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1. abutting, adj. View full entry a1616
...That abuts; facing; adjacent, contiguous; neighbouring....
2. backing, n. View full entry 1598
...The action of supporting at the back....
3. barber, v. View full entry a1616
...trans. To dress the beard and hair of, to trim. Also fig....
4. barefaced, adj. View full entry 1600
...With the face uncovered: hence...
5. bold-faced, adj. View full entry a1616
...Having a bold or confident face or look; usually impudent....
6. bonded, adj. View full entry 1609
...Held, pledged, or confirmed by bond....
7. bonnet, v. View full entry a1616
...intr. ? To take off the bonnet in token of respect; to ‘vail the bonnet’. Obs....
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. caparison, v. View full entry 1597
...trans. To put trappings on; to trap, deck, harness. Also fig....
10. † ˈcenture | ˈcenter, n. View full entry a1616
...A waist-belt, girdle, or cincture...
11. checked, adj.1 View full entry a1616
...Stopped in progress; repressed; restrained....
12. ˈchimney-piece, n. View full entry a1616
...A picture, piece of sculpture, or of tapestry, placed as an ornament over a fireplace. Obs....
13. coign, n. View full entry a1616
...In the Shakespearian phrase coign of vantage: a position (properly a projecting corner) affording facility for observation or action. (The currency of the phrase is app. due to Sir Walter...
14. combless, adj. View full entry a1616
...Without a comb (in various senses: see the n.)....
15. † copataine, n. View full entry a1616
...App. the same as copintank a high-crowned hat in the form of a sugar-loaf. ...
16. crushed, adj. View full entry a1616
...Bruised or broken by pressure; pressed or squeezed out of shape; fig. overwhelmed, subdued utterly....
17. daff, v.2 View full entry 1598
...trans. To put off (as clothes); to throw off, divest oneself of. Obs....
18. Dardan, adj. and n. View full entry a1616
...Trojan, of Troy....
19. discase, v. View full entry a1616
...trans. To remove the case or covering of; to uncase, unsheathe, undress. Also intr. (= refl.)...
20. divest, v. View full entry a1616
...trans. To unclothe, undress, disrobe; to strip of clothing, or of any covering, ornament, etc....
