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A woman who is an imitator.

A woman who imposes upon or deceives others. [R.] Fuller.

A woman in love; a mistress. "The fair inamorata." Sherburne.

A woman who is unknown or in disguise.

An ingenuous or naïve girl or young woman, or an actress representing such a person.

spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an insipid composition. Flat, insipid, and ridiculous stuff to him. South. But his wit is faint, and his salt, if I may dare to say so, almost insipid. Dryden.

A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.

A woman who invents. Dryden.

ar baker's itch, a variety of eczema, due to the action of sugar upon the skin. -- Washerwoman's itch, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring among washerwomen.

Recital or performance a second time; repetition. Bacon. What needs this iteration, woman Shak.

A disreputable or vicious woman; a wench; a quean; also, sometimes, a worthless man. Shak. She shines the first of battered jades. Swift.

Unchaste; -- applied to a woman. L'Estrange.

A Hebrew woman.

A bold, vicious woman; a termagant. Spectator.

A young woman; a sweetheart. See Gill. Beau. & Fl.

A light, giddy, or wanton girl or woman. See Gill-flirt.

A woman who capriciously deceives her lover; a coquette; a flirt. Otway.

A woman who has a jointure. [Written also jointuress.] Blackstone.

An outer garment worn in the 18th century; esp., a woman's riding habit, buttoned down the front. Fairholt.

To give entertainment to; to feast. The good woman took my lodgings over my head, and was in such a hurry to junket her neighbors. Walpole.