To The READER.
The editor of SHAKESPEARE's Plays in ten volumes octavo,
publish'd in 68. but prepar'd some years earlier, in that work's Introduction
which is recommended again to your perusal) has lay'd before
you in ample and faithful manner the plan pursu'd by him then, and
that he meant to pursue if leisure and life were granted him. In consequence
of this his engagement, you now receive in these volumes all
the articles promis'd,—or in his other work's title-page, or at it's
conclusion,—together with some additions: The most considerable of
the latter, a “Glossary,” follows this Advertisement; and the Notes are
follow'd by two little Treatises, that have for subject—the Order and
Time of writing the Plays, and the numbers that they are writ in. The
form as well of this publication as of that which preceded it had been
well consider'd, has had the approbation of divers, and will have yours
upon trial; as it has conveniences which other forms want, and order
has added to them: after each of the four parts into which the Notes
are divided, comes a leaf of the Plays' Errata, which revision gave birth
to: The volumes' other constituents are—the “School,” and the “Notitia Dramatica;”
works declar'd by their titles, and having full relation to
what has preceded them.
In ent'ring upon the “Notes,” 'twill be remember'd that there are some
in another place which should properly have stood in these volumes,
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each at the head of those on its play, but they may be recurr'd to: That
topick of commenting having been exhausted in those Notes, these are
confin'd in manner entirely to Explanation, and to a matter of greater
moment than that—the text's Establishment: in the course of them will
be found some retractions of amendments made overhastily, and plac'd
in that text; but their number is triffling, and so is their importance:
More considerable either way are certain new emendations, produc'd
while these Notes were in penning, and the text under a revision: they
are doubly pointed-out to observance; first, by an asterisk set before
the Note that contains them; and a second time, by certain numeral
references at the end of each play's Errata: but might be notic'd still
more commodiously, and with little blemish to the copy of any possessor,
by an (n) or other small mark with a pen, made in the play itself,
and at those words of it which stand before the asterisk'd Note.
In the Introduction above-mention'd, is set forth among other particulars
what ancient copy was chiefly follow'd in the forming of each
play's text: namely, for eleven of the plays, which are there mention'd,
that quarto copy of each of them which in the Table of Editions
is titl'd—best; and for all the rest, the first folio: When any of these
eleven are turn'd to, and the “Various Readings” consulted, the succession
of it's quarto impressions must be gather'd from the Table; for to that
succession do the letters (a, b, &c.) in the Readings refer: But here is
to be observ'd, that three of the Table's quarto's (there denoted by asterisks)
are not concern'd in this series, which proceeds as if those quarto's
were not: and of the enclos'd between hooks, (concerning which
see a paragraph in the Introduction at p. 2.) one only—a “R & J”—
has a share in it, partially; the few Readings selected having an (A) to
distinguish them. For the exercise of the curious, and to open (if possible)
the eyes of the world in general, the train of ancient readings is
noted in this their Collection; that is, you are inform'd by initials,
which none who have read the Introduction can be at a loss to interpret,
what followers the several readings have had among the moderns: When
this step was taken, of pointing out the bad which these same moderns
have follow'd, it was but justice to assign them their good; and accordingly,
every emendation adopted, and put into the text by this writer,
is ascrib'd to it's owner religiously in the course of his Notes; and
also all he has borrow'd from them, even to a hint: and that no complaint
might be made of the suppression of any thing good in them,
a number of their other corrections have a place in the Readings;
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and with them are put some more of their class,—specious ones,—that
are follow'd by no mark, but belong to the present writer.
Thus, reader, you have before you in orderly manner, and as small a
compass as possible, every single material that editions can furnish for
whatever close examination you please of the text of this great Author
as exhibited in the present Edition; for neither quarto, nor folio, (were
they all in your Possession, and you dispos'd to consult them) afford a
reading of moment that is not now in the pages of that Edition, the
Notes, or the Collection that follows them: an assertion that will very
hardly be credited by such of you as are conversant in any one of the
moderns,—no matter which,—or shall turn to them purposely; so numerous
are their unnoted variations of all sorts, which you will naturally
think they must have had from one or other of the elder impressions.
And here we may conclude our address to you with the explanation
of one mark that is of frequent and great use in the Collection aforesaid;
The dash that comes after a reference, signifies—that all editions,
posterior to the edition refer'd to, follow the same reading.
E. C.
note
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To The Right Honourable LORD DACRE.
My Lord,
The work which I have the honour of presenting to
your Lordship had long been prepar'd for the press, and
was nearly printed, when the Author was suddenly cut off
by a violent attack of that painful disorder, which, for several
years, had kept him prisoner to his chamber: What
remain'd has been faithfully finish'd from his MSS. which
are now deposited, agreeably to his direction, in the library
of Trinity College in Cambridge. His intention has
indeed been departed from, in one instance, by adding an
Index of Words and Phrases to the “School,”—a liberty
which perhaps scarce needs an apology; yet it is requisite
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that the smallest deviation from the Author's design should
be accounted for, and the motive that led to it be produc'd.
That Index then was nearly compleated when his
papers came into my hands; and, it's object being glossary
explanation, and that only, it was consider'd,—that such an
addition might be acceptable and useful to many readers,
at the same time that it was not affected by the reasons
given for withholding some others, which were once intended
to have accompany'd it. A Print of the Author is
likewise added to his work; not in consequence of any
direction from him, who had no such design, but merely
to gratify a regard to his memory.
It was intended, in this place, to have vindicated him,—
and he had prepar'd materials, now in my hands, which
would effectually vindicate him,—from some injurious and
ill-grounded suggestions which have been thrown out against
him, in the way of criticism, by one from whom
any disingenuous or uncandid treatment might least have
been expected, but whose station in life and literary reputation
may gain them notice, and give them a currency to
which they are no otherwise entitl'd* note.
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The reader ought also to be made acquainted, in detail,
with the unwarrantable, and, I believe, unexampl'd proceedings
of a late editor of Shakespeare, who, notwithstanding
the assertions which have been confidently and
repeatedly made by him to the contrary, has nevertheless
dress'd up his volumes throughout, by appropriating to
himself, without reserve, whatever suited his purpose from
the present Author's edition, with which he disclaims the
slightest acquaintance* note. Without this detail, the claim of
the true owner to what has been obtruded upon the Public
as the property of another is left at large, undecided,
and unasserted: But a sudden and most severe stroke of
affliction has left my mind too much distracted to be capable,
at present, of engaging in such a task, though I am
prompted to it by inclination as well as duty.
I wish I could excuse myself for thus making the Public,
or your Lordship, party to a matter that respects only
myself: Events of daily occurrence and mere domestic
concern, I am well aware, are no fit objects of public attention,
however deeply they may affect the interest and
happiness of individuals; nor should your Lordship's humanity
have receiv'd a wound from the most distant allusion
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to any sorrow of mine, had it not been necessary towards
exculpating myself from the imputation of willingly
declining to pay a just debt to the memory of a departed
and injur'd friend.
However, to supply this omission, in some degree, by
pointing out the means of ascertaining the truth of what I
have advanc'd, I must beg leave to refer your Lordship to
the edition of Shakespeare, publish'd in ten volumes, octavo,
1773, and re-publish'd in 1779, with notes by Dr.
Sam. Johnson and Mr. Geo. Stevens, requesting you will
take the trouble of comparing it with one publish'd by the
Doctor alone, in eight volumes, 1765: You will then find,
my Lord, a regular system of plagiarism, upon a settl'd
plan, pervading those later editions throughout, and that,
—not the Doctor's former publication, as one would naturally
suppose, but—Mr. Capell's, in ten volumes, 1768,
is made the ground-work of what is to pass for the genuine
production of these combin'd editors, and is usher'd to
the world upon the credit of their names. Either of their
editions will afford full proof of this assertion, which is
evidently deduc'd not only from the many conjectural
emendations adopted into the text, or propos'd in the
notes; but,—from the new Order in which the Plays are
arrang'd; the new regulation of the Scene division, and
sometimes that of the Acts; the new adjustment of the
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metre, in many places; the changes made in the scenical
directions respecting places, persons, and actions, as well as
in the pointing, &c. in all which particulars they differ
from Dr. Johnson's first work, as much as they agree with
that of the present Author. But the re-publication of
their work, as it “is revised and augmented,” makes farther
advances upon the same plan, abounding with fresh matter
and accumulated evidence in proof of the industry
with which the purloining trade has been pursu'd, and of
the latitude to which it has been extended, in each of the
above-mention'd particulars: For differing as it does from
it's former self in numberless instances, in all of them it is
still found to agree with that edition, which, we are gravely
told in so many words by the apparent manager of the
business,—“has not been examin'd beyond one Play.” In
short, every page of his work might be adduc'd in flat
contradiction to his repeated assertions already refer'd to,
the changes made even in the mode of printing, throughout
his new production, being such as must strike the eye
of the most superficial observer, and can leave little doubt
in any one at all conversant in such matters, from what
original the text of it was form'd, or what copy was follow'd
at the press.
Having stated the fact, I leave it with your Lordship to
make your own reflections upon so extraordinary an instance
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of the good faith of editors, and the honest regard
shewn by them to the credit and property of another. But
I cannot help observing,—that such injustice, as requir'd
the united efforts of effrontery and falsehood to conceal it,
amounts to a full acknowledgment of the superior worth
of the person injur'd, and is an undeniable argument of as
much indigence on the one hand as of abundance on the
other. He indeed, who has been thus honour'd, was a
person of another stamp; without the necessity, and above
the meanness, of seeking reputation by the disingenuous
arts and shifts of fraud, and with whom it was a point of
conscience, upon all occasions, freely to acknowledge obligation,
and to render to every one his due.
In conformity therefore with a rule so religiously observ'd
by him, it is necessary that I should return particular
thanks, in his name, to your Lordship, and to each of
those noble and worthy persons by whose encouragement
he was prevail'd upon to proceed with his labours, at a
time when some interested attempts to suppress or defeat
them had nearly determin'd him to lay them wholly aside.
Having discharg'd this duty let me hope for your pardon,
my Lord, if I abruptly take my leave, and add only
my most thankful acknowledgments, for being permitted
to introduce those labours to the Public under the very respectable
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sanction of your Lordship's name. And indeed,
my Lord, the esteem and friendship with which you honour'd
the Author would have left me without excuse, if,
in rendering an account of my executing the trust repos'd
in me by him, I had neglected to address myself particularly
to your Lordship: His credit is concern'd in it; and
it would be injustice to him to let slip so proper an occasion
of bearing testimony to the high estimation in which
he held the honour of such a friendship, who well knew
how to value the slightest favour receiv'd from a generous
and judicious hand.
With the same sentiments of obligation to your Lordship,
I have the honour to be, my Lord,
Your Lordship's most grateful
and obedient humble servant,
John Collins.
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GLOSSARY to SHAKESPEARE.
A
Abjects (R. 3. 6, 31.) Castaways,
Persons abjected. Lat. abjecti.
to able one (k. L. 94, 5.) undertake
for him, answer for one's Ability.
to abode (3. H. 6. 100, 7 & H. 8.
6, 28.) bode, forebode.
to abrook (2. H. 6. 39, 21.) brook,
endure, suffer.
to aby (m. n. d. 46, 28.) abide,
feel the Effect of a Thing.
Academe (l. l. l. 3. 13 & 56, 1.) Academy.
Lat. Academia.
to accite (2. H. 4. 31, 17. T. A.
4, 13.) incite: also,—to summon;
Lat. accire.
accomplished (m. of V. 60, 16.
t. of the s. 7, 11.) furnish'd: also,—
perform'd: Fre. accompli.
Accord (a. y. l. i. 5, 13.) Agreement,
Union. to accord (R & J. 12, 27.) to
agree. accordant (m. a. a. n. 13, 30.)
agreeable.
Accuse (2. H. 6. 48, 10.) Accusation.
