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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. abet, v. View full entry c1380
...trans....
3. abetment, n. View full entry c1380
...Chiefly Law. The action or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed....
4. able whackets, n. View full entry 1785
...Blows given on the palm of the hand with a twisted handkerchief. Hence: a sailors' card game in which the loser of the game (or of a point) receives such blows....
5. abondance, n. View full entry 1888
...A call undertaking to take nine or more tricks in solo whist. Cf. abundance4....
6. 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....
7. above board, adv. and adj. View full entry 1594
...Cards (esp. Gambling). With one's cards visible above the level of the playing table, so as to avoid suspicion of cheating. Also in fig. context. Obs....
8. abundance, n. and adv. View full entry 1340
...An overflowing quantity or amount (of something); a large quantity; plenty....
9. accumulator, n. View full entry 1611
...A person who accumulates things, esp. wealth or possessions; an acquisitive person....
10. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry ?a1300
...A single point in a game, and related uses....
11. Acol, n. View full entry 1938
...A system of bidding designed to enable partners with weaker hands to find suitable contracts. Freq. (and in earliest use) attrib., as Acol player, Acol system,...
12. across the board, adv. and adj. View full entry 1903
...Betting. (Wagered to finish) in either first, second, or third place....
13. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
14. 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....
15. added, adj. View full entry ?a1425
...That is or has been added or added to; additional, increased, extra. Cf. superaddedsuperadd....
16. adventure, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A chance occurrence or event, an accident. Obs....
17. adventurer, n. View full entry 1466
...A person who undertakes or invests in a commercial adventure or enterprise; one who ventures capital in some project, esp. trade or settlement; a speculator. With capital initial: a member of an...
18. against, prep., conj., adv., and n. View full entry eOE
...In reception of, in welcome of. Obs....
19. agate, n. View full entry ?1483
...= jet1a. Obs.rare....
20. age, n. View full entry c1275
...A naturally distinct section of a person's or animal's existence; a particular period or stage of life. Often with defining word or phrase specifying the stage....
