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SACRIFICIAL

reverent, as words used in religious worship

SACRING-BELL

the little bell rung at mass to give notice; that the elements are consecrated

SAD

serious

SADLY

seriously

SADNESS

seriousness

SAFE

to make safe

SAG

to hang down

SALT

lascivious; taste

SANDED

marked with yellow spots

SANS?††??a?º??e

without

SAUCY

lascivious

SAW

a moral saying

SAY

silken; assay, taste, relish

SCAFFOLDAGE

the gallery of a theatre

SCALD

scurvy, scabby

SCALE

to weigh in scales

SCALL

a scab, a word of reproach

SCAMBLE

to scramble

SCAMEL

probably a misprint for sea-mel, sea-mew

SCAN

to examine subtly

SCANT

to cut short, to spare; scanty, short; scarcely

SCANTLING

a small portion

SCAPE

to escape; a sally

SCATHE

injury; to injure

SCATHFUL

destructive

SCONCE

the head

SCOTCH

to bruise or cut slightly

SCRIMER

a fencer

SCROYLE

a scabby fellow

SCULL

a shoal of fish

SCURVY

scabby; metaph. mean

SEAL

to set one's seal to a deed; hence, to confirm

SEAM

fat

SEAMY

showing the seam or sewing

SEAR

scorched, withered;

to stigmatise

SEARCH

to probe; hence, to apply a healing remedy;

SEATED

fixed, confirmed

SECT

a slip or scion; A political party

SECURELY

inconsiderately

SEEL

to close

SEELING

closing, blinding

SEEMING

seemly, becomingly; outward manner and appearance

SEEN

versed, instructed

SELD

seldom

SELF-BOUNTY

native goodness

SEMBLABLY

alike

SENIORY

seniority

SENNET

a flourish of trumpets

SEPULCHRE

to bury

SEQUESTRATION

separation

SERE

dry

SERJEANT

a bailiff

SERPIGO

a cutaneous disease

SERVICEABLE

'serviceable vows,' vows that you will do; her service, or be her servant

SETEBOS

the name of a fiend

SETTER

one who watches travellers to give information; to thieves

SEVERAL

land which is not common but appropriated

SHAME

to be ashamed; modesty

SHARDS

shreds, broken fragments of pottery; the wing cases of beetles, hence 'sharded' and 'shard-borne'

SHARKED

snatched up, as a shark does his prey

SHEEN

brilliancy

SHEER

pure; Unmixed

SHENT

rebuked, blamed; Hurt

SHERIFF'S-POST

a post at the door of a sheriff, to which royal; proclamations were fixed

SHIVE

slice

SHOT

the reckoning at an ale-house

SHOUGHS

shaggy dogs

SHOULDERED

plunged

SHOVEL-BOARD

game played by sliding metal pieces along; a board at a mark

SHREWD

mischievous

SHRIFT

confession; Absolution

SHRIVE

to confess

SHRIVING-TIME

time for confession

SHROUD

to enshroud oneself, cover oneself up

SIDE-SLEEVES

loose hanging sleeves

SIEGE

seat; Stool; Rank

SIGHT

an aperture in a helmet

SIGHTLESS

invisible; Unsightly

SIGN

to give an omen

SILLY

simple, rustic

SIMULAR

counterfeit, feigned

SINGLE

feeble

SIR

a title applied to a bachelor of arts at the; Universities

SITH

since

SITHENCE

since

SIZES

allowances

SKAINS-MATES

scapegraces

SKILL

to be of importance

SKILLESS

ignorant

SKIMBLE-SKAMBLE

rambling, disjointed

SKINKER

a drawer of liquor

SKIRR

to scour

SLACK

slacken

SLAVE

to turn to slavish uses

SLEAVE

floss-silk

SLEDDED

sledged

SLEIDED

untwisted, raw, applied to silk; (Gower)

SLEIGHTS

artifices

SLIPPER

slippery

SLIPS

a kind of noose, or leash; A piece of base money

SLIVER

to slice; a slice

SLOPS

loose breeches

SLUBBER

to slur over

SMIRCHED

smeared, soiled

SMOOTH

to flatter

SMOOTHED

flattered, fawned upon

SNEAP

taunt, sarcasm

SNEAPED

pinched

go hang!

