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1. abstaining, adj. View full entry 1440
...Practising abstinence; refraining; esp. abstaining from some activity, as voting, drinking alcohol, etc....
2. acker, n.1 View full entry 1440
...A strong or turbulent current in the sea; a flood tide. Obs....
3. affirmed, adj. View full entry 1440
...That is or has been affirmed; confirmed, corroborated; positively asserted, declared....
4. † afframing, n. View full entry 1440
...Gain, profit. Cf. framing1....
5. afterpart, n. View full entry 1440
...The part of something nearest the rear; (Naut.) the part of a ship, deck, etc., nearest to the stern. Also in pl....
6. age, v. View full entry 1440
...intr. Of a person, animal, or thing: to grow old; to become or appear aged....
7. aggrieving, n. View full entry 1440
...The action of aggrieve (in all senses)....
8. † aggrudged, adj. View full entry 1440
...Troubled, afflicted....
9. † aggrudging, n. View full entry 1440
...Grumbling, dissatisfaction, annoyance....
10. † agroten, v. View full entry 1440
...trans. To glut, surfeit; = agrotye Cf. ingroten...
11. † agrotening, n. View full entry 1440
...The action of agroten; glutting, surfeit....
12. † alangely, adv. View full entry 1440
...In a strange or foreign manner; strangely. Cf. alange, elengely...
13. aleberry, n. View full entry 1440
...A drink made from ale boiled with spices and sugar, served with sops of bread and freq. given to sick people. Also called alebrue, alemeat....
14. † alikely, adv. View full entry 1440
...Equally, likewise....
15. allowed, adj. View full entry 1440
...Assigned as a portion or due share; allotted. Now rare except as merged with sense 4a....
16. almswoman, n. View full entry 1440
...A woman who distributes alms; a female almoner. Obs.rare....
17. appealing, n. View full entry 1440
...The action of accusing or impeaching (obs.), of transferring a case to a higher court, or of calling for aid, etc. (Mostly gerundial.) Also, the action of making an appeal;...
18. † aˈreast | aˈreasted, adj. View full entry 1440
...Reasty, rancid. areastiness...
19. arrester, n. View full entry 1440
...He who or that which arrests, stops, or checks....
20. aˈsiden, adv. View full entry 1440
...Sidewise, obliquely, aslant....
