Word origins

• BotelerA surname originating as an occupation, cognate to the common noun butler.
• fledgeTo care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.
• daffA fool; an idiot; a blockhead.
• impoverishTo make poor.
• agrimonyAny of several perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Agrimonia, that have spikes of yellow flowers.
• coadjutorAn assistant or helper.
• BollingtonA town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East borough, and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9377).
• JewessA female Jew.
• inlawTo clear of outlawry or attainder, to return to the protection of the law
• sorrowfullyIn a sorrowful manner; with sorrow and regret.
• ecclesiasticOf or pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical.
• stridA place where a chasm or gorge is narrow enough to be crossed.
• fratricideThe killing of one's brother (or sister).
• unprovableThat cannot be proved or verified by any test.
• avowTo declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
• assizeA session or inquiry made before a court or jury.
• JaphethThe third son of Noah, brother to Shem and Ham, who received a blessing from God with Shem, considered to be the ancestor of the Japhetic people(s) (associated approx. with Indo-Europeans and Turkic peoples).
• hundredfoldMultiplied by a hundred.
• unsupportableNot able to be supported or endured.
• mattockAn agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe.
• indurationHardness.
• waggleTo move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
• corpulentLarge in body; fat; overweight.
• tinctA tint or colour.
• unctuousHaving the nature or properties of an unguent or ointment; greasy, oily.
• FinchamA village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, East, England, United Kingdom
• fetcherA person or thing that fetches something
• letticeA kind of whitish-grey fur from the winter coat of the least weasel.
• miscastTo cast or reckon incorrectly.
• bluetAny of several different plants, from several genera, having bluish flowers.
• bleeColor, hue.
• sagelyIn the manner of a sage, with wisdom, wisely; sagacious.
• heddleA component in a loom, being one of a number of similar components, through the eye of each of which a distinct strand of the warp is threaded.
• runkleA wrinkle or crease.
• sidelongDirected to the side; sideways.
• hornlessWithout horns.
• walmTo roll; to spout; to boil up.
• spitalA charitable house to receive and care for sick people, later distinguished from a hospital as being especially for those of a low class or meagre financial means.
• goutteA charge in the form of a teardrop shape, originally with wavy sides, but now often with straight sides.
• bleckAny black fluid substance, as in blacking for leather, or black grease.
• houselThe Eucharist.
• alackAn expression of sorrow or mourning.
• tristessesadness
• fennyCharacteristic of or resembling a fen (“characteristically alkaline wetland containing peat below the waterline”); marshy, swampy; also, of land: containing a fen or fens.
• dimnessThe state of being poorly illuminated, almost dark.
• escheatThe return, conversion, or vesting of property of a deceased person or closed business to the government (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants. It is known as bona vacantia in the United Kingdom.
• dauntTo discourage, intimidate.
• merlionOften Merlion: a symbolic creature having the head of a lion and the body of a fish, which is a national symbol of Singapore; an image, statue, or other depiction of this creature.
• laithshed, barn
• conyA rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).
• conduceTo cause (something) to occur; to bring about.
• earldomThe rank of being an earl.
• amableFriendly, pleasant.
• imbecilityThe quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, especially of mind.
• bounteousInclined to be generous.
• handsawA saw small enough to be used by one hand.
• humblenessModesty, humility; the property of being humble.
• haughtinessThe state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.
• FrenchwomanA French woman; a woman of French ancestry, descent or citizenship.
• betideOften used in a prediction (chiefly in woe betide) or a wish: to happen to (someone or something); to befall.
• emolumentPayment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.
• wackenWatchful.
• wisseTo show, teach, inform, guide, direct.
• pentangleA pentagram.
• feerTo mark (a field) with furrows before ploughing.
• mellifluousFlowing like honey.
• unkindlyNot kind, lacking in friendliness, warm-heartedness or sympathy.
• linimentA topical medical preparation intended to be rubbed into the skin with friction, as for example to relieve symptoms of arthritis.
• devourerOne who devours.
• strakeAn iron fitting of a traditional wooden wheel, such as a hub component or bearing (e.g., box, bushel), a cleat, or a rim covering.
• retchTo make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit.
• savableCapable of being saved.
• unreadyNot yet mature; not yet ripe.
• chirkTo become happier.
• galangalAny of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga.
• beardlessLacking a beard.
• preciousnessThe state or condition of being precious.
• dissimulationThe act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.
• glomTo take.
• filchTo illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.
• eightiethThe ordinal form of the number eighty.
• purpureA purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.
• upmostUppermost.
• blasphemerOne who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God.
• cheekboneThe small prominent bone of the cheek.
• FurseA surname from Old English.
• alonenessThe state of being alone; solitude, isolation.
• taillessWithout a tail; not having a tail.
• prioressA nun in charge of a priory (usually lower in rank than an abbess); mother superior.
• bluntnessThe characteristic of being blunt.
• athwartFrom side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over.
• godhoodSynonym of divinity: the state of being a god or God.
• blameworthyDeserving blame or censure; reprehensible.
• targeA small shield.
• propoundTo put forward; to offer for discussion or debate.
• immoderateNot moderate; excessive.
• accomptAccount.
• welkinThe sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.
• insatiateThat is not satiated; insatiable.
• hasletThe internal organs of an animal, especially the heart and liver of a pig.