| abashing | The action of abash v.; an instance of this; (also) the state of being abashed; confusion, consternation, embarrassment. | 1404 | Go To Quotation |
| advocate | trans. Law (chiefly Sc.). To refer (a legal action) from a lower court to a higher… | 1529 | Go To Quotation |
| advowsonage | = advowson n. | 1528 | Go To Quotation |
| affine | A relative by marriage. Now chiefly Anthropol. | 1508 | Go To Quotation |
| agitate | trans. To disturb, perturb, or stir up (the mind, emotions, etc.). | 1587 | Go To Quotation |
| alguazil | In Spain, Latin America, and other areas of Spanish influence: an officer of justice, a constable. | 1529 | Go To Quotation |
| amicable | gen. Friendly. | 1532 | Go To Quotation |
| answerer | One accepting a challenge. Obs. | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| appointing | The action of appoint v.; appointment. | 1520 | Go To Quotation |
| apprest | Pecuniary provision; loan. (Cf. French prester, prêter.) | 1443 | Go To Quotation |
| areadiness | Readiness, preparedness. | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| armada | A fleet of ships of war. | 1533 | Go To Quotation |
| arrayment | Outfit, accoutrement; attire, dress; raiment n. Also, the act or fact of arraying or being arrayed. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| assignee | One who is appointed to act for another; a deputy, agent, or representative. = assign n. 1. | 1419 | Go To Quotation |
| behither | On this side of. (Latin cis, citra.) | 1521 | Go To Quotation |
| behovefully | Usefully, profitably, duly; necessarily. | 1443 | Go To Quotation |
| blancher | Hunting. A person or thing placed to turn the deer from a particular direction. Obs. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| broilery | Dissension; strife; disturbance, disorder. | 1521 | Go To Quotation |
| by-matter | Something beside the main business; a side incident; a trivial, unimportant matter. | 1552 | Go To Quotation |
| caballer | One who cabals or intrigues. | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| cankeredness | Malice, spite; bad temper. | 1538 | Go To Quotation |
| celerity | Swiftness, speed. Now chiefly (as distinguished from velocity) with reference to the movements or actions of living beings. | 1483 | Go To Quotation |
| censurable | Subject to formal censure; worthy of censure; blamable, culpable; to be found fault with. | 1635 | Go To Quotation |
| certificatory | Having the function of certifying; of the nature of a certificate. letter certificatory… | 1520 | Go To Quotation |
| charter-party | In modern use confined to: The charter or deed made between owners and merchants for hire… | 1539 | Go To Quotation |
| chivauchier | A rider, a courier. | 1420 | Go To Quotation |
| commandance | Command, control. | 1452 | Go To Quotation |
| communicate | trans. To impart (information, knowledge, or the like) (to a person; also formerly †with);… | 1529 | Go To Quotation |
| comport | intr. to comport with: to bear with, put up with, tolerate, endure, suffer. Obs. | 1565 | Go To Quotation |
| compulsion | The action, or an act, of compelling, or the condition of being compelled; constraint, obligation, coercion. | 1462 | Go To Quotation |
| concern | Regard, respect, reference; concernment. in that concern: in regard or respect to that. Obs. | 1589 | Go To Quotation |
| concurrence | Combination in effecting any purpose or end, or in doing any work; co-operation of agents or causes. | 1525 | Go To Quotation |
| condole | To grieve with (a sufferer); to express one's commiseration of or sympathy with. Obs. (Now supplied by 2.) | 1588 | Go To Quotation |
| conjunctly | In conjunction, in combination, conjointly, unitedly, together. In Sc. Law, jointly… | 1514 | Go To Quotation |
| considerate | Of things: Marked by consideration or thought; well-considered, careful, deliberate.… | 1572 | Go To Quotation |
| consort | A partner, companion, mate; a colleague in office or authority. Obs. | 1419 | Go To Quotation |
| consortship | Naut. See quots. and consort n. 2. | 1592 | Go To Quotation |
| contempt | By-form of contemn v. | 1552 | Go To Quotation |
| content | trans. To satisfy (a person) by full payment; to compensate, remunerate. Obs. | 1418 | Go To Quotation |
| crastin | The day after, the morrow; the crastin of Trinity Term = the day after the last day of Trinity Term. | 1581 | Go To Quotation |
| creditless | Having or involving no financial credit. | 1592 | Go To Quotation |
| dandiprat | Applied to a small coin, worth three half-pence, current in England in the 16th c. Obs. | 1520 | Go To Quotation |
