| abaisance | An act expressing deference or respect, usually a bending forwards of the body; a bow. | 1485 | Go To Quotation |
| adjutrix | A female helper. | 1631 | Go To Quotation |
| amenge | To mix, mingle. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| amiant(h | = amiant(h)us n. (Now a poetic form.) | 1420 | Go To Quotation |
| andouille | ‘A big hogges gut stuffed with small guts (and other intrailes) cut into small… | 1605 | Go To Quotation |
| astonied | Of parts of the body: Rendered powerless, or functionless. Of the teeth: ‘set on edge.’ Obs. | 1350 | Go To Quotation |
| astromancy | Divination by means of the planets and stars; astrology. | 1570 | Go To Quotation |
| attincture | = attainture n. | 1575 | Go To Quotation |
| averoyne | Southernwood (Artemisia abrotonum). | 1350 | Go To Quotation |
| backermost | By-form of backmost adj. | 1669 | Go To Quotation |
| bangle | A ring-bracelet or anklet. | 1787 | Go To Quotation |
| bascaudal | Of or pertaining to a basket or basket-work. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| base | The skirt of a woman's outer petticoat or robe. Also in pl. in same sense. Obs. | 1508 | Go To Quotation |
| belast | Burdened, charged, bound. | 1441 | Go To Quotation |
| bicone | An object having the form of two cones placed base to base; esp. of beads. Also attrib. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| bigold | The corn marigold, Chrysanthemum segetum. Cf. gold n. | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| bretcock | A fish: cf. bret n. | 1522 | Go To Quotation |
| bussell | The print (print n. 6a) or (decorated) circular plate at the bottom of a mazer or drinking bowl; = bossell n. | 1439 | Go To Quotation |
| caliver | A light kind of musket or harquebus, originally, it appears, of a certain… | 1568 | Go To Quotation |
| cardinalic | Pertaining to a cardinal. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| centuriation | (See quots.) | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| cesshery | error for coshery n. | 1575 | Go To Quotation |
| cherry | A well-known stone-fruit; the pulpy drupe of certain species (or a sub-genus) of… | 1350 | Go To Quotation |
| cherry-stone | The stone or hard endocarp of the cherry. | 1350 | Go To Quotation |
| cist | Prehistoric Archaeol. A sepulchral chest or chamber excavated in rock or formed of… | 1804 | Go To Quotation |
| clowre | Surface of the ground, grassy ground, sward, turf. | 1350 | Go To Quotation |
| conceptionist | A member of the R.C. order of the Conception: also attrib. | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| conduct-money | Hist. Money to pay for the expense of conducting to the rendezvous at the coast each… | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| co-titular | One of the patron saints to whom a church is jointly dedicated. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| deafhead | Deafness. | 1350 | Go To Quotation |
| ding | Some kind of household vessel. | 1594 | Go To Quotation |
| dream-hole | One of ‘the holes left in the walls of steeples, towers, barns, etc., for the admission… | 1559 | Go To Quotation |
| dredge | A sweetmeat; a comfit containing a seed or grain of spice; a preparation made of a mixture of spices; cf. dragée n. Obs. | 1350 | Go To Quotation |
| encumbrancy | = encumbrance n. 4. | 1554 | Go To Quotation |
| ettle | Dial. form of nettle n.; cf. adder for nadder, etc. | 1688 | Go To Quotation |
| evangelistic | Of or pertaining to the Four Evangelists. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| ewrose | Rose-water. | 1350 | Go To Quotation |
| ey(e)rer | A brood falcon. Also attrib. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| fage | The action of coaxing or deceiving; a deceit, fiction. | 1420 | Go To Quotation |
| fishery | attrib. and Comb., as fishery house, fishery industry, fishery law, etc.; fisheries act… | 1528 | Go To Quotation |
| flamboyant | Archit. Characterized by waved lines of contrary flexure in flame-like forms (Gwilt): of… | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| foalfoot | = coltsfoot n. 1. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| fow | trans. To clean, cleanse (out). Also fig. | 1350 | Go To Quotation |
| freemasonry | The craft or occupation of a skilled mason (see Freemason n. 1). Obs. | 1435 | Go To Quotation |
| freemen's song | A lively secular part-song for three (or occas. four) voices, of a type popular in the… | 1575 | Go To Quotation |
