| Abb (1) | n | Weft of wool |
| Abb (2) | n | Quality of wool, fine or coarse |
| Abb-Chain | n | Carded warp for wool |
| Abbey | n | Great White Poplar |
| Abbey-Lubber | n | Idle person |
| A-Be | v | Leave alone |
| Abier | adj | Dead but unburied |
| Ability | n | Wealth |
| Abin | conj | Because |
| Able | adj | Wealthy |
| Ablish | adj | Somewhat able |
| Ablow (1) | adj | Blooming |
| Ablow (2) | adj | In bloom |
| Aboard | adj | Drunk |
| Aboon (1) | adv | Overhead |
| Aboon (2) | adv | Aloft |
| Abouten | prep | About |
| Abricock | n | Apricot |
| Abroady (1) | adv | Abroad |
| Abroady (2) | adv | Out of doors |
| Abrood | adj | Incubating |
| Abundation | n | Abundance |
| Abuseful | adj | Abusive |
| Acause | conj | Because |
| According | adv | Comparatively |
| Account, lay one's | phr | Make up one's mind |
| Accuse (1) | v | Appoint |
| Accuse (2) | v | Invite |
| Accuse (3) | v | Inform |
| Acock | adj | Triumphant |
| Acold | adj | Cold |
| Acorn | v | To pick up acorns |
| Acquaintance | n | Sweetheart |
| Across (1) | prep | About (of time) |
| Across (2) | prep | Around (of time) |
| Acrouped | adj | Crouched |
| Adapted (1) | adj | Accustomed to |
| Adapted (2) | adj | Experienced |
| Adder | n | Snake (any kind) |
| Adder-And-Snake Plant | n | Bladder Campion |
| Adder's Fern | n | Common Polypody |
| Adder's Poison | n | Black Bryony |
| Adderwort | n | Bistort |
| Addick | n | Adder |
| Admire | v | Wonder at |
| Adone | v | Cease |
| Adreamed (1) | adj | Dreaming |
| Adreamed (2) | adj | Dozing |
| Adry | adj | Thirsty |
| Advance | v | Push onesself forward |
| Afield | adv | In the fields |
| Afire | adv | On fire |
| Aforward | adv | Forward |
| Afront | adv | In front |
| Afterclap | n | Evil consequence |
| Afterings | n | The last milk that comes before a cow's udder is empty |
| Afternoon | adj | Procrastinating |
| Against | prep | Again |
| Agar | int | A form of oath/interjection |
| Agast | adj | Afraid |
| Agastment | n | Sudden terror |
| Agate | n | The best kind of playing marble, glass with variegated colours |
| Agig | adj | Giggling |
| Agig | adj | Excited |
| Agister | n | Pasture-fed animal |
| Agistment | n | Pasture feeding |
| Agive | v | Give |
| Aglet | n | Metal end of a bootlace |
| Ago | pp | Gone |
| Ago | pp | Finished |
| A-Gog | adv | Going |
| A-Goggle | adv | Trembling |
| Agone | adv | Ago |
| Agone | adv | Since |
| Aground | adj | On the ground |
| Ahead | adv | Overhead |
| Ahind | adv | Behind |
| Ahome | adv | Indoors |
| Ahuh | adj | Awry |
| A-Hungered | adj | Hungry |
| Aichee | n | Hedge sparrow |
| Aigle | n | Icicle |
| Aigre | adj | Sour |
| Ail (1) | n | Illness |
| Ail (2) | n | Beards of grain |
| Ailing-Iron | n | An instrument for removing the spears from barley |
| Aish | n | One of the strata of Purbeck beds |
| Aitch-Bone | n | Rump of beef |
| Aitredan | n | Prank |
| Aizam-Jazam | adj | Equal in weight, size or value |
| Aketha | int | Indeed |
| Alablaster | n | Alabaster |
| Alack | int | Alas |
