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1. 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....
2. bonded, adj. View full entry 1609
...Held, pledged, or confirmed by bond....
3. cater, v.1 View full entry a1616
...intr. To act as ‘cater’, caterer, or purveyor of provisions; to provide a supply of food for....
4. ˈcheese-ˌparing, n. and adj. View full entry 1600
...A paring of the rind of cheese; an object of no value save in the eyes of a miserly economist....
5. consigned, adj. View full entry 1609
...Committed, delivered, given in trust....
6. dawn, n. View full entry a1616
...The first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise, or the time when it appears; the beginning of daylight; daybreak....
7. dedicated, adj. View full entry 1609
...Sacredly, solemnly, or formally devoted; wholly given up, etc.; inscribed (as a book)....
8. † diˈspurse, v. View full entry a1616
...= disburse, depurse...
9. divest, v. View full entry a1616
...trans. To unclothe, undress, disrobe; to strip of clothing, or of any covering, ornament, etc....
10. entreasure, v. View full entry 1600
...trans. To store up in or as in a treasury....
11. exposure, n. View full entry 1609
...The action of exposing; the fact or state of being exposed....
12. extravagancy, n. View full entry a1616
...A wandering beyond bounds or out of one's course; vagrancy; an instance of this. Obs....
13. eyeball, n. View full entry 1593
...= ball of the eye....
14. featureless, adj. View full entry 1609
...Without good features; ugly. rare....
15. fixture, n. View full entry a1616
...The action of fixing; the process of fixing or settling, or of becoming fixed or settled. ? Obs....
16. ˈfootfall | ˈfoot-fall, n. View full entry a1616
...The fall of the foot on the ground in walking; a footstep, tread....
17. gratility, n. View full entry a1616
...In the Shakespeare passage the clown's humorous perversion for gratuity; so jocularly used by Scott....
18. ˈherb-woman, n. View full entry 1609
...A woman who sells herbs....
19. hostile, adj. and n. View full entry 1597
...Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an enemy; pertaining to or engaged in actual hostilities....
20. impawn, v. View full entry 1598
...trans. To put in pawn; to pledge as security; to pawn....
