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1. back-stitch, n. View full entry 1611
...A method of sewing in which, for every new stitch, the needle enters behind, and comes out in front of, the end of the previous one....
2. barberess, n. View full entry 1611
...A female barber....
3. † ˈbarrelet, n. View full entry 1611
...A little barrel or cask....
4. † ˈbarriket, n. View full entry 1611
...A small cask, a firkin....
5. batting, n. View full entry 1611
...The action of using or striking with a bat:...
6. bedder, n.1 View full entry 1611
...One who puts to bed; one who litters cattle....
7. bemuffle, v. View full entry 1611
...To muffle up; often fig....
8. bezel, n. View full entry 1611
...A slope, a sloping edge or face: esp. that of a chisel or other cutting tool (commonly basil.)...
9. † ˈbleaker, n. View full entry 1611
...(See quot. 1611.)...
10. borderless, adj. View full entry 1611
...Without a border....
11. † ˈbreward, n. View full entry 1611
...Brim (of a hat); = brerd...
12. buttoner, n. View full entry 1611
...One who or that which buttons (see button2); a button-hook....
13. carling | carline, n.1 View full entry 1611
...Naut. One of the pieces of timber about 5 inches square in section, lying fore and aft under the deck of a ship, with their ends let culvertail-wise into the beams....
14. cartouche, n. View full entry 1611
...Mil....
15. certified, adj. View full entry 1611
...Made certain; assured; certainly informed; attested by certificate; furnished with a certificate....
16. chase, n.3 View full entry 1611
...The hollow furrow or ‘gutter’ on a cross-bow wherein the arrow lies. Obs....
17. click, n.1 View full entry 1611
...A slight, sharp, hard, non-ringing sound of concussion, thinner than a clack, such as is made by the dropping of a latch, the cocking of a gun, etc. Also ...
18. closer, n.2 View full entry 1611
...One who or that which closes (in various senses of the vb.)....
19. ˈcoifless, adj. View full entry 1611
...Without a coif....
20. collarless, adj. View full entry 1611
...Without a collar....