Aches (T. of A. 81, 1.) Akes.
to acquittance (R. 3. 80, 11.) acquit,
be as an Acquittance to.
adoptious (a. w. t. e. w. 9, 1.) adoptive,
adoptitious.
to advantage (H. 5. 71, 12. 2. g.
of V. 50, 27.) improve, turn to Advantage:
also,—profit, be of Advantage
to. advantageable (H. 5. 101,
7.) advantageous.
adversly (C. 34, 8. wrongly. Lat.
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ex adverso
.
to advertise (m. f. m. 4, 28 & 93,
13.) observe, attend to; animum advertere.
adulterate (H. 28, 2 & R. 3. 93,
7.) adulterizing, or adulterating;
Part. act. of—to adulterate (k. J.
34, 9.) commit Adultery.
Advocation (O. 75, 26.) Office
and Act of an Advocate.
afeard (M. 61, 12 & t. 50, 31.)
possess'd of Fear, frighted.
Affects (l. l. l. 8, 7 & R. 2. 23, 29.)
Affections.
affection'd (t. n. 30, 22.) affected,
full of Affectation.
Affiance (H. 5. 27, 24.) Reliance,
Trust. Fre.
affin'd (T & C. 17, 24. O. 4, 23
& 46, 13.) join'd in Affinity: also,—
bound, obligated, ty'd as by Affinity.
Affliction (k. L. 59, 11 & M. 39,
31.) Dashing, Battery; videlicet,—of
a Storm: the proper and primitive
Sense of the Latin—Afflictio, which
is deriv'd of—affligere, to dash or beat
down to the Earth.
to affray (R & J. 71, 3.) affright.
Fre. effraier.
to affront (Cym. 92, 30; H. 58,
15; and T & C. 59, 31.) face, meet,
meet in the Face, ad Frontem venire.
Ital. affrontare. Affront (Cym. 100,
23.) is a Substantive form'd from this
Verb in the Sense above-given, whose
proper Meaning is—Onset.
to affy (2. H. 6. 73, 6. T. A. 5,
1.) assure or betroth: also,—to rely,
or put Trust in. Fre. affier.
afield (T & C.) 6, 28 & 108, 13.)
in Field.
agaz'd (1. H. 6, 7, 18.) put in
Gaze.
aglet Baby (t. of the s. 24, 16.)
one no bigger than an Aglet. “Aglets”
are Tags of Laces, or Points;
worn upon ancient Habits for Ornament
chiefly, and fashion'd sometimes
like Images. Fre. Aiguillettes.
to agnize (O. 21, 32.) acknowledge.
Lat. agnoscere.
agone (2. g. of V. 40, 7.) ago.
agood (2. g. of V. 67, 7.) a good
Deal, plentifully.
agu'd (C. 20, 11.) shook as with
an Ague.
a-height (k. L. 90, 18.) aloft, on
high.
Aidance (2. H. 6. 61, 2.) Aid, Assistance:
form'd of—aidant (k. L.
86, 10.) assistant. Fre.
Aiery or Eyery, pronounc'd—Airy
(H. 48, 32 & R. 3. 26, 31.) a Brood
of Hawks: properly—the Nest they
are hatch'd in. v. Eyas.
alder-liefest (2. H. 6. 4. 12.) Words
of Saxon Original, importing—dear
above all. v. Skinner, in—“Alder.”
allegiant (H. 8. 66, 22.) springing
from Allegiance.
all-forgotten (A & C. 16, 5.) a
Thing all of Forgetfulness, made up
of it.
to all-hail (M. 14, 17:) salute, cry
“all hail” to.
Allottery (A & C. 34, 3 & a. y. l.
i. 5, 21.) Allotment.
Almain (O. 41, 21.) a German,
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Native of Almania or Germany.
Ambuscadoes (R & J. 22, 2) Ambushes.
Span. Emboscadas.
Amiss (H. 96, 30.) the Adverb
put substantively, in the Sense of—a
Thing going wrong.
amort (t. of the s. 69, 31.) dead,
cast down, dejected; in French,—amorti.
Anchor (H. 71, 15.) an Anchorite.
Ancient (O. 4, 17.) an Ensign or
Standard-bearer.
angerly (k. J. 56, 1 & M. 48, 2.)
angrily.
Anthropophaginian (m. w. of W.
78, 6.) one of the Anthropophagi or
Man-eaters.
to antick (A & C. 51, 2.) make an
Antick of any one.
Antres (O. 18, 31) Caves, Caverns.
Fre.
apoplex'd (H. 83, 16.) struck as
with an Apoplexy.
to appeach (R. 2. 83, 12 & 84, 8.)
accuse, impeach.
to appoint (w. t. 16, 32 & 83, 2.)
dress or fit out, to equip. Appointments
(A & C. 93, 11 & 1. H 4. 12,
5.) Fittings out. Fre. appointer & Appointements.
Apprenticehood (R. 2. 21, 20.)
Apprenticeship.
Approof (m. f. m. 41, 17.) Approbation.
to approve (Cym. 117, 31.
H. 4. 22.) to prove: also,—to confirm
a Thing's Truth; Fre. approuver.
Approvers (Cym. 40, 31.) Provers,
such as make Proof.
to araise (a. w. t. e. w. 25, 7.) to
raise, to stir up.
Arbitrement (1. H. 4. 75, 19 &
R. 3. 115, 4.) Arbitration, Decision,
Fre.
argal (H. 112, 19.) a Corruption
of—ergo, therefore.
Argosy (m. of V. 3, 9.) a Ship of
particular Construction, us'd in the
Seas of Italy. Ital. Argosia.
to arm (Cym. 91, 9.) take up, take
in Arms.
arm-gaunt (A & C. 21, 21.) made
gaunt (or thin) by long Use of Armour.
aroint thee! (k. L. 65, 30. & M.
6, 24.) avaunt! Hell take thee! Lat.
Dii te averruncent!
arose (c. of e. 63. 14.) arisen.
Arrivance (O. 29, 8.) Arrival,
Arriving: from—arrivant, Part. act.
of—arriver (Fre.) to arrive. to arrive
(C. 54, 13 & 3. H. 6. 92, 2.)
arrive at.
to articulate (C. 30, 12.) to consider
of, or agree upon, Articles articulated
(1. H. 4. 88, 12.) signifies—
put in Articles. Fre. articulé.
askance & ascant (t. of the s. 39,
27, H. 111, 3.) askew, awry: also,—
aslope, sloping over.
Aspersion (t. 56, 26.) Sprinkling
Lat. Aspersio.
Assinego (T & C. 30, 28.) a little
or young Ass: from the Spanish—
Asnico, a Diminutive of—Asno, an
Ass.
Assistance (C. 98, 25.) Assessors,
Partners. Fre.
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to assubjugate (T & C. 46, 31.)
subjugate, bring in Subjection.
Atomies (a. y. l. i. 49, 15 & 61, 4.)
Atoms. Lat. Atomi. Atomy (2. H.
4. 107, 4) is a Corruption of—Anatomy.
to atone (C. 100, 14. Cym. 14,
27.) unite, be at one: also, to reconcile,
to make one. Atonement (2. H.
4. 71, 15 & m. w. of W. 4, 13.) Reconcilement,
Peace.
attach'd (k. L. 90, 13.) join'd together.
Fre. attaché.
Attaint (c. of e. 29, 23, 1. H. 4.
61, 7.) Taint, Attainture: also, a Person
or Thing tainted. attaint (1. H.
6. 96, 20.) attainted.
attemptible (Cym. 15, 17.) fit to
be attempted.
attent (H. 16. 1.) attentive. Lat.
attentus.
Attest (T & C. 103, 12.) Attestation.
attorney'd (w. t. 4, 12. m. f. m.
93, 15.) perform'd by Attorney or
Deputy: also,—made an Attorney,
ready to act the Part of one.
avant or avaunt (M. 46, 2.) away!
vanish! from the French Word—avant,
before.
Aves (m. f. m. 5, 28.) Salutations,
Hailings. from the Latin Word—
ave, hail!
avis'd (m. w. of W. 20, 7.) advis'd.
Fre. avisé.
auld (O. 42, 5.) old; pronounc'd
More antiquo.
Avouch (H. 5. 24.) Avouchment.
Awe (R. 2. 7, 10.) Awfulness. Awful
(2. g. of V. 54, 8. R. 2. 57, 28.)
commanding Awe: also,—solemn,
awfully perform'd. awless (k. L. 12,
5.) dauntless, not to be daunted.
Aye (m. n. d. 5, 27.) ever. Gr. &gre;&gri;&grst; &grA;&gri;&grw;&grn;&gra;.
azur'd (Cym. 84, 20 & t. 67, 14.)
azure-colour'd. Fre. azuré.
B.
Babe (Cym. 54, 5.) a Toy or Plaything,
a Baby.
baccare (t. of the s. 33, 28.) i. e.
back, care! back, my dear! a mungrel
Word; coin'd by a Humorist, and
brought into Vogue among Wits by
some Distichs of John Heywood's.
back'd (Cym. 125, 1. H. 76, 23)
mounted on Back: also,—shap'd in
Back.
badg'd (M. 30, 17.) spotted, stain'd
with Spots like Badges.
to baffle or bafful (1. H. 4. 9, 32
& R. 2. 8, 31.) disgrace, treat ignominiously;
properly,—unknight; the
Ceremonies of which were hoodwinking,
buffeting, and others of
like Contumely. Fre. baffouer, anciently
—baffoler.
to bait (t. of the s. 63, 24.) a Term
in Falconry; signifying,—the fluttering
of a Hawk, when she is bid
to take her Flight, and refuses.
Baldrick (m. a. a. n. 10, 24.) a Belt.
Fre. Bauldrier.
Bale (C. 8, 27.) Woe, Sorrow.
balk'd (1. H. 4. 5, 21.) ridg'd; lying
in Balks or Ridges, ridgewise.
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to ballad (A & C. 116, 10.) put in
Ballad, and sing.
to balm (k. L. 72, 7. t. of the s. 5,
3.) compose, heal as with Balm: also,
—to persume.
Ban (H. 72, 27.) Curse, Execration:
The Word signifies, in French,
—a Proscription or Sentence of Outlawry.
to ban (2. H. 6. 66, 3.) to
curse.
ban'd (m. of V. 65, 29.) poison'd.
to band (1. H. 6. 44, 16.) form in
Bands or Companies. Fre. se bander.
Ban-dogs (2. H. 6. 23, 11.) Mastiffs;
Dogs kept in Bands, or to ban
away Thieves.
to bandy (k L. 50, 27.) retort, strike
back as in Tennis-playing. Fre. bander.
to bank (k. J. 78, 19.) draw near to,
as Banks to the Stream that moves
within them.
to bank'rout (l. l. l. 4, 11.) make a
Bank'rout or Bankrupt of any Thing.
Barbason (H. 5. 21, 11 & m. w. of
W. 38, 24.) The Name of a Devil or
Fiend.
barb'd (m. f. m. 69, 32.) shav'd,
trim'd. Fre. barbé. barbed Steeds (R.
2. 59, 5 & R. 3. 3, 10.) Steeds attir'd
for the War, full-trim'd: probably,
from the same Word—barbé. barber'd
(A & C. 33, 13.) trim'd, set forth
by the Barber. Barber-monger (k.
L. 39, 15.) a Dealer in Barbers.
barful (t. n. 12, 29.) full of Bars or
Impediments.
to bark (H. 28, 31. A & C. 94, 13.)
cover as with a Bark: also,—to strip
of it's Bark.
Barnacle (t. 65, 1.) a small marine
Animal, vulgarly call'd—a Solan
Goose: for an Account of which, and
of it's uncommon Production, v.
Chambers, in—“Barnacle.”
Barne (w. t. 52, 1.) v. Bearns.
Base or Country-base (Cym. 98,
16.) a Sport among Rusticks, call'd—
Prison-base, in which some pursue to
take others Prisoners.
base Court (R. 2. 61, 4.) outer
Court or Yard; so call'd as being lower
than the inner one, and descended
to sometimes by Steps. Fre. Bassecour.
to base (t. 55, 20.) play the Base to.
basta (t. of the s. 19, 18.) enough,
it sufficeth. Ital.
