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1. aal, n. View full entry 1799
...The noni or Indian mulberry, Morinda citrifolia. Also: the reddish dye obtained from this plant, used (esp. formerly) in India to colour cotton fabrics. Cf. Morinda...
2. aba, n.1 View full entry 1792
...A loose-fitting overgarment of various forms, traditionally worn by esp. Arab men and women. Cf. abaya...
3. abolla, n. View full entry 1700
...In the ancient Roman world: a kind of thick cloak, worn by peasants, soldiers, and others (and, as an affectation, by philosophers)....
4. acanthine, adj. View full entry 1753
...Decorated with representations of acanthus leaves; resembling the leaves or branches of the acanthus....
5. acetate, n. View full entry 1788
...Chem. A salt or ester, or the anion, of acetic acid....
6. adze, v. View full entry 1744
...trans. To carve or cut (at, out, etc.) using an adze....
7. air balloon, n. View full entry 1749
...A type of firework; = balloon3. Obs....
8. † Albert, n.1 View full entry 1740
...A gold coin formerly current in Flanders and the Netherlands. rare....
9. Alençon, n. View full entry 1774
...attrib. Designating a type of fine point lace (point lace2) made originally at Lonray near Alençon, esp. in Alençon lace. Cf. point d'Alençonpoint1e...
10. alizari, n. View full entry 1769
...The root of the either of two plants of the genus Rubia used to produce the red dye madder, wild madder, R. peregrina, and common madder, R....
11. all-or-nothing, adj. and n. View full entry 1764
...Watchmaking. all-or-nothing piece...
12. all-over, adj. and n. View full entry 1771
...That covers or touches most or all of something, esp. the body; of or relating to a garment designed to do this....
13. aloe vera, n. View full entry 1766
...An aloe, Aloe vera, prob. native to North Africa and the Mediterranean but cultivated and naturalized in warm climates worldwide, which is a major source of the drug aloes and...
14. alpaca, n. and adj. View full entry 1747
...A domesticated South American member of the camel family, Vicugna pacos, resembling a small woolly llama and now widely kept for its fine woolly hair....
15. alquifou, n. View full entry 1756
...Galena (lead ore) used as the basis of a green pottery glaze, esp. in Spain and France; potter's ore....
16. ˈamber-seed, n. View full entry 1728
...An old name for the seeds of Abelmoschus moschatus, also called Musk-seed, and Ambrette, used to perfume hair-powder, pomatum, etc....
17. ambrette, n. View full entry 1725
...A kind of pear with an odour of ambergris or musk....
18. ambrosin, n. View full entry 1753
19. amiculum, n. View full entry 1753
...(See quot.)...
20. angle bracket, n. View full entry 1733
...Archit., Engin., etc. A bracket fixed at the corner of a building or other structure, typically to support the eaves or cornice.A bracing or supporting bracket consisting...
