| acquittance | A document showing that a debt has been paid; a receipt in full, barring further… | 1394 | Go To Quotation |
| aftertime | After the time that; once. | 1443 | Go To Quotation |
| aisle | In a church: an area extending parallel to, and typically divided by pillars from, the… | 1398 | Go To Quotation |
| alamite | (Meaning unknown.) | 1458 | Go To Quotation |
| aminded | Minded. (In quots. as past participle.) | 1578 | Go To Quotation |
| anchoress | A female anchorite, a nun. | 1393 | Go To Quotation |
| balas | A delicate rose-red variety of the spinel ruby. | 1414 | Go To Quotation |
| ballad | A light, simple song of any kind; (now) spec. a sentimental or romantic… | 1458 | Go To Quotation |
| barker | A tanner. Obs. | 1402 | Go To Quotation |
| bellman | A man who rings a bell; esp. a man employed to go round the streets of a town and… | 1391 | Go To Quotation |
| bird-cage | A cage or coop for a bird or birds. | 1490 | Go To Quotation |
| blocker | A tool for blocking. | 1407 | Go To Quotation |
| boarded | Made of or furnished with boards or planks. boarded up: see board v. 7. | 1444 | Go To Quotation |
| boarden | Made of boards. | 1454 | Go To Quotation |
| brandreth | A gridiron; a tripod or trivet of iron. (Originally a grate supported on three legs on… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| brewhouse | A house or building in which beer is brewed; a brewery. | 1373 | Go To Quotation |
| brewing | a vessel for brewing in. | 1444 | Go To Quotation |
| brigander | Body-armour for foot-soldiers; = brigandine n. 1. | 1420 | Go To Quotation |
| broider | trans. To ornament with needle-work; to work in needlework upon cloth; to embroider. (Almost always in pa. pple.) | 1455 | Go To Quotation |
| buckskin | The skin of a buck. | 1433 | Go To Quotation |
| buggishank | ? A kind of budge fur. | 1463 | Go To Quotation |
| busshe | Boxwood. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| buttress | A structure of wood, stone, or brick built against a wall or building to strengthen or support it. | 1394 | Go To Quotation |
| cag | A small cask, a keg n. ? Obs. | 1452 | Go To Quotation |
| carded | Supplied or furnished with a card. | 1521 | Go To Quotation |
| care | Some kind of stuff. (Perh. the same word as cary n.) | 1429 | Go To Quotation |
| carious | transf. Decayed; rotten with dry rot. | 1530 | Go To Quotation |
| Carmelite | A member of an order of mendicant friars (called also, from the white cloak which forms… | 1505 | Go To Quotation |
| checkery | Checked cloth; a checked fabric. Obs. | 1420 | Go To Quotation |
| chip-axe | A small axe used with one hand for cutting timber into the required shape. (Formerly, sometimes an adze.) | 1407 | Go To Quotation |
| complishment | = accomplishment n., fulfilment. | 1454 | Go To Quotation |
| corse-present | A customary gift due to the clergy from the chattels of a householder at his death and burial; a mortuary. | 1394 | Go To Quotation |
| cross aisle | A transept of a church; (later also more generally) any aisle running transversely to the main axis of a building, hall, etc. | 1451 | Go To Quotation |
| embowel | trans. To remove the (abdominal) viscera from (a body), either for the purpose of embalming… | 1521 | Go To Quotation |
| enlimn | To paint in bright colours. | 1453 | Go To Quotation |
| footed | Of a shoe, stocking, piece of furniture, etc.: Having, or provided with, a foot or feet; also, mended with a (new) foot. | 1453 | Go To Quotation |
| grizzled | Grey, grizzly; now used almost exclusively of hair. Also (now dial.), roan-coloured. | 1458 | Go To Quotation |
| gubernance | Governance, government. | 1455 | Go To Quotation |
| gyle-fat | The vat in which the wort is left to ferment. | 1341 | Go To Quotation |
| humate | Buried, interred. | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| ironstone | The name given to various hard iron-ores containing admixtures of silica, clay, etc. | 1522 | Go To Quotation |
| key band | Originally: a band of leather, fabric, metal, etc., for carrying keys and keeping… | 1446 | Go To Quotation |
| kidcot(e | The name formerly given in various towns (as York, Lancaster, etc.) to the lock-up or prison. | 1515 | Go To Quotation |
| kirkmaster | In northern English: = churchwarden n. 1a. Cf. churchmaster n. Now hist. | 1429 | Go To Quotation |
| lampas | A kind of glossy crape. Obs. | 1390 | Go To Quotation |
| lawn | A kind of fine linen, resembling cambric; pl. pieces or sorts of this linen. | 1415 | Go To Quotation |
| lozenger | = lozenge n. 1. Obs. | 1527 | Go To Quotation |
| maple leaf | A leaf of a maple tree; a representation of this in art or craft. | 1394 | Go To Quotation |
| mellay | A cloth made of wools dyed in different shades or colours and mixed before being spun. Cf. medley n. 2. Obs. | 1341 | Go To Quotation |
