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471 words match “HOLLAND”

ODORANT a.
Yielding odors; fragrant. Holland.
OELET n.
An eye, bud, or shoot, as of a plant; an oilet. [Obs.] Holland.
OFFENDANT n.
An offender. [R.] Holland.
OPINABLE a.
Capable of being opined or thought. Holland.
ORDURE n.
Defect; imperfection; fault. [Obs.] Holland.
ORFRAY n.
The osprey. [Obs.] Holland.
OSSE n.
A prophetic or ominous utterance. [R. & Obs.] Holland.
OTHERWHILE; OTHERWHILES adv.
ther time, or other times; sometimes; [Archaic] Weighing otherwhiles ten pounds and more. Holland.
OVANT a.
Exultant. [Obs.] Holland.
OVERDEAL n.
The excess. [Obs.] The overdeal in the price will be double. Holland.
OVERHIP v.
by, or as by a hop; to skip over; hence, to overpass. [Obs.] "When the time is overhipt." Holland.
OVERTAKE v.
Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken. [Obs.] Holland.
PELL v.
To pelt; to knock about. [Obs.] Holland.
PENNACH n.
A bunch of feathers; a plume. [Obs.] Holland.
PENNAGE n.
Feathery covering; plumage. [Obs.] Holland.
PENSIONARY n.
One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland. Grand pensionary, the title of the prime minister, or or president of the Council, of Holland when a republic.
PESTER v.
vercrowd; to infest. [Obs.] Milton. All rivers and pools . . . pestered full with fishes. Holland.
PHYSIOGNOMIST n.
One who tells fortunes by physiognomy. Holland.
PILGRIM a.
They were separatists from the Church of England, and most of them had sojourned in Holland.
PILL n.
e peel or skin. [Obs.] "Some be covered over with crusts, or hard pills, as the locusts." Holland.
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