| almightiful | = almightful adj. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| amate | Overwhelmed, dejected, dismayed. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| ambassiate | The business or message of an ambassador. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| archery | The practice or art of shooting with bow and arrow; skill as an archer. Also fig. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| arr | To anger, vex, worry. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| assidual | Of persons or agents: = assiduous adj. 1. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| assidually | Constantly, continually, assiduously. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| assignation | Authoritative appointment, prescription, order. Obs. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| assistant | Present to help; aiding, helpful, auxiliary (to). | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| attribute | A quality or character ascribed to any person or thing, one which is in common estimation… | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| avert | a thing. Obs. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| avex | To annoy, distress, vex adj. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| bafts | Behind. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| bail | Charge, custody, jurisdiction, power. Obs. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| briefness | The quality or state of being brief: shortness (of time); hence, quickness, celerity. ? Obs. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| browster | northern form of brewster n., brewer. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| cackler | One who cackles; fig. a tell-tale, tattler, blabber. slang, a fowl. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| caddis | Cotton wool, floss silk, or the like, used in padding: Scottish writers of the 18th c.… | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| carnal | Pertaining to the body as the seat of passions or appetites; fleshly, sensual. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| carnality | The state of being flesh; fleshly condition, fleshliness; fleshiness. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| celestly | Obs. = celest adj. 2. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| cenacle | A supping room; an upper chamber; esp. the upper room in which the Last Supper was held… | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| cessation | Ceasing, discontinuance, stoppage; either permanent or temporary. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| charl | | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| cheverel | lit. Kid; but always used in the sense of the full cheverel-leather, kid-leather. (Noted… | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| cline | intr. To bow, incline. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| comfortation | Comforting; comfort, delight. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| couse | To chat, gossip. dial. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| cragged | transf. and fig. Rugged, rough. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| creditor | One who becomes surety for (a person or thing). Obs. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| cure | trans. To cover; to conceal; to protect. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| defile | To violate the chastity of, to deflower; to debauch. Obs. Cf. defoul v. 4. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| delire | intr. To go astray, go wrong, err. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| derision | The action of deriding or laughing to scorn; ridicule, mockery. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| desertness | Desert condition; barren desolation. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| desideration | The action of desiderating; desire, with feeling of want or regret. | 1525 | Go To Quotation |
| desponsation | The action of contracting in marriage; betrothal. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| diffuse | Confused, distracted, perplexed; indistinct, vague, obscure, doubtful, uncertain. Obs. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| doctrinal | The title of a text-book on grammar by Alex. de Villedieu; by extension, a book of instruction in any subject; a text-book. Obs. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| dodemusyd | | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| dolefulness | The quality or state of being doleful; grief, sadness, sorrowfulness; dreariness, melancholy. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| dubitation | The action or condition of doubting; doubt, uncertainty; hesitation. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| embassiate | = embassy n. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| eternality | The condition or quality of being eternal; eternalness. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| exort | intr. To spring up, issue forth. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| falsage | Deceit, falsehood. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| featly | Fitly, properly, suitably, aptly; neatly, elegantly. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| finance | Ending, an end. Obs. rare. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| finite | App. misused for infinite. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| flow | The action or fact of flowing; movement in a current or stream; an instance or mode of… | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| Graecism | The Græcismus, a grammatical treatise in Latin verse of the 12th century. Obs. rare. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| grimsir(e | An austere, stern, morose or overbearing person. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| harrower | A spoiler: a by-form of harrier n. harrower of hell, an appellation of Christ. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| hit | A blow given to something aimed at; a stroke (at cricket, billiards, etc.); the collision or impact of one body with another. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| hoberd | A term or reproach. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| indute | Clothed, endued. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| loathful | That is an object of loathing or disgust; hateful, loathsome. Now rare. | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| lulla | = lullaby v. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| luminary | fig. A source of intellectual, moral, or spiritual light (now only of persons… | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| maculation | The action of spotting or staining; the condition of being spotted or stained (lit. and fig.). | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| mulling | As a term of endearment: darling, sweetheart. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| oggle | intr. To shudder or tremble with fear. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| outsweat | trans. To sweat (blood) out of (a person). Obs. rare. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| pap-hawk | A breastfed infant. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| perdure | intr. To continue, endure; to persist; to last forever. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| pity | trans. To feel pity for; to be sorry for. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| precept | To lay down as a precept or rule; to prescribe (something) as a duty. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| preserver | A person who preserves, one who protects; spec. a guardian of mankind, a saviour. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| prosody | The theory and practice of versification; (in technical use) the branch of knowledge… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| psalmody | intr. To sing psalms. Obs. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| raking | That moves forward rapidly; fast-moving, fast. Also raking-looking adj. Cf. racking adj. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| releaser | A person who or thing which releases (in various senses); one who sets free. Cf. releasor n. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| seriatly | In succession, seriatim. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| signifure | The action or fact of signifying a future event; prefiguration. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| sindony | = sindon n. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| sloven | A person of low character or manners; a knave, rascal. Obs. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| sniveller | One who snivels or whines. Also in fig. context. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| someway | In some way or manner; by some means; somehow. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| splendour | Great brightness; brilliant light or lustre. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| stoppage | An obstacle, hindrance. Obs. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| straw hat | (Formerly often hyphened.) A hat made of plaited or woven straw. | 1453 | Go To Quotation |
| succurrance | Succour. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| testification | The action or an act of testifying; the testimony borne; a fact or object (as a document, etc.) serving as evidence or proof. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| thrall | A space of time, a while. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| trouse | Originally, A close-fitting article of attire for the buttocks and thighs (divided below so… | 1578 | Go To Quotation |
| unharboured | Having no shelter or refuge. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| unloosen | trans. = unloose v. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| unrecurable | = unrecoverable adj. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| versifying | The act or practice of making verses; an instance of this; the art of composing verse; versification. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| whither | To tremble, shake, quiver. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| why-for | conj. = for conj. 2, forwhy conj. 2. Obs. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
