Pervicacious

Spitefully obstinate; peevishly contumacious.

"May private devotions be efficacious upon the mind of one of the most pervicacious young creatures!"

Clarissa

Peat:

A little fondling; a darling; a dear play thing. It is now commonly called pet.

Glance

To Glance:

To censure by oblique hints.

"It was objected against him that he had written verses wherein he glanced at a certain reverend doctor, famous for his dulness."

-Swift.

Opinion

to Opinion:

To opine; to think. A word out of use and unworthy of revival.

"It is opinioned, that the earth rests as the world's centre; while the heavens are the subject of the universal motions.

-Glanville, Scepsis, c. xi

Tarantula:

An insect whose bite is only cured by musick.

Nestegg:

An egg left in the nest to keep the hen from forsaking it.

"Books and money laid for shew,
Like nesteggs, to make clients lay."

-Hudibras

Excise

A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.

Excise,
"With hundred rows of teeth, the shark exceeds,
And on all trades like Cassawar she feeds."

-Marvel