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Task, to keep busied with scruples.

the Zodiac.

Trip, to deleat.

Triple, one of three.

Triumphs, revels.

Trojan, cant term for thief.

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Tassel Gentle, or Tercel Gentle, a spe-Trol-ny-dames, the gaine of nine holes. Vail, to bow, to sink, to condescenda

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Vailing, lowering

Vain, vanity.

Vain, lying.

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Valance, fringed with a beard.
Vanity, inusion.

Vantage, opportunity, advantage.
Vantbrace, armour for the arm.
Varlet, a servant.
Vast, waste, dreary.

Vaunt, the avant, the fore-part.
Vaward, the fore-part.
Velure, velvet.

Venetian, admittance.

Vent, rumour,

Ventiges, holes of a flute.

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Wend, to go.

Witch, to bewitch.
Withy, judicious, cunning
Wits, senses.

Wittol, knowing, conscious of
Wittol, a contented cuckold.
Woe, to be sorry.

Woman, to affect deeply.
Woman-tired, henpecked.

Wondered, able to perform wonders.
Wood, crazy, frantic.

Wooden thing, awkward business.
World to see, wonderful.

Woodman, an attendant on the forester

Villain, a worthless fellow, a servant. Westward hoe, the name of a play acted Woolward, wearing wool.

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Wether, used for a ram.
Wear, the fashion.

Whelked, varied with protuberances.
Whe'r, whether.
Where, whereas.

Whitler, an officer in processions.
Whiles, until.

Whinidst, mouldy.

Whip, the crack, the best.

Whipstock, the carter's whip.
Whirring, hurrying.

Whist, being silent.

White, the white mark in the target.
White-death, the green sickness.
Whiting-time, bleaching time.
Whitsters, linen bleachers.
Whittle, a pocket knife.

Whooping, measure and reckoning.
Wide, remote from.
Wilderness, wildness.

Will, wilfulness.

Wimple, a hood or veil.

Winchester Goose, a strumpet

Winking-gates, gates hastily closed from fear of danger.

Wassel candle, candle used at festivals. Winnowed, examined.

Wassels, rustic revelry.

Watch, a watch-light.

Water-work, water-colours.

Wax, to grow.

Waxen, increase.

Waxen, soft, yielding

Wanton, a feeble or effeminate man.

Work, fortification. Workings, thoughts. Worm, a serpent. Worth, wealth.

Worship, dignity.

Wreak, to revenge; resentment. Wrest, an instrument for tuning the harp.

Wrested, obtained by force.

Wretch, a term of fondness.
Writ, writing.

Write, to pronounce confidently.
Writhled, wrinkled.

Wry, to deviate.

Wrong, hurt.

Wroth, misfortune.

Wrought, agitated.

Wrung, pressed, strained.

Y.

Yare, nimble, handy.

Yarely, nimbly, adroitly.

Yearn, to grieve or vex.
Yeild, to inform of.
Yellowness, jealousy

Yeoman, a bailiff's follower.
Yerk, to kick.

Winter-ground, to protect against win. Yesty, foaming, frothy

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