Bastard (1. H. 4. 35, 5 & m. f. m.
51, 24.) in Italian—Bastardo; a sweet
Wine, the Produce of that Country
in old Time.
Bate (2. H. 4. 45, 17.) Strife, Debate.
to bate (1. H. 4. 76, 20 & H. 5. 59,
3.) the same as—to bait. v. above.
'bated (m. of V. 17, 21.) abated, lower'd.
Batlet (a. y. l. i. 30, 1.) a flat Piece
of Wood, with which Linnen is beaten.
to batten (C. 90, 27 & H. 83, 10.)
feed fat, fatten.
bavin (1 H. 4. 62, 23.) made of
bavin or brush Wood, i. e. faggot
Wood.
Bawcock (H. 5. 40, 7; t. n. 56,
19; & w. t. 9, 24.) a fondling or coaxing
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Term; deriv'd, probably, from
the French Words—bas Coque, little
Cock.
Bay (T. A. 25, 16. m. f. m. 25,
20.) a Cry of Hounds: also,—the
Division of a House in the old Form
of building; which consisted of several
bay or bow Windows one over other,
according to the Number of
Stories: a House of three such Windows,
or Sets of Windows, in Front,
was call'd—a House of three Bays.
beached (T. of A. 81, 18.) cover'd
with Beach. beachy (2. H. 4. 51, 23.)
made of Beach.
Bearns (a. w. t. e. w. 14, 18.) a
provincial Word, signifying—Children:
deriv'd of—to bear, whose Part.
pass. was anciently—bearen.
beauty'd (H. 59, 6.) beautify'd.
Beck (T. of A. 22, 7.) properly,
—the Beak or Bill of a Bird. Fre.
Bec.
bedabbl'd (m. n. d. 50, 22.) wetted.
v. Skinner, in “Dabble.”
to beetle (H. 25, 23.) hang as does
a Brow that is too prominent, call'd
—a beetle Brow.
to befortune (2. g. of V. 61, 16.)
bechance, happen to.
Behest (Cym. 105, 29.) a Command,
an Order.
belee'd (O. 4, 14.) a nautical Term,
signifying—weather-bound, gotten
into the Lee of the Weather.
to belly (T & C. 36, 1.) fill or swell
out.
bemadding (k. L. 57, 4.) madding
or making mad.
to bemete (t. of the s. 72, 20.) v.
to mete.
bemoil'd (t. of the s. 59, 20.) mudded.
Fre. mouillé. v. Skinner, in
“Moil.”
to bemonster (k. L. 82, 10.) v. to
monster.
to bench (k. L. 70, 7. w. t. 16, 19.)
sit and seat upon Bench.
benetted (H. 123, 6.) wrap'd in
Nets, netted.
Benizon (k. L. 12, 17 & 96, 8.)
Blessing. Fre. Benisson.
to bepaint (R & J. 33, 8.) paint
or colour over.
to berattle (H. 49, 3.) rate or rattle
over.
bergomask Dance (m. n. d. 72,
2.) a Dance after the Manner of the
Peasants of Bergomasco, a Country
in Italy belonging to the Venetians.
to berime (R & J. 41, 19.) celebrate
in Rime.
bescreen'd (R & J. 32, 5.) screen'd,
his as with a Screen.
to beshrew (R & J. 96, 11.) chide
or cry out upon. “beshrew me! beshrew
your Heart!” &c. are Modes
of exclaiming, or execrating rather,
which occur very often; and signify,
—Ill betide me! &c.
to besmirch (H. 19, 7.) v. to smirch.
Besort (O. 22, 7.) Company. to
besort (k. L. 28, 20.) to sort or suit
with.
bestill'd (H. 16, 13.) made still, i. e.
torpid or motionless.
bestraught (t. of the s. 9, 5.) mad,
distracted, anciently—distraught.
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to beteem (m. n. d. 7, 24.) to teem
out; which, according to Skinner,
signifies—to pour or pour out: if so,
“beteem them,” in this Place, has
the Sense of—pour out to them.
betid (Cym. 93, 1 & R. 2. 78,
15.) betided, or betidden.
Bever or Beaver (1. H. 4, 76,
25.) that Part of the Helmet which
lets down over the Face, with a Grate
of iron Bars before the Eyes. Fre.
Baviere.
Bevy (H. 8. 23, 8.) Perdicum Ternio,
says Skinner, a Leas of Partridges;
Ital. Beva: by Translation,—
an Assemblage or Groupe of Persons.
bewet (T. A. 43. 20.) bewetted.
to bewhore (O. 93, 3.) call a Person
—Whore, and that frequently.
to bewray (k. L. 37, 20.) to discover.
Bezonian (2. H. 4. 105, 5 & 2.
H. 6. 74, 29.) a needy and low Person,
a Scoundrel. Ital. bisognoso.
bias (T & C. 17, 14 & 84, 21.)
bias-like; in bias-like Manner.
'bid (R. 3. 100, 30.) abid, abided.
Biggen (2. H. 4. 86, 17.) a Cap
or Coif of Linnen, like those worn
by Children, with a Stay under the
Chin. Fre. Beguin.
Bilberry (m. w. of W. 88, 1.) the
Fruit of a small Shrub, of the sloe
Kind.
Bilboe (m. w. of W. 8, 12 & 63,
11.) Sword of Bilboa.
Bilboes (H. 122, 12.) a Kind of
Stocks, us'd on Shipboard for the
Punishment of refractory or negligent
Mariners.
Birthdom (M. 60, 10.) Birthright.
bisson (C. 34, 15 & H. 54, 1.) blind,
or blinding. v. Skinner, in “beesen.”
Blank (k. L. 8, 24.) a Mark to
shoot at, a White. Fre. Blanc. to
blank (H. 71, 16.) make blank.
to blanket (k. L. 44, 18.) wrap in
Blanket.
to blast (2. g. of V. 5, 1.) suffer
Blasts. Blastments (H. 20, 2.) Blastings.
to blench (w. t. 17, 7 & m. f. m.
78, 27. T & C. 4, 12.) start aside,
warp: also,—to flinch.
blent (m. of V. 52, 8 & t. n. 20,
17.) blended.
bloat (H. 87, 10.) blown or puff'd
up.
blood-bolter'd (M. 55, 19.) blood-besprinkl'd.
a Bolter is a Chest of
particular Construction, by which
Meal is bolted or bolter'd (i. e.
sprinkl'd) in the Action of sifting.
to blush (2. H. 6. 61, 4.) make
blush.
to bodge (3. H. 6. 18, 3.) the same
as—bouge or budge, i. e. go; (v. to
bouge) but meaning here,—go or
come short.
to body forth (m. n. d. 61, 6.) to
embody; i. e. give Body to, or put
into Body.
Bodykins (m. w. of W. 40, 20.)
Od's-bodykins, or God's-bodykins.
Bodykins is a Diminutive of—Bodies.
to bolster (O. 68, 24.) to copulate.
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Bombard or Bumbard (H. 8.
107, 13 & t. 37, 18.) a Flagon or
Vessel to drink in, shap'd like a Gun;
in French,—Bombarde.
Bombast (1. H. 4. 44, 14 & l. l. l.
88, 9.) Wad, Stuffing.
Bona-roba (2. H. 4. 54, 16 & 60,
4.) a compound Italian Word, signifying—a Wench, or good Wench;
properly,—good Stuff, or good Gear.
bonnetted (O. 10, 23.) with the
Bonnet or Cap on.
Boot (H. 5. 14, 6. k. L. 117, 10.)
Prey, Booty, Pillage: also,—Addition,
Recompence. to boot (A & C.
39, 12.) give in Boot, i. e. Recompence.
it boots (R. 2. 18, 15.) it avails.
bosky or busky (1. H. 4. 86, 4 &
t. 59, 2.) woody: from the French
Word—Bosc, a Wood; of which,
Bosquet is a Diminutive.
'bost (t. of the s. 43, 12.) embost.
Bots (1. H. 4. 23, 27 & t. of the
s. 50, 15.) Worms found in Horses,
of the Kind that Physicians call—
Lumbrici.
to bouge or budge (m. of V. 21,
27.) go, walk off. Fre. bouger.
Bourn or Boorne (t. 29, 30. k.
L. 69, 27.) a Limit or Boundary; in
French,—Borne: also,—a Brook, the
most common Boundary.
Bow or Bough (a. y. l. i. 57, 27.)
a Yoke.
to bower (R & J. 60, 20.) lodge
as in Bower, embower.
to boy (A & C. 116, 14.) act in
boy-like Manner.
Brabble (t. n. 75, 24.) a Quarrel
or Brawl.
Brach (1. H. 4. 59, 22; k. L. 24,
14 & 71, 4; t. of the s. 4, 3; and T
& C. 33, 1.) a Bitch of the hunting
Kind. Ital. Bracca.
braid (a. w. t. e. w. 69, 31.) a provincial
Word, expounded by Skinner
—strange.
to brain (Cym. 106, 24.) conceive,
conceive in Brain, to have proper Ideas
of. brainish (H. 89, 3.) mad, of
a disorder'd Brain.
Brake (m. f. m. 19, 9.) an Instrument
of Torture in old Time, on
which Criminals were—broken.
to branch (w. t. 4, 9.) put forth
Branches. branch'd (t. n. 38, 2.)
flower'd or figur'd in Branches.
Brand (Cym. 43, 23.) that Part
of an Andiron upon which the Wood
lyes in burning.
brassy (m. of. V. 65, 14.) made of
Brass.
Brave (k. J. 80, 12.) Bravery, a
Bravado: Bravery (O. 6, 30.) a Humour
of Braving: both from—to
brave, in French—braver.
Brawl (l. l. l. 27, 24.) the Name of
a Dance in old Time; in French,—
Bransle.
Breed-bate (m. w. of W. 17, 17.)
a Breeder of Bate or Debate, i. e.
Strife.
brib'd Buck (m. w. of W. 87, 10.)
a beg'd Buck, i. e. beg'd by the Keepers:
from the French Word—briber,
to beg.
Brief (a. w. t. e. w. 93, 22 & m. n.
-- 9 --
d.
62, 3.) a short Account, a List;
properly,—a Law-case submitted to
Counsel.
Britain (Cym. 14, 15.) the ancient
spelling of—Briton; and—Britany
(Do. 15, 29.) the ancient Name of
the Island: in 3. H. 6. (46, 25 & 80,
4.) the same Word, or Bretany rather,
means the Province we now call
—Bretagne.
Brize or Breeze (A & C. 68, 9.
and T & C. 18, 15.) the Gad-fly.
broached (H. 5. 94. 30.) spitted,
thrust through with a [Broach or]
Spit. Fre. broché.
Brock (t. n. 39, 24.) a Badger.
Brogues (Cym. 84, 10.) Shoes of
the Irish Peasants.
to broke (a. w. t. e. w. 57, 2 & R.
2. 34, 19.) play the Broker.
Brooch (H. 108, 18; 2. H. 4. 39,
2; l. l. l. 83, 3; & R. 2. 92, 22.) a
Jewel or Gem of any Kind; that, particularly,
which is now worn by Ladies,
and call'd—an Aigrette. v.
Skinner, in “Brooch.” brooch'd
(A & C. 102, 10.) set off as with
Brooches.
Bruit (T. of A. 80, 25.) Noise,
Rumour. Fre. to bruit (2. H. 4. 8,
27.) to rumour.
to buckler (3. H. 6. 60, 15 & t.
of the s. 56, 21.) defend us with a
Buckler; in French,—Bouclier.
Bug (w. t. 44, 8.) an Apparition,
or Bug-bear.
Bugle (m. a. a. n. 10, 24.) a Horn
of small Size; Buculæ Cornu, says
Skinner.
