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ARCHAISMS AND PROVINCIALISMS. 



JAC . ,, 

J A. A tenon for a mortise. Wett, ; 
JABBER. To talk nonsense. Var.xHnl 
JABELL. A term of contempt, more usu^Uj^ 
applied to a woman tlian to a man. ! ^ ^ ^ 

JACE. A kind of fringe. Devon. * 

JACK. (1) A figure outside old public tlockn 
made to strike the bell. It was also galled 
Jack of the Clock, or Clock-house. Till a'Yery 
recent period, the dock of St. Dunstan's 
church was famished with two of these jacks. 
Dekker gives the phrase to a company of 
sharpers. See his Lanthome and Candle- 
Lig^ ed. 1620, sig. G. " Strike, hke Jack 
o' th' clock-house, never but in season," 
Strode's Floating Island, sig. B. ii. Jackt, 
the chimes, Hallamsh. Gloss, p. 53. 

(2) A coat of mail ; a defensive upper garment 
quilted with stout leather. The term was 
more latterly applied to a kind of buff jerkin 
worn by soldiers ; and a sort of jacket, worn 
by women, was also so termed. See Reliq. 
Antiq. L 41 ; Collier's Old Ballads, p. 7. To 
be tgiMm their Jacks, L e. to have the advantage 
over an enemy. 

(3) A whit. Somertet. 

(4) Half, or a quarter of a pint. North. Per- 
haps from Biack-Jaei, q. v. It also has the 
same meaning as black-jack, as in the Trou- 
bles of Queene Elizabeth, 1639, sig. C. ii. 

^5) To beat. Craven. 

(6) The knave of cards. North. 

(7) The male of an animaL Weet, 

8) A farthing. An old cant term. 

9) A kind oi water-engine, turned by hand, 
used in mines. Staf. 

(10) An ape. Hence, a young coxcomb ; a sly 
crafty fellow ; a man of any description. 

(11) JacJc-at'a'pinchy a sudden unexpected call 
to do anything. Also, a poor parson. Jack' 
at-teart9f a little conceited fellow. Jack qf 
the wad, an ignis fatuus. Jack in the basket, 
a sort of wooden cap or basket on the top of 
a pole to mark a sand-bank, &c. Jack in the 
box, an irrev e rent name for the Sacrament. 
Jack with the lanthom, an ignis fatuus. Jack 
qf aU trades, one who has a smattering know- 

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fq^«ly.ldqg'-legs. Every Jack-rag cf them, 

,'• fiys^vi p«r)on in the party. Jack in office, an 
,in8ol^nt'^feIlow in authority. Jack nasty face, 

/ ;^'cottUn^i( sailor. Jack qf Dover, some arti- 

'' ;de/mti{^i9nibH in the Canterbury Tales as 
having been sold by the cook, but its precise 
nature has not been ascertained. Jack-in-the- 
green, a man inside a small house made of 
flowers and evergreens, who carries it in the 
procession of the sweeps on May-day morning. 

JACK-ADAMS. A fool. Var. dial. 

JACK-A-DANDT. A pert smart little imperti- 
nent fellow. North. 

JACK-A-LEGS. A large clasp knife. Also, a 
tall long-legged man. North. 

JACK-A-LENTS. Stuffed puppets which used 
to be thrown at during Lent. See Cleaveland's 
Poems, 1660, p. 64. It is a term of reproach 
in various instances, as in the Bride, by 
Nabbes, 4to. Loud. 1640, sig. G. ii. In the 
West of England the name is still retained for 
a scarecrow, sometimes called ^'accomtYe. 

JACK-AN-APES. An ape. See Fletcher's 
Poems, p. 190. Now used for a coxcomb. 

JACK-A-NODS. A simple fellow. North. 

JACK-BAKER. A kind of owl. South. 

JACK-BARREL. A minnow. Warw. 

JACK-BOOTS. Large boots coming above the 
knees, worn by fishermen. Var. dial. 

JACK-DRUM. See Drum (3), and Topsell's 
Historic of Serpents, 1608, p. 262. 

JACKED. Spavined. A jacked horse. 

JACKET. A doublet. Sometimes, the upper 
tunic ; any kind of outer coat. 

JACKEY. EngUshgin. Var. dial 

JACK-HERN. A heron. I.Wight. 

JACK-IN. BOX. A sharper who cheated trades- 
men by substituting empty boxes for similar 
looking ones full of money. Dekker. 

JACK-LAG-KNIFE. A clasped knife. Ghue. 

JACK-MAN. (i) A cream-cheese. West. 

(2) A person who made counterfeit licenses, &e. 
Fratemitye of Vacabondes, p. 4. 

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J\CK-NICKSR. AgoUUhwh. Cketh. 

JACK-PLANB. AcoanepUne. North. 

JACK.PUDDING. A bnffoon sttenduit on a 
mountebank. See Jones's Blyxnas, 1682, 
|K 7 ; Brand's Pop. Antiq. i. 81. 

JACK-ROBINSON. Before me coM toy Jack 
Robhuon, a saying to express a very short 
time, said to have originated firom a very vola- 
tile gentleman of that appellation, who woold 
call on his neighboms, and be gone before his 
name could be announced. The following 
lines *' from an old play" are elsewhere given 
as the original phrase, — 

A warke It yt m etsJe to be doone, 
Ai tyt to saye, Jariir« / roflyf on. 

JACK-ROLL. The roller for winding the rope 
in a draw-well. North, 

JACKS. (1) The turnip fly. Suffbli. 

(2) The servitors of the University. 

JACK'S-ALIVE. A gaD»(^^blaxe<!LWi)a8^isg 
round and twirling i :nnt<^^ jbr f lighted' 
paper, and he in whole Vand if dies,,p|^^ji 
forfeit. Moor mentions it, p. 28^ • ;*••!! 

JACK-SAUCE. An impudent feU^A^i Jl^tcAieOft 
in How io Choose a Good ^if^, IQ34. .• . . 

JACK-SHARP. A prieklebaCl^ T^lsd* cdle4> 
Jaek-SharpHnfff and Jaek-SM^rpttSli* *••*•' 

JACKSON. AsUlyfeUow. Boat, 

JACK-SPRAT. A dwarf. rar.diaL 

JACK-SQUEALER. The swift. Sakp. 

JACK-STRAW. The bUck-cap. Somenet. 

JACK-WEIGHT. A &t man. Far. dial 

JACOBIN. A grey friar. 

JACOB'S-STAFF. A mathematical instrument 
used for taking heights and distances. 

JACOB'S-STONE. A stone inclosed in the 
coronation chair, brought from Scotland by 
Edward L where it was regarded vrith super- 
stitious veneration. See Hentzner's Travels, 
p. 252 ; Heywood's Royall King, sig. A. iv. 

JACOUNCE. A jacinth. Skelton, ii. 18. 

JACU. The cry of the pheasant. 

JADDER. (1) Shaky; infirm. Ea»t. 

(2) A stone-cutter. Gbnte. 

JADT. A term of reproach. Shah. 

JAG. (1) To carry hay, &c. Weat. As a subst. 
a parcel, or load. Far. diaL 

(2) To trim a hedge, tree, &c. North. In old 
English, to cut or slash. "Jaggede hym 
thorowe," Morte Arthure, MS. Line. f. 75. 
y^JAGE. A violent motion. Graven. 

JAGGEDE. The fashion of jagging garments 
has already been mentioned, in v. Dagge, 
A jnpone of Jerodyne i^n^wle in scbredes. 

Iforte Arthure, MS. Lincoln, t. 63. 

JAGGER. One who works draught horses for 

hire. North. 
JAGGING-IRON. An instrument with teeth 

used in fashioning pastry. Var. dial. 
JAGOUNCE. The garnet stone. (A.'N.) See 

Ashmole's Theat. Chem. Brit. p. 224. 
JAGS. Rags and tatters. North. 
JAGUE. A ditch. Somenet. 
JAISTER. To swagger. NoHh. 
JAKBS, A privy. The term is applied in Devon 



to my kind of fltth or littar. 
person who cleaned out jaket. 
JALITB. Lively ; sprightly. (^.-JVl) 
JALLOWES. Jealousy. Dehier. 
JAM. To press, or squeece. Far. dial 
JAMB. The upright side of window, door, 
chimney, &c. ; any upright distinct ma^i of 
masonry in a building or quarry. 
JAMB ALLS. Rolls made of sweet bread. 
JAMBEUX. Armour for the legs. (J.'N.) 
Jambler in Gy of Warwike, p. 325, perhaps an 
error for/om^ter, whi^ iattie An^o-Norman 
word. See Roquefort 
JAMBLEUE. Gambolling. {A..N.) 
JAMMOCK. A soft pulpy substance. Also, to 

beat, or squeeze. Eatt. 
JAMMY. Short for James. NortK 
JAMS. Wire shirt-buttons. Wett. 
M^'S.J^ASS. St. James's day. North. 
•JA^C«'7ohn. Var. dial 
JAJSjfBES. The jaundice. Weei. 
JA^E. A coin of Genoa; any small coin. See 
:%Tyrwhitt, iv.284. 

-JANGELERS. Talkative persons. Sometimes 
.^ • minstrels were so termed. (A.-N.) The verb 
* * y^^y ^ pntte, is still in use. 
>7AmL£. To rove about idly. North. 
JANGLESOME. Boisterous; noisy; quarrel- 
some. St^olh. 
J ANNAK. Kt ; pnqper ; good ; &ir and honour- 

able ; smart, or fine. North. 
JANNOCKS. Oaten bread made into hard and 

coarse large loaves. North. 
JANT. Cheeiful; merry. North. 

Where were dainty ducki and jam cnm, 
Wenehee that could play the wantom. 

Bcuiifabi^0 Jommalm 
JANTTL. Gentle ; polite. Lgdgate. 
JANUAYS. The Genoese. Horman, 1530. 
JANYVERE. January. {A.-N.) 

And the fynte mooyth of the yen 
Was depyd aftur hym Janyvert, 

MS. Cmntab. Ft. ii. 38, f. 140. 

JAPE. To jest, mock, or cajole. (A.-S.) It 
is often used in an indelicate sense, similar to 
game. Also a substantive, a jest. Japer, a 
jester, or mocker. Japeriet buffoonery. 

Notwitlistandyng, the was wrothe. and said to 
the acnysahalle, jape ye with me } MS. JUgby 185. 
Bot then in hert full gladde waa he, 
And nm up and doan in myrthe and jape, 

Omm. Vilodun, p. US. 
Demoetheoet his hoodie oni* putte 
In a wommanis boeum japyngeltf, 

Occleve, MS, See. Aniiq. ]3i, f. 278. 

JAPE.WORTHT. Ridiculous. Chameer. 

JAPING. Copulation. Palegrace. 

JAR. (1) Discord ; anger. For. dioL 
To tick, as a dock. Shah. 
A jar of oil is a vessel containing twenty 
gallons of it. West. 

JARBLE. To wet ; to bemire. North. 

JARCK. A seal. An old cant term, mentioned 
in Frat. of Vacabondes, 1575. Jarhemen are 
given in a list of vagabonds in Harrison, 
p. 184 ; Dekker's Lanthome and Candle-light. 



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JAAOU. To make a janing noiie^ Not pecu- 
liar to Han's Satirea, p. 99, as sapftoaed by 
the editor. ** Jaigles bow in yonder haak," 
England's Hdieon, p. 46. 

JARME. To bawl, or cry. Yariak. 

JARROCK. A kind of cork. Mkmkem. 

JAitSET. A kind of wool whidi is span into 
worsted. Also called jermeif; properly, 
Jersey yam. Bailey expldus/orMy, the finest 
wool, separated from the rest by combing. 

JARWORM. An ngly insect peculiar to wet 
marshy places. Swth. 

JASEY. Abobwig. Var.dial 

JATTER. To split, or shatter. SttffoUt, 

f'^L. To scold or grumble. North. 

J xVlJM. The same as Jamb^ q. y. 

JAUNCE. (1) To ride hard. {J.-N.) 

(2) A jaunt. Romeo and Jul. ii. 5, 4to. ed. 

JAUNDERS. The jaundice, rar.dial, Jaunes, 
Rdiq. Antiq. i. 51. Jaumty Brockett. 
EiiTytM man nay lyknyd be 
To the jaume», tlie whyche yt a pyse 
That men mow le yn mcnnys yne. 

MtS, Harl. 1701 » f. 97- 

JAUP. To splash ; to make a splashing noise ; 
to strike ; to chip or break by a sudden blow. 
NortJL See Brockett. 

JAUPEN. Large; spacious. North. 

JAVEL. (1) A gaol, or prison. North, 

(2) A worthless fellow. "The Lieutenant of 
the Tower advising Sir Thomas Moor to put 
on worse c>*^lis at his execution, gives this 
reason, beo e he that is to have them is but 
a/OM/; to aich Sir Thomaa replied, shall I 
count him f Javel who is to doe me so great 
a benefit," MS. Lansd. 1033. Javeljfn, Hall, 
Henry VI. f. 77. See Digby MTSteries,p. 20. 

JAWER. Idle silly talk. North, 

JAWLE. To contend $ to wrangle. Yorish. 

JAW. (1) A jest. Lane, 

(2) Coa rse id le language. Far, dUd, 

JAWDEWTNB. A term of reproach, here ap- 
plied to a Lollard. 
Thow jawdewjfnef thou Jangeler, how itande this 

toflder? 
By Tend eontradicaloun thou coaeludist thbilf. 

as. Digbif Ah t. 11. 

JAWDXE. The stomach of cattle. North. 

JAWLED^UT. Excessively fatigued. Suuex. 

JAWMERS. Stones used for the jambs or 
jawms of a window. 

JAT. A loose woman. Shak. 

JATKLE I An exclamation, or oath. Devon. 

JAYLARDE. A jailor. Chron. Vilodnn. p. 82. 

JAYPIE. The jay. Comw. 

JAZZUP. A donkey. Line. 

JEALOUS. Fearful ;j3uspicion8; alarmed. A 
common sense of the word in old plays, and 
still in use in some counties. '^ Before the 
rain came, I Jeaknued the tumips,** i. e. was 
alarmed for them. 

JEAN. Genoa. See Stmtt, ii. 71. 

JEAUNT. A giant. Other MSS. yoitriKy. 
What, seyde the er1e« yf thys be done, 
ThoQ getyit teaoAur Jeaunt tone. 

AM. Omtab. Ft. H. 38, f. 69. 



JED. Dead. fFtnnp. 

JED.COCK. The jack-snipe. Arch, xiii 343. 

