| advertiser | A person who informs, notifies, or warns. Obs. (arch. in later use). | 1548 | Go To Quotation |
| aggravator | A letter of ecclesiastical censure. Cf. aggravation n. 2. | 1532 | Go To Quotation |
| ballasting | The action or process of supplying with ballast (literally or figuratively). Also concr.: = ballast n. | 1508 | Go To Quotation |
| base | The smallest kind of cannon used in the 16–17th centuries (see quot. 1692). Also attrib. | 1539 | Go To Quotation |
| bloodstone | Any of certain minerals or precious stones spotted or streaked with red, or red in… | 1504 | Go To Quotation |
| boat | trans. To carry, convey, or transport (a person or cargo) in a boat. | 1508 | Go To Quotation |
| boating | orig. Sc. The action of transporting something by boat; (also esp. in early use) the… | 1504 | Go To Quotation |
| boyne | A flat shallow tub or bowl, esp. (in later use) one for holding milk or one for… | 1532 | Go To Quotation |
| Britain | attrib. Sc. Designating a type of cloth or canvas, originally made in Brittany. Cf. Britannia n. 2. | 1490 | Go To Quotation |
| capiteberne | App.: a cape or hood. | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| cobble | trans. To mend or repair roughly or clumsily; to patch up. | 1496 | Go To Quotation |
| codber(e | A pillow-case. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| codware | A pillow-case. (Sc. and north. dial.) | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| colour-de-roy | A cloth of a rich purple colour associated with the French kings (cf. royal purple n. adj.… | 1531 | Go To Quotation |
| coom | ‘The lid of a coffin, from its being arched’ (Jamieson). | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| cotton | trans. To form a down or nap on; to furnish with a nap, to frieze. Obs. | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| cottoned | Of cloth: Having a nap, friezed. | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| cramer | One who sells goods at a stall or booth; also a pedlar or hawker. | 1491 | Go To Quotation |
| culverin | orig. A small firearm, a kind of hand-gun. | 1489 | Go To Quotation |
| curple | A crupper. | 1498 | Go To Quotation |
| defease | Discharge, acquittance; = defeasance n. 4. | 1491 | Go To Quotation |
| demigraine | Name of some textile fabric. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| demi-ostade | A stuff: apparently half-worsted half-linen, linsey-woolsey. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| diacle | A small portable dial or compass; a pocket-dial. | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| dog collar | A leather band or collar for a dog's neck; = collar n. 4. | 1501 | Go To Quotation |
| dog meat | Meat prepared for dogs; esp. offal, horseflesh, etc., cut into pieces; = dog's meat n. 1. | 1505 | Go To Quotation |
| dogskin | The skin of a dog; the leather made from this; (also) a kind of leather made from sheepskin. | 1508 | Go To Quotation |
| droich | A dwarf. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| druggery | Drugs collectively; medicine, physic; (Sc.) †a drug or medicinal preparation (obs.).… | 1507 | Go To Quotation |
| dwang | A short, horizontal piece of timber inserted as a reinforcement between joists, struts, and the like. | 1497 | Go To Quotation |
| extreat | = estreat n. | 1489 | Go To Quotation |
| feme | A woman. Cf. femme n. 1. rare and poet. after 17th cent. | 1566 | Go To Quotation |
| feu | A feudal tenure of land in which the vassal, in place of military service, makes a return… | 1497 | Go To Quotation |
| Flemish | Of or belonging to Flanders or its inhabitants. For Flemish ell, rider: see the ns. | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| flote | trans. ? To trim with ‘fluting’. | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| forework | A ‘work’ or defensive structure in the front of a building or fortified place. | 1497 | Go To Quotation |
| fulyie | Gold-leaf. | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| furch | = fouch n. 2. Obs. | 1491 | Go To Quotation |
