Word origins

• garsonA young male servant or attendant.
• tupA male sheep, a ram.
• diddleIn percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either RR or LL), similar to the drag, except that by convention diddles are played the same speed as the context in which they are placed.
• weftThe horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.
• dortA sulky or sullen mood; the sulks.
• dernA secret; secrecy.
• pestleA club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
• saplingA young tree, larger than a seedling.
• peppercornThe seeds of the pepper plant Piper nigrum, commonly used as a spice, usually ground or crushed.
• scullA single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
• tortuousTwisted; having many turns; convoluted.
• flumeA ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
• seafaringLiving one's life at sea.
• interminableExisting or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending.
• izzardThe letter Z; zed, zee.
• unseemlyInconsistent with established standards of good form or taste.
• ThanetA local government district which includes the Isle of Thanet in Kent, England.
• elvishOf or having to do with elves; elven.
• huntressA female hunter.
• soullessAs if without a soul; insensitive, unfeeling.
• forsoothUsed as an intensifier, often ironic: indeed, really, truthfully.
• goldfinchA European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
• deathbedThe bed on which someone dies.
• trillA rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it as an ornament; in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.
• waddleA squat, swaying gait.
• boraxA white or gray/grey crystalline salt, found in nature as a mineral, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc.
• reekA strong unpleasant smell.
• phantasmSomething seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.
• liddleA habitational surname.
• melodiousHaving a pleasant melody or sound; tuneful.
• usurpTo seize and hold or use (powers, an office, a coat of arms, a right or copyright, etc) from another, without right (usually by illegitimate means).
• weetTo know.
• nominativeGiving a name; naming; designating.
• afflictTo cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
• sickerCertain.
• watercressA perennial European herb, Nasturtium officinale, that grows in freshwater streams; used in salads and as a garnish.
• hungrilyIn a hungry way or manner; with hunger.
• scoldA person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
• tressA braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
• ordainTo prearrange unalterably.
• sedateOf a person or animal, or their behaviour: calm and composed (often in a dignified manner), and avoiding or unaffected by activity or excitement.
• eggshellThe shell around an egg.
• secondarilyWith lesser importance.
• rapeseedThe seed of the rape plant (Brassica napus), used widely for animal feed and vegetable oil.
• spitefulFilled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.
• defameTo disgrace; to bring into disrepute.
• governessA woman paid to educate children in their own home.
• colanderA bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.
• croakA faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
• abhorTo regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
• elfinAn elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
• riddingan area of land which has been cleared of trees, an assart
• leetA portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves.
• genitiveOf a grammatical case: in an inflected language (such as Greek or Latin), expressing that a thing denoted by a word is related to a thing denoted by another word as its origin or possessor; and in an uninflected language (such as English), expressing origin or possession; possessive.
• imprisonTo put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.
• BeestonA hamlet in Sandy parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref SP1648).
• mortiseA hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint.
• wemA spot, stain, or mark; (by extension) a (moral) blemish or fault.
• kerseyA type of rough woollen cloth.
• interlaceA decorative element found especially in early medieval art
• stealerOne who steals; a thief.
• loachAny true loach, of the family Cobitidae.
• dozeTo sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.
• absolveTo set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
• lierA person or thing that lies, in the sense of being horizontal.
• tawTo prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew.
• welkOf a plant: to wither, wilt, decay.
• dintEspecially in by dint of: force, power.
• schoolmasterA male teacher.
• rivenTorn apart.
• moneTo admonish; advise; explain.
• fetterA chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal, often by its legs.
• lovelinessThe property of being lovely, of attractiveness, beauty, appearing to be lovable.
• SlavA member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.
• forecloseTo repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments; used with on.
• potholeA shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion, weather or traffic.
• morselA small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food.
• clinkThe sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
• bequeathTo give or leave by will; to give by testament.
• WychwoodA national nature reserve in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, originally a royal forest.
• arrasA tapestry or wall hanging.
• ditherTo tremble, shake, or shiver.
• physicRelating to or concerning existent materials; physical.
• whistAny of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
• expoundTo set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length.
• stoneworkConstructions made of stone.
• comfreyAny of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically common comfrey (Symphytum officinale).
• ketchA fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.
• agroundResting on the bottom.
• forestallTo prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
• gnawingsevere or intense
• testamentaryof or pertaining to a will or testament
• despairingFeeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
• knighthoodAn honour whereby one is made into a knight, and whereafter one is entitled to be called Sir.
• dureTo last, continue, endure.
• pennilessLacking even the smallest amount of money.
• swartOf a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
• screedA piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.
• eschewTo avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
• burdockAny of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.