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1. banquet, n.1 View full entry 1483
...A feast, a sumptuous entertainment of food and drink; now usually a ceremonial or state feast, followed by speeches....
2. broˈchette, n. View full entry 1483
...? Obs....
3. brown bread, n. View full entry 1490
...Any bread of a brown colour, or of a darker colour than ordinary ‘white bread’. Formerly applied in England to bread made of rye or mixed rye and wheat; now spec....
4. † comfit, v. View full entry 1483
...To prepare, make into a ‘preparation’. Obs....
5. † confite | confyte, adj. View full entry 1484
...= comfitedcomfit; preserved....
6. damp, n.1 View full entry 1480
...An exhalation, a vapour or gas, of a noxious kind. Obs. exc. as in 1b....
7. disgorge, v. View full entry 1477
...trans. To eject or throw out from, or as from, the gorge or throat; to vomit forth (what has been swallowed)....
8. entremets, n. View full entry 1477
...Side dishes....
9. fortification, n. View full entry 1489
...Strengthening, corroboration, ratification....
10. maceration, n. View full entry a1492
...The process of wasting or wearing away through fasting, etc.; mortification of the flesh; an instance of this; (also) the condition so produced....
11. mugget, n.1 View full entry 1481
...The intestines of a calf or sheep, esp. when cooked as food. Also: the uterus of a deer; = gather-bag Now hist. and Eng. regional (...
12. palus, n.1 View full entry ?1473
...A marsh, a fen; (also) an abyss. Obs. (arch. in later use)....
13. scrab, v. View full entry 1481
...trans. To scratch, claw. lit. and fig....
14. surprise, v. View full entry 1474
...trans. To ‘take hold of’ or affect suddenly or unexpectedly....
15. ˈtruncheon, v. View full entry 1477
...trans. To reduce to ‘truncheons’ or fragments; to break in pieces; to shatter. Also fig....
16. ˈvignoble, n. View full entry 1480
...A vineyard....
