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1. canvass, n. View full entry 1611
...A shaking up; a tossing up and down. Obs....
2. decapitate, v. View full entry 1611
...trans. To cut off the head of (a man or animal); to behead, kill by beheading. Also, to poll a tree, etc....
3. district, n. View full entry 1611
...Law. The territory under the jurisdiction of a feudal lord. Obs....
4. engager, n. View full entry 1611
...One who enters into an engagement or agreement; †a surety, guarantor....
5. league, v.1 View full entry 1611
...trans. To form or join into a league; to band together with; to confederate....
6. memberless, adj. View full entry 1611
...Having no member or members (in various senses)....
7. pairing, n.2 View full entry 1611
...The action of pair (in various senses); an instance of this; an arrangement or match resulting from the organization of people or things into pairs....
8. ripper, n. View full entry 1611
...A person who rips something. Chiefly in specialist and technical uses: one who work involves ripping, sawing, clearing away, etc. (see ripI.)....
