| alongships | In line with the length of the ship; in a lengthwise direction; fore and aft.… | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| ambassadrice | An ambassador's wife. | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| ambe | Surg. (see quot.) | 1711 | Go To Quotation |
| ambigu | An entertainment at which the viands and dessert are served together; or at which a medley of dishes are set on. | 1688 | Go To Quotation |
| amicably | In an amicable or friendly manner, without quarrelling or use of force. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| amount | in quantity. | 1710 | Go To Quotation |
| antherine | A kind of poplin, now obsolete. | 1710 | Go To Quotation |
| arango | A type of rough carnelian bead from Bombay (now Mumbai) for the African market. | 1715 | Go To Quotation |
| arbitratorship | The position or function of an arbitrator. | 1667 | Go To Quotation |
| ardass | A very fine sort of Persian silk. | 1701 | Go To Quotation |
| assassinating | That assassinates, murdering. | 1682 | Go To Quotation |
| assassinator | One who assassinates; an assassin. | 1704 | Go To Quotation |
| assientist | One of the parties to an Assiento contract; a shareholder in an Assiento company. | 1713 | Go To Quotation |
| assiento | ‘A contract, or conuention between the king of Spain and other powers, for furnishing… | 1714 | Go To Quotation |
| assogue | A Spanish vessel carrying quicksilver to America for use in the silver-mines. | 1692 | Go To Quotation |
| atlas | A silk-satin manufactured in the East. | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| attacked | Assaulted. | 1685 | Go To Quotation |
| aulic | Of or relating to a court; courtly. | 1701 | Go To Quotation |
| aune | An ell; an obsolete French cloth measure, which varied in length in different localities. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| avocatory | Recalling, that recalls. letters avocatory n. letters by which a sovereign recalls… | 1666 | Go To Quotation |
| back | A large shallow vessel (chiefly for liquids); a tub, trough, vat, cistern; esp. applied… | 1682 | Go To Quotation |
| backlet | A back yard. (Chiefly in s.w.) | 1724 | Go To Quotation |
| bailing | The lading or scooping of water out of a boat. | 1682 | Go To Quotation |
| bank-bill | bank post bill: a bill, usually at seven days' sight, issued by the Bank of… | 1696 | Go To Quotation |
| bank-book | A book furnished by a banker to each customer, containing a transcript of his account in… | 1714 | Go To Quotation |
| banker | [Cf. French banquier in same sense.] A ship employed in cod-fishing on the Bank of Newfoundland. | 1666 | Go To Quotation |
| bank-note | A promissory note given by a banker: formerly, one payable at a fixed date and to… | 1695 | Go To Quotation |
| bankrupted | Rendered bankrupt, reduced to bankruptcy. | 1668 | Go To Quotation |
| barca-longa | ‘A large Spanish fishing-boat, navigated with lug-sails, and having two or three… | 1681 | Go To Quotation |
| barrack | A temporary hut or cabin; e.g. for the use of soldiers during a siege, etc. Still in north. dial. | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| barrateen | Some kind of woven fabric. | 1689 | Go To Quotation |
| bashawship | The jurisdiction or office of a bashaw. | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| basilic | = basilica n. 2. | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| batoned | Furnished or armed with, or bearing, a baton; in Heraldry marked with, or bearing, the baton of bastardy. | 1691 | Go To Quotation |
| bavaroy | A kind of cloak or surtout; sometimes fig. | 1713 | Go To Quotation |
| bayish | Somewhat bay, inclining to bay (in colour). | 1697 | Go To Quotation |
| bayonet | A short flat dagger. Obs. | 1692 | Go To Quotation |
| beaufort | A material used for flags. | 1712 | Go To Quotation |
| beautifying | That beautifies or makes beautiful. | 1702 | Go To Quotation |
| beg | A bey. Now only used as part of Eastern names. beg beg = beglerbeg n. | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| bergamot | A tree of the orange and lemon kind (Citrus bergamia); from the rind of the fruit a fragrant… | 1696 | Go To Quotation |
| bird-man | A man concerned with birds; an ornithologist. | 1697 | Go To Quotation |
| blast-furnace | A furnace in which a blast of air is used; spec. the common furnace for iron-smelting, into… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| blazed | Having a blaze or white mark on the face. | 1685 | Go To Quotation |
| boarding-school | A school in which scholars are boarded as well as taught. Also attrib. | 1677 | Go To Quotation |
| bob | Cut short (as a horse's tail); bobbed. | 1709 | Go To Quotation |
| bombarding | An assailing with shot and shell; a bombardment. | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| bombardment | The process of bombarding; continuous attack upon a place with shot and shell. | 1702 | Go To Quotation |
| bomb-ketch | A small ketch-rigged vessel, carrying one or two mortars for bombarding. | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| bomb-shell | = bomb n. 2. Often fig. (or in fig. phr.). A shattering or devastating act, event… | 1708 | Go To Quotation |
| book-keeping | The art of keeping a merchant's or tradesman's books or accounts. | 1689 | Go To Quotation |
| book-ways | In the manner or form of a book. | 1696 | Go To Quotation |
| borough-holder | In certain Yorkshire boroughs: A person who holds property by burgage tenure: see borough n.… | 1712 | Go To Quotation |
| bostangi | A Turkish guard of the palace. | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| bottomer | A person who puts a bottom to anything. | 1723 | Go To Quotation |
| bourser | A purser. | 1685 | Go To Quotation |
| brawl | ‘A blue and white striped cloth manufactured in India.’ Craig. | 1725 | Go To Quotation |
| brig | A vessel with two masts square-rigged like a ship's fore- and main-masts, but carrying also… | 1720 | Go To Quotation |
| brilliant | A diamond of the finest cut and brilliancy. | 1690 | Go To Quotation |
| brindle | = brinded adj., brindled adj. | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| brindled | ‘Streaked, tabby, marked with streaks’ (Johnson). | 1678 | Go To Quotation |
| brogue | A strongly-marked dialectal pronunciation or accent; now particularly used of… | 1705 | Go To Quotation |
