Word origins

• handcrafthandicraft
• incontinentUnable to contain or retain.
• sunderSundry; separate; different.
• excommunicationThe act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.
• ladeTo fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
• chanterOne who chants or sings.
• wendTo direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.
• forcastTo cast away; reject.
• lawfulnessProperty of being lawful, of obeying the law.
• begetTo produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire.
• hideouslyIn a hideous manner.
• motherlyBefitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving.
• gawTo gape or stare.
• inureTo cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries.
• rhetoricallyIn a rhetorical manner.
• shamefullyIn a shameful manner.
• attenderAn attendee; one who attends a course, meeting, school, etc.
• inductTo bring in as a member; to make a part of.
• binkA bench.
• burdmaiden, young woman
• hemorrhoidAn engorged, dilated and easily broken varicosity in the perianal area, often accompanied by intense itching and throbbing pain: piles.
• footmanA soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.
• saddlerSomeone who makes, repairs and sells saddles, harnesses etc.
• chafeHeat excited by friction.
• boveAbove.
• sinlessWithout sin; never having sinned.
• noblyIn a noble manner.
• moulderOften followed by away or down: to cause (something) to decay or rot, or to crumble to pieces.
• hauseA col, a lower neck or ridge between two peaks: a mountain pass.
• resoundTo make (sounds), or to speak (words), loudly or reverberatingly.
• peaceablyIn a peaceable manner.
• hornpipeA musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
• candlewickThe wick of a candle.
• hosingA spraying or washing with a hose.
• carvelSynonym of caravel (“a light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship”).
• naturalnessThe state or quality of being natural.
• courteouslyIn a courteous manner; with obliging civility or condescension; politely.
• meeklyIn a meek manner; quietly and humbly.
• scrawlIrregular, poor handwriting; especially, such writing that is illegible.
• seafarerSomeone whose occupation is operating a ship or boat at sea, for either civilian or military purposes.
• forbearTo keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
• refectoryA dining hall, especially in an institution such as a college or monastery.
• luminaryOne who is an inspiration to others; one who has achieved success in one's chosen field; a leading light.
• quitterMatter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.
• furtiveOf a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy.
• enchantressA woman, especially an attractive one, skilled at using magic; an alluring witch.
• warderA guard, especially in a prison.
• palfreyA small horse with a smooth, ambling gait, popular in the Middle Ages with nobles and women for riding (contrasted with a warhorse).
• jawboneThe bone of the lower jaw; the mandible.
• feignTo make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
• outliveTo live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.
• bollardA strong vertical post of timber or iron, fixed to a wharf, dock, or the deck of a ship, to which the ship's mooring lines or towlines are secured.
• drayAny of various forms of low horse-drawn cart or wagon, often without sides or with removable sides, and used especially for heavy loads.
• augmentativeThat which augments.
• roundlyCircularly.
• stithAn anvil; a stithy.
• shuckThe shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).
• haftThe handle of a tool or weapon.
• BoleynA surname.
• aflameOften preceded by set: in or into flames; so as to be burned by fire.
• arightRightly, correctly; in the right way or form.
• windlassAny of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights.
• amicablyFriendly; in an amicable manner.
• uprootTo tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.
• poneA writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.
• hadeState; order, estate, rank, degree, or quality.
• sprightlyAnimated, gay, or vivacious; lively, spirited.
• grindstoneAn abrasive wheel for sharpening, polishing, or grinding.
• kyeCocoa (the drink).
• bacheThe dale of a stream or rivulet.
• profferAn offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender.
• haplyBy accident or luck.
• scowlThe wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
• tinderSmall dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire.
• leadenMade of lead.
• belchTo expel (gas) from the stomach through the mouth; especially, to do so loudly.
• parsnipA biennial plant, Pastinaca sativa, related to the carrot.
• piteousProvoking pity, compassion, or sympathy.
• puissancepower, might or potency
• shiveA slice, especially of bread.
• psalterSynonym of Psalms, particularly when printed as a separate work from the Bible.
• caponA cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
• stifflyWith stiffness; lacking a smooth flow of movement, or lacking movement altogether.
• mermanA legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.
• festivityA festival or similar celebration.
• afireOn fire (often metaphorically).
• louverA type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.
• gloatTo exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.
• wrangleTo convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending.
• hogwashFoolish talk or writing; nonsense.
• consecrateTo declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.
• unkemptuncombed, dishevelled.
• hauntinglyIn a haunting manner.
• victoriouslyIn a victorious manner; as part of a victory.
• legitimationThe process of making or declaring a person legitimate.
• acceptablyIn an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.
• butcheryThe butchering of meat.
• corrodeTo eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
• foolhardyMarked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.
• filbertThe hazelnut.