| Alarm | n | Cry of a bird or animal |
| Alas-A-Day | int | Alas |
| Alassen | conj | Less than |
| Aleer | adj | Unladen |
| Ale-Hoof | n | Ground-Ivy |
| Alice | n | Alyssam |
| Alie | adv | Lying flat |
| Alkitotle | n | Fool |
| All To Pieces | adv | Thoroughly |
| Aller | n | Boil |
| Allernbatch | n | Carbuncle |
| Alley | n | Goal-line |
| All-Fired (1) | adj | Enormous |
| All-Fired (2) | adj | Excessive |
| All-Good | n | Good King Henry (Clienopodiuni Boitus-Henricus) |
| All-Hallow | n | All Saints' Day |
| Alligator's Back | n | Serrated ridge of tiles |
| Alligoshee | n | A children's game |
| Allonce | adv | Together |
| All-Overish | adj | Out of sorts |
| All-Overish | adj | Nervous |
| Allow (1) | v | Suppose |
| Allow (2) | int | Tally-ho! |
| Allowed | adj | Licensed |
| Ally | n | A boy's marble made of alabaster |
| Almond | n | A gland of the ear or throat |
| Almous | n | Alms |
| Along | adj | Slanting |
| Along | prep | During |
| Along Of, On, With | prep | Owing to |
| Alongside Of, On | prep | Beside |
| Alongst | adv | Lengthwise |
| Aloud | adj | Very bad (eg "Stinks aloud" = smells very bad) |
| Alter | n | Improve |
| Alteration | adj | Changeable (of weather) |
| Altering | adj | Likely to improve |
| Altery | adj | Looking like rain |
| A-Masked | adj | Bewildered |
| A-Massy | int | Have mercy |
| Amble | v | Walk |
| Amendment | n | Manure |
| Aminded | adj | Inclined |
| Ammil | n | Hoar-frost |
| Amoo | n | Cow |
| Amove | adj | Crawling with |
| Amper | n | Pustule |
| Ampered | adj | Poisoned |
| Ampered | adj | Decaying |
| Ampery | adj | Pimply |
| A-Mullock | adv | Untidily |
| An (1) | conj | If |
| An (2) | conj | Than |
| Anby | adv | Presently |
| Anchor | n | Tounge of a buckle |
| Ancient | n | National ensign (nautical) |
| Ancle-Jack | n | Heavy boot |
| Ancliff | n | Ankle |
| Andier-Dogs | n | Andirons |
| An-Dogs | n | Anirons |
| Anear | prep | Near |
| Anearst | prep | Near |
| Aneast | prep | Near |
| Aneath, Prep. | prep | Beneath |
| Anent | prep | Or more |
| Anewst | prep | Almost |
| Anger-Nail (1) | n | Earthworm |
| Anger-Nail (2) | n | Slow-worm |
| Angle-Berry (1) | n | A fleshy excrescence on a cow's foot |
| Angle-Berry (2) | n | Earthworm |
| Angle-Berry (3) | v | Poaching for fish |
| Angle-Berry (4) | n | An enclosure for sheep |
| Angle-Berry (5) | adj | Mischievous |
| Angle-Berry (6) | v | Loiter |
| Angle-Berry (7) | n | Snare |
| Angry | adj | Inflamed |
| Anguish | n | Inflammation |
| Anigh | prep | Near |
| Anighst | prep | Near |
| Anight | adv | At night |
| Annoy | v | Hurt |
| Anoint | v | Chastise |
| Anointer | n | Mischievous person |
| Anon? | int | What did you say? |
| Answer | n | Bite (of fish) |
| Answerable | adj | Durable |
| Anthony-Pig | n | Runt |
| Antic | n | Quirks |
| Antle-Beer | adj | Crosswise |
| Anunder | prep | Beneath |
| Any When | adv | Any time |
| Apast | prep | After |
| A-Pisty-Poll | adj | Carried piggy-back |
| Aponted | adj | Tainted |
| Appear | n | Appearance |
