Word origins

• estridgeA surname from Old French.
• conjoinTo join together; to unite; to combine.
• distainTo stain, discolour or tarnish
• tocsinAn alarm or other signal sounded by a bell or bells, originally especially with reference to France.
• PellettA surname from Old French.
• CopestakeA surname originating as an occupation.
• enewTo drive back to the water; to pursue.
• aretTo impute (something) as a fault to or upon someone.
• avauntBegone; depart; used in contempt or abhorrence.
• emblazonTo adorn with prominent markings.
• FolleyA surname from Old French.
• gyrfalconAny large falcon, especially as used to fly at herons.
• goliardA wandering student of the 12th or 13th century, whose convivial lifestyle included minstrelsy and a typical satirical Latin poetry.
• TallantA surname from Old French.
• SenneA surname
• rudimentA fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning.
• entendTo attend to; to apply oneself to.
• corpulenceThe characteristic or state of being corpulent.
• usurerA person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an exorbitant, exploitative, or illegal rate.
• BudgenA surname from Old French.
• prodigalityWasteful extravagance.
• freshetA flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring thaw.
• morphewA blemish or mark on the skin, especially a blister caused by scurvy.
• troverTaking possession of personal property which has been found.
• evangelicevangelical
• scrineA chest or other box for storing valuables.
• moralizeTo make moral reflections (on, upon, about or over something); to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
• AglionbyA village in Wetheral parish, City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4456).
• countermandTo revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.
• raffishCharacterized by careless unconventionality; rakish.
• CotteeA surname from Old French.
• TudgeA surname from Old French.
• jocundJovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness.
• jackbootA glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with German soldiers of the WWII era.
• compendiouscontaining a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized
• CoeyA surname from Old French.
• contumelyOffensive and abusive language or behaviour; scorn, insult.
• prolixityLong-windedness, tiresome length, an excess of words.
• buskinA soft boot reaching to calf or knee height.
• tentationA mode of adjusting or operating by repeated trials or experiments.
• perjureTo knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.
• fraudulenceThe condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.
• pomanderA mixture of aromatic substances, made into a ball and carried by a person to impart a sweet smell or as a protection against infection.
• abatureGrass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.
• abbeysteadThe seat of an abbey.
• abrenunciationAbsolute renunciation; repudiation; retraction.
• accoupleTo join; to couple.
• accourageTo encourage.
• -aciousUsed to form adjectives from nouns and verb stems.
• afforceTo reinforce (a team etc.) with extra people
• afformTo form; model; cause to conform.
• aggregeTo make heavy; to aggravate, make graver.
• agreeanceThe sharing of a view or opinion; agreement.
• aidanceAid; assistance; help.
• alauntA domesticated dog of an extinct breed related to the modern bulldog and mastiff, or modern breeds created in imitation of it.
• albespinewhitethorn; hawthorn
• alluminorAn illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.
• ambsaceTwo ones; the lowest throw at dice; a pair of aces.
• amenanceConduct, demeanor.
• amphibolyAn ambiguous grammatical construction.
• AmyasA male given name from Latin.
• anoilTo anoint with oil.
• anornTo adorn.
• approvanceApproval.
• arageTo enrage.
• assiegeA siege.
• assythmentCompensation or reparation for a criminal offence.
• astoniedIn shock or confusion; bewildered, astonished.
• at a ventureat random, without application of due thought, haphazardly or recklessly
• attemperamentA tempering, or mixing in equal proportion.
• attornmentThe consent of a tenant to the transfer of his relationship to his landlord to another person.
• avaunceTo advance; to profit.
• avenageA quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent.
• aventreTo thrust forward (at a venture), as a spear.
• avouchTo declare freely and openly; to assert.
• BadourA surname.
• balisterA crossbow.
• balistrariaarrowslit (a narrow opening through which arrows can be fired).
• bargaineeThe party to a contract who receives, or agrees to receive, the property being sold.
• barraceThe lists in a tournament.
• barratryThe act of persistently instigating lawsuits, often groundless ones.
• barreterA variable resistor made up of a short length of very fine wire (usually platinum) having a positive temperature coefficient.
• barretterA ballast resistor.
• baselardA type of heavy dagger popular in the 14th and 15th centuries.
• baucanA long red streamer hoisted by ships during the Middle Ages to indicate combat to the death.
• bauchleTo misuse, to bungle.
• bavinA bundle of wood or twigs, which may be used in broom-making.
• bawcockA fine fellow.
• bawsonA badger.
• bawsuntHaving white streaks or spots on a black or bay background (especially of an animal's or a mountain's face).
• BeachemA surname, variant of Beauchamp
• Beachy HeadA high, prominent headland and cliff in Eastbourne borough, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV5895).
• BearparkA village and civil parish in County Durham, England, west of the city of Durham (OS grid ref NZ2343).
• beaupereA father.
• bec de corbinA poleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole.
• bedaubTo smear upon; to soil.
• bergeretA pastoral song.
• blind man's buffA game where one person is blindfolded and tries to catch the other players.
• bohortAn early type of jousting competition in medieval Europe.
• bombaseCotton wool made from raw cotton, typically used as padding in clothing or as a stopper.