| absolution | Remission or forgiveness of sins declared by ecclesiastical authority; an instance of this. | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| absorpt | Swallowed up, engulfed. Cf. absorbed adj. 1. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| abstraction | The action of withdrawing or secluding oneself from worldly or sensual things, or of… | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| allective | Something that allures or entices someone (to some course of action); an inducement. Cf. illective… | 1445 | Go To Quotation |
| apple leaf | App.: a kind of violet, perh. the sweet violet, Viola odorata. Obs. | 1199 | Go To Quotation |
| bad | A (domestic or wild) cat. | 1324 | Go To Quotation |
| bustling | The action of bustle v. (in various senses); an instance of this. Also with about, to and fro, etc. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| catechize | trans. To give systematic oral instruction; to instruct (the young or ignorant) in the… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| cleanly | Completely, wholly, entirely, quite; = clean adv. 5. Obs. | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| cleave | trans. To part or divide by a cutting blow; to hew asunder; to split. Properly used… | 1099 | Go To Quotation |
| conspersion | The action of sprinkling. | 1572 | Go To Quotation |
| cooling | That is becoming cool or cooler. Also fig. | 995 | Go To Quotation |
| craftly | Crafty, cunning. | 999 | Go To Quotation |
| crank | In early times chiefly used as a handle or treadle to turn a revolving axis by hand or foot. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| cuckoo-pintle | = cuckoo-pint n. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| declose | = disclose v. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| defendance | Defence. | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| dispensatively | In a dispensative way; by dispensation. | 1572 | Go To Quotation |
| dovely | Dove-like; gentle. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| educate | To bring up (a child) so as to form his or her manners, behaviour, social and moral practices, etc.; to rear in a particular way. | 1445 | Go To Quotation |
| familiarly | Like one who has an intimate acquaintance (with either persons or things); intimately. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| fatherly | In a fatherly manner, as a father; with a father's care and affection. | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| fire-tongs | With pl. concord. Tongs used for handling ignited combustibles. | 1099 | Go To Quotation |
| flail | An instrument for threshing corn by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the… | 1099 | Go To Quotation |
| flintstone | = flint n. 1. | 1375 | Go To Quotation |
| fold | trans. To shut up (sheep, etc.) in a fold, to pen; occas. with up; also absol. Of hurdles… | 1099 | Go To Quotation |
| forelock | A lock of hair growing from the fore part of the head, just above the forehead. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| frank | Free in condition; not in serfdom or slavery. Obs. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| fret | In musical instruments like the guitar, formerly a ring of gut (Stainer), now a bar or… | 1526 | Go To Quotation |
| greater | The comparative of great adj. adv. n. in various senses. | 950 | Go To Quotation |
| hair-sieve | A sieve with the bottom made of hair finely woven; usually for straining liquid. | 1099 | Go To Quotation |
| harmonical | Of sounds, etc., esp. of musical notes: Harmonious, concordant, consonant; sweet-sounding, tuneful: = harmonic adj. 2. Obs. | 1526 | Go To Quotation |
| hen-roost | A place where domestic fowls roost at night. | 1099 | Go To Quotation |
| hereof | Of this; concerning this. | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| horoscope | Astrol. An observation of the sky and the configuration of the planets at a certain moment… | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| house | Freq. in pass. To provide (a person or animal) with a house; (also) to place, keep, or… | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| household stuff | Items used for domestic purposes belonging to a household or householder; the movable contents of a house; household effects. | 1445 | Go To Quotation |
| house-lew | Shelter of a house. | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| imp | trans. To graft, engraft. Obs. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| indisposed | Not put in order, not properly arranged or prepared; unorganized; hence out of… | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| indurate | Of persons, their character, feelings, etc.: Morally hardened, rendered callous; also… | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| insaut | trans. To assail contemptuously, insult. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| Jacobin | A friar of the order of St. Dominic; a Dominican. Also attrib. or as adj. | 1324 | Go To Quotation |
| juration | Aphetic form of adjuration n. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| keld(e | intr. To become cold. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| laches | Lax, careless, remiss. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| lateness | Recency. | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| legeance | Aphetic f. allegeance n. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| loken | trans. To heal. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| loudness | The quality or condition of being loud; an instance of this. Also, the (great or small) extent to which a sound is heard as loud. | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| luke | trans. To make lukewarm. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| lumped | Made, shaped, or raised into a lump. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| maladious | = maladif adj. | 1500 | Go To Quotation |
| marten | The fur or dressed skin of a marten (see sense 2a). Formerly freq. in pl. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| mattering | The formation of matter or pus; suppuration. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| mazy | That is in a state of bewilderment or perplexity; giddy, dizzy, confused. Now Eng. regional. | 1510 | Go To Quotation |
| merchant | A person whose occupation is the purchase and sale of goods or commodities for… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| mightand | = mighty adj. | 1350 | Go To Quotation |
