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Ycleped :: Ycleped (p. p.) Called; named; -- obsolete, except in archaic or humorous writings..

"""buff " :: Buff (n.) A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase Blindman's buff..

Y- :: Y- () A prefix of obscure meaning, originally used with verbs, adverbs, adjectives, nouns, and pronouns. In the Middle English period, it was little employed except with verbs, being chiefly used with past participles, though occasionally with the infinitive Ycleped, or yclept, is perhaps the only word not entirely obsolete which shows this use..

Antiquate :: Antiquate (v. t.) To make old, or obsolete; to make antique; to make old in such a degree as to put out of use; hence, to make void, or abrogate..

''em :: 'Em () An obsolete or colloquial contraction of the old form hem, them..

Obsoleteness :: Obsoleteness (n.) The state of being obsolete, or no longer used; a state of desuetude..

Mainprise :: Mainprise (n.) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large. This writ is now obsolete..

Put :: Put (v. t.) To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; -- nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put by = to thrust aside; to divert); or with forth (to put forth = to thrust out)..

His :: His (pron.) Belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell John his papers are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete..

Ketch :: Ketch (n.) An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden..

Obsolete :: Obsolete (v. i.) To become obsolete; to go out of use.

Eyen :: Eyen (n.) Plural of eye; -- now obsolete, or used only in poetry..

#NAME? :: -hood () A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character, totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood. Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the form -head..

Went :: Went () imp. & p. p. of Wend; -- now obsolete except as the imperfect of go, with which it has no etymological connection. See Go..

Ammiral :: Ammiral (n.) An obsolete form of admiral.

Obsolete :: Obsolete (a.) Not very distinct; obscure; rudimental; imperfectly developed; abortive.

Twain :: Twain (a. & n.) Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque..

Antiquated :: Antiquated (a.) Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned; as, an antiquated law..

Legacy :: Legacy (n.) A business with which one is intrusted by another; a commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases last legacy, dying legacy, and the like..

Fleet :: Fleet (v. i.) A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London..

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