Shakesperian glossary
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A |
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ABATE |
to
shorten |
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to
cast down |
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to
blunt |
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ABATEMENT |
diminution |
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ABHOR |
protest;
disgust |
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ABIDE |
to
sojourn |
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to
expiate |
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ABLE |
to
uphold |
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ABRIDGEMENT |
a
short play |
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ABROAD |
away,
apart |
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ABROOK |
to
brook, abide |
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ABSEY-BOOK |
a
primer |
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ABSOLUTE |
positive,
certain |
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complete |
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ABUSE |
to
deceive |
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ABUSE |
deception |
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ABY |
to
expiate a fault |
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ABYSM |
abyss |
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ACCITE |
to
cite, summon |
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ACCUSE |
accusation |
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ACHIEVE |
to
obtain |
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ACKNOWN |
'to be acknown' is to acknowledge |
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ACQUITTANCE |
a
receipt or discharge |
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ACTION-TAKING |
litigious |
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ACTURE |
action |
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ADDITION |
title,
attribute |
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ADDRESS |
to
prepare oneself |
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ADDRESSED |
prepared |
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ADVANCE |
to prefer, promote to honour |
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ADVERTISEMENT |
admonition |
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ADVERTISING |
attentive |
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ADVICE |
consideration,
discretion |
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ADVISE |
sometimes neuter, sometimes
reflective, to |
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consider,
reflect |
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ADVISED |
considerate |
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ADVOCATION |
pleading,
advocacy |
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AFEARED |
afraid |
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AFFECT |
to
love |
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AFFY |
to
affiance |
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to
trust |
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AFRONT |
in
front |
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AGAZED |
looking
in amazement |
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AGLET-BABY |
the small figure engraved on a jewel |
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AGNISE |
to
acknowledge, confess |
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A-GOOD |
a
good deal, plenteously |
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A-HOLD |
a
sea-term |
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AIERIE |
the nest of a bird of prey |
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AIM |
a
guess |
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ALDER-LIEFEST |
most
loved of all |
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ALE |
alehouse |
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ALLOW |
to
approve |
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ALLOWANCE |
approval |
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AMES-ACE |
two aces, the lowest throw of the dice |
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AMORT |
dead,
dejected |
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AN |
if |
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ANCHOR |
an
anchorite, hermit |
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ANCIENT |
an
ensign-bearer |
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ANGEL |
a coin, so called because it bore the
image of |
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an
angel |
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ANIGHT |
by
night |
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ANSWER |
retaliation |
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ANTHROPOPHAGINIAN |
a
cannibal |
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ANTICK |
the fool in the old plays |
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ANTRE |
a
cave |
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APPARENT |
heir-apparent |
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APPEAL |
accusation |
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APPEAL |
to
accuse |
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APPEARED |
made
apparent |
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APPLE-JOHN |
a
kind of apple |
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APPOINTMENT |
preparation |
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APPREHENSION |
opinion |
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APPREHENSIVE |
apt to apprehend or understand |
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APPROBATION |
probation |
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APPROOF |
approbation,
proof |
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APPROVE |
to
prove |
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to
justify, make good |
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APPROVER |
one who proves or tries |
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ARCH |
chief |
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ARGAL |
a ridiculous word intended for the
Latin ergo |
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ARGENTINE |
silver |
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ARGIER |
Algiers |
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ARGOSY |
originally a vessel of |
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ragosine; hence any ship of burden |
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ARGUMENT |
subject |
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ARMIGERO |
a mistake for Armiger, the Latin for
Esquire |
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AROINT |
found only in the imperative mood, get
thee |
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gone |
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A-ROW |
in
a row |
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ARTICULATE |
to enter into articles of agreement |
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to
exhibit in articles |
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ASK |
to
require |
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ASPECT |
regard,
looks |
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ASPERSION |
sprinkling; hence blessing, because
before the |
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reformation benediction was generally
