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1. adderbolt, n. View full entry 1483
...A dragonfly. Cf. adder3....
2. aheight, adv. View full entry 1477
...At or to a height; above, aloft....
3. † a ˈpart, adv.2 View full entry 1481
...In part, partly....
4. backside, n. View full entry 1489
...The hinder or back part; the back, the rear....
5. † ˈculling, n.2 View full entry 1490
...Embracing, ‘cuddling’....
6. desperate, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1483
...Of a person: Having lost or abandoned hope; in despair, despairing, hopeless. (Const. of.) Obs. or arch....
7. † ˈearable, adj. View full entry 1477
...Capable of being ploughed; fit for tillage. Also absol. as quasi- Cf. arable...
8. flinder-mouse, n. View full entry 1481
...A bat. Cf. flickermouse, flitter-mouse...
9. furnish, v. View full entry 1477
...trans. To accomplish, complete, fulfil. Also with that and obj. clause: To bring about, ensure....
10. hoise, v. View full entry 1490
...trans. To raise aloft by means of a rope or pulley and tackle, or by other mechanical appliance....
11. lop, n.2 View full entry 1480
...A flea....
12. maw, v. View full entry 1481
...intr. Of a cat: to mew....
13. mizzle, n.1 View full entry 1490
...Very fine misty rain; drizzle....
14. 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....
15. 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 (...
16. parliament, v. View full entry a1492
...intr....
17. project, v. View full entry 1477
...To plan, contrive, scheme....
18. rogue, n. and adj. View full entry 1489
...An idle vagrant, a vagabond; one of a group or class of such people. Now arch. or hist....
19. scrab, v. View full entry 1481
...trans. To scratch, claw. lit. and fig....
20. scratch, v. View full entry 1474
...trans. To wound superficially by dragging the claws or finger-nails over the skin. Also, in wider sense: To wound superficially with anything pointed and hard dragged over the skin or in...
