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eager,
sour, bitter
ean,
to bring forth (lambs)
eanling,
young lamb
ear,
plough
ecstasy,
excitement, trance, madness
edge,
appetite, desire
effectual,
pertinent, to the point
eftest,
easiest
eftsoons,
soon
egg,
epitome of worthlessness; take eggs for money, accept injury tamely
eisel,
vinegar
eld,
old age, ancient time
elder gun,
pop-gun made from elder wood
element,
sky,
pl,
atmospheric powers
elf,
tangle
embarquement,
embargo, prohibition
emboss,
to drive (a hunted animal) to extremity
embossed,
swollen, foaming at the mouth
embowel,
disembowel
empiric,
quack
emulation,
ambitious rivalry, grudge, envy
emulator,
disparager
encompassment,
winding course, ‘talking round’ a subject
enew,
drive into water
engine,
artifice, plot, mechanical contrivance, rack
engross,
write out in a fair hand; collect, monopolize, fallen
enlarge,
set free
enlargement,
release, liberty
enormous,
disordered, irregular
ensconce,
shelter, hide
enseamed,
defiled with sweat
ensear,
dry up
enshield,
concealed, emblazoned
ensteeped,
lying under water
entertainment,
employment
entreat,
treat, negotiate, intercede
entreatment,
entering into negotiation
envy,
malice, enmity; show malice towards
Ephesian,
boon companion
epicurism,
luxury, excess
equally,
justly, impartially
Erebus,
place of darkness, hell
erected,
active, attentive
ergo,
therefore
eringo,
aphrodisiac sweetmeat
erne,
grieve
erst,
formerly
escot,
support financially
espial,
spy
estimable,
appraising
estimate,
valuation, value, repute
estimation,
value, thing of value, esteem, reputation, conjecture
estridge,
goshawk
Europa,
carried away by Jupiter who had taken the form of a bull
event,
outcome, issue, result
evidence,
evidential documents, title-deeds
evitate,
avoid
exception,
objection, dissatisfaction
exclamation,
loud reproach
excrement,
growth (of hair)
excursion,
rush, passage of arms
exempt,
cut off
exhalation,
meteor
exhale,
draw forth
exhaust,
draw out
exhibit,
to submit, present
exhibition,
allowance of money, gift
expectancy,
hope
expedience,
speed, expedition
expedient,
speedy, direct
expeditious,
immediate, urgent
experimental,
of experience
expiate,
end
extemp’rically,
with skill in improvisation
extend,
be lavish in praise, exaggerate the worth of, take by force
extent,
seizure of property in execution of a writ, attack
extirp,
root out
extracting,
distracting
extravagancy,
wandering
extravagant,
straying, vagrant
eyas,
young hawk
eyas-musket,
young sparrow-hawk
eye-glass,
retina, eye’s lens
eyestrings,
muscles or nerves of eye
 
face,
appearance, appearance of right; to put on a false appearance, brave, bully, brazen, trim
facinorous,
vile
fact,
deed, crime
factious,
seditious
factor,
agent
faculty,
disposition, quality
fadge,
be suitable, succeed
fading,
refrain of a song
fail,
failure, fault; to offend, die
fain,
glad, obliged
fairing,
gift
faithed,
believed
faitor,
cheat, rogue
falchion,
sword, scimitar
falling sickness,
epilepsy
falsing,
deceptive
fame,
rumour, report, reputation; make famous
familiar,
attendant spirit
fancy,
love, whimsicality; to love, fall in love with
fang,
seize
fangled,
foppish
fantastic,
imaginary, fanciful, extravagant
fantasy,
delusion, imagination, fancy, whim
fap,
drunk
farce,
to cram, stuff
farced,
stuffed out
fardel,
bundle, burden
farm,
lease
farthingale,
hooped petticoat
fashions,
disease of horses
fault,
lack, (in hunting) break in the scent
favour,
leniency, something given as a mark of favour, badge, charm, appearance, look, face, feature
feat,
dexterous, graceful; show to advantage; deed
feature,
shape, form, comeliness
fedary,
federary, confederate, accomplice
feed,
pasture
feeder,
servant, parasite, shepherd
fee-farm,
fixed rent for perpetual tenancy
fee-grief,
individual sorrow
fee-simple,
estate belonging to owner and his heirs for ever, absolute possession
felicitate,
happy
fell,
fierce, cruel, enraged; skin, covering of hair or wool, fleece
felly,
section of rim of wooden wheel
fence,
art of fencing, defence; to defend
fere,
spouse
fern seed,
believed to be invisible and to confer invisibility
ferret,
worry
festinate,
hasty
fetch,
stratagem, trick; to draw, derive, strike a blow
fettle,
make ready
fig,
to insult with a ‘figo’
fig of Spain, figo, fico,
scornful gesture made by thrusting the thumb between two of the closed fingers or into the mouth.
fight,
screen for protection of crew in sea battle
file,
catalogue, list, roll, rank, number; to smooth, polish, defile
fill,
fulfil
fill-horse,
shaft horse
film,
fine mesh
fine,
end; to end, pay, fix as sum payable, punish
fire-drake,
fiery dragon, meteor
firk,
thrash
fitchew,
polecat
fitment,
fit equipment, fitting office
fives,
strangles (a horse disease)
flap-dragon
a raisin in burning brandy; to swallow as a flap-dragon
flapjack,
pancake
flatness,
completeness
flaw,
flake of snow, gust, fragment, fault, outburst; to crack, break
fleckled,
dappled
fledge,
fledged, covered with down
fleer,
mock, sneer; to gibe
flesh,
initiate in bloodshed, inflame, gratify
fleshment,
excitement resulting from a first success
flewed,
having large chaps
flight,
fleet, swiftly moving
flirt-jill
, woman of loose character
float,
sea
flourish,
gloss, embellishment, florid decoration, fanfare of trumpets
flush,
full, lusty
flux,
discharge, flowing, stream
fob,
cheat, trick
foin,
thrust
foison,
harvest, plentiful crop
fond,
foolish, silly, trivial, eager, desirous
fool,
professional jester, term of endearment or pity, plaything
foot,
see FOUTRE
footcloth,
saddle cloth
fop,
to dupe, fool
foppery,
folly, deceit
foppish,
foolish
forage,
preying
forbid,
cursed
fordo,
kill, destroy
fordone,
exhausted
forecast,
foresight
forehorse,
first in team
forespent,
previously spent, past
forestall,
condemn in advance
forgetive,
inventive
fork,
forked tongue, barbed arrow-head
forked,
horned
formal,
traditional, dignified, sane
formality,
decorum, regularity
former,
foremost
forsake,
refuse, reject, renounce
forslow,
delay
forspent,
exhausted
fortitude,
strength
forwhy,
because
foutre,
strong expression of contempt, a fuck (French)
fox,
kind of sword
fracted,
broken
fraction,
discord, quarrel, fragment
frame,
contriving, structure, plan; to prepare, go, bring to pass, perform
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