| bull-bitch | The female of the bull-dog. | 1681 | Go To Quotation |
| bulse | A package of diamonds or gold-dust. | 1708 | Go To Quotation |
| burdet | Some kind of cotton fabric. | 1710 | Go To Quotation |
| bureau | An office, esp. for the transaction of public business; a department of… | 1720 | Go To Quotation |
| burghermaster | = burgomaster n. | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| burr-stone | A siliceous rock of coarse cellular texture, found chiefly in France and N. America, and… | 1690 | Go To Quotation |
| burying-ground | A place for burial; a churchyard, graveyard, cemetery. | 1711 | Go To Quotation |
| cachou | A sweetmeat, generally in the form of a pill, made of cashew-nut, extract of liquorice… | 1683 | Go To Quotation |
| cadilesker | A chief judge in the Turkish empire. | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| caffoy | Some kind of fabric, imported in the 18th c. | 1678 | Go To Quotation |
| calambour | One of the French forms of prec. [See Littré.] | 1685 | Go To Quotation |
| calash | A kind of light carriage with low wheels, having a removable folding hood or top. In… | 1666 | Go To Quotation |
| cale | | 1708 | Go To Quotation |
| caliatour | In Caliatour('s) wood, a dye-wood from the Coromandel coast, identified by some with red sandal-wood. | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| camisard | ‘Name given to the Calvinist insurgents of the Cevennes, during the persecution which… | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| Campechena | obs. by-forms of Campeachy wood n. | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| caned | Furnished with cane, or with a cane. | 1696 | Go To Quotation |
| cangia | A light boat used on the Nile. | 1715 | Go To Quotation |
| cant | A disposal of property by public competition to the highest bidder; an auction. Chiefly Irish. | 1705 | Go To Quotation |
| cantaloon | A woollen stuff manufactured in the 18th c. in the west of England. | 1711 | Go To Quotation |
| canter | intr. Of a horse, etc.: To move in a moderate gallop, raising the two fore-feet nearly at the same time with a leap or spring. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| cantinier | A canteen-keeper. (The feminine in French is cantinière.) | 1721 | Go To Quotation |
| cantoon | A strong kind of fustian, showing a fine cording on one side and a smooth bright surface on the other. | 1688 | Go To Quotation |
| caponier | ‘A covered passage across the ditch of a fortified place, for the purpose either… | 1683 | Go To Quotation |
| cardus | | 1716 | Go To Quotation |
| carolus | A gold piece struck in the reign of Charles I.; originally valued at 20 s., but afterwards at 23 s… | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| cart-whip | A whip used in driving a cart, a long heavy horse-whip. | 1713 | Go To Quotation |
| cascarilla | The bitter aromatic bark of the plant Croton eleuteria, used as a tonic. Also called cascarilla bark. | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| case-hardened | lit. | 1691 | Go To Quotation |
| castor | A small vessel with a perforated top, from which to cast or sprinkle pepper, sugar, or the… | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| cat-hammed | Having hams like those of the cat. | 1695 | Go To Quotation |
| cedula | A permit or order issued by the Spanish government; also applied to securities issued by some of the S. American governments. | 1724 | Go To Quotation |
| chaise | A light open carriage for one or two persons, often having a top or calash; those with… | 1701 | Go To Quotation |
| chalumeau | The lowest register of the clarinet. | 1713 | Go To Quotation |
| chamade | A signal by beat of drum or sound of trumpet inviting to a parley. | 1684 | Go To Quotation |
| Chancellary | An office in the general register office in Edinburgh, also called Chancery, managed by… | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| chandleress | A female chandler. | 1723 | Go To Quotation |
| chapelwarden | One who holds the same office in a ‘chapel’ (of the established Church of England)… | 1688 | Go To Quotation |
| chaser | One who chases or engraves metal. | 1707 | Go To Quotation |
| chase-work | Chased work (chased adj.). | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| chatellany | = castellany n. | 1668 | Go To Quotation |
| Chello | Some Indian fabric commonly used in the 18th c. | 1712 | Go To Quotation |
| cheval de frise | A defensive appliance of war, employed chiefly to check cavalry charges, and stop breaches: see description in the quotations. | 1688 | Go To Quotation |
| chubbed | = chubby adj. 1 2: ‘Big-headed like a chub’ (Johnson). | 1674 | Go To Quotation |
| close-bodied | Applied to a coat, etc., the body part of which fits closely. | 1677 | Go To Quotation |
| coach-wheeler | A maker of coach-wheels. | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| coadjutorship | The office of a coadjutor; helping co-operation. | 1668 | Go To Quotation |
| coal-factor | An intermediate agent between coal-owners and customers; in London formerly… | 1715 | Go To Quotation |
| coastwise | By way of the coast, along the coast. | 1691 | Go To Quotation |
| cock-match | A cock-fighting match. | 1680 | Go To Quotation |
| coehorn | A small mortar for throwing grenades, introduced by Baron Coehorn. In full, coehorn mortar. | 1705 | Go To Quotation |
| coffee-pot | A covered pot with a spout, in which coffee is made or brought on the table. | 1705 | Go To Quotation |
| coffee-woman | A woman keeping a coffee-house. | 1710 | Go To Quotation |
| coffoy | Some kind of fabric much used in the 18th c.; the same as caffoy n. | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| collaring | The action of collar v. in various senses; also attrib. | 1692 | Go To Quotation |
| collet | The horizontal base of a diamond when cut as a brilliant; also called culet n. | 1675 | Go To Quotation |
| coloness | A female colonel. | 1667 | Go To Quotation |
| commandant | A commanding officer, a commander: irrespective of rank. Applied esp. to the military… | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| commissioned | Of officers: Holding a rank by commission. | 1685 | Go To Quotation |
| congou | A kind of black tea imported from China. | 1725 | Go To Quotation |
| contracting | Entering into a contract or mutual agreement. | 1720 | Go To Quotation |
