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141. ablūciǒun n.

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Alch. and pharm. The process by which oil or other substances, after being reduced to liquid form, are cleansed of impurities. [An emulsion is formed with hot water; this is allowed to separate, and…

142. ablute adj.

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Having its impurities dissolved or washed away.

143. ablūtī̆f adj.

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Cleansing.

144. abnegāciǒun n.

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(a) A negative assertion, a denial; (b) self-denial, renunciation.

145. abneveu n.

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?A great-great grandson or grandnephew.

146. abobbed ppl. as n.

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The game of blind-man's buff [see first quot.]; pleien abobbed; fig. to fool or delude a helpless person.

147. abobben v.

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(a) To play abobbed with (sb.); (b) fig. to bewilder or mystify (sb.).

148. abōd n.

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(a) The act of waiting, delay; abod of, waiting for, awaiting; (b) non abod, no delay, no hesitation; withouten (buten) abod, without delay, immediately; no leng abod, no longer delay.

149. abolisshen v.

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Do away with (sth.).

150. abolke ppl.

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?Boastful; ?puffed up, inflated.

151. aborchi n.

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The aorta.

152. abōrd adv. & prep.

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(a) At or upon the side of a ship; (b) alongside another ship; (c) onto or aboard a ship; (d) fallen abord with, to become associated with (sb.), agree with.

153. abōrden v.

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To come alongside (a ship); ?to enter or board (a ship).

154. abōrding ger.

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The act of coming alongside a ship (or ships), an encounter of ships.

155. aborst ppl.

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Enraged; ?bristling with rage, ?bursting with rage.

156. aborsum n.

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Abortion, stillbirth.

157. abort n.

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Abortion.

158. abortī̆f, -īve adj. & n.

Additional spellings: abortive
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(a) Born prematurely or dead; (b) as noun: a child born prematurely or dead, a stillbirth; also fig.; (c) one who is born deformed, a monster.

159. abōsten v.

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To address (sb.) in a boastfully defiant manner.

160. abǒuen, -ien v.

Additional spellings: abouien
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To bend, bow, incline; also fig.; abouen in sundre, bend so as to break.