| debilitating | Enfeeblement, debilitation. | 1539 | Go To Quotation |
| debouch | trans. (causal). To lead forth into open ground; to provide an outlet for. | 1745 | Go To Quotation |
| diary | A daily record of events or transactions, a journal; specifically, a daily record… | 1581 | Go To Quotation |
| diminish | To make (or cause to appear) less or smaller; to lessen; to reduce in magnitude or… | 1417 | Go To Quotation |
| dislike | Displeasure, disapproval (as directed to some object). (Passing gradually into the mod.… | 1577 | Go To Quotation |
| disloyally | In a disloyal manner, with disloyalty; with violation of one's allegiance or obligations; unfaithfully. | 1417 | Go To Quotation |
| dispatch | To send off post-haste or with expedition or promptitude (a messenger, message, etc.… | 1517 | Go To Quotation |
| drayman | A man who drives a dray (in England, usually a brewer's dray). | 1581 | Go To Quotation |
| effigy | A likeness, portrait, or image. Now chiefly applied to a sculptured representation, or to… | 1539 | Go To Quotation |
| elsewho | Anyone else. | 1542 | Go To Quotation |
| enterprising | The action of enterprise v.; the action of undertaking or attempting. | 1572 | Go To Quotation |
| erect | To set up (a building, statue, framework, etc.); to rear, build. Also to erect up. | 1417 | Go To Quotation |
| escrimer | One who practises fencing; a fencer, a swordsman. | 1572 | Go To Quotation |
| ess | The name of the letter S; anything in the shape of an S. Pl. esses; also esces. collar of esses: see collar n. 3c. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| evil-willer | One who wishes evil to another; an ill-wisher. | 1460 | Go To Quotation |
| excerpt | trans. To cull out (passages, phrases, etc.); to take out as an extract; to extract, quote. Also absol. to make extracts. | 1536 | Go To Quotation |
| exhibit | = exhibited, past participle of exhibit v. | 1529 | Go To Quotation |
| eyrie | The nest of a bird of prey, esp. (in later use) that of an eagle on a mountain or… | 1520 | Go To Quotation |
| fastidie | Scorn, disdain. | 1536 | Go To Quotation |
| fiscal | In Italy, Spain, Spanish colonies, etc., the title given to legal officials of… | 1539 | Go To Quotation |
| forage | trans. To collect forage from; to overrun (a country) for the purpose of obtaining… | 1417 | Go To Quotation |
| forthcoming | About to or likely to come forth; also simply, coming or approaching (in time); esp.… | 1521 | Go To Quotation |
| fronture | = frontier n. | 1417 | Go To Quotation |
| gipsy | A member of a wandering race (by themselves called Romany), of Hindu origin, which… | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| governator | A governor. | 1522 | Go To Quotation |
| guardian | Guardian of the Peace: an earlier name for a ‘Justice of the Peace’. Guardian of the Spiritualities… | 1417 | Go To Quotation |
| gubernator | A ruler, governor. | 1522 | Go To Quotation |
| hake | A short firearm used in the 16th c. | 1538 | Go To Quotation |
| half-hake | = demi-hake n.; a smaller size of hackbut. | 1538 | Go To Quotation |
| hourly | Every hour; hour by hour; from hour to hour; continually, very frequently. | 1470 | Go To Quotation |
| hypothesis | A subordinate particular thesis involved in a general thesis; a particular case of… | 1596 | Go To Quotation |
| impostor | One who imposes on others; a deceiver, swindler, cheat; now chiefly, one who assumes… | 1586 | Go To Quotation |
| inaccuracy | The quality or condition of being inaccurate; want of accuracy, exactness, or… | 1757 | Go To Quotation |
| indispensable | Not subject to ecclesiastical dispensation; that cannot be permitted, allowed, or… | 1555 | Go To Quotation |
| indorsement | The action of indorsing a document; the signature or writing on the back of… | 1586 | Go To Quotation |
| inhabitant | One who inhabits; a human being or animal dwelling in a place; a permanent resident. Const. of (†in… | 1462 | Go To Quotation |
| inkleth | = inkling n. | 1568 | Go To Quotation |
| intermediator | One who or that which intermediates; a mediator. | 1522 | Go To Quotation |
| interturb | trans. To disturb by interruption. | 1554 | Go To Quotation |
| interview | A meeting of persons face to face, esp. one sought or arranged for the purpose of formal conference on some point. | 1514 | Go To Quotation |
| irrecoverably | In an irrecoverable manner; without the possibility of recovery, restoration, or cure; irretrievably; incurably. | 1589 | Go To Quotation |
| jakes | A privy. | 1530 | Go To Quotation |
| junta | With reference to Spain or Italy: A deliberative or administrative council or committee. | 1623 | Go To Quotation |
