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 71 of 105: from “plume” to “posh”.
- plume verb Of a hawk: to pluck the feathers from prey.
- plump noun A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.
- plunge verb To baptize by immersion.
- plunk noun A dollar.
- plutomania noun The delusion that one is wealthy.
- ply verb To bend; to fold; to mould; (figuratively) to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit.
- pneumatics noun The study or knowledge of spiritual beings and their relations to God, angels, and human beings.
- pneumatotaxy noun The condition of zoospores whose irritability is dependent on the presence of dissolved gases, the products of respiration of the zoospores…
- pneumoencephalography noun A former medical procedure in which most of the cerebrospinal fluid was drained from around the brain and replaced with air, oxygen, or…
- po noun A peacock.
- poach verb To stab; to pierce; to spear or drive or plunge into something.
- pocket dial noun A portable sundial of small size.
- poculent adj Fit for drink.
- pod noun A bag; a pouch.
- podagric adj Of or relating to gout.
- podar noun A cash-keeper, especially an officer attached to a treasury, responsible for weighing money and bullion and appraising the value of coins.
- poddish noun Porridge.
- pode noun Toad.
- poë noun Ellipsis of poë-bird (“the tui, a species of honeyeater (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”).
- poë-bird noun Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”).
- poecilopod noun One of the Poecilopoda, a former order of arthropods including king crabs, trilobites and horseshoe crabs.
- poet laureate noun One who received an honorable degree in grammar, including poetry and rhetoric, at the English universities; so called as being presented…
- poignant adj Sharp-pointed; keen.
- poind noun A seizure of property etc in lieu of a debt; the animal or property so seized
- point noun The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit.
- point-device noun Anything uncommonly precise and exact.
- pointedly adv Wittily or pithily.
- poise verb To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
- poisonable adj poisonous
- poisonously adv Using poison.
- poitrinal noun Obsolete spelling of petronel (“firearm”).
- poker noun A bedel (who carries a silver mace).
- pole noun The firmament; the sky.
- pole-pad noun A stuffed leather pad that is fastened on the end of the pole of a field-carriage to prevent injury to a horse.
- poler noun An extortioner.
- police noun Alternative form of policy.
- policy noun The art of governance; political science.
- polite verb To polish; to refine; to render polite.
- politize verb To act like a politician; to dispute as politicians do.
- poll verb To extort from; to plunder; to strip. Especially in conjunction with pill for emphasis.
- pollard noun A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus), a kind of fish.
- pollen noun Fine powder in general, fine flour.
- pollency noun Power.
- Polonese adj Polish.
- polony adj Polish (especially of shoes).
- polt noun A pestle.
- polyadelph noun Any plant of the class Polyadelphia, having the stamens united in three or more bundles by the filament.
- polyandrum noun A tomb
- polyfoto noun One of a series of 48 photographs (similar to photo booth photos) taken using a Polyfoto camera, which used a single glass plate negative…
- polyglot noun A bird able to imitate the sounds of other birds.
- polygonial noun polygon
- polymethylene noun Any organic compound having a general formula (CH₂)ₙ
- polypiarian adj Of or pertaining to the hydroid cnidarians of class Polypiaria.
- polypifer noun Polyparium.
- polypus noun A tentacled cephalopod, such as an octopus, squid, or cuttlefish.
- polyscope noun A device for viewing the cavities of the body.
- polytechnic noun An exhibition of objects illustrating many arts.
- polyzoan adj bryozoan
- polyzoic adj Bryozoan.
- pomace noun Sheep offal.
- pomade noun Synonym of ointment, particularly thick waxy ointments scented with fruit used to beautify the skin or hair.
- pomate verb Synonym of anoint: to apply ointment.
- pomatum verb Synonym of anoint: to apply ointment.
- pome verb To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.
- pomegranate noun A person of British descent, especially one who has (recently) immigrated to Australia; a pom, a pommy.
- pommage noun pomace
- pommel noun The bat used in the game of knurr and spell or trap ball.
- pomp verb To make a pompous display.
- pompholyx noun impure zinc oxide
- pond verb To ponder.
- ponder verb To weigh.
- ponderosity noun Weight; heaviness.
- ponderous adj Dense.
- pontifice noun pontiff
- pontifician noun One who adheres to the pope or papacy; a papist.
- pontlevis noun A drawbridge.
- poop verb To make a short blast on a horn.
- poor verb To become poor.
- poor white trash noun White person or people employed in a servile position, for example, as a butler.
- pope noun Pope Day, the present Guy Fawkes Day.
- popinjay noun A decorative image of a parrot on a tapestry, cloth etc.
- popper noun A dagger.
- popular adj Of low birth, not noble; vulgar, plebian.
- popularity noun The act of courting the favour of the people.
- populate adj populous
- porcelain noun Synonym of kaolin: the kind of clay traditionally used in China to manufacture porcelain.
- porporino noun A composition of mercury, tin, and sulphur, forming a yellow powder, sometimes used by mediaeval artists as a cheaper alternative to gold.
- porringer noun A headdress shaped like such a dish.
- portable adj Bearable, endurable.
- portative adj Capable of holding up or carrying.
- ported adj Having gates.
- porter's knot noun A double shoulder pad worn with a strap around the forehead, used by hawkers and market porters for supporting burdens on the head.
- porterage noun Goods or other things which are carried; burdens.
- Portingal adj Portuguese.
- portrait verb To portray; to draw.
- portray verb To adorn.
- portugais noun A Portuguese person.
- pose verb To interrogate; to question.
- posed adj Firm; determined; fixed.
- posh noun A halfpenny or other coin of little value.