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1. abode, n.1 View full entry c1225
...The action of waiting or delaying; a delay. Esp. in without abode: without delay, immediately. Obs....
2. accent, n. View full entry OE
...Any of a set of marks originally used with a letter to indicate the nature and position of the spoken accent, later of stress, in a written word; (also) any of these...
3. adumbrate, v. View full entry 1537
...trans. orig. Theol. To represent beforehand by a figure or type; to be an early indication or version of; to foreshadow. Also: to symbolize....
4. Aeolus, n. View full entry a1748
...= Aeolian harpAeolian....
5. aerial, adj. View full entry ?1545
...Dwelling, flying, or moving in the air, above the earth; occurring or taking place in the air; (spec. of birds or bats) spending much of the time airborne....
6. afterpiece, n. View full entry 1642
...Any additional item that follows a main work; (Theatre) an additional entertainment, spoken or sung, usually but not invariably comic, intended to be performed after a play or other theatrical...
7. Aganippe, n. View full entry a1586
...Used allusively to denote the source of poetic inspiration, or a person's poetic power, voice, or method. Also attrib., as Aganippe spring, Aganippe well, etc....
8. agate, n. View full entry ?1483
...= jet1a. Obs.rare....
9. agony, n. View full entry c1384
...Christian Church. In sing. and pl. The mental struggle or anguish of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26: 36–46)....
10. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
11. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
12. Almain, n. and adj. View full entry c1330
...A native or inhabitant of Germany or the lands corresponding to modern Germany; a German. Chiefly arch. and literary in later use....
13. angel, n. View full entry c950
...A ministering spirit or divine messenger; one of an order of spiritual beings superior to man in power and intelligence, who, according to the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and other theologies, are the...
14. angle, v.1 View full entry a1398
...Freq. with adverb or prepositional phrase indicating direction....
15. anneal, v. View full entry a1000
...To set on fire, kindle, inflame. lit. and fig.Obs....
16. answer, v. View full entry c950
...intr. To speak in reply or opposition to a charge or accusation, to make a rebutting statement, defend oneself....
17. antecedent, n. View full entry 1393
...A thing or circumstance which goes before or precedes in time or order; often also implying causal relation with its consequent....
18. Arcady, n. View full entry 1590
19. as, adv. and conj. View full entry OE
...Of quantity or degree: in that degree, to that extent (in or to which). Obs....
20. ascend, v. View full entry 1382
...intr. (occas. emphasized by a redundant up) To go or come up, originally by a gradual motion, to a relatively higher position....
