| abar | trans. To bar, debar. Chiefly with from. | 1503 | Go To Quotation |
| abearing | = abearance n. | 1454 | Go To Quotation |
| aboard | trans. To approach, draw near to; to enter, set foot on; to land on; to board. | 1458 | Go To Quotation |
| accessary | Of a person: = accessory n. 1. | 1451 | Go To Quotation |
| accrue | intr. Esp. of advantage or profit: to fall to or devolve on someone as a natural… | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| acquaintation | App. a misreading of aqweyntance, variant of acquaintance n. | 1468 | Go To Quotation |
| acquittance | trans. To acquit; to give an acquittance to. | 1464 | Go To Quotation |
| Act of Parliament | Originally: a law made by the British monarch with the advice of Parliament (now hist.).… | 1456 | Go To Quotation |
| administerer | A person who administers something (in various senses). In later use chiefly with of. | 1464 | Go To Quotation |
| administering | The action of administer v. (in various senses); (occas.) an instance of this. | 1468 | Go To Quotation |
| advantage | trans. To profit, benefit (a person or thing); to advance, promote; to be of advantage to. Cf. disadvantage v. | 1459 | Go To Quotation |
| aire | trans. and intr. To breed or raise (a falcon or other bird of prey); to build an eyrie. Also fig. and in extended use. | 1472 | Go To Quotation |
| alias | Law. A second writ issued when the first has proved ineffectual. Cf. pluries n. Now hist. | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| and | = than conj. 1 2. | 1463 | Go To Quotation |
| anientisement | Annihilation, destruction. | 1485 | Go To Quotation |
| appaired | Injured, impaired. | 1475 | Go To Quotation |
| appointment | The action of agreeing, or coming to an arrangement; an agreement, pact, contract. Obs. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| arbitrator | One who is chosen by the opposite parties in a dispute to arrange or decide the difference between them; an arbiter. | 1426 | Go To Quotation |
| a-roar | In a roar, roaring. | 1461 | Go To Quotation |
| assiege | A siege. | 1469 | Go To Quotation |
| attemptation | An attempting. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| Austiner | Variant of Austin adj. n. | 1466 | Go To Quotation |
| austringer | A keeper of goshawks. | 1472 | Go To Quotation |
| backfriend | A pretended or false friend; an enemy who pretends friendship; a secret or unavowed enemy. Obs. | 1472 | Go To Quotation |
| bassade | Shortened form of ambassade n. | 1458 | Go To Quotation |
| bedfellow | One who shares a bed with another; also fig. | 1478 | Go To Quotation |
| beefing | An ox for slaughter. | 1466 | Go To Quotation |
| bemean | intr. To mediate, intercede. | 1464 | Go To Quotation |
| benevoler | A well-wisher. | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| betrusted | Given in trust. | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| bever | Drink, liquor for drinking. Obs. | 1453 | Go To Quotation |
| black book | A record book or ledger, usually relating to finance or administration, bound in black. Now chiefly hist. | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| blaver | Obs. rare. A variant of blabber n. | 1461 | Go To Quotation |
| bondly | ? By bondhold. | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| braser | = brazier n. | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| captainess | A female captain or commander. (Formerly frequent.) | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| carvel | The ordinary name from the 15th to the 17th c., of a somewhat small, light, and fast… | 1462 | Go To Quotation |
| certificate | The action whereby a responsible person or persons attest a fact within their knowledge; certification, attestation. Obs. | 1472 | Go To Quotation |
| chamberlainship | The position or office of chamberlain (in various senses); the period during which this… | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| check-roll | = checker-roll n.: a roll or list containing the names, etc., of persons in the service… | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| cheve day | Explained by Gairdner as ‘day of the chief or patron saint’. | 1463 | Go To Quotation |