Bully-rook (m. w. of W. 28, 11.)
a Gambler, Bully and Thief too.
to buoy up (k. L. 75, 6.) rise as
doth a Buoy.
Burgonet (2. H. 6. 103, 13.) a Steel
Cap or Murrion. Fre. Bourguignotte.
by'r-lady (m. a. a. n. 49, 8.) by our
Lady. by'r-lakin (t. 51, 25.) i. e.
Ladykin, our little Lady.
C.
to cabin (T. A. 62, 4.) live as in
a Cabin.
Caddice or Cadis (1. H. 4. 36,
16 & w. t. 69, 2.) a Galloon or Binding
of Worsted.
Cade (2. H. 6. 76, 23.) a Cask. Lat.
Cadus.
Caitiff (R. 2. 11, 28. O. 118, 28.)
vile, base, dastardly: also,—a vile or
base Person, a Villain. Fre. chetif.
Ital. cattivo.
to cake (R & J. 22, 8.) make into
a Cake.
Caliver (1. H. 4. 78, 17 & 2. H.
4. 62, 5.) a Gun or Culverin. Fre.
Calibre.
Callat, Callet, or Callot (2. H.
6. 17, 31; O. 93, 10; w. t. 35, 26.)
a Drab or mean Whore.
to camp (A & C. 91, 10.) be as a
Camp to.
Canakin (O. 41, 8.) a Diminutive
of Can, a Cup or drinking Vessel.
Canary (a. w. t. e. w. 25, 5.) a
Dance so call'd. Fre. Canarie. to canary
(l. l. l. 27, 27.) to move in Measures
proper to that Dance.
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to cancerize (T. of A. 78, 21.)
set a Cancer on any Thing.
Canker (1. H. 4. 19, 7 & m. a. a.
n. 15, 9.) the canker or dog Rose;
whose Berry, call'd—Hip, is of a
scarlet Colour.
canopy'd (Cym. 33, 3; m. n. d.
23, 14; & t. n. 4, 28.) cover'd as
with a Canopy.
Cantle (A & C. 67, 32 & 1. H.
4. 54, 32.) a Portion or Segment.
Fre. Eschantillon.
Canzon (t. n. 21, 19.) a Song or
Ditty. Ital. Canzone. Canzonet (l.
l. l. 43, 12.) a Diminutive of—Canzon.
Ital. Canzonetta.
Capability (H. 95, 10.) the Power
of Perception. capable (H. 85, 13.)
one endu'd with that Power: The
same Word (a. y. l. i. 61, 14.) signifies,
—capacious, of some Depth or
Capacity.
cap-a-pe (H. 16. 9.) from Head
to Foot. Fre. du Cap á Pié or Pied.
Capocchia (T & C. 75, 28.) a
Fool, a Simpleton. Ital. It has another
Signification with them, which
see in their Dictionaries.
Capriccio (a. w. t. e. w. 41, 16.)
Caprice, a sudden Humour or Toy.
Ital.
captious (a. w. t. e. w. 20, 12.)
deceitful. Fre. captieux.
captiv'd (H. 5. 33, 26.) taken or
made captive. Fre. captivé.
Carack (c. of e. 33, 20.) a Ship of
large Burthen, us'd in Spain. Span.
Carraca.
Carat (c. of e. 36, 14.) a small
Weight among Goldsmiths and Jewellers.
Fre.
carbinado'd (a. w. t. e. w. 85, 3.)
mark'd with Scars, made by the Shot
of a Carbine.
Carbonado (1. H. 4. 96, 10.) a
Thing slash'd and broil'd. Fre. Carbonade.
to carbonado (k. L. 39, 19.)
to broil, slash, make a Carbonado.
carbuncl'd (A & C. 91, 5.) set with
Carbuncles, larger-siz'd Rubies; in
Latin,—Carbunculi.
care-craz'd (R. 3. 78, 25.) broken
with Cares.
Carkanet (c. of e. 23, 12.) a Chain
or Necklace of Goldsmith's Work.
Fre. Carcanet; a Diminutive, now
out of Use, of—Carcan, a Necklace.
Carle (Cym. 96, 31.) a Clown or
Peasant, a Churl.
Carol (m. n. d. 18, 17.) a merry or
light Song. Fre. Carolle. The Italians
also have—Carola, but understand
by it both a Song and a Dance;
as the French likewise do by their
Word—Carolle.
Carpet-mongers (m. a. a. n. 83,
18.) Knights of the Carpet, Lovers;
properly,—Dealers in Carpets.
to carry Coals (H. 5. 40, 29 and
R & J. 4, 4.) a Phrase in old Time,
signifying—to pocket or put up Affronts.
to case (a. w. t. e. w. 61, 17.) a Term
amongst Hunters for running a Fox
to Earth, that is—running him
down.
Cask, rectius Casque (C. 105, 10
& H. 5. 3, 13.) a Helmet. Fre.
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to casket (a w. t. e. w.) 44, 16.)
put in Casket.
Cassock (a. w. t. e. w. 75, 10.) a
loose outward Coat. Ital. Casacca.
casted (H. 5. 63, 4.) cast.
Cataian (m. w. of W. 26, 23.) a
Romancer; Teller of improbable
Stories about Cathay, or Cataia, a
Province of China.
Cataplasm (H. 110, 8.) a Plaister
or Poultice, us'd in Surgery. Lat.
Cataplasma.
Cates (t. of the s. 37, 28.) Junkets,
Dainties; call'd also,—Acates.
v. Skinner.
Catlings (T & C. 71, 14.) Strings
of Cat-gut.
to caudle (T. of A. 63, 6.) be
Caudle to.
to cave (Cym. 81, 9.) make a Cave
one's Dwelling.
Caviare (H. 51, 29.) the soft Roe
of a Sturgeon, pickl'd. Ital. Caviaro.
Cautel (H. 19, 7.) Deceit, Craft,
Treachery. Fre. Cautelle. cautelous
(C. 83, 21.) crafty, treacherous. Fre.
cauteleux.
Cearments (H. 24, 29.) Encearings,
Wrappings in Cear-cloths. Ital.
Ceramenti.
to cease (Cym. 118, 10.) make or
cause to cease.
to cement (A & C. 24, 23.) join,
be as a Cement to any Thing. Ital.
cementare.
Censer or Censor (2. H. 4. 106,
26 & t. of the s. 71, 31.) properly—a
Plate or Dish to hold Incense, Fre.
Encensoir.
Censure (H. 20, 31.) Opinion,
simply.
Century (Cym. 90, 31. k. L. 85,
29.) the Number—an Hundred: also,
—a Command or Party of Men
consisting of that Number.
certes (c. of e. 47, 20. O. 3, 16.)
surely, verily, certainly. Fre.
Cess, potius—Sess (1. H. 4. 23,
24.) Power of assessing or sessing, i. e.
estimating.
Chaces (H. 5. 16, 19.) a Term in
Tennis-playing.
Chafe (A & C. 15, 30.) Substantive
from—to chafe, (i. e. fret) in
French—chauffer & eschauffer.
to chain (A & C. 90, 20.) be as a
Chain to: an Ornament, worn in the
Poet's Time, or a little before it, by
most Persons of Rank, as a Part of
their court Dress.
chalic'd (Cym. 34. 31.) having Cups
or Chalices, in French—Calices.
chamber'd (R. 2. 8, 9.) lodg'd as
in a Chamber.
to champion (M. 36, 20.) challenge,
play the Champion.
Changelings (1. H. 4. 88, 16.)
Persons given to Change.
to channel (1. H. 4. 3, 7.) make
Channels in any Thing.
Chantry (t. n. 73, 8.) the Choir or
Quire of a Chapel. Fre. Chanterie.
to character (a. y. l. i. 42, 14.) to
carve or inscribe, put in Character.
character'd (2. g. of V. 34, 19.) written.
Charactery (J. C. 32, 23 & m.
w. of W. 88, 31.) Writing, the Characters
us'd in it. Characts (m. f. m.
-- 12 --
82, 2.) Characters.
Chare (A & C. 104, 7 & 116, 28.)
Office, houshold Office; hence the
Word—Chare-woman, now in Use.
Charge-house (l. l. l. 59, 16.) a
Corruption of—Charter-house, and
that of—Chartreuse, a Convent of
Monks, call'd—Carthusians.
charm'd (Cym. 100, 3.) under the
Influence of Charms or Enchantments.
Charmer (O. 73, 19.) a Person
using such Charms.
Charneco (2. H. 6. 37, 30.) a strong
Liquor among the Vulgar, of what
Kind is uncertain; deriv'd, by the
Oxford Editor, from—Charniégos,
a Spanish Word, signifying—the
Stocks; a Place which the Indulgers
in this Sort of Liquor were apt to
come to.
charter'd (H. 5. 6, 8.) priviledg'd,
having Charter to do a Thing.
chary (H. 19, 28.) reserv'd, careful.
Chaudron (M. 52, 8.) the Midriff
of a Calf or other Animal.
chearly or cheerly (t. 3, 6.) chearfully.
'Cheator (m. w. of W. 15, 29.) Escheator,
an Officer in the Exchequer.
to check (t. n. 40, 2.) a Term in
Falconry: a Hawk is said—to check,
when she leaves the good Game she
was flown at, to follow a baser, which
is seldomm done but by Hawks of base
Kind.
Cherry-pit (t. n. 56, 23.) a Play
among Boys; perhaps, the Chucking
of Cherry-stones into a Hole.
Cheveril (R & J. 42, 27.) Kidleather.
Ciaverello, in Italian, signifies
—a Kid.
Chewet (1. H. 4. 87, 1.) Jack-daw,
meaning—Chatterer. Fre. Chouette.
childed (k. L. 72, 21.) having Children,
provided of Children. Childness
(w. t. 14, 16.) Childishness,
childish Disposition.
Chopine (H. 51, 20.) a Shoe with
high Heels of Cork, us'd by Women
in Spain. Span. Chapin.
Chough (H. 125, 7.) a simple Bird,
like a Daw, but bigger, found upon
Rocks. Fre. Chue or Chucas.
christen (1. H. 4. 24, 2.) a Corruption
of—christian.
chrysom Child (H. 5. 30, 9.) a
Child that dies before Baptism, says
Skinner; who derives it from the
Italian Word—Cresima, which signifies
—the baptismal Unction.
Cinque-pace (m. a. a. n. 19, 9.) a
Dance so intitl'd; taking it's Name
from the French Words—cinque Pas.
cinque-spotted (Cym. 33, 21.)
mark'd with five Spots.
circum-mur'd (m. f. m. 62, 2.)
wall'd round, enclos'd with a wall;
in Latin,—Murus.
circumstanc'd (O. 78, 19.) put off
with Circumstances, meaning—Evasions.
Cital (1. H. 4. 92, 22.) Accusation,
Charge, Citation.
Cithern (l. l. l. 82, 29.) a musical
Instrument. Lat. Cithara.
Clack-dish (m. f. m. 55, 26.) a Dish
us'd by Beggars, upon which they
made a Clacking or Clatter in Sign
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of begging.
Clangue (t. of the s. 28, 20.) a
loud Noise. Lat. Clangor.
to clapper-claw (m. w. of W. 41,
7.) berattle, bang with the Tongue.
clean kam (C. 69, 23.) kam is a
Word among the Vulgar, that signifies
—awry, crooked; in Latin,—camurus:
so that clean kam is—clean
awry, i. e. from the Purpose.
to clepe, imperfect—clept (H. 23,
30. M. 37, 15.) to call or intitle.
Cliff (T & C. 99, 5.) a Mark us'd
in Musick, denoting the Key (Fre.
Clef) or Pitch of Voice that is requisite
for the Line 'tis prefix'd to.
to climate (w. t. 98, 4.) to dwell
or reside.
to cling (M. 77, 24.) dry or shrivel
up, make cling together.
clinquant (H. 8. 4, 8.) shining,
glittering. Fre.
to cloister (R. 2. 77, 29.) shut in
Cloister. Cloistress (t. n. 4, 15.) a
Nun, or one cloister'd.
