Gulliver’s Travels vocabulary

9 obsolete vocabulary words

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9 [obsolete] words
nitre
springe
larboard
conceit
abstersive
varlet
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springe

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Definition:
A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare.

Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Polonius: Ay, springes to catch woodcocks! I do know,
  When the blood burns, how prodigal the soul
  Lends the tongue vows.

William Shakespeare. Hamlet
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this I filled with the feathers of several birds I had taken with the springes made of Yahoos' hairs, and were excellent food.

Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World (1726)
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