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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. abaser, n. View full entry 1587
...A person who, or thing which, abases....
3. abbozzo, n. View full entry 1846
...An outline or draft of a speech or piece of writing. Obs.rare....
4. abbreviate, n. View full entry 1531
...Chiefly Sc. A condensed account of something; an abridgement; a summary; an abstract. Now Sc. Law: a brief notice registering a decree of adjudication (adjudication3a)...
5. abbreviate, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To shorten (a text, speech, etc.) whilst retaining the sense and substance; to edit into a shorter form, esp. by omitting the less important passages; to condense, summarize, abridge....
6. abbreviator, n. View full entry 1529
...A person who shortens or abridges something, esp. a text; a summarizer; a compiler. Also: a person given to the use of abbreviations....
7. ABC, n.1 View full entry c1325
...The alphabet. Freq. with reference to the teaching or learning of this, now esp. in to know one's ABC. Also in pl. in same sense....
8. abeng, n. View full entry 1890
...A type of bugle made from a cow horn, used by the maroons as a musical instrument and to send signals....
9. abhinaya, n. View full entry 1880
...In Indian dance: the use of any of various expressive techniques to convey a mood, emotion, theme, or idea....
10. abode, n.1 View full entry c1225
...The action of waiting or delaying; a delay. Esp. in without abode: without delay, immediately. Obs....
11. abonné, n. View full entry 1858
...A person who subscribes to a periodical; a season-ticket holder at the theatre. Also in extended use. Cf. abonnement...
12. † aboutspeech, n. View full entry a1522
...A roundabout phrase, a circumlocution....
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. above ground, adv. and adj. View full entry a1393
...Above the ground. Opposed to underground1a....
15. abracadabra, n. and int. View full entry 1565
...An instance or utterance of the magical word ‘abracadabra’, supposed to act as a charm against illness, evil, etc., or (in later use esp.) to assist in the performance of magic; a...
16. abrasive, adj. and n. View full entry 1601
...Having the property of abrading; of the nature of or characterized by abrasion; capable of or used for scraping, rubbing, grinding, etc....
17. abraxas, n. View full entry 1713
...An instance or utterance of the magical word ‘abraxas’, supposed (esp. in Gnosticism) to act as a charm; a gem, amulet, etc., inscribed with this word or other cabbalistic signs. Cf. ...
18. abridge, n. View full entry 1611
...Abridgement, shortening. Obs....
19. abridge, v. View full entry c1384
...trans. To cut short or reduce (a period of time, as the duration of something); to shorten the duration of; to end (something) earlier than expected or planned. Cf. abbreviate...
20. abridged, adj. View full entry a1382
...Shortened, cut short; limited, curtailed....
