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1. ambuscado, n. View full entry 1597
...= ambuscade1, ambush1....
2. assailable, adj. View full entry a1616
...Capable of being assailed; open to assault....
3. ballow, n.1 View full entry a1616
...Prob. a misprint for baton, to which the word is emended in many modern editions of King Lear. The Quartos read battero (which is prob. another...
4. bandit, n. View full entry 1594
...lit. One who is proscribed or outlawed; hence, a lawless desperate marauder, a brigand: usually applied to members of the organized gangs which infest the mountainous districts of Italy,...
5. based, adj.3 View full entry a1616
...As the second element in compounds: having or standing on a base of a specified kind....
6. baseless, adj. View full entry a1616
...Not having an underlying basis or foundation, groundless; unjustifiable....
7. Bellona, n. View full entry a1616
...Proper name of the Roman goddess of war; transf. a spirited woman of commanding presence. Beˈllonian...
8. buzzer, n.1 View full entry 1604
...An insect that buzzes. Also fig....
9. chapeless, adj. View full entry a1616
...Wanting a chape or sheath....
10. 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...
11. 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....
12. cudgel, v. View full entry 1598
...trans. To beat or thrash with a cudgel....
13. ˈdarting, adj. View full entry a1616
...trans. Shooting darts; shooting or casting forth like a dart....
14. defeat, n. View full entry 1600
...Undoing; ruin; act of destruction. to make defeat upon (of): to bring about the ruin or destruction of. Obs....
15. duellist | duelist, n. View full entry 1597
...One who fights duels, or practises duelling....
16. fielded, adj. View full entry a1616
...Engaged on a battlefield, fighting in the open field, esp. as opposed to being protected by fortifications. rare....
17. impress, n.2 View full entry 1603
...Impressment; enforced service in the army or navy....
18. impress, v.2 View full entry 1598
...trans. To levy or furnish (a force) for military or naval service, to enlist; spec. to compel (men) to serve in the army or navy (in recent use, only...
19. impressed, adj.2 View full entry 1608
...Enlisted; compelled to serve....
20. investment, n. View full entry 1600
...The act of putting clothes or vestments on; concr. clothing; robes, vestments. Also fig....
