| an |
| 1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound | |
| 2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable | |
| 3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable | |
| 4. conj. (archaic) If | |
| 5. conj. (archaic) So long as. | |
| An it harm none, do what ye will. | |
| 6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though. | |
| 7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri). | |
| 8. prep. In each; to or for each; per. | |
| I was only going twenty miles an hour. | |
| inveterate |
| 1. adj. firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing | |
| an inveterate disease | |
| an inveterate habit | |
| 2. adj. (of a person) Having had a habit for a long time | |
| an inveterate idler | |
| an inveterate smoker | |
| an inveterate traveller | |
| 3. adj. Malignant; virulent; spiteful. | |
| 4. v. (obsolete) To fix and settle after a long time; to entrench. | |
| smoker |
| 1. n. A person who smokes tobacco habitually. | |
| 2. n. A smoking car on a train. | |
| 3. n. (informal, dated) An informal social gathering for men only, at which smoking tobacco is allowed. | |
| 4. n. (informal, dated, UK, Cambridge University) A social event featuring sketches, songs, etc., whether or not smoking is carried out. | |
| 5. n. A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts. | |
| 6. n. (slang) An illicit boxing match; see Wikipedia:Battle Royal (boxing). | |
| 7. n. A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees; a bee smoker. | |
| 8. n. A person or an apparatus that smokes food. | |
| 9. n. (slang) A two-stroke engine. | |
| 10. n. (slang) Any vehicle with a two-stroke engine, especially a motorcycle, as opposed to a four-stroke motorcycle or stroker. | |
| 11. n. (baseball, informal) A fastball. | |
