| aboutwards | = aboutward adv. | 1536 | Go To Quotation |
| abstention | The action of keeping back or restraining someone or something; esp. the withdrawal… | 1521 | Go To Quotation |
| accommodate | Suitable, fitting; suited, adapted (to). | 1525 | Go To Quotation |
| agnize | trans. To recognize or acknowledge in some capacity. With simple object, also object and for, as, to be, or noun complement. Obs. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| alluding | The action of mocking or making fun of someone. Obs. rare. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| amain(e | To conduct, guide. (A former sense of French amener; cf. amenée, ‘action de conduire.’) rare. | 1553 | Go To Quotation |
| apprized | Seized, possessed as of a prize. | 1521 | Go To Quotation |
| articulate | trans. To formulate in an article or articles; to set out in articles; to particularize, specify. | 1551 | Go To Quotation |
| association | The action of combining together for a common purpose; the condition of such combination; confederation, league. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| authorizable | actively. Having the faculty of authorizing. | 1530 | Go To Quotation |
| bailliage | The jurisdiction or district of a bailiff; formerly sometimes applied to an English… | 1513 | Go To Quotation |
| bruiter | One who spreads a report, rumour, etc. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| bruteness | Rudeness, roughness, savageness, brutality. | 1538 | Go To Quotation |
| bruyllie | ? = brulyie n., or ? mistake for cruyltie. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| by-table | A side-table; one which is not the main table in a room. | 1550 | Go To Quotation |
| calumniate | trans. To asperse with calumny, utter calumny regarding; to accuse or charge… | 1554 | Go To Quotation |
| Catharite | A puritan. | 1555 | Go To Quotation |
| cautelty | = cautelousness n. | 1554 | Go To Quotation |
| celebrious | Of a place or assembly: Thronged, frequented; hence, of a ceremony, festival, etc.… | 1555 | Go To Quotation |
| chaffron | Another form of chamfron (chamfrain n.) | 1547 | Go To Quotation |
| chanterist | = chanter n. 4. | 1548 | Go To Quotation |
| cheapness | Quality of being cheap; lowness of price or cost; also fig. (see cheap adj.) | 1550 | Go To Quotation |
| chrism | trans. To anoint with chrism. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| chrismation | Application of the chrism; sacramental unction. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| circumscriptly | = circumscriptively adv. | 1548 | Go To Quotation |
| civil law | Freq. with the. Roman law; any of various legal systems or codes historically derived from Roman law. Cf. civil adj. 12a. | 1513 | Go To Quotation |
| clemency | Mildness or gentleness of temper, as shown in the exercise of authority or power; mercy, leniency. | 1553 | Go To Quotation |
| coal-house | A building or covered-in place for storage of coal. | 1555 | Go To Quotation |
| combattery | The action of a combatant, combat, fighting. | 1524 | Go To Quotation |
| commerce | Intercourse in the affairs of life; dealings. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| concubinate | = concubinage n. | 1539 | Go To Quotation |
| condignity | spec. in Scholastic Theol. That worthiness of eternal life which a man may possess… | 1554 | Go To Quotation |
| conducement | The action of ‘conducing’ or bringing about. | 1552 | Go To Quotation |
| confer | absol. To contribute (unto, to). Obs. | 1528 | Go To Quotation |
| conformably | Const. to (†unto). (Cf. according adj. 1.) | 1528 | Go To Quotation |
| congress | The action of coming together (of persons); a meeting, interview. | 1528 | Go To Quotation |
| consignation | The action of marking or blessing with the sign of the cross, esp. in the rite of confirmation. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| contentiously | In a contentious manner or spirit; with contention; quarrelsomely. | 1548 | Go To Quotation |
| contrahent | Contracting, entering into a contract. | 1524 | Go To Quotation |
| craze | fig. A flaw, defect, unsoundness; an infirmity of health or of brain. Obs. | 1534 | Go To Quotation |
| credential | Recommending or entitling to credit or confidence; usually in phr. credential letters =… | 1524 | Go To Quotation |
| cue | Theatr. The concluding word or words of a speech in a play, serving as a signal or… | 1553 | Go To Quotation |
| damaskeen | = Damascene adj. | 1551 | Go To Quotation |
| defray | trans. ? To rub off or away. | 1532 | Go To Quotation |
| deportates | With pl. concord. ‘The first fruits, or one yeres reuenue of vacant benefices (due… | 1532 | Go To Quotation |
| dilaniate | trans. To rend or tear in pieces. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| dimove | trans. To remove. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| direptitious | by way of pillaging or plundering. | 1532 | Go To Quotation |
| dispendious | Causing loss or injury; hurtful, injurious. | 1557 | Go To Quotation |
| duck | An instantaneous lowering of head or body; a rapid jerky bow or obeisance. | 1554 | Go To Quotation |
| equivalency | = equivalence n. 1. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| esclarishment | A clearing up, explanation. | 1549 | Go To Quotation |
| Eutychian | A member of the Eutychian sect. | 1556 | Go To Quotation |
| exonerate | trans. To take off a burden from; to relieve of (a burden, material or immaterial);… | 1524 | Go To Quotation |
| faggot | To carry or wear a faggot in token of recantation; to recant. Obs. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| fardel | Profit. | 1523 | Go To Quotation |