| mirifical | = mirific adj. | 1572 | Go To Quotation |
| misthew | A bad habit. | 1324 | Go To Quotation |
| miswite | trans. To neglect. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| modulate | Modulated; harmonious. | 1530 | Go To Quotation |
| modulator | A person who or thing which modulates something; (later chiefly) a regulator, a controlling mechanism. | 1526 | Go To Quotation |
| momentaneal | Lasting but a moment. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| musicker | = musician n. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| newfangle | = newfangled adj. 1. Obs. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| nighty | Of or relating to night; nightly; nightlike. | 1475 | Go To Quotation |
| Noah's Ark | The ark in which Noah, his family, and a pair of each of the animals were, according… | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| nodding | That nods (in various senses). | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| nutrure | Something that is nourished or fostered. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| nuzzle | intr. To bring the nose towards the ground; to grovel. Obs. rare. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| obliteration | The action of obliterating or fact of being obliterated; erasure, rubbing out; effacement; eradication. | 1526 | Go To Quotation |
| obol | A silver (later also copper alloy) coin of ancient Greece, of the value of 1/6 of a drachma. Cf. obolus n. 3. | 999 | Go To Quotation |
| obsist | trans. To oppose, resist, fight against. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| oner | trans. To oppress or burden; to charge; spec. to levy a charge on. | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| onlight | trans. To alleviate. Cf. light v. 3a. | 1175 | Go To Quotation |
| outfling | intr. To burst out. Now rare. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| outspeaking | The action of outspeak v.; an instance of this; frank or unreserved speech. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| overbrow | An eyebrow. | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| overfret | trans. and intr. To wear down with fretting; to worry excessively. Also refl. | 1445 | Go To Quotation |
| overmoody | Proud, haughty. | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| over-salt | Too salty. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| overweary | trans. To overcome with weariness; to overtire. Also refl. and †intr. Chiefly in pass. (freq. with by, with). Now rare. | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| pavilion | A large, stately, or ornamental tent, usually rising to a central point rather than a ridge. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| pouch | A small bag or sack used esp. for carrying personal items; (spec.) a small bag for tobacco.… | 1324 | Go To Quotation |
| presentially | In a presential manner; in the way of actual presence; as being present. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| protervity | Waywardness, stubbornness; impudence; petulance; an instance of this. Now rare. | 1526 | Go To Quotation |
| quarrel-picking | The action or fact of picking quarrels. | 1520 | Go To Quotation |
| rank | intr. To grow rank; to rot, fester, rankle. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| rape | Haste, speed. Freq. in phrases and proverbs. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| recklessness | Neglect or disregard of something. | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| re-edify | To rebuild or reconstruct (a building, wall, city, etc.). Also intr. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| rejoice | Joy, rejoicing; an act of or occasion for rejoicing; †a cause of joy (obs.). | 1445 | Go To Quotation |
| representation | Something which stands for or denotes another symbolically; an image, a symbol, a sign. Chiefly with of. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| rhymed | Composed in metrical verse form, esp. that which exhibits rhyme within or at the ends of the lines; rhyming. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| rike | intr. To reign. | 1350 | Go To Quotation |
| robe | A long loose outer garment reaching to the feet or ankles; a gown. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| rotting | That is affected with rot; undergoing or subject to decomposition or decay; rotten. Also fig. | 875 | Go To Quotation |
| sacramently | Sacramentally. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| sanative | Having the power to heal; conducive to or promoting health; curative, healing. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| sanicle | The umbelliferous plant Sanicula europæa (more fully wood sanicle). Also, in extended… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| satyrion | A name given to various kinds of Orchis. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| scald-hot | Scalding hot. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| scopperil | A kind of teetotum or small top (spun with the thumb and finger) made by passing a… | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| seed-lip | A basket in which seed is carried in the process of sowing by hand. | 1100 | Go To Quotation |
| sensibly | In a manner perceptible to the senses; so far as can be perceived. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| serpentine | A name for certain plants reputed to contain an antidote to the poison of serpents; e.g. dragonwort, fenugreek. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| sext | One of the daily offices, or canonical hours of prayer and worship, of the… | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| Shrove-tide | The period comprising Quinquagesima Sunday and the two following days, ‘Shrove’ Monday and Tuesday. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| simple | trans. To render (one) simple; to humble in respect of knowledge. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| sleuth | intr. To be slothful. rare. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| slug | intr. To be lazy, slow, or inert; to lie idly or lazily. Also with it. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| smolt | Lard, fat. | 999 | Go To Quotation |
| somewhatly | Somewhat; to some (slight) extent. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| son-law | = son-in-law n. 1. | 1445 | Go To Quotation |