SNUFF

anger; 'To take in snuff' is to take offence

SOFTLY

gently

SOIL

spot, taint

SOLICIT

solicitation

SOLIDARE

a small coin

SOLVE

solution

SOMETIMES

formerly

SOOTH

truth; Conciliation; true

SOREL

a buck of the third year

SORRIEST

most sorrowful

SORRY

sorrowful, dismal

SORT

a company; Rank, condition; Lot; 'In a sort,' in a manner; to choose; to suit; To consort

SOT

fool

SOUL-FEARING

soul-terrifying

SOWL

to lug, drag

SOWTER

name of a dog

SPECIALLY

a special contract

SPED

settled, done for

SPEED

fortune

SPERR

to bolt, fasten

SPIAL

spy

SPILL

to destroy

SPILTH

spilling

SPLEEN

violent haste; Used of the lightning flash

SPRAG

quick

SPRING

shoot, bud; Beginning

SPRINGHALT

stringhalt, a disease of horses

SPRITED

haunted

SPURS

roots of trees

SQUANDERED

scattered

SQUARE

to quarrel; the front part of a woman's dress, stomacher; equitable

SQUARER

quarreller

SQUASH

an unripe peascod

SQUIER

a square or rule

SQUINY?††??a?º??e

to squint

STAGGERS

a disease in horses, attended with giddiness:; hence any bewildering distress

STAIN

to disfigure

STALE

a decoy; A gull; A prostitute; to make stale, deprive anything of its; freshness

STAND UPON

to be incumbent on

STANIEL

an inferior kind of hawk

STARK

stiff

STARKLY

stiffly

STATE

a canopied chair

STATION

attitude; Act of standing

STATIST

a statesman

STATUA

a statue

STATUE

image, picture

STATUTE

security, obligation

STATUTE-CAPS

woollen caps worn by citizens

STAY

a cheque

STEAD

to profit

STEELED

set or fixed

STERNAGE

steerage, course

STICKLER

an arbitrator in combats

STIGMATIC

a deformed person

STIGMATICAL

deformed

STILL

constant; constantly

STILLY

softly

STINT

to stop; to stop

STITHY

a smith's forge; to forge

STOCCADO

a stoccata, or thrust in fencing

STOCK

a stocking

STOMACH

courage, stubbornness; Appetite, inclination

STONE-BOW

a cross-bow for throwing stones

STOUP

a cup

STOUT

strong, healthy

STOVER

fodder

STRACHY

A word o?††??a?º??ef doubtful meaning

STRAIGHT

immediately

STRAIN

lineage; Disposition

STRAITED

straitened

STRANGE

foreign; Coy, reserved; Marvellous

STRANGENESS

coyness, reserve

STRANGER

foreigner

STRAPPADO

a kind of punishment

STRICTURE

strictness

STROSSERS

trowsers

STUCK

a thrust of a sword

STUCK IN

corruption of stoccata

STUFF

baggage; Material, substance

STUFFED

filled, stored

STY

to lodge as in a sty

SUBSCRIBE

to yield; to succumb

SUCCESS

issue, consequence; Succession

SUCCESSIVE

succeeding

SUCCESSIVELY

in succession

SUDDEN

hasty, rash

SUDDENLY

hastily

SUFFERANCE

suffering

SUGGEST

to tempt, entice

SUGGESTION

temptation, enticement

SUITED

dressed

SULLEN

doleful, melancholy

SUMPTER

a horse that carries provisions on a journey

SUPPOSE

a trick, imposition

SUPPOSED

counterfeit

SURCEASE

to cease; cessation, end

SURPRISE

to capture by surprise

SUR-REINED

over-worked

SUSPECT

suspicion

SUSPIRE

to breathe

SWABBER a sweeper of the deck of a ship dt>SWARTH

black; quantity of grass cut down by one sweep of the scythe

SWASHER

swaggerer

SWASHING

dashing, smashing

SWATH

The same as 'swarth.'

