| administer | trans. Originally: to perform or execute (a task, office, etc.). Later also (now more… | 1395 | Go To Quotation |
| black-a-lyre | In medieval England: a type of black cloth from Lier in Brabant; (also) any cloth resembling this. Cf. green of lyre n. | 1421 | Go To Quotation |
| black and white | Marked with a pattern of black and white areas. | 1395 | Go To Quotation |
| bracelet | An ornamental ring or band worn on the arm or wrist. | 1438 | Go To Quotation |
| bringing | A causing to come to a point of reference or to a state (see various senses of the verb). | 1433 | Go To Quotation |
| buffet | A low stool; a footstool. Now only Sc. and north. dial. In the 15th c. described as… | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| C | C, now rarely c., = Latin centum a hundred; the common sign for 100 in Roman numerals… | 1420 | Go To Quotation |
| carde | Some fabric anciently used for canopies, curtains, and linings. The explanation in quot.… | 1426 | Go To Quotation |
| chafer | A portable grate, a chafing-dish. Obs. | 1395 | Go To Quotation |
| chape | A plate of metal with which anything is covered, overlaid, or ornamented. Obs. | 1395 | Go To Quotation |
| chase | trans. To adorn (metal, plate, etc.) with work embossed or engraved in relief; to engrave a surface. See also chased adj. | 1438 | Go To Quotation |
| chased | Of plate, etc.: Ornamented with embossed work, engraved in relief. | 1438 | Go To Quotation |
| chevron | Heraldry. A charge or device on the escutcheon, consisting of a bar bent like two… | 1395 | Go To Quotation |
| coarse | Ordinary, common, mean (in the depreciatory sense of these epithets); base; of inferior… | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| co-executor | A joint executor. | 1433 | Go To Quotation |
| coillor | A collector. | 1420 | Go To Quotation |
| Compter | The name of certain city prisons for debtors, etc., in London, Southwark, Exeter, etc. | 1428 | Go To Quotation |
| conably | Phonetic reduction of covenably adv. (cf. conable adj.); suitably, competently. | 1411 | Go To Quotation |
| decease | intr. To depart from life; to die. | 1439 | Go To Quotation |
| demi | Half; half-sized, diminutive. Now rare. | 1418 | Go To Quotation |
| devant | Front; e.g. of the body or dress. | 1411 | Go To Quotation |
| devouation | The act of vowing, a vow. | 1428 | Go To Quotation |
| distribute | Distributed (of which it was prob. at length regarded as a contracted form). (In quots. as past participle.) | 1434 | Go To Quotation |
| eared | Furnished with ears (in various senses); in Bot. = auriculate adj. eared owl: a species… | 1434 | Go To Quotation |
| elsewhen | At another time, at other times. | 1418 | Go To Quotation |
| emending | The action of emend v. | 1411 | Go To Quotation |
| enfeoffee | One who is enfeoffed. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| enmortise | trans. To convey (property) to a corporation; = amortize v. 1. | 1439 | Go To Quotation |
| et cetera | As phrase: And the rest, and so forth, and so on (cf. Greek καὶ τὰ λοιπά, German und so weiter… | 1418 | Go To Quotation |
| feoffee | (More fully feoffee in or of trust.) A trustee invested with a freehold estate in land.… | 1411 | Go To Quotation |
| feoffor | Formerly often misused for feoffee n. | 1426 | Go To Quotation |
| forcet | A little ‘forcer’ or chest. | 1426 | Go To Quotation |
| frieze | A kind of coarse woollen cloth, with a nap, usually on one side only; now esp. of Irish manufacture. | 1418 | Go To Quotation |
| furthering | That furthers, aids, or helps; helpful. Of a gale: Favourable. | 1418 | Go To Quotation |
| gainery | (See quot. 1670.) | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| gaudy | = gaud n. Obs. | 1434 | Go To Quotation |