| galbart | = gaberdine n. | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| gogar | Only in gogar-gown, some kind of long gown. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| guiser | One who guises (see guise v. 3); a masquerader, a mummer. (Cf. guisard n., geezer n.) | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| hake | A hook, esp. a pot-hook. | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| infeudation | The granting of an estate to be held in fee; enfeoffment. infeudation of tithes n. the granting of tithes to laymen. | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| in-timber | Inner or inside timber; ‘boards to line the inside of a vessel’. | 1497 | Go To Quotation |
| jornay | Perh.: = jornet n. | 1495 | Go To Quotation |
| justiciary | Sc. The jurisdiction of a justiciar or justiciary: see justiciar n. 2b. | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| kelter | A coarse cloth used for outer garments. Chiefly attrib. | 1502 | Go To Quotation |
| knapple | = clapboard n. | 1496 | Go To Quotation |
| lackey | A footman, esp. a running footman; a valet. | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| lapron | A young rabbit. | 1501 | Go To Quotation |
| letacamp | A camp-bed. Also attrib. in letacamp-bed. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| lingot | A mass of metal shaped like the mould in which it has been cast; = ingot n. 2. | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| lin-nail | = linch-pin n. | 1496 | Go To Quotation |
| logger | In pl. ‘Stockings without feet, tied up with garters and hanging down over the ankles’ (Jamieson). | 1489 | Go To Quotation |
| lug | One of the flaps or lappets of a cap or bonnet, covering the ears. | 1495 | Go To Quotation |
| lugged | Having ‘lugs’ or ears. | 1489 | Go To Quotation |
| luter | A lute-player. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| lyar | ? A coverlet. | 1497 | Go To Quotation |
| mant | intr. To stutter, to stammer; to have a speech impediment. | 1506 | Go To Quotation |
| manting | That stammers or stutters. | 1506 | Go To Quotation |
| mantling | Prob.: the action of making up furs or cloth into a mantle. Obs. | 1503 | Go To Quotation |
| markland | A piece of land having an annual rental value of one mark. Hence also: a unit of land… | 1532 | Go To Quotation |
| maroquin | Designating a kind of leather made from goatskin, originally produced in Morocco (see Morocco… | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| mask | = mash n. 2. | 1508 | Go To Quotation |
| masquery | The action of masquerading or taking part in a masque; a masquerade or masque. Also: masqueraders' dress. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| mast | trans. To provide or equip (a ship) with a mast or masts. | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| mawmer | The discharge pipe of a ship's pump. | 1497 | Go To Quotation |
| melter | A person whose employment involves melting metals or other substances, esp. in a… | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| mers | A round-top surrounding the lower masthead on a ship. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| milk-and-water | The colour of milk and water; a bluish white colour. Freq. in extended use: a kind of cloth of this colour. Obs. | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| mollet | A studded or toothed bit for a horse. Also mollet bit. | 1503 | Go To Quotation |
| mollet-bridle | A bridle having a studded or toothed bit. | 1503 | Go To Quotation |
| monsieur | A title prefixed to the surname or (less commonly) the first name of a man from France… | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| moorfowl | Chiefly Sc. The red grouse, Lagopus lagopus. | 1504 | Go To Quotation |
| moor-pout | A young grouse. | 1506 | Go To Quotation |
| moppet | A mop; esp. one for cleaning a cannon. | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| mors | trans. Prob.: to grease (a firearm). | 1533 | Go To Quotation |
| morsare | A priming flask for a cannon. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| muffle | Something that muffles or covers the face or neck; a muffler. Also in extended use. | 1539 | Go To Quotation |
| muleteer | A mule-driver. | 1538 | Go To Quotation |