SWATHLING

swaddling

SWAY

to move on

SWEAR

to adjure

SWEAR OVER

to out-swear

SWIFT

ready, quick

SWINGE-BUCKLER

a bully

TABLE

a tablet, note-book

TABLE-BOOK

note-book

TABLES

the game of backgammon; A note-book

TABOUR

a small side-drum

TABOURER

a player on the tabour

TABOURINE

tambourine, drum

TAG

the rabble

TAINT

tainted

TAINTURE

defilement

TAKE

to infect, blast, bewitch

TAKE IN

to conquer

TAKE OUT

to copy

TAKE UP

to borrow money, or buy on credit; To make up a quarrel

TAKING

infection, malignant influence

TAKING UP

buying on credit

TALE

counting, reckoning

TALL

strong, valiant

TALLOW-CATCH

a lump of tallow

TANG

twang, sound

TANLING

anything tanned by the sun

TARRE

to excite, urge on

TARRIANCE

delay

TARTAR

Tartarus

TASK

to tax; Challenge TASKING

challenging

TASTE

to try

TAWDRY-LACE

a rustic necklace

TAXATION

satire, sarcasm

TAXING

satire

TEEN

grief

TELL

to count

TEMPER

to mix

TEMPERANCE

temperature

TEMPERED

mixed

TEND

to attend to

TENDER

to hold, to esteem; To have consideration for

TENT

to probe as a wound; a probe for searching a wound

TERCEL

the male of the goshawk

TERMAGANT

a ranting character in old plays

TESTED

pure, assayed

TESTERN

to reward with a tester, or six-pence

THARBOROUGH

a constable

THEORICK

theory

THEWES

sinews, muscles

THICK

rapidly

THICK-PLEACHED

thickly intertwined

THIRD-BOROUGH

a constable

THOUGHT

anxiety, grief; So 'to take thought' is to give way to grief

THRASONICAL

boastful

THREE-MAN BEETLE

a wooden mallet worked by three men

THREE-MAN-SONG-MEN

singers of glees in three parts

THREE-PILE

three-piled velvet

THRENE

lament

THRID

thread, fibre

THROE

to put in agonies

THRUM

the tufted end of a thread in weaving

THRUMMED

made od coarse ?††??a?º??eends or tufts

TICKLE

ticklish

TIGHT

nimble, active

TIGHTLY

briskly, promptly

TIKE

a cur

TILLY-VALLY

int. an exclamation of contempt

TILTH

tillage

TIMELESS

untimely

TINCT

stain, dye

TIRE

attire, head-dress; to tear as a bird of prey, Hence, metaphorically, to feed; to attire, dress

TOD

to yield a tod of wool

TOKENED

marked with plague spots

TOKENS

plague spots

TOLL

to exact toll; To pay toll

TOO TOO

excessively

TOPLESS

supreme, without superior

TOUCH

touchstone for testing gold; Trait; An acute feeling

TOUCHED

pricked

TOUSE

to pull, drag

TOWARD

nearly ready

TOWARDS

nearly ready

TOYS

trifles, foolish tricks

TRADE

beaten path

TRANECT

a ferry

TRANSLATED

transformed

TRASH

to cheque, as a huntsman his hounds

TRAVAIL

labour, toil

TRAY-TRIP

an old game played with dice

TREACHERS

traitors

TREATIES

entreaties

TRENCHED

carved

TRICK

technically, a copy of a coat of arms; hence, any peculiarity which distinguishes voice or feature; to dress up

