| attributive | [Q variant] attaching excellence, ascribing worth |
| broad | widespread, far-reaching, widely diffused |
| ear-bussing | ear-kissing, reaching the ear only as rumours |
| ear-kissing | reaching the ear only as rumours |
| ground-piece | [unclear meaning] painting used as a teaching-aid |
| hornbook | [teaching device] leaf of paper, protected by a piece of thin horn, showing the letters of the alphabet and other information |
| imminence | impending evil, approaching peril |
| overreaching | deception, exaggeration, fabrication |
| point | (usually plural) tagged lace [especially for attaching hose to the doublet] |
| present | imminent, impending, approaching |
| reaching | far-reaching |
| skyish | lofty, sky-reaching |
| stomaching | cherishing bitterness, feeling resentful |
| towards | at hand, approaching, imminent |
| untrussing | undoing the points attaching hose to doublet, dropping one's breeches |
| whiting-time | whitening time, time for clothes-bleaching |
| wide | full, extensive, far-reaching |