| lesion | Damage, injury; a hurt or flaw, whether material or immaterial. | 1452 | Go To Quotation |
| level | = levy v. | 1552 | Go To Quotation |
| loan-money | Money payable as a contribution to a government loan. Obs. | 1523 | Go To Quotation |
| Lutheran | A follower of Luther; an adherent of his doctrines; a member of the Lutheran church. | 1521 | Go To Quotation |
| maître d'hôtel | A major-domo, a steward, a butler. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| masker | A mask. in masker: disguised with a mask, in masquerade. | 1519 | Go To Quotation |
| mentionate | trans. To mention, speak of; (also) to tell. Originally and chiefly in pa. pple., freq. with modifying adverb. | 1525 | Go To Quotation |
| metership | The office or position of meter or measurer. | 1536 | Go To Quotation |
| meubling | Furnishing. | 1622 | Go To Quotation |
| mixed person | A person having rights and duties in both ecclesiastical and lay jurisdictions. | 1626 | Go To Quotation |
| motionate | trans. To propose or put forward as a motion. | 1566 | Go To Quotation |
| muffler | A sort of kerchief or scarf worn by women in the 16th and 17th centuries to cover part of… | 1536 | Go To Quotation |
| offensive | Hurtful, harmful, injurious. Obs. | 1547 | Go To Quotation |
| olim | At one time, formerly. | 1645 | Go To Quotation |
| oppressment | Oppression; crushing, suppression. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| paraphraser | A person who paraphrases or makes a paraphrase; = paraphrast n. | 1548 | Go To Quotation |
| partily | With respect to a part; partly. | 1497 | Go To Quotation |
| pay day | A day on which payment is made; esp. a specified day, usually each week or month, on which wages or benefits are regularly paid. | 1529 | Go To Quotation |
| per cent | Expressing a proportion: (by a specified amount) for, in, or to every hundred; by… | 1568 | Go To Quotation |
| perlustrate | trans. To travel through and inspect thoroughly; to survey comprehensively, esp. in an official capacity. Also intr. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| perprudent | Very prudent. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| perspoil | trans. To destroy completely. | 1523 | Go To Quotation |
| pertinate | = pertinacious adj. | 1534 | Go To Quotation |
| poge | Stay, support. | 1525 | Go To Quotation |
| poil | A furnace, a stove. | 1756 | Go To Quotation |
| Polan | A native or inhabitant of Poland, a Pole. | 1502 | Go To Quotation |
| pomeroyal | A variety of apple; (perh.) = pomeroy n. | 1534 | Go To Quotation |
| pompatic | Pompous; †ostentatious, showy (obs.). | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| populace | Ordinary people, as opposed to the titled, wealthy, or privileged classes; people generally.… | 1572 | Go To Quotation |
| porcelain | An impermeable translucent ceramic material made from china clay or kaolin, used… | 1530 | Go To Quotation |
| post alone | Entirely alone. | 1514 | Go To Quotation |
| postmaster | Originally: an officer in charge of the system of postal messengers in a… | 1513 | Go To Quotation |
| potycaryar | = apothecary n. Cf. potter-carrier n. | 1533 | Go To Quotation |
| poverance | The action of making poor; impoverishment. | 1529 | Go To Quotation |
| presidentship | The office or function of a president, presidency; the fact of being a president… | 1525 | Go To Quotation |
| prevail | The fact of prevailing or gaining mastery; = prevalence n. 1. | 1459 | Go To Quotation |
| pristine | Of or relating to the earliest period or state; original, former; primitive, ancient. | 1534 | Go To Quotation |
| projector | A person who forms a project; one who plans or designs an enterprise or undertaking; a proposer or founder of some venture. | 1596 | Go To Quotation |
| propensed | = propense adj. 1a. rare. | 1530 | Go To Quotation |
| propension | = propensity n. 1b. Now arch. and rare. | 1530 | Go To Quotation |
| puissance | Power, strength, force, might, prowess; influence. | 1420 | Go To Quotation |
| rapparee | An Irish pikeman or irregular soldier, esp. one fighting on the Jacobite side during… | 1690 | Go To Quotation |
| reapport | Report, account; (also) reputation. As a count noun: a report or account. | 1514 | Go To Quotation |
| recompense | To reward, requite, or repay (a person) for something done or given. Also with for, †of… | 1422 | Go To Quotation |
| redoubt | = redoubted adj. | 1417 | Go To Quotation |
| redoubtable | Esp. of a person: that is to be revered, commanding respect; formidable, esp. as an opponent; that is to be feared or dreaded. | 1421 | Go To Quotation |
