abroad

out of doors

accouchement

Birthing

advertisement

a notice to readers in a book

afeard/afeared

Frightened

affright

frighten (someone)

ague

malaria or a similar illness

aliment

food; nourishment

ambuscade

an ambush

animalcule

a microscopic animal

apothecary

a person who prepared and sold medicine

appetency

a longing or desire

assay

attempt

asunder

apart

audition

the power of hearing

aught

anything at all

avaunt

go away

bane

poison

baseborn

of low birth or social standing

bedlam

an asylum

behold

see or observe

behoof

benefit or advantage

beldam

an old woman

bethink oneself of

remember; recollect

betimes

in good time; early

bibliopole

a dealer in books

bijoux

jewellery; trinkets

billow

a large sea wave

blackguard

a scoundrel

blow

produce flowers or be in flower

bodkin

a dagger

bootless

(of a task) ineffectual; useless

breech

a person's buttocks

bridewell

a prison or reform school for petty offenders

brimstone

sulphur

bruit

a report or rumour

buck

a fashionable and daring young man

bumper

a generous glass of an alcoholic drink

burgess

a full citizen of a town or borough

buss

a kiss

caboose

a kitchen on a ship's deck

cadet

a younger son or daughter

caducity

the infirmity of old age; senility

camelopard

a giraffe

cannonade

bombard

carl

a man of low birth

ceil

line or plaster the roof of (a building)

champaign

open level countryside

chapman

a peddler

chicane

deceive; hoodwink

circumjacent

surrounding

cicisbeo

a married woman's male companion or lover

cispontine

on the north side of the Thames in London

cleanse

restore to health

clerk

a literate or scholarly person

clew

a ball of thread

clout

a piece of cloth or clothing

collogue

talk confidentially

commend

entrust someone or something to

commons

provisions shared in common; rations

communicant

a person who imparts information

compass

encircle or surround

compeer

a companion or close associate

con

study attentively or learn by heart (a piece of writing)

condition

social position

conjure

implore (someone) to do something

contemn

treat or regard with contempt

contumely

insolent or insulting language or treatment

cordwainer

a shoemaker

corrupt

rotten or putrid

corse

a corpse

cottier

a rural labourer living in a cottage

coxcomb

a vain and conceited man; a dandy

coz

cousin

crinkum-crankum

elaborate decoration or detail

crookback

a person with a hunchback

crumpet

a person's head

cruse

an earthenware pot or jar

cully

a friendly form of address for a man

cutpurse

a pickpocket

dame

an elderly or mature woman

damsel

a young unmarried woman

dandiprat

a young or insignificant person

darbies

handcuffs

dark

ignorant

degrade

reduce to a lower rank, especially as a punishment

degree

social or official rank

delate

report (an offence)

demesne

a region or domain

demit

resign from (an office or position)

demoralize

corrupt the morals of

dight

clothed or equipped

discover

divulge (a secret)

disport

frolic

dispraise

censure or criticize

divers

of varying types; several

doit

a very small amount of money

dot

a dowry from which only the interest or annual income was available to the husband

doxy

a lover or mistress

drab

a slovenly woman

drought

thirst

egad

exclamation of surprise, anger, or affirmation

embarrass

hamper or impede

embouchure

the mouth of a river

equipage

gear; equipment

ere

before (in time)

espousal

a marriage or engagement

estate

a particular state, period, or condition in life

esurient

hungry

expectations

one's prospects of inheritance

expiry

death

fain

pleased or willing under the circumstances

fainéant

an idle or ineffective person

fair

beautiful

fandangle

a useless or purely ornamental thing

fane

a shrine or temple

fare

travel

fell

an animal skin; a pelt

feminal

feminine; womanly

fervent

hot or glowing

fie

exclamation used to express disgust or outrage

filibeg

a kilt

fishwife

a woman who sells fish

fizgig

a silly or flirtatious young woman

flux

diarrhoea or dysentery

forfend

avert or prevent (something evil or unpleasant)

forsooth

indeed

fourscore

eighty

freak

a whim

frore

frozen or frosty

froward

(of a person) difficult to deal with; contrary

fruit

offspring

fudge

nonsense

furbish

polish (a weapon)