JES. Crooked ; awry. Also, to turn, or move 

to one side. NortL 
JEEPS. A severe beating. North. 
JEFFERY'S-DAY. St. Jeffery's day, L e. never. 
JEGGE. A gigot or leg of mutton. 
JEGGLE. To be very restless. North. 
JELIING. Jovial. Croffen. 
JELL. A large quantity. Warw. 
JELU. Gay. " Be thi winpil nevere so /efa," 

MS. Cott. Cleop. C. vi 
JEMEWDE. Joined with hmges. 
JEMMY. A great coat. For. dial 
JEMMY.BURTY. An ignis fotnus. Cambr. 
JEMMY^ESSAMY. A fop, or dandy. 
JENK. To jaunt ; to ramble. North. 
JENKIN. A diminutive of John. 
JEN KIT. A Devonshire dbh, made partly of 

milk and cinnamon. 
JENNETS. A species of fur. See Test. Vetust. 

p. 658 ; StruU, ii. 102. 
JENNY-BALK. A small beam near the roof 

of a house. North. 
JENNY-COAT. A child's bed-gown. West. 
JENNY-CRONE. A crane. North. 
JENNY-CRUDLE. A wren. South. More 

commonly called a jeany-wren. 
JENNY-HOOKER. An owl. North. It is 

also called a jenny-howlet. 
JENNY-QUICK. An Italian iron. Devon. 
JENNY.TIT. Parus ooemleus. SufoUk. 
JENTERY. Good breeding ; gentility. 

And tpecyaUy in youth gentilmen bentawght 
To twere grct othis, they sey tojjentery ,- 
Every boy weny th it be annext to curtesy. 

US. Laud. 416. f. 99. 
JEOBERTIE. Jeopardy. HarHngton. 
JERICHO. A prison. Hence the phrase, to 

wish a person in Jericho. 
JERK. To beat. See Florio, p. 138. Jerker, 

Beaumont and Fletcher, iv. 161. Now pro- 
nounced ^'^ih'ii. See Craven GL i. 250 
JERKIN. (1) A kind of jacket, or upper doublet, 

with four skirts. A waistcoat is still so called 

in the North of England. 
(2) The male of a gerfalcon. See Gent. Rec. 
JEROBOAM. A large goblet. East. 
JERONIMO. See Oo^y. 

That he that is this dey magnifico, 
To-mOTTOW may gw 6y Jwimkmo. 

Tapfor'* VFork»» 1630, 1.36. 

JEROWNDE. SeeJeryne. 

Thorowe ujerownde schelde he jogges hym thorowe. 
Morte Arthure, MS, lAneoin, f. 84. 

JERRYCUMMUMBLE. To shake, or tumble 

about confusedly. Far. dial. 
JERYNE. Some part of the armour. See the 

quotation in v. Aeret. 
JESP. A flaw in ck)th. North. 
JESSE . The Tree of Jesse was a representation 

of the genealogy of Christ, in the form of a 

tree. It was formerly a common subject for 

the professors of the various arts. 
JESSERAUNT. A kind of jacket without 

sleeves, composed of small oblong plates of 



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Iron or steel orerlapping each other, and 
sometunes coTcred with Telvet. The term 
leems also to have been applied to a chain of 
amall gold or silver plates worn round the 
neck, and likewise to a kind of cuirass. 
Aboven that a jMteraunt of Jentylle mayles. 

Mort0 Arthuret MS. LinmZn, f. 63. 

JESSES. The short leather straps round a 
hawk's legs, having little rings to which the 
falconer's leash was fastened. 

JBSSUP. Juice ; syrop. Warw. 

JEST. A mask, pageant, or interlude ; a tale, 
or representation of one. 

JESTERNES. Part of light armour, mentioned 
in Holinshed, Hist. Scotland, p. 32. 

JET. (1) To jet, according to Cotgrave, " wan- 
tonly to goe in and out m& the legs." 
Palsgrave has, "I jette, I make a counte- 
naunoe with my legges." 

( 2) A large water ladle. East 

(3) To strut, or walk proudly. Also, to exult, 
rgoice, or be proud. It seems sometimes to 
mean, to encroach upon. 

(4) To throw, jog, or nudge. Devon, 

(5) A descent ; a declivity. Herrfi 

(6) To turn round, or about. North. 

(7) To contrive. Hence, a device. 

(8) To jet the heck, to put one to the door. 
Yorkshire Dial. 1697, p. 104. 

JETSEN. Goods cast out of a ship, when in 

danger of foundering. Blount. 
JETTER. A strutter, or bragger. Pahgrave. 
JEUPERTYE. Jeopaidy. (^.-iNT.) 
Hb lyf vpoD ao jonge a W75te 
Beiette wolde In J e u pertge. 

Qower, MS. 8oe. Jbttiq, ]34» f. 50. 

JEWEL. This term was often used by eariy 
writers not merely for a gem or precious stone, 
but for any piece of jewel-work, or a trinket 
or ornament worn about the person ; some- 
times, even, a ring, and constantly a brooch. 
** A collar, or jeweU, that women used about 
their neckes," Baret, 1580, 1. 38. 
JEWERIE. A district inhabited by Jews. 
JEWISS. Judgment; punishment. See De- 
position of Richard II. p. 26. 

AviMhJm if he wolde flitte 
The lawe for the covetlse. 
There sawe he redie hii /iHw. 

Gower, ed. 1654, f. 158. 
And every man schalle thanne aryie 
To Joye or elUs to JuUe, 
Wher that he echalle for ever dwelle. 

Gotoer^ MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. S7. 
O betteof helle I in what JttUe 
Hast thou deiervid for to dye. 

/Md. MS. Ibid. f. 09. 

JEW'S-EARS. A fungus of a beautiful bright 
red colour, found in old banks adhering to 
sticks, or trees. See Cotgrave, in v. Judas, 
Oreille; Thomasu Dictionarium, 1644, in v. 
Bobts; Brand's Pop. Antiq. iiL 155. 

JE W'S-EYE. Worth a Jew's eye, i. e. a great 
deal. A very common phrase, and sanctioned 
by Shakespeare. 

JEWS'.MONEY. A name given to old Roman 



coins, foond in some parts of Enf^aad, men- 
tioned by Harrison, pp. 72, 218. 

JEW'S-TRUMP. A Jew's-harp. YorJtsk. See 
Kind-Harts Dreame, 4to. Lond. 1592. 

JEYANT. A giant. Torrent, p. 18. 

JIB. (1) Said of a draught-horse that goes 
backwards instead of forwards. Var. dial. 

(2) A stand for beer-barrels. West. 

(3) The under-lip. Hence to Jumg the Jii, to 
look cross. Var. dial 

JIBBER. A horse that jibs. Var. dial 
JIBBET. Same as Spang-whew, q. v. 
JIBBY. A gay frisky girl. East. Jibby-horse, 

one covered with finery. 
JIB-JOB-JEREMIAH. A juvenile game men. 

tioned in Moor's Suffolk Words, p. 238. 
JICE. A very small quantity. Essex. 
JICKS. The hiccough. Comw. 
JIDDICUMJIDY. A see-saw. North. 
JIFFLE. To be restless. Var. dial. 
JIFFY. An mstant. Var. dial In a jiffy, a 

very common phrase. It implies excessive 

rapidity ; momentary action. 
JIG. (1) To rove about idly. North. 

(2) A trick. An old cant term. 

(3) Cotgrave, in v. Farce, mentions "the jyg 
at the end of an enterlude, wherein some pretie 
knaverie is acted." A jig was a ludicrous 
metrical composition, often in rhyme, which 
was sung by the down, who oec^ionally 
danced, and was always accompanied by a 
tabor and pipe. The term is also constantly 
used for any scene of low bufibonery, and 
many old ballads are called jigs. Jigmaker, 
a maJter of jigs or ballads. 

JIGE. To creak. North. 

JIGGAMAREE. A manoeuvre. Var. dial. 

JIGGER. (1) A swaggerer. North. 

(2) A vessel of potters' ware used in toasting 

cheese. Somerset. 
(Z) A cleaner of ores. North. 

(4) A constable. Hants. 
JIGGER-PUMP. A pump used in breweries to 

force beer into vats. 
JIGGETING. Jolting; shaking; flaunting; 

going about idly. Var. duU. 
JIGGIN-SIEVE. A fine cloth which sifts the 
dust from oats or wheat when they are ground. 
Salop. Antiq. p. 474. 
JIGGS. Dregs ; sediment. St^folk. 
JIGGUMBOBS. Trinkets; knicknacks. 

Rill* monster after monster, takes the puppets 
Prisoners, knocks down the Cyclops, tumbles all 
Out Jigambobtund trinkets to the wall. 

Brom^t Antipodes, 1640. 

JIG-PIN. In mining, a pin used to stop a 

machine when drawing. 
JIKE. To creak. North. 
JILL. A pint of ale, &c. North. 
JIM. (1) A timber-drag. East. 
(2) Slender; neat ; elegant, far. dial Spruce, 

very neat, Tim Bobbin. 
JIMCRACKS. Knidc-knacks. rar. dial 
JIMMERS. Hinges. See Gimmer. 
JIMMY. The same as /im (2). 



JOG 



485 



JOL 



JIMP. Sender; iodented. NortK 
JINGLE.BRAINS. A wUd thoiightl€M feDow. 
JINGLE.CAP. Thegameofshake^p. North. 
JINGLE^ANGLBS. Trinkets. 



For I was told ere I csme from home* 

Von^re the goodliett man ere I i*w beforiM ; 
With to mnnjjingie-Jmtglf* about coca necke. 
As ia about youia, I never saw none. 

Th0 King and a poore fforthnme Man, 
JINGO. By-Jinffo, a common oath, said to be 

a corruption of St. Gingoolph. 
JINK. (1) To jingle ; to ring money. Etut. 
(2) To be very gay uid thoughtless. North, 
JINKED. Said of an ammal hurt in the loins 

or back. Eagt. 
JINNY-SPINNER. The cnme-fly. Norih, 
JIRBLE. Tojomble. Northumd. 
JITCHY. Such. Someraet, 
JITTY. A narrow passage. Zme. 
JOAN. A kind of cap. 
JOB. (1) To scold ; to reprove. Camh'. 
(2) Stercus. Var, dial 
(Z) To strike, hit, or peck. Bagt, It occurs in 

Pr. Parv. p. 36, byUen or jobbyn. 
(4^ An affifur, or business. Var, dioL 
(5) A small piece of wood. North, 
JOBARDE. A stupid feUow. (J^N) 
Tho aeyde the emperour Sodenmagard, 
Then waa the erle a njie Jobardt. 

MS. Qmtab. Ft. U. 88, f. 140. 
JOBATION. A scolding. Tor. dioL 
JOBBEL. A small loid, generally of hay or 

straw. OxoH. Sometimes called tLJobbtt. 
JOBBER. A dealer in cattle. Var, dioL 
JOBBBRHEADED. Dull; stupid. South. 
JOBBERNOWL. The head. Generally a tenn 

of contempt, a blockhead. 
JOBBY. (1) Joseph. Cumb. 
(2) A joist, or beam. Yorith. 
JOBLIN. A ivupid boy. Somertet, 
JOBLOCK. A turkey's wattle. fVest. 
JOCAUNT. Merry; gay. {A.-N.) 
JOCE. The deuce. Warw. 
JOCK. To jolt. KeiU. 
JOCKEY. (1) Gay; very Hvely. Suffblk. 

(2) A thin walking-stick. Jhvon. 

(3) Roug^ ; uneven. Kent. 
JOCLET. A small manor, or farm. Ke^t, 
JOCONDE. Joyous; pleasant. (j4.-N.) Jo- 

cnndneg, gladness, Audelay, p. 26. 
JOCOTIOUS. Jocose. Yorksh, 
JOD. The letter J. rar. dial, 
JOE. A master ; a superior. North, 
JOE-BEN. The great tit-mouse. Si{foU, 
JOG. To jog his memory, L e. to remind him 

of anything. A common phrase. 
JOGELOUR. A minstrel; a jongleur; one 

who played mountebank tricks. {A,'N) 
JOGENNY. A donkey. Somerset. 
JOGGELY. Unsteady; shaky. Northumb. 
JOGGER. To shake, or jog. Suffoik, 
JOGGES. Hits ; strikes. See the quotation 

given under Jerownde, 
JOGGING. A protuberance on the surface of 

sawn wood. East. 
JOGGLE. (1) Same as Jogger, q. v. 



(2) A mason's term for the fitting of stones 

together. Far. dUsL 
JOG-TROT. AgenUepace. Var. dud. 
JOHAN. St John's wort. Arch. xzx. 409. 
JOHN. Sir Joh^y an old phrase for a priest. 
John Sanderson, the cushion dance, mentioned 
under this name in Playford's Dancing Master, 
1698. John in the Wad, an ignis fatuua. 
John*s silver pin, a single article of finery 
amidst a lot of dirt and sluttery. John^- 
dreams, a stupid dreaming fellow. John^ 
amonff'the-maids, a man who is always dan- 
gling after the ladies. John-€md'Joan, an 
hermaphrodite. John-hold-my^tqg^, a para- 
site. To stay for John Long the carrier, to 
wait a very long time ; to send it by John 
Umg the carrier, i. e. at an indefinite period. 
SeeCotgrave,inv. Atfendre, Borgne,Bn9oyer. 
The phrase occurs in Taylor. John qf Notes, 
a fictitious name formerly used in legal pro- 
ceedings, similar to John Doe and Richard Roe. 
JOHN-APPLE. Same as Apple-John, q. v. 
JOHN-DORY. A French pirate, whose name 
seems to have been proverbial. A popular 
old song or catch so called is frequently re- 
ferred to. See Nares, in v. 
JOHNNY, (l) A Jakes. These terms are clearly 
connected with each other. Also called Mrs. 
Jones by country people. 
(2) A foolish fellow. Var. dial. Johnny-Bum, 

a jackass. Cfrose, 
JOHNNY.WOPSTRAW. A farm-labourer. 
JOHN-0-LENT. A scarecrow. South. 
JOIGNE. To eiyoin. Rom. Rose, 2355. 
JOINANT. Joining. (A.-N) 
JOINT. To put a man's nose out of joint, to 

supplant him in another's affection. 
JOINT-GRASS. YeUow bed-straw. North. 
JOINT-STOOL. A stool framed by joinery 
work, at first so called in distinction to stools 
rudely formed from a single block. Joyned 
stole, Unton Inventories, p. 1. 
JOIST. To agist cattle. North. 
JOIT. A sudden stop. Northumb. 
JOLE. To bump. Yorksh. 
JOLIF. Jolly ; joyful. (A.^N.) 
JOLIFANT. When two persons ride on one 
horse, the one on a piUion behind, they are ■ 
said to ride jolifant Devon. 
JOLL. The beak of a bird, or jaw-bone of an 

animal. Hence, to peck. Noff, 
JOLLACKS. A clergyman. St^ToU, 
JOLLE. To beat. Palsgrave, 

Ther they JoUedde Jewea thorow. 

MS. Coit. Calig. A. ii. f. 117. 

JOLLIFICATION. A merry feast. 
JOLLITRIN. A young gallant. MiMheu. 
JOLLOP. The cry of a turkey. Hobne, 
JOLLY. Fat; stout; large. North, In Devon, 

pretty. ^K bitch when maris appetens is said 

to be jolly. Chesh, 
JOLLY-DOG. A bon vivant. Var. dial 
JOLLY-NOB. The head. Cfrose, 
JOLTER-HEAD. A stupid feUow. South. 

Properly, thick-headed. Joulthead, Cotgrave. 



JOU 



486 



JUD 



JOLTS. Cabbage plants tbat in the spring go 
to seed prematurely. Warw. 

JOMBRE. To jmnble. Chaucer. 

JONAS. The jaundice. -Yorkgh. 

