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1. Aaron's serpent, n. View full entry 1732
...= Aaron's rod1....
2. abandonedly, adv. View full entry 1723
...In an abandoned manner; spec.without moral or sexual constraint, profligately;without bounds or restriction, freely....
3. † abandum, n. View full entry 1729
...Anything which is sequestered, proscribed, or abandoned....
4. † abannation, n. View full entry 1721
...= abannition...
5. † abarcy, n. View full entry 1730
...Insatiableness....
6. † abarticulation, n. View full entry 1721
...= diarthrosis...
7. † abatude, n. View full entry 1729
...Something which is or has been diminished....
8. abbey laird, n. View full entry 1700
...An insolvent debtor taking sanctuary in the precincts of Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh. Cf. abbey3....
9. abdicative, adj. View full entry 1731
...Characterized by abdication....
10. abditive, adj. View full entry 1727
...Hidden. Obs.rare....
11. a-be, v. View full entry 1718
...Sc., Eng. regional, and Irish English (north.). As infinitive, in phrase to let (also leave, etc.) a-be: to leave off, desist...
12. abeigh, adv. View full entry c1707
...Aloof, apart; away, at a distance....
13. abelmosk, n. View full entry 1719
...Any of several plants of the tropical genus Abelmoschus, esp. A. moschatus, with aromatic seeds which yield a musky oil, formerly used medicinally and as a substitute for...
14. aberdevine, n. View full entry 1728
...The siskin, Carduelis spinus, esp. as a cage bird....
15. aberrate, v. View full entry 1749
...intr. To go astray; to deviate from a usual course or mode of behaviour. Also: to produce aberration....
16. aberuncate, v. View full entry 1731
...trans. To pull up by the roots; to remove entirely....
17. † abesse, n. View full entry 1725
...A thinly-rolled piece of pastry....
18. † abgregation, n. View full entry 1730
...Separation. Cf. abgregate...
19. Abipon, n. and adj. View full entry 1717
...A member of a South American people formerly inhabiting the Gran Chaco region of Argentina and Paraguay....
20. † abjectate, v. View full entry 1731
...trans. To abject....
