (less commonly) non-metallic elements, typically to improve a...
