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spital,
hospital
spleen,
bodily organ regarded as the seat of emotions; impetuosity, ill-humour
spoil,
plundering, prey, ruin; plunder, seize, destroy
spot,
stain, disgrace, embroidered pattern
spring,
fountain, source, shoot of a plant
springe,
snare for birds
springhalt,
disease of horse characterized by twitching and lameness
spurn,
kick, insult, blow; to kick, oppose scornfully
square,
fair, just; carpenter’s set-square, measure, rule; body of troops in square formation, square of material in bosom of a dress; to regulate, quarrel (among), be at variance
squarer,
quarreller
squash,
unripe peapod
squiny,
look asquint
staff,
shaft of lance, lance, stanza
stagger,
hesitate, waver
staggers,
giddiness
stain,
tinge, to eclipse, dim, be obscured
stair,
ladder
stair-work,
furtive love-making
stale,
decoy, bait, prostitute, laughing-stock, urine (of horses)
stall,
install, keep, dwell, bring (a hunted animal) to a stand
stamp,
stamping tool, coin, medal, distinguishing mark, imprint; to impress, mark with an impression, give approval to
stanch,
satisfy
stanchless,
insatiable
stand,
place where one stands in ambush or in hiding; confront, oppose, stand firm;
stand at a guard with
, be fully protected against; stand on, upon, insist on, persist in, depend on, rely on, concern, be the duty or interest of; stand to, have an erection, support, maintain, be firm in, persist in;
stand to it
, maintain a cause, take a stand
standard,
standard-bearer
staniel,
kestrel
stare,
(of hair) stand on end
start,
sudden invasion, sudden flight, impulse; to startle, rush
starting-hole,
refuge, loop-hole
starve,
die, die of cold, kill or benumb with cold
state,
condition, condition of health or prosperity, rank, dignity, chair of state, throne, nobles, ruling body, government
station,
way of standing, attitude
statist,
statesman
statute,
bond, mortgage
statute-cap,
woollen cap ordered in 1571 to be worn on Sundays and holy days by all below a certain rank
stay,
obstacle; detain, stand, stand firm, wait (for), attend on
stead,
to be of use to, help
stell,
to fix, portray
stern,
rudder
stew,
brothel, stewpan
stick,
stab, be fastened or fixed, hesitate
stickler-like,
like an umpire
stigmatic,
deformed person
stigmatical,
deformed
still,
always, continually
stillitory,
apparatus for distillation
stilly,
softly
sting,
sexual desire
stint,
stop
stithy,
forge
stoccado,
thrust with a rapier
stock,
block of wood, person without feeling, stocking, dowry; set in the stocks
stockfish,
dried cod or other fish, beaten before cooking
stockish,
blockish, unfeeling
stomach,
appetite, inclination, temper, courage, pride, anger; resent
stomacher,
ornamental front over which the bodice was laced
stone,
mirror, thunderbolt, testicle; turn to stone
stone-bow,
cross-bow used for shooting stones
stoop,
(of a bird of prey) swoop
stop,
hole in a wind-instrument, stopped to produce a difference in pitch, fingering of musical chords, fret of a lute; staunch, heal
store,
breeding, increase; to populate
stout,
bold, strong, proud
stoutness,
stubborn pride
stover,
fodder for cattle
strain,
race, character, kind, class, tune; clasp, force, constrain; urge
strait,
narrow, tight-fitting, strict, niggardly; narrow place, difficulty
strange,
foreign, new, not knowing, unfriendly, cold, shy
strange-achieved,
gained at a distance and for others
strange-disposed,
of unusual character
strangely,
coldly, without greeting, as a stranger, to an extraordinary degree, in an unusual way
strangeness,
behaving as a stranger, aloofness, reserve
strappado,
torture in which victim was hoisted up by his arms, which were tied behind his back, then let down halfway with a jerk
stratagem,
deed of violence
straw,
wisp of straw, mark of disgrace for a scolding woman
stray,
body of stragglers; lead astray
strength,
authority, legal power, body of troops
strewment,
strewing of flowers
stricture,
strictness
strike,
to lower (sail), blast, destroy, tap (a cask)
strong-house,
fortified residence, castle
strossers,
trousers
stubborn
, inflexible, stiff, rude, harsh, ruthless
stuff
, semen; cloth
style, title
subduement
, conquest
subjection
, duty as, or of, a subject
submission
, confession of error
subscribe
, sign, write down, assent, acknowledge, admit, submit, yield up, answer
subscribed
, endorsed with signatures
subscription
, submission
substantial
, sturdy
substractor
, slanderer
subtle
, thin, fine, cunning, treacherous, tricky
subtlety
, illusion
success
, outcome, result, good or bad fortune, succession
successfully
, likely to succeed
succession
, following on, successors, success
successive
, hereditary, descending by succession
successively
, by inheritance
sufferance
, suffering, damage, patient endurance
suffice
, content, satisfy
sufficient
, able, able to meet liabilities, solvent
suggest
, tempt, prompt to evil, insinuate to
suggestion
, prompting to evil, temptation
sumless
, incalculable
summoner
, officer who summoned offenders to an ecclesiastical court
sumpter
, driver of pack-horse, pack-horse
superflux
, superabundance, surplus
supernal
, heavenly
superscript, superscription
, address or direction on letter
superstitious,
idolatrously devoted
supervise
, perusal; look over
suppliance
, pastime
supply
, help, reinforcements
supposal
, opinion
suppose
, supposition, expectation; believe, imagine, guess
supposition,
doubt
surcease
, cessation; cease
sure
, safe, beyond power of doing harm, reliable, united
surety
, confidence of safety, certainty, stability, warrant
sur-reined,
overridden
suspect
, suspicion
suspire
, breathe, draw breath
sutler, one who sells provisions to soldiers
swagger
, rant, bluster, quarrel
swaggerer
, blusterer, quarreller
swaggering
, quarrelling
swart
, dark, swarthy
swasher
, blustering ruffian
swashing
, swaggering, slashing
sway, direction, control, sovereignty; to rule, move
swayed
, curved in
swear
, swear out, forswear
sweat, sweating sickness, sweating cure; take a sweating cure
sweet, scented; scent
sweet-gorged
, crammed full with sweet foods
sweeting,
sweet variety of apple, term of endearment
swim
, float
swinge
, thrash
swinge-buckler
, roisterer
sworder
, cut-throat, gladiator
‘Swounds, by God’s wounds (a strong oath)
sympathize
, to be similarly affected, agree (with), match
 
