| 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 |