| contributionship | A society of contributors to a common stock; a joint-stock company. | 1701 | Go To Quotation |
| conventicling | Forming or frequenting conventicles. | 1683 | Go To Quotation |
| cooperage | A place where a cooper's trade is carried on. | 1714 | Go To Quotation |
| cork-cutter | One whose occupation is to cut cork into stoppers for bottles, bungs, etc. | 1709 | Go To Quotation |
| corker | ? A cork-cutter. Obs. | 1723 | Go To Quotation |
| corn-brandy | Spirits distilled from grain; whisky. | 1704 | Go To Quotation |
| corn-chandler | A retail dealer in corn and allied products. | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| Cortes | The two chambers or houses, constituting the legislative assembly of Spain and of Portugal. | 1668 | Go To Quotation |
| counter-placed | Placed in opposite directions. | 1678 | Go To Quotation |
| counter-weight | A weight in the opposite scale, a counterbalancing weight, a counterpoise. | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| couteau | A large knife worn as a weapon. (Frequently used in English in 18th c.) couteau de chasse (F.): hunting-knife. | 1677 | Go To Quotation |
| cover | The ordinary measure of land in South Wales, being ⅔ of an imperial acre. | 1709 | Go To Quotation |
| crack-winded | = broken-winded adj. | 1680 | Go To Quotation |
| croisette | A small cross. | 1688 | Go To Quotation |
| cross-dollar | A Spanish dollar, having a cross on the reverse (as was the case at the end of the 17th c.). | 1689 | Go To Quotation |
| cross-shaped | Of a horse: ? Mis-shapen, ill-shaped. | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| crown-rash | A particular quality of rash or woollen stuff. | 1710 | Go To Quotation |
| crown-work | See quots. | 1677 | Go To Quotation |
| cruising | The action of sailing to and fro; also transf. | 1690 | Go To Quotation |
| culet | The horizontal face or plane forming the bottom of a diamond when cut as a brilliant. | 1678 | Go To Quotation |
| culgee | A rich figured silk worn as a turban or sash, or otherwise, on a festive occasion; hence… | 1688 | Go To Quotation |
| cuttoe | = couteau n. | 1678 | Go To Quotation |
| czarin | = tsarina n., tsaritsa n. | 1716 | Go To Quotation |
| dan | A small buoy, made of wood or inflated sheepskin, supporting a stout pole which bears a… | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| Dannebrog | The Danish national flag; hence, a Danish order of knighthood, founded in 1219, revived… | 1708 | Go To Quotation |
| darn | The act or result of darning; a hole or rent mended by darning. | 1720 | Go To Quotation |
| decanal | Of or pertaining to a dean or deanery. | 1707 | Go To Quotation |
| decanter | A vessel used for decanting or receiving decanted liquors: spec. a bottle of clear flint… | 1712 | Go To Quotation |
| defile | Mil. A narrow way or passage along which troops can march only by files or with a… | 1685 | Go To Quotation |
| delinquence | The fact of being a delinquent; culpable failure in duty. | 1682 | Go To Quotation |
| demi-bastion | A work of the form of half a bastion, having one face and one flank. | 1695 | Go To Quotation |
| demi-pique | Of a saddle: ‘Half-peaked’; having a peak of about half the height of that of the older war-saddle. | 1695 | Go To Quotation |
| demi-sap | A sap n., or trench of approach, with a single parapet. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| dethronement | The action of dethroning, or fact of being dethroned; deposition from kingly authority. | 1707 | Go To Quotation |
| dewan | In Bengal, a native servant in charge of the affairs of a house of business or a… | 1669 | Go To Quotation |
| dial-plate | The face-plate of a dial; spec. (in Clock-making) the sheet of metal, glass, etc. on the… | 1690 | Go To Quotation |
| diamond-cutter | A lapidary who cuts and polishes diamonds. | 1722 | Go To Quotation |
| dietine | A subordinate diet; (Polish Hist.) a provincial diet which elected deputies for the national diet; called in Polish sejmik. | 1669 | Go To Quotation |
| disaffect | = disaffected adj. 1. | 1682 | Go To Quotation |
| disapprobation | The action or fact of disapproving; the feeling or utterance of moral condemnation; disapproval. | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| disincameration | The revocation or annulment of an incameration, or annexation of a territory to the domain… | 1668 | Go To Quotation |
| distil-house | A house constructed for the business of distilling, a distilling-house. | 1682 | Go To Quotation |
| distinguishably | In a distinguishable manner; in such a way as to be discriminated or perceived; perceptibly; †eminently, remarkably (obs.). | 1704 | Go To Quotation |
| dockyard | A more or less spacious enclosure, adjoining the sea or a river, in which ships are… | 1704 | Go To Quotation |
| dog plate | Apparently: a plate given as a prize in a dog-race. Obs. rare. | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| doppy | A former gold coin of Italy; a pistole. | 1691 | Go To Quotation |
| double-breasted | Of a coat, etc.: Having the two sides of the breast made alike, with buttons and… | 1701 | Go To Quotation |
| downish | Somewhat dejected or directed downward. | 1677 | Go To Quotation |
| drabant | A halberdier; spec. a soldier of the body-guard of the kings of Sweden. | 1707 | Go To Quotation |
| draft | trans. To draw off or out and remove (a party of persons, animals, or things) from a… | 1724 | Go To Quotation |
| draught | trans. To draw off (a party of persons, animals, etc.) from a larger body for some special… | 1714 | Go To Quotation |
| dredger-man | = dredger n. 1. | 1696 | Go To Quotation |
| drossard | A steward, high bailiff, prefect. | 1678 | Go To Quotation |
| drysalter | A dealer in chemical products used in the arts, drugs, dye-stuffs, gums, etc.; sometimes… | 1707 | Go To Quotation |
| duty-free | Free of duty; exempt from payment of duty. | 1689 | Go To Quotation |
| écu | A French silver coin; commonly regarded as equivalent to the English ‘crown’. Used… | 1704 | Go To Quotation |
| electoral | Holding rank as, or belonging to, a German Elector. | 1675 | Go To Quotation |
| electorate | The dominions of an Elector. | 1675 | Go To Quotation |
| Elzevir | The style of type used by the Elzeviers in their small editions of the classics. Now used… | 1710 | Go To Quotation |
| embroideress | A female embroiderer; a woman who embroiders. | 1723 | Go To Quotation |
| enthronement | The fact of being enthroned. | 1685 | Go To Quotation |
| equipping | Used gerundially with omission of in. | 1681 | Go To Quotation |
| escaline | A Flemish coin. | 1674 | Go To Quotation |
| escort | Mil. of armed men; Naut. of a convoy. | 1708 | Go To Quotation |
| estamin | An open woollen fabric, used for making sieves, etc.; see quot. 1883. In 18th c. also… | 1701 | Go To Quotation |
| excisable | Of things: Liable or subject to excise duty. Of persons: Liable to the imposition of excise duty. | 1689 | Go To Quotation |
| exclusioner | One who upholds exclusion; spec. a supporter of the ‘Exclusion Bill’ (see exclusion n. 1b). | 1685 | Go To Quotation |
| fangot | A quantity of wares, esp. raw silk, from 1 to 3 cwt. | 1673 | Go To Quotation |
| fascinage | = fascinade n. | 1715 | Go To Quotation |
| fatigue | ‘To tire, weary; to harass with toil; to exhaust with labour’ (Johnson). | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| fearnothing | = fearnought n. 1. | 1725 | Go To Quotation |
| fechia | Dregs of wine. | 1704 | Go To Quotation |
| felicitation | The action of congratulating; an instance of the same; a congratulatory speech or message. Also attrib. | 1709 | Go To Quotation |
| fenouillette | Fennel water. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| fess | | 1716 | Go To Quotation |
| feuillet | A half-hogshead. | 1711 | Go To Quotation |
| fire-raising | The action or crime of kindling an incendiary fire; arson, incendiarism. | 1685 | Go To Quotation |
| first rate | The highest of the ‘rates’ (see rate n.) by which vessels of war are distinguished… | 1666 | Go To Quotation |
| fish | Naut. ‘A long piece of hard wood, convex on one side and concave on the other’ (Adm.… | 1666 | Go To Quotation |
| flagging | ? A long flowing hat-band. | 1695 | Go To Quotation |
| flaggish | Somewhat ‘flag’ or lank; = flaggy adj. 1. | 1669 | Go To Quotation |
| flagship | A ship bearing an admiral's flag. | 1672 | Go To Quotation |
| flanking | In senses of the vb. flanking party (see quots. 1802 1918). | 1704 | Go To Quotation |
| flat fish | A name for fish of the family Pleuronectidæ, which includes the sole, turbot, plaice, etc. | 1710 | Go To Quotation |
| flea-bit | = flea-bitten adj. 2. | 1696 | Go To Quotation |
| flèche | Fortification. = arrow n. 8. | 1710 | Go To Quotation |
| flecket | A small fleck or spot. | 1684 | Go To Quotation |
| flecky | Full of flecks, i.e. spots or streaks; also, having a wavy appearance. (But in quot. 1694 flecky may be a variant of flicky adj.) | 1694 | Go To Quotation |
| fletch | (Perh. n. attrib.) | 1704 | Go To Quotation |
| flicky | | 1690 | Go To Quotation |
| flig | | 1677 | Go To Quotation |
| fliggy | = flig adj. | 1711 | Go To Quotation |
| flip | | 1723 | Go To Quotation |
| flisk | | 1680 | Go To Quotation |
| flotilla | A small fleet; a fleet of boats or small vessels. | 1711 | Go To Quotation |
| flushed | Suffused with red or ruddy colour. | 1690 | Go To Quotation |
| Flushinger | A Flushing vessel or sailor. | 1689 | Go To Quotation |
| form-speckle | A freckle. | 1702 | Go To Quotation |
| frecklish | Somewhat freckled. | 1692 | Go To Quotation |
| freemartin | A female calf that is born as a twin to a male calf and is partly masculinized in… | 1681 | Go To Quotation |
| furbelow | trans. To ornament with a furbelow, or with something resembling a furbelow. | 1701 | Go To Quotation |
| gabel | trans. To mark (sheep) on the ear in some particular way. | 1715 | Go To Quotation |
| gadroon | One of a set of convex curves or arcs joined at their extremities to form a… | 1697 | Go To Quotation |
| gamble | = gambrel n. 2. Also attrib. | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| garle | A band or streak. (Cf. quot. 1673 garland n. 6c.) | 1677 | Go To Quotation |
| gibbering | That gibbers or takes the form of gibbering; unmeaning; unintelligible. | 1711 | Go To Quotation |
| gigue | A piece of music, of a lively character, in two strains or sections, each of which… | 1685 | Go To Quotation |
| gloveress | A female glove-maker. | 1712 | Go To Quotation |
| gold dust | Gold in extremely fine particles, the form in which it is commonly obtained in a natural state. | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| gor | An unfledged bird. | 1683 | Go To Quotation |
| grazet(t | A kind of woollen stuff. | 1696 | Go To Quotation |
| greengrocer | A retail dealer in vegetables and fruit; (also) a shop selling these. | 1723 | Go To Quotation |
| grizzlish | Greyish. | 1680 | Go To Quotation |
| guard-boat | A boat employed by harbour authorities to enforce quarantine or custom-house regulations. | 1696 | Go To Quotation |
| gun-deck | A deck which carries guns; esp. in an old-fashioned ship of the line, the lowest of the… | 1677 | Go To Quotation |
| gunnage | ‘The number of guns in a ship-of-war’ (Ogilvie 1855). | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| hair-ring | A memorial finger-ring set with a small lock of hair. | 1696 | Go To Quotation |
| half-cock | Part of a watch: cf. cock n. 16. Obs. | 1701 | Go To Quotation |
| half-galley | A galley of about half the full size. | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| half-thick | A kind of cloth. Obs. | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| hall-mark | The official mark or stamp used by statutory Hall-marking Authorities in marking the… | 1721 | Go To Quotation |
| haltstring | = stringhalt n. | 1673 | Go To Quotation |
| hammed | Having hams; usually in comb., as cat-hammed adj., fickle-hammed. | 1711 | Go To Quotation |
| hammock-cloth | A cloth for the back of a horse. Obs. | 1685 | Go To Quotation |
| hander | One who hands, delivers, or passes. Also with adverbs, down, in, out, etc. spec. = handler n. 2. | 1678 | Go To Quotation |
| hat-block | A form or mould upon which a man's hat is shaped. Hence hat-block maker, hat-block turner. | 1723 | Go To Quotation |
| hatti | During the Ottoman Empire: a decree or edict issued by the government of Turkey, differing… | 1688 | Go To Quotation |
| hawse-piece | One of the timbers of a ship through which a hawse-hole is cut; one of the timbers… | 1680 | Go To Quotation |
| head-dress | Any dress or covering for the head; esp. an ornamental attire for the head worn by women. | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| Helvetic | Helvetian, Swiss. | 1708 | Go To Quotation |
