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1. abaht, adv. and prep. View full entry 1839
...About....
2. acause, conj. (and adv.) View full entry 1819
...Because. Also as with of....
3. affordance, n. View full entry 1879
...Eng. regional (Cumberland). The amount a person can afford to pay. Now rare....
4. afterwhile, adv. View full entry 1839
...After a while; later on....
5. agarita, n. View full entry 1891
...An evergreen barberry, Mahonia trifoliata (family Berberidaceae), of the south-western United States and Mexico, having greyish, sharply pointed trifoliate leaves, clusters of yellow flowers, and bright red edible...
6. aggie, n.2 View full entry 1896
...A type of highly-prized playing marble made of agate or variegated glass resembling agate; = agate6....
7. ahi, n. View full entry 1892
...A large tuna; esp. the bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus, and the yellowfin tuna, T. albacares. Also: the flesh of such a fish as food....
8. aholt, adv. View full entry 1868
...= ahold2....
9. allers, adv. View full entry 1833
...= always Freq. in representations of U.S. regional (south.) speech. Cf. allus...
10. aloose, adj. View full entry 1882
...Loose. Only in predicative use....
11. alow, adv.2 View full entry 1818
...In or into flames; ablaze, aflame. Freq. in to set alow. Also fig....
12. † ˈampery, adj. View full entry ?a1875
...‘Weak, unhealthy. Also, beginning to decay, especially applied to cheese.’ Parish Sussex Dial.1875....
13. angledog, n. View full entry 1832
...An earthworm; = angleworm...
14. Anglo, adj.2 and n.2 View full entry 1844
...= Anglo-American2....
15. † aˈnotherkins, adj. View full entry 1863
...Of another or a different kind or character....
16. antsy, adj. View full entry 1838
...Agitated, impatient, restless; also, sexually eager. Also redupl. as antsy-pantsy...
17. arête, n.1 View full entry 1862
...A sharp ascending ridge or ‘edge’ of a mountain. The local name in French Switzerland, whence it has become a technical term with mountain-climbers....
18. ash, v.1 View full entry 1877
...To flog with an ash-stick. Cf. to birch....
19. ˈaverish, v. View full entry 1885
...To consume the eddish, arrish, or average....
20. awbody, pron. View full entry ?1822
...Everybody....