| churching | The public appearance of a woman at church to give thanks after childbirth; the… | 1470 | Go To Quotation |
| clapholt | = clapboard n. 2. | 1477 | Go To Quotation |
| clout-shoe | A shoe having the sole protected with iron plates, or studded with large-headed nails.… | 1462 | Go To Quotation |
| collegian | A member or inmate of a college; one who is receiving, or has received, a college… | 1462 | Go To Quotation |
| commoigne | Fellow-monk, brother-monk. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| confortant | Abetting, supporting. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| conversement | Business, relation, occupation, affair. | 1455 | Go To Quotation |
| corver | A kind of Dutch herring-fisher and fishing-boat. | 1491 | Go To Quotation |
| countrel | = accountant n. | 1475 | Go To Quotation |
| courtesan | in 15–16th c. commonly used for a member of the papal Curia. (Cf. Boccaccio Decameron… | 1426 | Go To Quotation |
| court roll | The roll or record kept in connection with a manorial court, containing especially entries… | 1461 | Go To Quotation |
| credibly | In a credible manner; so as to be believed; on trustworthy authority. (to be credibly informed… | 1486 | Go To Quotation |
| crone | trans. To pick out and reject (the old sheep) from a flock. Also transf. | 1462 | Go To Quotation |
| debenture | A voucher given in the Royal household, the Exchequer or other Government office… | 1455 | Go To Quotation |
| debit | gen. Something that is owed, a debt. Obs. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| delayous | Given to, or characterized by, delay; dilatory. | 1469 | Go To Quotation |
| denumberment | The act of numbering or reckoning up; a reckoning, enumeration. | 1455 | Go To Quotation |
| determiner | The final determining of a judge or court of justice: in oyer and determiner, a variant of oyer and terminer. (Obs. exc. Hist.) | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| dog bolt | Usually in form dogbolt. As a term of contempt or abuse: (prob. originally) a person who… | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| domestical | = domestic adj. 2. | 1459 | Go To Quotation |
| durant | Lasting, continuous; current, present. | 1455 | Go To Quotation |
| elite | trans. To choose; to elect to office. | 1461 | Go To Quotation |
| embassade | The mission or function of an ambassador; = ambassade n. 1. | 1462 | Go To Quotation |
| embracery | The offence of an embracer; the offence of influencing a jury illegally and corruptly. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| endanger | pass. To incur the liability to punishment by another person; to be liable to arrest or… | 1477 | Go To Quotation |
| ensurance | Betrothal. Cf. ensure v. 4. | 1469 | Go To Quotation |
| envolde | = involve v. | 1451 | Go To Quotation |
| epidemy | An epidemic disease, esp. the plague. Also attrib. | 1472 | Go To Quotation |
| estranger | One belonging to another family or district; a stranger. | 1471 | Go To Quotation |
| exigent | A writ commanding the sheriff to summon the defendant to appear and deliver up himself upon… | 1464 | Go To Quotation |
| fancy | Capricious or arbitrary preference; individual taste; an inclination, liking, esp.… | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| fieri-facias | ‘A writ wherein the sheriff is commanded that he cause to be made out of the goods and… | 1463 | Go To Quotation |
| flight-shot | The distance to which a flight-arrow is shot, a bow-shot. | 1455 | Go To Quotation |
| fool's paradise | A state of illusory happiness or good fortune; enjoyment based on false hopes or anticipations. | 1462 | Go To Quotation |
| forbearable | That may be forborne or dispensed with. | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| fuger | | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| garde-bras | ‘An additional piece of armour placed on the upper part of the gauntlet, or fastened to the elbow-plates’ (Fairholt). | 1459 | Go To Quotation |
| gardeviance | Originally, a safe for meat; also, a chest for holding valuables; hence, usually, a travelling trunk or wallet. | 1459 | Go To Quotation |
| gaudy | trans. To furnish (a rosary) with ‘gaudies’. | 1484 | Go To Quotation |
