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1. abaft, adv. and prep. View full entry a1400
...Chiefly Naut. To or towards the rear; backward....
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. abouts, adv. and prep. View full entry a1387
...= about (in various senses). Cf. nearabouts...
4. 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,...
5. afront, adv. and prep. View full entry c1380
...Face to face, in direct opposition; opposite. Obs....
6. † afterlong, prep. and adv. View full entry c1390
...Alongside, along. Cf. endlong...
7. alength, adv. (and adj.) and prep. View full entry c1325
...Throughout the length of something. Obs....
8. † amell(e, adv. and prep. View full entry a1400
...In the middle; between; in the interval....
9. amidst, adv. and prep. View full entry c1340
...absol.Obs....
10. † aˈmidward, adv. and prep. View full entry c1300
...Towards or near the middle or centre....
11. around, adv. and prep. View full entry c1300
...In the round, in circumference; in a round, in a circle. Obs....
12. aside, adv., prep., adj., and n. View full entry c1330
...To one side; out of the way, away....
13. aslant, adv. and prep. View full entry 1398
...On the slant, in a slanting or sloping direction, obliquely....
14. at after, prep. and adv. View full entry a1393
...At a later time than; subsequent to; later than; after....
15. atour, prep. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of position: Over....
16. atwixt, prep. View full entry c1374
...Between....
17. ben, adv., prep., adj., and n.1 View full entry c1375
...Within, towards the inner part; esp. in or into an inner part of the house relatively, in or into the inner part absolutely; into the parlour, etc. from the kitchen;...
18. † beˈyonds, prep. View full entry 1382
...= beyond...
19. † biˈtweies, prep. View full entry c1300
...= betwixt, between...
20. bout, prep.2 and adv.2 View full entry a1325
...In various senses of about (Not in literary prose.)...
