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1. abstrusely, adv. View full entry 1611

...Secretly; in a concealed manner. Obs.rare....

2. accompanied, adj. View full entry 1611

...App. = consorteda. Obs.rare....

3. 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....

4. apostrophize, v. View full entry 1611

...Rhetoric. To address with or in an apostrophe....

7. chimer, n.2 View full entry 1611

...One who chimes bells, or plays a set of chimes....

8. condensity, n. View full entry 1611

...Density. Obs....

9. consecutive, adj. View full entry 1611

...Following continuously; following each its predecessor in uninterrupted succession....

10. conˈtractedly, adv. View full entry 1611

...In a contracted or shortened manner; concisely; by contraction: see contracted5....

11. † deˈlineature, n. View full entry 1611

...Delineation; description....

12. diaeresis, n. View full entry 1611

...The division of one syllable into two, esp. by the separation of a diphthong into two simple vowels....

13. diˈffusedness, n. View full entry 1611

...Confusedness, perplexity, obscurity. Obs....

14. down, n.3 View full entry 1611

...The burden of a song. (Cf. down26.)...

15. earless, adj.1 View full entry 1611

...Having no ears:...

16. engagement, n. View full entry 1611

...The pledging or mortgaging (of property); a mortgage, ‘encumbrance’. Obs....

17. essayer, n. View full entry 1611

...In various senses of the vb.; = assayer123....

18. extractor, n. View full entry 1611

...One who extracts....

19. flatting, n.1 View full entry 1611

...The action or process of laying, pressing, or beating out flat; spec. the process of rolling metal into plates; also in Glass-making, the process of flattening a split...

20. fluted, adj. View full entry 1611

...Having, furnished, or ornamented with flutes, channels, or grooves. fluted-scale (Entomol.) = cushion-scalecushion2. fluted spectrum, one in which the spectrum lines appear...

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