JONATHAN. An instrument used by smokers 
to light their pipes with. It is a piece of iron, 
of the size of a short poker, fitted at one end 
with a handle of wood, and having at the 
other a protuberance or transverse bar of iron, 
which is kept heated in the fire for use. 

JONGLERIE. Idletslk. Chaucer. 

JOOK. To crouch suddenly. North. 

J00KIN6S. Com which foils from the sheaf 
in throwing it off the stack. North, 

JOOPE. A job. Manhole. 

JOP. To splash in the water. Yorith. 

JOPES. Braces in rooft. 

JOR. To jostle, or push. North. 

JORAM. A large dish or« jug of any eatables 
or liquids. Var. dial 

JORDAN. A kind of pot or vessel formerly 
used by physicians and alchemists. It was 
very much in the form of a modem soda- 
water bottle, only the neck was larger, not 
much smaller than the body of the vesseL 
At a later period the term came to be used 
for a chamber-pot, having been anciently used 
occasionally for an urinal. 

JORDAN-ALMOND. A kind of large sweet 
almond, mentioned by Gerard. 

JORNAT. A day's journey, or work. 
In this cottrte thai ar twenty 
At my biddyng to Mdde redy 
To do a gode iomoy. 

ITS. Cantab. Ff. ▼. 48. f. 63. 

But if I do Robyn a gode Joumi, 

Ellis mot I hangyt be. M8. JHd. f. 64. 

JORNET. A kind of doak. 

JOSEPH. An ancient riding-habit, with but- 
tons down to the skirts. 

JOSKIN. A clownUh f eUow. Far. dial 

JOSS. To crowd together. East. 

JOSSA. Stand still! An address to horses. 
See Chaucer, Cant. T. 4099. It appears from 
Moor, p. 188, that joss is still in use in the 
same sense. Josty, come to, Tim Bobbin GL 
Joss-block, jossing'dloci, a horse-block. 

JOSSEL. A hodge-podge. North. 

JOSTLE. To cheat. A cant term. 

JOSYNG. Rejoicing. Sevyn Sages, 92. 

JOT. (1) To touch ; to jog, or jolt roughly ; to 
nudge one's elbow. £lar/. 

(2) Plump ; downright. Sufolk. 

JOT-CART; A cart which has a rough motion, 
or jolts. East. 

JOT-GUT. The mtestinum rectum. East. 

JOUDER. To chatter with cold. Somerset. 

JOUDS. Rags. Devon. 

JOUISANCE. Enjoyment. Peele, i. 15. 

JOUK-COAT. A great coat. North. 

JOUKE. To sleep. A hawking term. 

JOUKERY-PAUKERY. An artifice. North. 

JOUKES. Rushes. Maundevile, p. 13. 

JOUL. A blow. See JoOe and JowL 

JOUN. Jomed. Essex. 



JOUNCE.* To bounce, or jolt. East. 
JOURINGS. Scoldings. Devonsh. DiaL 1839, 

p. 72. It seems to be the same word as that 

quoted by Nares from Hayman's Quodlibets, 

1 628, explained swearings. Brawlings ; qoar- 

rellings, Eannoor. 
JOURMONTE. To vex. (J.-N.) 
JOURNAL. Daily. Shai. 
JOURN-CHOPPERS. Regraters of yam, men- 

tioned in statute 8 Hen. VI. Blomi. 
JOURNEY. The same as /onuy, q. v. It is 

also a day of battle. 
JOURS. Cold shiverings. South. 
JOUSED. Finished; completed. Wore. 
JOUSTE. A just, or touraameat. {A.-N.) 
JOUSTER. A retailer offish. Comw. 
JOUTE. A baUle, or combat. {J.-N.) 
JOUTES. An ancient dish in cookery so caHed. 

See Ord. and Reg. p. 426. 
JOVE'S-NUTS. Aooms. Somerset. 
JOVIAL. Belonging to Jupiter. It occurs 

Shakespeare and Heywood. 
JOWD. A jelly. Devon. 
JOWE. A jaw. Maundevile, p. 288. 
JOWEL. The space between the piers '' 

bridge. Also, a sewer. 
JOWER. To tire out. Sufolk. 
JOWL. (1) The same as JoUe, q. ▼. 
(2) A large thick dish. Devon. 
JOWLER. Clumsy; thick. The term L. ap- 

plied to a thick-jawed hound. North. 
JOWR. To push, or shake. Cumb. 
JOWS. Juice. Arch. xzx. 409. 
JOWYNE. To peck, as birds do. Pv. Parv. 
JOY. To eigoy. Abo, to rejoice, as in the 

Bride, by Nabbes, 4to. 1640, sig. I. Jopanee, 

enjoyment, rejoicing. 
JOYFNES. Youth. Gawayne. 
JOYNE. To enjoin. Apol. Loll. pp. 11, 17. 
JOYNETES. Joints. NominaleMS. 

And the joifn«t«» of VOt lym and bane. 
And the yaynes ware strydand ilkaae. 

US. Lincoln A. 1. 17, f. 190. 

JOYNTERS. The joints of armour. " Joynter 

and gemows,'' MS. Morte Arthure, f. 84. 
JUB. A very slow trot. East. 
JUBAfcTARE. Gibraltar. Chaucer. 
JUBARD. The house-kek. (A.-N) 
JUBBE. A vessel for ale, or wine. 
JUBBIN. A donkey. Var. dial 
JUBE. A rood-loft. Britton. 
JUBERD. To jeopard, or endanger. 

JUCK. (1) A yoke ; the oil in the fleece of wool. 
Comw. 

(2) The noise made by partridges. 

JUDAS-COLOUR. Red. A red beard was 
called a Judas-coloured beard. 

JUDAS-TORCHES. Large torches formerly 
much used in ceremonial processions. 

JUDGESSE. A female judge. See Heywood's 
Iron Age, 4to. Loud. 1632, sig. C. iv. 

JUDICIAL. A " judicial man," a man of judg- 
ment. It was reversed with Judicious, 

X confease It to me a meer toy. not desenring any 
Judicial man's yiev. Pierce Fm<kMS, 1608. 



JUN 



4^7 



JUT 



JUE. Tb fthzlBk ; to Hineh. Nwth, 
JUG. (1) To nestle together. North, It oc- 
ean in N. Fairfax, Bulk and Selvedge of the 
Woiid, 8to. Lond. 1674. 

(2) The nickname of Joan. 

(3) A common pasture. Wett. 
JUGAL. NuptiaL Middleton, iii. 480. 
JUGGE. To judge. A1bo» a judge. {J^N,) 
JUGGLE. To jog, or shake. We§t. 
JUGGLEMEAR. A swamp, or bog. Devon. 

Also called Bjmgffle'mire, 
JUGH. A judge. Han^oU, 
JUU^ The month of Joly. Chmteer. 
JUISS. The same as /nnw, q. v. 
JUKE. Theneek of a Mrd. A term in hawk- 

ing. Gent. Ree. iL 62. 
JULIAN'S-BOWERS. Labyrinths and mazes 

made of earthwork, the scenes of former 

rustic amusements. 
JULIO. An Italian coin, worth about sixpence. 

See Webster's Works, i 70. 
JULK. To shake ; to splash ; to jcdt ; to give a 

hardbtow. Wett, 
JULTY. To jolt. Dewm, 
JUM. (1) 'Hie plant dameL Wttt. 
(2) A jolt ; a ooncossion ; a knock. St^ffbUt. 
JUMBLE. FntiMK FLorio, p. 75. 
JUMBLEMENT. Confusion. North, 
JUMENTS. Catik. {Lot,) 
JUMP. (1) A coffin. Yorith. 

(2) A leathern firock; a coat. North, *' A 
jump, a half gown or sort of jackett ; likewise 
a sort of boddice used instead of stays,'' 
Mines' MS.- Hobne has the tenn, 1688. Mr. 
Hunter explains/mi^, short stays. 

(3) Compact ; neat ; short. Hence the adverb, 
nicely, exactly. North, " How /utifpe he 
hitteth the naUe on the head," Stanihurst, p. 
34. It is used by Gosson, 1579. 

(4) To take an offer eagerly. Far, dial. Also, 
to risk or hazard. Shah. 

(5^ To meet with accidentally. North, 
(6) Jma^ uriihj matched. To agree. 

And tfaoa to he Jump wUh Alexander. 

I^!^$ Alexander and Campaape, 1M4. 

JUMPEE. (1) A miner's borer. North, 

(2) A maggot. Yori^h, 

(3) The fieldfiue ? Florio, p. 109. 
JUMPING-DICK. A fowVs menr-thought. 

North, 
JUMPING-JOAN. A country dance, mentioned 

in the Bran New Wark, 1785, p. 7. 
JUMP-SHORT. Mutton from sheep drowned 

in the fen ditches. Eatt, 
JUNAMET. Land sown with the same grain 

that it grew the preceding year. 
JUNCKER. A contriyance for letting off the 

superfluous water from a pond or moat. 

S^foH, 
JUNE -BUG. The green beetle. South. 
JUNIPER. Was formerly burnt to sweeten a 

chamber. See Ben Jonson, ii. 6. 
JUNK. A lump, or piece. South, 
JUNKET. (1) A sweetmeat; a dainty. See 

HoOyband's Dictionarie, 1593, in v. Dragee, 



In Derottshire the term is still used, but re- 
stricted to curds and clouted cream. 
A long basket for catohing fish. 
A feast, or merry-making. Also, to gad 
about, to gossip. North, " Junket, or ban- 
ket," Palsgrave. 
JUNO'S-TEARS. The herb Ycrndn. 
JUNT. A whore. Middleton, iL 96. 
JUPARTE. To jeopardy. Pattgraoe, 
JUPITER'S-BEARD. Houseleek. Dewm. 
JUPON. The pourpoint, or doublet. It was 
generally of sUk or velvet, and was worn over 
Uie armour, being frequently emblazoned with 
the arms of the owner. In much later times 
the petticoat seems to have been so called. 
Tborf out yt leheld and Ib habe^one. 
Plates, andjakke, xoAjimpnns, 

MS,jUhmoU9a, f.48. 
JUR. To hit, strike, or butt. North, A cor- 
ruption of jarr f The noise made by certain 
birds was termed^'urrin^. 
JURDECTOUN. Jurisdiction. (^.-M) 
And fynally bothe oure liberty 
Ooetb ttBto nought of oure jurdeetomn, 

I^dgata, M8, AthmolA «, f. 8S. 

JURMUNGLE. A mess ; confrtsion. Yoriah, 
JURNUT. An earth-nut. North, 
JUS. Juice. Nominale MS. 

Alio theiiw of selyame and powder of brymitone 
temperyd togtdyr al cold b goode therfore. 

jBa. tftd Rfc, S9, Cent, 

JUSSELL. A dish in ancient cookery, described 
in Ord. and Reg. p. 462-3. Two receipts for 
it are given in MS. Sloane 1201, f. 35. 
JUSTE. (1) A kind of vessel with a wide body 

and long straight neck. 
(2) To joust, or tilt (^.-iV.) 
Mekylle was the chevalry. 
That then come to Hungary 
TogQjuate with ther myghte. 

MS. Cantab, Tf. 11. 88, f . 7' 

JUSTEMEKT. Agistment, q. v. See Manners 

and Household Expences of England, p. 295. 
JUSTERS. Horses for tilting. fFeber, 
JUSTICE. To judge. (A.-N,) Jutticer, a 
judge, a justice of the peace. " A perfect 
patteme of an upright justicer," Holinshed, 
Historic of Scotland, p. 63. 
JUSTILICHE. Justly ; exactly. (^.-&) 
JUSTMEN-HOLBERS. Freeholders. Devon, 
JUST-NOW. Lately ; now ; presently ; imme- 
diately. This very common phrase is perhaps 
most generally used in the Western counties. 
JUSTS-OF-PEACE. Peaceable tilts or justs. 
The method of crying them is given in Arch, 
xvii. 291. Compare Degrevant, 1261. 
JUSTT. The same as Juste (2). 
Then seyde Befyie to Tarry, 
Wyll we to-inorowe,^iMfy. 

as. Cantab, Ft, ii. 98, t 191. 

JUT. (1) To throw; to strike. South, " To 
jut, hit, or run against,'' Baret, 1580. 

(2) A pail with a long handle. Kent, 

JUTER. The fertile coagulating saltish nature 
of earth. More, 

JUTTES. Low persons. {A,-N.) 



KAM 



488 



KAS 



JUTTY. A part of a boildiiig which projects 

beyond the rest. SkaJk. 
JU.UM. Empty. North. 
JUVENAL. A youth. Skai. 
JUVENTEE. Youth. (^.-AT.) See Piers Plongh- 

maiii p. 402 ; Dial. Great Moral pp. 157, 209. 



JUWET. Judith. R.de Dt trn m e . 

JYE. To stir ; to toni round. Nartk. 

JTMIAN. A knick-knack. It occurs in Nash't 
Pierce Penilesse, 1592, and in the Appendix 
to Skelton's Works, p. 446. Absurdly spelt 
Jymjam in Pr. Parr. p. 257. 



K 



A. (1) Quoth. A^oMr. "Kathedoyster- 
master," Mar.Prelates Epitome, p. 52. 

(2) Ka met ^ ^hee^ a proverb implying, if you 
will do me one favour, I will do you another. 
See the Merie Tales of Skelton, p. 65. 

(3) To look ; to perceive. East, 
KAAIKE. To stare vacantly. Cumb. 
KABANE. The cabin of a vessel. 

Mony kaboM clevede, cabllles destroyede, 
Koyghtet and kene mene kilUde the braynes. 

Murt* Arihur; MS, Lincoln, t, 91. 

KACHONB. To catch. Const. Freem. 380. 
KADES. The dung of sheep. Line, 
KAE. (1) A cow. J. de Wageby, p. 8. 
^^_J2XAiUnteij. of disbelief, or contempt. 

f KAF. Chaff. North, " Ful of kaff," ApoL 
Lollards, p. 56. 
KAFF. A gardener's hoe. North, 
KAFFLE. To entangle. Somerset, 
KAIE. A key. Rom. of the Rose, 2080. 
KAIL. Greens; cabbage. ATat^ar/A, a kitchen- 
garden. Kail'pot, a pottage pot, a large 
metal pot for cooking meat and cabbages 
together, &c The term and article are nearly 
out of use. It is a heavy globular iron vessel, 
holding three or four gallons, and resting on 
three little spikes. KaU-yard, an orchard. 
KAILE. To decUne m health. North, 
KAIN. Rent paid in kind. East, 
KAIRE. To go ; to proceed ; to depart. 
Conuuides the kenely to kairt of hit landet, 
Ore ellet for thy knyghtbede encontre hyme ones. 
Mort9 Jrtkura, MS. lineoln, t. 67. 

KAIRNS. Rude heaps of stones generally found 
on hills or other conspicuous situations, and 
supposed to be very ancient funeral monu- 
_ ments. North, 
^KAITE. A dresser of wooL 

KAKELE. To cackle. Reliq. Antiq. ii 80. 
Kaklynge \b applied by Chaucer to the noise 
made by geese, in MS. Cantab. Ff. i. 6, f. 32. 

KAL. Hard. A mining term. 

KALDE. Cold. Also, cooled, refreshed. It 
occurs in MS. Cott. Vespas. D. vii. 