| gentlemany | = gentlemanly adj. adv. | 1487 | Go To Quotation |
| gill | A familiar or contemptuous term applied to a woman; a lass, wench. | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| glazer | trans. To polish, burnish. | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| gold-weight | sing. Exact weight, such as is aimed at in weighing gold. | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| graduate | One who has obtained a degree from a university, college or other authority conferring degrees. | 1479 | Go To Quotation |
| grudge | Murmur, murmuring, grumbling; discontent, dissatisfaction; reluctance, unwillingness. Obs. | 1477 | Go To Quotation |
| grudger | Complaint, dissatisfaction. | 1467 | Go To Quotation |
| habeas corpus | A writ issuing out of a court of justice, or awarded by a judge in vacation, requiring the… | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| hard-meat | Corn and hay used as fodder, as opposed to grass. | 1481 | Go To Quotation |
| high court | A supreme court; applied to various bodies having judicial functions. High Court of Parliament n.… | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| hoy | ‘A small vessel, usually rigged as a sloop, and employed in carrying passengers… | 1495 | Go To Quotation |
| hudder-mudder | Concealment, secrecy, privacy; chiefly in phr. in hudder-mudder. | 1461 | Go To Quotation |
| hum | An inarticulate vocal murmur uttered with closed lips in a pause of speaking… | 1469 | Go To Quotation |
| hundreder | The bailiff or chief officer of a hundred; the hundred-man. | 1455 | Go To Quotation |
| imparl | Law. ‘To have license to settle a litigation amicably; to obtain delay for… | 1461 | Go To Quotation |
| importunable | Burdensome, onerous, grievous, heavy. | 1485 | Go To Quotation |
| imprimis | In the first place; first. Orig. used to introduce the first of a number of items, as… | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| inbill | trans. To enter in a ‘bill’ or list. | 1461 | Go To Quotation |
| inceptor | One who incepts or is about to incept in a University. | 1479 | Go To Quotation |
| indemnity | Security or protection against contingent hurt, damage, or loss; safety. spec. (see quot. 1834). | 1467 | Go To Quotation |
| indoubted | Undoubted. | 1467 | Go To Quotation |
| interlining | = interlineation n. | 1467 | Go To Quotation |
| issant | = issuant adj. 1. | 1485 | Go To Quotation |
| jacked | Hardened and thickened as leather for jack-boots. | 1461 | Go To Quotation |
| jeopardous | Fraught with risk or danger; hazardous, risky, perilous, dangerous. | 1451 | Go To Quotation |
| jeopardy | trans. = jeopard v. 1. | 1447 | Go To Quotation |
| judicially | In the way of legal judgement, or in the office or capacity of judge; in, by, or in… | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| junkery | A dainty dish or sweetmeat. | 1448 | Go To Quotation |
| kinsfolk | Persons of the same kin; relations by blood; relatives. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| krotte | ? Variant of crot n. Obs. | 1479 | Go To Quotation |
| kyr | trans. To turn. | 1448 | Go To Quotation |
| lateward | Of late, recently. | 1471 | Go To Quotation |
| lattice-work | Wood or metal work consisting of crossing strips with small openings; = lattice n. 1. Also, something resembling this. | 1487 | Go To Quotation |
| legged | Having legs (of a particular kind, shape, or colour); freq. in parasynthetic… | 1470 | Go To Quotation |
| lesser | = less adj. Chiefly, and now only, used attrib. | 1459 | Go To Quotation |
| leviable | Of a duty, tax, etc.: That may be levied. | 1484 | Go To Quotation |
| like | To look like or be near to doing (something) or to being treated (in a specified… | 1426 | Go To Quotation |
| loader | One who loads (in various senses); a carrier (obs. or dial.); a man who stands on the top… | 1476 | Go To Quotation |
| lobster | A stoat. | 1495 | Go To Quotation |
| male journey | An unfortunate or lost battle. | 1455 | Go To Quotation |
| manurance | Tenure, occupation (of land or other property). Also: control, management. In later use only in Law. | 1467 | Go To Quotation |
| marriage money | Money given to a bride as a dowry; (also) money raised by a man to enable him to marry. | 1454 | Go To Quotation |