accompanied |
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by the sprinkling of holy water |
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ASSAY |
attempt |
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ASSAY |
to attempt, test, make proof of |
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ASSINEGO |
an
ass |
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ASSUBJUGATE |
to
subjugate |
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ASSURANCE |
deed
of assurance |
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ASSURED |
betrothed |
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ATOMY |
an
atom |
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used in contempt of a small person |
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ATONE |
to put people at one, to reconcile |
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to
agree |
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ATTACH |
to seize, lay hold on |
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ATTASKED |
taken
to task, reprehended |
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ATTEND |
to
listen to |
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ATTENT |
attentive |
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ATTORNEY |
an
agent |
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ATTORNEY |
to employ as an agent |
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To perform by an agent |
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AUDACIOUS |
spirited, daring, but without any note
of blame |
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attached
to it |
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AUGUR |
augury |
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AUTHENTIC |
clothed
with authority |
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AVAUNT |
int. be gone, a word of abhorrence |
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AVE |
the Latin for hail; hence acclamation |
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AVE-MARY |
the angelic salutation addressed to
the Blessed |
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Virgin
Mary |
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AVERRING |
confirming |
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AVOID |
get
rid of |
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AWFUL |
worshipful |
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AWKWARD |
contrary |
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B |
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BACCARE |
keep
back |
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BACKWARD |
the hinder part; hence, when applied
to time, |
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the
past |
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BAFFLE |
embarrass |
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BALKED |
heaped, as on a ridge |
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BALLOW |
a
cudgel |
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BALM |
the
oil of consecration |
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BAN |
to
curse |
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BANK |
to sail by the banks |
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BARM |
yeast |
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BARN |
a
child |
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BARNACLE |
a shellfish, supposed to produce the
sea-bird |
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of
the same name |
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BASE |
a game, sometimes called Prisoners'
base |
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BASES |
an embroidered mantle worn by knights
on |
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horseback, and reaching from the
middle to |
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below
the knees |
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BASILISK |
a
kind of ordnance |
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BASTA |
enough |
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BASTARD |
raisin
wine |
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BATE |
to flutter, as a hawk |
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BATE |
to
except |
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to
abate |
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BAT-FOWLING |
catching birds with a clap-net by
night |
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BATLET |
a small bat, used for beating clothes |
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BATTLE |
army |
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BAVIN |
used as an a piece of waste wood,
applied |
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contemptuously
to anything worthless |
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BAWCOCK |
a
fine fellow |
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BAWD |
procurer |
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BAY |
the space between the main timbers of
the roof |
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BEADSMAN |
one who bids bedes, that is, prays
prayers |
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for
another |
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BEARING-CLOTH |
a rich cloth in which children were
wrapt at |
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their
christening |
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BEAT |
to flutter as a falcon, to meditate,
consider |
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earnestly |
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BEAVER |
the lower part of a helmet |
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BEETLE |
a
mallet |
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BEING |
dwelling |
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BEING |
since,
inasmuch as |
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BE-METE |
to
measure |
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BE-MOILED |
daubed
with dirt |
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BENDING |
stooping
under a weight |
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BENVENUTO |
(Italian),
welcome |
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BERGOMASK |
a
rustic dance |
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BESHREW |
evil
befal |
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BESTRAUGHT |
distraught,
distracted |
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BETEEM |
to
pour out |
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BETID |
happened |
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BEZONIAN |
a
beggarly fellow |
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BIDING |
abiding-place |
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BIGGEN |
a
night-cap |
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BILBERRY |
the
whortleberry |
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BILBO |
a sword, from Bilboa, a town in |
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they
were made |
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BILBOES |
fetters
or stocks |
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BILL |
a bill-hook, a weapon |
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BIN |
been,
are |
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BIRD-BOLT |
a bolt to be shot from a crossbow at
birds |
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BIRDING |
part.