| muscat | More fully muscat wine. Wine made from muscat or similar grapes; esp. sweet white wine… | 1548 | Go To Quotation |
| mushed | Of taffeta or ermine: patterned with dark patches or spots; spotted. | 1567 | Go To Quotation |
| must cat | = musk cat n. 1. | 1504 | Go To Quotation |
| neap | In pass. Of a ship: to be kept aground, in harbour, etc., by a neap tide. Also occas. intr. in the same sense. | 1513 | Go To Quotation |
| neglect | trans. To leave out, omit; to discard. Obs. | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| nerve | trans. Sc. To ornament with threads or narrow bands of some material. Obs. rare. | 1532 | Go To Quotation |
| night-glass | Sc. Prob.: a sandglass used for timing night watches on board ship. Obs. | 1504 | Go To Quotation |
| onsetting | The action of placing or fixing on. | 1501 | Go To Quotation |
| onward | Sc. An advance payment. in onward: in advance. | 1496 | Go To Quotation |
| oranged | Coloured orange; tinted with orange. | 1538 | Go To Quotation |
| organist | A maker of organs; an organ-builder. Obs. | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| Orkney | Of, belonging to, or relating to the Orkney Islands; found or produced in Orkney. | 1491 | Go To Quotation |
| outblowing | Sc. Law. A public denunciation of a person, marked by blowing a horn. Obs. | 1503 | Go To Quotation |
| overgilting | = overgilding n. | 1538 | Go To Quotation |
| overlayer | A thing which overlays or overlies something. Formerly also: a person who… | 1503 | Go To Quotation |
| pagery | The office or position of page; employment as a page; the condition of being a page. | 1562 | Go To Quotation |
| paitclaith | An article of clothing; spec. = partlet n. | 1550 | Go To Quotation |
| paleman | = paler n. Obs. rare. | 1503 | Go To Quotation |
| palliasse | A mattress made of sacking or other strong material filled with straw or the like. | 1506 | Go To Quotation |
| pantan | Sc. A slipper; a soft shoe; = pantofle n. | 1489 | Go To Quotation |
| pantofle | A slipper; a loose shoe. In early use app.: any type of indoor shoe, esp. applied… | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| parakeet | Originally: a parrot. Now: any of numerous small to medium-sized, typically… | 1538 | Go To Quotation |
| pargenar | = pargeter n. | 1501 | Go To Quotation |
| parliament | An appurtenance of a cloak or gown (perh. a facing). | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| part | Partial; that is (something) in part but not in full. | 1496 | Go To Quotation |
| particulary | Individually, specifically; = particularly adv. 1a 1b. | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| passement | A strip of braiding, usually made with gold or silver wire or with silk, used… | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| passevelours | Sc. Perh.: of the colour of passe-velours. | 1570 | Go To Quotation |
| passe-volant | A type of small cannon used in the 16th and 17th centuries; = base n. Obs. | 1513 | Go To Quotation |
| patisser | A pastry-cook; a seller of pastry. | 1538 | Go To Quotation |
| pearling | A kind of lace of thread or silk, used for trimming the edges of garments; picot lace.… | 1566 | Go To Quotation |
| peggy | In full peggy-mast. A small mast or yard to which a pennant is attached. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| pellock | A (more or less) spherical missile fired from a crossbow, mortar, cannon, etc.; = pellet n. 1a. | 1496 | Go To Quotation |
| pend | An object, esp. a piece of jewellery, which hangs from something else; = pendant n. 3. | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| pendace | A loose hanging part of something, esp. of an ornamental nature; = pendant n. 3. | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| pending | The action of pend v.; (concr.) the stonework forming an arch or vault, arch-work. | 1491 | Go To Quotation |
| pendle | Sc. A hanging or valance for an altar; an altar-cloth. Obs. rare. | 1501 | Go To Quotation |
| pet | Chiefly Sc., Eng. regional (north.) and Irish English (north.). A lamb or (later… | 1539 | Go To Quotation |
| petard | A small bomb made of a metal or wooden box filled with powder, used to blow in a door… | 1566 | Go To Quotation |