| sooterkin | Sweetheart, mistress. Obs. | 1530 | Go To Quotation |
| sourhead | Sourness. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| speckled | In predicative use. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| spittle | A spade or small spade; a spud. | 1099 | Go To Quotation |
| sportful | Providing entertainment or amusement; having an element of recreation or play; diverting, fun. Obs. | 1445 | Go To Quotation |
| sprittle | A shoot or young twig. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| squirle | A plant of the leek-kind. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| stale | Urine; now only of horses and cattle. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| stamper | intr. To waver. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| stilled | = distilled adj. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| stilly | In a still manner; silently, quietly; in a low voice; †secretly. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| stormy | Of the weather, season, air, sky, sea, etc.: Characterized by storm or tempest; tempestuous.… | 1199 | Go To Quotation |
| straithead | Closefistedness. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| stubbing | The action of stub v. in various senses. | 1445 | Go To Quotation |
| sty | trans. To place or confine (swine) in a sty. Also with up. | 1099 | Go To Quotation |
| suckle | attrib. in suckle-bloom glossing Latin locusta. = honeysuckle n. 1a 1b Obs. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| thack | intr. To put thatch on houses; = thatch v. 5. | 1099 | Go To Quotation |
| thirstlew | Thirsty. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| tight | trans. To draw, pull; = tee v. 1; to stretch. | 999 | Go To Quotation |
| timbrer | A timbrel-player. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| timer | A musical practitioner or technician, (perh.) spec. one able to tune a keyboard instrument. Cf. time v. 12. Obs. rare. | 1526 | Go To Quotation |
| titillation | Excitation or stimulation of the mind or senses; esp. pleasing excitement, gratification. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| transfuse | transf. and fig. To cause to ‘flow’ from one to another; to transmit; to diffuse into… | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| trend | intr. To turn round, revolve, rotate, roll; to turn or roll oneself about; also fig. Obs. | 999 | Go To Quotation |
| tweyangle | App. synonym (or error) for touchangle n., angletwitch n. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| unbain | Unfriendly, disagreeable. Obs. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| unbaptized | (un- prefix 8.) | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| uncomfortably | In an uncomfortable manner; with discomfort or uneasiness, disagreeably; †inconsolably. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| undefoiling | (un- prefix 13; cf. undefoiled adj.) | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| undoubtable | That cannot be doubted; indubitable. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| undoubtably | Without doubt; indubitably. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| undressed | Of the hair. (Cf. dress v. 13b.) | 1445 | Go To Quotation |
| unfailable | = infallible adj. 2a. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| unfainted | (un- prefix 8.) | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| unfaintly | (un- prefix 11.) | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| unlisty | Indisposed to action; inert; listless. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| unmightiness | Impotence. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| unpatiently | Impatiently. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| unseem | = unseemly adj. 1. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| unseverably | (un- prefix 11 5b.) | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| unsufferability | Incapacity of suffering. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| unsuing | Lack of agreement. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| unsupposed | As adv. Unexpectedly. Obs. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| unured | Unfortunate, unhappy. | 1525 | Go To Quotation |
| unvariable | (un- prefix 7b 5b.) | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| unverity | (un- prefix 12.) | 1572 | Go To Quotation |
| unwrastly | In a weak or feeble manner; weakly, poorly. | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| verge | The male organ; the penis. rare. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| veton(y | The plant betony. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| vowelling | The articulation of vowels in singing. Obs. | 1526 | Go To Quotation |
| wanshapen | Mis-shapen, deformed. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| watered | Of the eyes: Filled or running with watery matter or with tears. Obs. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| water-mill | A corn-mill whose machinery is driven by water. Also attrib. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| waxing | The action of wax v.; growth; increase. | 1055 | Go To Quotation |
| weed | intr. (or absol.) To clear the ground of weeds; to pull up weeds. | 1099 | Go To Quotation |
| welk | trans. To roll or knead together. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| well-knit | Firmly conjoined or compacted; closely linked or connected. | 1445 | Go To Quotation |
| whatever | pron. | 1301 | Go To Quotation |
| whisker | Something that whisks or is used for whisking: applied to various objects, as a fan; a… | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| whole | trans. To make whole, heal, cure. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| wideness | Extent from side to side, transverse measurement (of any amount); diameter, breadth; occas.… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| willy | Willingly, voluntarily. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| wool-comb | The toothed instrument used in carding wool by hand; later also, a machine to perform the same operation. | 1099 | Go To Quotation |
| writhable | Capable of being writhed. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| yho(u)sled | houselled, communicated. | 999 | Go To Quotation |
| yonders | = yonder adj. 3 (Cf. enders, ender adj.) | 1525 | Go To Quotation |
