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1. Mohawk, n. and adj. View full entry 1634
...A member of a North American Indian people, one of the original five of the Iroquois Confederacy, inhabiting parts of southern Ontario and northern New York State....
2. nocake, n. View full entry 1634
...Maize which is parched and pounded into meal, used as an article of food. Cf. rokeag, yokeage...
3. papoose, n. View full entry 1634
...A young North American Indian child, esp. (in recent use) an infant carried in a papoose carrier. Now generally regarded as offensive....
4. skunk, n. View full entry 1634
...A North American animal of the weasel kind, Mephitis mephitica, noted for emitting a very offensive odour when attacked or killed....
5. † squanter-squash, n. View full entry 1634
...A squash....
6. tomahawk, n. View full entry 1634
...The axe of the North American Indians, used as a weapon of war and the chase, and also as a tool and agricultural implement; in English use the word is usually applied...
7. webb | webbe, n. View full entry 1634
...(See quots.)...
