Word origins

• persecutorA person or thing that persecutes or harasses.
• slobberLiquid material, generally saliva, that dribbles or drools outward and downward from the mouth.
• bunterOne who bunts.
• burgherA citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.
• herdmanSomeone who herds animals; a herdsman.
• gallyCharacterised by or resembling gall; bitter.
• swithStrong; vehement.
• circumciseTo surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis of.
• songerA singer (of songs); a songster.
• neepThe swede (rutabaga); turnip.
• practicA person concerned with action or practice, as opposed to one concerned with theory.
• mollifyTo ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
• AfricAfrican.
• bedclothesSheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed.
• brandishTo move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.
• bastonA staff or cudgel.
• CockayneA surname from Middle English.
• cruddyFull of crud.
• workadaySuitable for everyday use.
• linchA ledge, a terrace; a right-angled projection; a lynchet.
• unfruitfulNot bearing fruit.
• PardewA surname.
• paschPassover.
• EnglishwomanA female native or inhabitant of England; a woman who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.
• chaffinchA small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family, found throughout Europe and eastward to Iran and eastern Mediterranean coastlands.
• bedsheetA sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen.
• womankindWomen, taken collectively.
• niterA mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder.
• penknifeA small pocketknife; (loosely) any pocketknife.
• watchetA light blue colour.
• courserA dog used for coursing.
• perforateIPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈpɜː.fə.ɹeɪt/
• enthrallTo hold spellbound.
• cordwainerA shoemaker.
• splotA spot; splotch.
• servietteA table napkin, now especially a paper one.
• amiablyIn an amiable manner; in a friendly or pleasant manner.
• fulsomeOffensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.
• marcherAn inhabitant of a march (border country); specifically, a marcher lord.
• avensA plant of the genus Geum, especially Geum urbanum, or herb bennet.
• legerdemainSleight of hand; "magic" trickery.
• strubTo rob, plunder; clear out completely; to strip.
• churchtownIn the southwest of England, a hamlet or village distinguished by being the location of a parish church.
• dilatoryIntentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.
• willerOne who wills; who causes by an act of will or willpower.
• EstlandSynonym of Estonia
• touchableCapable of being touched; tangible or palpable.
• distilTo exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
• unbuttonTo open (something) by undoing its buttons.
• eathEasy; not hard or difficult.
• appositionA construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.
• seetheOf a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.
• pintleThe penis.
• synodalA monetary tribute formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest.
• BlacklockA surname from Middle English.
• LucinaAn epithet of the Roman goddess Juno or (less often) Diana in the role of goddess of childbirth, midwives, and newborns.
• wontedUsual, customary, habitual, or accustomed.
• yelpingThe act of producing a yelp.
• obdurateStubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
• ChristabelA female given name.
• GuilleminSynonym of Williamite (“member of the Hermits of Saint William”).
• ransackTo search (a place, through things, etc.) thoroughly, especially when vigorous and leaving behind a state of disarray.
• overstepTo go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
• talerA talker; a teller
• pomposityThe quality of being pompous; self-importance.
• mastershipThe state or office of a master.
• mayoraltyThe office of a mayor, or the tenure during which a particular mayor holds office, where the time span may encompass one term or multiple terms.
• zaxA tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.
• MorvilleA village and civil parish west of Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO6694).
• pythonicOf or pertaining to, or resembling, a python (“large constricting snake of the family Pythonidae”); pythonlike.
• footlessWithout feet.
• putrefactionThe act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
• pottageA thick soup or stew, made by boiling vegetables, grains, and sometimes meat or fish, a staple food throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
• liggerThe horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a ledger.
• manservantA male servant.
• damsonA subspecies of plum tree, Prunus domestica subsp. insititia, native to Eurasia.
• ancientlyIn the manner of very long ago. As the ancients did.
• betonyAny plant of the genus Stachys.
• sufferanceEndurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity.
• barrennessThe property of being barren; the property of not supporting life.
• CanonburyA suburb of London in the borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3284).
• HuishA locality in Instow parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS4829).
• henbaneAny member of the species Hyoscyamus niger of poisonous plants, used sometimes as a drug that causes at least hallucinations, dilated pupils, restlessness, and flushed skin.
• sokeA soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines).
• cutworkA form of embroidery in which intervening fabric is cut away.
• spermaticOf, pertaining to, or resembling sperm.
• ethnicalEthnic.
• hellierOne who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher.
• meaderA mower.
• kindomSynonym of kingdom.
• digneworthy; honourable; deserving; suitable.
• tediouslyIn a tedious or wearisome manner.
• outriderA guide or escort, especially one who rides in advance.
• circumspectionAttention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; consideration of all that is pertinent.
• undoubtablyWithout doubt.
• sculleryA small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done.
• bedfellowOne with whom one shares a bed.
• castrateA castrated man; a eunuch.
• quadrangularHaving the shape of a quadrangle; in the shape of a quadrangle.
• clouterOne who clouts or strikes.