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1. A, n. View full entry 1735
...Grammar. In form a or (occas.) A. adjective;active (of a verb). Now rare....
2. A.C. in A, n. View full entry 1690
...before Christ; cf. A.D....
3. A.C.C. in A, n. View full entry 1876
...anodal (or anodic) contraction, contraction of a muscle to which the anode is attached when an electrical circuit is closed; an instance of this....
4. A.C.H. in A, n. View full entry 1925
...= aircraft handaircraft2....
5. ACS in A, n. View full entry 1942
...antireticular cytotoxic serum....
6. AK in A, n. View full entry 1911
...= alte kacker...
7. A.S.R.S. in A, n. View full entry 1942
...Air-Sea Rescue Service....
8. a, adj. View full entry c1225
...Followed by an adjective used elliptically, either in a coordinate construction following the noun head (now arch.) or anaphorically. Now rare....
9. a, int.1 View full entry a1500
...Added after the rhyme word at the end of a line in a ballad, song, etc., for metrical reasons. Cf. O3. Now rare....
10. † aa, n.1 View full entry 1430
...A stream, a watercourse....
11. aaron, n.1 View full entry ?c1425
...The wild arum or cuckoo pint, Arum maculatum. Cf. arum...
12. Aaron, n.2 View full entry 1565
...A person resembling the Jewish high priest Aaron, esp. a high priest, a leader....
13. Aaronical, adj. View full entry 1620
...Relating to or characteristic of a high priest; pontifical. Obs.rare....
14. Aaron's beard, n. View full entry 1820
...Any of several plants which are thought to resemble a beard in growth, habit, or appearance; esp.the rose of Sharon, Hypericum calcinum, which has prominent tufts of hair-likeeither...
15. Aaron's bells, n. View full entry 1581
...Originally: the small bells attached to the hem of Aaron's ephod (see quot. 1611 in etymology). In later use also: small bells used as Torah scroll ornaments. Also fig....
16. Aaron's serpent, n. View full entry 1732
...= Aaron's rod1....
17. † ab, n.1 View full entry 1587
...Moisture within timber; sap....
18. aba, n.2 View full entry 1876
...A simplified type of theodolite lacking the artificial horizon sometimes required by the sextant....
19. abac, n. View full entry 1890
...A type of nomogram in which the required value is determined by use of a ruler or other straight edge....
20. abacinate, v. View full entry 1855
...trans. To blind by placing red-hot irons or reflective metal plates in front of the eyes. Also in extended use....
