| Word |
Definition |
| Abjects |
Vile or degraded men; outcasts |
| Acceptation |
Acceptance; approval |
| Adamant |
A very hard rock or mineral |
| Affright |
To scare or frighten |
| Afore |
Prior to; before |
| Agone |
Earlier; Ago |
| Ague |
Fever |
| Ambassage |
A message or a party of messengers |
| Amerce |
To impose a fine as punishment |
| Angle |
Fishhook |
| Anon |
Right away; Immediately |
| Appertain |
Related to; Belonging to; Pertaining to |
| Array |
(1) To set in order or to place things or people in proper arrangement.
(2) to clothe or dress in garments, often decorative or ceremonial.
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| Assayed |
Attempted; Tried; Tested |
| Astonied |
Dazed; Bewildered; Taken by surprise |
| Barked |
Removed the bark from; Stripped bare |
| Beeves |
Domestic bovines; Cattle or Oxen |
| Belied |
Lied about; Spoke falsely against |
| Besom |
Broom |
| Bethink |
Come to one’s senses; Reconsider. |
| Betimes |
Early; Prior to a deadline; Before it’s too late; Urgently; Persistently |
| Bewray |
Reveal; give away a secret |
| Blains |
Blisters, sores, or boils |
| Bolled |
Producing or bearing small, round seed pods |
| Bolster |
Pillow or head support |
| Bondman |
A slave; A person in bondage |
| Botch |
Bulge, boil, tumor, swollen area |
| Brigandine |
Armor or protective clothing |
| Bruit |
Report; rumor; sound; noise |
| Buffet |
To hit, strike, or pummel, generally with one’s fist. |
| Caul |
(1) Tissue around an internal organ, or the protective casing thereto (such as the chest cavity or ribcage is for the heart).
(2) Close-fitting cloth garment worn on the head by women
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| Chambering |
Sexual immorality or indulgence. Promiscuous fornication. |
| Chamberlain |
A chief servant, typically a eunuch, who is in charge of the royal women or the king’s quarters. |
| Chapiter |
The upper part of a column or pillar. |
| Chapmen |
Merchants, traders, peddlers, those who deal in goods |
| Choler |
Intense anger; Fury; Wrath |
| Churl |
One who is harsh, uncaring, and of vile character |
| Clouts |
Scrap cloth used to repair holes in tents or garments; Patch cloth |
| Cogitations |
Considerations, reflections, inner thoughts |
| Collop |
A fold or roll of flesh or fat |
| Comely |
(1) Appropriate, proper, becoming, fitting, right
(2) Attractive in appearance; Beautiful
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| Concision |
Cutting up or mutilation |
| Concupiscence |
Lust or passionate desire |
| Confectionaries |
Those who make perfumes and fragrant oils |
| Contemn |
To despise or mock |
| Cotes |
Enclosures or stables for animals |
| Countervail |
To be or make equal; To supply equal compensation for something |
| Covert |
A shelter or hiding place |
| Cruse |
an earthen pot or container, usually for storing liquids |
| Cumbered |
Weighed down or burdened by; by extension, singularly focused on or busy about |
| Dam |
A female parent; a mother, especially a mother animal |
| Daub |
To cover or coat with an adhesive; to spread plaster or sealant on something |
| Daysman |
One who authoritatively settles a dispute between two parties; a mediator |
| Dayspring |
Sunrise; Daybreak; Dawn |
| Descry |
To see; To look at carefully; to perceive; To examine; To map out |
| Discomfited |
Defeated in battle; scattered |
| Dissembled |
To present something in a false or misleading manner; Conceal the truth |
| Doleful |
Sorrowful or mournful; by extension, crying out, moaning, or wailing |
| Draught house |
A public toilet; A latrine; and an outhouse |
| Durst |
Dared |
| Emerods |
Tumors or growths on the flesh related to illness |
| Ensample |
Example |
| Ensue |
To follow after; Pursue |
| Espied |
Scouted out; Spied on; Discovered or explored |
| Exactors |
Ones who exact taxes or tribute (i.e. a governor or ruler) |
| Fairs |
Wares; Goods; Products sold in commerce |
| Felloe |
The circular rim of the wheel to which the spokes connect |
| Firstling |
Firstborn, typically referring to an animal |
| Fens |
Marshy lowlands or swamps |
| Flagon |
A large bottle or container for liquids, especially alcoholic beverages |
| Flay |
To strip off or remove the skin from the body, whether of an animal or a person; To skin a body |
| Forswear |
to swear falsely; to commit perjury; to deny the truth under oath |
| Fray |
to frighten or scare |
| Gad/Gaddest |
to move or wander about aimlessly from one place to another |
| Grisled |
Speckled or spotted; Dappled |
| Habergeon |
A coat of mail armor that primarily guards the neck and torso. |
| Haft |
A handle, particularly of a sword or dagger; A hilt |
| Hale |
Drag, pull, or haul; By extension, to compel or force someone to come or go |
| Haply |
Perhaps |
| Harrow |
To break up or till the soil; to plow |
| Hart |
A deer, especially a male deer; A buck, or stag |
| Hoar |
White in color; Whitened or grayed with age |
| Holden |
Held; By extension, hindered or restrained |
| Holpen |
The past participle of help |
| Hosen |
