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1. † alectryomachy, n. View full entry 1656
...Cockfighting. Cf. alectoromachy...
2. † aˈstragalize, v. View full entry ?a1656
...‘To play at dice.’ Cockeram 1623. ‘To play at Dice, Huckle-bones, or Tables.’ Blount Gl.1656....
3. † baˈlister, n.2 View full entry 1679
...An arbalest, a crossbow....
4. bisque, n.1 View full entry 1656
...Real Tennis. A term for the odds which one player gives the other in allowing him to score one point once during the ‘set’ at any time he may elect. Also...
5. bouillon, n. View full entry 1656
...Broth, soup. Also in comb.bouillon cube...
6. ˈcaracol | caracole, v. View full entry 1656
...intr. Of a horseman or horse: To execute a caracol or caracols. Often used loosely for ‘to caper about’. Also transf. of other animals....
7. croupade, n. View full entry 1656
...(See quot. 1884.)...
8. equestrian, adj. and n. View full entry 1656
...Of or pertaining to horse-riding. Also of persons: Skilled in horse-riding....
9. explosion, n. View full entry 1656
...The action of treating with scorn, rejecting or scouting (a notion, system, etc.); rejection....
10. hinnible, adj. View full entry 1656
...Able to neigh or whinny....
11. hipparch, n. View full entry 1656
...Commander of the horse; the title of officers appointed to command the cavalry in ancient Greece....
12. hippogriff | hippogryph, n. View full entry 1656
...A fabulous creature, like a griffin, but with body and hind-quarters resembling those of a horse....
13. livery stable, n. View full entry 1661
...A stable where horses are kept at livery (livery6a), or (now hist.) are let out for hire (with or without a carriage). Cf. livery and bait...
14. passade, n. View full entry 1656
...Horse Riding. The action or an act of riding a horse back and forth over the same short stretch of ground; (Dressage) an exercise in which a horse passes...
15. † piscary, n.2 View full entry 1656
...A fisher or angler; a fishmonger....
16. † pugilation, n. View full entry 1656
...Fighting with the fists; boxing....
17. † quadrupedant, adj. and n. View full entry 1656
...= quadrupedal1a....
18. † reimbosk, v. View full entry 1656
...trans. = reimbush...
19. suicide, n.2 View full entry 1656
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20. † ˈvauterer, n. View full entry 1679
...= fewterer...