| masterfast | Bound or indentured to a master; obliged to serve a master. Also fig. | 1469 | Go To Quotation |
| masterhood | The condition of being a master; skill or conduct befitting or typical of a master. | 1445 | Go To Quotation |
| misdeeming | Of persons, their opinions, etc.: misjudging, mistaken. arch. in later use. | 1471 | Go To Quotation |
| misfashioning | The action of misfashion v.; disfigurement; deformity. | 1469 | Go To Quotation |
| mistress-ship | As a title or polite form of address applied to a woman with the status of mistress.… | 1461 | Go To Quotation |
| moneyed | Of a person, etc.: having or possessing (much) money; rich, wealthy; esp. in moneyed man.… | 1457 | Go To Quotation |
| mortgage | trans. To transfer an interest in (property) to another by means of a mortgage (sense… | 1469 | Go To Quotation |
| mortising | Alienation in mortmain. | 1459 | Go To Quotation |
| motherhood | With possessive adjective: a title of respect for a mother. Obs. | 1459 | Go To Quotation |
| motion | trans. To approach (a person) with a request; to petition or suggest to. Obs. | 1476 | Go To Quotation |
| murr | Catarrh, coryza; an attack of this. | 1451 | Go To Quotation |
| noisingly | Noisily, clamorously. | 1426 | Go To Quotation |
| notition | Knowledge, information, intelligence; (also, occas.) a notion. | 1453 | Go To Quotation |
| notorily | Publicly, notoriously. | 1455 | Go To Quotation |
| nuncupative | Law. Of a will or testament: declared orally. | 1467 | Go To Quotation |
| obtaining | The action of obtain v. | 1470 | Go To Quotation |
| occasioner | A person who or thing which occasions something. | 1452 | Go To Quotation |
| oliver current | Smoothly, without hindrance, according to plan. | 1466 | Go To Quotation |
| open court | A public court of justice, before a judge and members of the public. Usu. with preceding in. | 1456 | Go To Quotation |
| oratrix | A female plaintiff or petitioner. Now rare (chiefly U.S. Law). | 1468 | Go To Quotation |
| ordinarily | In conformity with a rule or established custom or practice; according to settled method… | 1457 | Go To Quotation |
| out-rent | Rent which is, or is to be, paid out, esp. as deducted from or opposed to income or… | 1475 | Go To Quotation |
| overkindness | Excessive kindness. | 1476 | Go To Quotation |
| overrule | trans. To rule over; to have absolute authority over. Also occas. intr.: to have overall authority. Now rare. | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| panel | trans. To enter (the names of a jury) on a panel or official list; to enrol (a body of jurors); = empanel v. Obs. | 1451 | Go To Quotation |
| passion | To excite or imbue with passion; to excite; = impassion v. Now rare. | 1467 | Go To Quotation |
| peach | trans. To accuse (a person) formally; to impeach, indict, bring to trial. Also in extended use. Obs. | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| peevishness | Perverse or obstinate character or behaviour; capriciousness. Also: spitefulness, malignity. Obs. | 1468 | Go To Quotation |
| pensily | Pensively, anxiously, sadly. | 1469 | Go To Quotation |
| perplexitive | A perplexing state or condition; an occasion of perplexity or anxiety. | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| peson | A balance similar to a steelyard, employing balls as counterweights. | 1459 | Go To Quotation |
| pickthank | A person who curries favour with another, esp. by informing against someone else; a flatterer, a sycophant; a telltale. | 1460 | Go To Quotation |
| plumbed | Perh.: soldered with lead. Obs. rare. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| pluries | A third or subsequent writ of attachment, issued when previous writs have proved… | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| potgun | A cannon with a separate chamber; (also) a short gun with a large bore, a mortar. | 1470 | Go To Quotation |
| praemunire facias | More fully writ of praemunire facias. A writ charging a sheriff to summon a person… | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| preference | Preferment; promotion. Now rare. | 1456 | Go To Quotation |
| prend | Perh.: a repaired crack. | 1479 | Go To Quotation |
