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1. † allicholly, n. View full entry a1616
...= melancholy Cf. allicholly...
2. † allicholly, adj. View full entry a1616
...= melancholy Cf. allicholly...
3. ˈbasting, n.3 View full entry a1616
...A cudgelling, beating, thrashing. (In ‘a dry basting’ there is a humorous reference to the preceding.)...
4. bow-wow, int. and n. View full entry a1616
...ˈbaʊˈwaʊ An imitation of the barking of a dog....
5. † conˈfirmity, n. View full entry 1600
...humorously, as a blunder for infirmity....
6. gratility, n. View full entry a1616
...In the Shakespeare passage the clown's humorous perversion for gratuity; so jocularly used by Scott....
7. † temperality, n. View full entry 1600
...Humorously misused for temper or temperature...
8. ˈthree-inch, adj. View full entry a1616
...Measuring three inches in length, thickness, etc. (in first quot. humorous). Also in comb., as three-inch-thick, three-inch-wide....
9. whoa, int. View full entry a1616
...whoa ho ho, used to call attention from a distance. Obs....
