| abatable | That may be abated; liable to be abated (in various senses of abate v.). | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| abbreviature | An abbreviated or condensed form of a text, treatment of a subject, etc.; a brief… | 1578 | Go To Quotation |
| abuse | trans. To use (something) improperly, to misuse; to make a bad use of; to pervert; to take advantage of wrongly. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| acrospire | intr. Of (a grain of) barley or similar crop, esp. one used for malting: to produce a shoot; to sprout at both ends. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| adulterating | The action or an act of corrupting or debasing something by admixture; the result of this; = adulteration n. | 1581 | Go To Quotation |
| aletaster | An officer appointed to test the ale brewed (and sometimes the bread baked) in a particular area; = ale conner n. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| blackcock | The male of the black grouse, Tetrao tetrix; also called heathcock. Also with unmarked pl. | 1428 | Go To Quotation |
| body-like | orig. and chiefly Sc. In the flesh, in person; in a corporeal form. Obs. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| eik | ‘A sort of unctuous perspiration that oozes through the pores of the skin of sheep in… | 1641 | Go To Quotation |
| freeholding | That possesses a freehold; that is a freeholder. | 1397 | Go To Quotation |
| informality | The quality or fact of being informal; absence of formality; (as a count noun) an… | 1543 | Go To Quotation |
| innumeral | = innumerable adj. | 1585 | Go To Quotation |
| mail | trans. To rent, pay rent for. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| marcher | Originally gen.: †an inhabitant of a march or border district (obs.). Now: spec. = marcher lord n. at 2. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| masking | = mashing n. 1. Also: the quantity of malt mashed at one time. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| meith | A landmark or other feature marking a boundary. Also (freq. in pl. and in meiths and bounds… | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| mertrick | A marten. Also (more fully mertrick skin): the fur or dressed skin of the marten. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| metallar | A person who works in metal. | 1592 | Go To Quotation |
| minority | The period of a person's life prior to attaining full age; the state or fact of being a minor (see minor adj. 3). | 1493 | Go To Quotation |
| mishave | trans. (refl.). To do wrong, misbehave. | 1528 | Go To Quotation |
| mittell | A bird of prey (prob. some kind of hawk); (app.) = mittane n. | 1457 | Go To Quotation |
| moorburn | The action of burning heather and other vegetation on a moor in order to clear the ground… | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| moor burner | A person who sets fire to heather, wild grass, etc., on a moor. Cf. moorburn n. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| moot-hill | A hill on which a moot or assembly is held. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| morwyngift | = morning gift n. Cf. moryeve n. | 1503 | Go To Quotation |
| moss-trooper | A member of any of the marauding gangs which, in the mid 17th cent., carried out raids… | 1645 | Go To Quotation |
| mother kirk | Also with capital initials. = mother church n. 1. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| moyen | Instrumentality. Chiefly in by (also through) (the) moyen of: (a) by the instrumentality… | 1439 | Go To Quotation |
| muckering | Hoarding of money, miserliness. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| mutchkin | A measure of capacity for liquids and for dry substances of a powdery or granular nature… | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| na | = than conj. Now rare. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| naturalization | orig. Sc. The action of admitting a foreigner or immigrant to the position and… | 1558 | Go To Quotation |
| non-compearant | A person who fails to appear in a court of law. | 1587 | Go To Quotation |
| non-finding | Sc. The fact of not finding something, esp. a surety. Obs. rare. | 1525 | Go To Quotation |
| nullity | The state or condition of being legally null and void; invalidity; an instance of this.… | 1543 | Go To Quotation |
| obedientiar | = obedientiary n. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| ochiern | A person ranking with the son or grandson of a thane. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| oddwoman | A female umpire or arbiter. | 1587 | Go To Quotation |
| officiality | Christian Church. The office, jurisdiction, or dignity of an Official Principal (see official… | 1597 | Go To Quotation |
| outgone | Of a period of time, etc.: finished, gone past; (of an animal) more than (a certain age). Obs. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| overlier | Sc. A person who is a burden or encumbrance; spec. a beggar who exacts lodging at farmhouses. | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| overset | Sc. Overthrow, defeat; an instance of this. Obs. | 1456 | Go To Quotation |
| parcelled | Divided or distributed into parcels, parts, or portions. Also fig. | 1593 | Go To Quotation |
