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1. backing, n. View full entry 1598
...The action of supporting at the back....
2. baseless, adj. View full entry a1616
...Not having an underlying basis or foundation, groundless; unjustifiable....
3. † bitume, v. View full entry 1609
...To smear or spread with bitumen....
4. bottled, adj. View full entry 1597
...Resembling a bottle, protuberant, swollen....
5. canopied, adj. View full entry 1594
...Covered with, or as with, a canopy....
6. 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...
7. control, n. View full entry 1597
...The fact of controlling, or of checking and directing action; the function or power of directing and regulating; domination, command, sway....
8. enamelled | enameled, adj. View full entry 1600
...Ornamented or covered with enamel, or with a glossy coating resembling enamel. enamelled board: cardboard with a glazed surface. enamelled leather: a glazed leather used for boots, for...
9. fair-faced, adj. View full entry 1594
...Having a fair or light-coloured complexion....
10. gally, v. View full entry 1608
...trans. To frighten, daze, scare, startle. Now only dial. and in the whale fishery. Also dial. to scare away....
11. guiding, adj. View full entry a1616
...That guides, in the senses of the vb....
12. hinge, v. View full entry a1616
...trans. To bend (anything) as a hinge....
13. 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,...
14. investment, n. View full entry 1600
...The act of putting clothes or vestments on; concr. clothing; robes, vestments. Also fig....
15. jig, v. View full entry 1598
...trans. To sing or play as a jig, or in the style of a jig (see jig23). ? Obs....
16. lonely, adj. View full entry a1616
...Of persons, etc., their actions, condition, etc.: Having no companionship or society; unaccompanied, solitary, lone....
17. masoned, adj. View full entry a1625
...Built of or strengthened with masonry. Of stone: cut or dressed by a mason....
18. over-size, v.1 View full entry 1604
...trans. To coat the surface of (paper, cloth, etc.) with size, or with too much size (size2)....
19. † pioned, adj. View full entry a1616
...Dug, excavated. Also fig.The meaning of pioned in quot. 1616 has been much disputed: see the Arden Shakespeareedition (ed. F. Kermode, 1997)....
20. pushpin, n. View full entry 1598
...A children's game in which each player pushes or propels a pin with the object of crossing that of another player. Now rare and hist....
