Word origins

• pleadera person who pleads in court; an advocate
• bawlTo shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
• vaingloryExcessive vanity.
• hoofedHaving a hoof or hooves; ungulate.
• matriceThe womb.
• unclippedNot clipped.
• fornFore, before; in front of; forward; previously.
• fishmongerA person who sells fish.
• salersalt cellar
• gildenGolden; made of gold.
• ninetiethThe ordinal form of the number ninety.
• derogateTo partially repeal (a law etc.).
• forebayAn artificial pool of water ahead of a larger body of water.
• puissantPowerful, mighty, having authority.
• sandridgeA ridge or bank of sand; sandbank.
• trounceTo beat severely; to thrash.
• fraiseTo put in danger, in terror, or at risk.
• therethroughThrough that.
• midmorningThe middle of the morning.
• nevenTo give as a name to; name; call (someone something).
• faintnessThe property of being or feeling faint.
• beguileTo deceive or delude (using guile).
• rearguardThe rearmost part of a force, especially a detachment of troops that protect the rear of a retreating force.
• trustfulTrusting; willing to trust.
• lewdnessThe quality, state or instance of being lewd; promiscuous.
• elsenAn awl, a pointed tool.
• woadThe plant Isatis tinctoria.
• groopA trench or small ditch.
• buskTo solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
• aforetimeIn time past; in a former time; formerly.
• patronessA female patron goddess or saint.
• herberA garden in which herbs and vegetables are grown; a herbarium
• unreasonLack of reason or rationality; unreasonableness; irrationality.
• pottingerSynonym of porringer (“a small cup or bowl”).
• chervilA leafy herb, Anthriscus cerefolium, resembling parsley.
• propitiationThe act of propitiating; placation, atonement, similar to expiation but also involving the appeasement of anger.
• touseTo rumple, tousle.
• sinewyTough; having strong sinews.
• condescendTo come down or go down; to descend.
• burnishTo make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
• sandpitA place or pit from which sand is excavated.
• limbedHaving limbs.
• freeshipFreedom; liberty.
• pampTo pamper.
• billowA large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of something, such as water, smoke, fabric or sound.
• puttenA village in Gelderland, Netherlands.
• inconstantNot constant; wavering.
• suchlikeOf the same or similar kind.
• lovageA perennial Mediterranean herb, of species Levisticum officinale, with odor and flavor resembling celery.
• miserereAn expression of lamentation or complaint.
• helleboreAny of the common garden flowering plants of the genus Helleborus, in family Ranunculaceae, having supposed medicinal properties.
• charioteerA person who drives a chariot.
• clamberTo climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.
• geomancyA method of divination using earth or the ground, such as interpreting markings on the ground or how handfuls of dirt land when tossed.
• sloeThe small, astringent, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).
• avisionA vision of a prophetic or admonitory nature.
• raseTo be extremely angry; to rage; specifically, of a dog or wolf: to snarl in rage.
• speelTo climb.
• sickenTo make ill.
• languorA state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this.
• HebraicOf or relating to the Hebrew people, language, or culture.
• translucencethe state of being translucent
• reckonerOne who reckons.
• hucksterA peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street.
• revileTo attack (someone) with abusive language.
• ledeA man; a person.
• fishhookA barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing.
• mouseholeA hole through which a mouse enters a room.
• lownCalm, tranquillity.
• bignessSize.
• muckleA great amount.
• churlishOf or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.
• haughtHaughty.
• pridefulFull of pride.
• frotherTo comfort.
• timorousTending to be easily frightened; shy, timid.
• nonpareilUnequalled, unrivalled; unique.
• jujubeThe sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees.
• seamerA person who sews seams.
• beggarlyIn the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
• ratheRipening or blooming early.
• gubbinsFragments; parings; scraps (especially of fish).
• ferdA journey; a voyage.
• stoatMustela erminea, the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip.
• blareTo play (a radio, recorded music, etc.) at extremely loud volume levels.
• breastboneThe central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.
• offtakeTo take off; take away, remove.
• bedchamberA bedroom.
• HalkinA surname from Middle English
• upholstererOne who upholsters furniture, especially a trained craftsman who does so as an occupation.
• boudA weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.
• shepherdessA female shepherd.
• lingeTo work hard.
• ruefulCausing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow, especially in a wry or humorous way.
• equinoctialOf or relating to the spring or autumnal equinox.
• inheritorSomeone who inherits something; an heir.
• redoubtableEliciting respect; awe-inspiring, imposing.
• tilthAgricultural labour; husbandry.
• ravishTo seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
• battlementIn fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.