Prime. In the Roman Catholic Church the first canonical hour of prayer, six o’clock in the morning, generally the first quarter of the day.
Quarterstaff. A stout staff used as a weapon of defense. In using it, one hand was placed in the middle, and the other halfway between the middle and the end.
Signet. 1. A seal. 2. A ring containing a signet or private seal.
Slip. To let slip; to loose hands from the noose; to be sent in pursuit of game.
Squire. An attendant upon a knight.
Stirrup cup. A cup of wine drunk on parting from a friend on horseback.
Store. (An obsolete adjective.) Accumulated; stored up.
Strath. A valley of considerable size, through which a river flows.
Targe. Target-shield.
Tine-man. An officer of the forest, who had the nocturnal care of vert and venison.