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1. aggravated, adj. View full entry 1611
...Exasperated, incensed, irritated, provoked. Freq. in predicative use. Now chiefly colloq....
2. burster, n. View full entry 1611
...He who, or that which, bursts; spec. (Gunnery) a charge of gunpowder for bursting a shell, or the bag containing it. Hence burster-bag...
3. buttoner, n. View full entry 1611
...One who or that which buttons (see button2); a button-hook....
4. chawer, n. View full entry 1611
...One who chaws or chews....
5. chuck, n.3 View full entry 1611
...A slight, sudden blow or upward tap under the chin....
6. die, n.2 View full entry 1611
...Only in phr. to make a die (of it) = to die....
7. disaˈppearing, n. View full entry 1611
...The action of the verb to disappear...
8. district, n. View full entry 1611
...Law. The territory under the jurisdiction of a feudal lord. Obs....
9. down, n.3 View full entry 1611
...The burden of a song. (Cf. down26.)...
10. drill, n.2 View full entry 1611
...An instrument for drilling or boring; applied to contrivances of many kinds for boring holes in metal, stone, and other hard substances, from a pointed steel tool to an elaborate drilling machine....
11. fairish, adj. and adv. View full entry 1611
...Moderately good, passable....
12. flasher, n. View full entry 1611
...One who splashes water. Obs....
13. furnisher, n. View full entry 1611
...One who furnishes, in senses of the vb.; spec. one who supplies furniture....
14. giggle, n. View full entry 1611
...= gigletb. Obs....
15. ˈglass-work, n. View full entry 1611
...pl. (rarely sing.) The works or factory where glass is made....
16. gnasher, n. View full entry 1611
...More fully gnasher of teeth. A person who engages in gnashing or grinding of the teeth, esp. because of anger or anxiety; (fig.) a person who is (excessively)...
17. jumper, n.1 View full entry 1611
...A man or animal that jumps or leaps....
18. lashed, adj.1 View full entry 1611
...Beaten with or as with a whip....
19. listener, n. View full entry 1611
...One who listens; an attentive hearer....
20. maternity, n. View full entry 1611
...The state, condition, or fact of being a mother, or of expecting a child; motherhood. Also: the period during pregnancy (chiefly attrib.: see senses 1a1b)....
