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1. AA in A, n. View full entry 1909
...anti-aircraft; cf. ack-ack...
2. AAA in A, n. View full entry 1943
...anti-aircraft artillery; cf. triple-Atriple....
3. A.B. in A, n. View full entry 1810
...able seaman (formerly able-bodied seaman)....
4. ABS in A, n. View full entry 1980
...anti-lock (occas. anti-locking) braking (or brake) system....
5. ACV in A, n. View full entry 1962
...air-cushion vehicle (see air cushion2)....
6. APT in A, n. View full entry 1967
...advanced passenger train....
7. ATV in A, n. View full entry 1969
...all-terrain vehicle....
8. AWD in A, n. View full entry 1959
...all-wheel drive; cf. 4WD...
9. AWS in A, n. View full entry 1961
...automatic warning system, a system which provides audible indications of upcoming signals....
10. A1, adj. View full entry 1776
...Esp. of a wooden ship: first-class in respect of both hull and fittings (originally and esp. as classified in Lloyd's Register: see note in etymology). Also A1 at Lloyd's. Now...
11. aback, adv. View full entry 1661
...Naut. With the front surface of a sail exposed to the wind so that the sail, if square, is pressed back against the mast, or if fore-and-aft, is filled from the...
12. aback, adv. View full entry
...to take aback: see take1....
13. † 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....
14. abaft, adv. and prep. View full entry a1400
...Chiefly Naut. To or towards the rear; backward....
15. abaft, adv. and prep. View full entry 1495
...Naut. In the rear, at the back, behind; spec. in or behind the stern of a ship. Cf. baft1....
16. abaft, adv. and prep. View full entry 1476
...Naut. To the rear of, behind; nearer the stern than. Also in extended use....
17. abandon, n.2 View full entry 1755
...spec. In marine insurance: the relinquishment to the underwriters of all claim to property insured. Cf. abandonment4. Obs....
18. abandon, v. View full entry 1755
...trans.Commercial Law (chiefly in marine insurance). To relinquish to the underwriters all interest in or claim to (property insured) after a loss. Also intr....
19. abandonee, n. View full entry 1804
...A person to whom anything is formally or legally abandoned; spec. (in marine insurance) the underwriters to whom all interest in property insured is relinquished after a loss (cf. ...
20. abandonment, n. View full entry 1764
...Commercial Law (chiefly in marine insurance). The relinquishment to the underwriters of all interest in property insured after a loss; an instance of this....
