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1. bell, v.3 View full entry 1598
...intr. To bubble....
2. disoblige, v. View full entry 1603
...trans. To set free from obligation; to release from duty or engagement. Const. of, from. Obs....
3. 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...
4. flappy, adj. View full entry 1598
...= flabby1. Obs....
5. frowze, v. View full entry 1611
...trans. To curl, frizz, ruffle, rumple....
6. grout-headed, adj. View full entry 1578
...Thick-headed, stupid....
7. ˈgulchy, adj. View full entry 1598
...Coarsely fat; corpulent....
8. guzzle, n. View full entry 1598
...A gutter, drain. Also fig.Obs. exc. dial....
9. houseling, n.2 View full entry 1598
...A person who usually stays in the house or near to home; a cautious or unadventurous person. Cf. house dove2....
10. inlaid, adj. View full entry 1598
...Laid in, placed or situated within; implanted, fixed within. Obs....
11. kickshaw | kickshaws, n. View full entry 1598
...A fancy dish in cookery. (Chiefly with contemptuous force: A ‘something’ French, not one of the known ‘substantial English’ dishes.)...
12. management, n. View full entry 1598
...Organization, supervision, or direction; the application of skill or care in the manipulation, use, treatment, or control (of a thing or person), or in the conduct of something....
13. nibbler, n. View full entry 1598
...A person who or thing which nibbles....
14. oysterfish, n. View full entry 1611
...An oyster. Obs....
15. paddling, n.1 View full entry 1611
...The action of walking or wading in shallow water, mud, etc., or of dabbling or splashing in water with one's feet or hands....
16. pucker, n.1 View full entry 1598
...A tightly gathered wrinkle or small fold; a pleat, crease, or gathering in a piece of cloth or the like, as caused by drawing a thread or seam too tightly. Also: a...
17. ravel, adj.1 View full entry 1591
...Of bread: made from wholemeal flour, or from flour with the bran left in. Formerly also in extended use. Cf. ravelled...
18. reasy, adj.1 View full entry 1598
...Rancid. Cf. reasty...
19. reeler, n.1 View full entry 1598
...A person who reels or winds something (as yarn, rope, silk, etc.) upon a reel or reels, esp. as part of a manufacturing process; a manufacturer or business specializing in this. Also:...
20. snap-, comb. form View full entry 1603
...With ns. (also forming derivatives)....
