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1. bavian, n. View full entry a1625
...Usu. with capital initial. A character in a morris dance representing a baboon, and typically engaging in wild, foolish, or lewd behaviour....
2. clyster-pipe, n. View full entry a1616
...A tube or pipe for administering clysters....
3. dobbin, n. View full entry 1600
...An ordinary draught or farm horse; sometimes contemptuously, an old horse, a jade....
4. † flap-dragon, n. View full entry 1598
...‘A play in which they catch raisins out of burning brandy and, extinguishing them by closing the mouth, eat them’ (Johnson); = snapdragon...
5. ˈkitchen-wench, n. View full entry a1616
...A girl employed in the kitchen, a kitchen-maid. contemptuous....
6. ladybird, n. View full entry 1597
...A female sweetheart (freq. as a term of endearment). Also (derogatory): a kept mistress; a lewd or wanton woman; a prostitute. Now rare....
7. ˈland-rat, n. View full entry 1600
...A rat that lives on land. †Also used as a term of abuse....
8. mappery, n. View full entry 1609
...The use of maps. In extended use (depreciative): planning and theorizing as opposed to action....
9. runnion, n. View full entry a1616
...Used as a general term of abuse, esp. for a woman....
10. superserviceable, adj. View full entry a1616
...Performing or offering more service than is required or appropriate; overly helpful; officious....
11. ˈtallow-face, n. View full entry 1597
...A pale, yellowish-white face; hence, a person having such a face: a term of contempt....