| patenter | A person who has been granted a patent; one who takes out a patent on an invention, idea, etc. | 1641 | Go To Quotation |
| pearling | = pearl fishing n. | 1639 | Go To Quotation |
| peremptor | Of a day, time, etc.: fixed or appointed for the performance of an action, court… | 1397 | Go To Quotation |
| perversed | Perverted; perverse. Also as n. with the and pl. concord: perversed people as a class. | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| pilot | To conduct or convey (a person) in a ship or boat; to direct the course of (a vessel)… | 1581 | Go To Quotation |
| pink | A small sailing vessel, usually having a narrow stern; spec. (a) a flat-bottomed boat… | 1471 | Go To Quotation |
| piratry | = piracy n. 1. | 1526 | Go To Quotation |
| plainand | = complainant adj. Esp. in party plainand: = complainant n. 1. | 1397 | Go To Quotation |
| poind | Law. An act of distraint; a seizure of property in lieu of money owed. Also: a beast or other possession seized in distraint. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| poind | trans. To distrain upon (a person); to seize and sell (assets) in lieu of payment of a debt; = pind v. 2. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| pot lead | Prob.: lead used for the manufacture of pots or other objects. Cf. pot metal n. 1a. rare. | 1584 | Go To Quotation |
| pretermit | trans. To neglect or omit (an action, duty, etc.); to leave undone or unused; to fail to… | 1475 | Go To Quotation |
| pretermitting | The action of pretermit v.; pretermission. | 1475 | Go To Quotation |
| pricer | A person who or business which determines the price of goods or services. Also in extended use. Cf. prizer n. 1. | 1587 | Go To Quotation |
| proprietar | = proprietary n. (in various senses). | 1489 | Go To Quotation |
| pro tanto | To such an extent, to that extent; in like measure, accordingly. | 1621 | Go To Quotation |
| protest | intr. With for. To petition, advance a claim; to put forward a protestation (protestation n. 2a). Obs. | 1429 | Go To Quotation |
| public | trans. To make public, to publish; to publicize. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| pupillar | Chiefly Sc. Law. = pupillary adj. 1. Obs. | 1554 | Go To Quotation |
| purprise | intr. Sc. To enclose or encroach upon land or property illegally; to commit purpresture. Also trans. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| raid | Sc. A roadstead or anchorage for ships. Cf. road n. 3. Obs. | 1294 | Go To Quotation |
| ranking | The action or process of rank v. (in various senses); esp. the action or process of placing… | 1581 | Go To Quotation |
| rebeller | A rebel, a person who rebels. | 1398 | Go To Quotation |
| receive | To accept (something) as an authority, rule, or practice; to admit the truth or validity… | 1318 | Go To Quotation |
| recognition | Law. A form of inquiry or inquest by jury first introduced to England by the early Norman… | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| redeemable | orig. Sc. Of property, stock, etc.: able to be repurchased or redeemed. Also fig. | 1551 | Go To Quotation |
| red-hand | Sc. (orig. Law). In predicative use. Originally: †(of a crime) that has been committed… | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| redress | To obtain redress for (an injury, damage, harm, etc.); to set right, repair, rectify. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| reft | Of a thing: taken away by force. Obs. | 1387 | Go To Quotation |
| rehabilitation | The restoration of a person to former privileges, status, or possessions by… | 1483 | Go To Quotation |
| remain | That which remains or is left of a thing or things after other parts have been removed… | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| repledge | Law. To transfer (a person or cause) from the jurisdiction of another court to one's own… | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| resigner | A person who resigns (something) (in various senses). | 1555 | Go To Quotation |
| rind | trans. To prepare (tallow, butter, etc.) for preservation by melting and clarifying; to render; to melt. Also with down. | 1526 | Go To Quotation |
| rumple | A tail, a rump. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| sextern | = sestern n. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| spulyie | The action of despoiling; spoliation; an instance of this. | 1464 | Go To Quotation |
| subvavasour | = subvassal n. | 1350 | Go To Quotation |
| supplier | A person who or organization (or occas. a thing) which provides something needed… | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| supply | trans. To furnish or provide (a person) with something; (in early use) to satisfy the… | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| thanage | The tenure by which lands were held by a thane; the land held by a thane, a thane-land… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| tracent | Corruption of French treizain (< treize thirteen), popular name in France for… | 1524 | Go To Quotation |
| troner | An official who had charge of the weighing of merchandise at the tron. | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| unforgiven | Sc. Without any remission. Obs. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| whereintill | Wherein. | 1516 | Go To Quotation |