hawking at partridges |
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BISSON |
blind |
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BLANK |
the white mark in the middle of a
target; |
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hence, metaphorically, that which is aimed
at |
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BLENCH |
to
start aside, flinch |
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BLENT |
blended |
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BLOOD-BOLTERED |
smeared
with blood |
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BLOW |
to
inflate |
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BOARD |
to make advances to; accost |
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BOB |
a blow, metaph. a sarcasm |
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BOB |
to strike, metaph. to ridicule, or to
obtain |
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by
raillery |
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BODGE |
to
botch, bungle |
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BODIKIN |
a corrupt word used as an oath. 'Od's
Bodikin,' |
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God's
little Body |
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BOITIER
VERT |
green
box |
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BOLD |
to
embolden |
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BOLLEN |
swollen |
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BOLTED |
sifted,
refined |
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BOLTER |
a
sieve |
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BOLTING-HUTCH |
a hutch in which meal was sifted |
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BOMBARD |
a
barrel, a drunkard |
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BOMBAST |
padding |
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BONA-ROBA |
a
harlot |
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BOND |
that to which one is bound |
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BOOK |
a
paper of conditions |
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BOOT |
help,
use |
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BOOT |
to
help, to avail |
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BOOTLESS |
without boot or advantage, useless |
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BOOTS |
bots, a kind of worm |
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BORE |
calibre of a gun; hence, metaph. size,
weight, |
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importance |
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BOSKY |
covered
with underwood |
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BOSOM |
wish,
heart's desire |
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BOTS |
worms
which infest horses |
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BOURN |
a
boundary |
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a
brook |
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BRACE |
armour for the arm, state of defence |
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BRACH |
a
hound bitch |
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BRAID |
deceitful |
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BRAVE |
handsome,
well-dressed |
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BRAVE |
boast |
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BRAVERY |
finery |
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boastfulness |
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BRAWL |
a
kind of dance |
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BREAST |
voice |
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BREATHE |
to
exercise |
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BREATHING |
exercising |
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BREECHING |
liable
to be whipt |
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BREED-BATE |
a breeder of debate, a fomenter of
quarrels |
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BREESE |
the
gadfly |
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BRIBE-BUCK |
a buck given away in presents |
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BRING |
to attend one on a journey |
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BROCK |
a badger, a term of contempt |
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BROKE |
to act as a procurer |
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BROKEN |
having lost some teeth by age |
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BROKEN
MUSIC |
the music of stringed instruments |
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BROKER |
an
agent |
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BROTHERHOOD |
trading
company |
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BROWNIST |
a sectary, a follower of Brown, the
founder |
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of
the Independents |
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BRUIT |
noise,
report, rumour |
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BRUIT |
to
noise abroad |
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BRUSH |
rude
assault |
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BUCK |
suds or lye for washing clothes in |
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BUCK-BASKET |
the basket in which clothes are
carried to the |
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wash |
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BUCKING |
washing |
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BUCK-WASHING |
washing
in lye |
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BUG |
a
bugbear, a spectre |
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BULLY-ROOK |
a
bragging cheater |
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BURGONET |
a
kind of helmet |
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BURST |
to
break |
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BUSKY |
bushy |
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BUTT-SHAFT |
a light arrow for shooting at a target |
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BUXOM |
obedient |
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BY'RLAKIN |
by our little Lady: an oath |
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C |
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CADDIS |
worsted galloon, so called because it
resembles |
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the
caddis-worm |
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CADE |
a
cask or barrel |
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CAGE |
a
prison |
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CAIN-COLOURED |
red
(applied to hair) |
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CAITIFF |
a captive, a slave; hence, a witch |
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CALCULATE |
prophesy |
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CALIVER |
a
hand-gun |
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CALLET |
a
trull |
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CALLING |
appellation |
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CALM |
qualm |
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CAN |
to know, be skillful in |
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CANAKIN |
a
little can |
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CANARY |
a wine brought from the |
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CANDLE-WASTERS |
persons who sit up all night to drink |
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CANKER |
a
caterpillar |
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the
dog-rose |
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CANSTICK |
a
candlestick |
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CANTLE |
a
slice, corner |
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CANTON |
a
canto |
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CANVAS |
to sift: hence, metaphorically, to
prove |
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CAPABLE |
subject
to |
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Intelligent |
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capable