Close (2. g. of V. 75, 19.) Conjunction,
Closure.
Clout (2. H. 4, 55, 7 & k. L. 91,
25.) a white Mark to shoot at.
clouted (Cym. 84. 10.) strengthen'd
with Nails call'd—Clouts.
to cloy (Cym. 105, 24.) employ
busily: cloy'd (in the same Play, at
94, 2.) signifies—over-busy'd, busy'd
even to cloying. cloyless (A & C.
23, 28.) uncloying. Cloyment (t. n.
35, 19.) being cloy'd.
to co-act (T & C. 103, 8.) act
in Concert, act together. co-active
(w. t. 10, 14.) acting together, a Co-agent.
Cob-loaf (T & C. 30, 20.) a mis-shapen
Loaf of Bread, run out in
the baking into Lumps an Protuberances.
cocker'd (k. J. 74, 28.) fondl'd,
dandl'd, made much of, tenderly
brought up. Fre. coqueliné.
Cockle (l. l. l. 56, 32.) a Weed in
Corn.
cockl'd (l. l. l. 55, 19.) inshell'd as
is the Cockle; a minute Shell-fish,
mention'd in the “t. of the s.” at
71, 4.
Cockney (k. L. 48, 29.) a Person
cocker'd or cosseted, (v. cocker'd)
bred in the City, and ignorant of what
passes out of it.
Cock's-Passion (t. of the s. 60,
26.) a Corruption of—God's Passion.
coffin'd (C. 38, 11.) put in Coffin;
a Word made Use of in “T. A.” (81,
22.) for the Cavity of a rais'd Pye.
Cognisance (J. C. 36, 25.) a
Badge or Mark to be known by: an
heraldic Term, properly, and meaning
—the Crest. Fre. Cognoissance.
Coigne (C. 119, 21 & M. 17, 7.)
an Angle or Corner. Fre.
Coil or Coyl (m. n. d. 47, 1 & t.
13, 17.) Ado, Stir, Bustle.
co-leagued (H. 10. 13.) join'd in
League.
colly'd (m. n. d. 8, 6.) black'd,
darken'd with Clouds.
to colt (1. H. 4. 27, 27.) make a
Youngling or Colt of a Person.
Comart (H. 6, 30.) Bargain, Compact;
-- 14 --
what is marted or marketed
jointly.
combinate (m. f. m. 49, 30.) combinated,
combin'd, i. e. by Covenant.
co-mingl'd (H. 66, 4.) mix'd or
mingl'd together.
Commends (m. of V. 41, 26 & R.
2. 47, 25.) Commendations.
Commere (H. 123, 20.) a common
Mother or Godmother. Fre.
Commixtion (T & C. 89, 4.) Composition,
Mixture.
Commixtures (3. H. 6. 43, 25.)
Parts of which a Thing is compos'd.
Community (1. H. 4. 63, 7.)
Commonness.
compact (m. f. m. 88, 18. m. n. d.
60, 30.) compacted.
to companion (A & C. 6, 28.) make
Companion.
to company (Cym. 124, 10.) keep
Company with.
Comparative (1. H. 4. 9, 12 &
62, 24.) comparison-making: also,—
a Competitor, or Person comparing.
Compare (m. n. d. 45, 10.) Comparison.
to compassion (T. A. 55, 28.)
have Compassion on any one. compassionate
(R. 2. 18, 15.) moving
Compassion.
to compeer (k. L. 108, 9.) equal,
sit on equal Footing.
Complices (2. H. 4. 10, 13 & R.
2. 45, 9.) Accomplices. Fre.
Complots (R. 3. 59, 6 & 14.) Plots
or Packings together. to complot
(R. 2. 6, 20 & 18, 31.) to plot or
conspire. Fre. comploter.
Composition (O. 13, 32.) Consent
of Parts, Coherence.
Composture (T. of A. 70, 19.)
Compost, Composition.
comptible (t. n. 18, 18.) accountable.
compulsatory (H. 7, 8.) compulsory.
compunctious (M. 15, 25.) giving
Compunction.
to con (a. y. l. i. 50, 23.) study or
learn; properly,—to know: con you
Thanks (T. of A. 70, 3.) is—study
Thanks for you.
to conceit (J. C. 22, 5 & 47, 27.)
conceive or imagine.
conceptious (T. of A. 61, 30) quick
in Conception, i. e. Teeming.
Concupy (T & C. 105, 5.) Concupiscence,
comicé.
to coney-catch (m. w. of W. 14,
24.) to trick or cheat; gull, take in
Gulls.
Confectionary (T. of A. 64, 14.)
a Confectioner's Working-house.
Confine (H. 8, 31; O. 10, 27; &
t. 60, 16.) Confinement, Place of
Confinement. confineless (M. 62,
3.) under no Confine.
Confiners (Cym. 89, 1.) Borderers,
Dwellers upon the Confines.
confining (k. J. 23, 32.) bordering.
to confixed (m. f. m. 88, 6.) fixed.
to congee (a. w. t. e. w. 72, 27.)
take Leave of, ceremoniously and
with Congees.
to congreet (H. 5. 99, 13.) greet
mutually.
congruing (H. 93, 23. H. 5. 13.
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25.) congruent: agreeing. Lat. congruens.
to conjoin (2. H. 4. 87, 30.) to join.
conjur'd (O. 17, 24.) charm'd,
wrought on by Conjurations.
to conserve (m. f. m. 45, 7. O. 74,
6.) save, preserve: also,—make as a
Conserve. Fre. conserver.
Considerance (2. H. 4. 99, 30.)
Act of considering.
to consign (2. H. 4. 101, 12 & H. 5.
107, 25.) sign or set Seal to, consent.
to consolate (a. w. t. e. w. 52, 11.)
console, comfort. Lat. consolari.
Conspectuities (C. 34, 15.) Clear-sightednesses:
a Word whimsically
coin'd from the Latin—Conspectus,
and as whimsically join'd with—bisson.
conspirate (k. L. 110, 27.) one that
has conspir'd, a Conspirator. Lat.
conspiratus.
Consuls (O. 4, 9, & 11, 16.) Members
of the Council.
Continent (M. 62, 14. A & C.
97, 11.) containing, i. e. restraining:
also,—that which contains.
contract (R. 3. 78, 20.) contracted.
to contrary (R & J. 26, 3.) contradict
or oppose. Fre. contrarier.
to convent (C. 43, 28 & t. n. 86,
12.) convene: from the Latin—Conventus,
an Assembly or Meeting of
People.
Converse (H. 34, 25. O. 53, 11.)
Conversation.
Convertite (a. y. l. i. 92, 20 & k.
J. 73, 6.) Person converted. Ital. convertito.
convict (R. 3. 35, 17.) convicted.
to convince (Cym. 16, 21; l. l. l.
87, 6; M. 20, 17 & 65, 3; & O. 79,
25.) overcome, conquer. Lat. convincere.
to convive (t. of the s. 30, 29 and
T & C. 94, 5.) feast or banquet together.
Lat. convivari.
copatain Hat (t. of the s. 83, 26.)
a high-crown'd, high-pointed Hat;
from—Cop, the Top or high Point
of any Thing.
Copie (c. of e. 52, 27.) properly
—Plenty; us'd here in the Sense
of—the Whole, the whole Amount.
Lat. Copia.
coragio! (a. w. t. e. w. 46, 28 &
t. 75, 17.) courage! Ital.
Coranto (t. n. 10, 32.) a Dance
so call'd: in Italian,—Coranta.
Corollary (t. 58, 8.) a Deduction
from a preceding Argument, being
(as it were) a Surplus of it; licentiously
us'd, in this Place, for—Surplus,
simply. Lat. Corollarium.
Correctioner (2. H. 4. 106, 28.)
Giver of Correction.
Corrival (1. H. 4. 20, 7 & 85, 16.)
the same as—Rival; taking Rival in
it's proper Signification,—a Partner.
Lat. Corrivalis. v. Rivals.
corruptedly (k. J. 86, 15.) corruptly,
even to Corruption.
'costed (H. 48, 11.) accosted.
Coster-monger, rectius—Costard-monger
(2. H. 4. 17, 11.) properly,
—a Dealer in Costards, i. e. Apples;
but us'd here as an Adjective, in the
Sense of—mean, pitiful, as a Merchant
-- 16 --
of that Sort.
Cote (a. y. l. i. 31, 7 & 55, 6.) a
Cottage.
to couch (O. 99, 16.) lye with. Fre.
coucher.
Counter-caster (O. 4, 15.) Caster-up
of Accounts, otherwise—Counts;
A & C. 43, 1.
County (R & J. 80, 19.) Count.
Ital. Conte.
to courb (H. 86, 14.) bend, crouch.
Fre. courber.
Course (2. H. 4. 83, 20) Occurrence.
to coward (H. 5. 26, 3.) daunt,
make Coward. Fre. couarder.
to cower (2. H. 6. 58, 24.) to sink
or squat down. Fre. couver. Ital. covare.
cowish (k. L. 80, 17.) soon cow'd,
dastardly. cow, is a Contraction of—
coward.
to coy (C. 106, 5. m. n. d. 51, 23.)
make coy or dainty of any Thing:
also,—to coaxe, or stroak coaxingly.
v. Skinner.
Coystril, Kastrel, or Kestrel (t.
n. 8, 13.) a Hawk of base Kind. Fre.
Quercelle.
Cozier (t. n. 28, 32.) a Botcher;
from—couser, an old French Word,
signifying—to sow.
to crake (Cym. 115, 18.) to brag
or speak vauntingly. Fre. craquer.
Crank (C. 7, 31.) an Angle or angular
Passage, i. e. winding Passage.
cranking (1. H. 4. 54, 30.) winding,
running in Cranks.
crany'd (m. n. d. 65, 32.) in Form
of a Cranny or Crack; in French,—
Creneau.
Crare or Crayer (Cym. 83, 30.)
an old Word, signifying—a Barge,
or Vessel of that Kind. Lat. barb.
Crayera.
to craven (Cym. 59, 24.) make
craven or cowardly.
to craze (R. 3. 91, 16 & m. n. d. 6,
16.) crack or break. Fre. ecraser.
crazy (1. H. 6. 51, 31.) infirm, broken
or crack'd with Infirmities.
credent (H. 19, 22, m. f. m. 78,
11.) believing, credulous; Lat. credens:
also,—commanding Credit,
credible.
crescent (H. 19, 3.) in it's Growth,
growing; Lat. crescens: it is also
a Substantive, (A & C. 23, 11.) and
signifies—a crescent Moon, Moon in
the Encrease. cressive (H. 5. 6. 26.)
full of Growth.
Cressets (1. H. 4. 52, 8.) properly,
—Lights set upon Beacons; from
the French Word—Croisette, a small
Cross, with which Beacons were anciently
ornamented.
to crest (A & C. 111, 10.) be as a
Crest to. crestless (1. H. 6. 35, 15.)
not bearing Arms or a Crest.
Crete (l. l. l. 53, 14.) Chalk. Lat.
Creta.
crimeful (H. 105, 16.) criminal.
crimeless (2. H. 6. 41, 15.) void of
Crimes.
cripple (H. 5. 61, 8.) lame, crippl'd.
crisp (t. 60, 28. T. of A. 61, 26.)
curl'd, winding; Lat. crispus: also,—
shining, glittering or making Things
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glitter; Lat. crispans.
Croan (w. t. 35, 7.) a toothless old
Woman; properly,—a Sheep in that
State.
to crook (H. 65, 28.) bend or make
crooked.
Crowner's Quest (H. 112, 29.) a
Corruption of—Coroner's Inquest.
crudy (2. H. 4. 79, 28.) crude,
crudish. Lat. crudus.
Crusado (O. 72, 12.) a Coin so intitl'd,
current in Portugal.
cub-drawn (k. L. 56, 8.) drain'd,
or drawn dry, by her Cubs.
