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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. 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....
3. about, adv., prep.1, adj., and int. View full entry eOE
...In rotation or revolution; round in a circular course. Now rare except in fig. use with verbs....
4. above, adv., prep., n., and adj. View full entry lOE
...With regard to writing: further up on the present page; previously in the text; in a preceding paragraph, passage, etc. See also senses C. 3, D....
5. 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....
6. accumulator, n. View full entry 1611
...A person who accumulates things, esp. wealth or possessions; an acquisitive person....
7. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry ?a1300
...A single point in a game, and related uses....
8. act, v. View full entry c1460
...trans. In early use esp. in conventional formulas....
9. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
10. 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 ...
11. 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....
12. adventure, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A chance occurrence or event, an accident. Obs....
13. afforest, v. View full entry c1503
...trans.Eng. Law. To convert (an area of land) into a royal hunting ground; to give (land) the legal status of a forest (forest2). Cf. disafforest1...
14. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
15. against, prep., conj., adv., and n. View full entry eOE
...In reception of, in welcome of. Obs....
16. aggregate, n. and adj. View full entry a1425
...A complex whole, mass, or body formed by the union of numerous units or particles; an assemblage, a collection....
17. aid, n. View full entry 1419
...A levy or subsidy paid to the Crown to defray military or other extraordinary expenses. Now chiefly hist....
18. aim, n. View full entry c1400
...An object aimed at; a mark, a target....
19. airing, n. View full entry 1587
...The action of exposing to the air, esp. to fresh or warm air in order to ventilate or dry; an instance of this....
20. alickadoo, n. View full entry 1961
...A person who is attached to or associated with a rugby game or club but does not play, esp. an administrative official or committee member....