of inheriting |
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ample,
capacious |
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CAPITULATE |
make
a combined force |
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CAPOCCHIA |
a
simpleton |
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CAPRICIO |
caprice |
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CAPRICIOUS |
lascivious |
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CAPTIOUS |
capacious |
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CARACK |
a large ship of burden |
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CARBONADO |
meat
scotched for broiling |
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CARBONADO |
to
scotch for broiling |
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CARD |
the taper on which the points of the
compass |
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are marked under the mariner's needle |
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CAREIRE |
the curvetting of a horse |
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CARKANET |
a
necklace |
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CARL |
a
churl |
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CARLOT |
a
churl |
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CASTILIAN |
a native of |
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CASTILIANO
VULGO |
a cant term, meaning, apparently, to
use discreet |
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language |
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CATAIAN |
a native of |
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CATLING |
cat-gut |
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CAUTEL |
deceit |
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CAUTELOUS |
insidious |
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CAVALERO |
a
cavalier, gentleman |
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CAVIARE |
the roe of sturgeon pickled; metaph. a
delicacy |
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not appreciated by the vulgar |
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CEASE |
decease |
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CEASE |
put off, made to cease |
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CENSURE |
judgment |
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CENSURE |
to
judge, criticise |
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CENTURY |
a hundred of anything, whether men,
prayers, or |
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anything
else |
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CEREMONY |
a ceremonial vestment, religious rite,
or |
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anything
ceremonial |
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CERTES |
certainly |
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CESS |
rate,
reckoning |
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CHACE |
a
term at tennis |
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CHAMBER |
a species of great gun |
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CHAMBERER |
an
effeminate man |
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CHANSON |
a
song |
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CHARACT |
affected
quality |
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CHARACTER |
a
letter, handwriting |
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CHARACTER |
to
carve or engrave |
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CHARACTERY |
handwriting |
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That
which is written |
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CHARE |
a
turn of work |
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CHARGE-HOUSE |
a
free-school |
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CHARLES'
WAIN |
the constellation called also Ursa
Major, or |
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the
Great Bear |
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CHARNECO |
a species of sweet wine |
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CHAUDRON |
entrails |
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CHEATER |
for escheator, an officer who
collected the |
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fines to be paid into the Exchequer |
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A
decoy |
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CHEQUE |
a technical term in falconry; when a
falcon |
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flies at a bird which is not her
proper game she |
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is said to cheque at it |
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CHEQUES |
perhaps
intended for ethics |
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CHEER |
fortune,
countenance |
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CHERRY-PIT |
a game played with cherrystones |
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CHEVERIL |
kid
leather |
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CHEWIT |
cough |
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CHILDING |
pregnant |
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CH'ILL |
vulgar
for 'I will.' |
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CHIRURGEONLY |
in a manner becoming a surgeon |
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CHOPIN |
a high shoe or clog |
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CHRISTENDOM |
the state of being a Christian |
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CHRISTOM |
clothed with a chrisom, the white
garment |
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which used to be put on newly-baptized
children |
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CHUCK |
chicken, a term of endearment |
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CHUFF |
a
coarse blunt clown |
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CINQUE
PACE |
a
kind of dance |
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CIPHER |
to
decipher |
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CIRCUMSTANCE |
an
argument |
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CITAL |
recital |
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CITE |
to
incite |
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CITTERN |
a
guitar |
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CLACK-DISH |
a
beggar's dish |
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CLAP
I' THE CLOUT |
to shoot an arrow into the bull's eye
of the target |
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CLAW |
to
flatter |
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CLEPE |
to
call |
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CLIFF |
clef, the key in music |
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CLING |
to
starve |
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CLINQUANT |
glittering |
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CLIP |
to
embrace, enclose |
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CLOUT |
the mark in the middle of a target |
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COAST |
to
advance |
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COBLOAF |
a
big loaf |
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COCK |
a
cockboat |
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COCK |
a
euphemism for God |
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COCK-AND-PIE |
an
oath |
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COCKLE |
tares
or darnel |
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COCKNEY |
a
cook |
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COCK-SHUT-TIME |
the twilight, when cocks and hens go
to roost |
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COG |
to
cheat, dissemble |
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COGNIZANCE |
badge,
token |
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COIGN |
projecting
corner stone |
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COIL |
tumult,
turmoil |
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COLLECTION |
drawing
a conclusion |
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COLLIED |
blackened.
