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 95 of 105: from “thuggish” to “tooler”.
- thuggish adj Resembling or characteristic of the assassins known as thugs or thuggees (often capitalized in this sense).
- thunder noun The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
- thunderbox noun A blunderbuss; also, a cannon.
- thwack verb To crowd or pack (a place or thing) with people, objects, etc.
- thwart adv Across the direction of travel or length of; athwart, crosswise, obliquely, transversely.
- thwarter noun A disease in sheep, characterised by trembling, or convulsion.
- thwittle verb To cut or whittle.
- thy conj Only used in for thy, for-thy, which is an alternative form of forthy (“because, therefore”).
- thysanurous adj Of or pertaining to the Thysanura (now Zygentoma), an order of insects with three long caudal filaments.
- tib noun A working-class woman.
- tice verb To entice (someone).
- tick noun A goat.
- tickle adj Changeable, capricious; insecure.
- tiddle verb To treat tenderly; to pet; to nurse a young animal by hand.
- tiddlywink noun An unlicensed beerhouse or pawnshop.
- tide noun Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.
- tideful adj Flooded with the waters of a tide.
- tidily adv seasonably; betimes
- tidy adj In good time; at the right time; timely; seasonable; opportune; favourable; fit; suitable.
- tierce noun A third.
- tiff noun A small draught or sip of liquor (especially diluted or poor quality liquor) or punch.
- tiffanyite noun A hydrocarbon assumed to be present in some bluish-white diamonds and responsible for their phosphorescence.
- tift verb To tiff, argue
- tiger noun A jaguar.
- tight verb To make tight; tighten.
- tilbury noun Sixpence (formerly the fare from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort).
- tiliaceous adj Of, pertaining to, or resembling the family Tiliaceae (now principally subfamily Tilioideae in family Malvaceae) of flowering plants…
- till prep To, up to (physically).
- till-tapper noun A criminal who surreptitiously robs the tills of shops, typically while accomplices distract the attention of the clerks.
- tiller noun A young tree.
- timber verb To construct, frame, build.
- timber merchant noun A match-seller.
- time verb To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
- time cycle noun A week consisting of seven days.
- time lamp noun An oil lamp from the 17th and 18th centuries, that burned at a fixed rate and consisted of a reservoir marked in units of time.
- timeless adj Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely.
- timeling noun A timeserver (person who conforms to current opinions)
- timely adv At the right time; seasonably.
- timeserver noun Someone who honors their commitments only when it is personally easy to do so.
- timing noun An occurrence or event.
- timist noun A performer who keeps good time.
- timorous adj Causing dread or fear; dreadful, terrible.
- tincture noun A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes; specifically, a pigment used as a cosmetic.
- tind verb To ignite, kindle.
- tine verb To kindle; to set on fire.
- tinge noun A draper's or clothier's markup.
- tinker noun A hand mortar.
- tinkerman noun A person who illegally fished with a net in the Thames.
- tinkling adj That works as a tinker
- tinsel noun A silk or wool fabric with gold or silver thread woven into it; brocade.
- tip noun The knocking over of a skittle.
- tip off verb To pour out (liquor); to tip the vessel and drink until it is empty.
- tippet noun A length of twisted hair or gut in a fishing line.
- tippler noun A seller of alcoholic liquors; keeper of a tippling-house or tavern.
- tippy adj Fashionable, tip-top.
- tire noun Accoutrements, accessories.
- tit verb To strike lightly, tap, pat.
- tithe verb To decimate: to kill every tenth person, usually as a military punishment.
- tithingman noun A ruler or leader of ten men; a decurion.
- titling noun Stockfish.
- titrate adj Precisely measured.
- titter verb To teeter; to seesaw.
- titubate verb To stagger
- to prep As a.
- to rights prep_phrase At once; immediately.
- to-draw noun A resort; refuge; a place of shelter; that which stands one in stead.
- toast noun An old toast ("a lively fellow who drinks excessively").
- tobreak verb To break completely; crush.
- tocleave verb To divide; split open; cleave asunder.
- toco noun Corporal punishment; chastisement; beatings.
- tocogenetic adj Pertaining to the evolutionary process in which the higher terms are generated by the lower through creative synthesis.
- tod verb To weigh; to yield in tods.
- todraw verb To pull apart, dismember; draw asunder.
- toff noun An elegantly dressed person.
- tofore prep Before.
- toge noun A toga.
- togo verb To go different ways; go asunder; diverge; split; part; differ.
- toilet noun A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room.
- toke noun A piece of bread.
- token noun Evidence, proof; a confirming detail; physical trace, mark, footprint.
- tokenistic adj Constituting a token or symbol.
- tokogenetic adj Alternative form of tocogenetic.
- tol noun Lot.
- tolerance noun The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.
- toleration noun Endurance of evil, suffering etc.
- toll noun A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
- tolsester noun A toll or tribute of a sextary of ale, paid to the lords of some manors by their tenants in exchange for permission to brew and sell ale.
- tolsey noun A tollbooth.
- tom noun The jack of trumps in the card game gleek.
- tomboy noun A rude, boisterous boy.
- tommy verb To pay (employees) according to the truck system, with goods instead of money.
- Tommy Dodd noun The player in the coin-tossing game of odd man out who is the only player to get heads or tails, and thus wins or loses depending on the…
- tomorn adv tomorrow
- tomorrow adv On next (period of time other than a day, such as a week or a month), following the present (period of time).
- tone noun State of mind; temper; mood.
- tongue noun The speakers of a language, collectively.
- tongue-in-cheek adv With contempt.
- tonight adv Last night.
- toodlum buck noun The game of crown and anchor.
- tooler noun A pickpocket.