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1. 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 ...
2. 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....
3. 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,...
4. account, n. View full entry c1300
...Counting, reckoning, enumeration; computation, calculation; (also) a style or mode of reckoning; an amount established by counting. Now chiefly in money of account: see money2....
5. acker, n.1 View full entry 1440
...A strong or turbulent current in the sea; a flood tide. Obs....
6. acquiescency, n. View full entry 1646
...= acquiescence (in various senses)....
7. acre, n. View full entry OE
...A plot or piece of land, a field; spec. a piece of tilled or arable land. Now arch. and in proper names, as Long Acre....
8. acre-dale, n. View full entry 1592-3
...A method of letting land in small portions of about one acre each; land apportioned in this way. Also in †in (also by) acre-dale and attrib....
9. 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...
10. adder, n.1 View full entry eOE
...In generic sense: a snake, a serpent, esp. with reference to the serpent as a manifestation of the devil in the biblical account of the Fall in the Garden of Eden; (hence,...
11. adderbolt, n. View full entry 1483
...A dragonfly. Cf. adder3....
12. adderwort, n. View full entry OE
...The plant bistort, Persicaria bistorta; also called snakeweed; cf. adder's grass1.Dragon arum, Dracunculus vulgaris (obs.)....
13. addition, n. View full entry c1400
...Something which is added or joined to another thing; an appendix, an augmentation; (also) a person who becomes part of a family or other group of people....
14. addle, n. and adj. View full entry OE
...Urine; liquid dung; foul or stagnant water; slime, mire. Chiefly Eng. regional (chiefly south-west.) and Sc. in later use....
15. addling, n.1 View full entry ?c1200
...The action of earning or deserving something; that which a person earns or merits. Obs....
16. ado, n. and adj.1 (and adv.) View full entry a1300
...regional (chiefly Sc. and north.Eng.). As infinitive. to have ado: to have (or need) to do....
17. affodill, n. View full entry a1400
...The plant ramsons, Allium ursinum. Obs....
18. affordance, n. View full entry 1879
...Eng. regional (Cumberland). The amount a person can afford to pay. Now rare....
19. afterings, n. View full entry 1609
...That which remains or is left; the remnant, the remains; (Theol.) a part of the suffering of Christ that remains in the flesh of man. Now Sc. and...
20. afternoon, n., adv., and int. View full entry c1330
...Originally: the part of the day between the midday meal and the evening meal. In later use: the part of the day from noon or lunchtime to evening. Cf. forenoon1...