| Hercules' club | ‘A stick of unusual size and formidable appearance’ (Brewer). | 1688 | Go To Quotation |
| Holy Week | The week immediately preceding Easter Sunday, also called Passion Week n., q.v.… | 1710 | Go To Quotation |
| home-ribbed | Of a horse: having the posterior ribs coming relatively close to the pelvic… | 1688 | Go To Quotation |
| hook-nose | A nose of a hooked shape with a downward curve; an aquiline nose. | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| horse-marine | A sea-horse. | 1705 | Go To Quotation |
| howitzer | A short piece of ordnance, usually of light weight, specially designed for the… | 1695 | Go To Quotation |
| Hudibrastic | In the metre or after the manner of Hudibras, the celebrated mock-heroic satirical poem… | 1712 | Go To Quotation |
| hump-backed | Having a humped or crooked back; hunched, esp. in the names of fishes; cf. humpback n. adj. Also transf. | 1681 | Go To Quotation |
| huntsmaster | The master of the hunt; an officer who directs a hunt. | 1691 | Go To Quotation |
| huxen | The hough or hock of a quadruped; the hough of a man. | 1681 | Go To Quotation |
| Indian grass | Angling. Silkworm gut (gut n. 4d) used for making lines. Now hist. and rare. | 1696 | Go To Quotation |
| inquisitorship | The office of Inquisitor: see inquisitor n. 3. | 1669 | Go To Quotation |
| insured | Assured, guaranteed, etc.: see the verb. Usually absol. (in sense 4 of the verb): The… | 1681 | Go To Quotation |
| intrepidity | The quality of being intrepid; fearlessness; firmness of mind in the presence of danger; courage, boldness. | 1704 | Go To Quotation |
| ironmongery | The goods dealt in by an ironmonger; hardware; a general name for all articles made of iron. | 1711 | Go To Quotation |
| jack-boot | A large strong boot the top of which came above the knee, serving as defensive armour for… | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| jacksmith | A maker of roasting-jacks. | 1678 | Go To Quotation |
| jambee | A species of Calamus or Dæmonorops from the district of Jambi; a cane or walking-stick… | 1704 | Go To Quotation |
| jass | Error for *iass, eyas n. | 1679 | Go To Quotation |
| javelin-man | One of a body of men in the retinue of a sheriff who carried spears or pikes (javelin n.… | 1705 | Go To Quotation |
| jheel | A pool or lagoon (in India) often of vast extent, left after an inundation. | 1805 | Go To Quotation |
| jun. | Abbreviation of junior adj. n. | 1708 | Go To Quotation |
| keel-boat | ? A small keel: cf. keel n. Obs. | 1695 | Go To Quotation |
| keelhaul | trans. To haul (a person) under the keel of a ship, either by lowering him on one side… | 1666 | Go To Quotation |
| lacquered | Covered or coated with lacquer; varnished. | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| lade | A board or rail fixed to the side of a cart or waggon to give greater width. | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| Lafite | Used as the designation of the claret produced and bottled at Château Lafite, in the Médoc district of the Gironde, France. | 1707 | Go To Quotation |
| landgravine | The wife of a landgrave; a female ruler of a landgraviate. | 1682 | Go To Quotation |
| land-marshal | In Prussia, Austria, etc., the marshal of a province. | 1682 | Go To Quotation |
| lanky | Awkwardly or ungracefully lean and long. †Also (of hair) somewhat lank (obs.). | 1670 | Go To Quotation |
| lasque | (See quots.) Also lasque diamond. | 1678 | Go To Quotation |
| leasehold | A tenure by lease; real estate so held. | 1720 | Go To Quotation |
| leewardmost | Situated furthest to leeward. | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| leverage | The action of a lever; the arrangement by which lever-power is applied; also concr. a system of levers. | 1724 | Go To Quotation |
| light-limbed | Having light limbs; agile; nimble. | 1695 | Go To Quotation |
| lime-juice | The juice of the lime used as a beverage and as an antiscorbutic. | 1704 | Go To Quotation |
| loan-office | An office for lending money to private borrowers. | 1720 | Go To Quotation |
| londra | ? = felucca n. | 1675 | Go To Quotation |
| lop-ear | pl. Ears that droop or hang down. | 1692 | Go To Quotation |
| loping | Characterized by long, bounding strides; having a gait of this kind. | 1707 | Go To Quotation |
| lopping | Of the ears: That lop or hang down. | 1685 | Go To Quotation |
| lory | A name applied to a number of parrot-like birds of brilliant plumage, chiefly… | 1692 | Go To Quotation |
| louis | = louis d'or n. Also silver lewis: the French écu of the 17–18th c. | 1689 | Go To Quotation |
| louis d'or | A gold coin issued in the reign of Louis XIII and subsequently till the time of Louis XVI. | 1689 | Go To Quotation |
| lowish | Somewhat low. Also in comb. | 1689 | Go To Quotation |
| lowlander | spec. An inhabitant of the Lowlands of Scotland. | 1692 | Go To Quotation |
| lug-sail | A four-cornered sail, bent upon a yard which is slung at about one-third or one-fourth… | 1677 | Go To Quotation |
| lustring | A glossy silk fabric. Also attrib. | 1697 | Go To Quotation |
| lute | Short. f. lute-string n. 2. | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| mantua | A kind of loose gown worn by women, fashionable esp. in the late 17th and early… | 1678 | Go To Quotation |
| marbling | The process, practice, or art of colouring or patterning a surface, esp. paper… | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| Margaux | A red Bordeaux wine of the Haut-Médoc produced in Margaux, esp. that produced at Château Margaux (more fully Château Margaux). | 1705 | Go To Quotation |
| margraviate | The territory ruled by a margrave or margravine; = margravate n. | 1702 | Go To Quotation |
| margravine | The wife of a margrave; a woman with the rank and office of a margrave. | 1692 | Go To Quotation |
| marish | Characteristic of a mare. | 1679 | Go To Quotation |
| marquee | A tent large enough to hold many people (now usually one used for social or… | 1690 | Go To Quotation |
| marshiness | Marshy nature or condition (as a property of soil, ground, etc.). | 1710 | Go To Quotation |
| masqueraded | Prob.: patterned with several colours; multicoloured. Obs. | 1678 | Go To Quotation |
| mattress | Defective playing cards. | 1685 | Go To Quotation |
| mayory | The district over which a mayor has jurisdiction, esp. in France. Obs. | 1679 | Go To Quotation |
