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1. abacus, n. View full entry a1387
...A board or tray strewn with sand in which numbers, letters, diagrams, etc., can be traced and erased. Cf. sandboard1, sand-table(a)sand2a. Now rare...
2. ability, n. View full entry a1398
...Suitableness or adaptation for a purpose; fitness, aptitude; (also) an instance of this. Obs....
3. abnegation, n. View full entry a1398
...Denial of an assertion, statement of what is not the case; absence of evidence for a case. Obs.rare....
4. abound, v.2 View full entry a1398
...trans. To set limits to, to restrain. Obs....
5. abstract, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a word: denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. Freq. in abstract noun. Opposed to concrete....
6. abstractive, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of, relating to, or expressing abstract ideas or concepts; engaged in, or able to engage in, the process of considering something theoretically or in the abstract. Cf. abstract1b....
7. abstractly, adv. View full entry a1398
...Without reference to concrete examples or particular instances; in the abstract....
8. acacia, n. View full entry a1398
...Med. Originally (later more fully German acacia): a gummy medicinal preparation made from the juice of unripe sloes or plums, used esp. as an astringent (now rare)....
9. acceptation, n. View full entry c1400
...favouritism on personal grounds; undue partiality. Cf. acception2....
10. accipiter, n. View full entry a1398
...Originally (chiefly Falconry): a bird of prey, esp. a hawk. In later use spec. (in Ornithol.): a hawk of the genus Accipiter...
11. accounting, n. View full entry a1387
...The action or process of reckoning, counting, or computing; numeration, computation, calculation; (also) an instance of this. Occas. in extended uses. Now chiefly in sense 1b....
12. acephal, n. and adj. View full entry a1387
...Church Hist. = Acephalian Also: †a priest who is not subject to the authority of a bishop (cf. acephali1) (obs.rare). Usu. with capital...
13. acetabulum, n. View full entry a1398
...Roman Hist.A cup to hold condiments, esp. vinegar, for serving at the table.A measure of capacity for liquids and dry granular substances, equal to one-eighth of a sextary (sextary...
14. acinus, n. View full entry a1398
...Bot....
15. actualness, n. View full entry a1398
...Effective power; capacity for action. Cf. actuality1. Obs.rare....
16. adduction, n.1 View full entry a1398
...The action or process of conveying something, esp. towards another; the fact of being so conveyed. Now rare....
17. adeps, n. View full entry a1398
...Animal fat; lard. In early use also: †adipose tissue, esp. that located beneath the skin (obs.)....
18. adjective, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Grammar. That is an adjective (sense B. 1a)....
19. admit, v. View full entry a1387
...trans....
20. admixtion, n. View full entry a1398
...= admixture1. Also: an instance of this....