Othello; |
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COLOUR |
pretence |
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COLOURABLE |
specious |
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COLT |
to
defraud, befool |
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CO-MART |
a
joint bargain |
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COMBINATE |
betrothed |
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COMBINE |
to
bind |
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COMMODITY |
interest,
profit |
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COMMONTY |
used
ludicrously for comedy |
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COMPACT |
compacted,
composed |
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COMPARATIVE |
drawing
comparisons |
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COMPARATIVE |
rival |
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COMPARE |
comparison |
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COMPASSIONATE |
moving
comparison |
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COMPETITOR |
one who seeks the same thing, an
associate in |
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any
object |
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COMPLEMENT |
accomplishment |
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COMPLEXION |
passion |
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COMPOSE |
to
agree |
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COMPOSTION |
composition |
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COMPTIBLE |
tractable |
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CON |
to
learn by heart |
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to
acknowledge |
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CONCEIT |
conception,
opinion, fancy |
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CONCUPY |
concubine |
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CONDITION |
temper,
quality |
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CONDOLEMENT |
grief |
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CONDUCT |
escort |
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CONFECT |
to make up into sweetmeats |
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CONFOUND |
to
consume, destroy |
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coriolanus;
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CONJECT |
conjecture |
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CONSIGN |
to sign a common bond, to confederate |
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CONSORT |
company |
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CONSORT |
to
accompany |
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CONSTANCY |
consistency |
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CONSTANT |
settled,
determined |
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CONSTANTLY |
firmly |
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CONSTER |
to
construe |
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CONTEMPTIBLE |
contemptuous |
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CONTINENT |
that
which contains anything |
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that
which is contained |
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CONTINUATE |
uninterrupted |
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CONTRACTION |
the
marriage contract |
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CONTRARY |
to
oppose |
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CONTRIVE |
to
conspire |
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to
wear away |
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CONTROL |
to
confute |
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CONVENT |
to
convene, summon |
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to
be convenient |
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CONVERT |
to
change |
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CONVERTITE |
a
convert |
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CONVEY |
to
manage |
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to
filch |
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CONVEYANCE |
theft,
fraud |
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CONVICT |
convicted |
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CONVICTED |
overpowered,
vanquished |
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A
doubtful word |
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CONVINCE |
to
conquer, subdue |
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CONVIVE |
to
feast together |
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CONVOY |
escort |
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CONY-CATCH |
to
cheat |
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CONY-CATCHING |
poaching,
pilfering |
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COOLING
CARD |
used metaphorically for an
insurmountable obstacle |
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COPATAIN
HAT |
a
high-crowned hat |
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COPE |
