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1. abdication, n. View full entry 1552
...The action or practice of formally disowning or casting off a person, esp. one's child. Chiefly hist., with reference to ancient Greek and Roman law....
2. abortively, adv. View full entry 1552
...In an abortive manner; without success or fulfilment; uselessly, ineffectually; †by a miscarriage or untimely birth, prematurely (obs.)....
3. † aˈbushmently, adv. View full entry 1552
...In ambush, by way of ambuscade....
4. androgyne, n. View full entry 1552
...A being uniting the physical characters of both sexes; a hermaphrodite....
5. ˈarsenic, n.2 View full entry 1552
...Arsesmart....
6. aˈssentingly, adv. View full entry 1552
...In an assenting manner; so as to express assent....
7. assessed, adj. View full entry 1552
...Fixed or apportioned by assessment. assessed taxes...
8. attached, adj. View full entry 1552
...Arrested, seized under warrant of attachment....
9. ˈbackwardly, adv. View full entry 1552
...In a backward direction....
10. bailed, adj.1 View full entry 1552
...Released on bail....
11. Balder | Baldur, n. View full entry 1552
...Name of a Scandinavian deity, occurring in certain plant-names. See also baldmoney and badderlocks...
12. ballasted, adj. View full entry 1552
...Filled or laid with ballast; made steady or stable....
13. ˈbankrupt, v. View full entry 1552
...To become bankrupt, to fail, to ‘break’; = the early phrase ‘to make bankrupt.’ (Often in the sense of fraudulent failure: see bankrupt1.)...
14. bareness, n. View full entry 1552
...Nakedness, lack of covering....
15. † ˈbargained, adj. View full entry 1552
...Agreed to, stipulated; engaged....
16. ˈbarking, adj.1 View full entry 1552
...Uttering barks; ‘giving tongue,’ yelping....
17. barrenly, adv. View full entry 1552
...In a barren manner; without offspring, produce, or result; meagrely, scantily....
18. ˈbashfully, adv. View full entry 1552
...Without self-possession; with misgiving or dismay. Obs....
19. † ˈbasser, n. View full entry 1552
...A kisser....
20. † ˈbassing, n. View full entry 1552
...Kissing....