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1. 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....
2. 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...
3. aboundable, adj. View full entry ?1440
...Ample, sufficient; abounding, plentiful....
4. † absinthiate, adj. View full entry ?1440
...Flavoured with wormwood....
5. † admissure, n. View full entry ?1440
...The action or an act (on the part of an animal) of copulating....
6. admixed, adj. View full entry ?1440
...Mixed together or with something else; added as an ingredient or additional element. In early use chiefly as pa. pple....
7. † admove, v. View full entry ?1440
...trans. To apply (something) to another thing; to move (a person or thing) towards something. Chiefly with unto....
8. † adolent, adj. View full entry ?1440
...Growing....
9. adolescent, n. and adj. View full entry ?1440
...A person in the age of adolescence; a youth. Also: an animal at an analogous stage of development....
10. † ador, n. View full entry ?1440
...= spelt...
11. † adure, v. View full entry ?1440
...trans. and intr. To burn (something) completely; to scorch, parch....
12. aestuant, adj. View full entry ?1440
...Boiling; boiling hot....
13. † agrest, adj. and n. View full entry ?1440
...Belonging to the fields; uncultivated, wild; = agrestial; (hence) inferior, coarse....
14. agriculture, n. View full entry ?1440
...Originally: the theory or practice of cultivating the soil to produce crops; an instance of this (now rare).Later also (now chiefly): the practice of growing crops, rearing livestock, and producing...
15. † alethe, v. View full entry ?1440
...trans. To alleviate, moderate....
16. algor, n. View full entry ?1440
...Cold, chilliness; spec. the feeling of being very cold which occurs as the body temperature rises in certain fevers (cf. rigor1); an instance of this....
17. amaracus, n. View full entry c1420
...An aromatic plant, the Dittany of Crete (Origanum dictamnus), by some made the type of a distinct genus (Amaracus)....
18. appetent, adj. View full entry c1420
...Longing, eagerly desirous. Const. after, of....
19. argillose, adj. View full entry c1420
...= argillous...
20. argillous, adj. View full entry c1420
...Clayey, argillaceous....
