This page gathers the 10,476 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Obsolete” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 24 of 105: from “crook” to “cynorexia”.
- crook noun A lock or curl of hair.
- crori noun The possessor or collector of a crore, or ten million, of any given kind of money; especially an official collector of revenue to the…
- cross verb To mark a cross against the name of (a student) in the buttery or kitchen, so that they cannot get food there.
- cross write verb To write across a page, and then turn the paper ninety degrees and overwrite, done in order to lessen the cost of sending a letter when…
- cross-handed adj Back-handed.
- cross-staff noun An archbishop's cross.
- crossbite verb To deceive; to trick.
- crossrow noun The alphabet, or Christcross-row.
- crossword noun The words in an acrostic puzzle from which the letters are to be taken.
- crotchet verb to play music in measured time
- crouch noun A cross.
- croup verb To croak, make a hoarse noise.
- croupon noun The croup of a horse or quadruped.
- crowd noun Alternative form of crwth.
- crowkeeper noun A person employed to scare off crows.
- crowl verb To make a growling noise, as the stomach.
- crowned adj Great, supreme; completed; excessive.
- crowner noun coroner
- crowtoe noun An unidentified plant, probably the crowfoot.
- cruciate verb To torture; to torment.
- cruddy adj Coagulated.
- crude adj Uncooked, raw.
- crudity noun Indigestion; undigested food in the stomach; badly-concocted humours.
- cruiserweight noun light heavyweight
- crumenal noun A purse.
- crump adj Crooked; bent.
- crunk verb To cry like a crane.
- cruor noun The colouring matter of the blood.
- crusado noun Obsolete spelling of cruzado (old monetary unit).
- crush room noun A large room in a theater, opera house, or other public building, where the public may stand during the intermissions; a foyer or lobby.
- crusher noun Something overwhelming.
- cry noun A pack or company of people.
- cry aim verb To encourage an archer when shooting by crying "aim".
- cryptobiotic adj Relating to early simple organisms that have left no trace of their existence.
- cryptorheic adj Pertaining to an unspecified or unidentified discharge or secretion.
- crystal noun A person's eye.
- crystalline noun Any crystalline substance.
- cub verb To shut up or confine.
- cuck verb To punish (someone) by putting them in a cucking stool.
- cuckold-maker noun The penis.
- cuckoldly adj Contemptible; foolish, inept
- cucurbit noun A receptacle, originally gourd-shaped and used for liquids or chemicals; a bottle or other container.
- cudden noun A clown; a slow-witted rustic
- cue noun A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing and noted with a q (for Latin quadrāns (“farthing”))…
- cuff noun Glove; mitten
- cuffin noun A man.
- cull noun A man or boy.
- culling noun The theft of personal possessions from a carriage during a horse race.
- cullion noun Synonym of testicle.
- cullis noun A strong meat broth, strained and made clear for someone who is ill
- cumber noun Trouble, distress.
- cumbrous adj Causing hindrance or obstruction.
- cumulate verb Alternative form of cumulated, past participle of cumulate.
- cun verb To know.
- cunabula noun The earliest abode; original dwelling place; originals.
- cunnilingue noun One who gives cunnilingus.
- cunning adj Skillful, artful.
- cup verb To supply with cups of wine.
- cupboard noun A board or table used to openly hold and display silver plate and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet.
- cupper noun A cupbearer.
- curat noun A cuirass or breastplate.
- curatrix noun A female who cures.
- cure noun Care, heed, or attention.
- curiosity noun Careful, delicate construction; fine workmanship, delicacy of building.
- curious adj Careful, fastidious, particular; (specifically) demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.
- curiousness noun Care; carefulness; pains.
- currency noun Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
- current adj Running or moving rapidly.
- currentness noun Easiness of pronunciation; fluency.
- curriculum noun A racecourse; a place for running.
- curry verb To scurry; to ride or run hastily
- cursed adj Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women).
- curship noun The state of being a cur
- cursitor noun A clerk in the Court of Chancery whose business is to make out original writs.
- cursory adj Running about; not stationary.
- curt verb To cut, cut short, shorten.
- curtail verb To cut short the tail of (an animal).
- curtail dog noun A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut short…
- curtain noun A flag; an ensign.
- curtal adj Of horses, having a docked tail.
- curve adj Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
- cuspidate verb To sharpen, to whet to a point.
- custode noun A custodian.
- custom verb To make familiar; to accustom.
- customable adj customary
- customer noun A habitual patron, regular purchaser, returning client; a person or company who has a custom of buying from a particular business.
- custos noun A warden.
- cut noun A common workhorse; a gelding.
- cut a deal verb To cut a deck of cards in preparation for dealing them.
- cut and dried adj Lacking freshness or spontaneity.
- cutter noun An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.
- cutting adj Cutthroat; ruthlessly competitive.
- cuttle noun A knife.
- cuttystool noun A low stool.
- cutwith noun The cross-bar or similar fastening at the end of the beam of a plough or harrow to which the gear of the draught animals is attached.
- cycleman noun Synonym of bicyclist.
- cyclolytic adj Designating an interval on the photrum with all grades of illumination up to direct sunlight, capable of producing cyclosis.
- cyme noun A “head” (of unexpanded leaves, etc.); an opening bud.
- cynanche noun Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, typicalling with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty breathing and swallowing.
- cynorexia noun A voracious appetite, like that of a starved dog.