| gainful | Productive of gain or profit; profitable, advantageous. Now rare exc. as in 1b. | 1555 | Go To Quotation |
| garnishment | Adornment, decoration. | 1550 | Go To Quotation |
| gratuity | Graciousness, favour, freq. used of Divine grace or favour; a favour, a kindness. Obs. | 1523 | Go To Quotation |
| hackbushier | = harquebusier n. | 1524 | Go To Quotation |
| heathenic | Variant of ethnic n. adj. assimilated to heathen. | 1554 | Go To Quotation |
| humbledory | A drone. | 1555 | Go To Quotation |
| illy | In an ill manner; badly; ill. | 1549 | Go To Quotation |
| improperation | Erroneous form for impropriation n., after improper v. | 1536 | Go To Quotation |
| incommode | An inconvenience, incommodity. | 1518 | Go To Quotation |
| infractor | One who breaks or infringes (a bond or obligation); a violator, infringer. | 1524 | Go To Quotation |
| ingenerate | trans. To generate within, engender, produce. | 1528 | Go To Quotation |
| inquieting | The action of disturbing or molesting; the condition of being disturbed or disquieted. | 1527 | Go To Quotation |
| interclude | To shut up, enclose, confine within bounds. | 1524 | Go To Quotation |
| inways | = inwards adv. 1b. | 1552 | Go To Quotation |
| jeer | intr. To speak or call out in derision or mockery; to scoff derisively. Const. at. | 1553 | Go To Quotation |
| jeerer | One who jeers or calls out in derision; a mocker, scoffer. | 1553 | Go To Quotation |
| jowter | A fish-hawker (Cornwall, Devonsh.). Also, A hawker or pedlar of any kind. | 1550 | Go To Quotation |
| judged | Tried or sentenced in court, decided, awarded, estimated, etc.: see the verb. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| ledger-book | A book containing records; a register; a cartulary; a book of accounts; = ledger n. 1b – 1d. | 1553 | Go To Quotation |
| Manichaean | An adherent of Manichaeism; (more generally) a dualist. | 1556 | Go To Quotation |
| misplace | To put (something) in a wrong place; spec. to misfile. | 1555 | Go To Quotation |
| molestious | Troublesome. | 1524 | Go To Quotation |
| natured | Having a nature or disposition (of a specified kind). | 1552 | Go To Quotation |
| obstringe | trans. To put under obligation; to bind by an obligation. | 1528 | Go To Quotation |
| opinion | trans. To hold or express an opinion; to hold as an opinion; to think, suppose, believe.… | 1555 | Go To Quotation |
| orphanage | The guardianship formerly exercised by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London over the… | 1538 | Go To Quotation |
| pelting | Paltry, petty, mean; contemptible; insignificant, worthless. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| plack | = placket n. | 1552 | Go To Quotation |
| placket | A plan, a map. | 1552 | Go To Quotation |
| portague | A Portuguese gold coin current in the 16th cent.; a cruzado; = Portugal n. 2. | 1532 | Go To Quotation |
| posting | That posts; swift, speedy, rapid; hasty, hurrying, fleeting. Now poet. and rare. | 1553 | Go To Quotation |
| proclive | Sloping steeply forwards and downwards. Obs. | 1524 | Go To Quotation |
| procurancy | Agency, advocacy. | 1533 | Go To Quotation |
| profligate | As past participle. Overthrown, routed. Cf. profligate v. 1. Obs. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| protract | trans. To extend or prolong (time) so as to cause delay; to waste (time). Now U.S. | 1526 | Go To Quotation |
| querelatory | Of the nature of a complaint. | 1553 | Go To Quotation |
| redub | Remedy, improvement. | 1549 | Go To Quotation |
| rejag | A sharp retort; (also) a smart riposte. Sc. in later use. | 1554 | Go To Quotation |
| repute | The fame, credit, or reputation for (also as, of) (having or being) something. | 1539 | Go To Quotation |
| revisitation | Revisal, revision. Obs. rare. | 1549 | Go To Quotation |
| ruinated | In attributive use. | 1555 | Go To Quotation |
| sectary | An adherent of a schismatical or heretical sect. In the 17–18th c. commonly applied to… | 1556 | Go To Quotation |
| semblableness | Likeness; congruity. | 1550 | Go To Quotation |
| seminate | trans. To sow; chiefly fig. to promulgate or disseminate. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| sept | An enclosure; an area marked off for a special purpose; a fold (fig.). | 1548 | Go To Quotation |
| servation | Preservation. | 1521 | Go To Quotation |
| slavely | After the manner of slaves; oppressively. | 1553 | Go To Quotation |
| success | That which happens in the sequel; the termination (favourable or otherwise) of affairs; the issue, upshot, result. Obs. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| track | trans. To put off, delay; = tract v. 2. | 1524 | Go To Quotation |
| tracking | The action of track v. in various senses. Also attrib. | 1524 | Go To Quotation |
| twit | An act of twitting; a (light) censure or reproach; a taunt. | 1528 | Go To Quotation |
| unchristenly | = unchristianly adv. | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| undirectly | (un- prefix 11 5b.) | 1535 | Go To Quotation |
| unneighbourly | (un- prefix 11.) | 1549 | Go To Quotation |
| unperused | (un- prefix 8.) | 1553 | Go To Quotation |
| verger | A rod carried as a symbol of office; = verge n. 4a. | 1547 | Go To Quotation |
| vizard | fig. or in fig. context. = visor n. 3 | 1554 | Go To Quotation |
| wafer-cake | = wafer n. 2. Chiefly in hostile use. | 1560 | Go To Quotation |
| waring | Aware, cognisant of. | 1571 | Go To Quotation |
| zealousness | The quality of being zealous; zeal. | 1555 | Go To Quotation |
