Word origins

• horseflyAny of several medium to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly).
• grammarianA person who studies grammar, either scientifically or (traditionally) unscientifically.
• plenitudeFullness; completeness.
• exorciseTo drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.
• abeleThe white poplar (Populus alba).
• forelandA headland.
• aneleTo anoint; to give extreme unction with oil.
• corruptiblebribable, that can be bought
• pedlarA surname.
• abasementThe act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low.
• heckleTo question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses.
• pilloryA framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.
• belterA maker or worker of belts.
• stegTo conceal (data) by means of steganography.
• harangueAn impassioned, disputatious public speech.
• yeomanryA class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land.
• dishonestlyIn a dishonest manner.
• GiffardA surname.
• grounderA ground ball.
• bodkinA small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.
• calverA cow that produces young.
• poesyA poem.
• bemanTo furnish or fill with men; man.
• ribaldCoarsely, vulgarly, or lewdly amusing; referring to sexual matters in a rude or irreverent way.
• bulrushA plant referred to in the story of Moses as growing along the banks of the Nile, which is believed to be the papyrus (Cyperus papyrus).
• tedderA machine for stirring and spreading hay, to speed up its drying.
• officiousObliging, attentive, eager to please.
• BrantonA surname.
• BullisA surname from Middle English.
• LobbA surname.
• wayfaringTravelling, especially on foot.
• equivocationA logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
• frapTo draw together tightly; to secure by many turns of a lashing.
• sileA column; pillar.
• bottlerA person, company, or thing who bottles, especially in bulk.
• avariciousActuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
• waftTo (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
• paramourA person who is the object of one's love, especially in an affair or romance; a lover; also, a sexual partner.
• dropsyEdema, swelling.
• gaynessThe state of being gay (colorful or festive); display or dressiness.
• ickleAn icicle.
• displeaseTo make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly.
• winneJoy; delight; pleasure.
• BoothroydA village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE235215).
• calveTo give birth to a calf.
• floodgateAn adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.
• loiterTo stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly.
• furtivelyIn a furtive manner.
• jostleTo bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside.
• fritterSynonym of pancake, a portion of batter fried on a pan.
• theretoforeUntil that time.
• shipwrightA person who designs, builds and repairs ships, especially wooden ones.
• wassailA toast to health, usually on a festive occasion.
• occidentThe part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.
• gnashTo grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.
• swinkToil, work, drudgery.
• wakenTo wake or rouse from sleep.
• saunterTo stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace.
• bordureA contrasting border around a shield.
• WalchA surname.
• flaxenMade of or resembling flax fibers.
• tempterSomeone or something that tempts, especially a man that tempts.
• BoggessA surname from Middle English.
• tilerA person who sets tiles.
• unevennessThe quality or characteristic of being uneven; irregularity; inconsistency; the lack of smoothness or continuity.
• tractateA treatise.
• bowlineA rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails.
• wheatearAny of various passerine birds of the genus Oenanthe that feed on insects,
• fardTo paint, as the cheeks or face.
• agogIn a state of eager desire; full of anticipation; highly excited with curiosity.
• doffTo remove or take off (something worn on the body such as armour or clothing, or something carried).
• goutySuffering from gout.
• comprendSynonym of comprehend.
• winnowTo subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
• corbelA structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
• abridgmentThe act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
• siceThe number six in a game of dice.
• wyndA narrow lane, alley or path, especially one between houses.
• FittonA surname.
• kerchiefA piece of cloth used to cover the head; a bandana.
• marvellouslyIn a marvellous manner.
• simonyThe buying or selling of spiritual or sacred things, such as ecclesiastical offices, pardons, or consecrated objects.
• underlingA subordinate, or person of lesser rank or authority.
• forasmuchInasmuch, seeing (that).
• penetrativeThat can or does physically penetrate something; piercing, penetrating.
• manshipThe characteristic of being a man; maleness; masculinity; manliness; manhood.
• halseThe neck; the throat.
• smitingThe act of one who smites.
• bevorA portion of plate armour to protect the lower face and the neck, typically in two parts, called upper bevor and lower bevor.
• permuteTo change the order of.
• misruleThe state of being ruled badly; disorder, lawlessness, anarchy.
• unaskedNot having been asked; unspoken, as a question.
• farrandHaving a specified form or disposition; fashioned.
• kenningSight, view; specifically a distant view at sea.
• blasphemeTo commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.
• swatheA bandage; a band.
• scornfullyIn a scornful manner; contemptuously, derisively.
• worldlinessThe quality of being worldly; familiarity with the ways of the world.
• brazeTo cover with brass, or as with brass.
• cowherdOne who herds cattle; a cowboy.