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1. accelerator, n. View full entry 1611
...gen. A person who or thing which accelerates something (in speed, rate, amount, or extent, or in time)....
2. adonize, v. View full entry 1611
...trans. To adorn, beautify; to titivate. Chiefly refl. (used chiefly of men). Formerly also with †it, with reflexive meaning. Now hist....
3. amerciable, adj. View full entry 1611
...Liable to be amerced....
4. aˈvant-ˌmure, n. View full entry 1611
...The outer wall of a fortress, or in circumvallation. Obs....
5. countercharge, v. View full entry 1611
...trans....
6. district, n. View full entry 1611
...Law. The territory under the jurisdiction of a feudal lord. Obs....
7. engager, n. View full entry 1611
...One who enters into an engagement or agreement; †a surety, guarantor....
8. † filoˈsella, n. View full entry 1611
...A kind of stuff; = filoselleb....
9. libertinage, n. View full entry 1611
...Behaviour characteristic of a libertine; dissoluteness, licentiousness; = libertinism2....
10. 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)....
11. mercurialize, v. View full entry 1611
...intr. To behave in a mercurial manner. Also trans. with it. Obs.rare....
12. miserere mei, n. View full entry 1611
...Intestinal obstruction; the clinical syndrome (severe abdominal pain, faecal vomiting, and obstipation) characteristic of this....
13. montero, n. View full entry 1611
...A cap of a type formerly worn in Spain for hunting, having a spherical crown and (freq. fur-lined) flaps able to be drawn down to protect the ears and neck. Also ...
14. Newfoundlander, n. View full entry 1611
...A native or inhabitant of Newfoundland....
15. paste egg, n. View full entry 1611
...= pasch egg...
16. pegged, adj. View full entry 1611
...Made fast, fixed, or fastened together with a peg or pegs. pegged-out: stretched out flat against a surface by pegs....
17. pegging, n. View full entry 1611
...The action of peg (in various senses); an instance of this. See also level-pegging...
18. phthisical, adj. and n. View full entry 1611
...Of, relating to, or of the nature of phthisis. Now hist....
19. plunger, n. View full entry 1611
...A person who or thing which plunges or dives; a diver....
20. preke, n. View full entry 1611
...An octopus; a cuttlefish....
