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1. abbreviate, n. View full entry 1531
...Chiefly Sc. A condensed account of something; an abridgement; a summary; an abstract. Now Sc. Law: a brief notice registering a decree of adjudication (adjudication3a)...
2. † aboutspeech, n. View full entry a1522
...A roundabout phrase, a circumlocution....
3. abreid, adv. View full entry c1540
...= abroad (in various senses)....
4. † absconce, v.1 View full entry 1570
...trans. To hide, conceal....
5. abstracted, adj. View full entry 1555
...orig. Sc. That has been taken away or removed; spec. (esp. in early use) that has been removed unlawfully or dishonestly; stolen, purloined....
6. abthane, n. View full entry a1525
...A senior thane (thane4)....
7. acclaim, n. View full entry 1546
...Sc. A claim, esp. a legal claim. Obs....
8. accresce, v. View full entry 1535
...intr. Chiefly with to in early use. To increase by accretion, grow up....
9. acre-dale, n. View full entry 1592-3
...A method of letting land in small portions of about one acre each; land apportioned in this way. Also in †in (also by) acre-dale and attrib....
10. acting, n. View full entry 1590
...The performance of a play, scene, or similar dramatic piece; the art or occupation of performing parts in plays, films, etc. In extended use: the action of feigning a particular emotion, feeling,...
11. † addecked, adj. View full entry 1553
...That is or has been decked....
12. adhibit, v. View full entry ?1538
...trans....
13. adoors, adv. View full entry 1526
...Of the doors; at the doors. Only with preceding adverb, as out adoors, in adoors. Cf. a door...
14. † adread, conj. View full entry ?1553
...For fear, lest....
15. adry, adv. and adj. View full entry 1578
...In a dry or thirsty condition. poet. in later use....
16. advertising, n. View full entry 1525
...Chiefly Sc. Warning, notification, information. Obs....
17. † advort, v. View full entry 1572
...trans. To miscarry....
18. affeiring, adj. View full entry 1536
...Appropriate, proportionate; proper. Usu. in affeiring to: in a manner appropriate to; in relation or proportion to; (without prepositional object, as an adverbial phrase) in proportion to what is expected;...
19. † afferandly, adv. View full entry 1536
...Appropriately, suitably....
20. afflicted, adj. and n. View full entry 1534
...Grievously distressed, tormented; troubled; oppressed, downtrodden. Also: suggestive of or characterized by affliction....
