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1. abider, n. View full entry 1435
...A person who is steadfast, or who perseveres. Obs.rare....
2. abiding, n. View full entry 1340
...The action of waiting at a certain point; stopping, pausing, hesitation; a pause, delay. Cf. abide2a. Obs....
3. abigail, n. View full entry 1616
...A lady's maid; a female servant or attendant....
4. abodement, n.1 View full entry 1565
...A foreboding; a presage, omen, a prediction....
5. abroad, adv., prep., and n. View full entry c1300
...Over a broad or wide area; widely, broadly; †so as to be fully open or outspread (obs.). In later use more commonly with reference to non-physical things, as news, information,...
6. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
7. abstersion, n. View full entry ?a1425
...The act or process of wiping clean, cleansing, scouring, or purging. Also concr.: †an abstersive agent (obs.)....
8. absumption, n. View full entry 1617
...The process of gradually destroying something, or of wasting away....
9. abysm, n. View full entry c1350
...= abyss1c. Now arch. and rare....
10. accepter, n. View full entry ?a1425
...A person who or thing which accepts or receives something. Cf. acceptor1b....
11. accidie, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Physical or mental slothfulness, esp. as a condition leading to listlessness and lack of interest in life; apathy, lethargy, torpor; (also) †an instance of this (obs.)....
12. accipitrary, n. View full entry 1633
...A person who keeps and trains hawks or falcons; a falconer....
13. accouchement, n. View full entry 1730
...The confinement of a woman to bed for the birth of a child; the delivery of a child, childbirth. Also: an instance of this. Cf. accoucheur...
14. accoucheuse, n. View full entry 1795
...A woman who assists in childbirth, esp. one who is professionally trained; a (female) midwife....
15. accursed, adj. and n. View full entry c1225
...That has been cursed; lying under a curse; doomed to perdition or misery....
16. accursedness, n. View full entry 1549
...The quality or state of being accursed; wretchedness....
17. accursing, n. View full entry a1382
...The action of accurse; an instance of this....
18. ack emma, n. and adv. View full entry 1909
...The signal used to denote the letters a.m. (for ante meridiem) in telephone communications, etc.; (hence colloq.) the morning....
19. acquiescence, n. View full entry 1612
...The action, condition, or quality of acquiescing (acquiesce2a); untroubled contentment, quiet satisfaction. Now arch. and rare....
20. 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....
