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 52 of 105: from “keep up” to “land torpedo”.
- keep up verb To use capital letters as much as reasonable.
- keld adj Having a kell or covering; webbed.
- kelk verb To beat.
- kell noun The caul (membrane)
- kelp noun A sheath.
- kelter noun Money.
- kemp noun A coarse or bristly hair, whisker; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt.
- ken verb To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to develop (as a fetus); to nourish, sustain (as life).
- kennel noun The gutter at the edge of a street; a surface drain.
- kenning noun Sight, view; specifically a distant view at sea.
- kern noun A corn; grain; kernel.
- kex noun The dried stem of certain large herbaceous plants.
- kibosh noun Bosh, nonsense.
- kid on verb To entice or incite.
- kiddier noun A huckster; a cadger.
- kiddy noun A low thief.
- kidney noun A waiter.
- kike noun An Eastern European Jew.
- kill time noun Something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably.
- killbuck noun A butcher.
- killcalf noun A butcher.
- killcow noun A butcher.
- killesse noun A gutter, groove, or channel.
- kilogram-force noun A unit of force equal to the weight, on earth (subject to standard gravity at 9.80665 m/s²), of a mass of one kilogram; equal to 9.80665…
- kinchin cove noun An orphan beggar boy trained to become a thief.
- kind adj Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.
- kindful adj Natural.
- kindliness noun Naturalness.
- kindly adj Natural; inherent to the kind or race.
- kindom noun Synonym of kingdom.
- king's coin noun The image of a king that is stamped on a coin.
- king's man noun A handkerchief or neckerchief with a yellow pattern on a green background.
- kingbird noun A king bird of paradise.
- kingdomed adj Having a kingdom or the dignity of a king.
- kingis noun genitive of king
- kingric noun A kingdom or realm.
- kinit noun A unit of force equal to the force which, acting for one second, will give a pound a velocity of one foot per second.
- kip noun A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.
- kippage noun Confusion, disorder.
- kipsy noun A basket.
- kiss-me-quick noun A bump in a road.
- kitchen noun Anything eaten as a relish with bread, potatoes, etc.; a condiment.
- kitchen sink noun A thing regarded as defiled due to corruption, immorality, etc.
- kitchener noun A kitchen servant; a cook.
- Kitchener bun noun Synonym of berliner (“filled pastry”).
- kith noun Friends and acquaintances.
- kiwikiwi noun The kiwi, a flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.
- knab verb To seize with the teeth; to gnaw or bite.
- knack verb To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.
- knacker noun A collier's horse.
- knag noun One of the points of a stag's horn or a tine
- knap noun A method of cheating at a dice game.
- knapskull noun Synonym of knapscall (“a type of helmet generally worn by a low-ranking person, possibly a servant of a cavalryman”).
- knaveship noun A quantity of corn or flour due to a miller's servant from each batch in a thirlage mill
- knickered adj Wearing knickerbockers.
- knight caligate noun A knight of the common birth who acted as a herald, messenger, and arms-bearer for a noble house and was distinguished by travelling on…
- knightless adj Unbecoming of a knight; unchivalrous.
- knock in verb To enter college after hours—after half-past ten at night when the doors have been locked.
- knock out verb To leave college after hours—after half-past ten at night when the doors have been locked.
- knockdown noun Very strong ale or beer.
- knot verb To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.
- know verb To be acquainted (with another person).
- knowledge verb To confess as true; to acknowledge.
- knuckle noun The joint of a plant.
- kool verb To look; to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
- Krooman noun an ex-slave, rescued from West Africa and locally recruited into the Royal Navy, especially one from the Kroo tribe.
- kumrah noun A supposed animal of northern Africa, perhaps a wild horse, sometimes said to be a hybrid of a female donkey with a male horse or a bull.
- kyan noun Alternative spelling of cayenne (in compounds such as “kyan pepper” and “kyan butter”).
- kyanol noun Aniline.
- la intj Used to introduce a statement with emphatic or intensive effect.
- label noun A tassel.
- labourage noun The wage for labour.
- laboursome adj Hard-working.
- Labrador duck noun Camptorhynchus labradorius, an extinct sea duck that was never common, believed to be the first bird to become extinct in North America…
- lace noun Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.
- lacerate adj Mangled, torn, lacerated.
- lack noun A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.
- lack-learning adj Ignorant
- lack-love noun A heartless person; someone who is uncaring and indifferent to love.
- lackey verb To toady, play the flunky.
- lacteal noun One of the lactiferous ducts or other components of milk-producing organs.
- lactean adj lacteal; conveying chyle
- lactory adj Lactiferous.
- lade noun A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
- ladied adj ladylike i.e. gentle
- ladies noun genitive of lady
- ladies' cloakroom noun A ladies' room: a lavatory intended for use by women.
- lady fly noun A ladybird.
- Lady Presidentress noun Former name of First Lady (of the United States).
- ladys noun plural of lady
- lag adj Last; long-delayed.
- lage noun Water; any weak alcoholic beverage.
- lake verb To present an offering.
- lama noun lamé (fabric with silver or gold threads woven in)
- lamb noun A young goat; a kid.
- lamellicorn noun A scarabaeid beetle with such antennae, in the obsolete taxon Lamellicornia.
- lampad noun A candlestick, or lamp of fire mentioned in Revelation (Bible).
- lanch verb To pierce, as with a lance; to lance.
- land noun The ground or floor.
- land torpedo noun Synonym of land mine.