KALENDAR. A kind of wood, mentioned in 
Holinshed, Historic of Scotland, p. 59. 

KALENDER. A guide, or director. {Lat.) 

KALTS. Quoits. Salop, 

KAM. (1) Crooked. Clean kam, quite wrong 
or crooked. " To doe a thing deane kamme, 
out of order, the wrong way,'' Cotgrave. 

(2) Came. See Havelok, 863. 

KAME. A comb. North. 

Me thoghte come to me the iperyte of thia wo- 
mane Mergaretc« the whilke I lawe byfore in paynea, 



and me thof hte tcho was AiUe of itnmge wondca, 
alt leho hade bene drawene withe ftamc*. 

MS, Un€9lH A. i. 17. f. 251. 

KAMPE. Contest ; war. (A,-S.) 

AUe the kene m«ie of kumpt, knyghtea and other, 
KlUyd are colde dede, and caatjrneoTerbuides. 

Mort9 Arthure, MS. Uncoln, f. 9S. 

KANC. A laiige forest. See Lambarde's Per- 

ambulation, ed. 1596, p. 210. 
KANDLEGOSTES. Goose-grass. Gerard, 
KANEL. Collar; neck. Gawayne, 
KANGY. Cross; ill-tempered. Cumi, 
KANSH. A strain. Sakp, 
KANT. Strong; courageous. 
He come In at a eoate. 
With hU brage and hU boate. 
With many kant knyght. 

MS. Uneoin A. i. 17, f. 131. 
The knyghte eouetide on hla kneea with a kaunt herte. 

Morte Jrthure, MS, Uncoln, f.7(I. 

KANTELED. Different pieces of cloth worked 

together. See Hall, Henry IV. f. 49. 
KAPE. Sleeve of a coat. Weber, 
KARDEVYLE. CarlOe. Uunfal, 8. 
KARECTIS. Characters ; marks. 

I make a cercle large and round. 
With koreetU and fygurea. 

MS, cott, Tiber. A. vii. f. 44. 
KARER. A sieve. Derhyeh, 
KAREYNE. A carcass ; carrion. (^..JV.) 
KARKE. Care; anxiety. 
Whene nuydens ere maryede, it es thaire maste karke 
Lease tliay be maryed to menne that base bene in the 
parke. MS. Uneoin A i. 17, f. 149. 

KARL-HEMP. Late grown hemp. Brockett 
says, " the largest stalk of hemp." 

KARROWS. A set of people formerly in Ire- 
land, who did nothing but gamble. They 
appear to have been a bad set, and are de- 
scribed by Bamaby Rich as playing away 
even their clothes. According to Stanihurst, 
p. 45, " they plaie awaie mantle and all to the 
bare skin, and then trusse themselves in straw 
or leaves ; they wait for passengers in the high 
waie, invite them to game upon the grecne. 
and aske no more but companions to make 
them sport. For default of other staffe, they 
pawne their glibs, the nailes of their fingers 
and toes, their dimissaries, which they leefe 
or redeeme at the courtesie of the winner.'' 

KARS. Cresses. Howell, sect. ivL 

KARVE. Sliced ; cut See Carf, 
When hir fadur on slepe was. 
She hyed to hym a gret pas* 
And karv* bia hart m twoo. 

MS. Cmntab, Ff. ▼. 48» f.4A. 

KAS. A case. Wright's Seven Sages, p. 53. 



KBA 



489 



KBB 



Kepe the now fto fwydi a &«•• 
AjenGod no more to CTeapas, 

MS. Hari, 1701, f. 3. 
KASARDLY. Unlocky. North. 
KASKE. Strong. Havelok, 1841. 
KASSTDONTS. The calcedony, which is thoi 

spelt in Emar^ 128. 
EATB. To be lecherous. North. 
KATEREYNIS. Qiuuinins ; farthings. 
KAUCE. The same as Cauei^ q. ▼. 
KAVERSYN. A hypocrite. (^.-JV.) 
Okeren and Xravflnyiw, 
As wykkad they are as Sarasyns. 

MS.HarL 1701, f.S7. 

EAW. To gnsp for breath. Devon. 
KAY. Left. iS^ Ckncayne. 
KAYLES. The same as Cailef, q. ▼. 
KAYN. A nobleman. Havelok, 1327. 
KAYNARD. A rascaL (A.-N.) 

A kt^nardaxtd a oUe foltet 

That thryfte hath loete and boghte a bolte. 

MS. Hmrh 1701. f. S5. 
KAYRE. Cairo. Also as Kairef q. t. 

Stnufte unto K^yre his wey he foofeth. 

Where he the souldan thanne fonde. 

Gower, US, Sac, AnHq. 134, L 78. 

KAYSERE. An emperor. (A.-S.) 

Es there any kyde knyghte, kaytere or other. 

MorU Arthwre, MS. lAnccln, t. 70* 

EAYTEFTB8. Wretchedness. {A.-N.) 
Tbiu es ylk mane, ali we nuy see. 
Borne fai cue and kaytefte^t 
Aad for to dre with dole his dayes, 
Ab Job sothely hymselfe sayse. 

Hampole, MS. Ldneobi A. 1. 17» t. 277* 
Thus es a man, als we may se. 
In wrycfaednes home and knyt^fte. 

Ibid. MS. BowUt p. 27. 
KAZZARDLY. Lean; ill-thriven. North. 
Kennett says, " spoke of cattle subject to dis- 
eases and death, or other casualties.'' 
KEA. Go! (The imperative.) North. 
JCEACH. To lade out water. Warw. ''To 
keach w»ter," Florio, p. 46. Keaeh-hole, a 
hole in a brook where the cottagers dip for 
water, far. diaU 
K£A£. (1) A sprain. Yorkth. 
(2) To raise, or prop up, a cart. North. 
KEAL. A cough ; a cold. Line. 
KB ALER. A small shallow tub used for cooling 

liquids. Su$iex. 
KEALT. Cowardly, lane. 
KEAME. To comb. See Kame. 
Thy hands see thou wash. 

Thy head likewise Areame, 
And hi thine apparell 
See totne be no seame. 

Sehoolt t^f fertue, n. d. 

KEAMER. A kind of ferret. South. 
KEAMY. Covered with a thin white mould, 

appHed to cider. We$t. 
KEANE. To scamper. Cumb. 
KEANS. The scnmofale, &c York$h. 
KEATCH. To congeaL WiUa. 
KBATHER. A cradle. Lane. 
K£AUSTRIL. Explained by Merlton, << a great 

boned coarse creature." Yorkgh. 
KEAVE. To plunge ; to struggle. Cumb. 



KEB. (1) A viOAin. YarJtih. 

(2) To pant for breath ; to sob. JUne. 

KEBBSRS. Refuse sheep taken out of the 
flock. ** Kebbers or cullers, drawne out of a 
flocke of sheepe," Nomenclator, 1585, p^ 50. 

KEBBIiE. A white opaque spar. Derb. 

KEBLOCK. The wild turnip. North. 

KECCHB. To catch. Kyng Horn, 1377. 

KECHYNE. A kitchen. Perceval, 455. 

KECK. (1) To be pert. Lane. 

(2) To lift; to heave. Hence, to reach; to 
choke. Var. dioL It occurs in Gammer 
Gurton's Needle, meaning the noise made in 
coughing. See Hawkius, i. 216. 

KECKCORN. The windpipe. Weit. More 
commonly called the keeker. 

KECKER. (1) Squeamish. North. 

(2) An overlooko* at a coal-mine. Newe. 

KECK-HANDED. Wrongly. Oxim. 

KBCKLE. (1) Unsteady. Lane. 

(2) To Uugh violently. Yorkah. 
KECKLE-MECKLE. Poor ore. Derb. 
KECKLOCK. Wild mustard. Leie. 
KECKY. Anything hoUow, like a kex. Une. 
KEDD. Known; shown. {A.-S.) 

Wherefore ther paasyth here no men 
Wy th strenkyth, but they be lr«hf. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. 11.38, f. 80. 
Tho thai were mounted, y slgfe, aplight. 
Thai kodden her noble might. 

Arthour and Mtrlin, p. 145. 

KEDGE. (1) To fiU ; to stuff. North. Hence 

kedge'beUyt a glutton. 
{2) To adhere ; to unite. Comw. 

(3) Brisk ; active. Eatt. It occurs in Prompt. 
Parv. p. 274, spelt kygge. 

KEDGER. A fisherman. Yorkth. 
KEDGY. Pot-bellied. North. 
KEDLOCK. The charlock. Saiop. 
KEB. Kine; cows. Devon. 
KEECH. (1) A cake. Somertet. 

(2) The interna] fat of an animal, as rolled up 
for the taUow-chandler. 

(3) To cut grass and weeds on the sides of rivers. 
Weet. Dean Milles' MS. Glossary. 

KEEK. To peep; to look slily. North. 
" Kekyyne, or prively waytyne, intuor/' Pr. 
Parv. p. 269. SeeBrockett. 
KEEL. (1) A strong clumsy boat used by the 
colliers at Newcastle. " Bottoms or keeles,'' 
Harrison, p. 6. A keel of coals, 21 tons, 4 cwt. 
To cease ; to give over. Cumb. 
A kiln, as for lime, &c. Soufh. ** A brick- 
keele," Florio, p. 304. 

(4) To cool anything. " While greasy Joan doth 
keele the pot;" certainly not to acum, as 
stated by certain editors. See Kele, the 
earlier form. 

^5) A ruddle for sheep. North. 

(6) " To give the keele, to carene, as mariners 

say," Florio, p. 187. 
KEELAGE. Keel dues in port. North. 
KEEL-ALLEY. A bowling alley. Devon. 
KEEL.BULLIES. Keel-men. North. See 

the Bishopric Garland, 1792, p. 19. 



KBL 



490 



KEL 



££EL.DEETBRS. The m^et tnd daugfaten 

of keet-men, who vmep aad dem the 

kads. SeeD0e#(4). 
KEELS. Nine-pinft. See Ckn&t. 
KEELY.VINE. A UadK^ead pendL North. 
KEEN. Kind. YorMk. A oow, nutrit appe- 

tent, is said to be keen to the buU, 
KEEN.BITTEN. I^Ubitten. Also, keen, 

hungry, sharp-set. North. 
OENDEST. Jny keendeei thmg, titij^nd ot 

thing, eyer so much. Devon. 
KEEP. (1) To dwell; to inhabit. Var. dial. 

It occurs in Pierce Penilesse, 1692. 

(2) To keep one ehort, to restrain his liberty. 
To keep reeidenee, to reside. To keep %oeU, 
to live on good terms with any one. To keep 
the door, to be a bawd. 7b keep cut with, 
to follow the example of. Keep^and^ereetk, a 
hook and eye. 7b Aecp eromt, to guard newly- 
sown fidds firom their ravages. Ke^ the pot 
a MUnff, go on with anything fturiously. 

(3) Pasture. Oui at keep, said of animals in 
hired pastures. Var. dial 

(4) To maintain. Also, maintenance. 
f5) To keep company with. Far. dial 
fi) The chief stronghold of an ancient castle. 
7) A large baaket Somenet. 
8^ To catch. Lane. 

f9) A leaervohr for fish by the side of aiirer. 
(10) A safe to preserve meat in summer. 
KEEPER. Asmalldasp. S^folk. 
KEEPING. The lair of a hart. 
KEEPING-ROOM. The room usuaUy sat in by 

the family. Baet. 

KBEP-TOUCH. To keep ftith ; to be £dthftiL 
And tnitt me on my truth* 

If thou kt^ touch with me. 
My dearest friend, at my own heart 
Thou Shalt right weloomebe. 

Songt qf the London PrenHem, p. 37* 
KEER. The mountain ash. Devon. 
KEEVE. (1) A lai^ tub or vessd used in 

brewing. fFett. 
(2) To heave, or lift up. North. Some writers 

say, to overturn. 
KEEVER. A tub. MS. Lansd. 1033. 
KEEZER. A sieve. Devon. 
KEFANS. The same as Keane, q. v. 
KEFFLE. An inferior horse. Far. dial. 
So Richard, having no more to say, 
Mounted his k^fie and rode away. 

Richard q/Datton Dalg, MS. 

KEFT. Purchased ? Havelok, 2005. 

KEGGED. Affronted. Lane. 

KEGGY. . Soft and pulpy, applied to vegetables 

when decaying. Xtnc. 
KEIED. Locked. Harrison, p. 186. 
KEIGHT. Caught. Speneer. 
KEIK. To stand crooked. Lane. 
KEIL. A cock of hay. North. 
KEILD. A spring. Cfroee. 
KEINTLICH. Nicely; curioudy. Pegfie. 
KEISTT. Dainty; squeamish. North. 
KEIVER. A bumper of liquor. Yorkth. 
KEKE. The cry of the cuckoo. 
KEL. A kind of soup. 



Thy tecakflMt tiiowe goCt every day. 
Was but pease-tecad and JM fUll gray. 

MS. Lanodownm 941. 
KELCH. A thump. Icne. 
KELD. (1) The smooth part of a river when 

the rest of the water is rough. North. 
(2) A well. Craven. 
IsS Killed. Octovian, 1063. 

(4) To beoome cdd. Rdiq. Antiq. iL 211. 

(5) To thump. Northtunb. 
KELE. (1) To cool. Chancer, 

And leyde hym llatlyng on thegnmnde. 
To kole hys wouadys in that stouode. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. U. 38, f. 99. 
Bot eftyrwarde when it cesses, and the hertc JMU 
of loTe of Jhesu, thaane entyrs in vayne glorie. 

MS. Unetln A. L 17, f. 221. 
(2) Time ; place ; drcnmstance. Lane. 
KELF. (1) A foolish fellow. Weet. Kdfin, a 
great lubberly fellow, or boy. 
One squire iBneas» a great kt(f. 
Some wandering hangman like herself. 

CWlMi'« morkst 1734, p. 85. 

To twist ; to wrench. Warw. 
The incidon made in a tree by the axe when 
felling it. Warw. 
KELIAGE. The herb arsesmart 
KELINO. A lai^ kind of cod. 
KoUng he tok, and tumberd, 
Hering, and the niakerel. HdoHok, 757. 

KELK. (1) To groan ; to bdch. North. 

(2) To beat severdy. York^. 

(3 ) The roe or milt of fish. North. 

(4) A large detached rock. Cumb. 

KBLL. (1) A kiln, as lime-kdl, ftc Simth. 
** A furnace or kdl," Cleavdand, p. 40. See 
also Harrison's England, p. 233. 
(2) A child's caul ; any .thin skin or membrane. 
Hence, any covering like networic ; the cell 
of a smaU animaL " Rim or keU wherdn the 
bowels are lapt," Florio, p. 340. A womans 
calle (q. v.) was so called. Sir John *' rofe 
my keUe," sdd a young lady describing the 
evils attendant on waking the well, MS. 
Cantab. Ff.v. 48, f. 11 L 

Sucsanne cawghte of her irsOe, 
Butt fele fierles her byfelle. 

MS. Cott. CaHg. A. ii. f. 1. 
With ktttt and with corenalle clenliche anrayede. 

Morte Arthurt, MS. Lincoln, f . 87. 

