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1. 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....
2. 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....
3. 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....
4. against, prep., conj., adv., and n. View full entry eOE
...In reception of, in welcome of. Obs....
5. aim, n. View full entry c1400
...An object aimed at; a mark, a target....
6. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
7. all out, adv., n., and adj. View full entry c1300
... Entirely, completely, totally. Also as an intensifier. Now chiefly Irish English and Eng. regional (north.)....
8. and, conj.1, adv., and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Simply connective....
9. angle, n.2 View full entry a1325
...A corner of a room or other enclosed space, esp. viewed internally or as a retreating space; a recess, a nook. Also fig....
10. angletwitch, n. View full entry eOE
...A worm used as bait in fishing; an earthworm....
11. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
12. 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....
13. ark, n. View full entry c825
...A chest, box, coffer, close basket, or similar receptacle; esp....
14. arrow, n. View full entry a835
...A slender pointed missile shot from a bow, usually feathered and barbed. Sometimes also applied to the bolts, or quarrels, with thickened heads, discharged from the cross-bow....
15. ask, v. View full entry c885
...trans. To call for, call upon (a person or thing personified) to come. Obs....
16. aunt, n. View full entry 1297
...The sister of one's father or mother. Also, an uncle's wife, more strictly called an aunt-in-law....
17. aver, n. View full entry 1330
...collect. sing. Possession, property, estate, wealth; money....
18. away, adv. View full entry 918
...On (his or one's) way; onward, on, along. Hence used also with come, as still in north. English and Sc., where ‘Come away’ = ‘come along, come on,’ without reference...
19. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
20. back, n.1 View full entry c885
...properly. The convex surface of the body of persons and vertebrated animals which is adjacent to the spinal axis, and opposite to the belly and most of the special organs. It...