| Apple-Bird | n | Chaffinch |
| Apple-Blowth | n | Apple blossom |
| Apple-Bout | n | Apple dumpling |
| Apple-Drane | n | Wasp |
| Apple-Foot | n | Apple turnover |
| Apple-Owling | n | The custom of knocking down the worthless fruit after the apple harvest |
| Apple-Pie | n | Mugwort |
| Apple-Pie Flower | n | Mugwort |
| Apple-Pummy | n | Apple pulp |
| Apple-Stucklin | n | Apple turnover |
| Approof | n | Approval |
| Apricock | n | Apricot |
| Aprilled | adj | Sour |
| Apropo | v | Resemble |
| Aps | n | Aspen |
| Apse | n | Abcess |
| Aptycock. | n | Clever person |
| A-Purpose | adv | On purpose |
| Apurt | adj | Sullen |
| Apurted | adj | Sullen |
| Aquat (1) | v | Squatting |
| Aquat (2) | adj | Satiated |
| Arch | v | Throw |
| Aready | adj | Ready |
| Arl | n | Alder |
| Arly-Bone | n | Hip-bone (of pig) |
| Arm | n | Axle |
| Arm | v | Walk arm-in-arm with |
| Arm-Hole | n | Armpit |
| Arris | n | Edge |
| Arrish | n | Stubble field |
| Arrow-Root | n | Arum |
| Arse | n | Buttocks |
| Arseward | adv | Backwards |
| Arsy-Versy (1) | adv | Upside-down |
| Arsy-Versy (2) | adv | Head-over-heels |
| Article | n | Worthless person |
| Artificial | n | Chemical manure |
| A-Scat | adj | Shattered |
| A-Scram | adj | Withered |
| Ascride | prep | Astride |
| A-Sew | adj | Dry of milk (of a cow) |
| Ashard | adj | Ajar |
| Ashen | adj | Made of Ash wood |
| Ashore | adj | Ajar |
| Asker (1) | n | Newt |
| Asker (2) | n | Beggar |
| Askew | adj | Splayed (of legs) |
| Askings | n | Banns of marriage |
| Aslat | adj | Cracked |
| Aslen | adv | Diagonally |
| Aslew | adj | Awry |
| Asoon | adv | Presently |
| Asp | n | Aspen |
| Asplew | adj | Splayed (of legs) |
| Asprawl | adj | Sprawling |
| Asquat | v | Squatting |
| Assinego | n | Donkey |
| Astore | adv | Speedily |
| Astraddle | prep | Astride |
| Astrout | adj | Stretched out stiffly |
| Athin | prep | Within |
| Athirst | adj | Thirsty |
| Athout | prep | Without, outside |
| Athwart | prep | Across |
| Atop | prep | On top |
| Attact. | v | Attack |
| Attercop | n | Spider |
| Attern | adj | Ill-natured |
| Attery (1) | adj | Pustulent |
| Attery (2) | adj | Irritable |
| Attice | n | Adze |
| Atwist | adj | Twisted |
| Atwixt | prep | Between |
| Atwo | adv | In half |
| Aught | pron | Anything |
| Aumper. | v | Foster |
| Auncel | n | Steelyard (balance) |
| Aunt | n | An older woman, not necessarily a relative |
| Author | n | Informant |
| Avang | n | Leather strap on saddle |
| Avel | n | Beard of barley |
| Avrore | adj | Frozen stiff |
| Awaked | adj | Awake |
| Away with | phr | Put up with |
| Awhile | v | Have time |
| Awkward | prep | Backwards |
| A-Worth | adv | Worth |
| Ax | n | Axle |
| Axe, Flower Of The | n | Heath Lobelia |
| Axen | n | Ashes |
| Ax-Waddle (1) | n | Dirty person |
| Ax-Waddle (2) | v | Wallow |
| Ay | int | Hey! |
| Aye | adv | Yes |
| Aye Sure | adv | Emphatically yes |
| Aye-No-Bent | n | Perennial rye-grass |
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