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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. aboiteau, n. View full entry 1802
...Esp. in the Maritime Provinces of Canada: a sluice gate in a dyke, which allows water draining from the land to flow out but does not allow sea water to enter. Also:...
3. aboiteau, v. View full entry 1899
...trans. To provide (a river) with a dyke containing an aboiteau....
4. academic, n. and adj. View full entry lOE
...Philos. Usu. with capital initial. An ancient philosopher of the Academy, the school of Plato and his followers; an adherent of the philosophical school of Plato; a Platonist....
5. acclaim, v. View full entry c1330
...trans.Sc. and Eng. regional. To lay claim to, to claim. Obs....
6. acclamation, n. View full entry 1541
...An act of acclaiming; an exclamation or other expression of sentiment addressed to someone in a loud voice....
7. aglu, n. View full entry 1835
...A breathing-hole in the ice, made by a seal. Cf. blow-hole4....
8. agrology, n. View full entry 1849
...Soil science, esp. it relates to the production of crops. Now rare....
9. aid, n. View full entry 1419
...A levy or subsidy paid to the Crown to defray military or other extraordinary expenses. Now chiefly hist....
10. airsome, adj. View full entry 1584
...Placed high in the air, lofty. Also: of the nature of air. Obs....
11. alligator, n.2 View full entry 1591
...Any of various broad-snouted crocodilians constituting the family Alligatoridae, found chiefly in the New World and including the caimans; (now) spec. either of two members of the genus...
12. allophone, n.2 View full entry 1977
...Esp. in Quebec: a non-native Canadian whose first language is neither French nor English....
13. Anglais, n. View full entry 1833
...Chiefly among French Canadians: (originally) a Canadian of British descent; (now chiefly) a Canadian whose first language is English....
14. article, v. View full entry c1434
...trans. To formulate or set out in articles; to specify, to particularize. Freq. with that-clause as object: to state. Also occas. intr.Obs....
15. atom, n. View full entry OE
...In and with reference to the medieval period: the smallest unit of time, of which there are 376 in a minute and 22,560 in an hour, equal to 1594...
16. babiche, n. View full entry 1806
...Strips of rawhide or sinew used as laces, thread, webbing, etc., esp. in snowshoes....
17. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
18. bachelor, n. View full entry 1297
...A young knight, not old enough, or having too few vassals, to display his own banner, and who therefore followed the banner of another; a novice in arms. [On this sense was...
19. bachelorette, n. View full entry 1965
...= bachelor girlbachelor1a orig. and chiefly Canad....
20. back forty, n. View full entry 1936
...An (undefined) acreage of usually uncultivated land forming the remotest part of a farm, ranch, etc. Also fig....
