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1. 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....
2. 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....
3. advent, n. View full entry lOE
...Christian Church Chiefly with capital initial. The ecclesiastical season immediately preceding Christmas....
4. alehouse, n. View full entry lOE
...A house or other premises where ale is sold; a public house, a tavern....
5. almightiness, n. View full entry lOE
...The quality or fact of being almighty; omnipotence. Also in weakened sense: prevailing strength, supremacy....
6. an, conj. and n. View full entry ?a1160
...Now usu. in form an'. = andI. (coordinating). Now regional and nonstandard....
7. apple leaf, n. View full entry a1200
...App.: a kind of violet, perh. the sweet violet, Viola odorata. Obs....
8. ar, n.1 View full entry c1175
...Name of the letter R....
9. Araby, adj. and n. View full entry c1175
...Arabian, Arabic. arch. and poet....
10. backbiting, n. View full entry c1175
...The action of detracting, slandering, or speaking ill of one behind his back....
11. baleen, n. View full entry c1185
...A whale. Obs....
12. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
13. bar, n.1 View full entry c1175
...gen. A straight piece of wood, metal, or other rigid material, long in proportion to its thickness....
14. barley, n. View full entry 1124
...A hardy awned cereal (genus Hordeum), cultivated in all parts of the world; used partly as food, and largely (in Britain and the United States, mainly) in the preparation of...
15. baron, n. View full entry a1200
...Hist. Originally, one who held, by military or other honourable service, from the king or other superior; afterwards restricted to the former or king's barons, and at length mostly...
16. † bede, n.2 View full entry c1175
...Command, bidding....
17. † beˈget, n. View full entry c1175
...The action of acquiring; acquisition, gaining; acquisition, gain, profit, advantage....
18. beginning, n. View full entry c1175
...The action or process of entering upon existence or upon action, or of bringing into existence; commencing, origination....
19. behest, n. View full entry c1175
...A vow, promise. Very common in the phr. land of behest: land of promise. Obs....
20. belief, n. View full entry c1175
...Theol....
