Word origins

• cupfulThe amount necessary to fill a cup.
• spangA shiny ornament or object; a spangle
• leamTo gleam; shine; glow.
• charnelA chapel attached to a mortuary.
• broodyOf birds: sitting persistently and protectively on a nest, in order to hatch eggs.
• violeTo violate, especially to rape.
• minchA nun.
• fustA strong musty smell; mustiness.
• manfullyIn a manful manner; with the characteristics considered typical of a man, such as strength, courage, and determination.
• ProvanA surname from Middle English.
• coltsfootAn herbaceous plant, species Tussilago farfara, that grows in Europe and the Middle East; yellow coltsfoot.
• slacknessThe state of being slack; the quality of having slack.
• behooveTo befit, to suit.
• seemlyOf behavior, appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming.
• demoniacPossessed or controlled by a demon.
• ZephyrusThe Ancient Greek god of the west wind, supposed to be the gentlest of the winds and the messenger of spring. His parents are Eos/Aurora and Astraeus, and his brothers are Boreas, Notus and Eurus, (the Anemoi), and the Astra Planeta. His wife is Chloris and their son is Karpos. His Roman counterpart is Favonius.
• penuryExtreme need or want; destitution, poverty; (countable) an instance of this.
• wainscotAn area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
• maidservantA female servant; a maid.
• sheepfoldAn enclosure for keeping sheep.
• marvellingThe act of one who marvels; amazement.
• plentifullyIn a plentiful manner.
• didderTo rattle or shiver.
• historialSynonym of historical or historic.
• 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.
• ventersA surname from Middle English.
• 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
• GoodsellA surname from Middle English.
• 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.