ancient NOUN an ancient was the flag displayed on a ship to show which country it belongs to. It is also called the ensign her ancient and pendants out (Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe)

antic ADJ here antic means horrible or grotesque armed and dressed after a very antic manner (Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift)

antics NOUN antics is an old word meaning clowns, or people who do silly things to make other people laugh And point like antics at his triple crown (Doctor Faustus 3.2 by Christopher Marlowe)

appanage NOUN an appanage is a living allowance As if loveliness were not the special prerogative of woman – her legitimate appanage and heritage! (Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë)

appended VERB appended means attached or added to and these words appended (Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson)

approver NOUN an approver is someone who gives evidence against someone he used to work with Mr. Noah Claypole: receiving a free pardon from the Crown in consequence of being admitted approver against Fagin (Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens)

areas NOUN the areas is the space, below street level, in front of the basement of a house The Dodger had a vicious propensity, too, of pulling the caps from the heads of small boys and tossing them down areas (Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens)

argument NOUN theme or important idea or subject which runs through a piece of writing Thrice needful to the argument which now (The Prelude by William Wordsworth)

artificially ADV artfully or cleverly and he with a sharp flint sharpened very artificially (Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift)

artist NOUN here artist means a skilled workman This man was a most ingenious artist (Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift)

assizes NOUN assizes were regular court sessions which a visiting judge was in charge of you shall hang at the next assizes (Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson)

attraction NOUN gravitation, or Newton’s theory of gravitation he predicted the same fate to attraction (Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift)

aver VERB to aver is to claim something strongly for Jem Rodney, the mole catcher, averred that one evening as he was returning homeward (Silas Marner by George Eliot)

baby NOUN here baby means doll, which is a child’s toy that looks like a small person and skilful dressing her baby (Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift)

bagatelle NOUN bagatelle is a game rather like billiards and pool Breakfast had been ordered at a pleasant little tavern, a mile or so away upon the rising ground beyond the green; and there was a bagatelle board in the room, in case we should desire to unbend our minds after the solemnity. (Great Expectations by Charles Dickens)

bah EXCLAM Bah is an exclamation of frustration or anger “Bah,” said Scrooge. (A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens)

bairn NOUN a northern word for child Who has taught you those fine words, my bairn? (Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë)