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1. ā n.(1)

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(a) The letter A of the alphabet; cp. a-per-se; (b) the letter A used in enumeration, in labeling a diagram or a square on the chess board, the recto of a folio, a star, etc.; (c) the dominical letter……

2. ā n.(2)

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River, stream; -- in names of streams and places [see EPNSoc. 1 (pt. 1.1) & 5 (pp. 161, 165)]. …

3. ab n.

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In weaving: the woof. …

4. abaciste n.

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One who performs calculations with an abacus, an arithmetician. …

5. abacus n.

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Abacus, the instrument, and the art of calculating with it. …

6. abai n.

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(a) The act or occasion of keeping a hunted animal at bay by barking dogs; (b) the confrontation of hounds and the carcass of slain prey (the former encouraged to lunge and bark at the latter); (c) of……

7. abaishaunce n.

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Lack of composure, ?fear. …

8. aba(i)shement n.

Additional spellings: abaishement
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(a) Lowering (of prices); (b) embarrassment, dread, fear. …

9. abait n.

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(a) A setting on (of dogs), pursuit; (b) excitement; power to excite. …

10. abandǒun n.

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Control; under abandoun, under (one's) control; yeven (putten) in or to abandoun, put at (someone's) disposal. …

11. abatailment n.

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Battlement. …

12. abate n.

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No definition available (stub entry)

13. abātement n.

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(a) Lessening, loss; (b) impairment, infringement; (c) lowering (of prices), depreciation; deficiency, as in the weight of a coin; a deduction for light weight; (d) law the quashing of a suit or writ……

14. abater(e n.

Additional spellings: abater
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(a) Something that alleviates pain, an analgesic; (b) a destroyer. …

15. abbā n.

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Father! -- addressed to God & to an abbot. …

16. abbat(h)īe, -cīe n.

Additional spellings: abbathie, abbacie
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(a) The office, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot; (b) an abbey. …

17. abbatisse, -ice n.

Additional spellings: abbatice
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Abbess. …

18. abbeie n.

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The office, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot, abbacy. …

19. abbes(se n.

Additional spellings: abbesse
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A woman superior of a convent of nuns. …

20. abbicion n.

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Deviation, disagreement. …

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