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ABATEto shorten To cast down To blunt ABATEMENTdiminution ABHORprotest; disgust ABIDEto sojourn to expiate ABLEto uphold ABRIDGEMENTa short play ABROADaway, apart ABROOKto brook, abide ABSEY-BOOKa primer ABSOLUTEpositive, certain Complete ABUSEto deceive ABUSEdeception ABYto expiate a fault ABYSMabyss ACCITEto cite, summon ACCUSEaccusation ACHIEVEto obtain ACKNOWN'to be acknown' is to acknowledge ACQUITTANCEa receipt or discharge ACTION-TAKINGlitigious ACTUREaction ADDITIONtitle, attribute ADDRESSto prepare oneself ADDRESSEDprepared ADVANCEto prefer, promote to honour ADVERTISEMENTadmonition ADVERTISINGattentive ADVICEconsideration, discretion ADVISEsometimes neuter, sometimes reflective, to consider, reflect ADVISEDconsiderate ADVOCATIONpleading, advocacy AFEAREDafraid AFFECTto love AFFYto affiance To trust AFRONTin front AGAZEDlooking in amazement AGLET-BABYthe small figure engraved on a jewel AGNISEto acknowledge, confess A-GOODa good deal, plenteously A-HOLDa sea-term AIERIEthe nest of a bird of prey AIMa guess ALDER-LIEFESTmost loved of all ALEalehouse ALLOWto approve ALLOWANCEapproval AMES-ACEtwo aces, the lowest throw of the dice AMORTdead, dejected ANif ANCHORan anchorite, hermit ANCIENTan ensign-bearer ANGELa coin, so called because it bore the image of an angel ANIGHTby night ANSWERretaliation ANTHROPOPHAGINIANa cannibal ANTICKthe fool in the old plays ANTREa cave APPARENTheir-apparent APPEALaccusation APPEALto accuse APPEAREDmade apparent APPLE-JOHNa kind of apple APPOINTMENTpreparation APPREHENSIONopinion APPREHENSIVEapt to apprehend or understand APPROBATIONprobation APPROOFapprobation, proof APPROVEto prove To justify, make good APPROVERone who proves or tries ARCHchief ARGALa ridiculous word intended for the Latin ergo ARGENTINEsilver ARGIERAlgiers ARGOSYoriginally a vessel of Ragusa or Ragosa, a Ragosine; hence any ship of burden ARGUMENTsubject ARMIGEROa mistake for Armiger, the Latin for Esquire AROINTfound only in the imperative mood, get thee gone A-ROWin a row ARTICULATEto enter into articles of agreement to exhibit in articles ASKto require ASPECTregard, looks ASPERSIONsprinkling; hence blessing, because before the Reformation benediction was generally accompanied by the sprinkling of holy water ASSAYattempt ASSAYto attempt, test, make proof of ASSINEGOan ass ASSUBJUGATEto subjugate ASSURANCEdeed of assurance ASSUREDbetrothed ATOMYan atom Used in contempt of a small person ATONEto put people at one, to reconcile to agree ATTACHto seize, lay hold on ATTASKEDtaken to task, reprehended ATTENDto listen to ATTENTattentive ATTORNEYan agent ATTORNEYto employ as an agent To perform by an agent AUDACIOUSspirited, daring, but without any note of blame attached to it AUGURaugury AUTHENTICclothed with authority AVAUNTint. be gone, a word of abhorrence AVEthe Latin for hail; hence acclamation AVE-MARYthe angelic salutation addressed to the Blessed Virgin Mary AVERRINGconfirming AVOIDget rid of AWFULworshipful AWKWARDcontrary BACCAREkeep back BACKWARDthe hinder part; hence, when applied to time, the past BAFFLEembarrass BALKEDheaped, as on a ridge BALLOWa cudgel BALMthe oil of consecration BANto curse BANKto sail by the banks BARMyeast BARNa child BARNACLEa shellfish, supposed to produce the sea-bird of the same name BASEa game, sometimes called Prisoners' base BASESan embroidered mantle worn by knights on horseback, and reaching from the middle to below the knees BASILISKa kind of ordnance BASTAenough BASTARDraisin wine BATEto flutter, as a hawk BATEto except To abate BAT-FOWLINGcatching birds with a clap-net by night BATLETa small bat, used for beating clothes BATTLEarmy BAVINused as an a piece of waste wood, applied contemptuously to anything worthless BAWCOCKa fine fellow BAWDprocurer BAYthe space between the main timbers of the roof BEADSMANone who bids bedes, that is, prays prayers for another BEARING-CLOTHa rich cloth in which children were wrapt at their christening BEATto flutter as a falcon, to meditate, consider earnestly BEAVERthe lower part of a helmet BEETLEa mallet BEINGdwelling BEINGsince, inasmuch as BE-METEto measure BE-MOILEDdaubed with dirt BENDINGstooping under a weight BENVENUTO(Italian), welcome BERGOMASKa rustic dance BESHREWevil befal BESTRAUGHTdistraught, distracted BETEEMto pour out BETIDhappened BEZONIANa beggarly fellow BIDINGabiding-place BIGGENa night-cap BILBERRYthe whortleberry BILBOa sword, from Bilboa, a town in Spain where they were made BILBOESfetters or stocks BILLa bill-hook, a weapon BINbeen, are BIRD-BOLTa bolt to be shot from a crossbow at birds BIRDINGpart. hawking at partridges BISSONblind BLANKthe white mark in the middle of a target;hence, metaphorically, that which is aimed at BLENCHto start aside, flinch BLENTblended BLOOD-BOLTEREDsmeared with blood BLOWto inflate BOARDto make advances to; accost BOBa blow, metaph. a sarcasm BOBto strike, metaph. to ridicule, or to obtain by raillery BODGEto botch, bungle BODIKINa corrupt word used as an oath. 'Od's Bodikin,'