Cuisses (1. H. 4. 76, 26.) Armour
for the Thighs. Fre. Cuissaux.
Cullion (t. of the s. 65, 5.) a Dolt
or Fool. Ital. Coglione. cullionly (k.
L. 39, 14.) cullion-like, doltish.
Culter (H. 5. 99, 28.) a Plowshare.
Lat. Cultrum.
Cunning (m. f. m. 69, 11.) Knowledge;
the Word's primary Signification.
to cupboard (C. 6, 20.) put in
Cupboard.
Curfeu (k. L. 65, 22 & t. 67, 11.)
the Ringing of a Bell in old Time,
commanding People to put out their
Lights. Fre. Couvre-feu.
'Currents (1. H. 4. 32, 6.) Occurrents,
Occurrences.
cursorary (H. 5. 100, 28.) cursory.
curtain'd (M. 23, 10.) clos'd in
Curtains.
Curtelass or Curtle-are (a. y. l. i.
21, 28, H. 5. 73, 2.) a short Sword or
Cutlass. Fre. Coutelas.
customed (k. J. 52, 5.) accustomed,
customary.
Cuttle (2 H. 4. 41, 18.) a foul-mouth'd
Fellow: call'd so, by Translation,
from a Fish of that Name;
which is said to throw out of it's
Mouth, upon certain Occasions, an
inky and black Juice that fouls the
Water.
Cyprus (t. n. 47, 3.) a thin Kind of
Silk,—heretofore brought from Cyprus.
D.
to daffe or doffe (m. a. a. n. 36, 3 &
74, 9.) do or put off; put by, and
that with Slight or Neglect.
daizy'd (Cym. 91, 7.) rich in Daizies.
to danger (A & C. 12, 15.) put in
Danger, endanger.
dank (m. n. d. 26, 22 and R & J.
37, 6.) damp, moist. dankish (c. of e.
58, 27.) inclining to damp, dampish.
Danskers (H. 33, 19.) Danes,
Natives of—Danske, i. e. Denmark.
to dapple (m. a. a. n. 86, 20.) mark
with Spots, like the Skins of some
Horses.
Dare (1. H. 4. 75, 28. A & C. 12,
7.) Daring, Shew of Boldness: also,
—Challenge, Defiance. dareful (M.
76, 17.) bold, daring-like.
darking (T & C. 115, 14.) growing
dark, dark'ning. darkling (m. n.
d. 27, 2.) being in Dark.
to darraign (3. H. 6. 32, 26.) range,
put in Order. Fre. arranger.
to deaf (k. J. 17, 16 & l. l. l. 90, 25.)
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make deaf, deafen.
dear'd (A & C. 18, 10.) endear'd.
dearn or dern (k. L. 75, 9.) dire,
dreadful.
death-mark'd (R & J. 3, 9.) on
which Death had set his Mark.
debosh'd (a. w. t. e. w. 96, 5 & t.
47, 16.) debauch'd; in French,—debauché,
interpreted by Cotgrave—
debosh'd.
'debted (c. of e. 36, 17.) indebted.
Deck (3. H. 6. 87, 15.) Pack, i. e.
of Cards.
to deck (t. 11, 21.) cover as with a
Deck, meaning—Deck of a Ship.
deed-atchieving (C. 38, 7.) exciting
to Deeds or great Feats, exciting
to the Atchievement of them.
Deem (O. 41, 1 and T & C. 81,
8.) Thought, Opinion: Substantive
from—to deem.
Defeat (H. 5. 14. 26. H. 56, 3 &
124, 6.) Overthrow. Fre. Defaite:
also,—a Dispatch, i. e. Murther. se
defaire is us'd by the French in the
Sense of—to dispatch or murther
one's self. to defeat (O. 25, 24.) undo,
alter. Fre. defaire.
Defeatures (c. of e. 15, 12 & 60,
16.) Deformation of Features.
defend or Heaven defend (O. 23.
6.) signifies—Heaven forbid, and is
a Gallicism.
deftly (M. 53, 19.) readily, cleverly.
v. eftest.
defunct (O. 23, 4.) dead. Lat. defunctus.
Defunction (H. 5. 9, 29.)
Death.
deject (H. 62, 20 and T & C. 35,
8.) dejected; cast down, thrown from
Hope. Lat. dejectus.
to delve (Cym. 4, 17.) to dig.
Delver (H. 112, 21.) Digger.
to demean one's self (c. of e. 44,
20 & 53, 21.) behave, bear, carry one's
self. Fre. demener. Demeanour (c.
of e. 17, 4.) Behaviour, Carriage.
Demerit (C. 13, 1 & O. 10, 22.)
Desert. Fre. Demerite.
demi-natur'd (H. 108, 10.) become
or made half of it's Nature.
demuring (A & C. 102, 14.) playing
the demure one.
Denay (t. n. 36, 15.) Denial. denay'd
(2. H. 6. 18, 24.) deny'd.
Denier (R. 3. 17, 23 & t. of the s.
3, 7.) a small French Coin, valu'd at
the tenth Part of an English Penny.
Denotement (O. 49, 19 & 58, 32.)
Observation: also,—Indication. Substantive
from—denote; in French,—
denoter.
to denude (T. of A. 55, 26.) strip,
or make naked.
Depart (3. H. 6. 27, 8 & 2. g. of
V. 74, 29.) Departure. Fre.
to depose (3. H. 6. 13, 26 & R. 2.
13, 29.) swear, take Depositions. Fre.
deposer.
to deracinate (H. 5. 99, 29 and
T & C. 20, 3.) to root up, to eradicate.
Fre. deraciner.
Designment (C. 123, 17 & O. 28,
16.) a Design, an Enterprize.
despight (k. L. 110, 24.) in Despight
of.
to determinate (R. 2. 17, 23.) to
end, to determine: from the Latin,—
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determinare. determin'd (1. H. 6. 72,
32.) ended. Fre. determiné.
devote (t. of the s. 14, 11.) devoted.
Lat. devotus.
to dew (2. H. 6. 66, 14 & M. 72,
27.) bedew.
Dew-berries (m. n. d. 34, 23.)
strictly and properly, are—the Fruit
of one of the Species of wild Bramble,
call'd—the creeping or lesser
Bramble: but, as they are rank'd in
this Passage with Fruits of a better
Sort, they must be understood to
mean—Raspberries, which are also
of the bramble Kind.
Dew-lap (m. n. d. 16, 26.) properly
—the Wallet, or Bag of Flesh, beneath
the Chaps of a Bull or other
cud-chewing Animal. dew-lapt (m.
n. d. 55, 23 & t. 53, 21.) having
Dew-laps.
dexteriously (t. n. 14, 27.) dextrously;
comicé.
to dialogue (T. of A. 26, 15.) hold
Dialogue with.
Dibble (w. t. 65, 12.) an Instrument
us'd by Gardners and Pea-setters.
to diet (C. 29, 17. c. of e. 53, 32.
a. w. t. e. w. 96, 22.) to feed, simply:
also,—to feed by Prescription: also,
—to disdain, loath, turn the Nose up,
as Men do at a Med'cine or Diet-drink.
Dieter (Cym. 77, 24.) Feeder.
diffused (m. w. of W. 76, 19.)
wild, irregular. Lat. Diffusus.
to dilate (O. 19, 12.) tell at large.
Lat. dilatari.
Dirge (H. 10, 4. and R & J. 90,
17.) properly,—the Anthem at Funerals,
beginning—Dirige nos, Domine.
Disaster (H. 7, 23.) a malign Influence
of Planets or other Stars. Fre.
Desastre; taking it in the Sense of
the Words it is form'd of, viz.—des,
and Astre, a Star. to disaster (A & C.
47, 1.) bring Disaster on any Thing,
meaning—Disorder.
to disbench (C. 44, 20.) unseat,
move from the Bench.
to disbranch (k. L. 81, 11.) tear
a Branch off.
to discandy (A & C. 79, 28 & 94,
12.) thaw, melt; dissolve as does a
Thing that is candy'd, if put into
Water.
to discase (t. 68, 31.) uncase, put
off one's Habit.
discipl'd (a. w. t. e. w. 12, 1.) having
for Disciples.
to disclaim in a Thing (k. L. 40,
6.) quit or give up Claim in it.
Disclose (H. 62, 32.) Disclosing.
Discontents (A & C. 18, 4 & 1. H.
4. 88, 16.) Persons discontented.
Discourse (H. 95, 8 & O. 94, 14.)
Ratiocination, Animi Discursus.
Dis-ease (1. H. 6. 38, 19.) Trouble,
Want of Ease.
dis-habited (k. J. 19, 30.) dis-inhabited,
expell'd their Dwelling.
to dis-horn (m. w. of W. 76, 30.)
strip of Horns.
disjoint (H. 10, 12.) disjointed.
to disliken (w. t. 85, 2.) make unlike.
to dislimn (A & 96, 7.) unshape;
properly,—unpaint.
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to dismantle (w. t. 85, 2. k. L. 10,
29.) disrobe: also,—to unloosen.
Dismes (T & C. 34, 8.) Tenths.
Fre.
disnatur'd (k. L. 29, 25.) flown
from Bias of Nature, without natural
Affection.
dis-orb'd (T & C. 35, 4.) thrown
out of it's Orbit.
dispiteous (k. J. 54, 13.) cruel,
unpitiful.
Disports (O. 23, 11.) Recreations,
Pastimes. Fre. Deports.
Dispose (k. J. 12, 2. O. 27, 10 and
T & C. 46, 2.) Disposal: also,—Disposition.
to dispose (A & C. 100,
20.) come to an Agreement, settle
Matters with any one.
to disproperty (C. 41, 3.) strip of
it's Property.
to dispunge (A & C. 92, 4.) shed,
shed down, squeeze as from a Spunge:
a Word coin'd somewhat daringly.
dispursed (2. H. 6. 46, 31.) now—
disbursed; given out of one's Purse.
to disquantity (k. L. 28, 18.)
change the Quantity of any Thing,
lessen it's Number.
to distaste (O. 66, 7. T & C. 37,
22.) taste amiss: also,—to vitiate or
spoil a Thing's Taste.
to distemper (O. 6, 29.) disorder.
Distemperature (c. of e. 33, 15.)
Disease, Sickness; so call'd as proceeding
from an evil Disposition of
bodily Temperature.
distinctively (O. 19, 14.) distinctly.
distract & distraught (H. 96, 12.
R & J. 85, 25.) distracted. Fre. distrait
or distraict. Distractions (C.
66, 28.) Divisions. Fre.
disvalu'd (m. f. m. 87, 26.) lessen'd
in Value.
dividant (T. of A. 55, 22.) divisible.
Divineness (Cym. 71, 27.) Divinity.
to dizzy (T & C. 105, 2.) make
dizzy.
dock'd (m. of V. 4, 12.) fix'd as in
Dock.
to d'off, to d'on, & to d'ope (t. of
the s. 51, 28. A & C. 24, 6. H. 98,
3.) do off, do on, i. e. put; do open,
i. e. set open.
Doit (C. 21, 29 & m. of V. 18, 5.)
the Name of a Coin of small Value,
current among the French.
Dole (a. y. l. i. 12, 18. 2. H. 4. 10,
19. w. t. 11, 8.) Lamentation: also,—
Distribution, Dealing; Substantive
from—to deal: also,—Lot. Dolings
(T. A. 50, 27.) Sorrowings.
Dotant (C. 110, 9.) Doter, Dotard.
Dowlas (1. H. 4. 68, 23.) the
Name of a coarse Kind of Linnen,
manufactur'd (says Skinner) at
Dourlans in Picardy.
downfall (M. 60, 10.) down-fallen.
down-gyred (H. 36, 4.) hanging
in Rucks or Folds. Lat. gyratus.
drabbing (H. 34, 7.) following
Drabs, i. e. Harlots.
Draff (1. H. 4. 78, 22 and T & C.