| petrol | = petroleum n. In early use also oil (of) petrol. Cf. sense 3. Obs. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| pick | A type of weapon with a long wooden shaft and a pointed metal head; = pike n. 1. | 1515 | Go To Quotation |
| pickman | = pikeman n. | 1547 | Go To Quotation |
| picktooth | An instrument for removing bits of food lodged between the teeth; a toothpick. | 1542 | Go To Quotation |
| pikmoyane | as postmodifier: designating a type of small culverin. | 1513 | Go To Quotation |
| pilgate | A light saddle; = pillion n. 1a. | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| pily | orig. Sc. Of a fabric: having a pile or nap. Now rare. | 1529 | Go To Quotation |
| pilyie | trans. To pillage, plunder; to seize by piracy. Cf. pill v. 7a. | 1539 | Go To Quotation |
| piner | Sc. A labourer; spec. (in north-east Scotland) a turf-cutter. Now hist. | 1497 | Go To Quotation |
| pink | A decorative hole or eyelet punched in a garment. Cf. pinking n. 1b. | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| pinking | The action of pinking cloth, leather, a garment, etc.; an instance of this. Also pinking-out. Cf. pink v. 1. | 1503 | Go To Quotation |
| pioneer | A member of an infantry group going with or ahead of an army or regiment to dig… | 1517 | Go To Quotation |
| pippane | Of silk, thread, etc.: wound on a reel. | 1490 | Go To Quotation |
| piqueur | Esp. in France and French-speaking countries: an attendant who directs the hounds during a hunt; a master of hounds. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| pirn | trans. To weave (cloth) from or with threads of different colours or textures to achieve a patterned or striped effect. Obs. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| pirned | Of cloth: woven from threads of different colours; striped; brocaded. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| plaiding | Material for plaids; twilled woollen cloth; (a) cloth of a tartan pattern. | 1548 | Go To Quotation |
| plastron | A steel breastplate worn beneath a hauberk. Now hist. | 1507 | Go To Quotation |
| playock | A plaything, a toy. | 1508 | Go To Quotation |
| plet | Plaited; intertwined; tangled. Also of metal bars: set criss-cross, interwoven. | 1503 | Go To Quotation |
| pluff | Sc. A blowpipe. Obs. rare. | 1525 | Go To Quotation |
| podlock | = podler n. Cf. podley n. | 1502 | Go To Quotation |
| polonois | Prob.: (of the style of a garment) Polish. | 1599 | Go To Quotation |
| portmanteau | A case or bag for carrying clothing and other belongings when travelling; (originally) one… | 1553 | Go To Quotation |
| Portugal | A native or inhabitant of Portugal; a Portuguese person. Now rare. | 1496 | Go To Quotation |
| post | intr. To travel with relays of horses, originally as a courier or bearer of letters. Now hist. | 1533 | Go To Quotation |
| postilion | A guide or forerunner for the post, or for a messenger, etc. Obs. | 1565 | Go To Quotation |
| postman | In early use: a courier who rides post (obs.). Later: a man or (now also) a woman… | 1529 | Go To Quotation |
| pottingar | = apothecary n. (in various senses). | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| powder barrel | A barrel in which gunpowder is stored. Also fig. | 1496 | Go To Quotation |
| powder horn | A powder flask made of the horn of an ox, cow, etc., with a wooden or metal bottom at… | 1508 | Go To Quotation |
| powderman | A person who deals with or handles gunpowder or other explosive material. | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| py | An eyelet; = pie-hole n. | 1553 | Go To Quotation |
| pyne pig | A pot or earthenware vessel (occasionally a container of tin or some other material)… | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| quarter cleft | Wood cleft in four; quartered wood; (also) one of the pieces produced by cleaving in four. | 1538 | Go To Quotation |
| railye | Striped; so adorned as to appear striped. Chiefly as postmodifier. Cf. railyet n. | 1539 | Go To Quotation |
| range | A kind of sieve or strainer. Also range-sieve. | 1542 | Go To Quotation |
| rapier | A long, thin, sharp-pointed sword designed chiefly for thrusting. | 1503 | Go To Quotation |
