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1. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
2. broker, n. View full entry 1377
...A retailer; contemptuously, Pedlar, petty dealer, monger. (Now sunk in sense 2.)...
3. dag, n.1 View full entry 1399
...A pendant pointed portion of anything; one of the pointed or laciniated divisions made by deeply slashing or cutting the lower margin of a cloak, gown, or other garment, as was done...
4. drug, n.1 View full entry c1400
...Originally: any substance, of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin, used as an ingredient in pharmacy, chemistry, dyeing, or various manufacturing processes. In later use: spec. a natural or synthetic substance...
5. fabler, n. View full entry 1362
...One who fables....
6. fiddle, v. View full entry 1377
...intr. To play the fiddle or violin; now only in familiar or contemptuous use. Also fig....
7. † giveler, n. View full entry 1399
...A term of contempt....
8. Jack, n.1 View full entry 1362
...(As proper noun.) A familiar by-form of the name John; hence, a generic proper name for any representative of the common people....
9. jordan, n.1 View full entry 1377
...A kind of pot or vessel formerly used by physicians and alchemists. Obs....
10. lawyer, n. View full entry 1377
...One versed in the law; a member of the legal profession, one whose business it is to conduct suits in the courts, or to advise clients, in the widest sense embracing every...
11. legend, n. View full entry 1377
...The story of the life of a Saint....
12. lizard, n. View full entry 1377
...A name popularly applied to reptiles of the genus Lacerta, and to other reptiles resembling these in shape and general appearance, having an elongated body, a long tail, four legs,...
13. lousy, adj. and adv. View full entry 1377
...Full of lice, infested by lice....
14. modicum, n. View full entry c1400
...A small quantity or portion; a moderate or limited amount. (Often modified by little, small, tiny.)...
15. pew, n.1 View full entry c1400
...In a church: a place where seating, often enclosed, is reserved for the use of a particular (often distinguished) worshipper or group of worshippers; (more generally) any enclosure or compartment in which...
16. provincial, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Christian Church. Of or relating to an ecclesiastical province....
17. ragman, n.2 View full entry c1400
...The Devil, or any devil. Cf. ragamuffin1, ragged1a. Obs.rare....
18. rent, v.2 View full entry c1400
...trans. To provide (a person or institution) with revenues; to endow. Obs....
19. Rome-runner, n. View full entry c1390
...A person who travels to Rome with the aim of securing a benefice, ecclesiastical privilege, etc. Formerly also: †a person who carries out papal instructions, an agent of the Pope (obs....
20. ˈtooth-ˌdrawer, n. View full entry 1393
...One who ‘draws’ or extracts teeth; a dentist. Now contemptuous....