97, 23.) Wash for Hogs.
dragonish (A & C. 95, 30.) resembling
a Dragon.
Draught (T. of A. 77, 15.) a Jakes.
'drest (T & C. 22, 6.) addrest.
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to drizzle (c. of e. 60, 30 & m. a. a.
n. 50, 5.) to fall in small Particles.
to droop (H. 5. 73, 29.) sink or
let fall.
to drop (A & C. 78, 2.) blind, affect
as with the Drop; a Malady of the
Eye, intitl'd otherwise—Gutta serena.
to drug (M. 24, 1.) dose, mix with
Drugs, i. e. Poisons, drug-damn'd
(Cym. 57, 20.) damn'd for it's Poisons.
to drumble (m. w. of W. 53, 10.)
to drone or move sluggishly. Ital.
dromigliare.
Ducat (m. f. m. 55, 26.) a foreign
Coin, about the Value of our Crown.
Dudgeon (M. 23, 5.) the Handle
or Haft of a Dagger. Dague á Roelles
is interpreted by Cotgrave—a
Scottish or dudgeon-haft Dagger.
dulcet (a. w. t. e. w. 8, 31; m. of V.
48, 2; & m. n. d. 20, 4.) sweet, sweetish.
Ital. dolcetto.
to dull (H. 20, 26 & H. 5. 23, 32.)
make dull.
dumb'd (A & C. 21, 23.) made
dumb, silenc'd. dumb-discoursive (T
& C. 82, 9.) speaking in Dumbness.
Dump (R & J. 91, 4 & 2. g. of
V. 52, 5.) a dumpish or melancholy
Tune.
Durance (1. H. 4. 8, 9. 2. H. 4.
108, 14.) Endurance, Lastingness:
also,—Confinement, Imprisonment.
dusky (t. 59, 11.) swart, black of
Colour. Lat. fuscus.
E.
eager (H. 28, 29.) sour. Fre. aigre.
to ean (m. of V. 15, 16.) bring
forth Lambs. Eanlings (Do. 16, 7.)
Lambkins.
to ear (a. w. t. e. w. 15, 4; A & C.
9, 25 & 18, 17; & R. 2. 54, 26.) to
till, plow. Lat. arare.
easil'est (Cym. 83, 31.) Superlative
of—easily.
Effuse (3. H. 6. 44, 14.) Effusion.
'eftest (m. a. a. n. 69, 26.) vice—
deftest, corruptedly. deft is a Word
of Saxon Original, and signifies—
ready, clever.
egal (T. A. 66, 12.) equal. Fre.
Eglantine (m. n. d. 23, 15.) the
wild Rose or sweet Briar. Fre. Englantine.
Eld (m. f. m. 43, 11. m. w. of W.
75, 31.) old Age: also,—old Times.
Element (H. 8. 5, 7.) Rudiment,
the first Principle of any Thing.
Elf, pluraliter—Elves (t. 67, 4.)
Fairy, Fairies. to elf (k. L. 44, 18.)
dress as Elves do. Elf-locks (R & J.
22, 8.) Locks entangl'd and matted
together, the suppos'd Work of Elves.
emballing (H. 8. 41, 25.) queening:
from the Ball, one of the regal
Insignia, us'd at Coronations.
embay'd (O. 28, 11.) put into Bay.
to emblaze (2. H. 6. 96, 5) emblazon.
embossed (k. L. 52, 20 & T. of A.
81, 19.) headed, rising up in a Head or
Boss. Fre. Embossé. v. to imboss.
embounded (k. J. 71, 20.) bound
or bounded in.
to emmew (m. f. m. 45, 10.) put
in Mew, i. e. Prison; properly,—the
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Coop or Cage of a Hawk.
to empale (T & C. 114, 10.) encircle
as with a Pale.
Empery (H. 5. 15, 8 & R. 3. 77,
9.) imperial State, Empire.
emulate (H. 6, 20.) emulating,
emulous.
Enacts & Enactures (T. A. 60,
5. H. 70, 25.) Enactings, Purposes.
to encave (O. 81, 24.) shut in
Cave, hide.
to endart (R & J. 18, 27.) dart or
shoot into.
to enfeoff one's self (1. H. 4. 62,
31.) bind or let one's self out: a
Law Term.
enforced (3. H. 6. 11, 15; R. 2.
21, 13 & 24, 12.) forc'd, constrain'd.
Enforcement (2. H. 4. 9, 1.) Constraint.
enfreed (T & C. 73, 8.) freed, set
at Liberty. Enfreedoming (l. l. l. 31,
12.) Setting at Liberty; comicé.
to engild (m. n. d. 41, 28.) to gild.
to engirt (2. H. 6. 99, 31.) to engird.
engirt (Do. 49, 20.) engirded.
Engle or Ingle (t. of the s. 66,
19.) interpreted by Skinner,—Cinœdus;
by Cotgrave,—Bardache:
—a Catamite.
englutted (H. 5. 77, 10.) swallow'd
up. Fre. englouti.
to engoal or enjail (R. 2. 18, 7.)
imprison, put in Jail.
to engross (R. 3. 75, 10.) make
gross. Fre. engrossir.
to enguard (k. L. 31, 8.) ensure
with Gaurd.
to enmesh (O. 51, 1.) take as in
Meshes.
to enoble or ennoble (H. 53, 29
& R. 3. 20, 28.) make noble. Fre.
ennoblir.
enpearced (R & J. 19, 29.) pearced
into.
to enrank (1. H. 6. 7, 7.) set in
Rank.
enridged (k. L. 91, 2.) lying in
Ridges.
to enround (H. 5. 61, 24.) surround,
incircle.
enschedul'd (H. 5. 100, 23.) enter'd
in a Schedule.
to ensear (T. of A. 61, 30.) sear
or dry up.
enshield' for enshielded (m. f. m.
38, 13.) immask'd, guarded, cover'd
as with a Shield.
ensky'd (m. f. m. 15, 24.) seated
in Sky.
to enstate (m. f. m. 94, 27.) to estate.
v. estate.
to entame (a. y. l. i. 62, 10.) to
tame or subdue.
entertissu'd (H. 5. 70, 22.) interwoven.
Fre. entretissu.
entreasured (2. H. 4. 52, 26.)
lay'd up as in a Treasury.
Entreatment (H. 22, 21.) Treatment;
i. e. Entertainment, Reception;
in French,—Entretien.
l'Envoy (l. l. l. 29, 21 &c.) the
Conclusion of a Ballet or Sonnet;
couch'd in Lines by themselves, and
having for their Subject, sometimes
an Address to some Person or other,
and sometimes an Interpretation,
where the Matter of the Piece they
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belong'd to was hard or enigmatical.
Fre.
erring (H. 8, 30 & O. 26, 6.)
wand'ring. Lat. errans.
escoted (H. 49, 7.) pay'd, provided
of Pay: from the French Word—
Escot, a Shot or Reck'ning.
Esperance (k. L. 77, 12 and T &
C. 103, 11.) Hope. Fre.
to estate (a. y. l. i. 81, 12 & m. n.
d. 6, 22.) settle as an Estate.
estimable (m. of V. 18, 32 & t. n.
23, 31.) esteemable. Fre.
etern (H. 53, 17 & M. 40, 21.)
eternal. to eternal (A & C. 107, 14.)
make eternal, eternalize.
to even (a. w. t. e. w. 13, 27. Cym.
63, 19.) make even: also,—to make
the most of. even Christen (H.
113, 3.) fellow Christian.
to evitate (m. w. of W. 94, 8.) to
avoid. Lat. evitare.
exasperate (M. 50, 17.) exasperated.
Exclaims (R. 2. 10, 9 & R. 3. 95,
10.) Exclamations.
Excrement (c. of e. 18, 18; H. 85,
7; l. l. l. 60, 5; m. of V. 49, 9; &
w. t. 87, 9.) Excrescence, Part excrementitious.
Executors (H. 5. 14, 15.) Executioners.
Exercise (R. 3. 63, 8.) a Lecture
or Preachment: a Term us'd by Dissenters.
Exhibition (k. L. 14, 29 & 2. g.
of V. 15, 11.) Allowance: a university
Term.
Exigent (A & C. 98, 5 & J. C.
77, 28.) a Writ so call'd, being Part
of the Process leading to an Outlawry;
us'd in both these Places in the
Sense of—Extremity.
Expectance & Expectancy (H.
62, 17. T & C. 89, 27.) Expectation.
Expedience (H. 5. 76, 27. 1. H. 4.
4, 17.) Haste, Expedition: also,—a
Thing expedient or necessary. expedient
(k. J. 14, 20 & 20, 1.) hasty,
expeditious. expediently (a. y. l. i.
42, 4.) expeditiously.
expuls'd (1. H. 6. 54, 20.) expell'd.
Lat. expulsus.
exsufflicate (O. 61, 2.) puff'd out,
puffy: probably, from the Latin—
sufflatus.
Extasy (c. of e. 46, 28; H. 85,
28; M. 40, 3; & t. 55, 31.) a Wandring
of the Sense or Understanding,
a Disturbance of it.
extermin'd (a. y. l. i. 63, 19.) exterminated.
Fre. exterminé.
extern (O. 5, 18.) external. Lat.
externus.
extincted (O. 30, 23.) dead, extinguish'd.
Lat. extinctus.
to extirpe (m. f. m. 55, 1.) extirpate.
Fre. extirper.
extravagant (H. 8, 30.) wandring
beyond it's Bounds. Fre.
extraught (3. H. 6. 35, 4.) extracted.
Eyas, plu. Eyases (H. 48, 32.) a
young Hawk, a Nestling, one just
from the Egg, in Dutch—Ey. Eyas-musket
(m. w. of W. 49, 21.) i. e.
young Musket. Musket is a Hawk of
small Size, in French—Mousquet.
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Eyen or Eyne (l. l. l. 68, 21 & m.
n. d. 11, 11.) Eyes. to eye (A & C.
16, 13.) to look or appear.
F.
to face (t. of the s. 44, 32 & 72,
32.) to outface.
facile (O. 14, 28.) easy. Lat. facilis.
facinerious (a. w. t. e. w. 32, 26.)
facinerous or facinorous; comicé. Lat. facinorosus.
Factionary (C. 109, 27.) a Partizan,
one of this or that Faction.
to fadge (t. n. 25, 24.) a provincial
Word, signifying—to go or proceed.
Fail (w. t. 38, 20 & 92, 21.) Failure.
fain (2. H. 6. 26, 4.) glad or fond:
an old Word, still existing in the
Phrase—I would fain, i. e. gladly.
faith'd (k. L. 36, 10.) credited,
held worthy of Faith or Belief.
Faitors (2. H. 4. 42, 14.) Evildoers;
in French—Mal-faiteurs.
to fall (A & C. 71, 24; a. y. l. i. 60,
26; c. of e. 20, 2; m. n. d. 65, 15; &
O. 87, 11.) let fall. to 'fall (A & C.
65, 14 & c. of e. 57, 19.) to befal.
to false (Cym. 36, 21.) make false.
Fancy-monger (a. y. l. i. 53, 12.)
Love-merchant, Dealer in Fancy.
fang'd (H. 87, 32.) having their
Fangs.
fangl'd (Cym. 106, 12.) quaintly
fashion'd.
fantastical (M. 8, 10.) imaginary,
begot of Fancy or Fantasy. Fantasticoes
(R & J. 41, 6.) Persons fantastic.
Ital. fantasy'd (k. J. 62, 24.) possess'd
with Fancies.
Farrow (M. 53, 12.) the Litter
of a Sow.
farsed or farced (H. 5. 70, 23.)
big, swelling; properly,—stuft. Fre.
farcé.
Farthel or Fardel (w. t. 87, 13.)
a Pack or Bundle. Ital. Fardello.
Fashion-mongers & Fashion-mong'ring
(R & J. 41, 10. m. a. a. n.
