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 43 of 105: from “gripping” to “handcraft”.
- gripping noun Obsolete form of griping (“pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines”).
- gripple verb To grasp or grab.
- grisly adv In a horrible or terrible manner; in a terrifying way.
- grist noun A group of bees.
- grisy adj Grim, grisly.
- grit verb To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
- grith noun Guaranteed security, sanctuary, safe conduct.
- groan verb To strive after earnestly, as if with groans.
- groaning noun Ellipsis of groaning time (“childbirth, labour”).
- groom verb To care for (horses or other animals) by feeding, currying and tending to them.
- groop noun A trench or small ditch.
- groovy adj Set in one's ways.
- grope verb To feel with or use the hands; to handle.
- gross adj Easy to perceive.
- grossness noun Size.
- grossy adj Somewhat gross, boorish, brutish.
- ground noun Synonym of munny (“land measure”).
- groundless adj Bottomless; having no bottom or floor.
- groundplot noun The part of the ground that is covered by a building.
- grout noun A kind of beer or ale.
- grow verb To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
- grub noun A short, thick man; a dwarf.
- grudge verb To grumble, complain; to be dissatisfied.
- gruel noun Sentimental poetry.
- gruntle verb To utter small, low grunts.
- gruntled adj Grunted.
- grutch verb To grudge.
- guano noun A variety of seabird.
- guardant noun A guardian or guard.
- guardship noun Care; protection.
- gubber-tushed adj Synonym of gobber-toothed; having large or protruding teeth, teeth that are misaligned, or a teeth that stand out.
- gubbins noun Fragments; parings; scraps (especially of fish).
- guddy noun A throne (royal seat) with a large cushion or pillow at the head.
- gudge noun A Persian measure of length, about a yard.
- gue noun a rogue
- guess verb To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
- guest verb To receive or entertain hospitably.
- guidage noun guidance; lead; direction
- guildhall noun A town hall.
- guilt verb To commit offenses; act criminally.
- guinea pig noun A midshipman in the East India service; (by extension) a low-skilled or non-proficient seaman.
- gulch verb To swallow greedily; to gulp down.
- gulf noun That which swallows; the gullet.
- gull noun A swindler or trickster.
- gully verb To flow noisily.
- gun noun A magsman or street thief.
- gurry-butt noun A horse- or ox-drawn cart used for carrying dung.
- gushet noun A piece of armour protecting the armpit.
- gust verb To taste.
- gustful adj tasty; good-tasting
- gustless adj tasteless; insipid
- gusto noun Aesthetic appreciation.
- guttersnipe noun A broker who sold securities in the street.
- guttle noun Something which is eaten voraciously.
- guy noun A guide; a leader or conductor.
- guzzle noun A drain or ditch; a gutter; sometimes, a small stream. Also called guzzen.
- gybe verb Often as gybe at: to balk, hesitate, or vacillate when faced with a course of action, plan, or proposal.
- gymnastic noun A gymnast.
- gymnodont noun One of a former family of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates on each jaw.
- gynaeceum noun An establishment in Rome where female workers made clothing and furniture for royalty.
- gynander noun A plant belonging to the obsolete class Gynandria, having the stamens inserted in the pistil.
- gynecogenic adj Causing female characteristics.
- gyrfalcon noun Any large falcon, especially as used to fly at herons.
- habilitate adj Qualified or entitled.
- habiting noun habitation; living place
- habituate verb To settle as an inhabitant.
- habitude noun Behaviour or manner of existence in relation to something else; relation; respect.
- hack noun A mattock or a miner's pickaxe.
- hacker noun Synonym of hackster (“a violent bully or ruffian; also, an assassin, a murderer”).
- hacking noun The operation of working over the faces of rough or worn grindstones with a hack-hammer.
- hackster noun A violent bully or thug; also, an assassin, a murderer.
- hade noun A headland; a strip of land at the side of a field upon which a plough may be turned.
- haematoblast noun Any of the precursor cells in hematopoiesis that precede the mature blood cells, sometimes specifically those that lead to a mature red…
- hag noun An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a person's hair.
- haggard noun A fierce, intractable creature.
- hahnium noun A rejected name for dubnium.
- hail adj Healthy, whole, safe.
- hain noun An enclosure; a park
- hala adj Embarrassed or ashamed.
- half-bred adj Half-blooded.
- half-mourning noun The condition of having one black eye.
- half-read adj Inadequately or superficially educated by reading.
- halfendeal adv Half.
- halfer noun One who possesses or gives half only; one who shares.
- halfhearted adj Lacking in heart or beneficence; ungenerous; unkind.
- halfpenny noun A small piece; a fragment.
- halidom noun Holiness; sanctity; sacred honour.
- hall noun Cleared passageway through a crowd, as for dancing.
- hallow noun The relics or shrines of saints or non-Christian gods.
- halse verb To haul; to hoist.
- halt verb To limp; move with a limping gait.
- hamble verb To mutilate; hamstring; cut away.
- hame noun shroud, a covering, skin, membrane.
- hamfat noun A black person.
- hance verb To raise, to elevate.
- hand verb To manage.
- hand in hand adv Just; fair; equitable.
- hand-in-cap noun An old English trading game where two players want to trade possessions. An umpire decides whether the items have the same value, and if…
- handboard noun A washboard.
- handcraft noun The class of subjects for study that rely upon experimentation and observation.