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1. abaction, n. View full entry 1623
...The action of driving something away; spec. the action of stealing livestock, esp. cattle, by driving them away....
2. abactor, n. View full entry 1659
...A person who steals livestock, esp. herds of cattle, usually by driving the animals away. Also in extended use....
3. Aberdeen, n. View full entry 1839
...a breed of polled black or (less commonly) red beef cattle, originally developed in Aberdeenshire and Angus in Scotland but now widely kept elsewhere; an animal of this breed;the beef from...
4. abrasion, n. View full entry c1550
...The action or process of scraping or grazing something, or of wearing something down by friction; the action or fact of becoming worn down in this way. Also fig....
5. accommodation land in accommodation, n. View full entry 1808
...land adjoining a town or village that is let for cultivation or pasture, esp. of animals prior to slaughter....
6. accommodation paddock in accommodation, n. View full entry 1843
...a paddock used to hold animals in transit and provide pasture for them....
7. accredited, adj. View full entry 1906
...orig. U.S. Of dairy herds (and occasionally other farm animals): certified by a recognized authority as free from a particular disease, typically tuberculosis or brucellosis (cf. tuberculin-testedtuberculin2...
8. acorning, n. View full entry 1818
...The action of looking for, feeding on, or gathering acorns....
9. 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....
10. acre-land in acre, n. View full entry c1330
...ploughed or arable land; a piece of such land; spec. a holding or tenement, varying in extent from 8 to 20 acres according to locality; (now hist.);a piece of land...
11. acreman, n. View full entry OE
...A cultivator of the ground, a farmer; a ploughman; spec. †a manorial tenant; (Sc.) a person who rents a piece of ground of a Scottish acre or more....
12. acremanland in acreman, n. View full entry c1300
...a holding or tenement of arable land, varying in extent according to locality (usually about 10 acres); cf. acre-landacre1....
13. actinobacillosis, n. View full entry 1903
...Disease of cattle, other livestock, and occasionally humans caused by infection with bacteria of the genus Actinobacillus, typically characterized by suppurating nodules like those of actinomycosis but also seen as...
14. actinomycosis, n. View full entry 1877
...Disease caused by bacteria of the genus Actinomyces in cattle, other animals, or humans, typically characterized by the formation of nodular suppurating abscesses, most commonly in the region of the...
15. Adam's Needle, n. View full entry 1872
...The shepherd's needle, Scandix pecten-veneris (family Apiaceae, formerly Umbelliferae), an annual plant native to Eurasia which has white flowers and finely divided leaves, and occurs chiefly...
16. adventive, adj. and n. View full entry 1856
...Ecol. Originally: (of a plant) occurring in a region in which it is not native, but imperfectly naturalized, e.g. restricted to cultivated land, areas around human habitation, etc. In later use...
17. aeroponic, adj. View full entry 1969
...Relating to or involving aeroponics....
18. aeroponically in aeroponic, adj. View full entry 1975
...by means of aeroponics....
19. aeroponics, n. View full entry 1957
...With sing. concord. A method of cultivating plants in which the roots are allowed to hang in the air, and nutrient solution is delivered to them in the form of...
20. † afaite, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To train (a hawk, hound, etc.) to obedience; to tame; (also) to educate (a child)....
