| aftermath | Agric. A second crop or new growth of grass (or occas. another plant used as feed) after… | 1496 | Go To Quotation |
| cobbard | See quot. 1879, and cf. cob-iron n. | 1403 | Go To Quotation |
| cowl | To quarrel. | 1556 | Go To Quotation |
| dicer | One who plays or gambles with dice; a person addicted to dicing. | 1408 | Go To Quotation |
| dorm(e | Sleep, slumber, a doze. in dorme: dormant. | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| dressing-knife | A blade with two handles used in leather-dressing. Hence dressing-knife-board. | 1411 | Go To Quotation |
| drum | A musical instrument of the percussive class, consisting of a hollow cylindrical… | 1541 | Go To Quotation |
| drumstick | The stick having a terminal knob or padded head with which a drum is beaten. | 1589 | Go To Quotation |
| eavesdropper | gen. One who listens secretly to conversation. | 1487 | Go To Quotation |
| Fasten(s)-Tuesday | = Fastens-een n. | 1585 | Go To Quotation |
| fence | trans. To surround with or as with a fence (see fence n. 4 5); to enclose, fortify, protect. | 1435 | Go To Quotation |
| fent | trans. ? To make slits in. | 1589 | Go To Quotation |
| ferelay | ? Passage-money. | 1547 | Go To Quotation |
| figury | = figured adj. (of satin, velvet, tinsel, etc.). | 1467 | Go To Quotation |
| filler | One who or that which fills: in various senses of the verb, spec. in Mining. | 1496 | Go To Quotation |
| fire-wood | Wood for burning; fuel. Also attrib. | 1496 | Go To Quotation |
| flesh-hewer | A butcher. | 1335 | Go To Quotation |
| fourpenny | fourpenny nail: a nail 1½ in. long, of which 4 lbs. go to the ‘thousand’ (i.e. 10 nominal hundreds or 1120). | 1481 | Go To Quotation |
| frizado | A fine kind of frieze. Also attrib. | 1542 | Go To Quotation |
| groundsel | trans. To lay the foundation or threshold of. | 1486 | Go To Quotation |
| hack- | a chopping-block. | 1411 | Go To Quotation |
| haircloth | Cloth or fabric made of hair, used for various purposes, as for tents, towels, shirts… | 1500 | Go To Quotation |
| hang- | a hanging lock, a padlock. | 1411 | Go To Quotation |
| hawker | A man who goes from place to place selling his goods, or who cries them in the street. In… | 1510 | Go To Quotation |
| hob | (Formerly also hub.) In a fire-place, the part of the casing having a surface level with the top of the grate. | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| horse-hire | The hire of a horse; payment for the use of a horse. | 1464 | Go To Quotation |
| horse-lock | A shackle for a horse's feet = fetlock n. 2; hence, app. any hanging lock, a padlock. | 1486 | Go To Quotation |
| hovel | An open shed; an outhouse used as a shelter for cattle, a receptacle for grain or tools. | 1435 | Go To Quotation |
| hub | The hob n. of a fire-place. Obs. | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| image-maker | A person who makes physical images, esp. statues, effigies, or sculpted figures; (also)… | 1500 | Go To Quotation |
| innholder | = innkeeper n. | 1464 | Go To Quotation |
| jail-delivery | The clearing a jail of prisoners by bringing them to trial, esp. at the assizes… | 1464 | Go To Quotation |
| joist | obs. and dial. ff. gist n., agistment. | 1558 | Go To Quotation |
| kibble | A stout staff or cudgel; a hooked stick. | 1411 | Go To Quotation |
| kid | To secure (loose soil, etc.) by means of kids. | 1504 | Go To Quotation |
| kydy | Cf. kid n. 3. | 1486 | Go To Quotation |
| layheap | = laystall n. | 1624 | Go To Quotation |
| limning | attrib., as limning gold, limning picture, limning-skill. | 1420 | Go To Quotation |
| linen-draper | A retail trader who deals in linens, calicos, and the like. | 1549 | Go To Quotation |
| mertun | A kind of church bell (perh. a baritone bell). | 1536 | Go To Quotation |
| Norfolk | attrib. Designating things manufactured in, characteristic of, or peculiar to Norfolk. | 1407 | Go To Quotation |
| overligger | A horizontal timber in a scaffolding. Cf. overlier n. 2. | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| parted | Combined together so as to produce a particoloured or variegated effect; divided into… | 1393 | Go To Quotation |
| particular | trans. To mention particularly; to particularize. | 1605 | Go To Quotation |
| pit-coal | Coal obtained from a pit or mine, as distinct from charcoal; (also) spec. black or… | 1483 | Go To Quotation |
| plat | An area of land (usually of small extent); a patch of ground for growing vegetables, etc.; = plot n. 1a. | 1435 | Go To Quotation |
| pointer | A maker of tagged points or laces for fastening clothes; = point-maker n. Obs. | 1500 | Go To Quotation |
| pot-lid | The lid of a pot. In later use also spec.: a decorated ceramic lid as a collector's item. | 1404 | Go To Quotation |
| poy | A pole used to propel a barge or boat; a punting-pole; spec. a pole with an iron forked… | 1486 | Go To Quotation |
| saw pit | An excavation in the ground, over the mouth of which a framework is erected on which… | 1408 | Go To Quotation |
| scare-fire | A sudden conflagration. | 1572 | Go To Quotation |
| scrapple | To scrape or use a ‘scrapple’. | 1504 | Go To Quotation |
| scut | ? An embankment. | 1561 | Go To Quotation |
| sifted | That has been passed through a sieve. | 1485 | Go To Quotation |
| skepper | A maker of skeps. | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| skillet | A cooking utensil of brass, copper, or other metal, usually having three or four feet and… | 1403 | Go To Quotation |
| slide-groat | Shove-groat, shovelboard. | 1552 | Go To Quotation |
| snath(e | trans. To prune or lop (trees, etc.); to remove by lopping. | 1485 | Go To Quotation |
| sorrelled | Of horses: = sorrel adj. a. | 1403 | Go To Quotation |
| spinning-wheel | A simple apparatus for spinning, formerly in common use, in which the formation of the… | 1404 | Go To Quotation |
| stanchier | ? An extinguisher. | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| tinsel | Brushwood for hedging or fencing. | 1486 | Go To Quotation |
| tippler | A retailer of ale and other intoxicating liquor; a tapster; a tavern-keeper. Obs. | 1396 | Go To Quotation |
| twitchel | A narrow passage between walls or hedges. In quot. 1460 transf. | 1435 | Go To Quotation |
| unmuzzled | Not muzzled; freed from a muzzle. | 1604 | Go To Quotation |
| visited | Afflicted with illness; attacked by plague or other epidemic. Obs. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| waistcoat | A garment forming part of ordinary male attire, worn under an outer garment (a doublet… | 1519 | Go To Quotation |
| walker's earth | = fuller's earth n. | 1403 | Go To Quotation |
| westermost | Situated furthest to the west; most westerly. | 1435 | Go To Quotation |
| whinyard | A short-sword, a hanger. | 1478 | Go To Quotation |
| whirl | The fly-wheel or pulley of a spindle: = whorl n. 1. | 1411 | Go To Quotation |
| whittle | A knife, esp. one of a large size, as a carving-knife, a butcher's knife, or one carried as a weapon; also, a clasp-knife. | 1404 | Go To Quotation |
