- 08.006 they tried lighting watch-fires at night,
Hyphenated in its OED sub-entry.
“watch, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/226075. Accessed 21 September 2017.
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Watch-post
- 11.005 On this there had been an old watch-post;
- 17.054 near to the watch-post on Ravenhill.
Hyphenated in its sub-entry in OED.
“watch, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/226075. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Water-gate
- 09.018 from the hillside there was a water-gate.
- 09.018 in by the water-gate.
- 09.020 opened the water-gate,
- 09.021 and thought about this water-gate,
- 09.052 which pulled up the portcullis at the water-gate
- 09.056 He heard the creak of the water-gate being hauled up,
Hyphenated in the OED examples.
“water gate, n.2.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/226193. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Water-skin
- 07.143 but to fill their water-skins
- 07.154 and the water-skin which was their share,
Hyphenated in its sub-entry in OED.
“water, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/226109. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Waterlogged
- 10.015 and Gloin were waterlogged
Azog
- 01.126 in the mines of Moria by Azog the Goblin.’
Avenge
- 16.002 and I will be avenged
Avalanche
- 12.101 and an avalanche of splintered stones fell
Weather-stain
- 02.026 (a little weather-stained)
Hyphenated in OED.
“ˈweather-stain, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/226671. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Autumn-like
- 07.133 There was an autumn-like mist white upon the ground
OED gives us neither “autumn-like” nor “autumnlike”, so I will call this a JRRT original. Now, it may not be original to him at all, but a word that he saw in someone else’s uncommon text. We tag it thus to bring it into the light of examination.
words that you were saying 