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1. a, prep.1 View full entry OE
...Expressing position within, situation, etc.: in, with; = on7a13. Now Eng. regional....
2. aback, adv. View full entry OE
...In a backward direction; to or towards the rear; back. Also fig. and in extended use: from the scene of action, away, to a distance; to a former place or...
3. acre, n. View full entry OE
...A plot or piece of land, a field; spec. a piece of tilled or arable land. Now arch. and in proper names, as Long Acre....
4. adderwort, n. View full entry OE
...The plant bistort, Persicaria bistorta; also called snakeweed; cf. adder's grass1.Dragon arum, Dracunculus vulgaris (obs.)....
5. afeared, adj. View full entry OE
...In a state of fear or apprehension; afraid, scared; moved or influenced by fear....
6. againwards, prep. and adv. View full entry OE
...In a direction facing, towards. Obs....
7. agive, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To give up, give back; to render, surrender. Obs....
8. aldern, adj. and n. View full entry OE
...Of alder (the tree or the wood)....
9. alkin, adj. View full entry OE
...Of every kind or sort; every kind of, all kinds of....
10. alongst, prep. and adv. View full entry OE
...= along1....
11. anent, prep. and adv. View full entry OE
...In a line with, side by side with, in company with, beside. Obs. or dial....
12. April, n. View full entry OE
...The fourth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, containing 30 days and falling between March and May....
13. arse, n. View full entry c1000
...The fundament, buttocks, posteriors, or rump of an animal....
14. † ˈarseling(s, adv. View full entry c1000
...Backwards....
15. † ˈattercop, n. View full entry c1000
...A spider....
16. † ˈattery | ˈattry, adj. View full entry c1000
...Venomous, poisonous....
17. † aught, n.1 View full entry c1000
...Possession; that which one possesses as his own; property....
18. bake, v. View full entry c1000
...trans. To cook by dry heat acting by conduction, and not by radiation, hence either in a closed place (oven, ashes, etc.), or on a heated surface (bakestone, griddle, live coals);...
19. barm, n.2 View full entry c1000
...The froth that forms on the top of fermenting malt liquors, which is used to leaven bread, and to cause fermentation in other liquors; yeast, leaven....
20. † barse, n. View full entry c1000
...Name of a species of fish: the original form of the word subsequently corrupted to base, and bass; still retained in some dialects....
