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1. cowan, n.2 View full entry 1598
...Sc. One who builds dry stone walls (i.e. without mortar); a dry-stone-diker; applied derogatorily to one who does the work of a mason, but has not been regularly apprenticed...
2. cub, n.1 View full entry 1530
...orig. A young fox....
3. encampment, n. View full entry 1598
...The action of encamping; the state of being encamped....
4. G, n. View full entry 1596
...G. g, g is used to denote anything occupying the seventh place in a series. (Cf. A, B, C, etc.)...
5. grand master, n. View full entry 1549
...The chief officer of a royal household. Obs....
6. Gregorian, adj. and n. View full entry 1598
...Of or pertaining to Pope Gregory I (who reigned 590–600); chiefly applied to the ancient system of ritual music, otherwise known as plainchant or plainsong (characterized by free...
7. illuminati, n. View full entry 1599
...With pl. concord. A name assumed by or applied to various societies or sects because of their claim to special enlightenment in religious, or (later) intellectual, matters....
8. markman, n. View full entry 1562
...= marksman2a. Obs....
9. † pass-master, n. View full entry 1599
...= passed masterrare....
10. proficiency, n. View full entry 1544
...Improvement in skill or knowledge; progress, advancement. Obs....
11. rover, n.2 View full entry 1511
...Archery. An arbitrarily selected mark at an unknown distance from the archer, esp. as used to provide practice in range-finding and long-distance shooting. Hence also in later use: a mark for...
12. scald, adj.1 and n.3 View full entry 1529
...Affected with the ‘scall’; scabby. ...
13. scout, n.4 View full entry 1553
...The action of spying out or watching in order to gain information; chiefly in the phrases on or in (the) scout, to the scout. Also, an instance of...
14. superexcellent, adj. and n. View full entry 1508
...That superexcels; excellent to a high degree, or above all others; very, or more than usually, excellent....
15. third degree | third-degree, n. and adj. View full entry 1578
...gen. The third step or stage in succession, intensity, or amount....
