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1. † aggravator, n.1 View full entry 1532
...A letter of ecclesiastical censure. Cf. aggravation2....
2. boat, v. View full entry 1508
...trans. To carry, convey, or transport (a person or cargo) in a boat....
3. boating, n. View full entry 1504
...orig. Sc. The action of transporting something by boat; (also esp. in early use) the action of loading something on to a boat in preparation for transportation. Cf. shipping...
4. boyne, n. View full entry 1532
...A flat shallow tub or bowl, esp. (in later use) one for holding milk or one for washing clothes; (also occas.) the amount held by such a container. Cf. ...
5. Britain, n.2 View full entry 1490
...attrib.Sc. Designating a type of cloth or canvas, originally made in Brittany. Cf. Britannia2....
6. † capiteberne, n. View full entry 1473
...App.: a cape or hood....
7. ˈcodware, n.2 View full entry ?1488
...A pillow-case. (Sc. and north. dial.)...
8. colour-de-roy, n. and adj. View full entry 1531
...A cloth of a rich purple colour associated with the French kings (cf. royal purple(a)royal1); this colour itself. Later also: a bright tawny colour; a cloth of...
9. coom, n.2 View full entry 1537
...The wooden centre or centering on which an arch is built....
10. cramer, n. View full entry 1491
...One who sells goods at a stall or booth; also a pedlar or hawker....
11. ˈcurple, n. View full entry 1498
...A crupper....
12. † defease, n. View full entry 1491
...Discharge, acquittance; = defeasance4....
13. † ˈdiacle, n. View full entry 1488
...A small portable dial or compass; a pocket-dial....
14. droich, n. View full entry 1535
...A dwarf....
15. druggery, n. View full entry 1507
...Drugs collectively; medicine, physic; (Sc.) †a drug or medicinal preparation (obs.). Also (in later use): the action of administering drugs....
16. dwang, n. View full entry 1497
...A short, horizontal piece of timber inserted as a reinforcement between joists, struts, and the like....
17. † flote, v.2 View full entry 1473
...trans. ? To trim with ‘fluting’....
18. fulyie, n.1 View full entry 1488
...A leaf. Obs....
19. † gadman, n. View full entry 1515
...The man or boy who directed or guided a team by means of a gad or goad, esp. in ploughing; a goadsman....
20. † galbart, n. View full entry 1488
...= gaberdine...
