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1. Aaron's bells, n. View full entry 1581
...Originally: the small bells attached to the hem of Aaron's ephod (see quot. 1611 in etymology). In later use also: small bells used as Torah scroll ornaments. Also fig....
2. abacot, n. View full entry 1548
...= bycoket...
3. aband, v. View full entry 1574
...trans. To banish. Obs....
4. † abandonate, v. View full entry ?1561
...trans. = abandon (in various senses). Also refl....
5. abandoner, n. View full entry 1562
...A person, creature, etc., that abandons or forsakes something. Freq. followed by of....
6. abandonment, n. View full entry 1593
...The surrender or devotion of oneself to an influence, passion, emotion, etc.; self-abandonment; an instance of this....
7. † abar, v. View full entry a1504
...trans. To bar, debar. Chiefly with from....
8. abased, adj. View full entry 1554
...Made lower in rank, condition, or character; humbled, humiliated, degraded....
9. abaser, n. View full entry 1587
...A person who, or thing which, abases....
10. abasing, n. View full entry 1548
...The action or an act of lowering in rank, condition, or character; humbling, humiliation, degradation....
11. abater, n.1 View full entry 1583
...A person who, or thing which, abates (in various senses of abate), esp. (chiefly Law) one that abates a nuisance....
12. abator, n.2 View full entry 1592
...= abater...
13. abbey-like, adj. View full entry 1570
...Resembling or characteristic of an abbey, esp. in appearance; (esp. in early use) monastic, monkish....
14. abbey-lubber, n. View full entry 1528
...At the English Reformation, a derogatory term for: a monk living in idleness and self-indulgence....
15. abbreviate, n. View full entry 1531
...Chiefly Sc. A condensed account of something; an abridgement; a summary; an abstract. Now Sc. Law: a brief notice registering a decree of adjudication (adjudication3a)...
16. abbreviately, adv. View full entry 1599
...In an abbreviated manner or form; shortly, briefly, concisely....
17. abbreviating, n. View full entry 1548
...The action or practice of shortening something (esp. a word, text, etc.); abbreviation; abridgement....
18. abdicator, n. View full entry 1593
...A person who advocates, instigates, or participates in the abdication of another from a position or office. Obs....
19. abearance, n. View full entry 1552
...Behaviour, conduct. Esp. (now only) in good abearance (Law): legally acceptable behaviour, as pledged under surety by an offender to avoid or reduce the severity of a punishment....
20. Abelonian, n. View full entry 1572
...= Abelite...
