front 1 hind | back 1 a skilled farm worker |
front 2 salver | back 2 A flat heavy tray of silver, other metal or glass used for carrying or serving glasses, cups, and dishes at a table, or for the presenting of a letter or card by a servant. |
front 3 cruet stand | back 3 A small stand of metal, ceramic, or glass which holds containers for condiments. Typically these include salt and pepper shakers, and often cruets or bottles of vinegar and olive oil. |
front 4 worsted | back 4 A fine smooth yarn spun from combed long-staple wool. |
front 5 slop-basin or slop-bowl | back 5 One of the components of a traditional tea set. It was used to empty the cold tea and dregs in tea cups before refilling with hot tea, as there were often tea leaves in the bottom of the cups. |
front 6 jade | back 6 a disreputable woman |
front 7 counterpane | back 7 a bedspread |
front 8 jointure | back 8 an estate settled on a wife for the period during which she survives her husband, in lien of a dower. |
front 9 lozenge | back 9 a charge in the shape of a solid diamond, in particular one on which the arms of an unmarried or widowed woman are displayed. |
front 10 puling | back 10 cry querulously or weakly |
front 11 by the ears | back 11 In a state of conflict; fighting, scuffling. |
front 12 reversionary | back 12 relating to the right, especially of the original owner or their heirs, to possess or succeed to property on the death of the present possessor or at the end of a lease. |
front 13 trouvaille | back 13 a lucky find. |
front 14 chit | back 14 a young woman regarded with disapproval for her immaturity or lack of respect. |
front 15 consumedly | back 15 excessively; extremely: |
front 16 antiphlogistric | back 16 of or relating to the prevention or alleviation of inflammation. (obsolete) |
front 17 curvetted | back 17 leap gracefully or energetically |
front 18 piquet | back 18 a two-handed card game played with 32 cards |
front 19 persiffle | back 19 to scoff (french) |
front 20 clipper | back 20 A confidence trickster; a conman (slang) |
front 21 dimity | back 21 a thin, corded or patterned cotton cloth |
front 22 curricle | back 22 a light, open, two-wheeled carriage pulled by two horses side by side. |
front 23 yashmak | back 23 a veil concealing all of the face except the eyes, worn by some Muslim women in public. |
front 24 oldened | back 24 of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient. old. |
front 25 vilipend | back 25 to hold or treat as of little worth or account : contemn. |
front 26 sponging-house | back 26 a place of temporary confinement for debtors in the United Kingdom. |
front 27 quiz | back 27 a person who is odd or eccentric in character or appearance. Alternatively, a practical joke or hoax; a piece of banter or ridicule. |
front 28 pekin | back 28 one of a hardy breed of yellowish-white domestic ducks, raised originally in China |
front 29 forage cap | back 29 a small cloth cap worn by British cavalrymen when undertaking work duties such as foraging for food for their horses. Later applied to undress caps worn by men of all branches and regiments as a substitute for the full dress headdress |
front 30 duck trousers | back 30 pants made of a fabric that is tough enough for workwear or military-grade applications. The name originated from the word “doek”, which was the linen canvas that Dutch sailors in the Navy used for their pants and outerwear. |
front 31 postillion | back 31 a person who rides the leading left-hand horse of a team or pair drawing a coach or carriage, especially when there is no coachman. |
front 32 chaussee | back 32 pavement |
front 33 widow's weeds | back 33 black clothes worn by a widow in mourning. |
front 34 negus | back 34 a hot drink of port, sugar, lemon, and spices. |
front 35 pretendu | back 35 so-called , alleged, ostensible |
front 36 engoument | back 36 craze a (usually temporary) fashion; great (but temporary) enthusiasm |
front 37 rusticate | back 37 go to, live in, or spend time in the country. |
front 38 hobbledehoy | back 38 a clumsy or awkward youth. |
front 39 pap-boat | back 39 a boat-shaped dish to hold pap (soft food) for feeding infants or invalids |
front 40 mangle | back 40 a machine for ironing laundry by passing it between heated rollers |
front 41 calomel | back 41 a name given to mercurous chloride, Hg2Cl2, the most common medicine of the 19th century. |
front 42 ostler | back 42 a man employed to look after the horses of people staying at an inn. |
front 43 hatchment | back 43 a large tablet, typically diamond-shaped, bearing the coat of arms of someone who has died, displayed in their honor. |
front 44 bugle | back 44 an ornamental tube-shaped glass or plastic bead used in beadwork for clothing and fashion accessories. |
front 45 coal-scuttle | back 45 a bucket-like container for holding a small, intermediate supply of coal convenient to an indoor coal-fired stove or heater |
front 46 calumniate | back 46 make false and defamatory statements about. |
front 47 namby-pamby | back 47 lacking energy, strength, or courage; feeble, timid, or ineffectual. |
front 48 scout | back 48 reject (a proposal or idea) with scorn. |
front 49 tiffin | back 49 a light meal, especially lunch. |
front 50 zenana | back 50 (in India and Iran) the part of a house for the seclusion of women. |
front 51 puisne | back 51 (in the UK and some other countries) denoting a judge of a superior court inferior in rank to chief justices |
front 52 lassata nondum satiata recessit | back 52 tired and not yet satisfied, she retired |
front 53 infuriate (adj) | back 53 furiously angry |
front 54 palanquin | back 54 (in India and the East) a covered litter for one passenger, consisting of a large box carried on two horizontal poles by four or six bearers. |
