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1. Aaronic, adj. View full entry 1652
...Of or relating to Aaron or the order of priesthood which he is taken to represent; Levitical. Also: characteristic of or relating to a high priest....
2. Aaron's rod, n. View full entry 1631
...In similative and allusive use: a powerful force which devours or overwhelms everything around it....
3. † abarstic, adj. View full entry 1623
...Insatiable....
4. Abassian, adj. and n. View full entry 1601
...= Abyssinian2....
5. Aberdeen, n. View full entry 1639
...attrib. Of or relating to Aberdeen; spec. designating things originating in, made in, or associated with Aberdeen, as Aberdeen granite, Aberdeen sausage, etc....
6. Abrahamic, adj. View full entry 1699
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of the biblical patriarch Abraham; (also) of, relating to, or belonging to the group of religions comprising Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, which trace their origin to Abraham....
7. Abrahamical, adj. View full entry 1683
...= Abrahamic...
8. Abyssinian, n. and adj. View full entry 1660
...Any of the languages spoken by the inhabitants of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia). Now usu. spec.= Amharic...
9. † accub, n. View full entry 1623
...An animal's footprint....
10. Acehnese, n. and adj. View full entry 1692
...A native or inhabitant of the province (formerly a sultanate) of Aceh in northern Sumatra....
11. † Achillize, v. View full entry 1672
...trans. To harass or chase in a manner reminiscent of Achilles....
12. Adamic, adj. View full entry 1657
...Of, belonging to, or characteristic of Adam; resembling Adam in nature or condition. Cf. Adamical...
13. Adamist, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1623
...A person who follows or imitates the behaviour of Adam in the Garden of Eden; spec. = Adamite1a....
14. Adam's ale, n. View full entry 1643
...Water (as a drink)....
15. adam's fig, n. View full entry c1602
...The fruit of any of several plants of the genus Musa; a banana or plantain. Also (in full Adam's fig tree) the plant itself. Now hist....
16. adatis, n. View full entry 1653
...Very fine Indian muslin....
17. † adorat, n. View full entry 1671
...A weight of four pounds (approx. 1.81 kilograms)....
18. † adsolve, v. View full entry 1605
...intr. With infinitive. To resolve....
19. adventious, adj. View full entry 1633
...= adventitious (in various senses)....
20. aggry, n. View full entry 1683
...A substance which forms the material of certain kinds of bead used in West Africa. Chiefly in aggry bead: a type of variegated glass bead found esp. in Ghana....
