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1. a, int.1 View full entry ?c1200
...Expressing invocation, surprise, or admiration; (also) used to gain attention. Obs....
2. Aaron, n.2 View full entry 1565
...A person resembling the Jewish high priest Aaron, esp. a high priest, a leader....
3. Aaronical, adj. View full entry ?1549
...Of or relating to Aaron; Aaronic....
4. Aaron's beard, n. View full entry 1820
...Any of several plants which are thought to resemble a beard in growth, habit, or appearance; esp.the rose of Sharon, Hypericum calcinum, which has prominent tufts of hair-likeeither...
5. Aaron's bells, n. View full entry 1581
...Originally: the small bells attached to the hem of Aaron's ephod (see quot. 1611 in etymology). In later use also: small bells used as Torah scroll ornaments. Also fig....
6. Aaron's serpent, n. View full entry 1732
...= Aaron's rod1....
7. † ab, n.1 View full entry 1587
...Moisture within timber; sap....
8. aba, n.2 View full entry 1876
...A simplified type of theodolite lacking the artificial horizon sometimes required by the sextant....
9. † abarstic, adj. View full entry 1623
...Insatiable....
10. Abassian, adj. and n. View full entry 1601
...= Abyssinian2....
11. Abbevillian, adj. and n. View full entry 1783
...Of or relating to Abbeville or its inhabitants. Now rare....
12. Abernethian, adj. View full entry 1819
...Of, relating to, or associated with the surgeon John Abernethy or his theories of medicine; spec. designating a blunt manner of speaking reminiscent of that attributed to Abernethy (now ...
13. Abrahamical, adj. View full entry 1683
...= Abrahamic...
14. Acadian, n. and adj. View full entry 1705
...A native or inhabitant of Acadia, a former French colony on the Atlantic seaboard of North America, which included the present Maritime Provinces of Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward...
15. † accub, n. View full entry 1623
...An animal's footprint....
16. † Achillize, v. View full entry 1672
...trans. To harass or chase in a manner reminiscent of Achilles....
17. ackamarackus, n. View full entry 1933
...Something regarded as pretentious nonsense; something intended to deceive; humbug. Freq. in the old ackamarackus....
18. Actaeon, n. View full entry 1567
...(A type of) a cuckold; the husband of an unfaithful wife....
19. 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...
20. Adamish, adj.1 View full entry 1821
...Of or resembling Adam; representative or typical of humanity as a whole; spec. = old Adamishold Adam....
