Browse dictionary
Showing 1-20 of 27 results in 27 entries
1. abstract, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a word: denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. Freq. in abstract noun. Opposed to concrete....
2. abyss, n. View full entry a1398
...The primal formless chaos out of which the earth and the heavens were created....
3. † aliet, n. View full entry a1398
...A bird of prey; esp. (in Wyclif) an osprey or a sea eagle; (Heraldry) a merlin or a sparrowhawk....
4. Avellan, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of Avella; filbert-, hazel-; cf. Latin Avellāna nux....
5. boa, n. View full entry 1398
...Zool. A genus of serpents native to the tropical parts of S. America, distinguished for their large size and immense muscular strength. They are destitute of poison fangs, and kill their...
6. † bouge, n.1 View full entry 1387
...A wallet or bag, esp. one made of hide; a skin-bottle; = bulge1. Obs....
7. close, adj. and adv. View full entry a1387
...gen. Closed, shut; having no part left open. Often as complement of predicate, as in to shut close. (Cf. B. 1.)...
8. complement, n. View full entry 1398
...The action of fulfilling or completing; completion, fulfilment, accomplishment. Obs....
9. dented, adj. View full entry 1398
...Bent inward; incurved, hollowed. Obs....
10. diminutive, adj. and n. View full entry 1398
...Grammar. Expressing diminution; denoting something little: usually applied to derivatives or affixes expressing something small of the kind denoted by the primitive word. (Opp. to augmentative.)...
11. doubling, n. View full entry 1398
...Twofold increase, multiplication by two, duplication; †repetition (obs.)....
12. eared, adj.2 View full entry 1398
...Of corn or similar plants: Having ears; in Heraldry having ears of a certain tincture. Also, That has come into ear....
13. fountain, n. View full entry 1398
...A spring or source of water issuing from the earth and collecting in a basin, natural or artificial; also, the head-spring or source of a stream or river. Now ...
14. gutta, n.1 View full entry 1398
...Pharmacol. and Pathol. A drop. In prescriptions gt, pl. gtt. (Cf. gout5b.)...
15. license | licence, v. View full entry 1398
...trans. To give (a person) permission to (do something). Now rare. (In early use the personal obj. may be interpreted as dat., and occas....
16. manticore, n. View full entry a1398
...A fabulous monster having the body of a lion (occas. a tiger), the head of a man, porcupine's quills, and the tail or sting of a scorpion....
17. membered, adj.1 View full entry a1425
...Having members; divided into members; †consisting of links or segments, ornamented with metal plates or links (obs.). Freq. with modifying word or numeral prefixed: having a member or members of...
18. patent, adj. View full entry a1387
...as postmodifier....
19. penned, adj.1 View full entry a1398
...Feathered; having wing feathers or quills (now only as the second element of compounds: see sense 2). Later also (Heraldry): having feathers of a specified tincture....
20. quadrate, adj. View full entry a1398
...That is square or rectangular in form; approximately square or rectangular....
