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1. A band, n. View full entry 1939

...ence to its optical properties under a polarizing microscope.Hist...

2. † abandon, n.1 View full entry a1425

...e earlier bandon (With to hold under one's abandon2 compare earlier...

3. † abandon, adv. View full entry a1250

... French, Middle French a bandon under (one's) jurisdiction or cont...

4. abbey, n. View full entry c1300

...itish source), religious house under rule of abbot or abbess, wit...

5. ability, n. View full entry a1398

...h initial h from an early date under the influence of its Latin etymon,...

6. aboiteau, n. View full entry 1802

...Suppl. ( 1972) enters this word under the double headword aboideau,...

7. above board, adv. and adj. View full entry 1594

...who, when they put their hands under the table, are changing thei...

8. † ac, conj. View full entry eOE

...orms show signs of development under low stress; this seems to ha...

9. ac-, prefix View full entry

...ier Middle English borrowings. Under classicizing influence, the ...

10. accent, n. View full entry OE

...g added to (speech)’: see note under sense 5. Compare Catalan accen...

11. accost, v. View full entry 1567

... be pronounced again (probably under the influence of Old Occitan ...

12. acquisition, n. View full entry c1400

...stians (as God's chosen people under the Old and the New Covenant...

13. -acy, suffix View full entry

...English of the type described under (iii) are found from at leas...

14. ad-, prefix View full entry

...e found which show remodelling under classicizing influence, e.g....

15. adjuration, n. View full entry c1405

...r: 1500), instance of swearing under oath (1325 or earlier), exorcism...

16. adjure, v. View full entry a1425

...ench adjurer) to bind (oneself) under oath (1174 in Old French as ...

17. admiralty, n. View full entry 1419

...ith naval matters ( 1373), area under the jurisdiction of an admir...

18. aerology, n. View full entry 1735

...mancie and suchlike, contayned under the general name of Magick....

19. aesthetic, n. and adj. View full entry 1764

...the arts a silly pedantic term under the name of Æsthetics..it is...

20. † aethogen, n. View full entry 1843

...sphorescent light that it gave under the blowpipe.N.E.D. ( 1884) gives...

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