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1. accessit, n. View full entry 1753
...In France: an honourable mention in an examination or competition. Also with preceding ordinal number denoting position in a series of such acknowledgements. Cf. proxime accessit...
2. accredited, adj. View full entry 1738
...Provided with credentials, publicly or officially recognized. Cf. well-accredited...
3. ad eundem, adv. View full entry 1711
...To the same degree, rank, or status at another university or institution; by virtue of having previously attained that degree or status at a different university....
4. 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...
5. aegrotat, n. View full entry 1794
...In a university or college: a certificate that a student is too ill to attend an examination, etc. Cf. aeger...
6. ante-chapel, n. View full entry a1701
...‘A term used in the Universities for the outer part at the west end of a chapel.’ Parker Gloss. Arch.1875....
7. Athenaeum, n. View full entry 1728
...Ancient Greek Hist. The temple of Athene in ancient Athens, in which professors taught their students, and orators and poets rehearsed their compositions. (Similar institutions, with the same name, were afterwards...
8. ayah, n. View full entry 1782
...A native-born nurse or maidservant, employed esp. by Europeans in India and other parts of South Asia....
9. babu, n. View full entry 1763
...A title of respect typically appended (sometimes prefixed) to the surname of a Hindu man....
10. ˈbachelorize, v. View full entry a1739
...To take the degree of bachelor (of Arts, etc.)....
11. Barbe, n. View full entry 1710
...Respectful title given by the Vaudois to their teachers....
12. bas bleu, n. View full entry 1786
...A ‘blue-stocking,’ a literary lady....
13. beak, n.3 View full entry 1799
...A magistrate or justice of the peace....
14. big man, n. View full entry 1789
...A man of high status or importance in a social group, organization, business, etc.; a leader, a boss....
15. bilateral, adj. View full entry 1775
...Of, pertaining to, affecting, or arranged upon two sides; disposed on opposite sides of an axis....
16. blackboard, n. View full entry 1739
...A large board with a dark (usually black) surface for writing or drawing on with chalk, used esp. as a teaching aid in classrooms; a similar board used in shops, restaurants, etc.,...
17. ˈboard-school, n. View full entry 1740
...A boarding-school. Obs....
18. boat race, n. View full entry 1751
...A race between rowing crews....
19. Bob, n.7 View full entry 1707
...In various combinations, denoting persons: as dry-bobwet-boblight-bob...
20. bookism, n. View full entry 1788
...= bookishness...
