Word origins

• sackclothA coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
• sophistryThe actions or arguments of a sophist.
• predicationA proclamation, announcement or preaching.
• depopulationThe act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated; the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants.
• hostelryAn inn that provides overnight accommodation for travellers (and, originally, their horses).
• numerationThe act of counting or numbering; enumeration.
• privationThe state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
• peevishConstantly complaining, especially in a childish way due to insignificant matters; fretful, whiny.
• pedagogueA teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young.
• soothsayerOne who attempts to predict the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner.
• rineTo touch.
• gormTo gawk; to stare or gape.
• ashyResembling ashes (especially in colour); (of a person’s complexion) unusually pale as a result of strong emotion, illness, etc.
• perturbTo cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed; to cause confusion.
• recueilcompendium, literary compilation
• steeA ladder.
• necromancyDivination involving the dead or death.
• sophisticateTo make (something) less innocent or natural; to artificialize.
• mullionA vertical bar between the panes of glass or casements of a window or the panels of a screen.
• snoodA band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place, including the hair-band formerly worn in Scotland and northern England by young unmarried women.
• quitclaimTo relinquish or release (a claim, title, etc.); to transfer (an interest in property).
• spallA splinter, fragment or chip, especially of stone.
• DalstonA residential area of London in the borough of Hackney, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3484).
• treaderOne who treads.
• milchUsed to produce milk; dairy.
• RosemanA surname.
• temerityReckless boldness; foolish bravery.
• horehoundAny member of species of the genus Marrubium of plants.
• bigamyThe state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.
• daubExcrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.
• OundleA market town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0488).
• turbotAny member of the species Scophthalmus maximus (syn. Psetta maxima) of flatfish native to Europe.
• dayspringThe beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; daybreak.
• trothAn oath, pledge, plight, or promise.
• millinerA person who sells (women's) apparel, accessories, and other decorative goods, especially those originally manufactured in Milan.
• hoosehouse
• exonerateTo relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
• boxenMade of boxwood.
• spurnTo reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
• leisterA spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching fish, particularly salmon.
• striplingA young man in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. .
• succourAid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration.
• footwayA passage reserved only for pedestrians.
• barbelA freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related taxa in the cyprinid family.
• verdureThe greenness of lush or growing vegetation (greenery); also: the vegetation itself.
• swardEarth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod, turf; (countable) a portion of such earth.
• spinneyA small copse or wood, especially one planted as a shelter for game birds.
• prostrationThe act or condition of prostrating oneself (lying face-down), as a sign of humility.
• wretchednessAn unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
• steadfastnessLoyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty.
• murkDark, murky.
• begrudgeTo grudge about or over; be envious or covetous.
• coxswainIn a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.
• balefulPortending evil; ominous.
• chaferOne who chafes.
• guttaA drop (of liquid, especially a medication).
• hillockA small hill.
• hollyhockAny of several flowering plants of the genus Alcea in the Malvaceae family.
• JairA male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
• crooningThe act of creating a croon.
• baleenkeratinous material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale (Mysticeti), which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry.
• MiddelburgA city and capital of Zeeland, Netherlands.
• wantonlyIn a wanton manner.
• footstepThe mark or impression left by a foot; a track.
• bristlyCovered with bristles.
• ferieA holiday.
• delfDiplôme d'étude de langue française, a French-language qualification.
• SwaffhamA market town and civil parish with a town council in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF8209).
• fullingBaptism.
• miscibleAble to be mixed together in all proportions.
• coifA hairdo.
• sequesterTo separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
• HindeAn English surname transferred from the nickname
• foundlingAn abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place.
• sparlingA European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
• moochTo wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.
• treadleA foot-operated pedal or lever that generates motion.
• donatorDonor, one who donates.
• SawbridgeworthA town and civil parish with a town council in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England, which borders on Essex (OS grid ref TL4814).
• bellicoseWarlike or combative in nature; aggressively hostile.
• muffleAnything that mutes or deadens sound.
• doutTo put out; quench; extinguish; douse.
• freckleA small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.
• tansyA herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum vulgare.
• gizzardA specialized organ constructed of thick muscular walls found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs (including crocodilians and birds), earthworms, some gastropods, some fish, and some crustaceans, and used for grinding up food, often aided by particles of stone or grit.
• scapularA short cloak worn around the shoulders, adopted as part of the uniform of various religious orders, later often with an embroidered image of a saint.
• fikeTo feign; dissemble; flatter.
• godsonA male child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.
• palingA pointed stick used to make a fence.
• solidusA Roman ~23k gold coin introduced by Diocletian in AD 301 and called by that name, but reissued at a slightly lower weight by Constantine I.
• clapboardA narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction.
• gannetAny of three species of large seabird in the genus Morus, of the family Sulidae. They have black and white bodies and long pointed wings, and hunt for fish by plunge diving and pursuing their prey underwater.
• foreseeingThe act by which something is foreseen; a prophetic vision.
• profundityThe state of being profound; magnitude, gravity, or intensity.
• fishtailThe tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.
• conjurationConjuring, legerdemain or magic.
• vairA type of fur from a squirrel with a grey back and white belly, much used on garments in the Middle Ages.
• bishopricA diocese: a region in which a bishop of a church governs.
• crumpleA crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.
• CanuteA male given name from the Germanic languages used in England from the eleventh to the thirteenth century.