74, 26.) Dealers and dealing in Fashions.
fated (t. 10, 21.) ordain'd by Fate.
to father (Cym. 91, 4.) be a Father
to. father'd (J. C. 32, 11 & k.
L. 72, 21.) having a Father.
fatigate (C. 46, 5.) tir'd, weary'd.
Lat. fatigatus.
Faulchion (l. l. l. 83, 1.) a Sword
or Scymitar. Fre. Fauchon.
Favour (O. 25, 24.) Look, Countenance.
favour'd (J. C. 21, 1.) carrying
the Look or Favour of any Thing.
by my Fay or Fey (H. 46, 24.
R & J. 27, 18.) by my Faith. Fre.
par ma Foy, anciently—Fé.
Fear (M. 11, 7 & m. n. d. 61, 11.)
a Thing fearful or dreadful. to fear
(A & C. 42, 8; 3. H. 6. 64, 19; & M.
16, 25.) to affright, frighten, make
fear. fearful (t. 23, 12 & 69, 22.) to
be fear'd, dreadful. fearfully (k. L.
79, 26.) dreadfully.
feat (Cym. 112, 6.) adroit, clever.
v. Skinner.
to feature (Cym. 5, 6.) represent,
reflect the Features of any one.
Federary (w. t. 25, 24) a Confederate.
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to feeble (C. 9, 30 & k. J. 79, 31.)
make feeble, weaken.
Feed (a. y. l. i. 31, 7.) Pasture.
Feer (T. A. 54, 24.) a Mate or
Husband; properly,—a Companion.
felicitate (k. L. 5, 30.) felicitated,
made happy.
fell (H. 133, 25.) grim, stern, terrible.
Fell of Hair (M. 76, 23.) Head
of Hair, the whole Hair. Fell, is the
Skin (Lat. Pellis) out of which the
Hair grows; properly,—that of a
Beast.
to fellow (w. t. 10, 15.) be Fellow
to.
Feodary (Cym. 51, 7 & m. f. m.
39, 25.) One who holds his Estate
under the Tenure of Suit and Service
to a superior Lord. Lat. barb. Feudarius
& Feodarius.
festinate (k. L. 73, 8.) speedy. Lat.
festinatus.
fet (H. 5. 38, 25.) fetch'd.
to fever (A & C. 73, 31.) put into
a Fever.
Fewness (m. f. m. 15, 29.) i. e. of
Words; Conciseness.
Fico & Figo (m. w. of W. 14, 20.
H. 5. 51, 21.) a Fig: both of them
Italian. to fig (2. H. 4. 105, 12.) give
the Fico.
fielded (C. 19, 7.) encamp'd, that
have taken the Field.
Fil-horse vice Thil-horse (m. of
V: 24, 5.) Horse that goes in the Thil
or Shafts of the Waggon.
Film (R & J. 21, 13.) the thin filmy
Substances floating in the Air in
summer Time, known by the Name
of—Gossamour. to film (H. 86, 6.)
cover with a Film or thin Pellicule.
to fine (H. 5. 10, 11.) make fine,
set out or embellish.
fineless (O. 60, 24.) endless: from
the Latin Word—Finis, an End.
fishify'd (R & J. 41, 17.) turn'd to
Fish, made a Fish of.
to fist (2. H. 4. 24, 11.) gripe with
Fist.
Fitchew or Fitchow (k. L. 92,
23. O. 83, 30.) a Polcat.
fitful (M. 40, 4.) whose Fits recur
often.
Fitment (Cym. 124, 11.) a Thing
fitting.
Flaunts (w. t. 62, 15.) gay Attire,
Finery, Things that Girls flaunt in.
Flaws (C. 114, 32 & H. 118, 27.
2. H. 4. 82, 5.) Gusts of Wind: also,—
thin Crystalizations upon the Ground
or on Water in winter Time.
Flax-wench (w. t. 15, 9.) one
working in Flax, a spinning Girl.
flecker'd (R & J. 37, 3.) a provincial
Corruption of—flecked; and
that of—flaked, i. e. streaked.
to fleet (a. y. l. i. 7, 4.) make to
pass fleetly, i. e. swiftly.
Fleshment (k. L. 42, 13.) Substantive
from—to flesh, in Latin—
degustare.
flew'd (m. n. d. 55, 21.) hung with
Flews: Flews, are the large and deep
Chaps of a Hound.
Flexure (H. 5. 70, 15.) Incurvation,
Bending. Lat. Flexura.
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flickering (k. L. 41, 29.) waving,
fluttering: the Sun's Beams have the
Appearance of such a Motion.
Flirt-gills (R & J. 45, 1.) flirting
Hussies, flirting Gillians.
Flouriet & Flowret (m. n. d. 53,
12. 1. H. 4. 3, 8.) a Diminutive of—
Flower.
to flout (M. 5, 27.) a Verb particularly
expressive of the dashing and
wave-like Motion of a Banner or any
such Body agitated by Wind.
flower-soft (A & C. 32, 30.) of
flowry Softness.
flush (T. of A. 83, 18.) mature,
ripe, full ripe; properly,—abounding,
as in the Phrase—flush of Money.
fly-slow (R. 2. 17, 23.) slow-flying.
to foin (2. H. 4. 44, 29.) a Term
in Fencing, signifying—to push.
Foizon or foison (t. 30, 10 & 60,
4.) Abundance & abundant. Fre.
to foot (Cym. 105, 22.) strike with
Foot, meaning here—Talons.
forbid (M. 7, 7.) i. e. forbid the
Commerce of Others; as those anciently
were who lay under a Curse.
to 'force (C. 73, 8 & m. f. m. 46, 1.
M. 76, 4.) enforce: also,—to re-inforce,
strengthen. forced (T & C. 96,
30.) the same as—farced. v. above.
to foredo (H. 119, 3 & O. 106, 15.)
undo. foredone (m. n. d. 72, 26.) over-done,
i. e. spent, exhausted.
Fore-end (Cym. 55, 27.) Forepart,
Beginning.
to fore-fend (Cym. 119, 20.) to
forbid. fore-fended (k. L. 102, 30.)
for (or fore-) bidden; in French,—
defendu.
to fore-slow (3. H. 6. 38, 6.) defer,
linger.
to fore-speak (A & C. 63, 31.)
speak against, make void the Application
of any one by prepossessing
the Party apply'd to.
fore-spent (2. H. 4. 6, 8.) over-spent,
exhausted.
fore-thought (k. J. 42, 22.) præ-design'd.
fore-weary'd (k. J. 20, 11.) over-weary'd.
forgetive (2. H. 4. 79, 29.) given
to forging.
formal (t. n. 40, 6.) that is in due
Form or Order. formal Man (A &
C. 38, 3 & c. of e. 54, 6.) means—a
sober one, one in his Senses.
former (J. C. 80, 1) Comparative of
—fore; whose Superlative is—foremost.
forted (m. f. m. 80, 17.) strong,
seated as in a Fort.
Forth-rights (t. 51, 27.) strait
Paths.
to fortune (2. g. of V. 77, 10. A &
C. 8, 7.) chance, happen: also,—fit
with Fortune.
Fosset-seller (C. 34, 22.) a Seller
of Fossets, i. e. Taps; in French,—
Faussets.
foul'd, pronounce—fool'd (H. 36,
3.) turn'd down. Fre. foulé.
Fount (m. f. m. 74, 17.) Fountain.
Fre. Font.
four-inch'd (k. L. 63, 26.) fram'd
of that Width.
foutra or foutre (2. H. 4. 104, 23
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& 105, 9.) a French Word, of obscene
Signification.
Fox (H. 5. 79, 11.) a cant Word
for—a Sword.
fracted (T. of A. 23, 25.) forfeited;
properly,—broken. Lat. fractus.
frampold (m. w. of W. 32, 15.)
vexatious. “frampole” occurs in
some of our Law-books, as an Epithet
given to “Fences,” made in some
particular Manors (that of Writtle in
Essex for one) upon Lands that held
of those Manors; the Tenants of
which had a Right, by Custom, not
only to the Wood of their Fence, but
also to all such Wood as they could
hook to them with the Tip of their
Hatchet, standing upon their Fence:
Now the Exercise of this Right exposing
the Tenants, as was likely it
should, to many vexatious Suits on
the Part of their Lord and of Others,
the Word “frampole” or “frampold”
came in Time to be vulgarly
predicated of any Thing highly vexatious.
The Word is something corrupted
by those among whom it was
current, but yet a plain and significant
Compound of “franc” and “Pole.”
Franchise (Cym. 49, 15.) Enfranchisement.
Frank (2. H. 4. 34, 3.) a Sty to feed
Hogs in. Fre. Franc. to frank up
(R. 3. 28, 10 & 109, 2.) put in Frank.
Franklin (Cym. 53, 2 & 1. H. 4.
25, 9.) a country Freeholder.
fraught (w. t. 80, 2.) freighted,
full-freighted.
to 'fray (T & C. 55, 24.) affray.
v. affray.
fretted (Cym. 43, 20 & H. 47, 24.)
done in Fret-work. Fre. bretté. v.
Skinner.
to friend (H. 5. 82, 3.) befriend.
Frippery (t. 64, 11.) a Place of
Sale for old Cloaths. Fre. Friperie.
to 'front (A & C. 19, 18 & 1 H. 4.
28, 17.) affront. v. affront.
to frush (T & C. 113, 32.) burst or
break in Pieces. Fre. froisser.
fulfilling (T & C. Prologue.) up-filling,
filling-full.
full-acorn'd (Cym. 46, 25.) pamper'd
high with Acorns, full-fed
with them.
Fullam or Fulham (m. w. of W.
16, 14.) a false Die. v. Gourd.
Fumiterr (k. L. 85, 26.) Fumiterry,
an Herb so call'd; in Latin,—
Fumaria. v. Skinner.
to fur (T & C. 34, 28.) line with
Fur. Fur'd Pack (2. H. 6. 77, 2.) a
Wallet or Knapsack of Skin, with
the Hair outward.
to furnace out (Cym. 24, 27.)
throw out, as a Furnace does Sparks.
to furrow (R. 2. 20, 9.) draw Furrows
on any Thing.
to fust (H. 95, 11.) contract Fustiness,
as many Things do that are ill
look'd to.
G.
Gaberdine or Gabardine (t. 40,
12.) the coarse Frock of a Peasant.
Ital. Gavardina.
Gad (T. A. 55, 6. k. L. 14, 30.)
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properly,—a sharp-pointed Instrument
to prick forward Oxen; hence,
any Instrument resembling it: also,
—Haste, Hurry.
to gage (m. of V. 7, 25. Do. 27,
16.) engage, pledge or lay in Pawn:
also,—to measure (Vessels, properly.)
Fre. gager, & gauger.
'gain-giving (H. 129, 2.) the same
as—misgiving,
a giving-against; as—
gainsaying, which is now in Use, is
—saying-against, or contradicting.
Gait (t. 59, 26. H. 10, 23.) Tread,
Walk, Air in walking: also,—Walk,
simply; meaning—Progress.
galled (H. 5, 38. 19.) fretted, worn
by Friction. v. to gallow.
Galliard (t. n. 10, 24.) the Name
of a Dance. Ital. Gagliarda.
Galliasses (t. of the s. 44, 5.) Gallies
of a larger Construction. Ital.
Galeazze.
Galli-mawfry (m. w. of W. 25, 29.)
properly,—a Medley or Jumble of
Things together. Fre. Gallimaffrée.
to gallow (k. L. 59, 6.) probably,
the same as—to gall or gaul, i. e. fret;
in French,—galler.
Gallow-glasses (M. 4, 16.) a Kind
of Soldiers among the Irish, in old
Time, who serv'd on Horseback.
Gallows (l. l. l. 62, 6.) a Knave,
one fit for the Gallows.
Gambol (2. H. 4. 45, 18.) Game,
Frolick, Trick; properly,—a tumbling
Trick. Ital. Gambarvole. to
gambol (m. n. d. 34, 22.) sport or
play Tricks.
