- rigour (n.)
- chiefly British English spelling of rigor (q.v.); for spelling, see -or.
- risen
- past participle of rise (v.); Old English gerisen, past participle of risan.
- Rumpelstiltskin (n.)
- 1840, from German Rumpelstilzchen. The German form of the name is used in English from 1828.
- rumour
- chiefly British English spelling of rumor; see -or. Related: Rumoured; rumouring.
- race-riot (n.)
- 1889, American English, from race (n.2) + riot (n.).
- sailing (n.)
- Old English seglinge, verbal noun from the source of sail (v.).
- Scottish (adj.)
- late Old English Scottisc; see Scot + -ish. Related: Scottishness.
- shipwright (n.)
- Old English scipwyrhta; see ship (n.) + wright (n.).
- shortness (n.)
- Old English scortnes; see short (adj.) + -ness. Shortness of breath is from 1570s.
- shrunken (adj.)
- Old English gescruncan, past participle adjective from shrink (v.).
- silversmith (n.)
- Old English seolfursmið; see silver (n.) + smith (n.).
- stealing (n.)
- 14c., verbal noun from steal (v.). Old English had stælðing "theft."
- step-son (n.)
- also stepson, Old English steopsunu; see step- + son.
- stilly (adv.)
- Old English stillice; see still (adj.) + -ly (2).
- stonework (n.)
- Old English stanweorc; see stone (n.) + work (n.).
- twelve-month (n.)
- "a year," Old English twelf-monð; see twelve + month.
- spending (n.)
- late Old English, verbal noun from spend (v.). Spending-money is from 1590s.
- sunshade (n.)
- 1842, from sun (n.) + shade (n.). Old English had sunsceadu "veil."
- Sussex
- Old English Suþ Seaxe "(land of the) South Saxons;" see south + Saxon.
- swear-word (n.)
- 1873, American English colloquial, from swear (v.) + word (n.).
- sweetly (adv.)
- Old English swetlice; see sweet (adj.) + -ly (2).
- swelling (n.)
- "tumor, morbid enlargement," Old English; verbal noun from swell (v.).
- unfairness (n.)
- Old English unfægernes "ugliness, disfigurement;" see unfair + -ness.
- upon (adv.)
- Old English upon; see up (adv.) + on (prep.).
- frazzle (n.)
- "worn-out condition," 1865, American English, from frazzle (v.).
- fright (v.)
- "to frighten," Middle English, from Old English fyrhtan "to terrify, fill with fear," from the source of fright (n.). Old English also had forhtian "be afraid, become full of fear, tremble," but the primary sense of the verb in Middle English was "to make afraid."
- gink (n.)
- "a fellow, man," American English slang, 1910, of unknown origin.
- whistling (n.)
- Old English hwistlung, verbal noun from hwistlian (see whistle (v.)).
- whispering (n.)
- Old English hwisprung, verbal noun from hwisprian (see whisper (v.)).
- wisely (adv.)
- Old English wislice; see wise (adj.) + -ly (2).
- woodsy (adj.)
- 1848, American English, from woods (see wood (n.)) + -y (2).
- yearning (n.)
- Old English gierning, verbal noun from yearn (v.). Related: Yearningly.
- earnestly (adv.)
- Old English eornostlice; see earnest (adj.) + -ly (2).
- waxen (adj.)
- Old English wexen; see wax (n.) + -en (2).
- Welshman (n.)
- Old English Wilisc mon; see Welsh + man (n.).
- wheaten (adj.)
- "made of wheat," Old English hwæten; see wheat + -en (2).
- hog-pen (n.)
- 1630s, American English, from hog (n.) + pen (n.2).
- homestead (v.)
- 1872, American English, from homestead (n.). Homesteader also is from 1872.
- globalise (v.)
- chiefly British English spelling of globalize (q.v.); for spelling, see -ize.
- gun-slinger (n.)
- 1916, American English, from gun (n.) + agent noun from sling (v.).
- Keatsian (adj.)
- 1836, "of or in the manner of English poet John Keats" (1795-1821).
- Kiplingesque (adj.)
- 1894, from English author Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) + -esque.
- kluxer (n.)
- contemptuous for "Klansman," 1879, American English; see Ku Klux Klan.
- lake (v.)
- "to play, sport," Old English lacan (see lark (n.2)).
- hand-cloth (n.)
- Old English hand-claþe; see hand (n.) + cloth (n.).
- linch (n.)
- Old English lynis "linchpin," now obsolete; see linchpin.
- litre (n.)
- chiefly British English spelling of liter; for spelling, see -re.
- board (v.)
- verb senses derived from various senses of board (n.1) and board (n.2) include "come alongside" (a ship), mid-15c. (from n.2); "put boards on, frame with boards," late 14c. (implied in boarded, from n.1); "
to get onto" (a ship), 1590s, transferred from mid-19c. to stages, railway cars, aircraft, etc. (from n.2). Meaning "to be supplied with food and lodging" is from 1550s (from n.1 in transferred sense). Transitive meaning "provide with daily meals and lodging" is from 1590s. Related: Boarded; boarding.
- quid (n.1)
- "bite-sized piece" (of tobacco, etc.), 1727, dialectal variant of Middle English cudde, from Old English cudu, cwidu (see cud).
- withal (adv.)
- "in addition," late 14c., from Middle English with alle (c. 1200), superseding Old English mid ealle "wholly" (see with).