KELLEN. (1) The same as K^, q. v. 

(2) A batch of bricks. Suffolk. 

KELLICH. To romp. Sueeex. 

KELLOW. Black-lead. North. 

KELLUS. A white soft stone found in tin- 

mines in Cornwall. See MS. Lansd. 1033. 
KELP. (1) A young crow. Cumb. 

(2) A crook for a pot or kettle, to hang it over 
a fire. North. 

(3) Seaweed burnt to make a cinder or pot-ash 
for the potters. Kent. 

KELTER. (1) Rubbish; stupid talk; a confused 
mass of persons or things. North. 

(2) Condition ; order. Satt. It is occadonally 
used as a verb. 

(3) An awkward ML North. 

(4) Money ; cash. Yorkeh. 



KEN 



491 



KER 



KEM. Cune. OHoyub, 1552. 

Whaa te to kNiA kcM, 

M en Coldt the biseliop was Js em. 

Swet ^ Hamtmm^ p. 98. 
KSMB. (1) A stronghold. Nvrtk. 
(2) To comb. StiJl in use. KemUh^ Beliq. 

Antiq. ii 176. (u/..&) 
KEMBING. A bivinng.Teasd. Xme. Cbaocer 

bas itfwcfti, a tub. 
KEMBOLL. Anns on kemboU, L e. a-kimbo. 
KBMELING. The same as Coimrifa^, q. ▼. 
KEMMBT. Foolish ; rather saUy. Salop, 
KEMP. (1) A boar. S^ttOu 

(2) A kind of eeL Paltgraoe. 

(3) To strive for superiority. North, 

There et no kj«g undiie Criite may kemp with hym 
one. MHoru JHkun, MA. Ltneoln, f. 81. 

(4) A knigiht ; a champion. See Perceval, 47» 
118, 1004, 1403, 1422. Kengtetye-man, 
soldier, warrior. Percy's Reliques, p. 18. 

I line ten tboviaod upon a day 
Of kempea In their beit any. 

ChBttw Tioga, 1. 809. 

KEMPS. Hair among wooL North. Kempster, 

a female who deaned wooL ** Peetrix, a 

kempster,'* Nominale MS. 

KBMSB. A Ught and loose kind of female gar- 

ment. See R. de Bmnne, p. 122. 
KEMYN. Came. See Old Christmas Carols, 

p. 12 ; Songs and Carols, st. xL 
KEN. (1) A chnm. North, 

(2) A measure of com. Yorksh, It is a hundred- 
weight of heavier substances. 

(3) Khie ; oxen. Octovian, 672. 

(4) To know ; to be acquainted with. Also, to 
see ; a sight. North. Sometimes, to teach. 
(A.'S.) Cf. Tnndale's Visions, p. 43. 

For the emperyce of ryche Rome 
FuUe wdle he hnr kmde. 

MS. Cmiuab. Ff. U. 38, f. 85. 
Cryatofen erittenyde thamme ryghte thcr. 
And kend thamme to leva on Crittto lare. 

MS. Lincoln A. i. 17. f. 198. 
And ;y ve my body for to brenoe, 
Opunly other men tokanne. 

MS. Uarl. 1701, f. 47. 

KENCH. A twist, or sprain. North. Also 

the same as Caneh, q. v. 
KENDAL-GREEN. A kind of forester's green 
cloth, so called from Kendal, co. Westmore- 
land, which was famous for their manufacture. 
Kendat-ttockener^ a little thick-set fellow. 
KENE. Sharp ; earnest ; bold. {A.-S.) 
He drank, and made the cuppe ful dene. 
And titb ha epake wordit kene. 

MS. Oanlab. Ff. v. 48, f . M. 

KENEDE. KenneUed. Heame. 
KENET. (1) Ash-colour. Palsgrave. 
(2) A small hoimd. See Reliq. Antiq. ii. 7 ; 
Wri^f s Seven Sages, p. 60. 
Fore ferdnene of hyi Ibca, as they fSsy were, 
Cowehide at k«nttn btfore the kyog weiyjne. 

Morte Arthure, MS. lAneobi, t. 54. 

KEN-GOOD. A warning. North. Also, a 

mark or example. 
KENLED. Brooght forth young. (A.-S.) 
KENNECIS. Some kind of bird, mentioned in 

the Ardueologia, xiii. 350. 



KENNEL. To harboor. A term applied to 

the fox. See Hunting. 
KENNELL. A kind of ooal. It bums very 

brilliantly, and is mnch esteemed. 
KENNEN. Half a bushel. North. 
KENNES. Kind; sort of. Rit$ofu 
KENNETS. A coarse Welsh doth. 
KEN-NIFE. A knife. Cormo. 
KENNING. (1) An inkling. North. 

(2) The same as Dalk^ q. v. 

(3) The distance a person can see. AUo called 
aAtfiuiy. See Harrison, p. 60; Hawkins' 
Engl. Dram. ii. 270 ; HaU, Henry Y. f. 5. 
" I am within syght, as a shjrppe is that cometh 
within the kennyng, je bkmchU,'* Palsgrave, 
verb. f. 148. See Pr. Parv. p. 272. 

KENSBACK. Perverse. YorJtsh. Sometimes, 

conspicuous, evident, clear. 
KE NSILL. To beat. North. 
KENSPECKLED. Speckled or marked so at 

to be conspicuous. North, 
KENT. Was so fiunons a place for robberies in 
Elizabeth's time thai the name was given to 
any nest of thieves. 
Some booket are arrogant and impudent ; 
So are most thiavw in Criftendoaia and JCm<. 

Taplvr't Wm'km, 1889, iL 194. 

KENTAL. For quintal, a cwt. (IV.) 
KENTE. Taught. Chester Plays, L 32. 
KENTERS. Kentish-men. Heame. 
KENYNG. Recognition. Sevyn Sages, 3235. 
KEO. A jackdaw. Prompt. Parv. 
KEOUT. A mongrel cur. North, 
KEOYERE. To recover ; to obtain. (^^.-JV:; 
KEP. To reach, or heave. North. 
KEPE. (1) Care ; attention. {A.'S.) Also, to 

take care, to care. 
To meet. Towneley Myst p. 323. 
To leave. Nominale MS. 
KEPPEN. To hoodwink. North. 
KEPPING. Lying in wait. Yorkah. 
KEPPY-BALL. The game of hand-balL 
KEPT. (1) Caught. North. 

Guarded. See Tyrwhitt, iv. 148. 
Resided ; Uved. See Keep. 
KEPTE. Cared for. See Ktjie (1). 
KER. Occasion; business. {A.'S.) 
KERCH. A kind of pan. Devon. 
KERCHE. A head-cloth. (A.-N.) << Upon 

hir hed a kerchi of Valence," Lydgate's Minor 

Poems, p. 47. 
KERCHEF-OF-PLESAUNCE. An embroi- 

dered doth presented by a lady to her knight 

to wear for her sake. This he was bound in 

honour to place on his helmet. 
KERCHER. An animal's cauL Devon. 
KERCHERE. A kerch^, q. v. See Cov. Myst. 

p. 54 ; Jkerchg, ibid. p. 318. " Kerchew, rietUa,** 

MS. Arund. 249, f. 88. 
KERCHUP. The cry of partridges. 
KERB. To recover; to cure. (a.'S.) 
KERF, (n An incision. South. It oocnn in 

Hampoie, cot, carved. 

(2) A layer of hay or turf. JFeit. 

(3) A company of panters. Coles. 



KBR 



492 



KEV 



KERL. A loin; a kidney. Weit. Lhayd't 

MS. additions to Ray. 
KERLEY.MERLEY. Agimcrack.* North, 
KERLOK. The charlock. It is Latinized by 

ngmhrum in MS. Sloane 5, f. 9. 
KERM. To dig, or hoe. Somerset 
KERN. (1) To turn from blossom to fruit, 
spoken of vegetables. Weat. ''To kerne as 
come," FloriOi p. 217. 
(2) To curdle, or turn sour. fVeit Butter- 
milk is called kern-milk, though perhaps from 
kerHf to chum. 

i3) To set com or fruit Detnm. 
4) To simmer. Somerset. 
K£ RN-B AB Y. An ima(jb dressed up with com, 
carried before the reapers to their harvest- 
home supper, or kem-eupper. To win the 
kem, to conclude the reaping. 
KERNE. (1) An Irish foot-soldier, of the very 
lowest and poorest rank. Hence the term 
was used as one of contempt. Blount says, 
** we take a kem most commonly for a farmer, 
or oountrey-bumkin," and the term occurs in 
that sense in the King and a poore Northeme 
Man, 1640. 

Acquainted with rich aad eke with poore. 
And kend well every k«me whoore. 

Cobler t/Canttrburie, 1008. 
(2) Tc SOW with com. {A,-S,) 

Perseyve ;e and heere je my speche, wher he that 
erith schal ere al day for to sowe, and schal he 
kerne, and purge hit lond. 1¥iekl{ffii, MS.Bodl,^. 

KERNED-BEEF. Sslted beef. Hants, 
KERNEL. (1) A grain. Var. dioL See Har- 

rison's Descr. of Britaine, p. 110. Also, the 

pip of an apple, orange, &c 

(2) The dug of a heifer. North, 

(3) The bundle of fat before the shoulder ; any 
swelling or knob of flesh. Var, diaL 

(4) A battlement. {J,'N.) 

The cowntas of Crasyne, with hit dere maydynt. 
Knells downe in the kymeltM thare the kyng hovcde. 
Morte Arthure, MS, LAneolnt f. 85. 
The maydene, whitt ab lely-floure, 
Laye in a ktmelle of a towre. 

MS, Uneotn A, 1. 17, f. 107. 

KERNING. Com-bearing. Kent, 

KERP. To carp, or scold ; to speak affectedly ; 

to tyrannize. Devon, 
KERRE. Rock. Gawayne. 
KERRY. (1) A laige apron. West, 
(2) With great and rapid force. Yorksh, 
KERRY-MERRY-BUFF. A kind of material of 

which jerkins were formerly sometimes made. 

The phrase seems to have been proverbial, and 

is often used jocularly. 
KERSE. (1) To cover a wall with tile or slate, 

especially the latter. MS. Lansd. 1033. 

(2) Boldness; courage. North, 

(3) A water-cress. {A,'S,) 

Hen witea welle whiche hath the wene, 
And to to me nis worth a kene, 

Gower, MS. 8oe, Antiq, 134, f. 88. 

(4) A crease in linen, Sec, Line, 
KERSEN. To christen. North, See Middleton, 

L 429; Beaum. and Flet iv. 53. Kersmas, 
Christmas, Middleton, v. 139. 



KERSOUNS. Water.«re«e8. North. 
KERVE. (I) To curdle. See Caroe, 
(2) To cut ; to carve. (A,'S.) Hence kervmge, 
cutting, sharp. 

So couched them after thel tchuld serve. 
Sum for to- flee, and turn fo» to wounde aad JIpotm. 

Chauetr, M8. Qudmb, Ft. L «, f . 9ft. 

KESH. A kez, or hollow item. North, 
KESLINGS. White bullace. Devon. 
KESLOP. A stomach used for rennet. North. 
KESS. A cap. Devon. 
KESSE. To kiss. (^..&) 
KESSON. A Christian. Eaemoor. 
KEST. (1) To cast. North, It has several of 
the meanings of Cot/, q. v. 

Sore he epwed, and alle up he kett 
That he had reoevyd in hit breet. 

0»(yn BlowM't Tutammd. 
So wa« the mayden feyre and Are, 
That alle hyr love on hym had kettB. 

MS, Harl. SS5», f . 92. 
Into the see he hyt keete. MS. Ibid. t. Itt. 
(2) Twist ; knot (3) Stratagem. Gawayne, 
KESTER. Christopher. North. 
KESTERN. Cross; contentious. North. 
KESTIN. A kind of plum. Devon. 
KESTRAN. A worthless fellow. Perhaps from 
kestril, a castrel, q. v. 

I fotbud ony kettran ou am aw to play hoe at my 
buckler. MS, Mhmaie 826, f. 106. 

KET. Carrion ; filth. Hence a term of reproach, 

a slot, an untidy person. North, 
KETCH. (1) A tub ; a barrel. West, 

(2) To consolidate, as melted wax or tallow when 
cooling. West, 

(3) To seize, or catch hold of. South. See 
Doctour Doubble Ale, p. 234. 

KETCHER. An animal's cauL West, 
KET-CRAW. The carrion-crow. Northl 
KETE. Bold; fierce. {Teut,) 
KETERINS. Irish Scots; marauders who 

earned off cattle, com, &c. 
KETHE. To make known .> (^.-5.) 
KETLER. Apparently some term of reproach. 

See Middleton, v. 543. Perhaps from ket, q. v. 
KETMENT. FUth; rubbish. North. 
KETTE. To cut. Lydgate. 
KETTER. (1) Peevish ; perverse. North, 
(2) To diminish in size. Somerset, 
KETTLE. ( 1 ) To tickle. Northumb. 
(2) A kettle-drum. Hamlet, v. 2. 
KETTLE-CASE. The purple orchis. South. 
KETTLE-HAT. An ancient hat formed of 

leather. See Pr. Parv. p. 273. " Keste of his 

ketille-hatte," MS. Morte Arthure, f. 90. 
KETTLE-NET. A kind of net used for taking 

mackerel. South, 
KETTLE-PINS. Skittles ; nine-pins. 
KETTLE-SMOCK. A smock-frock. Somerset, 
KETTY. Nasty; worthless. North. 
KEVAL. A hard mineraL Also, a coarse sort 

of spar. Derb, 
KEVECHER. A head-doth. Keverehefes, 

Plumpton Correspondence, p. 202. 
KEVEL. (1) A bit for a horse ; a gag for the 

month. See Perceval, 424, and my note. 
(2) A large hammer. North, 



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UYEItAUNCB. Beeowy. (A^N.) 
And how of thialdome bl no cKftunce 
Of hit foot mijt he have keveraunet. 

Cur9orMttndi,MS. QM. Trin. Cantab. LSI. 

HBVEEE. (1) To cover. (J.-N.) 
(2)ToiecoTer. Chaucer. 

Thefleaehe thatikstenyth them amonge. 
They keaer hyt aevyr more. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ii. 38, f. 65. 
Whom to thai hitten with ful dent, 
Keverd he never verrament. 

ArthouT and Merlin, p. 903. 

(3) To gain ; to arriye ; to accomplish ; to ob- 
tain ; to bring ; to descend. Gawayne. 

KEVIN. Part of a round of beef. Heref. 

KEYIB. To blubbor ; to cry. Line. 

KEVISS. To run np and down; to rollick 
about ; to beat. Line. 

KEYVEL. Towalkclomsily. Cujnb. 

KEW-KAW. Awry; not right. See Depos. 
Richard II. p. 24. It is spelt keunoaw in 
Taylor's WoricesJoL Lond. 1630, u. 233. 

EEWS. Irons used for the bottoms of shoes. 
South. 

KEWTIN6. Kittening. Pahgraoe. 

KEWTYNB. To mew. Pr. Parv. p. 274. 

KEX. A dry hollow stalk of hemlock or similar 
plant. Var. dial Cotgrave has, " Canon de 
ncfr, a kex, or elder sticke.'' It was some- 
times used as a substitute for a candle. 

