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1. A1, adj. View full entry 1776
...Esp. of a wooden ship: first-class in respect of both hull and fittings (originally and esp. as classified in Lloyd's Register: see note in etymology). Also A1 at Lloyd's. Now...
2. able whackets, n. View full entry 1785
...Blows given on the palm of the hand with a twisted handkerchief. Hence: a sailors' card game in which the loser of the game (or of a point) receives such blows....
3. ablute, v. View full entry 1703
...trans. To wash (oneself, or a part of the body). Also in figurative context....
4. ad, n.3 View full entry 1799
...= advertisement4a....
5. 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...
6. Adj., n.2 View full entry 1708
...= adjutant2; also as a title, preceding a surname....
7. 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...
8. aeriated, adj. View full entry 1794
...= aerated1a....
9. aft, n. View full entry 1772
...= afternoon1....
10. agitato, adj., n., and adv. View full entry ?1775
...Music. Especially as a direction: agitated or restless in manner....
11. ahind, prep. and adv. View full entry 1753
...= behind (in various senses)....
12. alley, n.2 View full entry 1720
...A toy marble (marble11a), orig. one of high quality made from marble or alabaster, later also one made from glass or other material. Also (occas.) attrib. in...
13. 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....
14. all-overness, n. View full entry 1792
...colloq. A feeling of illness or extreme agitation seeming to affect the whole body; the state of feeling generally ill; = all-overishness Cf. all-over2. Now ...
15. allsorts, n. View full entry 1794
...colloq. All kinds or varieties of things; miscellaneous items. Cf. it takes all sortssort11d....
16. allus, adv. View full entry 1739
...= always...
17. altumal, adj. View full entry 1711
...Of or relating to sailors or the sea; nautical....
18. A.M. | a.m., adv. and n.1 View full entry 1763
...Contr. of Latin ante meridiem before noon (in which sense it is familiarly read and spoken ˌeɪˈɛm). Also (colloq.) in sense of ‘morning’. Cf. ante...
19. amount, n. View full entry 1710
...The sum total to which anything mounts up or reaches:...
20. anyhow, adv. and conj. View full entry 1740
...Indefinite compound of how: In any way or manner whatever, or however imperfect; in random fashion, unmethodically. Also (slang) with insertion of old: any old...