| mazarine | Of a rich deep blue colour; made of mazarine (sense B. 1a). Now chiefly poet. | 1684 | Go To Quotation |
| millboard | A kind of thick, stiff pasteboard, typically grey, used for bookbinding, etc., originally made… | 1712 | Go To Quotation |
| Minozin | A colour, perh. a yellowish white or buff. | 1680 | Go To Quotation |
| miquelet | A member of a corps of irregular troops raised in Roussillon for service against the… | 1670 | Go To Quotation |
| mixed cloth | Cloth woven from a variety of yarns or colours of thread; = mixture n. 6. Also attrib. or as adj. | 1696 | Go To Quotation |
| Molinism | Quietism as propounded by Miguel de Molinos. See quietism n. 1. | 1720 | Go To Quotation |
| moon-shaped | Shaped like the moon, in any of its phases; round and full; (also) crescent-shaped, lunate. | 1709 | Go To Quotation |
| mopper-up | A person who mops up (in various senses); spec. any of a group of soldiers detailed to… | 1917 | Go To Quotation |
| mottle | Any of the spots, patches, or blotches which together produce a mottled effect on a surface. Usu. in pl. | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| mottle | = mottled adj. Chiefly in parasynthetic compounds, as mottle-faced, mottle-leaved, etc., adjs. | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| musk-coloured | Of a dark reddish brown colour. | 1684 | Go To Quotation |
| muzzle | Speckled, streaked, variegated, brindled; = muzzled adj. | 1691 | Go To Quotation |
| name day | The feast day of the saint whose name a person shares. | 1721 | Go To Quotation |
| nanberry | = anbury n. 1. | 1707 | Go To Quotation |
| nearside | The left-hand side of a horse or other animal. Formerly opposed to far side, offside. | 1672 | Go To Quotation |
| near-sighted | Myopic; = short-sighted adj. 1. | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| negannepaut | A kind of coarse cotton fabric formerly imported from India as piece goods; a length of this. | 1725 | Go To Quotation |
| Newmarket | General attrib. Designating things coming from, found in, or associated with Newmarket. | 1685 | Go To Quotation |
| non-commission officer | A non-commissioned officer. | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| nonspecie | Not in the form of specie; (of a bill) not payable in specie. | 1697 | Go To Quotation |
| onus probandi | = burden of proof n. at burden n. 2b. Cf. onus of proof n. at onus n. 2. | 1722 | Go To Quotation |
| orchilla | A red or violet dye; = orchil n. 1. Now hist. | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| ore | Formerly: a monetary unit used in Sweden; a copper coin of this value. Obs. | 1716 | Go To Quotation |
| out-coat | An overcoat. | 1684 | Go To Quotation |
| out-pension | A pension granted without the condition of residence in a charitable institution. | 1711 | Go To Quotation |
| outpensioner | A person receiving an out-pension. Cf. in-pensioner n. at in adv. Compounds. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| overhung | Placed so as to project or jut out above; overhanging. | 1708 | Go To Quotation |
| overzealously | In an overzealous manner. | 1667 | Go To Quotation |
| padlike | Resembling an easy-paced horse for everyday riding. Cf. pad n. 2. | 1708 | Go To Quotation |
| palank | Esp. in the Ottoman Empire: a camp or position fortified with a stockade. | 1685 | Go To Quotation |
| pale-way | = palewise adv. | 1705 | Go To Quotation |
| paperhanging | Chiefly in pl. Decorative paper used for covering interior walls; wallpaper. Now rare. | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| pepper castor | A small container with a perforated top for sprinkling pepper on food, usually forming part… | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| pepperpot | A small, usually cylindrical container with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper… | 1679 | Go To Quotation |
| per interim | For the meantime; during the intervening time. Now rare. | 1724 | Go To Quotation |
| pheasantry | A place where pheasants are reared or kept. | 1725 | Go To Quotation |
| phthisicky | Tuberculous; asthmatic; wheezy. Also in extended use and fig. | 1697 | Go To Quotation |
| piece-broker | A person who deals in remnants of cloth for repairing clothes, etc. | 1697 | Go To Quotation |
| piece lace | Lace made in broad pieces which can be cut and used like cloth. | 1702 | Go To Quotation |
| pig-eye | A small, deep-set eye like that of a pig. | 1714 | Go To Quotation |
| pile-work | Work constructed or consisting of piles. Also fig. | 1702 | Go To Quotation |
| pin-up | Of a garment, etc.: designed to be pinned up; that may be shortened by pinning up. Obs. | 1677 | Go To Quotation |
| plumade | A plume worn by a horse as a mourning accoutrement. | 1722 | Go To Quotation |
| poplin | A plain-woven fabric with a fine horizontal rib, produced by weaving with a warp thread finer than the weft. | 1710 | Go To Quotation |
| pospolite | A Polish militia, consisting of the nobility and gentry summoned to serve for a limited time. | 1697 | Go To Quotation |
| postmark | trans. (usu. in pass.). To stamp (a letter or other postal package) with a postmark… | 1716 | Go To Quotation |
| postmistress | A woman in charge of a post office. | 1697 | Go To Quotation |
| post-officer | An officer or official of the post. | 1669 | Go To Quotation |
| poulteress | A female poulterer. | 1723 | Go To Quotation |
| Prince Rupert | a teardrop-shaped bubble of glass with a long, sharp tail, made by rapidly cooling a drop… | 1695 | Go To Quotation |
| Prince's metal | An alloy, resembling brass, consisting of about three parts copper and one part zinc, used… | 1682 | Go To Quotation |
| pump shoe | = pump n. | 1689 | Go To Quotation |
| punchable | Of coins: legal tender, not clipped. Obs. | 1696 | Go To Quotation |
| punched | Of a horse: = punch adj. Cf. puncheon adj. | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| puncheon | Of a horse: = punch adj. Cf. punched adj. | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| Puntal | A defensive fortification at the entrance to the harbour at Cadiz (originally consisting… | 1702 | Go To Quotation |
| quoiler | Chiefly in pl. A leather strap passing around the hindquarters of a carthorse, which… | 1697 | Go To Quotation |
| raffling | General attrib. | 1682 | Go To Quotation |
| ram | The overall length of a boat. Obs. | 1723 | Go To Quotation |
| range | = race n. | 1685 | Go To Quotation |
| rap | A strip of land, esp. one given over to growing plants or crops. | 1710 | Go To Quotation |
| rase | intr. Of a mark on the head of an animal: to extend as a streak. Cf. race n. | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| rat-tailed | Having a tail like that of a rat; (in early use esp. of a horse) having a rat-tail (rat-tail n. 2). | 1684 | Go To Quotation |
| rattish | Of or relating to a rat or rats; resembling (that of) a rat. Also: infested with rats. | 1690 | Go To Quotation |
| regality | = regalement n. 1. | 1672 | Go To Quotation |
| requisitorial | = requisitory adj. 1a. Occas. as postmodifier. | 1716 | Go To Quotation |
| rigaudon | = rigadoon n. 1. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| roach-backed | Of an animal: having a convex profile due to an arched spine. Cf. roach back n. | 1668 | Go To Quotation |
| rose-headed | Having a rose-shaped head; spec. (of a nail) having a rose head (rose head n. 2). | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| round hand | A style of calligraphy or handwriting characterized by clear, bold, rounded letters, popular… | 1682 | Go To Quotation |
| runted | Esp. of an animal: stunted, undersized; runtish. | 1681 | Go To Quotation |
| russerine | A kind of fabric (not identified). | 1710 | Go To Quotation |
| saddle mark | A mark on a horse's back resulting from the friction of a saddle, often showing as a whitish patch of hair or skin. | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| saic | A kind of sailing vessel common in the Levant (see quot. 1769). | 1667 | Go To Quotation |
| saleswoman | A woman who sells goods (e.g. in a shop). | 1704 | Go To Quotation |
| saltirewise | With or in the form of a saltire; (disposed) like the arms of a St. Andrew's cross; in saltire. | 1725 | Go To Quotation |
| salvor | One who saves or helps to save vessels or cargo from loss at sea; one who effects or attempts salvage. | 1678 | Go To Quotation |
| sash-window | A window consisting of a sash n. or glazed wooden frame; esp. one having a sash or a… | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| satinette | An imitation of satin woven in silk, or silk and cotton. | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| saucepan | In early use, ‘a small skillet with a long handle, in which sauce or small things… | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| Sauternes | A white French wine of the Bordeaux class. | 1711 | Go To Quotation |
| scholiographer | A writer of scholia. | 1710 | Go To Quotation |
| schuit | A Dutch flat-bottomed river-boat. | 1666 | Go To Quotation |
| scratchy | Farriery. Affected with the disease known as ‘the scratches’; see scratch n. 2. Obs. | 1710 | Go To Quotation |
| scriver | = scrivener n. | 1689 | Go To Quotation |
| selictar | The sword-bearer of a Turkish chieftain. | 1606 | Go To Quotation |
| seraskier | The title of the Turkish Minister of War, who was also commander in chief of the army. | 1684 | Go To Quotation |
| setfast | A hard tumour on a horse's back; = sit-fast n. 1a. Also dial. ‘a gathering, tumour… | 1709 | Go To Quotation |
| settee | A seat (for indoors) holding two or more persons, with a back and (usually)… | 1716 | Go To Quotation |
| sheeting | Stout cloth of linen or cotton, such as is used for bed linen, etc. | 1711 | Go To Quotation |
| shelterer | One who takes shelter. | 1725 | Go To Quotation |
| shirl | trans. To trim with shears, spec. (see quot. 1802 – 19). | 1688 | Go To Quotation |
| shoulder-knot | A knot of ribbon or lace, sometimes enriched with jewels, worn on the shoulder by men of… | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| show-glass | A glass case for exhibiting valuable or delicate goods. | 1709 | Go To Quotation |
| sinking fund | A fund formed by periodically setting aside revenue to accumulate at interest, usually… | 1724 | Go To Quotation |
| sleeve-button | A button for fastening the loose sides of a wristband or cuff, esp. the cuff of a shirt-sleeve; a sleeve-link. | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| slop-shop | A shop where slop-clothing is sold. | 1723 | Go To Quotation |
| smart-money | A sum of money paid to sailors, soldiers, workmen, etc., as compensation for… | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| smock-race | A race in which a smock was offered as a prize to be run for by women or girls. | 1707 | Go To Quotation |
| snow | A small sailing-vessel resembling a brig, carrying a main and fore mast and… | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| snub nose | A short stumpy nose turned up and flattened at the tip. | 1724 | Go To Quotation |
| spanish | trans. ? To mix (brick-earth) with other material. | 1714 | Go To Quotation |
| spankled | Variant of spangled adj. | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| splint-bone | One or other of the two small metacarpal bones of the foreleg of a horse, lying behind… | 1704 | Go To Quotation |
| sprig tail | A short pointed tail. | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| sprig-tailed | Having a sharp-pointed tail. | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| square-sterned | Of vessels: Having a square stern (see quot. 1850). | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| square-toe | attrib. = square-toed adj. 1. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| stadholdership | The office or dignity of a stadholder. | 1668 | Go To Quotation |
| staff officer | A high officer of the royal household, or minister of state, bearing a white staff. See staff n. 7. Obs. | 1702 | Go To Quotation |
| stag-headed | Of an animal: Having a head shaped somewhat like that of a stag. | 1683 | Go To Quotation |
| staghound | = deer-hound n. | 1707 | Go To Quotation |
| starosty | In the former kingdom of Poland, the domain of a starosta. | 1710 | Go To Quotation |
| steermost | Sternmost, rearmost. | 1667 | Go To Quotation |
| sticklac | Lac in its natural state of incrustation on twigs. | 1704 | Go To Quotation |
| stocking-frame | A machine for producing material composed of the looped stitch used in knitting; a knitting machine. | 1710 | Go To Quotation |
| store-ship | A government ship employed to carry military or naval stores. | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| strong-box | A strongly made chest or safe for money, documents, or other valuables. | 1684 | Go To Quotation |