| genet | A skin or pelt of a genet (sense 2), used as fur for garments. Usu. in pl. Obs. (hist. and rare in later use). | 1418 | Go To Quotation |
| graner | Some utensil belonging to a brewery; perh. a vessel for holding grain. | 1413 | Go To Quotation |
| halling | Tapestry or painted cloth for the walls of a hall. | 1418 | Go To Quotation |
| harnessed | Furnished, equipped; mounted with silver or other metal. Obs. | 1426 | Go To Quotation |
| hereunder | Subsequently (mentioned or set down) in this document, book, etc. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| implement | pl. Things that serve as equipment or outfit, as household furniture or… | 1454 | Go To Quotation |
| inventar | = inventory n. | 1435 | Go To Quotation |
| joined | Put together, as a whole; constructed by joining the parts; spec. of furniture, etc., Made… | 1434 | Go To Quotation |
| joint-stool | A stool made of parts joined or fitted together; a stool made by a joiner, as… | 1434 | Go To Quotation |
| Milan | = Milan steel n. at 2 (in some cases perh.: Milan manufacture). Obs. (arch. in later use). | 1420 | Go To Quotation |
| milch cow | A cow in milk or yielding milk; a cow bred or kept for milking. See also milch adj.… | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| miling | A stripe near the edge of a piece of cloth. | 1434 | Go To Quotation |
| Minoress | A Franciscan nun of the second order; a Poor Clare. Also Sisters Minoresses (only… | 1395 | Go To Quotation |
| over-allwhere | Everywhere; wherever. | 1395 | Go To Quotation |
| pankin | A small earthenware pan or jar, a pannikin. Obs. | 1420 | Go To Quotation |
| parker | The caretaker of a park; a park-keeper. Now hist. | 1395 | Go To Quotation |
| poin | trans. To stitch, sew; to quilt (cf. broche v.); to ornament with stitching. | 1395 | Go To Quotation |
| recompensable | That may serve as a recompense. Obs. rare. | 1454 | Go To Quotation |
| red leather | Leather which has been dyed red, used to make clothing, upholstery, bindings for books, etc. | 1418 | Go To Quotation |
| rerebrace | A piece of armour covering the upper arm from the shoulder to the elbow. Also… | 1411 | Go To Quotation |
| sacring-bell | A small bell rung at the elevation of the host. | 1395 | Go To Quotation |
| salt-cellar | A small vessel used on the table for holding salt. | 1434 | Go To Quotation |
| salve | (With capitial initial. More fully Salve Regina.) In the R.C. Church, an… | 1428 | Go To Quotation |
| second best | Next in quality to the first. | 1439 | Go To Quotation |
| sesse | Aphetic form of dissesse, decease n.; = cess n. | 1417 | Go To Quotation |
| silver gilt | Gilt silver or silverware. | 1422 | Go To Quotation |
| sored | Of horses, etc.: = sorrel adj. a ? Obs. | 1420 | Go To Quotation |
| sprengles | A sprinkler. | 1395 | Go To Quotation |
| stew | A pond or tank in which fish are kept until needed for the table. | 1387 | Go To Quotation |
| surveyor | (of a will) = overseer n. 1b, supervisor n. 1b. | 1420 | Go To Quotation |
| tapissery | The early form of the word tapestry n. Also attrib. | 1426 | Go To Quotation |
| utensil | collective sing. Vessels or instruments for various domestic uses. Chiefly Sc. Obs. | 1411 | Go To Quotation |
| utensilment | = utensil n. 2. | 1428 | Go To Quotation |
| wax-chandler | One whose trade is to make or sell wax candles. | 1418 | Go To Quotation |
| wild cat | The European wild species of cat, Felis catus (see cat n. 1c); also applied to other… | 1418 | Go To Quotation |
| wood-knife | A dagger or short sword (knife n. b) used by huntsmen for cutting up the game, or generally as a weapon. arch. or Hist. | 1426 | Go To Quotation |
| ygilt | = gilt adj. | 1434 | Go To Quotation |
