Word origins

• candlerA person who makes candles; a chandler.
• grislyHorrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying.
• fornicationSexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other, or which is considered illicit in another way.
• HexhamA market town and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, England; historically the county town of Hexhamshire (OS grid ref NY9363).
• barbarybarbarian; non-Christian
• weanTo cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.
• sheafA quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
• MacedonAncient Macedonia.
• dingyDark, dull.
• undesiredNot desired; unwanted.
• sullenHaving a brooding ill temper; sulky.
• upstartOne who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not received social acceptance or has become arrogant or presumptuous.
• gloriouslyIn a glorious manner.
• worstedYarn made from long strands of wool.
• nevermoreNever again; at no time in the future.
• sanguineHaving the colour of blood; blood red.
• brenTo burn (to set ablaze).
• vagrantA person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer.
• bightA corner, bend, or angle; a hollow
• AhabA king of Israel, mentioned in the Bible.
• prolongationThe act of prolonging.
• pounceA type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.
• valourIndividually sustained verve or passion.
• mightilyWith much physical force, power, or strength; also, with divine or superhuman power or strength.
• unwieldyLacking strength; weak.
• snubConspicuously short.
• coarselyIn a coarse manner.
• raffA disorderly heap; a jumble; a large quantity
• pratA cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke.
• behestA command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of and at one's behest.
• charmerA charming person; one who charms or seduces; a smoothie.
• infirmWeak or ill, not in good health.
• scabiesAn infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing intense itching caused by the mites burrowing into the skin of humans and other animals. It is easily transmissible from human to human; secondary skin infection may occur.
• burlyLarge, well-built, and muscular.
• mangeA skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).
• ferventlyIn a fervent manner.
• conclaveThe set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place.
• aventailA curtain or flap of mail, fastened to a helmet, or to a coif (hood) of mail, covering the lower face, neck, and shoulders.
• magnificencegrandeur, brilliance, lavishness or splendor
• peddlerAn itinerant seller of small goods.
• fayreFair, beautiful.
• ElsonA surname.
• scudNaked.
• fumigationThe act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
• gaudyVery showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.
• swoonA faint.
• buckskinThe skin of a male deer, a buck.
• brainyVery intellectually capable.
• gentlewomanA woman of the nobility.
• froshA frog.
• affirmativelyIn an affirming manner.
• slurAn insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.
• bookmanOne who held bookland.
• refurbishTo rebuild or replenish with entirely new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance; to renovate.
• ambitThe extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc.
• flatnessThe state of being flat
• riggA strong, stormy wind (now chiefly in the phrase "Michaelmas riggs").
• whiskerThat part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.
• clackAn abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.
• whiffA brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
• WhitsundayThe Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls, seven weeks after Easter.
• hearseA framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.
• approbationThe act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official recognition.
• confoundTo perplex or puzzle.
• chasseA reliquary casket.
• christenTo perform the religious rite of baptism upon; to baptize.
• underwriteTo write below or under; subscribe.
• tuskOne of a pair of elongated pointed teeth (either cuspids or incisors) that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow throughout the animal's life.
• preceptorA teacher or tutor.
• sainTo make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone.
• gravera burin
• makenA surname.
• sayerOne who says; one who makes announcements; a crier.
• tarryTo delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
• subjectionThe act of bringing something under the control of something else.
• hoarseHaving a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.
• vexedannoyed, irritated or distressed
• slingerSomeone who, or something that, slings or uses a sling.
• gainwardToward; facing; over against.
• haggleTo argue for a better deal, especially over prices between a buyer and seller.
• poeticalSynonym of poetic.
• staggerAn unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.
• gantryA framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
• princelyRelating to a prince.
• clepTo chatter, gossip, tell tales.
• slitherTo move about smoothly and from side to side.
• jugglerA person who practices juggling (trick of throwing and catching balls or similar).
• prepositionAny of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.
• SpiveyA surname from Middle English.
• rachA dog that hunts by scent.
• lionessA female lion (animal).
• shooTo induce someone or something to leave.
• sucklingAn infant that is still being breastfed (being suckled) by its mother.
• scytheAn instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath.
• heavingCrowded with people.
• homilyA sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.
• pensiveEngaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.
• boisterousFull of energy; exuberant; noisy.
• sateTo satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.
• HolyroodAn area of Edinburgh, Scotland, the home of the Scottish Parliament.