table
, tablet for an inscription, writing-tablet, flat surface on which a picture is painted, quadrangular space between chief lines on palm of hand
table-book
, notebook
tables
, backgammon
tabor
, small drum
tackled stair
, rope ladder
tag,
tag-rag, rabble
tailor
,
?
sex organ
take
, strike, strike with disease or enchantment, catch, take effect, reckon, measure, write down, accept as true, catch fire, perceive, understand, esteem, take away, conclude; take head, deviate, run off its course; take in, capture; take me with you, speak so that I can understand you; take it on, assume authority; take on, rage, show great distress, pretend;
take
out, make a copy of; take up, lift, enlist, arrest, buy on credit, rebuke, reprimand, oppose, encounter, make up (a quarrel)
taking
, blasting; state of great excitement or alarm, malignant influence
tale
, numbering one after another, talk, story, falsehood
talent
, measure for a large sum of money
tall
, long, lofty, goodly, line, brave
tally
, stick marked with notches for keeping accounts

tame,
broach (a cask)
tang
, ring out
tardy
, delay
targe
, light shield
tarre
, urge, incite
tarriance,
delay, waiting
tarry
, wait, await, remain, delay
B, tax, impose a task on, occupy, put a strain on, put to proof
tasking
, challenge
tassel-gentle,
tercel, male hawk

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