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1. abutting, adj. View full entry a1616

...That abuts; facing; adjacent, contiguous; neighbouring....

2. acerb, adj. View full entry a1616

...Of food or flavour: astringently sour or harsh-tasting....

3. † acture, n. View full entry 1609

...The process of acting; action....

4. adoptedly, adv. View full entry a1616

...In an adopted manner; by adoption....

5. † adoptious, adj. View full entry a1616

...Relating to adoption (in sense 1)....

6. advertising, adj. View full entry a1616

...Attending, attentive. Obs.rare....

7. † affectioned, adj.2 View full entry a1616

...Affected in style or behaviour; full of affectation....

8. agued, adj. View full entry a1616

...Affected with or as if with ague; shaky, trembling....

9. airless, adj. View full entry a1616

...Stuffy; unventilated, not open to the air....

10. allayment, n. View full entry 1609

...The action or result of allaying something (in various senses of allay); esp. subduing, assuaging, moderation. Also: an instance of this....

11. † allicholly, n. View full entry a1616

...= melancholy Cf. allicholly...

12. † allicholly, adj. View full entry a1616

...= melancholy Cf. allicholly...

13. † allottery, n. View full entry a1616

...Something that has been allotted to someone; a designated portion or share, an allotment....

14. amazedly, adv. View full entry 1600

...In amazed manner; with stupidity, bewilderment, consternation (obs.); with astonishment, or wonder....

15. ˈanchoring, adj. View full entry 1608

...Coming to anchor; lying at anchor....

16. † an-ˈhungry, adj. View full entry a1616

...Hungry, in a hungry state....

17. annexion, n. View full entry 1609

...The action of annexing; = annexation1....

18. annexment, n. View full entry 1604

...That which is annexed; an adjunct, or supplement....

19. † anthropophaˈginian, n. View full entry 1602

...Used as a sing. to Anthropophagi; an anthropophagist, a cannibal....

20. antre, n. View full entry a1616

...A cave, a cavern....

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