gadzooks

an expression of surprise or annoyance

gage

a valued object deposited as a guarantee

gallant

a dashing gentleman

gammer

an old woman

garland

a literary anthology

garth

a yard or garden

gaud

a trinket

gentle

noble or courteous

glabriety

baldness

glaciate

freeze over

glebe

a meadow

glim

a candle

go-cart

a baby walker

God's acre

a churchyard

goodly

attractive, excellent, or virtuous

goody

(with a name) an elderly woman of humble position

grateful

received with gratitude

greenwood

a forest

grimalkin

a cat

gudgeon

a credulous person

guerdon

a reward

gyve

a fetter or shackle

habiliment

clothing

halt

lame

handmaid

a female servant

hearken

listen

hence

from here

herbary

a herb garden

hereat

as a result of this

hereunto

to this document

hereupon

after or as a result of this

hie

go quickly

hight

named

hither

to or toward this place

hoar

frost

horse-coper

a person who deals in horses

horseless carriage

a car

host

an army

howbeit

nevertheless

husbandman

a farmer

immedicable

untreatable

imminent

overhanging

indite

write; compose

inscribe

enter the name of (someone) on a list

in sooth

actually

intelligence

news

intelligencer

a person who gathers intelligence

invest

surround (a place) in order to besiege or blockade it

iron horse

a steam locomotive

izzard

the letter Z

jade

a bad-tempered or disreputable woman

jakes

an outdoor toilet

job

turn a public office or a position of trust to private advantage

kickshaw

a fancy but insubstantial cooked dish

kine

cows collectively

kirtle

a woman's gown or a man's tunic

knave

a dishonest or unscrupulous man

larcener

thief

latchet

a narrow thong or lace for fastening a shoe or sandal

laud

praise

laver

a basin or similar container used for washing oneself

learn

teach

leech

a doctor or healer

leman

a lover or sweetheart

let

hinder

levant

abscond leaving unpaid debts

Levant

the eastern part of the Mediterranean

levy

a body of enlisted troops

lief

as happily; as gladly

like enough

probably

loathly

repulsive

lordling

a minor lord

love apple

a tomato

Lucifer

a match

lurdan

an idle or incompetent person

lying-in

seclusion before and after childbirth

magdalen

a reformed prostitute

mage

a magician or learned person

magnify

glorify; extol

maid

a girl or young woman

malapert

presumptuous and impudent

malison

a curse

man-at-arms

a soldier

marry

an expression of surprise, indignation, or emphatic assertion

mayhap

perhaps; possibly

mazed

bewildered

measure

a dance

meat

food of any kind

mechanical

a manual worker

meet

suitable or proper

melodist

a singer

methinks

it seems to me

moil

drudgery

mooncalf

a foolish person

morrow, the

the following day

mummer

an actor in the theatre

natheless

nevertheless

natural

a person born with impaired intelligence

naught

nothing

nay

no

neat

a bovine animal or animals

nice

fastidious

nigh

near

nithing

a contemptible or despicable person

noise (something) about

talk about or make known publicly

nubbing- cheat

a gallows

numbles

a deer's entrails as food

orison

a prayer

orts

scraps; remains

otherwhere

elsewhere

otiose

lazy; slothful

overbrim

spill; overflow

overleap

jump over or across

overset

capsize; flip over

pale

an area within determined bounds or subject to a particular jurisdiction

palfrey

a docile riding horse

pate

a person's head

paynim

a pagan

peccant

sinful; offending

peeler

a police officer

pelf

money, especially when gained dishonestly

peradventure

perhaps

perchance

by some chance

peregrinate

travel or wander from place to place

periapt

a charm or amulet

pest

bubonic plague

pestilence

a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague

peterman

a thief or safecracker

physic

medicinal drugs or medical treatment

picaroon

a scoundrel

piepowder

a traveller or an itinerant merchant or trader

pismire

an ant

pistoleer

a soldier armed with a pistol

plain over

lament; cry over

plight

solemnly pledge or promise (faith or loyalty)

pollard

an animal that has lost its horns or cast its antlers

poltroon

an utter coward

popinjay

a parrot

pore on

think about

portage

the action of carrying or transporting

portion

a dowry

portion

a person's destiny or lot

posy

a short motto or line of verse inscribed inside a ring

potation

a beverage

pouncet-box

a small box with a perforated lid used for holding a substance impregnated with perfume

prithee

please

profess

teach (a subject) as a professor

purblind

short-sighted

purfle

an ornamental or embroidered edge of a garment

pythoness

a woman believed to be possessed by a spirit and to be able to foresee the future

quaggy

marshy or boggy

quality

high social standing

quean

an impudent girl or woman

quick, the

the living

quidnunc

an inquisitive, gossipy person

quiz

look intently at (someone)

quoth

said (in I/he/she quoth)

