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1. Academe, n. View full entry 1598
...orig. and chiefly literary. = academy2....
2. acerb, adj. View full entry a1616
...Of food or flavour: astringently sour or harsh-tasting....
3. aidance, n. View full entry 1593
...Assistance, aid; (occas.) an instance of this....
4. antre, n. View full entry a1616
...A cave, a cavern....
5. bandit, n. View full entry 1594
...lit. One who is proscribed or outlawed; hence, a lawless desperate marauder, a brigand: usually applied to members of the organized gangs which infest the mountainous districts of Italy,...
6. brainsickly, adv. View full entry a1616
...In a brainsick manner, derangedly, madly....
7. changeful, adj. View full entry 1609
...Full of change, greatly given to change; changing, variable, inconstant. (Chiefly poetic.)...
8. choir | quire, v. View full entry 1600
...intr. To sing, as a choir; to sing in chorus....
9. collected, adj. View full entry a1616
...lit. Gathered together, assembled, accumulated....
10. commutual, adj. View full entry 1604
...Mutual, reciprocal. (Chiefly poetic.)...
11. companion, v. View full entry a1616
...trans. To make companion or fellow. Obs....
12. daisied, adj. View full entry a1616
...Adorned with or abounding in daisies. (Chiefly poetic.)...
13. ˈdawning, adj. View full entry 1594
...That dawns; beginning to grow light....
14. deep-mouthed, adj. View full entry a1616
...Having a deep or sonorous voice: esp. of dogs....
15. deracinate, v. View full entry 1609
...trans. To pluck or tear up by the roots; to uproot, eradicate, exterminate. lit. and fig....
16. drug, v.2 View full entry a1616
...trans. To mix or adulterate (food or drink) with a drug, esp. a narcotic or poisonous drug. Also fig. and poet....
17. duello, n. View full entry 1598
...Duelling, as a custom having its laws and rules; the established code of duellists....
18. embound | imbound, v. View full entry a1616
...trans. To set bounds to; to confine, contain, hem in....
19. engrafted, adj. View full entry 1609
...In the senses of the vb. lit. and fig.engrafted holding: = emphyteusis...
20. estate, v. View full entry 1600
...trans. To put (a person) into an estate; to give (a person) an estate or possession, or a secured position, in (a thing); to endow with (possessions)....
