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1. attributive, adj. and n. View full entry 1609
...Characterized by attributing. Obs....
2. backing, n. View full entry 1598
...The action of supporting at the back....
3. ballad-monger, n. View full entry 1598
...A maker or seller of ballads; (spec., in depreciative use) one who writes or deals in cheap or slanderous verse....
4. bass-viol, n. View full entry a1616
...A stringed instrument for playing the bass part in concerted music; a violoncello....
5. ˈBergamask, n. View full entry 1600
...a rustic dance, framed in imitation of the people of Bergamo (a province in the state of Venice), ridiculed as clownish in their manners and dialect. Nares....
6. botch, n.2 View full entry a1616
...A botched place or part, a flaw or blemish resulting from unskilful workmanship....
7. bow-hand, n. View full entry 1598
...The hand which holds the bow in archery, i.e. the left hand. Hence, †wide on the bow-hand: wide of the mark, ‘out’....
8. 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....
9. † buzz, int. View full entry 1603
...Said in the Variorum Shakspere (1803) to have been a common exclamation (of impatience or contempt) when any one was telling a well-known story; Schmidt and others say ‘a sound...
10. † caˈnary, v. View full entry 1598
...intr. To dance the canary; to dance in a lively way....
11. cangenet, n. View full entry 1598
...= canzonet...
12. capriccio, n. View full entry a1616
...A sudden sportive or fantastic motion; a prank, trick, caper....
13. castigate, v. View full entry a1616
...trans. To chastise, correct, inflict corrective punishment on; to subdue by punishment or discipline, to chasten; now usually, to punish or rebuke severely....
14. chanson, n. View full entry 1604
...A song (French, or of France)....
15. ˈchimney-piece, n. View full entry a1616
...A picture, piece of sculpture, or of tapestry, placed as an ornament over a fireplace. Obs....
16. ˈchimney-top, n. View full entry a1616
...The part of a chimney that rises above the roof, or more particularly the flat upper surface of this....
17. choir | quire, v. View full entry 1600
...intr. To sing, as a choir; to sing in chorus....
18. ˈclamour | ˈclamor, v.2 View full entry a1616
...Bell-ringing. See quot. and cf. clam...
19. collected, adj. View full entry a1616
...lit. Gathered together, assembled, accumulated....
20. committed, adj. View full entry 1594
...Entrusted, delegated; put in prison; done, perpetrated, etc.: see the verb....