KEY. (I) The principal claw in a hawk's foot. 
Bernen. Compare the Gent. Rec. 

(2) Palsgrave has, '' key to knytte walles to- 
gnyder, drf." Compare Prompt. Parv. p. 
269, " key, or knyttynge of ij. wallys, or trees 
yn an nnstabylle grownde, loramenium.** 

(3) The fruit of the ash. Far. dial. Also 
called eatt and keys. 

KEY-BEER. Superior ale or beer, kept under 
lock and key. East. 

KEY-COLD. As cold as a key. ** Key-cold 
ground," Honest Ghost, 1658, p. 29. 

KEYH-WUSS. The left hand. Lane. 

KEYS. To wear the keys, L e. to have the do- 
mestic management. North. 

KEYSAND. Squeamish ; nice. Cumb. 

KEJTE. Caught. Anturs of Arther, p. 23. 

KI. Quoth. North. 

KIBBAGE. Small refuse ; riff-raff. East. 

KIBBED. Fenced; hedged. Devon. 

KIBBLE. (1) To bruize or grind coarsely, as 
malt, beans, &c Sakp. Also, to clip stones 
roughly. 

(2) The bucket of a draw-weU, or of the shaft 
of a mine. Devon. 

(3) A stick with a curve or knob at the end, 
used for several purposes, but generally for 
playing the game of nurspell, which is some- 
what similar to golf, or trap-ball. The game 
is sometimes called Kibble and NurspeU, or 
Kibble and Brig. 

(4) To walk lamely. Beds. 
KIBBLE-COBBLE. To crease. Oxon. 
KIBBLING-AXE. An axe used for cutting 

kibbles, or fire-wood. West. 



KIBBO-KIFT. Any proof of great strength or 

muscular power. Chesh. 
KIBBY. Soro ; cha^ied. Devon. 
KIBE. To jeer, or flout. Ltme. 
KIBRICK. Sulphur. See Ashmole's Theat 

Chem. Brit. 1652, p. 375. 
KICHEL. A small cake. {A.-S.) 
KICK. (1) To kick the hueket, to kieksiV* to 

expiro. To kick the toind, to be hung. ^ To 

die or kicke up ones heeles," Florio, p. 180. 

J kick t^, a disturbance. A kick m on^s 

gaUopt a strange whim. 

(2) A novelty ; a dash ; quite the top of the 
fashion. Far. dial. 

(3) To sting, as a wasp. Heref. 

(4) To oppose anything. Far. dial. 

(5) To stammer. Devonshiro DiaL p. 72. 

(6) The herb Pahna Christi. 
KICKHAMMER. A stammerer. Devon. 
KICKING. Smart ; showy ; well-dressed. West. 

In some counties, kicky. 
KICKISH. Irritable. North. 

KICKLE. Uncertain ; fickle ; unsteady ; totter- 
ing. West. 

KICKS. Breeches. A cant term. 

KICKSEE-WINSEE. A strange term, imply- 
ing rostlessness. One of Taylor's pieces, 
Workes, 1630, ii. 33, is entitled, " The Scourge 
of Basenesse, or the old lerry, with a new 
kicksey, and a new-cum twang', with the old 
winsey.'' As a substantive it may be explained 
an unruly jade, and figuratively, a wife. 
Shakespeare has kicky-wicky in All's Well 
that Ends Well, ii. 3. 

KICKSHAW. A dish in French cookery ; ap- 
plied metaphorically to a fantastic coxcomb. 

KID. (1) Made known ; discovered. (A.^S.) 
Thii selkouth mlthe nouth ben hyd, 
Ful tone it was ful loude kid. Havelok, IflOO. 

(2) A small tub. Suffolk. The term is also ap- 
plied to a pannier or basket. 

(3) A faggot. To bind up faggots. West. "Kjddt 
a fagotte," Palsgrave. 

(4) The pod of a pea, &c Dorset. 
KIDCROW. A calf-crib. Chesh. 
KIDDAW. " In Corowal they call the guil- 

liam a kiddaw,*' Ray, ed. 1674, p. 61. 

KIDDIER. A huckster. East. 

KIDDLE. (I) A dam or open wear in a river, 
with a loop or narrow cut in it, accommo- 
dated for the laying of engines to catch fish. 
Blount. 

2\ Saliva ; spittle. West. 

3) To embrace ; to cuddle. East. 

4) To collect gradually into aheap. The farmer 
calls a heap of dung collected by small quan- 
tities at different times his kiddle-heap. 

(5) Unsettled, generally applied to the weather. 
Kent. 

KIDDLE-KITTLE. To tickle. South. 

KIDDON. A loin of meat. Devon. 

KIDE. A calf-kide, a place made of boughs in 

the field, or near the cow-house, in which the 

calf is kept when sucking. 
KID-FOX. A young fox. J^ak. 



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KIR 



SIDlVn. IN^posltioB; ptinc^lei; habiU; 

bumour. Var, dioL 
KIDS. Kidaey potatoes. North. 
KIDWARE. Pou, beans, &c Kmii. 
KIB. CowB;kine. North, 
KIEVEL. A lot, or quantity. Yorkth. 
KIFFE. Kith; kindred. ''For kiffe nor for 

km/' Tmser, p. jxm, 
KIFT. Awkward ; clumsy. IF«t/. 
KIHT. Caught; taken away. Ritton. 
KIKS. To kick. (^..&) 
KILB. An ulcer ; a sore. In MS. Med. line. 
f. 283, is a receipt *< for kOet in the eres." 

Mak it righte hate» and bynd it on a dathe, and 
bynde it to the lare, and it sal do it away or fane it 
togedir to a Mto. MS, UmatUu Mtd, f. 300. 

Thai fue as doe a rotyn kile. 

That Totya and warliyt lore. 
Ay to hit be brokene oute ; 
And afterward no more. 

MS, Cantah, Ft. ▼.48, f.SS. 

KILBS. Small leathers used to fasten chains. 
A mining term. 

KILK. Charlock. Suttex, 

KILL. (1) A kihi. Far, dUiL 

(2) To kUl 1^, to kill the remainder where many 
have been already killed. 

KILLAS. A clay slate. Derh. 

KILL.CLOTH. Some kind of hood. 

KILL-COW. A matter of consequence ; a ter- 
rible fellow. North, " You were the ondy 
noted man, th' onely kUUnWy tW onely ter- 
rible fellow," Cotgraye. 

KILLBSSB. In ardiitecture, a gutter, grove, 
or ehannri. A hipped roof is said to be kU- 
kted, and a dormer window Ib sometimes 
called a killese window. See Oxf. OL Arch. 

KILLICOUP. A summerset. North, 

KILLIMORB. An earthnut. Comw, 

KILLIN6.THB-CALF. A kind of droll per- 
formanoe occasionally practised by vagrants 
in the North of Bngland. It is said to be a 
▼ery ancient amusement. 

KILL-PRIBST. Port wine. Far, dial 

KILLRIDGB. The herb azsesmart. Cofgrope, 

KILPS. Pot-hooks. North, 

KILSON. The keel of a bai^^ Weit. 

KILT. (1) Small ; lean ; slender. Yori$h, 

(2) To tuck up clothes. North. 

(3) Killed. Var, dial (Spenser.) 
KILTER. To dawdle; to gossip. Eatt, 
KILTERS. Tools ; instruments ; the component 

parts of a thing. Ettex, 

KILVER. The same as Culver, q. ▼. 

KIMBERUN. Strangers. Dorset. 

KIME. A silly fellow. Kennett, 

KIMBD. Cross ; ill-tempered ; awry ; cracked, 
or silly. Salop, 

KIM-KAM. Quite wrong ; erroneous. 

KIMNEL. Any kind of tub for household pur- 
poses. See Kembing, 

KIMY. Fusty; mouldy. Xtnc. 

KIN. (1) Kindred. {A.-S,) 

That hire Mn be ful wel queme. 

(2) To kindle ; to light. Stt^, 



(3) A (^, or chilbidit North, 

KINCH. A small quantity. Unc, 

KINCHIN-CO. A youth not thorouglily in. 
structed in the art of vagabond knavery. See 
Dekker's Lanthome and Candle-Liglit, 1620, 
sig. B. ilL Kmehtng-morte, aocmtliii^ to 
Dekker, Belman of London, 1608, are " girlea 
of ayeare or two old, which the morts (their 
mothers] cary at their backes in their slates ; 
if they have no children of their owne* they 
win steale them from others, and by some 
meane disfigure them, that by their pArents 
they shall never be kcowne." 

KIND. (1) A cricket. Somerset, 

{2^ Intimate. Not hind, unfriendly. North. 

(3) Nature ; natural disposition. Kindfy, natu- 
rally. Var. diaL A very common archsuam. 

He tliat nude kjfnde may fulfille 
Ajeyn kjfnde what is His wllle. 

CurmrMwuii, Call. Trin. Omtab. T. 6B. 

(4) Thriving ; prosperous. West. 

(5) Soft; tender. North, 

(6) Kindred. Sir Tiistrem, p. 145. 

Thyi ys the fynt that y fynde, 
Unbuzunmene ajcns thy kynde. 

MS, Hart. 1701. f. 20. 

KINDA. Look yonder. St^olh. 

KINDER. Rather. Var. dial 

KIND-HART. A jocular term for a tooth- 
drawer. It seems there was an itinerant 
dentist of this name, or, perhaps, nickname, 
in Elizabeth's time. He is mentioned in 
Rowlands' Letting of Humours Blood in the 
Head Yaine, 1600. 

KINDLE. To bring forth young, a term gene- 
rally applied to rabbits. North, Bemers 
calls a litter of cats a kindle. 

KINDLESS. Unnatural. Shak. 

KINDLY. (1) Heartily ; welL Far, dial 

(2) Natural ; native. {A.-S.) 

Uche kyng shulde make him boun 
To com to her Jeyndeiy toun. 
Curamr Mundi, MS. Coll, Trin. Cantab, f. 70. 

KIND-0. In a manner ; as it were. East^ 

KINE. (1) A smaU chink or opening of any 
kind. North, 

(2) A weasel. Sussex, 

KINER. A child's clout. Smffbtt, 

KINES. Kind. (^.-5.) 

KINO. Friday is sometimes called the king of 
the week. Devon. 

KING-ARTHUR. A game used at sea, when 
near the Kne, or in a hot latitude. It is per- 
formed thus : — A man, who is to represent 
King Arthur, ridiculously dressed, having a 
large wig made out of oakum, or some old 
swabs, is seated on the side, or over a large 
vessel of water. Every person in his turn is 
to be ceremoniously introduced to him, and 
to pour a bucket of water over him, crying, 
HaU, King Arthur! If, during this ceremony, 
the person introduced laughs or smUes, to 
which his miyesty endeavours to excite him 
by all sorts of ridiculous gesticulations, he 
changes place with him, and then becomes 
King Arthur, till relieved by some brother tar, 



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KIT 



who has m little wwnmiiMt over Us mntclcs 
nhinifldtfL 

DNG-By-YOUIULEAVE. <' A playe that 
ehildrai have^ where one lyttiiig blyndefolde 
IB the i^ufle, bydeth so tyll the rest haye 
hydden themsehes, and then he going to aeeke 
them, if any get his ^piace in the meane space, 
that same is kynge in his romne/' Hidoet, 
1572. This game is mentioned in Florio, pp. 
3, 480; NomendatoFi p. 298. 

KINGEUX. The heib crowfoot. 

KING-6AMB. The pageant of the three kings 
of Cologne. Aores. 

KING-GUTTER. A main-drain. Devon. 

KING-HARRY. King Harry Redcap is the gold- 
finch, and King Harry Blackap is the blackcap. 
Ktng- Harry cut, a slash over the face. 

KING'S-CLOYER. Themdilot. It is likewise 
called the Ung^i eroten. 

KING'S-CUSHIGN. A temporary seat made 
by two boys crossing their hands. North. 

KIXG'S-PICTURE. Money. North. 

KINIFE. A knife. Somer^t. 

KINK. (1) To twist; to entangle. Also, a twist 
in a rope. North. 

(2) To revive ; to recover. East. 

(3) To laugh loodly. North. « With ever, 
kinddng vain," Gptick Glasse of Humors, 
1639, p. 156. ** To lose breath in coughing,'' 
Tim Bobbin. «Ilaghethat Ikynke,''Towne. 
ley Mysteries, p. 309. 

KINKER. An idde. Ihr$et. 
KINK.HAU8T. The chincough. North. 
KINKLINGS. Periwinkles. Dorse/. 
KINRSDB. Kindred. {A..S.) 
KIKSE. Kind ; sort. Yorkth. 

KINSING. Some operation for the core of a 

mad dog. HatL 
KINSMAN. A cousin-merman. Norf. A 

nej^ew, in Suffolk. 
KIP. The hide of a young or small beast. 

Var. dial " Kyppe of hunbe, a tore," Pals- 
-«^ jr4p4M/A«r, the tanned hide of a kip. 
/. (1) Wrong. Lane. 
An osier-basket, broader at top than at 

jottom, left open at each end» used in Oxford- 

sh fape, prindpaUy for catching pike. 
KIPLIN. The more perishalrie parts of the 

cod-fish, cured sepuately from the body. 

Eatt. 
KXPPE. To take up hastily. " Thus y kippe 

snt cacche," Wright's Political Songs, p. 152. 
KIPPER. (1) AnKnous. Lamf. Also, lively, 

nimble, gpy^l]|^t-footed. 
(2) A term applied tosahnon after tbenrspawning. 

North. Hence, kippered salmon. 
KIPPER-NUT. An earth-nut. " Th' earth 

nut, kipper nut, earth chestnut," Cotgrave. 
KIP-TREE. The horizontal roller of a draw- 

wen. Dean Milles' MS. Glossary. 
KIRCHER. The midriff. Somerset. 
KIRK. A church. North. Heace ivrJk^fftrth, 

a church-yard ; Uri^fiMiter, a churchwarden ; 

iJri-4Maft, a firdr. 



Kyitge RolMvd wakcnyd. that ivas to thv ftyr**, 
Hyi BMO he thojt woo far to wyrke. 

MS. Cantab. Vt. U. 38, f. S40 

KIRKBD. Turning upwards. Siinner. 

KIRNE. A churn. North, 

KIROCKS. The same as KainUf q. ▼. 

KIRSOME. Christian. Naree. 

KIRTLE. A tunic, gown, or jacket. (J..S.) 
The form of the kirtle underwent various 
alterations at different times. Palsgrare trans- 
lates it by eorpeet. It was worn by both 
sexes. The woman's kirtle of the fourteenth 
century vras a close-fitting dress described in 
Strntt, iL 238 ; and the kirtle is mentioned in 
Launftl (233) as being laced tightly to the 
body. It seems to have been a mark of servi- 
tude or disgrace to appear in a kirtle only. 
The term is still retained in the provinces in 
the sense of an outer petticoat. When a long 
kirtle is spoken of, or when it is implied that 
the kirtle is long, it must be understood as 
having a kind of train or petticoat attached to 
it ; anda half-kirtle is either part of this joint 
article of dress. See Gifford's Ben Jonson, 
ii 260. The nppa--kirtle was a garment worn 
over a kirtle. 