| rattle-gold | Gold leaf or tinsel. | 1508 | Go To Quotation |
| recur | To resort or have recourse to a person or other agent for assistance or argument. Now rare. | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| recurring | That occurs again or is repeated, esp. frequently, regularly, or periodically. Freq.… | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| reek | To prepare (a ship) for going to sea; to fit or rig out; to equip. Freq. with forth, out. Also occas. intr. Cf. outreik v. Obs. | 1562 | Go To Quotation |
| reested | Dried by heat or smoke; cured. | 1513 | Go To Quotation |
| Register House | The building appointed for the keeping of the Registers (register n. 3). | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| remove | Farriery. An act of shoeing a horse with its old shoes, rather than providing new ones… | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| riding coat | A coat, esp. a waterproof overcoat, worn for horse riding. In later use also: a… | 1501 | Go To Quotation |
| rigwiddie | A band, rope, or chain which runs across the cart-saddle on the back of a… | 1513 | Go To Quotation |
| rimburst | Hernia or rupture of the abdominal wall; an instance of this. Now rare. | 1505 | Go To Quotation |
| risp | Sc. and Irish English (north.). A carpenter's file; a rasp. Now rare. | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| rizzer | More fully red rizzer: a redcurrant bush, Ribes rubrum; a fruit of this plant. Freq. attrib.… | 1587 | Go To Quotation |
| Romany | Only in Romany budge (see budge n.), Romany skins, Romany banes (with obscure second element): a kind of imported fur. | 1495 | Go To Quotation |
| Rood Day | (a) The day on which the Exaltation of the Cross is celebrated (14 September); = Holy Cross day… | 1496 | Go To Quotation |
| rose noble | An English gold coin current in the 15th and 16th centuries, being a variety of the noble (noble… | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| roseting | The action of smearing or coating with resin. | 1513 | Go To Quotation |
| Ross Herald | More fully Ross Herald of Arms (in Ordinary). One of the senior heraldic Scottish officers… | 1515 | Go To Quotation |
| rover | Archery. An arbitrarily selected mark at an unknown distance from the archer, esp. as… | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| Rowan | attrib. Designating cloth imported from or in the style of Rouen, esp. fine quality wool… | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| rowboat | A boat propelled by oars; = rowing boat n. | 1502 | Go To Quotation |
| row-bowl | In pl.: the game of bowls (bowl n. 3). Also: a ball for playing this game. | 1501 | Go To Quotation |
| rowing boat | A boat propelled by oars. Cf. rowboat n. | 1515 | Go To Quotation |
| ruban | A ribbon. In later use only in French-speaking contexts. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| ruffy | (The name of) a devil or fiend. Also in Ruffy Ragman, Ruffy Tasker. Cf. Ruffin n., ruffian n. | 1502 | Go To Quotation |
| russel | attrib. In names of materials, as russel(s) black, russel(s) cloth, russel(s) satin, russel(s) silk, russel(s) worsted. | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| ruvell | Of uncertain meaning; perh.: some kind of metal plate. | 1538 | Go To Quotation |
| saltpetre | Potassium nitrate; = nitre n. 1b Chili or cubic saltpetre: sodium nitrate. | 1501 | Go To Quotation |
| sandre | Shortened form of Alexander n., a species of striped silk. | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| Sandy | A shortened form of the name Alexander, chiefly used in Scotland. Hence used as a nickname for a Scotchman. Cf. sawney n. | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| saying | The action of say v. in various senses. | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| Scotswoman | A woman who is Scottish by descent, birth, or residency; (typically) a woman born in Scotland or to Scottish parents. | 1522 | Go To Quotation |
| secondar | Of second quality; of the second rank with respect to size; = secondary adj. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| secting | Cutting. | 1507 | Go To Quotation |
| semys | The distinctive epithet of some kind of leather. | 1508 | Go To Quotation |
| set work | A kind of embroidery used in working tapestry; also attrib. Obs. | 1503 | Go To Quotation |
| shapio(u)n | Some kind of head-dress. | 1504 | Go To Quotation |
| shawmer | One who plays on the shawm. | 1505 | Go To Quotation |
| sheriffship | The office of sheriff. | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| signator | = signature n. 1. | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| signet | trans. To stamp with a signet, esp. (in later use) as a mark of the authority of the… | 1496 | Go To Quotation |
| skaillie | Blue roofing-slate. Obs. | 1496 | Go To Quotation |
| skin coat | A coat made of skin. | 1533 | Go To Quotation |
| smite | A rope attached to one of the lower corners of a sail. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| spargen | trans. To parget. | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| speeler | A performer; an acrobat. | 1496 | Go To Quotation |
| spool | collect. Wooden roofing-shingles. Also attrib. | 1496 | Go To Quotation |
| spraing | trans. To variegate or diversify with coloured stripes or streaks. | 1532 | Go To Quotation |
| stall | A hive of bees; a ‘stock’ of bees in or for a hive; also, a bee-hive. (Cf. staller n.) | 1505 | Go To Quotation |
| stalp | ? Some kind of trap. | 1505 | Go To Quotation |
| stammet | Some woollen fabric. | 1531 | Go To Quotation |
| steek | trans. To stitch. | 1502 | Go To Quotation |
| stenter | One who sets up (tents). Sc. Obs. | 1545 | Go To Quotation |
| stenting | concr. Stiffening for a doublet. Obs. | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| stentour | A stiffening for a doublet. | 1502 | Go To Quotation |
| steven | = stem n. 1. | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| stewartry | A former territorial division of Scotland under the jurisdiction of a steward: see steward n. 5d. | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| stirrup-iron | The metal portion of a stirrup, the stirrup proper (in the modern sense) as distinguished from the strap supporting it. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| stortkyn | Some measure of quantity. | 1501 | Go To Quotation |
| straik | A measure of timber. Obs. rare. | 1542 | Go To Quotation |
| stulage | (Sense obscure: explained by editor as ‘ballast’.) | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| superexpend | trans. (in pass.). to be superexpended: (of a person or fund) to be overspent, to be… | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| superexpense | Usu. in pl. Expenditure, or an expenditure, in excess of income or receipts; out-of-pocket expenses. | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| supersault | A somersault. Also fig.: †a hyperbole, an exaggeration (obs. rare). | 1503 | Go To Quotation |
| superseding | Sc. Postponement, delay; deferment of action, reprieve. Obs. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| suppling | The action of making something more supple, soft, or flexible; an instance of this. | 1542 | Go To Quotation |
| surage | name of some textile fabric. | 1530 | Go To Quotation |
| swap thak | ‘Thin boards of wood firmly fastened over a thatched roof, as a girding for the thatch’ (Jamieson). | 1496 | Go To Quotation |
| swash | A kind of drum. Also attrib. swash-head n. a drum-head. swash-man n. = swasher n. | 1533 | Go To Quotation |
| Sweden | The name of one of the Scandinavian countries; †used attrib., spec. in Sweden boards (Sc.). | 1503 | Go To Quotation |
| syon | A kind of coat. Also attrib. | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| syre | A gutter, drain, sewer. | 1513 | Go To Quotation |
| tartar | A rich kind of cloth, probably silk, used in 15th and 16th centuries; the same as tartarin n. 2. | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| taslet | pl. Tasses, tassets: see tasse n., tasset n. | 1507 | Go To Quotation |
| tee | Sc. (See quot. 1882.) | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| terpoile | Of patterned velvet, etc.: Three-pile; pile upon pile. | 1489 | Go To Quotation |
| thane | = fane n. 1. | 1496 | Go To Quotation |
| theat | pl. ‘The ropes or traces, by means of which horses draw in a carriage, plough, or harrow’ (Jamieson): now chiefly of the plough. | 1496 | Go To Quotation |
| thesaur | treasury. | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| thesaurary | The office of treasurer; treasurership. Sc. | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| throuch | A sheet (of paper). | 1502 | Go To Quotation |
| tight | (also refl.) To put in order, make tidy or neat. dial. | 1532 | Go To Quotation |
| tocher | The marriage portion which a wife brings to her husband; dowry, dot. | 1496 | Go To Quotation |
| toothpick | An instrument for picking the teeth: usually a pointed quill or small piece of wood… | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| toque | A kind of small cap or bonnet worn by men and women in various countries. (In quot. 1505, a large tippet.) | 1505 | Go To Quotation |
| touch- | one of a set of plates bearing the ‘touches’ or official marks of the company of pewterers (touch n. 5b). | 1508 | Go To Quotation |
| touch-hole | A small tubular hole in the breech of a firearm, through which the charge is ignited; the vent. | 1501 | Go To Quotation |
| trannet | Some piece of horse harness: see quots. | 1504 | Go To Quotation |
| trumpeter | One who sounds or plays upon a trumpet; spec. a soldier in a cavalry regiment who… | 1497 | Go To Quotation |
| tuck | | 1506 | Go To Quotation |
| twopenny | Of the value of, amounting to, or costing twopence. | 1532 | Go To Quotation |
| tyr(e)ment | Sc. aphetic f. interment n. | 1504 | Go To Quotation |
| ulipy | ? An oilskin coat or jacket. | 1529 | Go To Quotation |
| uncome | Not (yet) arrived. | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| underlier | Something that lies under. | 1542 | Go To Quotation |
| unharnessed | Not ornamented or trimmed. Obs. | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| unpacked | Not made up in, or put into, a pack. | 1495 | Go To Quotation |
| unpressed | Not pressed or squeezed; not subjected to pressure. | 1552 | Go To Quotation |
| untransported | Not conveyed or carried. | 1549 | Go To Quotation |
| varnished | Coated with varnish; †painted. | 1553 | Go To Quotation |
| varnishing | The action of applying varnish or of coating anything with varnish. | 1505 | Go To Quotation |
| vasquine | A petticoat. | 1553 | Go To Quotation |
| vein | Sc. To ornament (a garment, etc.) with narrow stripes of some suitable material. Obs. | 1502 | Go To Quotation |
| verditer | A kind of pigment of a green, bluish green, or (more freq.) light blue colour, usu.… | 1505 | Go To Quotation |
| vice-regent | One who acts in place of a regent. | 1556 | Go To Quotation |
| violer | A player of the viol, in early use esp. one attached to the household of the king, a noble, etc.; a fiddler. | 1551 | Go To Quotation |
| wamplate | ? An ornamental plate on harness to be put below the belly of a horse. | 1508 | Go To Quotation |
| warestall | A store cupboard. | 1508 | Go To Quotation |
| warship | A ship armed and manned for war. | 1533 | Go To Quotation |
| water-mail | Some kind of fur. Also attrib. | 1489 | Go To Quotation |
| welting | The edging, binding, or ornamenting (a garment) with a welt or welts; chiefly concr., an edging, a border, fringe. | 1508 | Go To Quotation |
| white iron | Cast iron of a silvery colour containing most or all of its carbon in combination. | 1532 | Go To Quotation |
| Windsor | an officer whose duties are now performed by Garter King of Arms. | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| winnock | A window. | 1492 | Go To Quotation |
| woup | A hoop or ring, esp. a finger-ring of plain metal as distinguished from one set with stones. | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| wrakling | A large make of nail, esp. used in shipbuilding. Also collect. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| wup | trans. To bind (something) round with cord, thread, etc. | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| yuffrouw | (See quots. 1810 1867.) | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| yule-even | Christmas Eve. | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
