| accessary | An adjunct. [More usually ACCESSORY]. |
| affoord | (Spenser) to afford. |
| afront | (Shakesp.) in front, abreast. Cf. AFFRONT. |
| alegge | To alleviate, lighten. [Cf. ALLEGE]. |
| alledge | (Obs.) to allege. |
| ambassy | An embassy. |
| anough | (Milton) enough. |
| apatite | A mineral, calcium fluoride phosphate, used as a fertilizer. Cf. APPETITE. |
| aquafer | An underground reservoir of water which can be extracted for surface use. [More usually AQUIFER]. |
| artifact | Something made. [More usually ARTEFACT]. |
| ashler | A squared or dressed stone used in building or facing a wall; (verb) to face with ashler. [More usually ASHLAR]. |
| astroid | Star-shaped; (noun) anything star-shaped. Cf. ASTEROID. |
| atchieve | (Obs.) to achieve. |
| breese | (Shakesp.) a gadfly. [Cf. BREEZE]. |
| brocoli | A type of cabbage. [More usually BROCCOLI]. |
| caried | Affected by CARIES, tooth decay. |
| carrat | A unit of weight used for gems. [More usually CARAT]. |
| centry | (Shakesp.) a centre. Cf. SENTRY. |
| cieling | Ceiling. |
| chickory | A blue-flowered herb. [More usually CHICORY]. |
| cigaret | Cigarette. |
| cingular | ring-shaped. Cf. SINGULAR. |
| cloye | (Spenser) claw. Cf. CLOY. |
| corelate | To be related one to another. [More usually CORRELATE]. |
| coste | (Spenser) coast. Cf. COST. |
| cowheard | (Spenser) a coward. Cf. COWHERD. |
| cundum | A condom. |
| cypres | A legal term. Cf. CYPRESS, the tree. |
| dandriff | Flakes of scruff on the scalp. [More usually DANDRUFF]. |
| derth | (Spenser) dearth. |
| develope | (Obs.) to develop. |
| dismayd | (Spenser) ill made. Cf. DISMAYED. |
| drownd | (Coll.) to drown. |
| etherial | Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible. [More usually ETHEREAL]. |
| extasy | (Obs.) ecstasy. |
| extatic | Ecstatic. |
| franzy | Cross, peevish: FRANZIER, FRANZIEST. Cf. FRENZY. |
| galop | A dance; (verb) to perform a galop: GALOPS, GALOPPED, GALOPPING. Cf. GALLOP, the horse's movement: GALLOPS, GALLOPED, GALLOPING. |
| gealous | (Spenser) jealous. |
| goary | (Milton) gory. |
| hampster | A small rodent. [More usually HAMSTER]. |
| hearken | To listen attentively. [More usually HARKEN]. |
| idealogy | A system of ideas. [More usually IDEOLOGY]. |
| idiotcy | Idiocy. |
| immanent | Indwelling, inherent. Cf. IMMINENT. |
| imposter | One who pretends to be another. [More usually IMPOSTOR]. |
| insipient | Wanting wisdom; stupid; foolish. Cf. INCIPIENT, beginning. |
| isobare | A line connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure. [More usually ISOBAR]. |
| macrami | (Turkish) a fringe or trimming of knotted thread. [More usually MACRAME]. |
| maile | An old word for a halfpenny. Cf. MAIL. |
| mandatary | The holder of a mandate. Cf. MANDATORY, obligatory. |
| medle | (Obs.) MEDDLE. |
| misletoe | The parasitic plant. [More usually MISTLETOE]. |
| momento | A souvenir. [More usually MEMENTO]. |
| moniment | (Obs.) MONUMENT. |
| morall | (Shakesp.) possibly = MURAL. |
| morsal | Pertaining to the cutting edge of a knife. Cf. MORSEL. |
| mungoose | an Indian animal of the civet family, a great slayer of snakes and rats. More usually MONGOOSE. Pl. MUNGOOSES, not MUNGEESE, though MONGOOSE can take either MONGOOSES or MONGEESE. |
| parly | A gingerbread cake in biscuit form. Cf. PARLEY, to hold talks. |
| pensil | A small pennon. Also PENSEL, PENCEL. |
| perswade | (Obs.) PERSUADE. |
| placcate | A jacket reinforced with strips of mail. Cf. PLACATE, to calm. |
| pollicy | (Obs.) POLICY. |
| poursuit | (Obs.) PURSUIT. |
| pourtray | (Obs.) PORTRAY. |
| poynant | (Obs.) POIGNANT. |
| prescious | Prescient. Cf. PRECIOUS. |
| probeable | That can be probed. Cf. PROBABLE. |
| programer | (US) = programmer. |
| raine | (Spenser) to reign. |
| rellish | (Obs.) RELISH. |
| repreeve | (Obs.) REPRIEVE. |
| reprive | (Obs.) REPRIEVE. |
| repryve | (Obs.) REPRIEVE. |
| retraict | (Obs.) RETREAT. |
| retrait | (Obs.) RETREAT. |
| retraite | (Obs.) RETREAT. |
| sallad | (Obs.) SALAD. |
| scenary | (Obs.) scenery. |
| sleezy | Sordid. [More usually SLEAZY]. |
| spacial | Relating to space. [More usually SPATIAL]. |
| surloin | A joint of meat. [More usually SIRLOIN]. |
| surviver | One who survives. [More usually SURVIVOR]. |
| sycosis | (Greek) an inflammation of the hair follicles. Pl. SYCOSES. Cf. PSYCHOSIS. |
| synonyme | US spelling of SYNONYM. |
| taboggan | A kind of sledge. [More usually TOBOGGAN]. |
| toboggin | A kind of sledge. [More usually TOBOGGAN]. |
| tarboggin | A kind of sledge. [More usually TOBOGGAN]. |
| tallent | An old weight. [More usually TALENT]. |
| unbraste | (Spenser) unbraced. |
| unbrused | (Shakespeare) unbruised. |
| unhouzzled | (Shakespeare) unhouseled, i.e. not having received the Eucharist shortly before death. |
| unred | (Spenser) unread. |
| unredy | (Spenser) unready. |
| unrimed | (Obs.) unrhymed. |
| unvail unvaile | (Spenser) to unveil. |
| visiter | One who visits. [More usually VISITOR]. |
| wimbrel | A bird like a curlew. [More usually WHIMBREL]. |
| wolverene | A N. American mammal, aka GLUTTON. [More usually WOLVERINE]. |
| wrethe | (Spenser) to wreathe. |
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