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1. aback, adv. View full entry OE
...In a backward direction; to or towards the rear; back. Also fig. and in extended use: from the scene of action, away, to a distance; to a former place or...
2. Academe, n. View full entry 1598
...orig. and chiefly literary. = academy2....
3. accent, n. View full entry OE
...Any of a set of marks originally used with a letter to indicate the nature and position of the spoken accent, later of stress, in a written word; (also) any of these...
4. accent, v. View full entry 1530
...intr. To place the accent or stress in a word or musical phrase; to mark a rhythm or beat. Usu. with adverb or adverbial phrase. In later use chiefly U.S....
5. acerb, adj. View full entry a1616
...Of food or flavour: astringently sour or harsh-tasting....
6. adder, n.1 View full entry eOE
...In generic sense: a snake, a serpent, esp. with reference to the serpent as a manifestation of the devil in the biblical account of the Fall in the Garden of Eden; (hence,...
7. address, v. View full entry a1325
...trans. (chiefly in pass.). To direct (a written communication) to a specific person or destination; spec. (in early use) to write and send (a writ, a petition,...
8. advertise, v. View full entry 1426
...trans....
9. against, prep., conj., adv., and n. View full entry eOE
...In reception of, in welcome of. Obs....
10. agate, n. View full entry ?1483
...= jet1a. Obs.rare....
11. age, n. View full entry c1275
...A naturally distinct section of a person's or animal's existence; a particular period or stage of life. Often with defining word or phrase specifying the stage....
12. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
13. alarm, v. View full entry 1485
...trans. (refl.). To ready and equip oneself for battle. Cf. alarmed1. Obs....
14. alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry c1400
...Used as a call to arms or warning of imminent danger, esp. of being attacked. Now literary (chiefly arch. and hist.)....
15. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
16. alternate, adj., adv., and n. View full entry a1535
...Of two (occas. more) different or distinct kinds of things: occurring one after the other; alternating....
17. anchor, n.1 View full entry c880
...An appliance for holding a ship, etc., fixed in a particular place, by mooring it to the bottom of the sea or river; now consisting of ‘a heavy iron, composed of a...
18. and, conj.1, adv., and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Simply connective....
19. angel, n. View full entry c950
...A ministering spirit or divine messenger; one of an order of spiritual beings superior to man in power and intelligence, who, according to the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and other theologies, are the...
20. anger, n. View full entry a1325
...That which pains or afflicts, or the passive feeling which it produces; trouble, affliction, vexation, sorrow. 2. Obs....
