| ammeos | = ammi n. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| amygdal | An almond. Obs. | 940 | Go To Quotation |
| ankle | The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the slender part of the leg between this joint and the calf. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| asear | To dry up, wither. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| asparagus | A plant (Asparagus officinalis, family Liliaceæ) cultivated for the sake of its… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| asterion | Herb. Name of a plant of doubtful identity. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| attercop | A spider. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| atterlothe | An antidote to poison, an alexipharmic. Applied spec. to several different plants: see quot. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| attery | Venomous, poisonous. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| awhene | To vex, trouble. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| axle | The shoulder. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| balsam | An aromatic vegetable juice; = balm n. 1. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| bathe | literally. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| beath | To foment, bathe with warm liquid. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| beathing | Fomentation; the heating of wood in order to render it flexible. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| beet | A plant or genus of plants (family Chenopodiaceæ), having, in cultivation, a succulent… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| befile | trans. To make foul or dirty; to defile. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| bespreng | with moisture or powder: To besprinkle, asperse. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| blain | An inflammatory swelling or sore on the surface of the body, often accompanied by… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| blitheness | The state of being blithe; joyousness, cheeriness, merriness, happiness. (orig. a synonym of bliss.) | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| blow | intr. To burst into flower; to blossom, bloom. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| blown | In bloom; that has blossomed. Cf. full-blown adj. at full adj. n. adv. 1c. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| brambleberry | The ‘berry’ or fruit of the bramble: a blackberry. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| bree | A thick pottage made of meal, pulse, etc. Obs. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| brock | A badger: a name, in later times, associated especially with the epithet stinking. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| brock | ? A horse, a trotting horse; an inferior horse, a jade. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| broom | A shrub, Sarothamnus (or Cytisus) Scoparius (family Leguminosæ), bearing large… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| brownwort | A name of the Water-Betony (Scrophularia aquatica), and perhaps other species of Scrophularia. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| bruisewort | The name of one or two different plants, esp. the Common Daisy. Cf. bone-wort n. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| bryony | prop. The English name of the plant-genus Bryonia (family Cucurbitaceæ); and spec. the… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| buck's-horn | The Virginia Sumach (Rhus typhina). Also buck's-horn plantain n. Plantago coronopus (see plantain… | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| bursting | That bursts (see senses of the verb). | 999 | Go To Quotation |
| butter | The fatty substance obtained from cream by churning. It is chiefly used for spreading on… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| cammock | The plant Ononis spinosa (family Leguminosæ) also called Rest-harrow, and according… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| caul | A cabbage. Also in comb. caul-stock, a cabbage-stalk, castock n. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| celidony | = celandine n. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| charta | In Old English form carta: Paper, letter. (Later only as Latin.) Obs. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| chicken-meat | Food for chickens. Hence, an old name for various plants, including endive; now dial. for chickweed n. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| circle | Astron. circle of altitude n. a small circle parallel to the horizon, having its pole… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| clary | A labiate plant, Salvia Sclarea, a native of the south of Europe, Syria, etc.… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| cleavers | The climbing plant Galium Aparine or Goosegrass, which adheres by its minute hooked… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| cloam | In O.E. Mud, clay. Hence, in mod. dial. use: Earthenware, clay. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| clock | intr. Applied to similar inarticulate sounds, made by the mouth, stomach, etc. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| cloffing | A plant: see quots. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| clove | One of the small bulbs which make up the compound bulb of garlic, shallot, etc. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| clovewort | A (? bulbous) buttercup: see quot. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| cole | A general name for various species of Brassica; now esp. Rape (B. napus); also applied to Sea-Kale (Crambe maritima). | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| coleseed | The seed of the cabbage or its varieties. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| coliander | = coriander n., q.v. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| coltsfoot | Applied to other plants allied to the preceding, e.g. fragrant coltsfoot n., sweet coltsfoot… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| consound | A herb to which healing virtues were attributed; the plant so called by the Romans… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| copper | One of the well-known metals, distinguished by its peculiar red colour; it is… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| corn | In horses' feet: A bruise of the sensitive parts of the heel, in the angle between the… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| cost | The herb also called alecost n. or costmary n. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| cow-milk | The milk of the cow; now cow's milk, cows' milk. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| cowslip | The common name of Primula veris, a well-known wild plant in pastures and grassy… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| crave | To demand the presence of (a person) before a tribunal; to ‘appeal’, to summon; to prosecute. Obs. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| crock | An earthen pot, jar, or other vessel. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| crocus | Saffron; the stigma of Crocus sativus. Obs. (In Old English croh.) | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| crouch | = cross n., in its various early senses: the holy cross, or a representation or figure of… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| crow-bill | A plant. Obs. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| dew-worm | The common earth-worm; in Old English a name of the disease ring-worm. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| dock | Without qualifying word usually the common dock (R. obtusifolius), well known as the popular antidote for nettle-stings. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| dot | The head of a boil. (Only Old English). | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| dough | A mass consisting of flour or meal moistened and kneaded into a paste, with or… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| dragons | A popular name of the dragonwort n., Dracunculus vulgaris (formerly Arum Dracunculus). | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| drip | trans. To let (a liquid) fall in drops; to let fall (drops; rarely other objects). | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| drof | Turbid, disturbed, troubled: physically or mentally. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| dwine | intr. To waste or pine away; to decline in vigour, languish, fade, wither. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| elm | The name of well-known trees belonging to the genus Ulmus, esp., in England, the… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| evenlesten | Some plant. (Cockayne's rendering ‘everlasting’ is due to mistaken etymology.) | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| eye-bree | = eyelid n. Obs. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| fane | (See quots.) | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| feltwort | A name given to the Mullein (Verbascum thapsus). | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| felwort | Gentiana lutea, and other species of gentian. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| fenugreek | A leguminous plant (Trigonella Fœnum Græcum) cultivated for its seeds, which are used by farriers. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| fever | The generic name of a group of diseases agreeing in the above general characteristics… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| fille | ? = chervil n. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| film | A membrane, animal or vegetable. Obs. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| five-finger | Lotus corniculatus. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| five-leaf | The plant cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans). | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| flesh-worm | A worm that feeds on flesh. Also (see quot. 1884.) | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| fnast | Breath. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| fnast | intr. To breathe hard, pant; also quasi- trans. to breathe out (fire). | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| font-water | Water used in baptism. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| foster | Food, nourishment. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| foxglove | The popular name of Digitalis purpurea, a common ornamental flowering plant. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| fremeful | Advantageous; profitable; beneficial, beneficent. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| furthering | The action of further v. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| gaiter | A name properly belonging to the Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea), but in various districts… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| galbane | = galbanum n. 1. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| gale | The bog-myrtle, Myrica Gale (the modern Latin specific name is adopted from English); also called sweet gale. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| gall | Originally, a painful swelling, pustule, or blister, esp. in a horse (cf. windgall n.).… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| galled | Sore from chafing. Often preceded by some defining word, as harness-galled, saddle-galled, spur-galled, trace-galled. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| galloc | The plant comfrey (Symphytum officinale). | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| garlic | A plant of the genus Allium (usually A. sativum) having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| gentian | Any plant belonging to the genus Gentiana (cf. felwort n.); esp. G. lutea, the… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| ginger | The rhizome of the tropical plant Zingiber officinale, remarkable for its hot spicy… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| gladiolus | Any plant of the iridaceous genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and spikes… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| glowing | That is in a glow from the action of heat; burning, incandescent. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| good | intr. To become better, improve; to get better. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| gound | Foul matter, esp. that secreted in the eye. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| graze | intr. Chiefly of cattle: To feed on growing grass and other herbage. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| greatwort | In Middle English, Elecampane, Inula Helenium. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| groats | Hulled, or hulled and crushed grain of various kinds, chiefly oats, but also wheat… | 1099 | Go To Quotation |
| hairif | A widely-diffused popular name of Cleavers or Goose-grass, Galium Aparine. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| half-dead | In a state in which death seems as likely as recovery; in a state of extreme exhaustion or prostration from sickness or fatigue. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| halswort | lit. Throatwort: a name app. given in Old English times to different plants… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| hammerwort | The Wall-pellitory. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| hard | intr. To be or become hard. lit. and fig. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| hardbeam | The hornbeam n., Carpinus Betulus. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| harmala | Wild rue, Peganum Harmala, a plant native to Southern Europe and Asia Minor. Also attrib.… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| hart-clover | A name for Melilot. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| hartshorn | The horn or antler of a hart; the substance obtained by rasping, slicing, or calcining… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| hazelen | Of or pertaining to the hazel. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| headache | An ache or continuous pain, more or less deep-seated, in the cranial region of the head. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| head-wark | Pain in the head, headache. Cf. dial. belly-wark. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| heart-ache | Pain in the heart; formerly = heartburn n. 2. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| heath-berry | A name vaguely applied to various berries growing on heaths, esp. the Bilberry and Crowberry. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| helde | An old name of Tansy. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| heliotrope | A name given to plants of which the flowers turn so as to follow the sun; in early times… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| hen-egg | The egg of a hen. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| holk | ? A hollow, cavity. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| horehound | A labiate herb, Marrubium vulgare, having stem and leaves covered with white… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| hound's-tongue | The genus Cynoglossum of boraginaceous plants, esp. the species C. officinale; also called Dog's-tongue. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| hove | The name of some plant, considered by an early glossator to be a ‘viola’ or violet… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| hueless | Colourless, pallid. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| hunt | A hunter; a huntsman. (In quot. 1000, a hunting-spider.) Common Hunt: see quot. 1707. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| inwardly | = inward adj. Obs. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| i-pone | trans. To pound. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| i-stretche | trans. To stretch, spread. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| itch | intr. To have or feel irritation of the skin, such as causes an inclination to scratch… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| itching | That has or is characterized by a feeling of irritation in the skin; itchy. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| ivy-leaf | A leaf of ivy; †taken as the type of a thing of little value. to pipe in (with) an ivy-leaf (fig.… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| kichel | A small cake. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| knee-holly | A name of Butcher's Broom (Ruscus aculeatus). | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| lant | Urine, esp. stale urine used for various industrial purposes, chamber-lye. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| lap | intr. To take up liquid with the tongue. In Old English const. on, in early modern English in. Obs. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| lather | A froth or foam made by the agitation of a mixture of soap and water. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| laver | A water-plant mentioned by Pliny; = Greek σίον. Obs. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| leech-finger | The finger next to the little finger. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| leek | A culinary herb, Allium Porrum (family Liliaceæ), allied to the onion, but differing from… | 799 | Go To Quotation |
| leerness | Emptiness. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| Lenten | Spring; = Lent n. 1. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| Lide | The month of March. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| linseed | The seed of flax, well known as the source of linseed-oil, and as a medicament.… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| lire | Flesh, muscle, brawn. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| listly | Cunningly, craftily, deftly. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| lithwort | Dwarf elder, Sambucus Ebulus. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| lordswike | A deceiver of his lord; a traitor. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| lungwort | Hieracium murorum, also called French lungwort, golden lungwort. Obs. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| luvestiche | = lovage n. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| midday | The middle of the day; the time when the sun is at its highest point in the sky, noon. Also fig. | 999 | Go To Quotation |
| pot | A relatively deep vessel (typically with a cylindrical or otherwise rounded body and… | 1075 | Go To Quotation |
| Quicunque vult | The Athanasian Creed, so called from its opening words quicumque vult (see the etymology). Also fig. and in allusive use. | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| root | The persistent underground part of a plant (see sense 2) used for eating or (esp. formerly)… | 1075 | Go To Quotation |
| sandy | Of the nature of sand; composed of or containing a large proportion of sand. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| satureie | = savory n. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| scammony | A gum-resin obtained from the tuberus roots of Convolvulus Scammonia (see sense 2)… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| sea-water | The water of the sea, or water taken from the sea. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| sengreen | The houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| shadowing | The act of casting a shadow upon something; obscuration of light; quasi- concr. shadows… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| share | The division or fork of the body; the pubic region, groin. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| shooting | Of pain: Sharp and sudden, darting, lancinating. Also of a diseased part, a corn, etc. (see shoot v. 5). | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| short | intr. To grow short or shorter. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| shrim | intr. and pass. To shrink or shrivel; now chiefly in pa. pple., chilled, benumbed. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| shrink | To wither or shrivel through withdrawal of vital fluid or failure of strength. Obs. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| siche | A sigh. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| sickle | intr. To be or fall ill, to sicken. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| sigalder | A charm or incantation. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| sion | = laver n. 1. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| sipe | intr. Of water or other liquid: To percolate or ooze through; to drip or trickle slowly; to soak. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| slip | A soft semi-liquid mass. Obs. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| smeeth | trans. To make smooth. Also absol. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| snede | A small piece, morsel. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| snowy | Of weather, time, etc.: Characterized by the presence or prevalence of snow. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| soak | To lie immersed in a liquid for a considerable time, so as to be saturated or permeated… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| soap | A substance formed by the combination of certain oils and fats with alkaline bases, and… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| sop | trans. To dip, soak, or steep (bread, etc.) in some liquid. Also absol. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| sope | A draught; a small amount of drink, etc.; a sup. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| spearwort | Elecampane (Inula helenium). Obs. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| spelk | A surgical splint. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| spelk | trans. To fasten with a spelk; esp. to bind or join (a broken limb, bone, etc.) by means of splints. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| spire | A stalk or stem of a plant, esp. one of a tall and slender growth. Now rare. | 999 | Go To Quotation |
