old documents / (in palaeography) historical documents written to convey a specific intention between a sender and receiver; generally inclusive of written material through the mid-19th century

paleography

(archaic, possibly obsolete) a kind of beriberi (vitamin B deficiency) causing swelling of the lower leg / (archaic, possibly obsolete) a predicament

swelling

(archaic, possibly obsolete) a kind of beriberi (vitamin B deficiency) causing swelling of the lower leg

to use / to employ / to make use of, to apply / to spend

a word, a term / language, speech

unable to put into words

unable to put into words

use one thing for many purposes / work someone hard