KIRT YNE. A kind of sauce in ancient cookery. 
See the Ord. and Reg. p. 460. 

KIRVE. To cut coal away at the bottom. A 
mining term. 

KISK. The same as Eex, q. v. Hence kieky, 
dry, juiceless, husky. 

KISS. JTist me at the garden gate, the garden 
pansy. Eiu me ere Iriee, ibid. To kUe the 
har^efootf to kiee the poet, to be too late f 191, 
any thing. 2b kite the maeter^ a term a«v! 
bowls meaning to hit the jack. 

KISSES. SmaU sugar-plums. Far. dUO. 

KISSING-BUNCH. A garment of evergreens 
ornamented with ribands and oranges, sub- 
stituted for mistletoe at Christmas, when the 
Utter is not to be obtained. 

KISSING-COMPITS. Sugar-plums perfrmed, 
for sweetening the breath. 

KISSING-CRUST. That part where the loaves 
have stuck together in baking. Var.dieL 

KIST. (1) A chest. North. 

A kUt tlMT wot ill that place. 
That men put In tb«r offirande. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ▼. 48,f.W. 

(2) To cast. Somerset. 

The grave-lid awey thel kiat. 
And Jhesut loked Into the chest. 
Cunor Mundi, MS. CM. Trin. Cantab, f. 89. 

(3) Kissed. In the first line it is of course used 
in the first sense. 

Fy on the bagfte hi the kltte, 
I hadde l-notre, yf I hire kistt, 

Oower, MS. Soc. jtntiq. 134, f. UB. 
KISTING. A funeral. North. 
KISTRESS. A kestrel hawk. Blome. 
KIT. (1) A smear, or dab. Corme. 
'2) Cut off. Batman uppon Bartholome, 1582. 
|3) A wooden vessel. North. 
' Brood ; fiunily ; quantity. Fiar. dud. 
^ Working implements. North. Also, the 
box containing them. 






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(6) An oathouBe for cattle. W^egi. 

(7) A straw or nuh basket for herrings or sprats. 
Etut. Also used for any kind of basket. 

(S) A kind of fiddle. " Fidlen kit/' Florio, p. 433. 

(9) A country clown. JJnc, 

KIT-CAT. A game played by boys in the East 
of England easier to play than to describe. 
Three small holes are made in the ground tri- 
angularly, about twenty feet apart to mark 
the position of as many boys, each of whom 
holds a small stick about two feet long. Three 
other boys of the adverse side pitch succes- 
sively a piece of stick, a little bigger than one's 
thumb, called eai, to be struck by those 
holding the sticks. On its being struck, the 
boys run from hole to hole, dipping the end 
of their sticks in as they pass, and counting 
one, two, three, &c. as they do so, up to thirty. 
one, which is game, or the greater number of 
holes gained in the innings may indicate the 
winners as in cricket. 

Thai Id his hand he takes a thick bat, 
Wtth which he us'd to play at kit-cat. 

CotUm't Works, 1734, p. 88. 

KIT-CAT-CANNIO. A sedentary game, played 
by two, with slate and pencil, and decided by 
the position of certain marks. 

KIT-CAT-ROLL. A kind of roller not cyUndri- 
cal, but somewhat in the form of a double cone 
meeting in the middle. East, 

KITCHEN. (1) All sorts of eatables, bread only 
excepted. North, Kitchen-physic, substantia 
good fare. Kttehenstufft refuse fat or meat 
from the kitchen. See the Bride, 1640, sig. 
and Cotgrave. 

!To be careful, or thrifty. lAnc, 
A tea-urn ; a large kettle. North, 
KITCHEN-BALL. A woodlouse. North, 
KITCHINESS-BREAD. Thin soft oat cakes 

made of thin batter. L4mc. 
KITE. (1) The belly. Northumb. 
(2) To strike, beat, or cut. Gioue. 
(sS A sharper. An old cant term. 
(4) To keep ; to preserve. Somerset, 
KITELLING. A kitten. " Ca^a/w, a kytylyng," 
Nominale MS. KitUng^ HoUyband's Diction- 
arie, 4to. Lond. 1593. 
KITELLYNGE. Tickling. (^.-5.) 

That nowe er deceyved thurgh quayntei of the 
devel, and kUell^nge of thaire fleishe. 

MS. CM. JEton. 10, f. 4. 
KITH. (1) Kindred ; acquaintance. North, 

2) Knowledge. Kyth^ Perceval, 1281. 

3) Country ; region. (^.-51) 
KITHE. To show, or make known. (^.-5.) 

Hence, to exhibit in fighting, &c 
What did je in that place 
SwyllL mayttris to l^ths, 

M8, Ltncotn A. i. 17, f . 131. 
The sothe y wylle the kythe. 

MS. Cantab, Ft. ii. 88, f. 86. 
For at the Justyng wolde y bene. 
To kyt/u me with the knyghtyt kene. 

MS, Ibid. f. 7B. 
KrriNO. A worthless fellow. North. 
KIT-KARL. Careless. St^oli, 
KIT-KEYS. Ash-keys. fiuUokar, 1656. 



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KIT-OP-THE-CANDLESTICK. A vulgar name 
for the ignis fatuus, mentioned in Aubrey's 
Wilts, Royal Soc. MS. p. 39. See also R. 
Scot's Discoverie of Witchcraft, 1584, as 
quoted in Ritson's Essay on Fkiries, p. 45. 

KITONE. A kitten. (J.-N.) 

KIT-PACKS. A kind of buskins. Wewt, Spdt 
kittibats by Palmer, p. 59. Dean Milles gives 
the following enigma : — ** Kitteback has what 
everything has, and everything has what 
kitteback has," MS. Glossary, p. 160. 

KITPAT. The old clogged grease in the stocks 
of wheels. Dorset. 

KIT-POLE. A wheel placed horizontally on an 
upright piece of wood, on which hme-flesh 
is kept for hounds. SufoU. 

KITTEDEN. Cut. (J.^S.) 

KITTLE. (1) To tickle. North. Hence, ticklish, 
hard, difficult, uncertain, skittish. 

(2) To kitten, as cats. A or. dial << Caller, to 
kittle, as a cat," Cotgrave. 

(3) A pretty kittle offish, a very bad business, 
generally meant jocularly. Kittle-6usy, of- 
ficious about trifles. Kittle the chumps, to 
stir the fire. Kittle of hand, free of hand, apt 
to strike. Kittle-pitehering, a jocular method 
of effectually interrupting a troublesome teller 
of long stories by frequent questions. 

KITTLE-REAP. Old, young, or unskilful hands, 
unable to assist in the hjurest on equal terms 
with first-rate workmen, but who help them 
and do other work at that busy time at higher 
wages than usual. Suffblk. 

KITTLE-SMOCK. A smock-frock. JTest. 

KITTY. (1) A kit, or company. West, 

(2) The house of correction. Newe. 

(3) The bundle of straw by which mines are 
blasted. North, 

KITTY-COOT. The water-rail. West, 
KITTY-KYLOE. A kitten. Wore, 
KITTY-WITCH. A kind of smaU crab; a 

species of sea-fowl ; a female spectre. East. 
KITTY.WREN. The common wren. Var.diaL 
KITY. To lade out water. Beds, 
KIVE. (1) Quoth. North, See Ki, 
(2) The same as Keew, q. ▼. 
KIVER. (1) A cover. Var. dial 
(2) A kind of shallow tub. Susses. 
KIWING. Carving. Havelok, 1736. 
KIX. (1) The same as Kes, q. ▼. 
(2) A buUace or wild plum. South, 
KIZENED. Parched; husky; dry. North. 

Also pronounced kizzard, 
KLEG. A fish,^adtc» barbatus, 
KLEMEYN. A claim. See Manners and 

Household Ezpenoes of England, p. 171. 
KLEPE. To clip, or embrace. (^.-5:) 
Howe kUpet ache the dede cone, aliai ! 

MS. Cantab. Ft. i.6, f. A5. 
KLEVYS. Rocks ; cliffs. (^.-S.) 
Here es a knyghte in theit kleivs endenide with hilles, 
Tliat I haTe cowayte to knawe, because of his wordea. 

Mort9 Arthm«, MS. Ltncoln, t. 78. 

KLICK. (1) A nail, peg, or knob, for hanging 

articles upon. North. 
(2) To catch; to hold; to seize. Var. dial 



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KLICK-HOOn. large hooks used for cttchlng 

salmoii hj day-Iigfat. North. 
KLIKET. A fox. The foUowiag lines describe 
tine properties of a good hone. 
Haded of aa oXi 
Taylad at fox, 
Comly as a kyng, 
Nekkyd as a dukyng, 
MoathydasaJUiXrer. 
Wilted as a trodkok^ 
Wylled as a wedercoke. 

ITS. Cblf. Gmlba E. is. f. 110. 

KLITB. To tske, or pull np. North. 

KLOTE. The same as Chte, q. ▼. 

Take the rote of the klott, and stainpe it, and 
tume it oa wbyte wyae or ale, and drynk at 50^0 
hooc and at morow kolde. M8. Mtd. Aw. xt. Cent* 

KLUCKS. Claws ; clutches. North. 

KLUTSEN. To shake. North. 

KLTNTES. Chasms ; crences. Weit. 
So on rodusaiid klifutn thay ruBneaaddryre, 
That all bvdualn pedeeaad sodenly doith ryvew 

MS. Lmudotome 9M, f.8. 

KNAA. To know. North. 

KNAB. To snatch. To knob the rust, to get 
the worst of a bargain. Am/A. 

KNABBLBR. A person who talks much to 
little purpose. Suues. 

KNACK. (1) To gnash the teeth ; to snap ; to 
strike ; to crack nuts ; to clash ; to nick ; to 
speak affectedly. North. Knack-and-rattle, 
a noisy and rapid mode of dancing. 

(2) A trick ; a dexterous exploit. Hence, a joke, 
a pretty trifle. 

(3) A kind of figure made of a small quantity of 
com at the end of the harvest, and carried in 
the barrest-home procession. Devon. 

KNACKER. (1) A collsr and harness-maker, 
chiefly employed by farmers. Ea$t, Knack- 
er'sF-brandy , a sound beating. 

(2) A collier) horse. Ghue. 
KNACKERS. Two pieces of wood struck by 

moving the hand. A boy's plaything. 
KNACK.HARDY. FooUhardy. Someroet. 
KNACK.KNEED. Baker.legged,q.Y. Var.diaL 
KNACKS. The game of nine-holes. 
KNACKY. Ingenious ; handy, f or. dial 
KNAD. A knife. Cot. Myst. p. 384. 
KNAG. (1) To gnaw. Lime. 
{2^ The rugged top of a hilL North. 

(3) A wooden peg for clothes. Devon. The 
term occurs in a similar sense in Le Bone 
Florence of Rome, 1795, and in Syr Oowghter, 
194. Knoffed, nailed, riveted. 

(4) The antler of a deer. 
KNAGGY. m.tempered. Var. dial 
KNAMANDEMENT. Commandment. Itoc- 

CUTS in Gasooigne's Supposes, 1566. 
KNANG. Grumbling; discontent. North. 
KNAP. (1) The top of a hilL North. <«A 

hillocke, or knap of a hill," Cotgrave. 

(2) To strike. Alio, a blow. " Knap boy on 
the thumbs/' Tusser, p. 261. 

(3) To talk short. North. 

(4) The bud of a flower. South. 

(5) To break off short ; to snap. Yorkeh. 



Knmp the thnad, and thou art tne. 

But 'tis otherwise with me. Herridf* Work*, i. 179. 

KNAPE. A lad; a page. (J.-S,) 
Ae right now a Utel knap§ 
To Bedingham com with tape. 

Arthuur mnd MitrUm, p. 389. 
So felle it that this cherliaehe JhtajM 
Hath lad this mayden where lie wolde. 

Gowtr, MS. Soe. Antiq. IH, f. 898. 

KNAP.KNEES. Knock-knees. SuffM. 
KNAPP. To browze. Said of deer. 
KNAPPE. A knop ; a button. {J.-S.) 
KNAPPISH. Cross; peevish. *' Answering 
your snappish quid with a knappish quo,** 
Stanihurst's Desc of Ireland, p. 35. 
KNAPPLE. To bite, or nibble. North. 
KNARLE. A dwarfish fellow. North. 
KNARLY. Strong; hearty. Somereet. 
KNARRE. A rock, or cliff. Oawa^ne. 
KNARRY. Knotty. Chaucer. 
KNAST. The snuff of a candle. 
KNATCH. To strike, or knock. Line. 
KNATTER. To nibble. Metaphorically, to 

find fault with trifles. North. 
KNATTLE. The same as Knatter, q. v. 
KNAVATE. A knave. Skelton. 
KNAVE. A kd ; a servant. (^.-5.) 
We ne have to hete, ne we ne have 
Herinne neyther knith ne knav*. Havehk, 4S8. 
KNAVE-CHILD. Ahoy. (A.-S.) 
In holy churche, as clerkes fynde. 
On his doujtur, agayne kynde, 
Thet be gate a knavo^hUde. 

MS. CatUab. Ff. v. 48, r.43. 

KNAWANDE. Gnawing. Arch. xxx. 355,1. 191. 
KNAWE. To know. North. See HavelnV. 

2785 ; Kyng Alisaunder, 724. In some coun- 

tries we have knawed, knew. 
KNE. Degree. Heame. 
KNEDDE. Kneaded. (j4.^S.) 
KNEE. A bent piece of woocL A term used 

by carpenters. North. 
KNEE.HAPSED. Said of wheat, when laid b> 

wind and entangled. South. 
KNEE-HGLLY. The butcher's broom. South. 
KNEE-KNAPT. Knock-kneed. Devon. 
KNEELER. Explained by Holmes, '* Stones 

that stand upright, that makes a square out- 
ward above, and inward below." 
KNEEN. Knees. {A.'S.) 
KNEESTEAD. The place of the knee. Line. 
KNEESTRADS. Pieces of leather fastened to 

the knees to protect them from the ladder, 

worn by thatchers. Devon. 
KNEP. To bite gently. North. 
KNEPPARS.- Wooden tongs used for pulling 

np weeds in com. Yorheh. 
KNET. Knit; tied. Weber. 
KNSTTAR. A string, or cord. South. 
KNEW. A knee. (A.^S.) 

And sche began mercy to crye. 
Upon hire bare knew, and seyde, 
And to iiire ftdir thus sehe seyde. 

Gower, MS. Soc. Antiq. 134 f. 8ft. 

KNIBBERS. Young deer when they flr^t lie- 
gin to have horns ; prickers. 

32 



KNO 



498 



KNO 



KNICK.A.KNACKS. Same as Knacken, q. ▼. 
KNIFE. Appears sometimes to be used by old 

writers for a sword or dagger. 
RNIFE-GATY. Hospitable. Lme. 
KNIFE-PLAYING. Tossing up knives and 

catching them, a sport practised hj the an- 

dent jogelonrs. See Weber, iii. 297. 
KNIFLE. To steal; to pilfer. Nwrth, 
KNIGHT. A servant. GeneraHy, a servant in 

war, a soldier ; a knight. {A.-S.) 
KNIGHTHODE. Valour. Chtmeer. 
KNIGHTLE. Active; skilfuL North. 
KNIGHT-OF-THE-POST. A hired witness ; a 

person hired to give false bail in case of arr^. 

