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1. aback, adv. View full entry OE
...In a backward direction; to or towards the rear; back. Also fig. and in extended use: from the scene of action, away, to a distance; to a former place or...
2. abaht, adv. and prep. View full entry 1839
...About....
3. † abandonly, adv.1 View full entry 1487
...Recklessly, impetuously, unguardedly....
4. abashedly, adv. View full entry ?a1500
...In an abashed manner....
5. † abefore, adv. View full entry 1431
...Before, formerly....
6. abeigh, adv. View full entry c1707
...Aloof, apart; away, at a distance....
7. able, adj., adv., and n. View full entry a1382
...In predicative use, with for (in early use also with to). Capable of, having sufficient strength or power for; ready for, fit to cope with. Now chiefly ...
8. ables, adv. View full entry 1673
...Perhaps, possibly; = aiblins...
9. ablow, adv. and prep. View full entry 1829
...= below (in various senses)....
10. aboard, adv. and prep. View full entry a1393
...Alongside, on one side (of a ship or a shore). Freq. modified by hard, close. See also board on boardboard12d....
11. aboil, adv. and adj. View full entry 1774
...Chiefly Sc. In or into a boiling state; at boiling point. Also fig....
12. about, adv., prep.1, adj., and int. View full entry eOE
...In rotation or revolution; round in a circular course. Now rare except in fig. use with verbs....
13. above, adv., prep., n., and adj. View full entry lOE
...With regard to writing: further up on the present page; previously in the text; in a preceding paragraph, passage, etc. See also senses C. 3, D....
14. abreid, adv. View full entry c1540
...= abroad (in various senses)....
15. abroad, adv., prep., and n. View full entry c1300
...Over a broad or wide area; widely, broadly; †so as to be fully open or outspread (obs.). In later use more commonly with reference to non-physical things, as news, information,...
16. ack emma, n. and adv. View full entry 1909
...The signal used to denote the letters a.m. (for ante meridiem) in telephone communications, etc.; (hence colloq.) the morning....
17. acrost, prep. and adv. View full entry 1759
...= across...
18. adoors, adv. View full entry 1526
...Of the doors; at the doors. Only with preceding adverb, as out adoors, in adoors. Cf. a door...
19. adreigh, adv. View full entry a1393
...At or to a distance; away, off. Cf. dreigh...
20. adry, adv. and adj. View full entry 1578
...In a dry or thirsty condition. poet. in later use....
