Abraham | in the Bible, a Hebrew patriarch, whose name is changed by God from Abram to Abraham |
Adam | famous 16th-c archer |
aim | [archery] show applause, shout approval [of] |
aim | [archery] guide one's efforts, help one's aim |
Apollo | Greek sun god, who pulls the sun across the sky in a horse-drawn chariot; god of prophecy [speaking through the Delphi oracle, poetry, music, archery, and healing |
arch | chief, principal, pre-eminent |
arch | chief, master, lord |
arch-mock | chief mockery, main jibe |
bent | curve, bend, arch |
bow | bowman, archer |
bow-back | arched back |
buckram, buckrom | stiff, starched, stuck-up |
butt | goal, aim, target [as in archery] |
carry | [archery] send, shoot |
cleave the pin | [archery] split the peg in the middle of a target |
clepe | [archaism] call, name, style |
clip | [archaism] call, name, style |
clout | [archery] pin fixing a target, cloth patch at the centre of a target; mark, bull |
compassed | curved, rounded, arched |
crown | coin [usually showing a monarch's crown], English value: 5 shilllings |
crown | king, monarch, ruler |
cry | [archery] show applause, shout approval [of] |
draw | [archery] draw back a bow-string |
dry | thirsty, parched, longing |
eke | [archaism] also, moreover, too |
eyne | [archaism] eyes |
feast-finding | searching out feasts [at which to entertain the company] |
find | search through, sift, probe |
flight | archery contest, flight-shooting |
forehand | [archery] shooting straight ahead |
forthy | [archaism] therefore, for this reason |
free | [unclear meaning] not in formal marching order; quick |
front | march in the front rank, be in the forefront |
hail | greeting to monarchs |
half-faced | [of a coin] showing a monarch's profile; also: clipped, imperfect |
hight | [archaism] is called |
hild | [archaism] held |
Ides of March | in the Roman calendar, 15 March, the half-way point through March |
imagination | thought, soul-searching, introspection |
inquisition | inquiry, search, questioning |
iwis | [archaism] assuredly, certainly, truly |
Jacob | in the Bible, a Hebrew patriarch, the younger son of Isaac |
Job | [pron: johb] in the Bible, a patriarch, seen as a symbol of destitution and patience |
Laura | lady addressed in Petrarch’s love poetry |
level | [archery] direct aim, target, range |
loose | [archery] moment of release, crucial point |
loose | [archery] shoot an arrow |
march | sequence, rhythmical movement |
march | border region, frontier |
March-chick | precocious youth, presumptuous youngster |
marchpane | marzipan |
monarchize | perform the role of a monarch, play a king's part |
monarcho | [pron: 'monahrkoh] vain hanger-on at court, pretentious absurdity |
ne | [archaism] nor |
parch | dry up, shrivel up |
parchment-bottom | [descriptive of a] drum |
Parthian | from Parthia, ancient kingdom of W Asia; known for skilled horsemen and archery |
Petrarch | ['petrahrk] Italian poet, 14th-c |
pin | [archery] peg in the middle of a target; centre |
prince | ruler, monarch, sovereign |
principality | spiritual being very high in the hierarchy of angels |
questant | seeker, searcher, someone engaged in a quest |
rifle | search and rob, plunder |
royalty | right granted by a monarch, royal prerogative |
sain | [archaism] said |
search | probe, explore, examine |
search | perceive, penetrate, discover |
search | seek, seek out, look for |
search | search-party |
searcher | official appointed to view and report on corpses |
searching | piercing, wounding, sharp |
searching | finding out weak spots, penetrating, stirring |
sere | dried up, withered, parched |
shoon | [archaism] shoes |
skirr | scour, search quickly through |
speken | [archaism] speak |
stamp | coin, impression [of the monarch's head] made on a coin |
state | ruler, sovereign, monarch |
tofore | [archaism] earlier, beforehand |
unbent | [archery] not bent, not prepared to release an arrow |
unsought | unsearched, uninvestigated |
upshoot | [archery] final shot, determining shot |
upshot | remaining stroke, final shot [as in archery, determining the result] |
vaulty | resembling a vault, arched, domed |
viceroy | substitute ruler, deputy monarch |
white | [archery] white ring at the centre of a target |
whitebeard | old man, patriarch, old-timer |
wight | [archaism] person, human being |
writ | [archaism] gospel, holy scripture |
y-clad | [archaism] decked out, clothed |
yclept | [archaism] called |