| milk cow | A cow bred or kept for milk; a cow yielding milk. Also fig.: a ready or reliable source of income or profit. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| mink | A skin or pelt of a mink (sense A. 2). Usu. in pl. Obs. | 1431 | Go To Quotation |
| Moresque | Arabesque ornament; an example of this. | 1458 | Go To Quotation |
| mould | trans. To bury, inter; = mool v. 2. Now Sc. and Irish English. | 1530 | Go To Quotation |
| mullet | = muller n. | 1398 | Go To Quotation |
| musk | A reddish brown substance with a strong, persistent odour secreted by a gland of the… | 1394 | Go To Quotation |
| musterdevillers | A kind of mixed grey woollen cloth much used in the 14th and 15th centuries. Also: the colour of this cloth. | 1407 | Go To Quotation |
| mutch | A nightcap. Freq. in night mutch. Sc. in later use. Now rare. | 1438 | Go To Quotation |
| neat | Of a thing, a place, etc.: characterized by an elegance of form or arrangement, with… | 1453 | Go To Quotation |
| ouched | Using ouches; set with jewels. | 1459 | Go To Quotation |
| oversea | Imported from across the sea; made or originating abroad; characteristic of people or customs from across the sea. Obs. | 1509 | Go To Quotation |
| packsaddle | A saddle adapted to support a pack or packs for transportation by a pack animal. | 1398 | Go To Quotation |
| parcel-gilt | Used as postmodifier (freq. as two words). | 1453 | Go To Quotation |
| parishenant | Of or belonging to a parish. | 1534 | Go To Quotation |
| pasteboard | Cookery. A board on which pastry or dough is rolled out in making pies, tarts, etc.;… | 1452 | Go To Quotation |
| paxboard | = pax n. 1. | 1405 | Go To Quotation |
| peacock-feathered | Adorned or fitted with peacock feathers; (fig.) showy, gorgeous. | 1429 | Go To Quotation |
| pivot | A short shaft or pin, usually of metal and pointed, forming the centre on which a… | 1398 | Go To Quotation |
| plaiting | The action of plait v.; (concr.) a thing made of plaited strands; a collection or construction of plaits or pleats. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| popeler | The spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia; (also) a representation of a spoonbill. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| pothangles | With pl. and sing. concord. A pair of pot hangers. | 1468 | Go To Quotation |
| pottle pot | A half-gallon pot or tankard. Now hist. | 1392 | Go To Quotation |
| presency | = presence n. | 1542 | Go To Quotation |
| pured | Of fur: trimmed so as to show one colour only. See also Compounds. Obs. | 1379 | Go To Quotation |
| quarrier | A large square candle. | 1453 | Go To Quotation |
| rape | A rasp, a rough file. Also attrib. in rape-file. | 1404 | Go To Quotation |
| redeliver | To give back, return, restore. | 1490 | Go To Quotation |
| screen | A piece of furniture consisting usually of an upright board or of a frame hung… | 1393 | Go To Quotation |
| seventh-day | A commemorative service performed seven days after a person's death. Obs. | 1462 | Go To Quotation |
| slip | trans. To cut (a spoon-handle) obliquely at the end. Obs. | 1498 | Go To Quotation |
| spacie | = space n. 2a. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| spice-box | A box, usually having several compartments, to keep spices in. | 1527 | Go To Quotation |
| startup | Originally, a kind of ‘high-low’ or boot, worn by rustics; in later use, a kind of gaiter or legging. Chiefly in pl. | 1517 | Go To Quotation |
| stoled | Wearing a stole (in various senses of the n.) | 1546 | Go To Quotation |
| subscription | A name or (esp. in early use) mark placed at the end of a document, freq. as an indication… | 1409 | Go To Quotation |
| suburbar | = suburb n. 1a. | 1530 | Go To Quotation |
| take | = tack n. 2, a lease of land or of a farm for a term of years. Obs. | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| tanton | an inmate of a hospital, or the like, dedicated to Saint Anthony. | 1515 | Go To Quotation |
| unbequest(ed | = unbequeathed adj. | 1506 | Go To Quotation |
| under-clerk | (under- prefix 3a(a). Cf. Middle Dutch onderclerc, Dutch -klerk.) | 1394 | Go To Quotation |
| ungilt | (un- prefix 8b. Cf. ON. and Icelandic ú-, ógylldr.) | 1444 | Go To Quotation |
| unherited | Uninherited. | 1542 | Go To Quotation |
| unlined | Not furnished with a lining. | 1521 | Go To Quotation |
| unnicked | (un- prefix 8.) | 1480 | Go To Quotation |
| unpurchased | (un- prefix 8.) | 1545 | Go To Quotation |
| varon | Wall-eyed. | 1451 | Go To Quotation |
| verdoy | = verdure n. 3. Obs. | 1542 | Go To Quotation |
| vicary | The office or position of a vicar; a benefice held by a vicar. | 1420 | Go To Quotation |
| voisom | An advowson. | 1538 | Go To Quotation |
| white-headed | Of an animal: Having the head (wholly or partly) white; having white hair, plumage, etc. on the head. | 1525 | Go To Quotation |
| wire | = iron n. | 1406 | Go To Quotation |
| wit | trans. To bequeath. | 1394 | Go To Quotation |