Garments covering each of the legs; Breeches, pants, or trousers |
| Hough |
To cut the tendons of the leg; To hamstring |
| Husbandman |
Farmer |
| Implead |
Sue; Prosecute; Take to court |
| Importunity |
Urgency and persistence in solicitation or request |
| Inditing |
Dictating something to be written down |
| Jangling |
Producing a harsh, disagreeable sound; By extension, quarreling and arguing |
| Jot |
The smallest part of a thing; the least component or piece |
| Kine |
Cows; Cattle |
| Knop |
An ornamental knob; By extension, the buds of a flowering plant |
| Lade |
To load or place a burden upon |
| Lees |
Matter that settles in liquid; the dregs |
| Listeth |
Chooses; Wills; Wants; Inclines itself to |
| Lusty |
Healthy; Strong; hearty; Vigorous |
| Mammon |
Riches; Possessions; Material wealth |
| Mantle |
A cloak, cape, or covering garment |
| Marishes |
Marshes or ponds |
| Matrix |
Womb |
| Maw |
The stomach or innards of an animal |
| Meteyard |
A rod to measure the length |
| Mote |
A very small particle; A speck or tiny fragment |
| Murrain |
A plague, pestilence, or disease, often one that affects cattle or livestock |
| Neesings |
Sneezing or snorting |
| Nether |
Lower |
| Nitre |
A nitrate compound (usually sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate) used in fertilizers, preservatives, and explosives. |
| Noisome |
Noxious; Harmful; Highly Obnoxious; Offensive to the senses |
| Obeisance |
To show respect, honor, or worship through bodily posture, usually by bowing or prostrating before someone |
| Offscouring |
Filth; Refuse; By extension, a social outcast |
| Ouches |
Setting for a precious stone |
| Outgoings |
Outer areas; Surrounding limits or boundaries |
| Outwent |
Went or arrived before; Went faster; Outran |
| Paps |
Breasts; Breast area; Chest |
| Paramour |
Lovers, often particularly illicit or adulterous lovers |
| Pate |
The crown of the head |
| Patrimony |
An estate or inheritance passed down from father to son, often over generations |
| Penury |
Poverty, lack, or destitution |
| Peradventure |
Perhaps, possibly, it may be |
| Pilled |
Peeled, stripped, made smooth or bald |
| Plaiting |
Braiding; Something braided |
| Polled |
Cutting hair from the head |
| Prating |
Talking excessively or pointlessly; Babbling; Chattering |
| Pricks |
Spines; Spikes; Thorns |
| Privily |
In a private manner; Secretly |
| Publicans |
People who collect public funds such as taxes, tolls, or tribute |
| Purloining |
Stealing, pilfering, or taking dishonestly |
| Purtenance |
Entrails; Innards; Internal organs, especially the liver, heart, and lungs |
| Quaternion |
A group of four people or things |
| Rampart |
Fortification; Structure serving as a bulwark or defense |
| Ravin |
Plunder or prey obtained by violence |
| Redound |
Produce a result |
| Requite |
Repay; Return; Equally compensate; Retaliate |
| Rereward |
Located or positioned at the rear |
| Ringstraked |
Streaked or striped around the whole |
| Sackbut |
A stringed musical instrument |
| Scall |
Any disease of the scalp resulting in scabs and itching |
| Servitor |
One who is at the service of another; An attendant |
| Shambles |
A butcher’s shop, slaughterhouse, or place for buying meat. |
| Sheepcote |
A pen or enclosure for sheep |
| Shew |
Show, present, demonstrate |
| Sith |
Since |
| Sleight |
Skill, cunning, trickery, deceit |
| Sodden |
Cook by boiling |
| Sottish |
Poor in judgment or stupefied as if drunk; Foolish like a drunkard |
| Stanched |
To stop the flow of a liquid |
| Staves |
Rods or poles, typically of wood; An archaic plural of “staff;” By extension, clubs, spears, javelins, and virtually any other objects made from a single wooden shaft |
| Stomacher |
An ornate garment that covers the stomach and chest |
| Strowed |
Scattered or strewn about |
| Sup |
To dine; To eat, typically by sitting down for a meal |
| Supple |
To make soft or flexible; By extension, to wash the skin with water |
| Suppliants |
People who plead or petition; By extension, worshipers |
| Surfeiting |
To overindulge or do to excess, particularly in eating and drinking |
| Taches |
Buckles or clasps |
| Thitherward |
To that place; Toward there |
| Trode |
Walked or stomped upon; An archaic past-tense form of “tread” |
| Trow |
To believe; To suppose; To think; To trust |
| Unction |
An act of anointing or of treating a wound with salve |
| Untoward |
Perverse or improper |
| Vaunt |
To boast, brag, or speak vaingloriously |
| Verity |
Truth; Something that is true; The quality of being true; Truthfulness |
| Victuals |
Provisions of food; Food supplies |
| Visage |
Appearance |
| Wen |
A growth, cyst, or tumor on the skin |
| Wimples |
An outer garment, covering, or veil wrapped about the head or body |
| Winefat |
A contained area where grapes are tread for making wine; A winepress |
| Wist |
The past participle of “wit,” an archaic verb for “to know” |
| Withs |
Twigs or fibers twisted or braided together to make a rope or cord |
| Wont |
Accustomed; In the pattern of; Used to |
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