| abortive | An aborted fetus; a stillborn child or animal. Cf. abortion n. 2, abortus n. 1. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| absent | Not present in a place or at an occasion; away. Freq. in predicative use. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| abundant | Overflowing, more than sufficient; present or existing in great number or… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| abundantly | Overflowingly, exceedingly. Hence: in large measure, plentifully, fully; copiously, generously; extremely. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| accept | To take or receive (something offered) willingly. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| acceptable | Capable or worthy of acceptance; pleasing, agreeable, welcome. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| acception | The action of receiving or taking something presented; acceptance, reception; spec. favourable reception, approval. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| adjure | trans. To bind under oath; to command or appeal to (a person) to do something in the name… | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| Adullamite | In biblical use, or allusions to this: a native or inhabitant of the Canaanite city… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| adulter | intr. To commit or practise adultery. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| adulterer | A person who commits adultery. (Now the usual sense.) | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| after-coming | Something that comes after; a following or subsequent state; a consequence, a sequel. Also: a second or further act of coming. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| alabaster | An ornamental stone consisting of a fine-grained, compact, translucent form of gypsum… | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| alarge | To increase or extend the size or scope of; to enlarge. Also: to enhance in quality. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| alien | Belonging to another person, place, or family; not of one's own; from elsewhere, foreign. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| alighten | trans. To shed light on; to enlighten, illuminate (lit. and fig.). | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| allegory | The use of symbols in a story, picture, etc., to convey a hidden or ulterior meaning… | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| almander | An almond tree. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| amice | gen. A cloth for wrapping round, a scarf, handkerchief, or other loose wrap. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| amphore | = amphora n. 1. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| angle-hook | A fish hook. Also fig. Cf. angle n. 1. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| anientise | To make of no account, to bring low, reduce. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| Apollyon | The destroyer, a name given to the Devil. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| arbitrer | Earlier equivalent of arbitrator n. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| ariser | One who arises, a riser. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| art | trans. To confine, restrict, or limit in location or in action. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| ascend | of voluntary agents: To climb up, travel up, walk up; to soar, mount. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| asides | = aside adv. prep. adj. n. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| athinking | Repentance. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| barbar | = barbarian n. (In later use Sc.) | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| bdellium | The translation, in the English Bible, of the Hebrew word b'dōlakh; see above. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| believing | The action or fact of having belief, or of having belief in a thing or person… | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| berried | Beaten; threshed; trodden, beaten as a path. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| besieging | The action of laying siege to (a place); the condition of being besieged. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| bespit | trans. To spit upon, cover or defile with spitting. Rarely intr. with upon. (Cf. bespete v.) | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| betraying | The action of betray v. in various senses; betrayal. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| binding | That binds together or up; causing or tending to cohere; astringent, styptic. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| blear-eyed | lit. Having blear eyes. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| bloness | Blackish blue quality; lividness; also, a wound of that colour made by a blow: see also blaeness n. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| brain | To dash out the brains of; to kill by dashing out the brains. Freq. hyperbolically. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| branch | To bear or put forth branches; sometimes with forth, out. Also fig. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| branching | That branches; that puts forth branches. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| branchy | Bearing branches; full of, covered with, or consisting of branches. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| bray | trans. To beat small; to bruise, pound, crush to powder; usually in a mortar. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| brimstony | Of, pertaining to, or resembling brimstone. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| brittle | Hard but liable to break easily; fragile, breakable; †friable (obs.). | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| buffer | A stammerer. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| bundlet | A small bundle, a fascicle. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| burnt offering | A sacrifice offered to a deity by burning. (As the word is chiefly familiar in Scriptural… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| burying-place | A place of burial, a tomb; now usually = burying-ground n. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| Caesar | The cognomen of the Roman dictator Caius Julius Cæsar, transferred as a title to the… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| caitive | trans. To make captive. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| calamy | Early form of calamus n. 2. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| canopy | A covering or hangings suspended over a throne, couch, bed, etc., or held over a person walking in procession. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| caper | A shrub (Capparis spinosa) in habit of growth like the common bramble, abundant on walls and rocky places in the South of Europe. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| chafe | To warm, heat. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| chafferer | One who chaffers; a dealer, bargainer. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| chaffering | fig. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| Chaldee | A native of Chaldea. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| challenger | An accuser; a plaintiff, claimant. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| changeably | Alternately in order or position. Obs. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| charioteer | The driver of a chariot or car. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| child-bearing | That bears a child or children. (Also fig.) | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| Cicer | A chick-pea. Obs. (Now used only as the botanical name of the genus.) | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| cicone | A stork. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| clayen | Of clay, as a material; clay-. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| closing | That which closes or makes fast, a fastening. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| coast | fig. intr. and trans. To border upon, come or lie near (in time, character, etc.) to; to approach, approximate. Obs. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| cock-crowing | The time when cocks crow, early dawn. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| coctin | Corrupt forms in Wyclif MSS. of coccyn n., scarlet. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| colony | Applied to a Roman colōnia. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| comenaunt | Corrupt form of covenant n., covenant v. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| commemoration | A calling to remembrance, or preserving in memory, by some solemn observance… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| compatient | Suffering along with, sympathetic, compassionate. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| conceiving | That conceives: see the verb. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| condemnation | The action of condemning or of pronouncing adverse judgement on; judicial… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| configure | trans. To fashion according to something else as a model; to conform in figure or fashion (to). | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| conjecture | The interpretation of signs or omens; interpretation of dreams; divining; a conclusion as… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| conscription | Writing down together, putting in writing. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| consul | The title of the two annually elected magistrates who exercised conjointly supreme… | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| controversy | as to rights, claims, and the like. Obs. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| copious | Existing in rich abundance; plentiful; abundant. Now chiefly used with ns. expressing… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| cram- | (a) ? fried cake, pancake; (b) = cram n. 1 (dial.). | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| creancer | A creditor. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| crevice | A crack producing an opening in the surface or through the thickness of anything solid; a cleft, rift, chink, fissure. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| crious | Clamorous. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| crooking | That crooks or bends. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| cubit | An ancient measure of length derived from the forearm; varying at different times and… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| curd | trans. To make into curd; to coagulate, congeal; = curdle v. 1. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| curseful | Fraught with a curse or curses. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| debraid | To snatch down (rendering Latin decerpere). | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| Decalogue | The Ten Commandments collectively as a body of law. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| decrease | intr. To grow less (in amount, importance, influence, etc.); to lessen, diminish, fall… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| dedication | The action of dedicating, the fact of being dedicated; a setting apart and devoting to… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| defaulting | Failing, failure (obs.); failing in an obligation. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| deform | trans. To form, fashion, delineate. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| depost | An earlier equivalent of deposit n. 1. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| depth | The great abyss of waters; the deep n. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| depute | To assign, impute, ascribe, attribute. Obs. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| desolate | trans. To deprive of inhabitants, depopulate. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| despaired | Of conditions, circumstances, etc.: Characterized by absence of hope; hopeless, desperate. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| devouring | That devours, in various senses of the word. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| discipless | A female disciple. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| dishonest | trans. To bring dishonour, disgrace, or discredit upon; to dishonour; to stain with ignominy. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| dispensator | A steward who administers the goods, etc. of another. Obs. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| dissension | Disagreement in opinion; esp. such disagreement as produces strife or contention… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| dissolute | Having the energies, attention, etc. relaxed; wanting firmness, strictness, or… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| diting | The action of the verb dite v.: inditing. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| divining | That divines, foresees, or conjectures; soothsaying, prophesying, conjecturing, guessing, etc. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| dog-tooth | In proverbial use. Obs. rare. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| duchy | The territory ruled by a duke or duchess. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| duly | In a manner agreeable to obligation or propriety; as is due; rightly, properly, fitly. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| dweller | One who dwells or resides (in a place); an inhabitant, resident. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| dysentery | A disease characterized by inflammation of the mucous membrane and glands of the… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| earth moving | An earthquake. Obs. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| East Coast | The eastern coast of a country or region; spec. (a) the easternmost part of the North Island… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| eching | The action of increasing, enlarging, supplementing; concr. an addition. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| ecstasy | The state of being ‘beside oneself’, thrown into a frenzy or a stupor, with anxiety, astonishment, fear, or passion. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| edification | fig. In religious use, after Greek οἰκοδομή in 1 Cor. xiv: The building up the church… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| enblow | To inspire. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| enemyful | Resulting from the action of an enemy; hostile. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| enemyly | In a hostile manner. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| enfat | trans. To fatten; fig. to make gross. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| engrege | To increase the importance of; to aggravate. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| enhancing | That enhances. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| enhort | trans. To exhort, encourage, incite. Const. to with inf., and simply. Also with n. as obj.: To recommend, suggest, insist upon. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| enorn | trans. To adorn, deck, trim; to set out (a table); = anorn v.; also fig. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| ensearcher | One who searches, pries, or inquires into. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| enviousty | = enviousness n. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| eruke | A caterpillar. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| espying | That espies. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| Ethiop | Phrase, to wash an (or the) Ethiop (white): to attempt the impossible. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| ever-during | Always enduring, everlasting. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| everlastingness | properly, The future eternity; endless duration. Also pl. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| example | A signal instance of punishment intended to have a deterrent effect; a warning, caution… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| excess | excess of mind, excess of soul (incorrectly access; cf. access n. 1), also simply excess… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| exclude | With an immaterial thing as obj.: To shut out, give no place to; to prevent… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| exhortation | The action or process of exhorting, of earnestly admonishing or urging to what is deemed laudable conduct; an instance of this. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| exiler | One who, or that which, exiles (in senses of vb.). Also fig. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| exorcist | One who drives out evil spirits by solemn adjuration, etc. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| federed | Allied or leagued together. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| feelingly | With just perception, understandingly, sensibly; appropriately, to the purpose. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| fieldy | That grows in or inhabits the fields. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| fierceness | Sternness, severity. Obs. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| fire-red | Red like fire. Also, reddened by fire. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| first-head | The position of one who is first; primacy. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| fir-tree | = fir n. 1. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| forcing | The action of force v. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| forfighter | A defender. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| fornicary | A fornicator. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| forthpass | intr. To pass forth, go, proceed. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| frail | A kind of basket made of rushes, used for packing figs, raisins, etc.; the quantity… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| froth | The aggregation of small bubbles formed in liquids by agitation, fermentation, effervescence, etc.; foam, spume; = foam n. 1. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| froth | intr. To emit froth or foam; to foam at the mouth. Of liquids: To gather or throw up froth; to run foaming away, by, over. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| fugitive | One who flees or tries to escape from danger, an enemy, justice, or an owner. Cf. A. 1.… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| gemel | pl. Twins; said also of things associated in pairs. Obs. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| gemew | pl. Twins: see gemel n. 1. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| gemmary | Of or pertaining to gems; concerned with or skilled in gems. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| gender | intr. To copulate. Freq. with with. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| genealogy | An account of one's descent from an ancestor or ancestors, by enumeration of the intermediate persons; a pedigree. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| gladder | One who rejoices. rare. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| glory | To boast. Const. of, to with inf., or that. Also refl. and quasi- trans. with complement in indirect passive. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| glub | A mass or heap. rare. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| gob | A mass or lump (cf. gobbet n. 3). Now dial. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| gobbetmeal | In gobbets; piecemeal. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| golded | Made of gold, golden. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| graven | Sculptured, hewn. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| great-hearted | Having a noble or generous heart or spirit; magnanimous; great-souled. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| guilesome | Full of guile; deceitful, false. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| gull | An unfledged bird, esp. a gosling. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| heritage | To give for an inheritance. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| hidly | = hiddenly adv. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| high-set | Set in a high or lofty position. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| hilet | A tent, a tabernacle. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| hissing | The utterance of a hiss or hisses as a sign of disapproval or detestation. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| homeliness | Kindness, kindliness; familiarity, intimacy. Obs. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| homely | a male domestic servant. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| horror | Roughness, ruggedness. (In 1382 a literalism of translation; now poet. or rhet. Cf. horrid adj. 1.) | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| horsing | Provision of horses or cavalry. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| hospital | In phr. hospital Jove, Jupiter, or God, a translation of Latin hospitālis… | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| hospitality | The act or practice of being hospitable; the reception and entertainment of guests… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| householder | A person who runs or manages a house or household; the head of a household or family. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| hulled | Stripped of the hull or husk. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| inbow | trans. To bend into a curved or arched form; to incurve, arch. Cf. bow v. 9, embow v. 2. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| incoming | The action or fact of coming in; entrance; arrival. (Opposed to outgoing.) | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| incontinence | With reference to the bodily appetites, esp. the sexual passion: Unchastity. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| infelicity | The state of being unhappy or unfortunate; an unhappy condition or state of… | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| injury | Wrongful action or treatment; violation or infringement of another's rights; suffering… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| inlap | trans. To enwrap, enfold, involve. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| inobeisance | = inobedience n. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| inquiet | Restless, turbulent, troublesome. Obs. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| inseek | trans. To seek after. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| insmite | trans. To smite or strike in. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| insoluble | That cannot be dissolved, undone, or loosed; indissoluble. Now rare. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| interpretation | The action of interpreting or explaining; explanation, exposition. by interpretation, inferentially; = interpretatively adv. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| inturning | A turning in. Also attrib. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| ironsmith | An artificer in iron; a blacksmith. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| irreprehensible | Not reprehensible or blameworthy; not liable to blame or reproof; irreproachable. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| jealouste | Jealousy; zeal. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| joining | An instance of such action or state; the place where two things or parts of something join or are joined; a junction, joint. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| juncture | The place at which, or structure by which, two things are joined; a joint, jointing, junction. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| junket | A basket (orig. made of rushes); esp. a basket in which fish are caught or carried. Now dial. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| justifying | The action of making, proving, or accounting just; justification. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| languish | An illness, a bout of weakness. Obs. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| lapidary | An artificer who cuts, polishes, or engraves gems or precious stones. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| layer | One who lays stones; a mason. (Cf. bricklayer n.) Obs. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| leaperess | A female dancer. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| learned | Of a person: In early use, that has been taught; instructed, educated. In later use… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| lent | collect. sing. Lentils. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| leviathan | The name of some aquatic animal (real or imaginary) of enormous size, frequently mentioned in Hebrew poetry. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| library | A scribe. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| lictor | An officer whose functions were to attend upon a magistrate, bearing the fasces before him… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| lighty | Full of light, bright, shining. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| littering | concr. The straw of an animal's bed; a layer of litter in a stable. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| little master | An inferior master. Obs. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| liver | A person who lives or is alive, a living creature; (chiefly Eng. regional (south. and south-west.… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| lowing | That lows, as cattle do. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| lyingly | In a lying manner, mendaciously. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| magistrate | A civil officer charged with the administration of the law, a member of the executive government. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| magnifying | The action of magnifying something; an instance of this. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| mailed | Of a garment or piece of armour: covered with or composed of mail. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| male | Designating the sex or (formerly) kind which can beget, but not bear, offspring. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| Maranatha | With reference to the expected damnation of non-believers: in or at the Second Coming of Christ. Obs. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| marvellously | In a marvellous or wonderful manner; to an astonishing or extraordinary degree. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| mass | A dense aggregation of objects having the appearance of a single, continuous body. Also fig. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| meaning | That which is indicated or expressed by a (supposed) symbol or symbolic action; spec.… | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| measurably | Moderately; in moderation; to a moderate degree. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| member | trans. To mention; to remember; to be mindful of. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| membered | That has been mentioned or recorded. Also: having a memory, esp. of a specified kind. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| mender | A person who mends something; a repairer or improver (of). | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| middleman | A man occupying a central or middle position in space. Obs. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| milium | Millet (the seed or the plant). Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| mindful | In attributive use: †(in early use) possessing a good memory (obs.); full of care; heedful, thoughtful; full of memories. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| mindfully | Attentively, with one's whole mind; thoughtfully, earnestly, intently. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| minishing | The action of minish v. (in various senses). | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| ministration | The action or an act of ministering, tending, or serving; the rendering of service, aid, care, or attention. Now usu. in pl. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| mirtus | The myrtle, Myrtus communis. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| mischanging | Wrongful exchange or substitution. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| miseration | Pity, compassion, mercy; an act of mercy or compassion. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| mis-feeling | Foolish, unwise; senseless. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| missound | intr. To be discordant; to be incompatible, disagree. Also with to. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| mistake | To take improperly, wrongfully, or in error. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| mistily | Mystically; symbolically, figuratively. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| mistrust | intr. To be distrustful, suspicious, or without confidence. Also: †to lack trust in, to be doubtful of (obs.). Now rare. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| misty | Relating to, involving, or characteristic of spiritual mysteries; mystical, spiritual. Also: figurative. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| misuse | To use wrongly or improperly; to apply to a wrong purpose. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| moist | Slightly wet, imbued with moisture; containing liquid in a state of suspension or absorption; not dry; damp, humid. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| monish | trans. To warn or exhort (a person). Formerly usually with infinitive or that -clause. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| monishing | The action of warning or admonishing; an admonition, warning. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| mother-in-law | The mother of one's spouse. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| muchfold | Manifold. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| mygale | A shrew; a ferret (see note in etymology). Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| myrt-tree | The European myrtle, Myrtus communis. Also (in full wild myrt-tree): butcher's broom, Ruscus aculeatus. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| neckerchief | A kerchief worn about the neck; in later use esp. a square of cloth folded diagonally and fastened or tied around the neck. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| needfulty | An instance of need. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| negligently | In a negligent manner; carelessly, heedlessly, indifferently; slightingly. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| neomeny | = neomenia n. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| nethermore | Lower, inferior. literary in later use. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| noblehead | Nobleness. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| noiseful | Full of noise; noisy. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| noise-maker | A loud or noisy person or thing; spec. a device (as a klaxon, rattle, etc.) used to make noise, esp. at a celebration. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| noisome | Harmful, injurious, noxious. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| noyous | Causing annoyance; vexatious, troublesome; (also) †causing harm or injury (obs.). | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| nursh | A nurse. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| nursher | A person who nurses or nurtures. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| obeisance | The action or fact of obeying; = obedience n. 1. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| odious | Regarded with hatred; hated. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| odorament | A substance used for its scent or perfume; an odoriferous or odorous substance; a perfume. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| oncoming | The approach, onset, or arrival (of something). rare before 19th cent. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| onycha | An ingredient of incense used in Mosaic ritual, consisting of the opercula of… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| onychine | Consisting of onyx. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| oppressed | With the. People who are oppressed, regarded as a group; (also) an oppressed person. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| orning | The action of adorning something; adornment, decoration. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| outforth | Out; externally, outwardly. Now arch. and poet. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| outgoer | A person who goes out (in various senses); spec. one who goes out of a place… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| outmost | Most remote, situated furthest away, uttermost. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| out-sharping | Bitter, irritable. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| outshining | That shines out; effulgent, resplendent. Chiefly poet. Now rare. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| overabound | intr. To abound more, to be more plentiful. Obs. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| overchanging | Transmutation; an instance of this. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| overest | Highest in position, uppermost; outermost, covering all the rest; farthest away. Now Newfoundland and rare. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| overhope | intr. To hope too much, have too much hope. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| overpassing | That overpasses (in various senses of the verb); †excessive, surpassing (obs.). | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| overtravail | trans. To cause or force to work too hard; to exhaust or oppress with excessive work. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| overvoidness | Vanity, futility. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| pain taking | The receiving or suffering of pain or punishment; penance. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| painted | That has been coloured; to which paint has been applied; ornamented or decorated with… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| pairment | Harm, impairment; diminution. to hold in pairment: to keep (a woman) in degrading circumstances (obs.). | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| palate | The roof of the mouth (in humans and vertebrates generally); the structures of bone… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| paliure | A thorny shrub, (prob.) Christ's thorn, Paliurus spina-christi. Cf. paliurus n. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| parably | In parables. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| Paralipomenon | In the Vulgate and some other versions of the Bible: the name of the books of Chronicles in… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| parch | trans. To dry (esp. a foodstuff) by exposure to intense heat; to lightly roast or toast (corn, peas, etc.). | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| Passion Sunday | The fifth Sunday in Lent, the beginning of Passiontide; the Sunday before Palm Sunday. In… | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| patch | A piece of a material attached to something to repair a hole or tear, or to strengthen or protect a weak area. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| peaceableness | The quality or state of being peaceable; calmness or peacefulness of behaviour… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| peaceably | With peaceful or friendly disposition, intention, or behaviour; so as to promote… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| peise | The quality of being heavy; heaviness, weight. Also: the weightiness of a thing. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| peise | To weigh, measure the weight of; to weigh out. Also intr. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| pentecontarch | Ancient Hist. A person in charge of a fifty-oared ship; the commander of a penteconter (cf. trierarch n.). | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| pervert | trans. To interfere with or distort (a correct order or process); to impede… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| phial | A vessel for holding liquids; (formerly generally) any of various types of containers… | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| pilgrimage | intr. To travel; to wander; to stay or dwell in a foreign land; to sojourn. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| pilgrimaging | The action or practice of going on a pilgrimage; the action of wandering or dwelling in… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| plage | A region, district, or part of a larger area; (occas.) a zone, a border. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| plague | A blow; (also) smiting, slaughter. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| plainly | Fully, amply, comprehensively. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| planed | Levelled, smoothed. Of wood: smoothed or finished with a plane or a planing machine. Also fig. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| platan | A plane tree, esp. Platanus orientalis. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| pliant | Flexible or supple; capable of being bent or folded easily; ductile. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| poet | A person who composes poetry; a writer of a poem or poems; one who writes in verse. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| pointel | A writing or engraving instrument; a stylus or pencil. Cf. pointrel n. 2. Now rare (hist. in later use). | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| pomegranate tree | = pomegranate n. 1b. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| possessioner | A person who possesses something; an owner, a proprietor; a holder, an occupier. Now rare. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| possible | Qualifying a noun or pronoun, attributively or predicatively. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| potestate | A person who has power over others; a superior, a potentate. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| praiser | A person who praises or commends someone or something; a eulogist. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| prayable | Of a person, God, or a god: that may be entreated or prayed to. rare after 16th cent. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| prayer | A person who entreats or prays (freq. with modifying adjective); spec. a person who leads the prayers in a church service. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| predestinate | Destined by divine will, foreordained; predestined to a specified fate or to do something. Now rare. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| prepost | = prepositus n.; an overseer, a steward, a superintendent; a provost. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| presume | With simple object: to venture on, lay presumptuous claim to. Now rare. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| princehood | The rank, authority, or office of prince; the condition of being a prince or ruler. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| prive | To deprive or strip (someone) of something. Also with person and thing as double object. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| profane | To treat (something sacred) with irreverence, disrespect, or contempt; to desecrate. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| profiting | The action of profit v. (in various senses). Also: an instance of this; a benefit, a gain. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| provable | Worthy of approval; commendable, praiseworthy, meritorious. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| proved | Shown to be true, or to be as stated; demonstrated; (hence) †known as such, notorious (obs.). Cf. proven adj. 1. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| province | A country, territory, district, or region; a region of the earth or of a continent.… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| publish | To make public or generally known; to declare or report openly or publicly; to announce… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| punch | trans. and (rare) intr. To push, poke, prod, or nudge (esp. a person) with a stick or… | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| purchaser | A person who acquires or aims to acquire wealth or possessions. Obs. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| purging | The action or an act of purifying something; purgation, cleansing (from sin, a contaminant, etc.). | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| purifying | The action of purify v.; cleansing, purification; an instance of this. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| Purim | A lesser Jewish festival held in spring, on the 14th or 15th day of Adar, to… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| purpose | trans. To put forward for consideration, discussion, etc.; to present to the mind of another; = propose v. 2. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| purtenance | A thing which belongs to or is associated with another; a contributory or subsidiary part… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| pute | A prostitute. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| quave | A shake, a tremble. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| quinquagenary | = quinquagenarian n. 1. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| ravener | A person who takes goods by force; a robber, a plunderer, a despoiler. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| ravishmeal | In a rushing manner; speedily, hastily. Cf ravishing adj. 2. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| rebound | Of an action, quality, etc., or its results: to come to bear on or upon (a person… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| rebounding | That rebounds (in various senses). | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| Rechabite | According to the Old Testament and Hebrew scriptures: a member of an Israelite… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| reclose | trans. To shut up or confine. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| recompensation | = recompense n. (in various senses). | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| reconcile | In pass. (with unexpressed agent). To be restored to friendly relations with a person… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| recounsel | trans. To restore (a person) to friendly relations with oneself or another; = reconcile v. 1 3. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| reeden | Made or consisting of a reed or reeds; (also) reed-like. Now rare. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| refreshing | The action of refresh v. (in various senses) or an instance of this; refreshment given or received. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| regeneration | The action of coming or bringing into renewed existence; recreation; rebirth; restoration. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| relieve | To ease (a person, the mind, etc.) from sorrow, fear, doubt, or some other source… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| religiously | With religious feeling or conduct; in accordance with the principles of religion; piously, reverently, devoutly. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| renule | trans. and intr. To renew. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| repeat | intr. To return to something; to turn again. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| repugn | Without following construction. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| retribution | Repayment or recompense for a service, good deed, etc.; an instance of this. Obs. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| revelation | The disclosure or communication of knowledge, instructions, etc., by divine or supernatural means. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| revers | The edge of a garment turned back to reveal the undersurface (often at the lapel or… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| revoke | To recall or bring back (a person) to a (right) belief, way of life, etc. Also without construction. Obs. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| rose colour | The colour of a rose, esp. a pink or light crimson tint or hue. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| rot | The process of rotting, or the state of being rotten; decay or decomposition… | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| rower | A person who rows; an oarsman or oarswoman. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| rueing | Mercy, compassion. Obs. rare. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| ruer | A person who pities, feels compassion, or has mercy. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| rushy | Made or consisting of rushes. Now rare. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| sabbatize | fig. To enjoy or undergo a period of rest analogous to a Sabbath. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| sad | (Usu. in pass.) To make solid, firm, or stiff; to compress. Also intr.: to become solid… | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| salutation | The action, or an act, of saluting; a manner of saluting; an utterance, form of words… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| sandal | A kind of shoe with an open-work top, originally and still frequently consisting of… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| sard | A variety of cornelian n., varying in colour from pale golden yellow to reddish orange. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| scarry | Precipitous, rocky. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| sealer | One who affixes a seal to a document. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| searcher | One who searches, in various senses of the verb; one who explores or investigates… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| seer | One to whom divine revelations are made in visions. In mod. use occas. transf., applied… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| sell | A seat, a low stool; a seat of dignity. joint sell = joint-stool n. Obs. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| servile | servile work: in religious use applied spec. to laborious or mechanical work forbidden to… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| shibboleth | The Hebrew word used by Jephthah as a test-word by which to distinguish the… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| shiningly | In a shining manner; with a shining appearance; brightly, brilliantly. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| shrewing | Used to render Latin refrenantem. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| sieging | The action of besieging; a siege. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| signifying | The action or process of indicating or intimating something; signification. Formerly also: †meaning, significance (obs.). | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| simulacre | An image (of a god, etc.) to which honour or worship is rendered. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| sinewy | Made of sinews. Obs. rare. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| sinneress | A female sinner. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| Sivan | The ninth month of the Jewish year, though named third in the… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| slayeress | A female slayer. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| smiting | That smites, strikes, or beats. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| sniter | pl. A pair of candle-snuffers. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| solemnize | trans. To dignify or honour by ceremonies; to celebrate or commemorate by special observances or with special formality. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| specked | Covered or marked with specks or spots; speckled; chequered, dappled, variegated. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| spire | intr. or absol. To breathe; to blow gently; to come forth or out as breath. Also fig. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| spurning | The action of the verb, in various senses. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| spute | trans. To spit on (a person, etc.). | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| square | To make (a thing) square; to reduce to a square or rectangular form, by cutting or… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| stained | Discoloured with blood, dirt, etc.; having stains or blemishes. Also fig., tainted… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| stater | Any of various ancient gold or silver coins; esp. the tetradrachm. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| stoic | (With capital initial.) One of a school of Greek philosophers (founded by Zeno, fl. 300 b.c.… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| storax | A fragrant gum-resin described by ancient writers. In early mod. use applied (perh.… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| strengthful | Full of or characterized by strength. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| strifeful | Full of strife; contentious. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| sturdiness | Fierceness, violence; harshness, sternness. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| subject | To make (persons, a nation or country) subject to a conquering or sovereign power; to… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| subjectable | With to. Capable of being subjected. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| subversion | The action of razing a city, stronghold, etc., to the ground; destruction, demolition. Also: an instance of this. Now rare. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| superflue | Exceeding what is right, normal, or permissible; immoderate, excessive; = superfluous adj. 3. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| supet | = supping n. 2. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| swathing-clothes | With pl. concord. = swaddling-clothes n. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| tarrier | One who tarries or delays; a lingerer, procrastinator; one who stays or remains. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| tawer | One who taws; one who prepares white leather; = white-tawer whittawer n. Forms. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| tempering | The action of the verb temper v., in various senses; an instance of this. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| teraphim | Plural or indefinite. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| terebinth | A tree of moderate size, Pistacia Terebinthus, N.O. Anacardiaceæ, a native of… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| tetrarch | Roman Hist. The ruler of one of four divisions of a country or province; at a later… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| thirsting | That thirsts, thirsty; fig. longing. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| throat | To cut the throat of; to slaughter, slay. Obs. rare. (Cf. also throating-knife n. at throating n. Compounds.) | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| timeful | Early in season; = timely adj. 1b. Obs. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| tinkle | intr. Of the ears: To ring, to tingle: = tingle v. 1 (now rare). †Of the nose or other parts: = tingle v. 2, tickle v. 2. (obs.). | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| tirshatha | The title of an ancient Persian viceroy or prefect; applied in O.T. to Nehemiah. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| tittle | Orig. rendering Latin apex ‘point, tip’, applied in classical Latin to any minute point or… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| toll-gatherer | One who collects tolls or dues; a tax-gatherer: = publican n. 1. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| toot-hill | A natural or artificial hill or mound used for a look-out place; a prominent hill; = toot n. 1 (In quot. 1250 a place-name.) | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| transfer | trans. To convey or take from one place, person, etc. to another; to transmit, transport… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| travelling | The action of the verb travel v.; journeying. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| treader | One who or that which treads, in various senses. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| treasure | trans. To put away or lay aside (anything of value) for preservation, security, or future… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| treaty | The treating of a subject in speech or writing; (literary) treatment; discussion. Obs. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| tributary | Paying tribute; subject to imposts. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| trifler | A teller of feigned or idle stories, one not to be believed or taken seriously; a jester… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| turnour | A piece of turned work. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| twinkler | One who winks; a winker. Obs. rare. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| unaimable | Unreckonable. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| unceasing | Never ceasing, incessant, continuous. (Common from 1750.) | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| unchastisable | (un- prefix 7b.) | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| uncircumcided | = uncircumcised adj. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| uncomparable | = incomparable adj. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| uncorrupt | = incorrupt adj. 1. | 1384 | Go To Quotation |
