allecter- To wamble as a queasie stomacke doth

allemang- Mixed together; a Wiltshire saying, when two flocks of sheep are accidentally driven together.

all sorts- A slang term designating the drippings of glasses in saloons, collected and sold at half-price to drinkers who are not overly particular.

answer-jobber- One who makes a trade of writing ( Read more... )

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I have this awesome book The Word Museum: The Most Remarkable English Words Ever Forgotten by Jeffery Kacirk. It has a bunch of super old words that have fallen out of use. There are some really cool ones, so I thought I'd start posting a couple every week or so.  I'm going alphabetically, but I'm not posting every word in the book, haha. Here's ( Read more... )