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1. Aaron, n.2 View full entry 1565
...A person resembling the Jewish high priest Aaron, esp. a high priest, a leader....
2. 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....
3. † ab, n.1 View full entry 1587
...Moisture within timber; sap....
4. † aback, n. View full entry 1592
...A square section or area, sometimes containing an inscription....
5. abacot, n. View full entry 1548
...= bycoket...
6. † abada, n. View full entry 1588
...Originally in south and south-east Asia: a rhinoceros....
7. abalienation, n. View full entry 1596
...Removal or transferral of feeling; estrangement, alienation....
8. abanderado, n. View full entry 1598
...A standard-bearer....
9. abandoner, n. View full entry 1562
...A person, creature, etc., that abandons or forsakes something. Freq. followed by of....
10. abandonment, n. View full entry 1593
...The surrender or devotion of oneself to an influence, passion, emotion, etc.; self-abandonment; an instance of this....
11. † abannition, n. View full entry 1583
...An act or the action of banishing someone, usually for a year as a punishment for manslaughter....
12. abaser, n. View full entry 1587
...A person who, or thing which, abases....
13. abasing, n. View full entry 1548
...The action or an act of lowering in rank, condition, or character; humbling, humiliation, degradation....
14. 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....
15. abator, n.1 View full entry c1523
...A person who takes possession of land between the death of the owner and the accession of the legal heir. See abate...
16. abator, n.2 View full entry 1592
...= abater...
17. abature, n. View full entry 1575
...Chiefly in pl. The traces left by a stag in the undergrowth through which it has passed. Also fig. and in figurative contexts....
18. abbas, n. View full entry 1550
...A religious or spiritual leader; spec. an abbot. Chiefly as a title of respect....
19. abbé, n.1 View full entry 1530
...In France or French contexts: an abbot. Also: a priest or clergyman in minor orders; esp. one without an assigned ecclesiastical duty, formerly often acting as a professor, private tutor,...
20. abbey-lubber, n. View full entry 1528
...At the English Reformation, a derogatory term for: a monk living in idleness and self-indulgence....