Hence generally, a cheat or sharper ; a robber. 

On this account, all those whose fortune's crost, 

And want estates, may turn knights of the pott, 

tieteher't Poenu, p. 858. 

KNIP. To pinch ; to bite. North, 
KNIPPERDOLLINGS. A sort of heretics, 
followers of one Knipperdoling, who lived in 
Germany about the time of the Reformation. 
Blount's Glossographia, 1681, p. 359. 
KNIT. (1) 7b knit one up, to reprove him. To 
knit vp a matter, to finish it. See Holinshed, 
Hist. England, i. 65. To knit 191 a num, to 
confine him. The phrase occurs in Palsgrave. 

(2) Joined ; bound ; agreed. {A,-S.) 

(3) To unite ; to hang together. West. Also, 
to set, as fruit blossoms. 

KNIT-BACK. The herb comfrey. 
KNITCH. A bundle. Somerset. 
KNITS. Small particles of lead ore. 
KNITSTER. A female who knits. Dewm. 
_jyj[ITTING-CUP. A cup of wine handed round 
^^'i^incdiately after the marriage ceremony to 

those who assisted in it 
KNITTING-PINS. Knitting-needles. Eaet, 
KNITTLB. A string fastened to the mouth of 

a sack to tie it with. Suite^e, 
KNOB. Around tumour. South. 
KNOBBED.STICK. A walking-stick, with a 

knob at the end. Var, dial. 
KNOBBER. The hart in its second year. See 

further in v. Hunting. Spelt Aiio^^ in Gent. 

Rec. ii. 75. 
KNOBBLE. To hammer feebly. West. 
KNOBBLE-TREE. The head. S^erolk. 
KNOBBLY. (I) FuU of knots or lumps. Var. dial 
(2) Stylish. Somerset. 
KNOB LOCKS. Small round coals. Lane. 
KNOBS. To make no knobs of a thing, L e. to 

make no difficulty about it. 
KNOCK. (1) To move about briskly. East. 
(2) 7b knock a man over, to knock him down. 

Knock back ore, ore mixed with a coarse sort 

of spar. Knocked up, worn out with fatigue. 

Knock me down, strong ale. 7b knock at end, 

to persevere. 
KNOCKING. The cry of hare-hounds. 
KNOCKING-MELL. A hirge wooden hammer 

used for bruising barley. Knocking-trottgh, a 

kind of mortar in which that operation was 

performed. 
KNOCKINGS. NaUve lead ore. Derb. 



KNOCK-KNOBBLER. The name of the penoB 

who perambulates the church during divine 

service to keep order. North. 
KNOCKLEDEBOINARD. AtermofiepnMdi; 

a hard-working down. Palsffraoe. 
KNOCK-SALT. A stupid lout. Sufolk. 
KNOCKSTONE. A stone used for breaking 

ore upon. A mining term. 
KNODDEN. Kneaded. North. 
KNOGS. (1) Ninepins. Yorksk. 
(2) The coarse part of hemp. West. 
KNOKJiED. With craggy projections. 
KNOLL. (1) To toU the bell. Still a oommon 

word in the provinces. 

(2) A little round hilL Kent. It oceurs in MS. 
Egerton 614, xiii. Cent. 

(3) A turnip. Kent. (Kennett, p. 54.) 
KNOP.(l)Alargetnb. Cimh. 

(2) The bud of a plant. {J.-S.) ** Out of the 
knop,'' Du Bartas, p. 370. 

Take half a pound ot tede nisei floom Uiat be 
gaderyd erly whyle the dewe lastys, and ben fulle 
sprad, and pulle of the knoppet, and clippe hem with 
a peyre sherys. MS. Mod. Hec. xv. Cent. 

(3) A knob, or handle ; the woollen tuft on the 
top of a cap. 

(4) The knee-cap. NominaleMS. 

(5) A button. Rom. of the Rose, lOSO. 
KNOPPED. A term appUed to clothes when 

partially dried. Line. 
KNOPPEDE. (1) Buttoned ; fastened. (.^..&) 
(2) Full of knops, or knobs. (A.-S.) 
KNOPPIT. A small lump. East. 
KNOR. A dwarfish fellow. North. 
KNORNED. Rugged. Gawayne. 
KNORRISH. KnottishsAill of knots. 
KNOT. (1) A rocky summit. North. 

(2) A boss, a bunch of flowers, &c An architec- 
tural ornament. OtL Gl. Arch. p. 221. 

(3) 7b seek a knot in a rush, to look for a needle 
in a bottle of hay. See Elyot, in v. Sdrpus. 

(4) A puzzle. Var. diaL 

(bS A parterre, or garden plat. West. 

(6) The key or boss of a vault. It means some- 
times a finiaL 

KNOTCHEL. To cry a woman knotchel is when 
a man gives public notice he will not pay his 
wife*s debts. Lane. 

KNOTLINS. Chitterlins. Somerset. 

KNOTSTRINGS. Laces. Devon. 

KNOTTE. A bird, the anclus BeUonn of Ray. 
See the Arclueologia, xiii. 341. Blount calls 
it a " delicious sort of small fowl,'' and says 
its name is derived from Canute, or Knout, 
who was said to have been very fond of it. 

KNOTTILLES. Knobs. Somerset. 

He hade a heved lyke a bulle, and knottUUt in \dM 
frount, as thay had bene the bygynnyng of hOTnes. 

Bis. Uneotn A. i. 17, f. 1. 

KNOTTINGS. Light com. Chesh. 
KNOTTLED. Stunted in growth. South. 
KNOTTY-TOMMY. Oatmeal eaten with boiled 

milk poured over it. North. 
KNOULECHE. To acknowledge. (^.-S.) 
KNOUT. King Canute. {A.-S,) ^noi«fo, Chro- 

nicon Vilodunense, ed. Black, p. 92. 



KON 



499 



KEY 



KNOW. (1) Ttotao. StOlumse. 
(2) Knowledge. Alto, to teqfiure knowledge. 
KNOWLECHINO. Knowledge. (J.-S.) 
Of hor Ibr to hmn a ty^tt. 
Of hur to have knmolichifng- 

MS. Qmtab. rt. XL 38, f. 14flL 
O aotlifkit Lordc, that hatte the knmpi€eh9ng0 
Of every thj^nge, thorowe thy giete myght. 

I^dgoU, MS, JOimole 39, f. 40. 
KNOWLEDGE. TboJt Ait Jbiotirfa^, knew him. 

See Sir Perceyal, 1052. 
KNOWN. Knew. Var. dial 
KNOW-NOTHING. Very ignorant. Eoit. 
KNOWTH. To know ; to acknowledge. 
OOWYNG. Acquaintance. U.-&) 
Thai ar aperte of my knourpng, 
Thcl shalle «peke for the to the kyog. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ▼. 48, f. 63. 
KNUBBLE. (1) Aamanknob. St^oU. 
(2) To handle clnmnly. Etut. 
KNUBLINGS. Small round coals. Wore. 
KNUCHER. To giggle ; to chatter. Surrey. 
KNUCKER. To neigh. Keni and Stuaex. 
KNUCKLE-DOWN. A phrase at marbles, or- 
dering an antagonist to shoot with his hand on 
the ground. Var. dial Knnckle-to, to yield 
(v sobmit. Also, to adhere firmly. 
KNUCKLES. The bands of a book. 
KNUR. (1) A round hard piece of wood used in 

the game of knurspelL North. 
(2) A knot. Var, diaL " A bonnche or knur 

m a tree," Elyot, in y. Sruseuniy ed. 1559. 
KNURL. A dwarf. Northumd. 
KNUTTE. (1) Knights. (2) Knit ; tied. Weber. 
KNTCCHIS. Bmidles ; sheaves. Sober, 
KNTLED. Knelt. PercT's Reliqnes, p. 4 . 
KNTLLB. To knoH North. 
To wakyne Mildore the bryght. 
With belles for to kn^Ue. MS. UncoiH A. 1. 17. f. 13fl. 
KOCAY. A Jakes. Prompt. Parv. 
KOCOK. A cnckoo. Arch. xxx. 409. It occurs 

in Nominale MS. spelt kokoie. 
KOD. Quoth. Robin Hood, i. 92. 
KOP. The same as Cpf^ q. ▼. It means keen, 
eager, in R. de Bmnne, p. 66. 

Alias ! queth Beves, whaa he dotia cam. 
Whilom icfaadde aa erldam. 
And aa hon gode and snel» 
That men depede Arondel i 
Now idi wfrtde geve hit k^f 
For a Khi ver of a lof. Bcver of Bamtoun, p. 71* 
KOISTER. m.tempered. North. 
KOK. A cook. Havelok, 903. 
EOKWOLD. A cuckold. 

And, ai I rede in itoryj 
He was kokwoid sykerly, 
Fonothe It is no lesyng. MS. AthnuiU 61 , f. 59. 
KOLING. The crab^pple. Salop. 
K0M6IDE. Combed. *< Crispid and kombide,'' 

Morte Arthure, MS. Lincoln, f. 64. 
KONE. To know. (A..S.) 

Tbys easample were gode to ft»n«, 
Bothe to the fadyr and eke to the sone. 

MS. Harl. 1701, f. 8. 

KONNE. Boldly? (J.-S,) 
And aUe In fere aey konns 
That Degary the pryce hath wonnc. 

MS. Caniah. Ff. 11.36, f. 247. 



KONSTONIS. Conscience. Lydgate. 

KONY. Canny; fine. North. 

K0NTNGE8TE. Most learned, or clever. 
The In ni t n gmU cardynalle that to the coarte leogcdt 
Kneiis to the eonqaerosr, and karpes thfare wordes. 

Jfflree Jrthure, MS. Uneetn, f 87. 

KOO. A jackdaw. Patigrave. 

KOOLESTOCKE. The colewort. OrtoaVoc. 

KOPPED. Proud; insulting. North. 

KORBEAU. The miller's thumb. Kent. 

KOREN. Com. HaTdok, 1879. 

KORWE. Sharp. Nominale MS. 

KOSTANT. Constantine. W. Werw.^.S2. 

KOTE. A tunic or coat. (J.^S.) 

He dede to make yn the soroers tyde 
A koU peroed queyntly with pryde. 
MS. Harl. 17OI, f. tX 

KOTTE. Caught ;catched. Heame. 
KOTTEDE. Cut. Lydgate. 

The kott«d« here foren of errohi, 
The yoDge children wende therin. 

Btvet of HamtMtH, p. 13S. 
KOUP. To bark, or yelp. Salop. 
KOUS. The same as JTejr, q. v. Lane. 
KOUSLOPPES. Cowslips. Arch. xxx. 409. 
KOUTH. Kindred ; acquaintance. (A.-S.) 
To ml neghfmn swithe na, 
Radaes to mi kouth alt>swa. 

MB. Cott. VetpoB. D. Til. f. 19. 

KOVE. -^-*ow, suddenly. (^.-5.) 
KOWEYNTE. Quaint » cunning. 
KOWKE. A cook. Reliq. Antiq. i. 82. 
KOWPE. The same as Chop, q. v. 
KOTCHES > The Cambridge MS. reads theut. 

Fifteen ko§f^e» com in a stounde 

AI slap, and gaf thay me thys woande ; 

I mun dye tharof, wol I wate, 

Swa kham In Irel state : 

Of myself ne ngs me noht. 

On my lemman ca al my thoht 

GMy i^fVFarwiek. MUiUhlBM8>. 

KRAFTY. Skilfiillymade. '' FOwre crosselettes 
krafty," MS. Morte Arthure, f. 88. 

KRAIM. A booth at a fair. North. 

KRAKE. To crack J to break. (^.-A) 

With eofowos of elere golde that krakode in soadlre. 

Mortt Jrlhure, MS. Lincoln, t. 87. 

KREEKARS. See Craiere ; Hall, Henry VIII. 

f. 119 ; Baker's Chronicle, ed. 1696, p. 272. 
KREEL. A worsted ball, the worsted being 

generally of different colours. North. 
KRESS-HAWK. A hawk. Corww. 
KRESTE. A crest. Nominale MS. 
A kroHo he beryth in blewe, 
Syr Baraarde then hym kaewe. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. II. 88, f. St- 

KREWELLE. Stem ; serere. 
With kreweUti contenanoe thane the kyng karpis thels 

wordes, 
1 praye the karc noghte, syr knygbte, ne caste you bo 
dredis. Morto jirthure, MS. Llneoln, f. 96. 

KRIB. A hundred square feet of cut glass. 

Holme's Academic of Arms, 1688. 
KRIKE. A creek. Havelok, 708. 
KRINK. A bend, or twist. East. 
KROCES. Crosses. Heame. 
KROUCHEN. Perched. North. 
KRYE. To cry ; to shout. 



LAB 



500 



LAG 



With knyghtlly oontHMiiiict sir CtastohjrmttlteM 
XfyM to the companye, and ourpct theet wordcs. 

Uorit Arlhure, MS, Atacote, f. 70. 

KRTVB. The grave. Langtoft, p.91. 

KU. A cow. {A.'S,) 

KUCKUC. A cuckoo. See Mr. Wright's col- 

lection of Latin Stories, p. 74. 
KUDDE. Showed. {A,-S,) 

I-hered beoure Lord Crist 
That here kuddt his myjt. 

MS, CM, THn,0»om.Sr, 
KUKE. A cook. NommaleMS. 
KULLACK. An onion. Devon, 
KULN. AwindmiU. North, 
KULPY. Thick-set; stout. St^oik. 
KUNDERE. Nearer of kin. (^..S.) 
KUN6ER. A conger. Reliq. Antiq.ii.l74. 
KUNTEYNED. Sat ; held himself. fV. Werw. 
KUNTIPUT. A down. Somerset, 
KUNY. Coin. Prompt, Ptan, 
KUSSYNYS. Coshions. 

Thaia fresh ladyes and these lordet ben leCta 
On lniHr*W of sUk togcdir to and to. 

MS. CMttmb. Ff. 1. «p f. 148. 
KUTHTHES. Manners ; habits. (^..&) 
KUTTE. To cut. (A,^S.) 
KUTTER. A swaggerer; a bully. JTv/Ztn^, the 
a^jectiye, is also found in the same MS. 
I serve the ru Aer as the rest. 

And all that brage and swashe ; 
The lEuttinge Icu^tnot Queen-hyve. 

And all that revells dashe. MS-AAmoUVB, 

KYBYTE. A cubit. Pro^tpt. Parv, 
KYDE. Famous ; renowned. (A,-S,) 
Thane aftyre at Carleleie a Crlstynmcse he haldes, 
Tliis like iytftf oonquerour, and helde hym for lorde. 
Mitrte Jrthure, MS, Ldneoln, f. AS. 

A dam in a river for taking fish. See 
^Utute 2 Henry VL c. 1), quoted in Chitt/s 
Treatise on the Game Laws, 1812, i. 373. 
Fishes k>ve soote smelt ; also It Is trewe 
Thei love not old kttdim aa thel doe the new. 

AahmtMt Thmt, Chem, Brit, 16fi8, p. 71. 
KYE. (1) She. