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1. acker, n.1 View full entry 1440
...A strong or turbulent current in the sea; a flood tide. Obs....
2. actious, adj. View full entry 1441
...Active, energetic, eager; (also) giving rise to action....
3. adderbolt, n. View full entry 1483
...A dragonfly. Cf. adder3....
4. addition, n. View full entry c1400
...Something which is added or joined to another thing; an appendix, an augmentation; (also) a person who becomes part of a family or other group of people....
5. admire, v. View full entry c1429
...intr. To feel or express wonder, astonishment, or surprise; to marvel....
6. afear, adj. and conj. View full entry c1410
...= afeared...
7. agate, adv. View full entry c1440
...Directly; immediately. Obs.rare....
8. † agateward, adv. View full entry c1450
...On the road or way; (in later use) spec. on the road towards home. Also fig....
9. a great, adv. View full entry c1400
...Altogether, in all; in bulk, in a large quantity, wholesale; by the whole lot or piece....
10. agree, v. View full entry a1413
...trans....
11. agreeable, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c1405
...With to (also †unto). That is to someone's liking; pleasing to a person, or to his or her taste....
12. agreed, adj. View full entry 1409
...Of two or more parties: that are at one on a particular matter; being in agreement; holding the same view or opinion (about, †in, †of, ...
13. aheight, adv. View full entry 1477
...At or to a height; above, aloft....
14. aim, n. View full entry c1400
...An object aimed at; a mark, a target....
15. airish, adj. View full entry c1450
...Of or belonging to the air; aerial, airlike. Now rare....
16. alate, adv. View full entry a1500
...Of late, lately....
17. alefounder, n. View full entry 1483-4
...An official appointed to test the ale brewed in a particular area; = ale conner...
18. allenarly, adv. and adj. View full entry 1444
...Solitarily, alone; only, solely, exclusively. In later use Sc. Law, with reference to liferent....
19. allot, v. View full entry 1473-4
...trans. To give or assign (something) to someone authoritatively, without the recipient having any control; to distribute (shares, duties, etc.) among a number of people; to apportion. Also: to assign (a...
20. alphabet, n. View full entry ?a1475
...A set of letters arranged in a conventional order used in a particular writing system; esp. (with the) the set of 26 letters from A to Z used...
