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1. abreid, adv. View full entry c1540
...= abroad (in various senses)....
2. acre-dale, n. View full entry 1592-3
...A method of letting land in small portions of about one acre each; land apportioned in this way. Also in †in (also by) acre-dale and attrib....
3. adoors, adv. View full entry 1526
...Of the doors; at the doors. Only with preceding adverb, as out adoors, in adoors. Cf. a door...
4. adry, adv. and adj. View full entry 1578
...In a dry or thirsty condition. poet. in later use....
5. agatewards, adv. View full entry 1541
...= agateward...
6. a-good, adv. View full entry ?1516
...Vigorously, thoroughly, heartily; a good deal....
7. airsome, adj. View full entry 1584
...Placed high in the air, lofty. Also: of the nature of air. Obs....
8. akin, adj. View full entry 1525
...Of the same kin or family; related by blood. Freq. with to. Cf. kin3d. Now chiefly Eng. regional (north-west.)....
9. ale draper, n. View full entry ?1593
...The owner or landlord of a public house or tavern; a publican....
10. alligator, n.2 View full entry 1591
...Any of various broad-snouted crocodilians constituting the family Alligatoridae, found chiefly in the New World and including the caimans; (now) spec. either of two members of the genus...
11. amasked, adj. View full entry a1571
...Astray, bewildered....
12. anan, int. View full entry a1556
...The quotations from Udall and Shakespeare show that this is the same word as anon orig. in response to a call = ‘In one moment; presently; coming!’; hence a waiter's...
13. † ˈancome, n. View full entry 1538
...‘An ulcerous swelling rising unexpectedly’ (Wright); a boil; an imposthume; by some later authors applied to a whitlow....
14. anyways, adv. and conj. View full entry c1560
...In any way, in any respect, at all....
15. † aˈppearingly, adv. View full entry 1554
...Apparently, seemingly....
16. apple pie, n. View full entry 1589
...A pie made with apples....
17. † ˈargle, v. View full entry 1589
...trans. To argue obstinately, dispute about....
18. ashet, n. View full entry 1552
...A dish or large flat plate....
19. atomy, n.1 View full entry 1584
...An atom, a mote (cf. atomIII.). Also fig....
20. atomy, n.2 View full entry 1597
...A skeleton. Cf. anatomy9, notomy Now rare....