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1. aster, n. View full entry 1603
...A star. Obs. as English....
2. aurelia, n. View full entry 1598
...Entomol. The chrysalis or pupa of an insect, esp. of a butterfly. (Now scarcely in use, chrysalis being the ordinary term.)...
3. † ˈcurble, n. View full entry 1598
...= curb1. Also attrib....
4. dishorn, v. View full entry 1603
...trans. To deprive of horns, cut off the horns of....
5. dogwood, n. View full entry 1598
...Originally (more fully common dogwood): the plant Cornus sanguinea (family Cornaceae), a European shrub found in woods and hedgerows having dark red branches, white flowers, and...
6. drainer, n. View full entry 1598
...One who drains; esp. one whose business is to construct field-drains....
7. ˌfellow-ˈcommoner, n. View full entry 1591
...A joint-partaker of anything along with others; esp. one who eats at the same table or shares in a common meal: see commoner56....
8. flower-pot | flowerpot, n. View full entry 1598
...A vessel, most commonly of red earthenware and slightly tapering downwards, to contain soil in which flowers may be planted....
9. foliage, n. View full entry 1598
...The leaves (of a plant or tree) collectively; leafage....
10. ˈhurdle, v. View full entry 1598
...trans. To construct like a hurdle; to wattle....
11. iˈnoculating, n. View full entry 1598
...The action of inoculate in its various uses: inoculation....
12. inoculator, n. View full entry 1611
...One who or that which inoculates....
13. maiden's blush, n. View full entry 1598
...A delicate pink colour. Also fig. Now hist....
14. † oculation, n. View full entry 1611
...= inoculation1a....
15. † ramps, n.2 View full entry 1598
...The rampion bellflower, Campanula rapunculus....
16. resow, v. View full entry 1611
...trans. and intr. To sow again....
17. shelling, n. View full entry 1598
...The action of shell; removal of the shell of peas, nuts, etc. Cf. sheeling1....
18. ˈsickling, n.1 View full entry 1598
...The action of cutting with a sickle. Also attrib....
19. snap-, comb. form View full entry 1603
...With ns. (also forming derivatives)....
20. spring garden, n. View full entry 1603
...A nursery for young plants. In quot. 1603fig.Obs....
