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 |