| give ale | An annual feast or banquet, formerly observed in some parishes in Kent, the cost being… | 1524 | Go To Quotation |
| gout | intr. To drop. Of a candle: To gutter. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| graper | The part of a lance by which it was grasped. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| Gratia Dei | A name for the Hedge Hyssop (Gratiola officinalis); formerly also applied to the Lesser… | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| greening | The process of making something green or imparting a green colour, esp. to vegetables or other food. Cf. green v. 2a. Now rare. | 1199 | Go To Quotation |
| greety | Inclined to shed tears. | 1350 | Go To Quotation |
| grouse | In popular use, restricted almost entirely to the reddish-coloured game bird of… | 1531 | Go To Quotation |
| hackbutter | A soldier armed with a hackbut; a harquebusier. | 1544 | Go To Quotation |
| handgun | A name for any firearm carried and fired in the hand (with or without a rest), as opposed… | 1446 | Go To Quotation |
| hausse-col | A gorget of chain-mail, or (later) of plate-armour. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| haustement | An under-garment fitting the body, over which the armour was worn. (Planché Encycl. Costume.) | 1482 | Go To Quotation |
| heartwort | The plant Aristolochia Clematitis, also called Birthwort. | 1350 | Go To Quotation |
| hermodactyl | A bulbous root, probably that of a species of Colchicum, formerly imported from the East… | 1350 | Go To Quotation |
| holwort | The name of a plant: cf. hollowwort n., hulwort n. | 1350 | Go To Quotation |
| hop-scot | = hopscotch n. | 1789 | Go To Quotation |
| hop-yard | = hop-garden n. | 1533 | Go To Quotation |
| infilling | The action of filling in (a vacant space); that which is used to fill up a hole or cavity. Also fig. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| kirkwarden | = churchwarden n. 1a. | 1500 | Go To Quotation |
| knee-cap | A cap or protective covering for the knee; spec., a genouillère. | 1660 | Go To Quotation |
| lancell | A herb (Plantago lanceolata). | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| lancet | In whale-fishery = lance n. 2. Obs. | 1420 | Go To Quotation |
| laury | = laurel n. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| lean-to | ‘A building whose rafters pitch against or lean on to another building or against a wall’ (Gwilt); a penthouse. | 1461 | Go To Quotation |
| leathering | The action of covering, fitting, or furnishing with leather. | 1517 | Go To Quotation |
| limbeck | = alembic n. | 1350 | Go To Quotation |
| lukes | Made at Liège; said esp. of velvet. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| lumer | Light, illumination. | 1468 | Go To Quotation |
| malocchio | The evil eye (esp. in Italy). | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| markman | = marksman n. 2a. Obs. | 1562 | Go To Quotation |
| mausoleal | Having the character of a mausoleum. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| megalith | A large stone, esp. one forming (part of) a prehistoric monument; a megalithic monument. Also in extended use. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| mill | = orphrey n. 2. | 1388 | Go To Quotation |
| misfease | trans. To do evil to. | 1571 | Go To Quotation |
| mislander | Scandal, disgrace. | 1531 | Go To Quotation |
| missal | Of or relating to the Mass. In early use usually as postmodifier. | 1466 | Go To Quotation |
| Mithraeum | A sanctuary of the god Mithras; a chapel (often underground) for the worship of Mithras. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| morion | A kind of brimmed helmet resembling a hat, without a beaver or visor, worn chiefly… | 1547 | Go To Quotation |
| Mosan | Of, relating to, or designating the style of decorative art developed in the Meuse… | 1910 | Go To Quotation |
| moton | = polder mitton n. | 1485 | Go To Quotation |
| mud wall | A wall made of earth or clay, or with clay as a substitute for mortar; †the material forming such a wall (obs.). | 1394 | Go To Quotation |
| mug | In full mug sheep. A breed of sheep having the face completely covered with wool; a sheep… | 1596 | Go To Quotation |
| muggety pie | A pie made from offal, esp. the intestines of a calf or sheep. | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| netherstock | A stocking. See also stock n. 40, and upper-stock n. at upper adj. 4a. Usu. in pl. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| oblongish | Somewhat or approximately oblong. | 1665 | Go To Quotation |
