| Adam's apple | Any of several kinds of citrus fruits, esp. the pomelo or shaddock, Citrus maxima, and a variety of sweet lime, Citrus limetta. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| afoundered | Exhausted; lame; (also) numb. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| albespyne | Common hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna. Also called whitethorn. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| ancient | esp. Which existed in, or belonged to, times long past, or early in the world's history; old. | 1366 | Go To Quotation |
| apothecary | spec. The earlier name for: One who prepared and sold drugs for medicinal… | 1366 | Go To Quotation |
| arbory | Growth of trees or shrubs; timber, wood, coppice. | 1366 | Go To Quotation |
| aromatic | Having the fragrant smell, and warm, slightly pungent, taste, of spice; yielding aroma; spicy, fragrant, sweet-smelling. | 1366 | Go To Quotation |
| arthritic | Originally: designating or relating to gout. In later use more widely: characterized… | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| asphalt | A bituminous substance, found in many parts of the world, a smooth, hard, brittle… | 1366 | Go To Quotation |
| auguryne | An augur. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| barbaryn(e | = barberry n. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| Bedouin | An Arab of the desert. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| bended | Striped or banded; in Heraldry having a bend or bends; = bendy adj. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| border | trans. To put a border or edging to. Also fig. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| bow-draught | A bowshot; the distance a bow will carry. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| brace | An arm; esp. an ‘arm’ of the sea or other large body of water. Brace of St. George =… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| camle | Cf. chameleon n. and camelion n. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| canamell | The sugar-cane. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| chat | The downy catkin of the willow, pine, oak, hazel, etc. Obs. or dial. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| coagule | An earlier equivalent of coagulate v. intr. and trans. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| commodity | concr. A thing of ‘commodity’, a thing of use or advantage to mankind; esp. in pl.… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| cornelian | A variety of chalcedony, a semi-transparent quartz, of a deep dull red, flesh, or reddish white colour; used for seals, etc. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| corner | = cornel n. a battlement, embrasure. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| costiveness | The state or condition of being costive; confinement of the bowels, constipation. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| cynocephalus | One of a fabled race of men with dogs' heads. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| daggered | Armed with a dagger. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| dappled | Marked with roundish spots, patches, or blotches of a different colour or shade; spotted, speckled. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| deflowering | The action of the verb deflower v.: violation. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| deform | trans. To mar the form or shape of; to misshape. See also deformed adj. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| deformed | Marred in shape, misshapen, distorted; unshapely, of an ill form. Now chiefly of persons: Misshapen in body or limbs. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| deformity | fig. Moral disfigurement, ugliness, or crookedness. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| delectable | Affording delight; delightful, pleasant. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| delectably | In a delectable manner, delightfully. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| delta | The name of the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, having the form of a triangle (Δ), and the power of D. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| downwards | = downward adv. 1c. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| eglantine | More fully eglantine rose. The Sweet-briar; also attrib. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| enleve | trans. To raise (a figure) in relief; to represent in relief. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| enumber | trans. To put in the shade; to overshadow, shroud. Also refl. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| epsilon | The fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ε, ε). | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| fairly | So as to make a fair appearance; beautifully, handsomely. Also in bad sense: Speciously. Obs. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| father | To appear or pass as, or acknowledge oneself, the father of; †to adopt. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| festyfull | = festival adj. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| filter | = felt n. Also a piece of felt. Obs. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| finger-stone | A stone sufficiently small to be cast by the hand. Also attrib. Obs. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| forwards | = forward adv. in its various senses. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| fraught | trans. To load (a ship) with cargo: = freight v. 1. Obs. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| gamma | The third letter of the Greek alphabet, Γ, γ, corresponding to English g. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| garant | Blundered readings in the English versions of Mandeville for Old French geracites… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| garden-gate | A gate leading into a garden. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| gariofle | A clove. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| Genoway | A native of Genoa. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| Georgian | A native or inhabitant of Georgia, a south-eastern European country situated on the east coast of the Black Sea. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| gerfaunt | A giraffe. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| girding | The action of gird v., in various senses. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| grecing | Chiefly pl. Steps in a flight; flights of steps; stairs. Rarely sing. A step; also, ? a flight of steps (quot. 1500). | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| gruntle | intr. To utter a little or low grunt. Said of swine, occas. of other animals; rarely… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| gulf | Geogr. A portion of the sea partially enclosed by a more or less extensive sweep of… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| harvest | trans. To reap and gather in (the corn, or, by extension, other ripe crop). | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| hawler | The keeper or steward of a hall. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| hiss | intr. To make the sharp spirant sound emitted by certain animals, as geese and serpents… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| hover | Of a winged creature: To hang or remain suspended in the air over or about a particular… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| hydromancy | Divination by means of signs derived from water, its tides and ebbs, etc., or the pretended appearance of spirits therein. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| inhabitable | Not habitable, not adapted to human habitation, uninhabitable. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| innocently | In an innocent manner; without doing, having done, or intending, harm… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| insuffisance | = insufficience n. 1; personal unfitness or incompetency. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| intense | Of a quality or condition: Raised to or existing in a strained or very high degree; very… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| ivy-berry | The fruit or seed of the ivy. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| Jacobite | A member of a Monophysite sect taking its name from Jacobus Baradæus, of Edessa, who… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| junk | A rush. Obs. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| kappa | The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, Κ, κ. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| khan | In later use: A title (now of slight import) commonly given to rulers, officials, or men… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| lambda | The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet, Λ, λ. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| lanner | A species of falcon, found in countries bordering on the Mediterranean, Falco lanarius… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| lax | Of the bowels: Acting easily, loose. †Of a person: Having the bowels unduly relaxed. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| leavened | In senses of the vb. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| lemon | An ovate fruit with a pale yellow rind, and an acid juice. Largely used for making a… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| lighten | Lightning. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| lignum | = lign-aloes n. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| lipless | Having no lips. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| loop | A precious stone of imperfect brilliancy, esp. a sapphire. Obs. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| May-dew | Dew formed or gathered on May Day or in the month of May, popularly supposed to have medicinal and cosmetic properties. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| Mediterrane | = Mediterranean adj. 1 (in early use freq. as postmodifier). Obs. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| Mediterrany | = Mediterranean adj. 1a. In quots. used as postmodifier. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| meseems | impers. (Used with subordinate clause or parenthetically.) ‘It seems to me’. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| mesquita | A mosque. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| millet | The grain of the plant millet (see sense 1b); millet seed. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| misshape | trans. To alter (a person) from his or her normal shape; to give a bad, ugly, or… | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| mist | Need. Cf. mister n. 8 9. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| mosque | A Muslim place of worship. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| moving | That moves or passes from one place, position, or posture to another; capable of moving… | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| mure | trans. To wall in, to surround with a wall or walls; to fortify; = immure v. 1. Also with in, up. Also fig. Obs. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| nearabout | In this vicinity; nearby. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| Nestorian | A follower or adherent of Nestorius; a person who accepts or professes Nestorianism. In… | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| new-dead | That has only recently died. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| noying | That annoys or vexes; injurious. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| nu | The name of the thirteenth letter (Ν, ν) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to the English n. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| Nubian | A member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Obs. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| Numidian | A native or inhabitant of Numidia, an ancient kingdom and later a Roman province… | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| obeyand | Obeying, obedient. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| orafle | A giraffe. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| oriel | A kind of yellow precious stone (not identified). | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| overgilt | trans. = overgild v. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| papion | A large cat (perh. a cheetah) used in hunting. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| pathe | trans. In early use: to pave (a street, floor, etc.). In later use only fig. in to pathe the way: = to pave the way at pave v. 3. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| peacock feather | = peacock's feather n. 1a. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| peacock's feather | Any of the feathers of a peacock; spec. one of the long feathers forming the tail… | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| phi | The name of the twenty-first letter of the Greek alphabet, ϕ, Φ. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| pi | The name of the sixteenth letter (π, Π) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to the English p. