Word origins

• shockA sudden, heavy impact.
• wake(often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
• drumA percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
• slipTo lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
• martA shop, a store, a market.
• dockAny of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
• clampA brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together.
• spitA thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
• exciseA tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
• scrabbleTo scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws.
• kempA coarse or bristly hair, whisker; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt.
• measlesAn acute and highly contagious disease which often afflicts children caused by the virus Measles morbillivirus and causing red rashes, fever, runny nose, coughing, and red eyes.
• snuffFinely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
• scampA rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well.
• onslaughtA fierce attack.
• GhentThe capital city of the province of East Flanders, Belgium.
• stokerA person who stokes, especially one on a steamship or steam train, who stokes coal in the boilers.
• bruinA folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos.
• haarThick, cold, wet fog along the northeastern coast of Northern England and Scotland.
• rutterA horseman or cavalryman, especially a German one, associated with the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries.
• smeltAny small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.
• brackishOf water, salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
• sauterA surname.
• measlyParticularly of pigs or pork: infected with larval tapeworms or trichinae (parasitic roundworms).
• speckleA small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
• dabbleTo make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid (such as water, mud, or paint) on it; to bedabble.
• FlatbushA large neighborhood in central Brooklyn, New York, New York that was the site of Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
• mutchA nightcap (hat worn to bed).
• BaarA surname.
• vlyA small swampy or marshy area, especially near a stream.
• groatHulled grain, chiefly hulled oats.
• whitlowInflammation and/or infection in the cuticle and/or the nailbed of a fingernail or toenail.
• guldenAn old currency of the Netherlands (and its former overseas territory the Netherlands Antilles or the Dutch East Indies).
• wrackThe remains of something; a wreck.
• MidwoodA neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.
• margraveA feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.
• manakinAny of several small Central and South American passerine birds of the family Pipridae.
• hoiseTo hoist.
• DiederikA male given name from Dutch.
• pinerA torturer.
• mercatMarket; trade.
• scrodAny cod, pollock, haddock, or other whitefish.
• plackA coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries.
• catkinA type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.
• spelterzinc, often in blocks or ingot form.
• BrakkeA surname from Dutch.
• callantlad, boy
• drumsladeA drum.
• fimbleTo fumble; do (anything) imperfectly or irresolutely.
• finikinExcessively dainty or fastidious.
• fleechTo wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter.
• flittermouseA bat (a flying mammal).
• frowA woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.
• griftA confidence game or swindle.
• hoydenA rude, uncultured or rowdy girl or woman.
• meerkittenAn infant or juvenile meerkat.
• mimmerTo dote; dream; mammer.
• mimmeringDoting; dreaming; mammering.
• minikinA young person, especially a young woman.
• mutchkinA unit of fluid capacity approximately equal to three-quarters of an imperial pint (0.43 litres)
• New ZealandA rabbit of a breed that originated in California from rabbits imported from New Zealand.
• pleytA riverboat.
• -scapeform, formation, shape
• stadtholderThe chief provincial magistrate, military commander, and, as a member of the House of Orange, highest-ranking noble in the Dutch Republic, who often served as a de facto head of state alongside the States General; the position became hereditary in 1747
• stotAn inferior horse.