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1. amputation, n. View full entry 1611

...gen. A cutting or lopping off, as of branches of trees in pruning; also, the cut end. Obs. exc. as fig. use of 2....

2. assortment, n. View full entry 1611

...The action of assorting; assorted condition; arrangement or classification into classes or kinds....

3. attested, adj. View full entry 1611

...Sworn, vouched for, certified, proved....

4. bedder, n.1 View full entry 1611

...One who puts to bed; one who litters cattle....

5. bill-hook, n. View full entry 1611

...A heavy thick knife or chopper with a hooked end, used for pruning, cutting brushwood, etc....

6. ˈbottle, v.2 View full entry 1611

...To make up (hay) into bottles....

7. collarless, adj. View full entry 1611

...Without a collar....

8. ˈdrainable, adj. View full entry 1611

...Capable of being drained....

9. fattener, n. View full entry 1611

...One who or that which makes fat....

10. gardened, adj. View full entry 1611

...Cultivated like a garden....

11. grubby, adj. View full entry 1611

...Infested with grubs....

12. hale, n.5 View full entry 1611

...pl. The two handles of a plough or wheel-barrow....

13. housal, adj. View full entry 1611

...Of, belonging, or relating to a house or household; domestic, domesticated....

14. ˈhusbandable, adj. View full entry 1611

...Capable of being economically used....

15. † inˈhive, v. View full entry 1611

...trans. To put into a hive; to hive...

16. lamb, v. View full entry 1611

...trans. (passive only.) To bear or bring forth; to ‘drop’ (a lamb)....

17. † meadowage, n. View full entry 1611

...Permission to pasture one's cattle in another's meadow....

18. notching, n. View full entry 1611

...The action or process of making notches, esp. in carpentry as a method of joining timbers. Also concr.: the result of this; a notched appearance or effect....

19. † pepinnery, n. View full entry 1611

...= pepinnier...

20. † primer, n.4 View full entry 1611

...A person who prunes trees....

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