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473 words match “HOLLA”

JAG n.
Arethuss arose . . . From rock and from jag. Shelley. Garments thus beset with long jags. Holland.
JAVELINIER n.
A soldier armed with a javelin. Holland.
JOINT v.
ints, as meat. "He joints the neck. Dryden. Quartering, jointing, seething, and roasting. Holland.
JOUST v.
ghts in the lists; to tilt. [Written also just.] For the whole army to joust and tourney. Holland.
JUSTICESHIP n.
The office or dignity of a justice. Holland.
KECKLISH a.
Inclined to vomit; squeamish. [R.] Holland.
KERNELLY a.
Full of kernels; resembling kernels; of the nature of kernels. Holland.
KEX n.
y husk or covering. When the kex, or husk, is broken, he proveth a fair flying butterfly. Holland.
KIND a.
native. [Obs.] Chaucer. It becometh sweeter than it should be, and loseth the kind taste. Holland.
KINDLE v.
To bring forth young. [Obs.] Shak. The poor beast had but lately kindled. Holland.
KIRMESS n.
In Europe, particularly in Belgium and Holland, and outdoor festival and fair; in the United States, generally an indoor entertainment and fair combined.
KITCHEN-RY n.
The body of servants employed in the kitchen. [Obs.] Holland.
KNAG n.
The prong of an antler Holland.
KNAP n.
ising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop. The highest part and knap of the same island. Holland.
KNAVISHLY adv.
In a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently. Holland.
KNIT v.
close. "It remaineth to knit up briefly with the nature and compass of the seas." [Obs.] Holland.
KNITCH; KNITCHET n.
they [stems of asphodel] be dried, they ought to be made up into knitchets, or handfuls. Holland.
KNOCK n.
or admittance; a rap. " A knock at the door." Longfellow. A loud cry or some great knock. Holland. Knock off, a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.
LASCIOUS a.
Loose; lascivious. [Obs.] "To depaint lascious wantonness." Holland.
LASK n.
A diarrhea or flux. [Obs.] Holland.
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