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1. agued, adj. View full entry a1616
...Affected with or as if with ague; shaky, trembling....
2. ambuscado, n. View full entry 1597
...= ambuscade1, ambush1....
3. annexion, n. View full entry 1609
...The action of annexing; = annexation1....
4. ˈapoplex, v. View full entry 1604
...To strike with apoplexy, paralyze, benumb....
5. † aˈvouch, n. View full entry 1603
...Guarantee, assurance....
6. barefaced, adj. View full entry 1600
...With the face uncovered: hence...
7. broomstaff, n. View full entry 1623
...The staff or handle of a broom; a broomstick....
8. collied, adj. View full entry 1600
...Rendered ‘colly’; begrimed; blackened; darkened, murky....
9. colly, v.1 View full entry 1600
...trans. To blacken with coal-dust or soot; to begrime....
10. corresponsive, adj. View full entry a1616
...Corresponding, correspondent, answering....
11. discase, v. View full entry a1616
...trans. To remove the case or covering of; to uncase, unsheathe, undress. Also intr. (= refl.)...
12. dispunge, v. View full entry a1616
...trans. To discharge or pour down as from a squeezed sponge. arch....
13. embound | imbound, v. View full entry a1616
...trans. To set bounds to; to confine, contain, hem in....
14. excitement, n. View full entry 1604
...The action of exciting; the fact of being excited; = excitation Somewhat rare....
15. ˈfestinate, adj. View full entry a1616
...Hasty, hurried....
16. ˈfire-new, adj. View full entry 1597
...†Fresh from the fire or furnace (obs.); hence, perfectly new, brand-new....
17. halt, n.2 View full entry 1599
...A halting or limping, a limp. arch....
18. hist, int. (and n.) View full entry 1599
...Used to enjoin silence, attract attention, or call on a person to listen. Also (after use in sense 2) in hist-a-boy. Now somewhat arch....
19. hush, adj. View full entry 1604
...Silent, still, quiet, hushed. arch....
20. ill-tempered, adj. View full entry a1616
...Having the ‘humours’ or elements badly ‘tempered’ or mixed; having a disordered ‘temper’ or constitution; in an unhealthy condition, distempered; in quot. 1661, unwholesome. Obs....
