| addition | Something which is added or joined to another thing; an appendix, an augmentation; (also)… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| adventurely | = adventurously adv. 2. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| articularly | Article by article, in separate heads or divisions. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| artiller | A maker of artillery; spec. a maker of bows. | 1453 | Go To Quotation |
| cerecloth | used for wrapping a dead body in; a waxed winding-sheet or a winding-sheet in general. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| English pale | With the. In France: the territory of Calais, an area of English jurisdiction and colonization from 1347 to 1558. Cf. pale n. 4d. | 1453 | Go To Quotation |
| Englishwoman | A woman who is English by descent, birth, or naturalization. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| larum | A call to arms; a signal of the need to take up arms; a warning of the imminent danger of… | 1453 | Go To Quotation |
| larum bell | = alarm bell n. 1. | 1453 | Go To Quotation |
| ma foi | Originally: ‘by my faith!’ (as an asseveration). Later: ‘heavens!’, ‘goodness!’ Cf. mafey int. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| mid-sea | Chiefly literary and poet. The middle of the sea, the open sea. Obs. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| misgovern | trans. To guide, direct, or govern (a person) wrongly or badly, to fail to control (a… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| mother tongue | One's native language; a first language. Also in extended use. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| noyance | The condition or fact of being annoyed, troubled, or harmed; irritation, vexation, distress. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| obligatory | Creating or constituting an obligation. Chiefly in letter obligatory n. a written contract… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| outputter | A person who assists in an escape. Obs. rare. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| pesage | Cargo. Obs. rare. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| pilfer | That which is pilfered; plunder, spoils, booty. Now rare. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| protocol | A prologue; prefatory material. Obs. rare. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| quatrime | A twenty-five percent duty or tax levied on certain commodities, such as wine. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| relapse | trans. To forswear; to renounce (evil). Obs. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| rouse | Red-haired. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| rubbish | Waste material; refuse, debris, litter; rejected and useless matter of any kind, household waste. Also: †a heap of refuse (obs.). | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| rumbelow | Used in songs as (part of) a refrain, esp. by sailors when rowing. Cf. heave ho int. n., hey-ho int. Now arch. and rare. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| scaling-ladder | A ladder used in the assault of fortified places. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| scattering | That disperses in all directions; hence vagrant, roving, stray. †Of action: Erratic. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| sergeantry | = sergeanty n. 1. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| snowball | A ball of snow, esp. one made of a size convenient for throwing by hand. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| Spaniard | A native of Spain; a member of the Spanish people. Also (with the): the Spanish people regarded collectively; the Spanish nation. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| spurred | In pred. use, chiefly in the phr. booted (or †hosed) and spurred. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| stanching | The action of stanch v. in various senses. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| standard-bearer | An officer or soldier who bears the standard. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| steadfast | trans. To make steadfast; to confirm, establish. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| steerage | The action, practice or method of steering a boat or ship; the guidance of a balloon or airship, rarely of a carriage. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| subside | A financial contribution made or levied to provide assistance, esp. to a lord, sovereign, etc.; a subsidy. Cf. subsidy n. 2, 3a. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| suburbed | Having a suburb or suburbs. Also with with: that is surrounded by or adjoined to a built-up area. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| swordfish | The common name of Xiphias gladius, a large fish of the Atlantic, Mediterranean… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| tennis-ball | The small ball used in real tennis or lawn-tennis. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| thriftless | Not thriving or prosperous; unsuccessful; unfortunate. Obs. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| tirve | trans. To turn; esp. to overturn, overthrow; also fig. | 1420 | Go To Quotation |
| top over terve | intr. To topple over, fall topsy-turvy. | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| torch-light | The light of a torch; illumination by a torch or torches. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| traitously | Traitorously. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| transfiguration | Christian Church. The church festival commemorating this event, observed on the 6th of August. | 1460 | Go To Quotation |
| tripe | An imitation velvet of wool or thread; ‘mock-velvet’, velveteen, fustian. Also tripe of velvet… | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| unnumerable | Innumerable. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| unrecoverable | That cannot be recovered; completely lost. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| vintage | The produce or yield of the vine, either as grapes or wine; the crop or yield of a… | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| whirlpool | ? The large blowing whale. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
