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1. all hid, n. (and int.) View full entry 1598
...The game of hide-and-seek. Also as : the call used in the game (see note)....
2. backing, n. View full entry 1598
...The action of supporting at the back....
3. bail, v.3 View full entry 1609
...To confine. rare....
4. betting, n.1 View full entry a1616
...The making of bets, wagering. Also (Horse Racing), the odds offered. to change the betting, i.e. the course of the betting on an event, put for ‘the chances,...
5. bow-hand, n. View full entry 1598
...The hand which holds the bow in archery, i.e. the left hand. Hence, †wide on the bow-hand: wide of the mark, ‘out’....
6. 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....
7. caparison, v. View full entry 1597
...trans. To put trappings on; to trap, deck, harness. Also fig....
8. capriccio, n. View full entry a1616
...A sudden sportive or fantastic motion; a prank, trick, caper....
9. coasting, n. View full entry 1609
...Sailing along the coast, or trading between the ports of a country. (See also .)...
10. collected, adj. View full entry a1616
...lit. Gathered together, assembled, accumulated....
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. cudgelling, n. View full entry 1609
...The action of the verb cudgel:...
14. curvet, v. View full entry 1593
...intr. Of a horse: To execute a curvet, leap in a curvet. Said also of the horseman....
15. discarded, adj. View full entry a1616
...Cards. Thrown out from the hand....
16. dobbin, n. View full entry 1600
...An ordinary draught or farm horse; sometimes contemptuously, an old horse, a jade....
17. exposure, n. View full entry 1609
...The action of exposing; the fact or state of being exposed....
18. fielded, adj. View full entry a1616
...Engaged on a battlefield, fighting in the open field, esp. as opposed to being protected by fortifications. rare....
19. † fill, n.2 View full entry 1600
...pl. The thills or shafts of a cart. sing. The pair of shafts, ‘the space between the shafts’ (Johnson)....
20. † fives, n.1 View full entry a1616
...= avives...
