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1. buriable, adj. View full entry 1598

...Capable of being buried. lit. and fig....

2. consistence, n. View full entry 1598

...Standing or remaining still, quiescence; state of rest. Obs....

3. decrepitude, n. View full entry 1603

...The state or condition of being decrepit; a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age. lit. and fig....

4. directness, n. View full entry 1598

...The state or quality of being direct (lit. and fig.); straightness, straightforwardness, plainness....

5. disentangle, v. View full entry 1598

...trans. To free (anything) from that in or with which it is entangled; to disengage, extricate. Const. from, formerly sometimes of....

6. grovelling | groveling, n. View full entry 1611

...The action of the verb grovel; lit. and fig....

7. incoherence, n. View full entry 1611

...lit. Want of cohesion....

8. larve, n. View full entry 1603

...= larva1....

9. myrtly, adj. View full entry 1611

...Full of myrtles; redolent of myrtle....

10. neckcloth, n. View full entry 1598

...A cloth worn round the neck (usually by a man); a cravat, neckerchief. Now chiefly hist....

11. outnumber, v. View full entry 1598

...trans. To exceed in number; to number more than....

12. ray, v.2 View full entry 1598

...intr. Chiefly with preposition or adverb....

13. reanoint, v. View full entry 1611

...trans. To anoint again (lit. and fig.)....

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