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 30 of 105: from “doubtlessly” to “dung”.
- doubtlessly adv Without feeling doubt, without misgivings.
- douceur noun Sweet speech: a compliment.
- douche noun A jet or spray of any liquid.
- dough-faced adj Resembling or characterized by a bloated, pale, or plump face or complexion.
- doughface noun A face that resembles dough in its appearance or color; a face that is bloated, pale or plump.
- doust noun Dust.
- dousting noun A beating, a dusting.
- douth noun Virtue; excellence; atheldom; nobility; power; riches.
- dovelet noun A baby dove.
- dow verb To be worth.
- dower noun That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
- down verb To go or come down; to descend.
- down the banks prep_phrase In prison.
- downcast noun Synonym of downthrow (“a depression of the strata on one side of a fault; also, the degree of downward displacement in such a fault”).
- downer noun A sixpence.
- downright noun A low grade of wool from the lower parts of the sides of a fleece.
- dowry noun Inheritance from a deceased husband to his widow.
- doyen noun A commander in charge of ten men.
- drab verb To consort with prostitutes; to whore.
- drabber noun One who associates with drabs; a wencher.
- drachm noun Alternative form of dirhem: a small former Turkish weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g).
- draconian adj Of, relating to, characteristic of, or resembling a dragon.
- dragon noun A very large snake; a python.
- dragonism noun Nonsense; unrealistic ideas.
- dragoon bird noun An umbrellabird (Cephalopterus spp.), of South America.
- dragsman noun One who races horses; an amateur jockey.
- drail verb To trawl.
- drain verb To filter.
- dram noun Synonym of drachma: a former Greek unit of weight (about 4.3 g).
- draught noun A mild vesicatory.
- draughtsman noun A book illustrator.
- draw verb To sew together (the edges of a tear); also, to mend (a hole or tear) in fabric.
- draw out verb To leave the place (of an army), etc.
- drawlatch noun A housebreaker or thief
- drayman noun A man who drives drays.
- dread noun A person highly revered.
- dreadful adj Awesome, awe-inspiring, causing feelings of reverence.
- dreadless adj Exempt from danger which causes dread; secure.
- dreadly adj dreadful
- drear noun Gloom; sadness.
- dreary adj Grievous, dire; appalling.
- dreich adj Of a person: negotiating forcefully; driving a hard bargain.
- drench verb To drown (someone).
- dress noun The act of applying a dressing to or otherwise treating a wound; also, the dressing so applied.
- dressing noun Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
- dretch verb To vex; grill; trouble; oppress.
- drib noun A drop.
- drift noun A driving; a violent movement.
- drighten noun The Lord; Lord God; Christ.
- drill noun A small trickling stream; a rill.
- drink verb [with to ‘someone or something’]
- drink out verb To finish a beverage; to empty a cup by drinking the contents.
- drive verb To distrain for rent.
- drive out verb To set closely; to take up less space because the typesetter uses type that is thinner than the copy or the typesetter whites out more or…
- drivel noun A servant; a drudge.
- drock noun A part of certain 18th and 19th century models of plough: a piece of wood which forms the bottom part of the plough, to which the spindle…
- droff adj Turbid.
- droil noun A drudge; a minion or servile worker.
- drop verb To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
- drug noun A drudge.
- drugger noun A druggist.
- drum noun The ear.
- drumble verb To be sluggish or lazy.
- drumslade noun A drum.
- drunken adj Saturated with liquid.
- drupose noun A substance produced together with glucose by the action of moderately diluted hydrochloric acid on the stony concretions found in pears.
- drury noun Love, especially sexual love; courtship, sex.
- Drusian noun A member of the Druze people.
- dry vomit verb Synonym of dry-heave.
- dry-foot adv By only the scent of the feet (of hunting, tracking etc.).
- dry-handed adj Unarmed; lacking special equipment for fighting.
- dryth noun Dryness.
- dub verb To open or close.
- dubber noun A person's mouth or tongue.
- dubitation noun A thing to be doubted; a matter that calls for doubt.
- dubnium noun A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- duchesses noun genitive of duchesse
- duck noun A faggot; a meatball made from offal.
- ducky noun A woman's breast.
- duct noun Guidance, direction.
- duction noun guidance
- ductor noun One who leads.
- dud noun Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.
- dudgen noun Something worthless; trash.
- dudgeon noun A kind of wood used especially in the handles of knives; the root of the box tree.
- duds noun One's personal property.
- duff verb To disguise something to make it look new.
- dulce verb To sweeten or soothe.
- dulcify verb To neutralise the acidity of.
- dulcinea noun A mistress; a sweetheart.
- dulcorate verb To sweeten (literal or figurative).
- dull noun A noose of string, metal wire, or hair used to snare an animal, especially a fish.
- dumb adj Lacking brightness or clearness as a colour; dim, dull.
- dumb chill noun Synonym of dumb ague (“An intermittent malarial fever whose paroxysms skip the stage characterized by symptomatic chills”).
- dumbbell noun A bell with no clapper, used as bell-striking practice or to strike as a form of physical exercise
- dumbwaiter noun A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.
- dump verb To knock heavily; to stump.
- dumpish adj Stupid, dull.
- Dundreary noun A person reminiscent of Lord Dundreary; a fop, a dandy.
- dung noun A tailor's employee, usually one who is paid by the piece rather than by the day.