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tawdry-lace
, silk lace or ribbon for the neck
tax
, accusation; blame, accuse, charge
taxation
, claim, demand, slander
teem,
conceive, bring forth, bear children, be fruitful
teen
, affliction, grief, sorrow
tell
, count
temper
, disposition, temperament, mental balance, hardness and elasticity imparted to steel; to compound, mix, persuade
temperance
, mildness of temperature, calmness, chastity
temperate
, chaste, secular
temporary
, secular
tempt
, test, risk
tenant
, vassal
tend,
listen, watch over, attend on, wait (for)
tendance
, attending to, service, people in attendance
tender
, offer, thing offered, care; to exhibit, pay down, care for; sensitive, compassionate
tender-hafted,
tender-hested, gently framed
tent
, probe; to probe, cure (a wound), lodge
Tereus
, see PHILOMEL
Termagant
, violent character, supposedly god of the Mohammedans, in old miracle plays
termination,
expression, term
termless
, indescribable
tertian
, fever returning every third day
tester
, sixpenny piece
tetter
, skin disease
text
, capital letter
thane,
Scottish title or rank, somewhat lower than earl
thankful
, deserving thanks
theoric
, theory
therefor
, for that
Thetis
, a sea-goddess, the sea
thews
, bodily parts, strength
thick
, rapid, dim
thills
, shafts of a cart
thing,
sexual organ
think
, seem
thought
, anxiety, sorrow
thrasonical
, boastful
three-farthings
, thin silver coin, having a profile of Queen Elizabeth with a rose behind the ear
three-nooked
, three-cornered
threne, threnos
, dirge
thrift
, profit, gain, advantage
thriftless
, profitless
thrum,
thread left at end of a warp
thunder-stone
, thunderbolt
tickle
, unstable, precarious; please, provoke, vex, thrash, flatter
tick-tack
, game in which pegs were put into holes; fornication
tide,
time, course
tidy
, plump
tight
, sound, able
tilt
, thrust, fight, encounter
timeless
, untimely, premature
timely
, early, in due season
tinct
, colour, elixir of the alchemists
tire,
equipment, dress, head-dress; attire, prey (on), feed greedily
tis
, this (dialectal)
tisick
, consumptive cough
Titan
, god of the sun, the sun
titely
, quickly, speedily, swiftly
tithe
, tenth; to take the tenth part; tribute
tithing,
district
tittle
, dot
to,
in addition to, against, appropriate to, in comparison with, in respect of, as to
tod
, 28 1b. weight of wool; to yield this amount of wool
tofore
, previously
toge
, Roman toga
toil
, net, snare; to cause to work hard, weary with work
token
, spot of infection, plague-spot
toll
, exact toll or tribute
tonight
, last night
tool
, weapon, penis
top
, head, forelock, highest point; to surpass, copulate with
top-gallant
, highest mast, summit
topless
, supreme
tortive,
twisted
toss,
impale, toss on a pike
tottering,
ragged
touch
, touchstone, taint; sound, test, wound
touse,
pull out of joint
trace
, follow, pass (through)
tract
, trace, track, course
trade
, coming and going, path, habit, business
traded,
practised
trade-fallen
, out of work
traditional
, bound by tradition
train
, tail, troop, bait; draw, entice, lead astray
traject
, ferry
trammel
, bind with the corpse, entangle
transfix
, remove
translate
, change, transform
transpose
, change
trash
, check, hold in leash
traverse
, march, move from side to side
treatise
, tale, talk
treble-dated,
living three times as long as man
tree
, gallows
trench
, cut
trencher
, wooden plate
trencher-friend,
parasite
trenchering,
plates
trencher-knight
, hanger-on
tribunal
, dais
trick
, custom, way, knack, touch (of a disease), toy; to adorn, blazon
tricking
, adornment
trill
, trickle
triple
, third
triple-turned
, three times faithless
tristful
, sorrowful
triumph
, public festivity, tournament, trump card
triumphant
, triumphal, celebrating a triumph
triumphantly
, in celebration
Trojan
, good fellow
troll
, sing
troll-my-dames, troll-madams
, game resembling bagatelle
trophy
, token of victory, memorial, monument
tropically
, figuratively
trot
, bawd
troth
, truth, faith, word of honour
trow
, believe, think, know
truepenny
, honest fellow
trull
, prostitute, wench
truncheon
, staff carried as a symbol of office
try
, test; purify, reline, prove
tub,
sweating-tub used in the treatment of venereal disease
tuck,
rapier
tucket
, signal, flourish on a trumpet
tun-dish
, funnel
turtle, turtle-dove, symbol of chaste and faithful love
tushes
, tusks
twire
, twinkle
type
, distinguishing sign, stamp
tyrannically
, vehemently
tyranny
, violence, outrage
tyrant
, usurper
 
umbrage
, shadow
unaccommodated
, unprovided
unacquainted
, unfamiliar
unadvised
, rash, without consideration or knowledge
unagreeable
, unsuited
unaneled
, not having received extreme unction
unapproved
, unconfirmed by proof
unaptness
, disinclination
unattainted,
without infection, unprejudiced
unattempted
, untempted
unavoided
, inevitable
unbarbed
, unarmed
unbated
, unabated, not blunted (with a button)
unbent
, with bow unbent, unprepared, unfrowning
unbid
, unexpected
unbitted
, unbridled
unbolted
, unsifted, coarse
unbookish
, unskilled, inexperienced
unbreathed
, unpractised
uncase,
strip, lay bare
uncharge
, acquit of guilt
uncharged
, unattacked
unchary
, carelessly
unchecked,
not contradicted
unclasp,
reveal
unclew
, undo, ruin
uncomprehensive
, unplumbable
unconfirmed
, uninstructed, ignorant
uncovered
, open, bare-headed
uncrossed
, not crossed through because bill still unpaid
unction
, salve, ointment
uncurrent
, not current, not permissible
undercrest
, wear as a device of honour
undergo
, undertake, come under, support, carry, bear
underhand
, unobtrusive
underskinker
, under-tapster, assistant barman
undertake
, take charge of, assume, have to do with, venture
undertaker
, one who takes on himself another’s quarrel, one who settles with
underwrite
, subscribe, submit to
uneath
, with difficulty, scarcely
unexperient
, inexperienced
unexpressive
, inexpressible
unfair, rob of beauty
unfashionable
, badly formed
unfenced, defenceless
unfold
, disclose, display, reveal, release from the fold
unfurnished
, unprovided, unprepared
ungalled,
uninjured
ungenitured,
impotent
ungored
, unwounded
unhandsome,
unskilled, nasty
unhappily
, unfavourably, evilly
unhappiness,
evil nature
unhappy
, ill-fated, wretched, mischievous
unhouseled
, not having received the sacrament
union,
pearl
unkind,
unnatural
unluckily
, with foreboding
unmanned
, not trained, not broken in
unowed
, having no owner
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