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| plump | A group of people; a band, a company. In later use chiefly in a plump of spears n. a band of spear carriers. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| porcupine | Any of various large herbivorous rodents having the body and tail covered with… | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| prepuce | The fold of skin covering the glans of the penis; = foreskin n. Also: a fold of the labia minora that covers the clitoris. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| pricked | Pointed, tapering; prickly, sharp; furnished with a sting. Also, of a candlestick: bearing prickets. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| psi | (The name of) the twenty-third letter (Ψ, ψ) of the Greek alphabet. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| psittac | A parrot. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| pygman | = pygmy n. 1. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| pyx | Christian Church. The vessel or box in which the consecrated bread of the Eucharist is kept. Also fig. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| replesh | trans. To fill, esp. to the limit; to endow fully or abundantly. Freq. with with. Cf. replenish v. | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| revay | intr. To go hawking along a riverbank. Cf. revaying n. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| revaying | The action or practice of hawking along a riverbank. Cf. rivering n. 1 revay n. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| revenge | In pass. To exact vengeance, obtain retribution (on or upon, formerly also †of, a person). | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| rho | The seventeenth letter of the Greek alphabet, Ρ, ρ, corresponding to English r. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| sacerdotal | Of or belonging to the priests or priesthood; of or relating to a priest; befitting or characteristic of a priest; priestly. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| saker | A large lanner falcon (Falco sacer) used in falconry, esp. the female, which is larger… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| sakeret | The male of the ‘saker’. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| salt-cat | A mass of salt, or salt mixed with earthy or other matter; esp. a mixture of salt… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| scale | A maniple, squadron, or battalion. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| shock | refl. and intr. To crowd together. Obs. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| skinned | That has (a) skin, esp. of a specified kind, as clean-skinned, fox-skinned, loose-skinned, etc. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| sophisticate | = sophisticated adj. 1. Obs. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| sophisticate | trans. To mix (commodities) with some foreign or inferior substance; to render impure in… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| sophistication | A substance used in adulteration. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| spear-head | The sharp-pointed head or blade forming the striking or piercing end of a spear. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| sprinkle | intr. To sparkle. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| squareness | The quality of being square in form. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| sukkarke | app. = sub-charge n. 1, surcharge n. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| sulphur vif | = sulphur vivum n. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| superficialty | Surface; extent of surface, area. Obs. rare. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| taint | trans. To convict, prove guilty; = attaint v. 3. Obs. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| Tartarian | = Tartar n. 1. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| thereabouts | About, or in the neighbourhood of, that place; in the district, region, etc. round about there. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| thereaway | Of motion: Away thither, or in that direction. hereaway, thereaway: see hereaway thereaway at hereaway adv. 2. Obs. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| theriacle | = theriac n., treacle n. 1. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| three-cornered | Having three corners or angles; triangular (in plan or in cross-section). | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| three-squared | = three-square adj. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| thurify | trans. To perfume with incense; to burn incense before; to offer incense to; = cense v. 1. Also transf. (quot. 1599). | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| transmontane | also absol. transmontane, the north pole-star; = tramontane n. 1. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| travel | The action of travelling or journeying. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| trayne | A fox's burrow or earth. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| trespassable | That may be passed through or crossed. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| umber | trans. To shade, to protect. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| unfine | (un- prefix 7; cf. Middle Dutch onfijn, Middle High German unvin, German unfein, Danish ufin.) | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| unlearned | Not possessed of learning; uninstructed; untaught; ignorant. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| unless | prep. phr. On a less or lower condition, requirement, footing, etc., than (what is specified). | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| uppermore | Higher locally; further up; at or to a greater altitude. (In later use Sc.) | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| viand | pl. Articles of food; provisions, victuals. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| vigoursly | Vigorously. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| violastre | (See quot. 1400.) | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| well-smelling | Fragrant. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| well-walled | Having good walls. (Cf. Greek εὐτείχεος.) | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| wheatear | An ear of wheat. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| white-haired | Having white or hoary hair, esp. from age. Also, covered with white hairs or down, as a plant. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |