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1. Babylonically, adv. View full entry 1599
...In a manner characteristic of Babylon or its inhabitants. Also (derogatory): in the manner of a Roman Catholic (see Babylon1)....
2. balladry, n. View full entry 1596
...Ballads collectively, ballad verse or songs; (also) composition of, or in the style of, ballads. In early use often depreciative....
3. † bezonian, n. View full entry 1592
...A raw recruit....
4. † cum-ˈtwang, n. View full entry 1599
...An obsolete term of contempt....
5. ˈdish-wash, n. View full entry 1592
...The greasy water in which dishes have been washed....
6. Frenchery, n. View full entry 1592
...French characteristics, fashions, goods, etc., considered collectively....
7. † ˈlick-spigot, n. View full entry 1599
...One who licks the spigot; a contemptuous name for a tapster or drawer; also, a parasite....
8. merchantly, adj. View full entry 1599
...Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a merchant. Occas. depreciative....
9. newsmonger, n. View full entry 1592
...A person busily involved in the collecting and narrating of news; spec. a gossip....
10. paper-stainer, n. View full entry 1596
...A person who stains or colours paper. Also (humorous and depreciative): an inferior writer; a clerk....
11. pot-hunter, n. View full entry 1592
...cant. Perh.: a sycophant, a parasite. Cf. barnacle3b. Also as a more general term of abuse. Obs....
12. † ˈscrattop, n. View full entry 1593
...(A term of abuse.)...
13. statesman, n.1 View full entry 1592
...A person (esp. a man) who takes a leading part in the affairs of a state; a skilled, experienced, and respected politician. Cf. stateswoman...
14. stitcher, n. View full entry 1589
...One who stitches or sews. In literary use as a general term; in technical use, a person employed in some operation specifically called ‘stitching’ (e.g. in shoemaking, bookbinding). †Formerly also a contemptuous...
15. † windfucker, n. View full entry 1599
...A name for the kestrel: cf. windhover...