front 55 snipe | back 55 a wading bird of marshes and wet meadows, with brown camouflaged plumage, a long straight bill, and typically a drumming display flight. |
front 56 jetty | back 56 jet-black |
front 57 subaltern | back 57 an officer in the British army below the rank of captain, especially a second lieutenant. |
front 58 cribbage | back 58 a card game for two to four players, in which the objective is to play so that the value of one's cards played reaches exactly 15 or 31. |
front 59 papillote | back 59 a greased usually paper wrapper in which food (such as meat or fish) is cooked |
front 60 salmi | back 60 a ragout or casserole of game stewed in a rich sauce. |
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front 62 Vehmgerich | back 62 in medieval Germany, a type of criminal tribunal. |
front 63 trump | back 63 a helpful or admirable person |
front 64 cortege | back 64
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front 65 con | back 65 1. To study, peruse, or examine carefully. 2. To learn or commit to memory. |
front 66 arras | back 66 a rich tapestry, typically hung on the walls of a room or used to conceal an alcove. |
front 67 link-boy | back 67 a boy who carried a flaming torch to light the way for pedestrians at night |
front 68 lappet | back 68 a fold or hanging piece of flesh in some animals. a loose or overlapping part of a garment. |
front 69 baldaquin | back 69 A rich fabric of silk and gold brocade. A canopy of fabric carried in church processions or placed over an altar, throne, or dais. A structure having the form of a canopy, usually built of stone or bronze, over the altar of a church. |
front 70 congé | back 70 an unceremonious dismissal or rejection of someone. |
front 71 healtap | back 71 a small portion of liquor remaining in a glass after drinking or in a bottle after decanting. |
front 72 descant | back 72 talk tediously or at length. |
front 73 trencher-man | back 73 1. an eater; esp., a person who eats much and heartily. 2. Archaic. a person who frequents a patron's table; parasite; hanger-on. |
front 74 gigot | back 74 1. a leg of meat (such as lamb) especially when cooked 2. a leg-of-mutton sleeve |
front 75 narghile | back 75 a Middle Eastern or Turkish tobacco pipe with a long tube that draws the smoke through water; a hookah. |
front 76 yataghan | back 76 a type of Ottoman knife or short sabre used from the mid-16th to late 19th century. |
front 77 piastre | back 77 a monetary unit of several Middle Eastern countries, equal to one hundredth of a pound. |
front 78 firman | back 78 an edict issued by an Ottoman or Middle Eastern ruler. |
front 79 laic | back 79 a layperson; a noncleric. |
front 80 shoe-black | back 80 a person who shines the shoes of passersby for payment. |
front 81 retrenchment | back 81 the removal of employees, typically due to economic reasons like company restructuring, mergers, or cost-cutting measures |
front 82 prevenance | back 82 attentiveness to or anticipation of others' needs or an instance of such anticipation. |
front 83 quod (brit.) | back 83 prison |
front 84 shinty | back 84 a Scottish game similar to hockey, played with curved sticks by teams of twelve players |
front 85 orrery | back 85 a mechanical model of the solar system, or of just the sun, earth, and moon, used to represent their relative positions and motions. |
front 86 chillum | back 86 the part of a hookah that contains the tobacco, marijuana, or other substance being smoked. the substance that is smoked. |
front 87 moreen | back 87 a strong, ribbed cotton or wool fabric, used chiefly for curtains and upholstery. |
front 88 locataire | back 88 tenant |
front 89 scapegrace | back 89 a mischievous or wayward person, especially a young person or child; a rascal. |
front 90 otiosity | back 90 Lazy; indolent. Of no use; pointless or superfluous: It is otiose to review what happened when the events are so well-known. |
front 91 despoil | back 91 steal or violently remove valuable or attractive possessions from; plunder. |
front 92 claver | back 92 gossip, prate |
front 93 tergiversation | back 93 evasion of straightforward action or clear-cut statement : equivocation. desertion of a cause, position, party, or faith. |
front 94 epris | back 94 in love; captivated; charmed |
front 95 battue | back 95 a hunting party arranged by driving game toward hunters by beaters. |
front 96 flambeau | back 96 a flaming torch; broadly : torch. |
front 97 chasseur | back 97 a uniformed footman or attendant; liveried servant. a hunter. |
front 98 cambric | back 98 a lightweight, closely woven white linen or cotton fabric. |
front 99 abattement | back 99 a diminution of physical or moral strength; dejection; exhaustion; despondency. |
front 100 cammination | back 100 a threat of divine punishment or vengeance. |
front 101 harvey sauce | back 101 A 'rotten fish' sauce - based on anchovies |
front 102 entresol | back 102 A mezzanine; an intermediate floor in a building, typically resembling a balcony; most often, the floor immediately above the ground floor and below a higher floor. |
front 103 estiminet | back 103 a small cafe in France that sells alcoholic drinks. |
front 104 stiletto | back 104 a short dagger with a tapering blade. |
front 105 fourgon | back 105 a wagon for carrying baggage |
front 106 Schlafrock | back 106 any robe-like garment worn before dressing, especially a dressing gown |
front 107 domino | back 107 a long loose hooded cloak usually worn with a half mask as a masquerade costume |
front 108 spooney | back 108 silly, foolish; especially : unduly sentimental being sentimentally in love. |
front 109 schimmel | back 109 a gray or grayish horse |
front 110 nankeen | back 110 a yellowish cotton cloth. |
front 111 gaby | back 111 stupid, foolish person; a simpleton; a dunce. |
front 112 dakruoen gelasasa | back 112 smiling through tears (Gk) |