| prenostic | trans. To foretell, predict, prognosticate; to be a sign of. | 1477 | Go To Quotation |
| prepensed | Law. malice prepensed n. also prepensed malice = malice prepense n. at prepense adj. 1a. Now chiefly hist. | 1454 | Go To Quotation |
| presentable | Law. Of an offence, evidence, etc.: that may or should be formally presented in court; liable to presentment. Obs. | 1451 | Go To Quotation |
| pretence | An assertion of a right, title, etc.; the putting forth of a claim; a claim. Now rare. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| promoting | Advancement, furtherance, helping forward. | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| protectorship | The office or position of protector of a kingdom or state; = protectorate n. 1, 2a. Now hist. | 1456 | Go To Quotation |
| pro tempore | = pro tem adv. | 1468 | Go To Quotation |
| proviable | Perh.: suitable, convenient. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| qualify | To describe or designate in a particular way; to characterize as something; to name. Formerly with with. | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| quartelet | A vessel having a capacity of less than a quart. Cf. quart n. 1. | 1459 | Go To Quotation |
| railing | The action of rail v.; abuse, invective, persistent complaint. | 1466 | Go To Quotation |
| rapport | Report, talk; an instance of this. Obs. | 1454 | Go To Quotation |
| rehaving | The action of regaining something; retrieval, recovery. | 1472 | Go To Quotation |
| rencounter | An encounter or engagement between two opposing military forces; a battle, a skirmish. | 1471 | Go To Quotation |
| replevy | = replevin n. 1c. Obs. | 1451 | Go To Quotation |
| rescribe | intr. To write back, write in reply. Also occas. trans. Obs. | 1462 | Go To Quotation |
| richestly | Most richly; very richly. | 1506 | Go To Quotation |
| riding hood | A large hood worn while riding; in later use also worn by women and children as an outdoor garment. Now chiefly hist. | 1459 | Go To Quotation |
| roaned | Of a horse: roan, roan-coloured. Also in extended use, of other animals or their coats. | 1477 | Go To Quotation |
| roundhouse | A round or circular prison; (in early use) esp. a small, round, local lock-up. | 1437 | Go To Quotation |
| rutter | A cavalry soldier, especially a German one, of the kind employed in the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries. | 1506 | Go To Quotation |
| sciatica | A disease characterized by pain in the great sciatic nerve and its branches. | 1441 | Go To Quotation |
| seeing | seeing that, hence ellipt. seeing: considering the fact that; inasmuch as; since, because. Also (colloq.) with as (how). | 1504 | Go To Quotation |
| sengilbond | An encircling band. | 1479 | Go To Quotation |
| sess | To impose (a tax, fine, etc.) upon a person or community; = cess v. 2. | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| sinisterly | In an inauspicious or unlucky manner; unfortunately; ominously. | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| skite | intr. To void excrement. | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| slipper | A light and usually heelless covering for the foot, capable of being easily slipped on, and chiefly employed for indoor wear. | 1478 | Go To Quotation |
| soldering | The action of joining or mending with solder. | 1466 | Go To Quotation |
| sortly | Of articles: That correspond or form a set. | 1459 | Go To Quotation |
| stiffler | One who is active or stirring (in a matter); a busybody; a wrangler. | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| straightway | By a direct course, straight from or to a place. Obs. | 1461 | Go To Quotation |
| strawen | Made of straw. | 1459 | Go To Quotation |
| strip | A narrow piece (primarily of textile material, paper, or the like; hence gen.) of approximately uniform breadth. | 1459 | Go To Quotation |
| stripe | trans. To ornament (cloth, a garment) with narrow pieces of material or with stripes of colour. | 1471 | Go To Quotation |
| suitly | = suitable adj. 1 – 3. | 1459 | Go To Quotation |
| superscribe | To write a name, address, or direction on the outside or cover of; to address (a… | 1472 | Go To Quotation |
