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1. a, int.2 View full entry c1440
...Prefixed to a proper name as a war cry....
2. † aa, n.1 View full entry 1430
...A stream, a watercourse....
3. aaron, n.1 View full entry ?c1425
...The wild arum or cuckoo pint, Arum maculatum. Cf. arum...
4. † abackwards, adv. View full entry a1477
...= back5. Cf. abackward...
5. † abail, v.1 View full entry 1450
...trans. To provide bail for, to release on bail; (also) to pay bail to....
6. abaisance, n. View full entry a1486
...An act expressing deference or respect, usually a bending forwards of the body; a bow....
7. † abandon, n.1 View full entry a1425
...Chiefly Sc.at (also in) abandoun: recklessly, impetuously; unreservedly, freely. to give in abandon: to give freely....
8. abandoning, n. View full entry a1500
...The action of relinquishing, giving up, or deserting; abandonment....
9. † abandonly, adv.1 View full entry 1487
...Recklessly, impetuously, unguardedly....
10. † abase, adv. View full entry a1450
...Down, low; back....
11. abasement, n. View full entry 1435
...A reduction in price or value (esp. of a currency); the action or fact of making such a reduction. Also in extended use....
12. † abashance, n. View full entry a1450
...The quality or condition of being abashed; loss of self-possession....
13. abashedness, n. View full entry c1480
...The quality or state of being abashed....
14. † abashing, n. View full entry c1404
...The action of abash; an instance of this; (also) the state of being abashed; confusion, consternation, embarrassment....
15. abashment, n. View full entry c1430
...The quality or state of being abashed (cf. abash), discomfiture, embarrassment; an instance of this....
16. abatable, adj. View full entry c1430
...That may be abated; liable to be abated (in various senses of abate)....
17. † abate, n. View full entry 1486
...Diminution, reduction (of a quality, etc.); an instance of this....
18. abate, v.2 View full entry c1436
...trans. (refl.). To take possession of land between the death of the owner and the accession of the heir, thereby keeping the legitimate heir out of possession....
19. † abate, v.3 View full entry a1475
...intr. Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to beat or flap the wings, to flutter. Cf. bate...
20. abated, adj. View full entry ?c1400
...Reduced, diminished, lessened (esp. in quality or amount)....
