Early words
Many of the following words are no longer in use, or are no longer in use in particular senses. Many of them are marked hist. [ = historical] meaning that they are only used with historical reference, that is only used when we are talking about the past.
What are the historical senses of the following words?
What do the words in the list have in common?
Why do you feel they have been included in your dictionary?
birthstain
bolter
canary
conditional emancipation
cornstalk
croppy
currency lad
dump (sense 2)
educated
emancipist
free-born
gentleman convict
holey dollar
ironed gang
knight of the road
legitimate
new chum
old chum
public servant
remittance man
servant of the crown
servitude
sevener
sterling
take to the woods (see wood)
ticket-of-leave
triangle
Vandemonian