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1. abate, v.1 View full entry c1300
...trans. To put an end to (a condition, state of affairs, etc.). Obs....
2. † abay, n. View full entry c1330
...The barking or baying of hounds at a hunted animal, esp. when they have driven it into a position from which it is unable to flee further but must turn and face...
3. abet, v. View full entry c1380
...trans....
4. abetment, n. View full entry c1380
...Chiefly Law. The action or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed....
5. 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....
6. above ground, adv. and adj. View full entry a1393
...Above the ground. Opposed to underground1a....
7. abundance, n. and adv. View full entry 1340
...An overflowing quantity or amount (of something); a large quantity; plenty....
8. acceptor, n. View full entry c1384
...= accepter of persons (also faces)accepter2....
9. accipiter, n. View full entry a1398
...Originally (chiefly Falconry): a bird of prey, esp. a hawk. In later use spec. (in Ornithol.): a hawk of the genus Accipiter...
10. † accloy, v. View full entry c1330
...trans....
11. account, n. View full entry c1300
...Counting, reckoning, enumeration; computation, calculation; (also) a style or mode of reckoning; an amount established by counting. Now chiefly in money of account: see money2....
12. account, v. View full entry c1300
...trans. To present an account or reckoning of (one's actions, etc.); to answer for, to explain or justify. Also intr. with of. Cf. sense 3b....
13. † acountering, n. View full entry a1400
...The action of acounter; combat, battle....
14. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
15. active, adj. and n. View full entry 1340
...Of a way or style of life: characterized by outward action rather than inward contemplation or speculation; practical. Esp. in active life, and chiefly in religious contexts. Opposed to ...
16. add, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. To join (something) to something else so as to increase the amount, size, importance, etc. Freq. with to. Cf. superadd1....
17. address, v. View full entry a1325
...trans. (chiefly in pass.). To direct (a written communication) to a specific person or destination; spec. (in early use) to write and send (a writ, a petition,...
18. advantage, n. View full entry c1300
...Benefit; increased well-being or convenience. As a count noun: a benefit received....
19. † aire, n.1 View full entry c1330
...A breed or strain (of hawk). Cf. eyrie2....
20. alley, n.1 View full entry 1360-1
...A passage between buildings; a narrow street or lane, esp. one wide enough only for pedestrians; a back lane....
