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1. Aaron's rod, n. View full entry 1631
...In similative and allusive use: a powerful force which devours or overwhelms everything around it....
2. † abackstays, adv. View full entry 1630
...In line with the direction of the wind; with sails positioned in this way, thus presenting no surface to the wind....
3. abaction, n. View full entry 1623
...The action of driving something away; spec. the action of stealing livestock, esp. cattle, by driving them away....
4. abandon, n.2 View full entry 1614
...The action of abandoning; abandonment, relinquishment; an instance of this....
5. abandonable, adj. View full entry 1611
...Capable of being abandoned....
6. † abarstic, adj. View full entry 1623
...Insatiable....
7. abasing, adj. View full entry 1615
...That abases; humbling, humiliating....
8. Abassian, adj. and n. View full entry 1601
...= Abyssinian2....
9. † abasure, n. View full entry 1647
...The action or an act of abasing; the condition of being abased; humiliation....
10. † abating, prep. View full entry 1631
...If one excepts; with the exception of; except for. Cf. abate11....
11. abbasi, n. View full entry 1615
...A Persian silver coin (originally weighing approx. 9.33 grams) equivalent in value to two mahmudi (mahmudia) or 200 dinars, first issued by the Safavid Shah Abbas I (reigned ...
12. abbot-general, n. View full entry 1607
...An abbot who is head of a congregation consisting of several associated monasteries. Cf. archabbotarchabbey....
13. † ABC, v. View full entry 1611
...intr. To say the alphabet, or letters of the alphabet....
14. † abdite, adj. View full entry 1635
...Recondite; abstruse....
15. abdominous, adj. View full entry 1640
...Having a large, protruding belly; paunchy....
16. abducens, n. View full entry 1615
...An abductor muscle; spec. the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. Also abducens muscle. Now rare....
17. abducent, adj. and n. View full entry 1649
...Anat. and Zool. Designating an abductor muscle; of or relating to abduction. Contrasted with adducent1. Now rare....
18. abducted, adj. View full entry 1623
...That has been taken away by force or deception; kidnapped. Cf. abduct2a....
19. abduction, n. View full entry 1623
...The action of leading or drawing something away; an instance of this. Obs....
20. abductor, n. View full entry 1615
...Anat. and Zool. Any muscle that draws a part of the body away from the median plane or midline, or away from another part. Freq. attrib., esp....