TRICKED

blazoned

TRICKING

ornamen?††??a?º??et

TRICKSY

elegantly quaint

TRIPLE

third

TROJAN

a cant word for a thief

TROL-MY-DAMES

the name of a game; also called; pigeon-holes

TROTH-PLIGHT

betrothed

TROW

to trust, think

TRUE

honest

TRUNDLE-TAIL

a long-tailed dog

TUCKET-SONANCE

a flourish on the trumpet

TUNDISH

a funnel

TURLYGOOD

a name adopted by bedlam-beggars

TURN

to modulate

TWANGLING

twanging

TWIGGEN

made of twigs, wicker

TWILLED

Retained by woven branches

TWINK

a twinkling

TWIRE

to peep, twinkle

UMBERED

stained, dark, as with umber

UNANELED

without extreme unction

UNAVOIDED

unavoidable

UNBARBED

untrimmed

UNBATED

unblunted

UNBOLT

to disclose

UNBOLTED

unsifted, unrefined

UNBREATHED

unpractised

UNCAPE

to throw off the hounds

UNCHARGED

undefended, applied to the gates of a city

UNCLEW

to unravel, undo

UNCOINED

unalloyed, unfeigned

UNDERGO

to undertake

UNDERTAKER

one who takes up another's quarrel

UNDER-WROUGHT

undermined

UNEATH

hardly

UNEXPRESSIVE

inexpressible

UNFAIR

to deprive of beauty

UNHAPPILY

censoriously

UNHAPPY

mischievous

UNHATCHED

undisclosed

UNHOUSELED

without receiving the sacrament

UNIMPROVED

unreproved

UNION

a pearl

UNJUST

dishonest

UNKIND

unnatural

UNLIVED

bereft of life

UNMANNED

untamed, applied to a hawk

UNOWED

unowned

UNPREGNANT

stupid

UNPROPER

common to all

UNQUESTIONABLE

not inquisitive

UNREADY

undressed

UNRESPECTIVE

inconsiderate

UNSISTING

unresting

UNSTANCHED

incontinent

UNTEMPERING

unsoftening

UNTENTED

unsearchable

UNTRADED

unused, uncommon

UNTRIMMED

spoiled of grace or ornament

UNTRUE

untruth

UNVALUED

invaluable

UPSPRING REEL

a boisterous dance

URCHIN

the hedge-hog

USANCE

usury

USE

interest

UTIS

riotous merriment, which accompanied the eighth; day of a festival

UTTER

to expel, put forth

UTTERANCE

extremity

VADE

to fade

VAIL

to lower

VAILING ?††??a?º??e

lowering

VAINNESS

vanity

VALANCED

adorned with a valence or fringe; applied; to the beard

VALIDITY

value

VANTAGE

advantage

VANTBRACE

armour for the front of the arm

VARLET

a servant, valet

VAST

properly a waste-place, metaphorically, the dead; of night; A gulf

VASTIDITY

immensity

VASTLY

like a waste

VASTY

vast, waste

VAUNT

the van, that which precedes

VAUNT-COURIERS

forerunners

VAWARD

the van, vanguard, advanced guard of an army; Hence, metaphorically, the first of anything

VEGETIVES

herbs

VELURE

velvet

VELVET-GUARDS

literally, velvet trimmings; applied; metaphorically to the citizens who wore them

VENEW

a bout in fencing, metaphorically applied to; repartee and sallies of wit

VENEY

a bout at fencing

VENGE

to avenge

VENTAGES

holes in a flute or flageolet

VERBAL

wordy

VERY

true, real

VIA

int. off with you!

