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1. † aa, n.1 View full entry 1430
...A stream, a watercourse....
2. aaron, n.1 View full entry ?c1425
...The wild arum or cuckoo pint, Arum maculatum. Cf. arum...
3. abaisance, n. View full entry a1486
...An act expressing deference or respect, usually a bending forwards of the body; a bow....
4. † abandon, n.1 View full entry a1425
...Chiefly Sc.at (also in) abandoun: recklessly, impetuously; unreservedly, freely. to give in abandon: to give freely....
5. abandoning, n. View full entry a1500
...The action of relinquishing, giving up, or deserting; abandonment....
6. abasement, n. View full entry 1435
...A reduction in price or value (esp. of a currency); the action or fact of making such a reduction. Also in extended use....
7. † abashance, n. View full entry a1450
...The quality or condition of being abashed; loss of self-possession....
8. abashedness, n. View full entry c1480
...The quality or state of being abashed....
9. † abashing, n. View full entry c1404
...The action of abash; an instance of this; (also) the state of being abashed; confusion, consternation, embarrassment....
10. abashment, n. View full entry c1430
...The quality or state of being abashed (cf. abash), discomfiture, embarrassment; an instance of this....
11. † abate, n. View full entry 1486
...Diminution, reduction (of a quality, etc.); an instance of this....
12. abatement, n.2 View full entry 1421
...The result of abating or lessening (in various senses of abateII.); the amount by which something is abated; a reduction, deduction, decrease....
13. † abattlement, n. View full entry c1400
...A battlement....
14. abbacy, n. View full entry 1469
...The benefice, jurisdiction, or office of an abbot or abbess. Also (Sc.): †an abbey (obs.). Cf. abbotship1....
15. abbotship, n. View full entry c1450
...The position or office of abbot or (formerly) †abbess; the benefice of an abbot. Cf. abbacy1....
16. abbreviation, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Med. Reduction in the length or size of a part of the body; contraction, esp. of a muscle; an instance of this. Obs....
17. abearing, n. View full entry ?1454
...= abearance...
18. abecedary, n.2 View full entry ?a1475
...= ABC4. Now chiefly hist....
19. abetter, n. View full entry 1457
...= abettor...
20. abetting, n. View full entry ?a1425
...The action or fact of abetting a person or a deed, esp. something blameworthy or criminal; encouragement, instigation; assistance. Also: an instance of any of these....