| abstracted | orig. Sc. That has been taken away or removed; spec. (esp. in early use) that has… | 1555 | Go To Quotation |
| acknowledge | Sc. Investigation, trial. Cf. knowledge n. 2. rare. | 1492 | Go To Quotation |
| alienar | An alien; a stranger. | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| lovage | Praise, honour. | 1489 | Go To Quotation |
| lowing | The action of low v.; concr. an allowance. | 1533 | Go To Quotation |
| marabas | Designating a type of large flat cap, prob. of a French style. | 1538 | Go To Quotation |
| metage | The duty paid for the official measuring of dry or liquid goods, as coal, grain, salt, etc. | 1527 | Go To Quotation |
| mid-channel | The middle of a channel, spec. the English Channel. | 1518 | Go To Quotation |
| misguided | Guided in a wrong direction; spec. misdirected or mistaken in action or… | 1500 | Go To Quotation |
| mislippen | trans. To deceive; to disappoint. | 1552 | Go To Quotation |
| mortcharge | Heavy merchandise transported by a ship or vehicle; ‘deadweight’ goods. Cf. dead weight n. 1b. | 1541 | Go To Quotation |
| munter | A watch. Also fig. | 1594 | Go To Quotation |
| muscadella | = muscatel n. 1. | 1554 | Go To Quotation |
| nacket | A small loaf or bun, usually of fine flour. | 1596 | Go To Quotation |
| out-letting | The action or process of letting out; a pouring forth, emission. Freq. fig. | 1555 | Go To Quotation |
| overtaker | A person who or thing which overtakes (in various senses of the verb). | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| pattle | trans. = paddle v. 1. | 1553 | Go To Quotation |
| pavement | trans. To cover (an area) with a pavement; to pave; to cover as though with a pavement. | 1559 | Go To Quotation |
| pavementing | The action of pavement v. Now chiefly: (Med.) the adherence of leucocytes to the inside wall… | 1554 | Go To Quotation |
| payor | = payer n. | 1554 | Go To Quotation |
| perjourney | intr. To pass through a place. | 1566 | Go To Quotation |
| pirating | The action or practice of committing piracy, esp. at sea. Cf. pirate v. 1. | 1526 | Go To Quotation |
| planching nail | A flooring nail. | 1552 | Go To Quotation |
| platform | trans. To level the top or roof of, as a platform; to provide with a platform. Now rare. | 1578 | Go To Quotation |
| playfield | Sc. An open space or field used for the performance of plays, public festivities, etc. Obs. | 1554 | Go To Quotation |
| prebendar | = prebendary n. 1. | 1504 | Go To Quotation |
| prime gilt | = primage n. | 1576 | Go To Quotation |
| proclaimed | Publicly and officially announced; publicly declared; designated in a proclamation. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| proponer | A person who propones something; a proponent. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| raffell | The skin of the roe deer; (also) a piece of this. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| ramforce | trans. To fortify, strengthen (a wall, rampart, etc.); to block up, barricade (a gate or door). Also fig. | 1570 | Go To Quotation |
| randing | The action or process of melting tallow. | 1583 | Go To Quotation |
| red fir | The wood of the Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris; cf. red deal n. at red adj. n. 2a(d) (now rare). Also: the tree itself (rare). | 1614 | Go To Quotation |
| responsible | Capable of fulfilling an obligation or duty; reliable, trustworthy, sensible. | 1558 | Go To Quotation |
| rinded | Of tallow, fat, etc.: melted, rendered. | 1581 | Go To Quotation |
| rinder | A person who melts or renders tallow. | 1589 | Go To Quotation |
| rix-dollar | A silver coin and unit of account, current from the late 16th to the mid 19th centuries… | 1589 | Go To Quotation |
| rope-work | A place where ropes are made; a ropewalk. Freq. in pl. with sing. concord. | 1663 | Go To Quotation |
| round O | A circle; something circular in form; (Sc.) spec. a circular window (obs.). | 1531 | Go To Quotation |
| roup | A public auction; (also) the act of selling or letting by public auction. | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| scaldry | Abusive speech. | 1502 | Go To Quotation |
| scat | intr. In phrase to scat and lot (later to scat or contribute) = ‘to scot and lot’… | 1560 | Go To Quotation |
| scow | pl. Strips of wood for wattle-work, barrel-staves, fixing thatch, etc. | 1524 | Go To Quotation |
| shoe-horn | A curved instrument of horn, metal, etc. used to facilitate the slipping of one's heel into… | 1589 | Go To Quotation |
| spaked | Moulded, blemished, decayed, rotten. | 1438 | Go To Quotation |
| sparge | trans. To plaster; to rough-cast. | 1560 | Go To Quotation |
| steek | a coin of specified value; a ‘piece’ of work (cf. masterstick n.). | 1468 | Go To Quotation |
| steeve | trans. To make ‘steeve’ or firm; to strengthen, fix, secure. | 1554 | Go To Quotation |
| stone-dike | A dike constructed of stone; a stone fence or embankment. Also attrib. (in quot. 1842 = enclosed with a stone-dike). | 1553 | Go To Quotation |
| tableting | Sc. Archit. The uppermost course of brickwork in a wall, coping; = tabling n. 1. Obs. | 1610 | Go To Quotation |
| tarleather | ‘A strip of raw sheep-skin (cut from the belly of the skin when it was newly flayed)… | 1566 | Go To Quotation |
| through-gang | A way or road through; a passage; sometimes = thoroughfare. | 1463 | Go To Quotation |
| tuning | The action or process of putting an instrument in tune; a system according to which this is done (cf. temperament n. 10). | 1554 | Go To Quotation |
| unrinded | Unrendered; not melted down. | 1581 | Go To Quotation |
| vent | trans. To sell or vend (commodities or goods); to dispose of by sale. | 1478 | Go To Quotation |
| walter | trans. To be without, lack. | 1463 | Go To Quotation |
| whaup | The larger curlew, Numenius arquata. | 1538 | Go To Quotation |
| winding-cloth | = winnow-cloth n., winnowing-cloth at winnowing n. Compounds. | 1548 | Go To Quotation |
| wrake | trans. To examine (goods, etc.) with a view to rejecting or destroying the unsound, faulty, or damaged. | 1584 | Go To Quotation |
| ypothecar | Perh. obs. Sc. ff. apothecary n. | 1509 | Go To Quotation |