VICE

to screw; the buffoon in the old morality plays

VIE

to challenge; a term at cards; To play as for a wager

VIEWLESS

invisible

VILLAIN

a lowborn man

VINEWED

mouldy

VIOL-DE-GAMBOYS

a bass viol

VIRGINALLING

playing as on the vir?††??a?º??eginals, a kind of a; spinet

VIRTUE

the essential excellence; valour

VIRTUOUS

excellent; Endowed with virtues

VIZAMENT

advisement

VOLUBLE

fickle

VOLUNTARY

volunteer

VOTARIST

votary, one who has taken a vow

VULGAR

the common people; common

VULGARLY

publicly

WAFT

to wave, beckon; To turn

WAFTAGE

passage

WAFTURE

waving, beckoning

WAGE

to reward as with wages

WAILFUL

lamentable

WAIST

the middle of a ship

WANNION

'with a vengeance.'

WAPPENED

withered, overworn

WARD

guard; Prison

WARDEN

a large pear used for baking

WARDER

truncheon

WARN

to summon

WASSAIL

a drinking bout; Festivity

WAT

a familiar word for a hare

WATCH

a watch light; to tame by keeping constantly awake

WATER-GALL

a secondary rainbow

WATER-RUG

a kind of dog

WATER-WORK

painting in distemper

WAX

to grow

WAXEN

perhaps, to hiccough

WEALTH

weal, advantage

WEAR

fashion

WEATHER-FEND

to defend from the weather

WEB AND PIN

the cataract in the eye

WEE

small, tiny; to think

WEED ?††??a?º??e

garment

WEET

to wit, know

WEIGH OUT

to outweigh

WELKIN

the sky; sky-blue

WELL-LIKING

in good condition

WELL SAID

int. well done!

WEND

to go

WESAND

the wind-pipe

WHELK

a weal

WHELKED

marked with whelks or protuberances

WHEN

an exclamation of impatience

WHEN AS

when

WHERE

whereas; a place

WHIFFLER

an officer who clears the way in processions

WHILE-ERE

a little while ago

WHILES

until

WHIP-STOCK

handle of a whip

WHIST

hushed, silent

WHITE

the centre of an archery butt

WHITELY

pale-faced. A doubtful word

WHITING-TIME

bleaching time

WHITSTER

bleacher

WHITTLE

a clasp knife

WHOO-BUB

hubbub

WHOOP

to cry out with astonishment

WICKED

noisome, baneful

WIDOW

to give a jointure to

WIDOWHOOD

widow's jointure

WIGHT

person

WILD

weald

WILDERNESS

wildness

WIMPLED

veiled, hooded

WINDOW-BARS

lattice-work across a woman's stomacher

WINDRING

winding

WINTER-GROUND

to protect (a plant) from frost

WIS ?††??a?º??e

in the compound 'I wis,' certainly

WISH

to commend

WISTLY

wistfully

WIT

knowledge, wisdom

WITHOUT

beyond

WITS

five, the five senses

WITTOL

a contented cuckold

WITTY

intelligent

WOMAN-TIRED

hen-pecked

WONDERED

marvellously gifted

WOOD

mad

WOODCOCK

a simpleton

WOODMAN

a forester, huntsman; A cant term for a wencher

WOOLWARD

shirtless

WORD

to flatter or put off with words; To repeat the words of a song

WORLD

'To go to the world' is to get married; So 'a woman of the world' is a married woman

WORM

a serpent

WORSER

worse

WORSHIP

to honour

WORTH

wealth, fortune

WORTS

cabbages

WOT

to know

WOUND

twisted about

WREAK

vengeance; to avenge

WREAKFUL

revengeful, avenging

WREST

an instrument used for tuning a harp

WRIT

gospel, truth

WRITHLED

shrivelled

WROTH

calamity, misfortune

WRUNG

twisted, strained

WRY

to swerve

XANTHIPPE

Socrate's scolding wife

YARE

ready, being understood

YARELY

readily

YAW

out of control

Y-CLAD

clad

Y-CLEPED

called, named

YEARN

to grieve, vex;

YELLOWNESS

jealousy

YELLOWS

a disease of horses

YEOMAN

a sheriff's officer

YIELD

to reward; To report

YOND

and yonder

YOUNKER

tyro

ZANY

a clown, gull

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