| stick | A short piece of wood, esp. a piece cut and shaped for a special purpose, usually… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| still | to stand still. (Sometimes merely a more explicit synonym of the vb. stand n. 4.) | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| stonecrop | The common name of Sedum acre (N.O. Crassulaceæ), a herb with bright yellow flowers… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| stud-horse | A stallion kept for breeding. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| summerly | Of or pertaining to summer; taking place in summer. Obs. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| sun-stead | = solstice n. 1. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| swallow | trans. To take into the stomach through the throat and gullet, as food or drink. In early… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| swanwort | A book-name for the genus Cycnoches: = swan-flower n., swan-plant n. (a) at swan n. 2, swan-neck n. 3. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| sweven | intr. To dream. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| swilling | Washing, etc. (see swill v. 1). | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| swink | Trouble, affliction. Obs. rare. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| swowing | Swooning. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| tarse | The penis. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| tearing | That sheds tears; tearful. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| tease | trans. To separate or pull asunder the fibres of; to comb or card (wool, flax, etc.)… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| thaw | trans. To reduce (a frozen substance, as ice or snow) to a liquid state by raising… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| thereof | Of that or it: in various current senses of of v. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| thimble | A sheath or covering for the thumb or finger; a fingerstall. Obs. (Only Old English.) | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| thinness | fig. Deficiency, poverty, meagreness, feebleness; lack of depth or fullness. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| thinning | The action of thin v., in various senses; reduction or decrease in thickness… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| thirdendeal | The third part of anything; a third. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| thirst | The uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of drink; also, the physical condition resulting from this want. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| thost(e | Dung, excrement; a turd. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| to-fly | intr. To fly in different directions, to be dispersed in flight; also, to fly to pieces, be shattered. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| tray | A utensil of the form of a flat board with a raised rim, or of a shallow box without a lid… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| treddle | A pellet of sheep's or goat's dung: usually in pl. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| treen | Made of ‘tree’ (tree n. 2); wooden. Obs. exc. dial. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| trifle | trans. To beat or trample down (standing corn or grass). | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| Tuesnight | The night before Tuesday, Monday night. | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| tunhoof | The herb Ground Ivy (Nepeta glechoma). | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| turd | A lump or piece of excrement; also, excrement, ordure. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| tuscle | = tusk n. 1. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| undergo | trans. To work under, so as to impair or destroy; to undermine. Obs. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| unfeeling | Having no feeling or sensation, insensible; fig. not sensitive to impressions, etc. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| ungood | Not good; evil, bad; wicked. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| unhallowed | Not formally hallowed or consecrated; left secular or profane. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| unsodden | Unboiled, uncooked. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| unwashen | = unwashed adj. n. Also fig. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| upstanding | Standing up; erect. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| Virgo | The sixth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about Aug. 20–3. | 999 | Go To Quotation |
| wall-hot | Boiling hot. Also fig. fervent. Cf. walm-hot at walm n. 5. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| waning | Of the moon. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| wark | intr. To ache, suffer pain; to throb painfully. (In Old English impers. with accus., like Latin dolet.) | 999 | Go To Quotation |
| warm | Warmly; so as to be warm. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| warn | absol. | 999 | Go To Quotation |
| waterwort | In early use identified with maidenhair n. (i.e. either Adiantum Capillus-Veneris or Asplenium Trichomanes, or both). Obs. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| waxen | Made of wax. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| weese | intr. To ooze, drip or distil gently. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| well | trans. To boil (a liquid, ingredients, etc.). | 999 | Go To Quotation |
| well-cress | Water-cress, Nasturtium officinale. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| well-water | Water issuing, or drawn, from a well or spring. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| wen | Pathol. A sebaceous cystic tumour under the skin, occurring chiefly on the head. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| wharve | The whorl of a spindle. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| wheat-corn | A grain of wheat. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| wheatmeal | Meal or flour of wheat. Also attrib. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| white | The translucent viscous fluid surrounding the yolk of an egg, which becomes white… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| wifthing | A wedding, nuptial ceremony. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| withbind | A name for certain plants having pliant stems. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| withwind | Bindweed, Convolvulus arveniss or C. sepium; also C. Soldanella (Sea Withwind: see sea n.… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| witless | Mentally deficient or deranged; out of one's wits, crazy, lunatic. †Also, stupefied, dazed. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| wolfen | A she-wolf. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| wolf's-head | The head of a wolf; a figure of this, e.g. as a heraldic bearing. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| woodruff | A low-growing herb (Asperula odorata, N.O. Rubiaceæ) found in woods in Britain… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| woodwax | = woodwaxen n. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| wormete | Worm-eaten. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| ybet(te | amended; improved; kindled. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| yeast | A yellowish substance produced as a froth or as a sediment during the alcoholic… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| yolky | Containing ‘yolk’; greasy with yolk, as unwashed wool. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
