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1. backing, n. View full entry 1598
...The action of supporting at the back....
2. bump, n.1 View full entry 1599
...A blow somewhat heavy, but rather dull in sound; a sudden collision, more or less violent. So with a bump (fig.), abruptly, with a shock....
3. cheerer, n. View full entry a1616
...He who or that which cheers, comforts, or inspirits; a comforter....
4. chuck, n.2 View full entry 1598
...A familiar term of endearment, applied to husbands, wives, children, close companions....
5. crank, v.1 View full entry 1594
...intr. To twist and turn about; to move with a sharply winding course, to zigzag. Obs....
6. dateless, adj. and n. View full entry 1597
...Having no time limit or fixed term; endless; eternal....
7. dominie, n. View full entry a1625
...A schoolmaster, pedagogue. (Now chiefly Sc.)...
8. flaw, v.1 View full entry 1623
...trans. To make a flaw or crack in; to crack; to damage by a crack or fissure; to cause a defect in, mar....
9. ˈfootfall | ˈfoot-fall, n. View full entry a1616
...The fall of the foot on the ground in walking; a footstep, tread....
10. hint, n. View full entry a1616
...An occasion; an opportunity. (In quot. 1623, ? something to lay hold of, a ‘handle’.) Obs....
11. hurry, v. View full entry 1594
...trans. To carry, convey, or cause to go with excessive haste, under the influence of external pressure or of excitement. Frequently with along, away, down,...
12. kitchen, v. View full entry a1616
...trans. To entertain in the kitchen, to furnish with kitchen-fare. Obs.rare....
13. made-up, adj. View full entry a1616
...Of a person: consummate, accomplished. Obs....
14. miracle, v. View full entry a1616
...trans. (refl.) To reveal by a miracle. Obs.nonce-use....
15. mountaineer, n. and adj. View full entry a1616
...A person who is native to or lives in a mountainous region; (occas.) such a person regarded as ignorant, uncivilized, or uneducated; (U.S.) a hillbilly. Cf. mountain man1a...
16. muset, n.1 View full entry 1594
...A gap in a hedge or fence through which hares, rabbits, or other animals may pass; (also) the lair or form of a hare. Also in extended use. Cf. meuse...
17. nook-shotten, adj. View full entry a1616
...Having many corners, angles, or projections; having an irregular form....
18. ouphe, n. View full entry a1616
...Chiefly literary. An elf; a goblin; spec. the child of an elf or goblin; a changeling. Cf. oaf...
19. pash, n.2 View full entry a1616
...The head; the brain....
20. slaughtered, adj. View full entry 1594
...Of animals (or flesh): Killed for food, etc....