| re infecta | With the matter unfinished or unaccomplished. | 1522 | Go To Quotation |
| residentiary | Christian Church. An ecclesiastic who is required to live in the place in which he is… | 1525 | Go To Quotation |
| resistance | The action of resisting, opposing, or withstanding someone or something; an instance of this. Sometimes with to, †of. | 1417 | Go To Quotation |
| revelate | trans. To disclose or communicate, (in early use) esp. by divine or supernatural means; to reveal. | 1514 | Go To Quotation |
| Rhinegrave | Usu. with capital initial. A German count whose hereditary title is associated with… | 1548 | Go To Quotation |
| rickly | Rickety, ramshackle, tottering. | 1715 | Go To Quotation |
| rifling | The action of rifle v.; an instance of this. | 1569 | Go To Quotation |
| sample | trans. To be or find a match or parallel to; to parallel; to intend as a match for. Also, to put in comparison with. Obs. | 1592 | Go To Quotation |
| satrapic | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a satrap. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| slow | To lose (time) by delay; to put off. Obs. | 1522 | Go To Quotation |
| snapshare | A share or portion obtained as an extra emolument. | 1538 | Go To Quotation |
| sperable | That may be hoped for; admitting of, giving room for, hope. Of debts: = sperate adj. 1. | 1565 | Go To Quotation |
| spirituality | pl. Spiritual or ecclesiastical things; ecclesiastical possessions, rights, etc., of… | 1417 | Go To Quotation |
| splendid | Marked by much grandeur or display; sumptuous, grand, gorgeous. | 1624 | Go To Quotation |
| spritish | Impish, malicious, mischievous. | 1569 | Go To Quotation |
| squench | trans. To extinguish, put out (a fire, etc.). Also absol. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| stime | Variant of steem v., to estimate. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| subhead | An official next in rank to the head of an institution, organization, etc. Now rare. | 1588 | Go To Quotation |
| supplicate | To ask or beg for something humbly and earnestly; esp. to present a humble request to a… | 1417 | Go To Quotation |
| thankworthy | Worthy of thanks; deserving gratitude or credit. | 1421 | Go To Quotation |
| tonekin | ? A small cask or barrel. | 1546 | Go To Quotation |
| topman | A ship (man n.) with a top on its mast; = top-ship n. at top n. 3b(b). Obs. | 1513 | Go To Quotation |
| towardly | In a ‘toward’ or ‘towardly’ manner; with favourable disposition… | 1523 | Go To Quotation |
| trainband | A trained company of citizen soldiery, organized in London and other parts of Britain in… | 1628 | Go To Quotation |
| unassure | Unreliable. | 1531 | Go To Quotation |
| unavaluable | Inestimable. | 1638 | Go To Quotation |
| unclerkly | (un- prefix 11.) | 1531 | Go To Quotation |
| undertread | trans. To tread under foot; to subdue or subjugate. | 1525 | Go To Quotation |
| uneaseful | (un- prefix 7.) | 1515 | Go To Quotation |
| unexemplary | Unexampled, unprecedented. Obs. | 1649 | Go To Quotation |
| unfeasable | = unfeasible adj. | 1628 | Go To Quotation |
| unfitted | Not adapted or suited; unfit. | 1592 | Go To Quotation |
| unhabile | = inhabile adj., unable adj. | 1539 | Go To Quotation |
| uninformed | Not informed, instructed, or enlightened on some matter or in some respect. | 1597 | Go To Quotation |
| unlovingly | (un- prefix 11; cf. unloving adj.) | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| unruly | Of persons. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| untowards | = untoward adj. 1 2. | 1525 | Go To Quotation |
| upstretched | (up- prefix 3c 3c(b).) | 1563 | Go To Quotation |
| usurper | One who usurps a crown or throne; one who seizes or arrogates supreme power or authority without right or just cause. | 1414 | Go To Quotation |
| usurping | The action of the verb; usurpation; an instance of this. Also in fig. context. | 1521 | Go To Quotation |
| vacabond | A person having no settled means of living or no fixed home; a vagabond. | 1404 | Go To Quotation |
| varment | An animal of a noxious or objectionable kind. | 1538 | Go To Quotation |
| vice- | | 1497 | Go To Quotation |
| vice-admiral | A naval officer ranking next to an admiral. | 1520 | Go To Quotation |
| vivification | The process or fact of being vivified in a spiritual sense. (Cf. Eph. ii. 1–5.) | 1547 | Go To Quotation |
| viz. | = videlicet adv. | 1539 | Go To Quotation |
| voisin | Neighbouring. | 1527 | Go To Quotation |
| wringleather | Obs. erron. form of ringleader n. | 1525 | Go To Quotation |
