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1. † ab, n.1 View full entry 1587
...Moisture within timber; sap....
2. † abarstic, adj. View full entry 1623
...Insatiable....
3. aberdevine, n. View full entry 1728
...The siskin, Carduelis spinus, esp. as a cage bird....
4. † accub, n. View full entry 1623
...An animal's footprint....
5. ackamarackus, n. View full entry 1933
...Something regarded as pretentious nonsense; something intended to deceive; humbug. Freq. in the old ackamarackus....
6. adatis, n. View full entry 1653
...Very fine Indian muslin....
7. addra, n. View full entry 1833
...In full addra gazelle. The dama gazelle, Gazella dama; spec. one of the eastern red-necked subspecies G. d. ruficollis....
8. † adorat, n. View full entry 1671
...A weight of four pounds (approx. 1.81 kilograms)....
9. adze | adz, n. View full entry eOE
...A tool similar to an axe, with a blade set at right angles to the shaft and curving inwards towards it, used for cutting or slicing away the surface of wood. Also:...
10. aggry, n. View full entry 1683
...A substance which forms the material of certain kinds of bead used in West Africa. Chiefly in aggry bead: a type of variegated glass bead found esp. in Ghana....
11. akimbo, adv. and adj. View full entry c1460
...With hands on hips and elbows turned outwards....
12. Akubra, n. View full entry 1912
...A proprietary name for: a hat made by the Akubra company, esp. a broad-brimmed type traditionally worn by Australian farmers and cattlemen; (more generally) any similar hat. Also attrib....
13. Alar, n. View full entry 1965
...A growth regulator formerly applied to apples and other fruit in order to control the ripening process and to enhance the quality of the crop....
14. alickadoo, n. View full entry 1961
...A person who is attached to or associated with a rugby game or club but does not play, esp. an administrative official or committee member....
15. † alker, n. View full entry 1381
...A kind of pudding consisting of pieces of fruit set in a base of rice flour and almond milk. Cf. moile1....
16. allan, n. View full entry a1612
...A predatory seabird; esp. the arctic skua, Stercorarius parasiticus. Cf. dirty Allan, scouty-aulin...
17. alliballie, n. View full entry 1718
...A type of very fine muslin produced in Bengal; a piece of such fabric....
18. † alp, n.2 View full entry a1425
...The bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula....
19. anbury | ambury, n. View full entry 1598
...A soft tumour or spongy wart on horses and oxen....
20. † ˈancome, n. View full entry 1538
...‘An ulcerous swelling rising unexpectedly’ (Wright); a boil; an imposthume; by some later authors applied to a whitlow....
