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  1. tourney
    a sporting competition
  2. dandle
    gently or playfully move a baby up and down
  3. ermine
    mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat
  4. venison
    meat from a deer used as food
  5. garrison
    a fortified military post where troops are stationed
  6. castellated
    having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
  7. melee
    a noisy riotous fight
  8. doublet
    a man's close-fitting jacket, worn during the Renaissance
  9. clangor
    a loud resonant repeating noise
  10. brigand
    an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
  11. stripling
    a person who is older than 12 but younger than 20
  12. thwart
    hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
  13. trestle
    a supporting tower used to support a bridge
  14. cordon
    a series of sentinels or posts enclosing some place or thing
  15. dawdle
    hang or fall in movement, progress, development, etc.
  16. stallion
    uncastrated adult male horse
  17. leal
    faithful and true
  18. ensorcelled
    under or as if under a spell
  19. ewe
    female sheep
  20. slattern
    a dirty untidy woman
  21. clout
    (boxing) a blow with the fist
  22. sconce
    a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or lights
  23. balk
    refuse to proceed or comply
  24. spoor
    the trail left by a person or an animal
  25. trebuchet
    a heavy war engine for hurling projectiles such as stones
  26. harrow
    a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil
  27. capon
    castrated male chicken
  28. ramshackle
    in poor or broken-down condition
  29. jackanapes
    someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
  30. tabard
    a short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms; worn by a knight over his armor or by a herald
  31. palisade
    a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
  32. gall
    a digestive juice secreted by the liver
  33. yammer
    talk or complain incessantly
  34. rookery
    a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)
  35. vanguard
    the leading units moving at the head of an army
  36. nonce
    the present occasion
  37. crenellation
    a notched rampart around the top of a castle or city wall
  38. palfrey
    especially a light saddle horse for a woman
  39. surcoat
    a loose outer coat usually of rich material
  40. coif
    the arrangement of the hair
  41. plinth
    an architectural support or base, as for a column or statue
  42. dirk
    a relatively long dagger with a straight blade
  43. tinderbox
    a box for holding tinder
  44. bantam
    any of various small breeds of fowl
  45. wroth
    intensely angry or incensed
  46. geld
    cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
  47. gelding
    castrated male horse
  48. courser
    a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey
  49. pommel
    strike, usually with the fist
  50. bestride
    get up on the back of
  51. sop
    dip into liquid
  52. braggadocio
    vain and empty boasting
  53. filly
    a young female horse under the age of four
  54. foray
    a sudden short attack
  55. brindle
    having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
  56. scaffold
    a temporary arrangement erected around a building
  57. nutmeg
    East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed; source of two spices: nutmeg and mace
  58. anise
    a herb cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and oil
  59. greave
    armor plate that protects legs below the knee
  60. gauntlet
    a glove of armored leather that protects the hand
  61. helm
    a position of leadership
  62. firth
    a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)
Created on Sun Nov 24 03:49:22 EST 2013

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