| supporter | A person or group that sides with, backs up, assists, or approves of a person, cause, etc., esp. in a public arena. | 1426 | Go To Quotation |
| tarriance | The action of tarrying; delay, procrastination. | 1460 | Go To Quotation |
| tarsel | Apparently a corrupt variant of tassel n. | 1459 | Go To Quotation |
| terrier | A register of landed property, formerly including lists of vassals and tenants, with… | 1477 | Go To Quotation |
| testamentary | Of, pertaining to, or having relation to a testament or will; of the nature of a will. | 1456 | Go To Quotation |
| theave | The name given in the midland and some southern counties of England to a female sheep… | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| titling | The giving of a title; a naming. | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| tot | transf. To note or distinguish (a name in a list) by some mark or a prick, e.g. to… | 1444 | Go To Quotation |
| true-hearted | Having a true heart; faithful, loyal; honest, sincere. | 1471 | Go To Quotation |
| tyncte | app. = taint n. 3. | 1456 | Go To Quotation |
| unadvertised | Not advertised or warned; uninformed (of something). Obs. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| unawait | Error for in (or on) await: see await n. 1b. | 1452 | Go To Quotation |
| unbequothen | Obs. variant of unbequeathed adj. | 1484 | Go To Quotation |
| unchidden | (un- prefix 8b.) | 1472 | Go To Quotation |
| unfavourably | In respect of opinion, statement, etc. | 1460 | Go To Quotation |
| unheart's-ease | (un- prefix 12.) | 1470 | Go To Quotation |
| unlaid | Not laid, placed, or set. | 1467 | Go To Quotation |
| unlet | (un- prefix 8b; cf. let adj.) | 1453 | Go To Quotation |
| unprofessed | (un- prefix 8.) | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| unrecompensed | (un- prefix 8.) | 1469 | Go To Quotation |
| unresnably | Unreasonably. | 1461 | Go To Quotation |
| untailed | Unentailed. | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| untile | trans. To strip (a roof, etc.) of tiles. (Common 1590 – 1760.) | 1467 | Go To Quotation |
| unvirtuous | (un- prefix 7.) | 1432 | Go To Quotation |
| urke | Obs. variant of irk adj. | 1460 | Go To Quotation |
| utlagary | = outlawry n. 1. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| vanward | = vantward n. | 1476 | Go To Quotation |
| Venice | (cf. gold n. 4). | 1506 | Go To Quotation |
| ventailet | = ventail n. 2. | 1459 | Go To Quotation |
| wardship | The guardianship of a minor; spec. in Feudal Law, the guardianship and custody of the… | 1454 | Go To Quotation |
| water-measure | A kind of measurement formerly used for coal, salt, fruit, etc., sold on board vessels in port or in the river. | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| weekly | In each or every week, week by week. Usually, once in seven days. | 1465 | Go To Quotation |
| well(-)dieted | Subjected to a good regimen of diet. | 1475 | Go To Quotation |
| well(-)furnished | Amply provided, stocked, equipped, etc. (see furnished adj.). | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| well-handled | | 1477 | Go To Quotation |
| well(-)known | Known to many, widely or generally known. | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| well-learned | Having sound knowledge or instruction; deeply read or versed (in a subject). | 1426 | Go To Quotation |
| well-meant | Rightly, honestly, or kindly intended; said or done with good intention. | 1476 | Go To Quotation |
| well-moneyed | Well supplied with, having plenty of, money. | 1479 | Go To Quotation |
| well(-)remembered | Appropriately or appositely brought to mind. | 1482 | Go To Quotation |
| well-stomached | | 1478 | Go To Quotation |
| well-willer | One who bears good will or wishes well (to another, to a cause, etc.); one who is disposed to be kind or friendly. | 1448 | Go To Quotation |
| what-call-ye-him | = what-d'ye-call-'em n. | 1473 | Go To Quotation |
| whitebeard | An old man with a white beard. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| working(-)day | A work-day. | 1478 | Go To Quotation |
| writing-box | A small box for containing paper and other writing requisites. Also, a small portable writing-desk; cf. writing-desk n. 2. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