| struse | (See quots.) | 1701 | Go To Quotation |
| stub | Of a person: Squat, stunted-looking. | 1711 | Go To Quotation |
| succatoon | A kind of cloth. | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| suckling | = sucking adj. 1, 2. | 1688 | Go To Quotation |
| swan-necked | Having a long slender neck. | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| sway-backed | Of an animal, esp. a horse: Having a downward curvature of the spinal column; strained in the back, as by overwork. Also transf. | 1680 | Go To Quotation |
| table-cut | Of a diamond or other precious stone: cut with a large flat upper surface surrounded by small facets. Cf. table n. 26. | 1688 | Go To Quotation |
| tamarine | Some kind of cloth. | 1691 | Go To Quotation |
| tapsail | Some kind of East Indian cotton material. | 1725 | Go To Quotation |
| Tartarish | = Tartar adj. 1. | 1670 | Go To Quotation |
| tawnish | Somewhat tawny; tanned. | 1675 | Go To Quotation |
| tea-kettle | A kettle in which water is boiled for making tea. Phr. ass (= arse) over tea-kettle… | 1705 | Go To Quotation |
| tea-pot | A pot with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made or brought to table. | 1705 | Go To Quotation |
| tea-spoon | A small spoon, usually of silver or silvered metal, of a size suitable for stirring tea or other beverage in a cup. | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| tender-footed | Having tender feet; hence, moving with or as with tender feet; also fig. cautious, timid. | 1682 | Go To Quotation |
| tenoning | Furnishing with tenons. | 1678 | Go To Quotation |
| ten-pounder | A cannon throwing a ten-pound shot. | 1695 | Go To Quotation |
| tenter-ground | Ground occupied by tenters for stretching cloth, etc. | 1714 | Go To Quotation |
| three-decked | Having three decks; three-decked ship = three-decker n. 1a. | 1692 | Go To Quotation |
| ticken | = ticking n., tick n. Also attrib. | 1701 | Go To Quotation |
| tide-surveyor | A customs official who supervised the tide-waiters. | 1725 | Go To Quotation |
| timbal | A kettledrum. Now Hist. or arch. | 1680 | Go To Quotation |
| tinsey | A popular corruption of tinsel n. adj. | 1685 | Go To Quotation |
| tolpatch | A foot-soldier. | 1705 | Go To Quotation |
| toyman | A man who sells toys, or who keeps a toy-shop: formerly, one who sold requisites… | 1707 | Go To Quotation |
| trimmage | = trimming n. 2. | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| trunch | Short and thick. Also in comb. trunch-made. Cf. truncheon adj. | 1683 | Go To Quotation |
| truss | Of a thick rounded form, like a bundle or parcel; neatly and compactly framed; tight… | 1674 | Go To Quotation |
| tsarevich | A son of a tsar. (Superseded, after the time of Paul I, by velikiĭ knyaz′ ‘Grand Duke’, lit.… | 1710 | Go To Quotation |
| tweezer-case | A case in which tweezers and other small instruments are carried; an etui or ‘tweeze’. | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| twitter-bone | A suppurating tumour on a horse's foot. | 1688 | Go To Quotation |
| twizeled | (Meaning uncertain.) | 1685 | Go To Quotation |
| ulema | pl. or collect. Those who have had special training in the knowledge of Muslim religion… | 1688 | Go To Quotation |
| unburnished | (un- prefix 8.) | 1691 | Go To Quotation |
| under-chancellor | (under- prefix 3a(a).) | 1707 | Go To Quotation |
| under-general | (under- prefix 3a(a).) | 1698 | Go To Quotation |
| underhung | Having the lower jaw projecting beyond the upper, or coming unusually far forward. | 1683 | Go To Quotation |
| underlegged | = underlimbed adj. | 1681 | Go To Quotation |
| under-lieutenant | (under- prefix 3a(a). Cf. Dutch onderluitenant, German unterlieutenant.) | 1691 | Go To Quotation |
| underlimbed | Having legs too slender in proportion to the body. | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| under-sewer | (under- prefix 3a(a).) | 1669 | Go To Quotation |
| undocked | (un- prefix 8 + dock v.) | 1677 | Go To Quotation |
| unengrossed | (un- prefix 8.) | 1681 | Go To Quotation |
| unexamining | (un- prefix 10.) | 1682 | Go To Quotation |
| Union Jack | Originally and properly, a small British union flag flown as the jack of a ship; in later… | 1674 | Go To Quotation |
| unleased | Not having a lease. | 1716 | Go To Quotation |
| unspecie | (un- prefix 12b.) | 1711 | Go To Quotation |
| untipped | Not furnished with a tip. | 1679 | Go To Quotation |
| unwarm | (un- prefix 7.) | 1694 | Go To Quotation |
| uso | = usance n. 4. | 1704 | Go To Quotation |
| vacatur | An annulment. | 1682 | Go To Quotation |
| valonia | The large acorn-cups and acorns of Quercus ægilops (and the related Q. vallonea), a species… | 1722 | Go To Quotation |
| vanel(l | Vanilla. | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| veining | The action or process of ornamenting with vein-like markings. | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| velt-marshal | = field marshal n. | 1709 | Go To Quotation |
| veneer | One of the thin slices or slips of fine or fancy wood, or other suitable material, used in veneering. | 1702 | Go To Quotation |
| vestry-room | The vestry of a church; the room in which a parochial vestry assembles. | 1710 | Go To Quotation |
| viceroyalty | The office, rank, or authority of a viceroy. | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| Vidonia | A dry white wine made in the Canary Islands. Also attrib. | 1723 | Go To Quotation |
| wallis | The withers of a horse. | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| warrantee | Misused for warranter n. or guarantee n. 1, and (U.S.) for warranty n. 1. | 1668 | Go To Quotation |
| warrant officer | An officer in the armed services who holds office by a warrant, as distinguished… | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| wash ground | ? A drying-ground. | 1714 | Go To Quotation |
| weaveress | A female weaver. | 1723 | Go To Quotation |
| well-accustomed | Much frequented by customers. Obs. or arch. | 1690 | Go To Quotation |
| well-gaited | | 1712 | Go To Quotation |
| wildish | Somewhat wild; inclining to wildness. | 1714 | Go To Quotation |
| wine-glass | A small drinking-glass for wine. Also = wineglassful n. at Derivatives. | 1709 | Go To Quotation |
| wool-comber | One who combs or cards wool. | 1702 | Go To Quotation |