rack

(of a cloud) be driven by the wind

raiment

clothing

rapscallion

a mischievous person

rathe-ripe

(of fruit) ripening early in the year; (of a person) precocious

reave

carry out a plundering raid

receipt

a recipe

recipe

a medical prescription

recompense

punish or reward appropriately

recreant

cowardly

rede

advice or counsel

reduce

besiege and capture (a town or fortress)

relieve

make (something) stand out

remit

diminish

repair

an abode or haunt

repulsive

lacking friendliness or sympathy

riband

a ribbon

rover

a pirate

rude

ignorant and uneducated

ruth

a feeling of pity, distress, or grief

sables

black mourning clothes

sacring

the consecration of a bishop, a sovereign, or the Eucharistic elements

saddle-bow

the pommel of a saddle

salamander

a red-hot iron or poker

sanative

healing

sanguinary

involving or causing much bloodshed

sap

make (a building, etc.) insecure by removing its foundations

saturnism

lead poisoning

scantling

a specimen, sample, or small amount

scapegrace

a mischievous person; a rascal

scaramouch

a boastful but cowardly person

schoolman

a teacher

science

knowledge

sciolist

a person who pretends to be knowledgeable

scold

a woman who nags or grumbles constantly

scot

a tax-like payment

scrag

a neck

scruple

a very small amount of something, especially a quality

scullion

a menial servant

scurvy

worthless or contemptible

sea coal

mineral coal

sea smoke

fog

seizing

a length of cord or rope on board a ship

sennight

a week

sepulture

burial

shambles

a slaughterhouse

shrift

forgiveness

shrive

(of a priest) absolve (a person making a confession)

silly

helpless; defenceless

sippet

a small piece of bread or toast for dipping into soup or sauce

skirt

an edge, border, or extreme part

slay

kill in a violent way

slipshod

(of shoes) worn down at the heel

slugabed

a lazy person who stays in bed late

small beer

weak beer

smite

defeat or conquer

soak

drink heavily

soft tack

bread, especially as rations for sailors or soldiers

soil

a stain

sooth

truth

sore

extremely; severely

speed

success; prosperity

spence

a pantry or larder

statuary

a sculptor

steed

a horse

stoup

a container for drinking beer, etc.; a flagon

stripe

a blow with a lash

strumpet

a female prostitute or a promiscuous woman

success

a good or bad outcome

suffer

endure; tolerate

surety, of/for a

for certain

swain

a country youth

swash

flamboyantly swagger about or wield a sword

sweeting

darling

sweetmeat

an item of confectionery or sweet food

taiga

a forest

tantivy

a rapid gallop or ride

tapster

a person who serves at a bar

tenter

a person in charge of something, especially factory machinery

thenceforth

from that time, place, or point onward

thereunto

to that

therewith

with or in the thing mentioned

thither

to or toward that place

thrice

three times

tilt with

engage in a contest with

timbrel

a tambourine or similar instrument

'tis

it is

tithe

a tenth

tocsin

an alarm bell or signal

tope

drink to excess

trespass

a sin or offence

trig

neat and smart

trigon

a triangle

troth

faith or loyalty when pledged in a solemn undertaking

truck

an exchange or transaction

turnkey

a jailer

'tween

between

tweeny

a maid who assisted both the cook and the housemaid

twelvemonth

a year

uncle

a pawnbroker

uncommon

remarkably

unhand

release from one's grasp

up to snuff

up to the required standard

usher

an assistant teacher

vale

a farewell; a send-off

varlet

an unprincipled rogue

venery

hunting

verily

truly; certainly

verse

a line of poetry

very

real; genuine

virtue

virginity

visionary

existing only in the imagination

wain

a wagon or cart

wait on/upon

pay a respectful visit to

waits

street singers of Christmas carols

ware of

aware of

wassail

revelry

wast

second person singular past of be

watch

remain awake as religious observance

watchful

wakeful

watchword

a military password

weasand

the oesophagus or gullet

ween

think or suppose; be of the opinion

wench

a girl or young woman

whence

from what place or source

whereat

at which

wherefore

for what reason

wherewith

with or by which

whilom

formerly

white goods

domestic linen

whither

to what place or state

wife

a woman, especially an old or uneducated one

wight

a person of a specified kind

wise

manner, way, or extent

withal

in addition

without

outside

wondrous

wonderfully

wont

accustomed

wonted

usual

wool-stapler

a dealer in wool

wright

a maker or builder

yclept

by the name of

ye

you

yea

yes

yoke

the amount of land that one pair of oxen could plough in a day

yonder

over there

zounds

an expression of surprise or indignation