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1. adderbolt, n. View full entry 1483
...A dragonfly. Cf. adder3....
2. afraidly, adv. View full entry 1481
...In an alarmed or frightened manner....
3. aheight, adv. View full entry 1477
...At or to a height; above, aloft....
4. backside, n. View full entry 1489
...The hinder or back part; the back, the rear....
5. buff, int. and n.4 View full entry 1481
...to say neither buff nor baff, not to say buff to a wolf's shadow (obs.)....
6. convalesce, v. View full entry 1483
...intr. To recover from sickness, regain health, get better....
7. corf, n.1 View full entry c1483
...A basket. Obs....
8. devall, v. View full entry 1477
...intr. To move downwards, sink, fall, descend, set (as the sun). Obs....
9. factor, n. View full entry 1485
...One who makes or does (anything); a doer, maker, performer, perpetrator; an author of a literary work. Obs. or arch....
10. fencing, n. View full entry 1489
...The action or art of using the sword scientifically as a weapon of offence or defence; the practice of this art with a blunted sword, foil, or stick....
11. glance, v.1 View full entry 1489
...intr. Of a weapon: To glide off an object struck, without delivering the full effect of the blow. Also to glance aside, off. to glance on: to...
12. gorget, n.1 View full entry 1484
...A piece of armour for the throat. Obs. exc. Hist....
13. † luminair, n. View full entry 1477
...= luminary...
14. maw, v. View full entry 1481
...intr. Of a cat: to mew....
15. † melancholy, v. View full entry a1492
...trans. To make melancholy....
16. merle, n.1 View full entry 1483
...Chiefly Sc. and poet. The blackbird, Turdus merula....
17. meschantly, adv. View full entry a1492
...Wickedly....
18. misguiding, n. View full entry 1480
...Evil conduct; misbehaviour; disorder. Obs....
19. mizzle, n.1 View full entry 1490
...Very fine misty rain; drizzle....
20. mouse-hunt, n.1 View full entry 1481
...Chiefly Eng. regional (south.). An animal that hunts mice; spec. a weasel, a small stoat. Now hist....
