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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. abaciscus, n. View full entry 1753
...A square section containing part or all of the pattern of a mosaic pavement; (also) a single mosaic tile, a tessera. Now rare....
3. abaculus, n. View full entry 1868
...A square or tile for use in a mosaic pavement; a tessera. Cf. abaciscus...
4. abacus, n. View full entry a1387
...A board or tray strewn with sand in which numbers, letters, diagrams, etc., can be traced and erased. Cf. sandboard1, sand-table(a)sand2a. Now rare...
5. abat-jour, n. View full entry 1838
...An architectural device for deflecting the light from a wall or roof opening in a particular direction; spec.a skylight set in an angled or slanting aperture or light well;a...
6. 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....
7. abstractionism, n. View full entry 1842
...Usu. somewhat depreciative. The presentation of ideas in abstract terms; the tendency to favour abstract explanations and theories while ignoring or paying insufficient attention to concrete details or particular instances....
8. abuilding, adj. View full entry 1534
...In the process of being built or building. Also fig. in later use. Only in predicative use....
9. abutment, n. View full entry 1614
...App.: a projecting spit of land, a promontory. Obs.rare....
10. acanthus, n. View full entry 1551
...Bot. In early use: the Mediterranean plant Acanthus spinosus, the spiny leaves of which (or representations of them) are used decoratively (see sense 2). In later use...
11. acme, n. View full entry a1568
...The highest point or culmination; the point or period at which something is at its best or most highly developed; (in later use also) a person or thing representing or embodying this....
12. acroter, n. View full entry 1692
...Archit....
13. acroteria, n. View full entry 1719
...= acroterion1a....
14. acroterion, n. View full entry 1664
...Archit....
15. Adam, n.2 View full entry 1846
...attrib. Designating architecture, furniture, etc., in the neoclassical style of Robert and James Adam....
16. Adamesque, adj. View full entry 1881
...Designating architecture, furniture, etc., resembling that designed by the Adam brothers; characteristic of their style. See Adam...
17. ad hocism, n. View full entry 1956
...depreciative. The use of (or tendency to use) ad hoc measures, rather than general long-term strategies, to deal with issues, situations, etc....
18. adobe, n. View full entry 1748
...A brick made of sand and clay mixed with water and an organic material such as straw, and left to dry in the sun....
19. adventure, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A chance occurrence or event, an accident. Obs....
20. adyt, n. View full entry 1584
...The innermost or most sacred part of a temple or other place of worship; = adytum Chiefly fig. in later use....