| orb | A circular boss or quatrefoil. | 1500 | Go To Quotation |
| orphreyed | Embroidered with gold; adorned with orphrey (see orphrey n. 1); bordered with an orphrey. | 1415 | Go To Quotation |
| palaeoethnology | The study of ancient and prehistoric human societies and their development, esp. from an ethnological perspective. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| pane | trans. To make up (a cloth, curtain, garment, etc.) out of pieces or strips of cloth… | 1466 | Go To Quotation |
| parge | = parget n. (in various senses). Chiefly attrib. | 1649 | Go To Quotation |
| parge-work | = pargeting n. 2. | 1649 | Go To Quotation |
| paunce | In the 14th and 15th centuries: a piece of armour made from plate or mail protecting… | 1333 | Go To Quotation |
| Peterborough | attrib. Designating or belonging to a type of Neolithic pottery decorated with… | 1910 | Go To Quotation |
| pibgorn | A form of hornpipe (hornpipe n. 1) traditionally played in parts of Wales and Cornwall. | 1770 | Go To Quotation |
| pickerel | A young pike. Now hist. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| pickle | Some kind of pointed weapon. | 1550 | Go To Quotation |
| presbytery | Church Archit. Originally: the bench or seats reserved for the priests in a church, spec.… | 1466 | Go To Quotation |
| prick-seamed | Sewn with prick-seams. | 1624 | Go To Quotation |
| prig | More fully prignail. = sprig n. 1. Freq. as a mass noun. | 1343 | Go To Quotation |
| procreate | Procreated, begotten (usually as past participle). | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| provise | Something provided or arranged beforehand; a provision, stipulation, or proviso. | 1476 | Go To Quotation |
| pschent | A headdress of ancient Egypt, combining the white crown of Upper Egypt with the red crown… | 1814 | Go To Quotation |
| punch | An indentation or hole made by or as by punching. | 1429 | Go To Quotation |
| punctuation | The action of marking the text of a psalm, etc., to indicate how it should be chanted; = pointing n. 4c. Obs. rare. | 1531 | Go To Quotation |
| redshank | A large sandpiper, Tringa totanus, with long red legs and streaked brown plumage… | 1525 | Go To Quotation |
| reforge | trans. To forge (metal or a metal object) again. Formerly also: †to remint (a coin or coins) (obs.). | 1469 | Go To Quotation |
| rehelm | trans. To cover (a person) with a helmet again. | 1508 | Go To Quotation |
| reparel | Fittings, furnishings. | 1466 | Go To Quotation |
| repay | To pay back (money, or its equivalent); to refund, return (a sum or amount owed); to give… | 1439 | Go To Quotation |
| revester | trans. To replace in the vestry. | 1466 | Go To Quotation |
| review | An inspection of military or naval forces; esp. a ceremonial display and formal… | 1441 | Go To Quotation |
| ruff | A migratory sandpiper, Philomachus pugnax (family Scolopacidae), which breeds in… | 1605 | Go To Quotation |
| rundlet | A cask or vessel of varying capacity; (also) the quantity of liquid contained in this… | 1333 | Go To Quotation |
| ruskin | The fur of the Eurasian red squirrel; (also) a piece of such fur. | 1278 | Go To Quotation |
| sabatine | A kind of buskin. | 1460 | Go To Quotation |
| sacral | Of or pertaining to sacred rites and observances; set apart for a religious purpose, sacred; pertaining to that which is sacred. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| saddlecloth | (a) In early use: = foot-cloth n. 1, housing n. 2a. Obs. (b) A cloth placed on the back of… | 1415 | Go To Quotation |
| saker | An old form of cannon smaller than a demi-culverin, formerly much employed in sieges and on ships. | 1521 | Go To Quotation |
| sauceline | = saucefleme n. adj. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| scorer | One who marks trees for felling. | 1394 | Go To Quotation |
| sedile | pl. A series of seats, usually three in number, either movable or recessed in the wall… | 1793 | Go To Quotation |
| sequencer | A book containing sequences. | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| shard | The elytron or wing-case of a coleopterous insect. | 1811 | Go To Quotation |
| shroud | pl. (See also fore-shrouds n. at fore- prefix 2a(d), main-shrouds main adj. 1, mizzen-shroud… | 1458 | Go To Quotation |
| shutting | That shuts. | 1634 | Go To Quotation |
| side-slip | ? A slope or rise. Obs. | 1649 | Go To Quotation |
| siket | A small watercourse or sike. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| silkman | One who makes or deals in silks. | 1553 | Go To Quotation |
| skealt | Story, talk, rumour. | 1575 | Go To Quotation |
| slang | A species of cannon; a serpentine or culverin. (Cf. sling n.) | 1521 | Go To Quotation |
| socketed | Fitted with or placed in a socket. | 1649 | Go To Quotation |
| spoor | (See quot. 1837.) | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| spowe | A curlew or whimbrel. | 1519 | Go To Quotation |
| spurgel | A water cistern or tank. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| squinch | A stone cut to serve as a scuncheon. Obs. | 1500 | Go To Quotation |
| stalking-horse | A horse trained to allow a fowler to conceal himself behind it or under its coverings in… | 1519 | Go To Quotation |
| stape | = staple n. | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| stint | A common name for any of the smaller Sandpipers (genus Tringa), esp. the Dunlin. Also… | 1519 | Go To Quotation |
| stower | trans. To fence with stakes; ? intr. to fix stakes. | 1555 | Go To Quotation |
| studding | The woodwork of a lath and plaster wall or partition; also pl., wood cut into battens for use as studs. | 1588 | Go To Quotation |
| stuffing | | 1522 | Go To Quotation |
| sub poena | Subject to a penalty for non-compliance; on pain of. Also preceding a sum of money… | 1466 | Go To Quotation |
| surmaster | The title of the second master at St. Paul's School, London. | 1518 | Go To Quotation |
| suspent | Interdicted. | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| swanker | = swanky n. | 1811 | Go To Quotation |
| swanner | = swanherd n. | 1524 | Go To Quotation |
| swannery | A place where swans are kept and reared. | 1570 | Go To Quotation |
| tabernacled | Made with tabernacle-work, having a carved canopy. | 1468 | Go To Quotation |
| tarage | ? A ground in artistic representation. | 1439 | Go To Quotation |
| tie- | a rope for tying something; in quot. 1525, ? = tie n. 2. | 1525 | Go To Quotation |
| tiffle | trans. To disorder, disarrange, entangle, ravel; tiffle out, to ravel out. | 1811 | Go To Quotation |
| tonlet | A short skirt of armour; also, each of the overlapping horizontal bands of which this was sometimes made. | 1485 | Go To Quotation |
| toppet | Top, summit, tip. | 1439 | Go To Quotation |
| Tower pound | A pound weight of 5400 grains (= 11¼ Troy ounces), which was the legal mint pound of… | 1469 | Go To Quotation |
| trammel | trans. To bind up (a corpse). Obs. | 1536 | Go To Quotation |
| trave | A (timber or wooden) beam. | 1395 | Go To Quotation |
| triannual | Occurring every three years; lasting for three years; = triennial adj. | 1640 | Go To Quotation |
| tuft | trans. To furnish with a tuft or tufts. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| tutrix | An instructress, a governess. rare. | 1515 | Go To Quotation |
| two-leaf | = two-leaved adj. a. | 1634 | Go To Quotation |
| unfoliated | (un- prefix 8.) | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| unsentenced | (un- prefix 8.) | 1526 | Go To Quotation |
| unstarched | Not starched; fig. free from stiffness. | 1827 | Go To Quotation |
| upper-stocked | (See upper adj. 4a.) | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| vaccary | A place where cows are kept or pastured; a dairy-farm. | 1471 | Go To Quotation |
| vardle | (See later quots.) | 1525 | Go To Quotation |
| versifical | Of or pertaining to the making of verse. | 1545 | Go To Quotation |
| vesterer | A person having charge of vestments. | 1388 | Go To Quotation |
| vestry | A room or part of a church, usually situated in close proximity to the chancel or choir… | 1388 | Go To Quotation |
| villeining | = villeinage n. | 1471 | Go To Quotation |
| vue | perh. an error for beue bevy n. | 1472 | Go To Quotation |
| wall-plate | Building. A timber placed horizontally on or in a wall, to form a support for joists or rafters. | 1394 | Go To Quotation |
| warrayable | Fit for warfare. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| water-tabling | Archit. Water-tables collectively; a line of water-tables. | 1578 | Go To Quotation |
| whiffler | One of a body of attendants armed with a javelin, battle-axe, sword, or staff, and… | 1539 | Go To Quotation |
| wind-bound | Detained by contrary or stormy winds. | 1588 | Go To Quotation |
| yarwhelp | The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica or rufa) and the black-tailed godwit (Latin ægocephala or melanura). | 1577 | Go To Quotation |
