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1. † absconce, v.2 View full entry 1823
...intr. To depart quickly, to flee; = abscond3....
2. absquatulate, v. View full entry 1830
...intr. To abscond, make off. Also occas. trans. with it....
3. absquatulation, n. View full entry 1839
...The action of absquatulate; absconding, making-off....
4. † absquatulize, v. View full entry 1829
...intr. and trans. = absquatulate...
5. † achage, n. View full entry 1875
...The state of having an ache....
6. acher, n. View full entry 1827
...A person who or thing which aches....
7. Adamitism, n. View full entry 1805
...Nakedness; spec. the practice of going naked as a sign of spiritual purity. Cf. Adamite1a....
8. alcoholiday, n. View full entry 1877
...A holiday or period of leisure spent drinking alcoholic liquor....
9. allee samee, adj. and adv. View full entry 1840
...In representations or imitations of (esp. Chinese) pidgin English: all alike; all the same (as someone or something)....
10. analogue, n. and adj. View full entry 1808
...Zool. and Bot. Originally: an extant species which corresponds to a fossil form. Later more widely: a species or group of organisms in one region, ecosystem, or geological period...
11. anecdotage, n. View full entry 1823
...Anecdotes collectively; anecdotic literature....
12. Anglo-Saxonism, n. View full entry 1826
...A word, phrase, or idiom of Old English origin; (hence) an Anglicism....
13. 'Arry, n. View full entry 1874
...Used humorously for: A low-bred fellow (who ‘drops his h's’) of lively temper and manners....
14. assify, v. View full entry c1800
...To make an ass of, turn into an ass....
15. au reservoir, int. View full entry 1839
...= au revoir...
16. avuncular, adj. View full entry 1831
...Of, belonging to, or resembling, an uncle....
17. bar steward, n. View full entry 1888
...A person who serves drinks in a bar; a bartender....
18. benjamin, n.2 View full entry 1810
...An overcoat of a particular shape formerly worn by men. (Still in slang or humorous use.)...
19. bestest, adj. and adv. View full entry 1868
...Used emphatically as superl. of good and of well: very best....
20. bicyclic, adj.1 View full entry 1869
...Of or relating to a bicycle or to the activity of cycling. Cf. bicyclical...
