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1. Academe, n. View full entry 1598
...orig. and chiefly literary. = academy2....
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. ˈcandle-ˌwaster, n. View full entry 1600
...He who or that which wastes candles by late study at night....
4. ˈcharge-house, n. View full entry 1598
...A house for the charge of youth; a (boarding-) school. Obs....
5. dominie, n. View full entry a1625
...A schoolmaster, pedagogue. (Now chiefly Sc.)...
6. dry-nurse, n. View full entry a1616
...A woman who takes care of and attends to a child, but does not suckle it (opp. to wet-nurse); formerly, also, in the general sense of ‘nurse’. Phr. at...
7. founded, adj. View full entry a1616
...Based, having a (specified) base or ground (with qualifying adverb). †Also without adv. = ‘well founded’, well grounded, etc. (obs.)....
8. unˈeducated, adj. View full entry 1598
...(un-8.)...
9. unˈtutored, adj. View full entry 1594
...Uneducated, untaught; simple, unsophisticated; †rude, boorish:...
10. well-ˈeducated, adj. View full entry 1598
11. † well-ˈentered, adj. View full entry a1616
...Duly initiated....
