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1. abaction, n. View full entry 1623
...The action of driving something away; spec. the action of stealing livestock, esp. cattle, by driving them away....
2. ablactation, n. View full entry a1500
...Originally: the weaning of a child or other young mammal. In later use also: suppression or cessation of lactation....
3. ablaqueate, v. View full entry ?1440
...trans. To loosen or remove the soil round the roots of (a tree, vine, etc.) so as to expose them to the sun and rain....
4. ablaqueation, n. View full entry ?1440
...The loosening or removal of the soil round the roots of a tree or vine; the exposure of a plant's roots. Cf. ablaqueate...
5. abrasion, n. View full entry c1550
...The action or process of scraping or grazing something, or of wearing something down by friction; the action or fact of becoming worn down in this way. Also fig....
6. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
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. Adam's Needle, n. View full entry 1730
...Any of several yucca plants with narrow sharp-pointed leaves, esp. (in early use) Yucca gloriosa, and (now more usually) Y. filamentosa, both native to eastern North...
9. adder's grass, n. View full entry c1450
...Any of several plants thought to resemble a snake in some way, or used to treat snakebites; esp. adder's tongue, genus Ophioglossum, and †bistort, Persicaria bistorta...
10. adopt, v. View full entry c1429
...trans....
11. advance, n. and adj. View full entry a1400
...The action of extolling or lauding something; ostentation, boasting. Cf. advancement2. Obs....
12. adventive, adj. and n. View full entry 1605
...That comes from outside or from some external source; extrinsically added; extraneous; foreign. Cf. adventitious1....
13. African, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...A native or inhabitant of Africa; a person of African origin (contextually = black African(a)black5a); spec. (in local usage) such a person as distinguished from...
14. Afrikander, n. and adj. View full entry 1822
...= Afrikaner2. Now hist. and rare....
15. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
16. † after-crop, v. View full entry 1573
...intr. To sow or harvest an after-crop. Also trans.: to sow (ground) with an after-crop....
17. 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...
18. aged, adj. and n. View full entry 1420
...That has lived or existed for a long time; of advanced age; very old....
19. † agistation, n. View full entry 1686
...= agistment...
20. agistator, n. View full entry a1634
...= agister...
