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1. altiloquence, n. View full entry 1603
...The quality of being loud, elevated, pompous, or high-flown in manner or expression. Also: speech, language, writing, etc., characterized by this....
2. canton, v. View full entry 1598
...trans. To quarter, divide:...
3. coherency, n. View full entry 1603
...The quality of being coherent or of hanging together in any respect....
4. colourize | colorize, v. View full entry 1611
...trans. To impart a colour to, to imbue with colour. Also fig....
5. contexture, n. View full entry 1603
...The action or process of weaving together or intertwining; the fact of being woven together; the manner in which this is done, texture....
6. contrabass, n. View full entry 1598
...The largest instrument of the violin class, the double-bass, used to add the lower octave to the bass in the orchestra....
7. † conˈvoyance, n. View full entry 1603
...Artful management; cunning device; = conveyance11....
8. cuttingly, adv. View full entry 1611
...In a cutting manner, so as to cut; sharply, acutely....
9. designer, n. View full entry 1598
...A person who makes artistic designs; one who produces drawings and plans for the construction or creation of something according to aesthetic or functional criteria; (more generally) one who creates plans or...
10. dilation, n.2 View full entry 1598
...= dilatation1....
11. dildo, n.1 View full entry 1598
...A word of obscure origin, used in the refrains of ballads. ...
12. disaster, n. View full entry 1598
...An unfavourable aspect of a star or planet; ‘an obnoxious planet’. Obs....
13. embroidered, adj. View full entry 1591
...Of textile fabrics, leather, etc.: Adorned or variegated with figures of needlework. Also of the needlework itself....
14. epode, n. View full entry 1598
...A kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a long line is followed by a shorter one, of metres different from the elegiac; used by Horace in his 5th Book...
15. fife, v. View full entry 1598
...intr. To play on a fife....
16. fluidity, n. View full entry 1603
...The quality or condition of being fluid....
17. flutist, n. View full entry 1603
...A player on the flute....
18. foliage, n. View full entry 1598
...The leaves (of a plant or tree) collectively; leafage....
19. Gregorian, adj. and n. View full entry 1598
...Of or pertaining to Pope Gregory I (who reigned 590–600); chiefly applied to the ancient system of ritual music, otherwise known as plainchant or plainsong (characterized by free...
20. gritty, adj.1 View full entry 1598
...Of the nature of or resembling grit; containing, consisting of, or full of grit; sandy....
