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249 words match “DRAY”

ENCOWL v.
To make a monk (or wearer of a cowl) of. [R.] Drayton.
EXCRUCIATE v.
k; as, to excruciate the heart or the body. Their thoughts, like devils, them excruciate. Drayton.
EXEQUIOUS a.
Funereal. [Obs.] Drayton.
EXTENSURE n.
Extension. [R.] Drayton.
FARLIE n.
An unusual or unexpected thing; a wonder. See Fearly. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Drayton.
FEMALE n.
der sense) which has an ovary and produces ova. The male and female of each living thing. Drayton.
FLUXURE n.
Fluid matter. [Obs.] Drayton.
FORM v.
h a form, as a hare. See Form, n., 9. The melancholy hare is formed in brakes and briers. Drayton.
FORSPEAK v.
To bewitch. [Obs.] Drayton.
FRIM a.
Flourishing; thriving; fresh; in good case; vigorous. [Obs.] "Frim pastures." Drayton.
FRITH n.
A forest; a woody place. [Obs.] Drayton.
FROE n.
A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow. [Obs.] "Raging frantic froes." Draylon.
GEMINAL a.
A pair. [Obs.] Drayton.
GIBBERISH n.
on. He, like a gypsy, oftentimes would go; All kinds of gibberish he had learnt to known. Drayton. Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with. Hawthorne.
GLIMPSE v.
to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. Drayton.
GLUTTON v.
luttoned at last, return at home to pine. Lovelace. Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed. Drayton.
GO-DEVIL n.
A rough sled or dray used for dragging logs, hauling stone, etc. [Local, U. S.]
GYRE v.
To turn round; to gyrate. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. Drayton.
HARLOCK n.
Probably a corruption either of charlock or hardock. Drayton.
HARMLESS a.
Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive. " The harmless deer." Drayton
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