| uncorruptible | = incorruptible adj. 1. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| unction | fig. A spiritual influence acting upon a person. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| unculpable | Not culpable or blameworthy; free from fault or blame. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| under- | In Old English (as in Old High German) a considerable number of the compounds with under-… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| undermine | trans. To dig or excavate beneath, to make a passage or mine under (a wall, etc.), esp. as a military operation; to sap. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| understrew | trans. To strew or spread beneath; fig. to cast under foot. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| undisciplinous | (un- prefix 7.) | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| undwellable | (un- prefix 7b.) | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| unfulfilled | (un- prefix 8.) | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| unhewed | = unhewn adj. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| unhonour | trans. To dishonour. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| unjustly | In an unjust manner; contrary to the principles of justice. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| unlevable | Unbelieving, incredulous. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| unloosed | Made loose, relaxed; let loose. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| unmerciable | Unmerciful. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| unmovable | = immovable adj. 1. Now rare. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| unnoble | absol. (chiefly pl.) or as n. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| unovertrowable | Not deserving of suspicion; unsuspect. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| unpolished | Not made smooth or bright by polishing. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| unportable | Too burdensome or grievous to be borne; unbearable, intolerable. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| unprofit | (un- prefix 12. Cf. Middle Dutch onprofijt, Middle Low German unprofit.) | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| unprudent | Imprudent; unwise. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| unquenchable | Of fire. (Also fig.) | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| unremediable | Irremediable. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| unrestful | Restless, stirring, unquiet. (Freq. 1875–.) | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| unrestfulness | (un- prefix 12; cf. unrestful adj.) | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| unrind | trans. To strip of rind or bark. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| unspotted | Not marked with spots; free from any spot or stain. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| unsubject | (un- prefix 7.) | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| untame | Not tame or gentle; wild. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| unvanquishable | Incapable of being vanquished or overcome. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| unvenged | (un- prefix 8.) | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| unwayed | Not provided with ways or roads. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| unwilfully | Unintentionally; involuntarily; undesignedly. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| unwitting | Lack of knowledge; ignorance. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| used | Customarily employed, experienced, or encountered; habitual, usual. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| uttermost | External limit, part, etc.; = utmost adj. n. 4. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| vengesour | An avenger. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| venomed | Of reptiles, insects, etc.: Endowed with venom; = venomous adj. 3. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| venoming | The action of the verb; poisoning; †poison. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| venting | The free emission or passing of air, etc., from some confined space; spec. the emission… | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| vial | In allegorical or purely figurative use. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| violently | By means of physical strength or violence; by the exercise of improper or unlawful force; forcibly. Now Obs. or arch. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| voided | Made void or empty; emptied or cleared of contents. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| vome | trans. and absol. To vomit. Also fig. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| wariable | Deserving of cursing; execrable. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| wasteness | Desolation, destruction, ruin. lit. and fig. (Chiefly biblical.) Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| water-bearer | One who carries water; spec. one whose employment is to carry water from a spring, well… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| water-pot | A vessel, usually of earthenware, for holding water. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| waywardness | The quality of being wayward (see the various senses of the adj.). | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| weepful | Full of weeping, mournful. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| whilemeal | Used to render Latin vicissim by turns. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| whirling | That whirls, in various senses of the verb; turning (rapidly) round, rotating… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| whist | An exclamation to command silence: Hush! (Coinciding with the imperative of whist v. 1.) | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| whister | = whisper v. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| winnower | One who winnows; a person engaged in winnowing; also fig. (cf. winnowing n. 1b). | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| winter | intr. To pass or spend the winter; to stay or reside (at a specified place) during the… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| wooingly | Wantonly, impudently. Obs. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| wrathfulness | The state, condition, or quality of being wrathful; wrath, ire. | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| yourn | = yours pron. (in various senses). | 1381 | Go To Quotation |
| zeal | In biblical language, rendering Latin zelus (or æmulatio), Greek ζῆλος, denoting ardent… | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
| Ziv | Formerly, the second month of the ancient Israelite year, afterwards called Iyyar n. | 1382 | Go To Quotation |
