SALIGOT (b)
The water chestnut, Trapa natans. Adaptation of the Old French. 1597: “The leaves of Saligot be given against all inflammations.”
NEAP (a)
The pole or tongue of a cart. Now US. Perhaps of Scandinavian origin. 1884: “They had perched themselves on the cart’s neap.”
SCAPHANDER (b)
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A cork belt used as a support when swimming. From the Greek for “boat man”. Adapted from the French. So named by La Chapelle, the inventor, 1775. 1825: “A third follows behind with the scaphander.”
NOSELING (a)
On the nose. Face downwards. Malory, Arthur, 1470-85: “He was smitten with a sword on the right foot that he fell down noseling on the ship’s board.”