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1. † agricole, n. View full entry 1656
...A person who works on the land; a farmer or farm-worker. rare....
2. † arˈbustive, adj. View full entry 1656
...Of or related to shrubs or young trees, shrubby....
3. † aˈssartment, n. View full entry 1670
...= assart...
4. averruncation, n. View full entry 1656
...prop. The warding off or averting (of evils)....
5. hederal, adj. View full entry 1656
...Of or pertaining to ivy....
6. hedeˈriferous, adj. View full entry 1656
...Bearing or producing ivy....
7. ˈhederiform, adj. View full entry 1656
...Resembling ivy....
8. hyacinthine, adj. View full entry 1656
...Of the colour of a hyacinth (either the gem (1a) or the flower). (Chiefly as a poetic or rhetorical epithet of hair, after Hom. Od.vi. 231, ...
9. inarable, adj. View full entry 1656
...Not arable; incapable of being ploughed....
10. inlay, n. View full entry 1656
...The process or art of inlaying. rare....
11. interlucation, n. View full entry 1656
...The action of thinning a tree or wood....
12. † mangonism, n. View full entry 1656
...The action of furbishing up inferior goods for sale. rare....
13. narcissine, adj. View full entry 1656
...Of, relating to, or resembling a plant of the genus Narcissus. Obs.rare....
14. † pascuage, n. View full entry 1656
...The grazing of cattle....
15. pascual, adj. and n. View full entry 1656
...Originally: of or relating to pastureland. Later, of a plant (in H. C. Watson's terminology): growing in pasture or sheep-grazed grassland. Obs....
16. † pascuous, adj. View full entry 1656
...Growing in or relating to pastureland. Cf. pascual...
17. † pecorous, adj. View full entry 1656
...Abounding in cattle....
18. † pecuarious, adj. View full entry 1656
...Of or relating to animals, esp. cattle....
19. pulsator, n. View full entry 1656
...A person who or thing which knocks or strikes. Now rare....
20. † restible, adj. View full entry 1656
...Of land: that is planted or sown every year. Of a crop: that is produced every year from such land. Of a plant: that produces new growth once cut down or thought...