to reward, to give in return |
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COPY |
theme |
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CORAGIO |
courage!
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CORAM |
an
ignorant mistake for Quorum |
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CORANTO |
lively
dance |
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CORINTH |
a cant term for a brothel |
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CORINTHIAN |
a
wencher |
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CORKY |
dry
like cork |
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CORNUTO |
a
cuckold |
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COROLLARY |
a
surplus |
|
CORPORAL |
corporeal,
bodily |
|
CORPORAL |
|
|
OF
THE FIELD |
an
aide-de-camp |
|
CORRIVAL |
rival |
|
COSTARD |
the
head |
|
COSTER-MONGER |
peddling,
mercenary |
|
COTE |
a
cottage |
|
COTE |
to
quote, instance |
|
COTE |
to
come alongside, overtake |
|
COT-QUEAN |
an effeminate man, molly-coddle |
|
COUCHINGS |
crouchings |
|
COUNT
CONFECT |
a nobleman composed of affectation |
|
COUNTENANCE |
fair
shew |
|
COUNTERFEIT |
portrait |
|
|
a piece of base coin |
|
COUNTERPOINT |
a
counterpane |
|
COUNTERVAIL |
to
counterpoise, outweigh |
|
COUNTRY |
belonging
to one's country |
|
COUNTY |
count,
earl |
|
COUPLEMENT |
union |
|
COURT
HOLY-WATER |
flattery |
|
COVENT |
a
convent |
|
COVER |
to lay the table for dinner |
|
COWISH |
cowardly |
|
COWL-STAFF |
the staff on which a vessel is
supported |
|
|
between
two men |
|
COX
MY PASSION |
an oath, a euphemism for 'God's
Passion.' |
|
COY |
to
stroke, fondle |
|
|
to
condescend with difficulty |
|
COYSTRIL |
a kestrel, a cowardly kind of hawk |
|
COZEN |
to
cheat |
|
COZENAGE |
cheating |
|
COZENER |
a
cheater |
|
COZIER |
a
tailor |
|
CRACK |
to
boast |
|
CRACK |
a
loud noise, clap |
|
|
a
forward boy |
|
CRACKER |
boaster |
|
CRACK-HEMP |
a
gallows-bird |
|
CRANK |
a
winding passage |
|
CRANKING |
winding |
|
CRANTS |
garlands. A doubtful word |
|
CRARE |
a
ship of burden |
|
CRAVEN |
a
dunghill cock |
|
CREATE |
formed,
compounded |
|
CREDENT |
creditable |
|
|
credible |
|
|
credulous |
|
CREDIT |
report |
|
CRESCIVE |
increasing |
|
CRESTLESS |
not entitled to bear arms, lowborn |
|
CRISP |
curled,
winding |
|
CROSS |
a piece of money, so called because
the coin |
|
|
was formerly stamped with a cross |
|
CROW-KEEPER |
one
who scares crows |
|
CROWNER |
a
coroner |
|
CROWNET |
a
coronet |
|
CRY |
the
yelping of hounds |
|
|
A
pack of hounds |
|
|
a
company, use contemptuously |
|
CRY
AIM |
to
encourage |
|
CUE |
the last words of an actor's speech,
which |
|
|
is the signal for the next actor to
begin |
|
CUISSES |
pieces of armour to cover the thighs |
|
CULLION |
a
base fellow |
|
CUNNING |
skill |
|
CUNNING |
skilful |
|
CURB |
to
bend, truckle |
|
CURRENTS |
occurrences |
|
CURST |
|
|
CURSTNESS |
shrewishness |
|
CURTAIL |
a
cur |
|
CURTAL |
a
docked horse |
|
CURTAL-AXE |
a
cutlass |
|
CUSTALORUM |
a ludicrous mistake for Custos
Rotulorum |
|
CUSTARD-COFFIN |
the crust of a custard-pudding |
|
CUSTOMER |
a
common woman |
|
CUT |
a
cheat |
|
|
'To draw cuts' is to draw lots |
|
CYPRESS |
a
kind of crape |
|
|
|
|
D |
|
|
DAFF |
to
befool |
|
|
To put off; this seems to be a
corruption of 'doff.' |
|
DAMN |
to
condemn |
|
DANGER |
reach,
control, power |
|
DANSKER |
a
Dane |
|
DARE |
to
challenge |
|
DARKLING |
in
the dark |
|
DARRAIGN |
to
set in array |
|
DAUB |
to
disguise |
|
DAUBERY |
imposition |
|
DAY-WOMAN |
a
dairy-maid |
|
DEAR |
dire |
|
|
that which has to do with the
affections |
|
|
piteous |
|
|
important |
|
DEARN |
lonely |
|
DEBOSHED |
debauched,
drunken |
|
DECK |
to bedew. This is probably a form of the
verb |
|
|
'to dag,' now a provincial word |
|
DECK |
a
pack of cards |
|
DECLINE |
to enumerate, as in going through the
cases of |
|
|
a
noun |
|
DECLINED |
fallen |
|
DEEM |
doom,
judgment |
|
DEFEAT |
to
undo, destroy |
|
DEFEAT |
destruction |
|
DEFEATURE |
disfigurement |
|
DEFENCE |
art
of fencing |
|
DEFEND |
to
forbid |
|
DEFENSIBLE |
having the power to defend |
|
DEFTLY |
dexterously |
|
DEFY |
renounce |
|
DEGREES |
a
step |
|
DELAY |
to let slip by delaying |
|
DEMERIT |
merit,
desert |
|
DEMURELY |
solemnly |
|
DENAY |
denial |
|
DENIER |
the 12th part of a French sol coin |
|
DENOTEMENT |
marking |
|
|
note
or manifestation |
|
DENY |
to
refuse |
|
DEPART |
departure |
|
DEPART |
to
part |
|
DEPARTING |
parting,
separation |
|
DEPEND |
to
be in service |
|
DERIVED |
born,
descended |
|
DEROGATE |
degraded |
|
DESCANT |
a variation upon a melody, hence, |
|
|
metaphorically, a comment on a given
theme |
|
DESIGN |
to
draw up articles |
|
DESPATCH |
to
deprive, bereave |
|
DESPERATE |
determined,
bold |
|
DETECT |
to
charge, blame |
|
DETERMINE |
to
conclude |
|
DICH |
optative mood, perhaps contracted for 'do it.' |
|
DIET |
food regulated by the rules of
medicine |
|
DIET |
to have one's food regulated by the
rules of |
|
|
medicine |
|
DIFFUSED |
confused |
|
DIGRESSING |
transgressing, going out of the right
way |
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