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1. A, n. View full entry 1609
...Music. The sixth note of the diatonic scale of C major, or the first note of the relative minor scale of C. Also: a key based on a scale which...
2. A, n. View full entry 1740
...Music. Alto....
3. AK in A, n. View full entry 1920
...= alte kacker...
4. ASM in A, n. View full entry 1918
...assistant stage manager....
5. abaser, n. View full entry 1589
...Rhetoric. G. Puttenham's name for: the figure of speech tapinosis (tapinosis); depreciatory phraseology. Obs.rare....
6. abbozzo, n. View full entry 1846
...An outline or draft of a speech or piece of writing. Obs.rare....
7. abbozzo, n. View full entry 1849
...A preliminary sketch for a painting or other work of art; a rough drawing; a cartoon (cartoon1)....
8. abbreviate, n. View full entry 1531
...Chiefly Sc. A condensed account of something; an abridgement; a summary; an abstract. Now Sc. Law: a brief notice registering a decree of adjudication (adjudication3a)...
9. abbreviate, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To shorten (a text, speech, etc.) whilst retaining the sense and substance; to edit into a shorter form, esp. by omitting the less important passages; to condense, summarize, abridge....
10. abbreviate, v. View full entry 1596
...intr. To speak or write concisely; to be brief....
11. abbreviator, n. View full entry 1529
...A person who shortens or abridges something, esp. a text; a summarizer; a compiler. Also: a person given to the use of abbreviations....
12. ABC, n.1 View full entry a1382
...An alphabetical acrostic; a poem of which the successive stanzas or lines begin with the letters of the alphabet in order....
13. abeng, n. View full entry 1890
...A type of bugle made from a cow horn, used by the maroons as a musical instrument and to send signals....
14. abhinaya, n. View full entry 1880
...In Indian dance: the use of any of various expressive techniques to convey a mood, emotion, theme, or idea....
15. abode, n.1 View full entry 1589
...Puttenham's name for: the rhetorical practice of dwelling on a point, or of emphasizing an important point by repeating it several times in different words. Obs....
16. abonné, n. View full entry 1858
...A person who subscribes to a periodical; a season-ticket holder at the theatre. Also in extended use. Cf. abonnement...
17. † aboutspeech, n. View full entry a1522
...A roundabout phrase, a circumlocution....
18. above, adv., prep., n., and adj. View full entry lOE
...With regard to writing: further up on the present page; previously in the text; in a preceding paragraph, passage, etc. See also senses C. 3, D....
19. above, adv., prep., n., and adj. View full entry a1450
...Higher in pitch than; higher on a musical scale than....
20. above ground, adv. and adj. View full entry 1592
...In dancing: with the feet not touching the floor. Obs....
