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1. a-be, v. View full entry 1718
...Sc., Eng. regional, and Irish English (north.). As infinitive, in phrase to let (also leave, etc.) a-be: to leave off, desist...
2. abeigh, adv. View full entry c1707
...Aloof, apart; away, at a distance....
3. aboil, adv. and adj. View full entry 1774
...Chiefly Sc. In or into a boiling state; at boiling point. Also fig....
4. abthanery, n. View full entry 1796
...An abbacy; the territory and jurisdiction of an abbot; the secular jurisdiction of what were previously abbatial lands. Also: the jurisdiction of an abthane1....
5. a/c, n.1 View full entry 1736
...Account....
6. † acclaimable, adj. View full entry 1735
...Capable of being claimed; liable to be claimed....
7. acid drop, n. View full entry 1783
...A kind of boiled sweet flavoured with tartaric acid and having a sharp, sour taste....
8. acrost, prep. and adv. View full entry 1759
...= across...
9. ad, n.3 View full entry 1799
...= advertisement4a....
10. Adam and Eve, n. View full entry 1789
...N. Amer. Any of several similar North American orchids, esp. the putty-root, Aplectrum hyemale, with a tuber formerly (and sometimes still) used medicinally or carried to protect...
11. advisory, adj. and n. View full entry 1751
...Having the function of or responsibility for giving advice; characterized by the giving of advice; (sometimes) spec. having or consisting in the power to make recommendations, without necessarily being empowered...
12. aerated, adj. View full entry 1783
...Originally: †chemically combined with carbonic acid (cf. carbonated2) (obs.). In later use: containing a gas, typically carbon dioxide, esp. in the form of bubbles. Cf. carbonated...
13. aeriated, adj. View full entry 1794
...= aerated1a....
14. agley, adv. and adj. View full entry 1786
...Awry, wrong; askew; obliquely, asquint. Freq. to go (also gang, etc.) agley....
15. agra, n. View full entry 1757
...As a term of endearment: ‘my love’; ‘dear’....
16. aiblins, adv. View full entry 1720
...Perhaps, possibly....
17. airt, v. View full entry 1782
...trans. To direct, guide (a person or thing) to a place; to point or set moving in a certain direction. Also: to point out, show (something) to a person....
18. aleing, n. View full entry c1736
...Eng. regional (south-east.). A social gathering or festival at which ale is drunk; = ale2. Now hist. and rare....
19. allamotti, n. View full entry 1774
...The European storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus. Chiefly recorded in dictionaries....
20. allus, adv. View full entry 1739
...= always...
