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1. abaft, adv. and prep. View full entry a1400
...Chiefly Naut. To or towards the rear; backward....
2. abandon, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To let go, give up, renounce (a pursuit, practice, possession, etc.); to cease to use, have, or practise....
3. able, adj., adv., and n. View full entry a1382
...In predicative use, with for (in early use also with to). Capable of, having sufficient strength or power for; ready for, fit to cope with. Now chiefly ...
4. aboard, adv. and prep. View full entry a1393
...Alongside, on one side (of a ship or a shore). Freq. modified by hard, close. See also board on boardboard12d....
5. Abraham, n. View full entry c1300
...heaven; the place of rest for the souls of the righteous dead. Chiefly in Abraham's bosom....
6. abroad, adv., prep., and n. View full entry c1300
...Over a broad or wide area; widely, broadly; †so as to be fully open or outspread (obs.). In later use more commonly with reference to non-physical things, as news, information,...
7. advance, n. and adj. View full entry a1400
...The action of extolling or lauding something; ostentation, boasting. Cf. advancement2. Obs....
8. adverse, adj. and n. View full entry a1393
...Originally (of fortune, events, etc.): contrary, opposing, harmful, hostile to a person or thing. Now usually (of conditions, circumstances, etc.): unfavourable; preventing success, development, or well-being....
9. advice, n. View full entry c1300
...The view which a person holds in regard to a given matter; opinion, judgement, assessment. Also: the action of adopting a particular view or opinion; decision; (occas.) an opinion. Obs....
10. affinity, n. View full entry a1325
...Relationship by marriage (as distinguished from relationship by blood); kinship between people or families that results from marriage; (also in early use) †ties between families or their members that result from a...
11. afore-, prefix View full entry c1330
...Of time. (See also aforyen, afornon)...
12. aglet, n. View full entry 1365
...A tag attached to the end of a lace, originally of metal and now also of plastic, intended primarily to make it easier to thread through the eyelet holes, but also developed...
13. aground, adv. View full entry c1325
...On or to the ground; on the earth. Also in figurative contexts. Freq. poet. Now arch....
14. alighting, n.2 View full entry c1325
...The action or an act of dismounting from or horse, or getting down from a vehicle. Hence also: completion of a journey, arrival....
15. altitude, n. View full entry c1386
...Astron. The height of an object in the sky expressed as its angular distance above the horizon....
16. amber, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1398
...orig. = ambergris (In 17th c. greece of amber, gris ambre, gray amber.) Obs....
17. ˈanchor-stock, n. View full entry c1302
...A bar which crosses the top of an anchor, at right angles to the shank, and also to the plane of the arms, the use of which is to cause one or...
18. an-ˈend, adv. View full entry c1320
...At last, in the end, in fine. Obs....
19. angle, n.2 View full entry a1325
...A corner of a room or other enclosed space, esp. viewed internally or as a retreating space; a recess, a nook. Also fig....
20. apparel, n. View full entry 1330
...abstr. The work of fitly preparing for anything, preparation, array. Obs....
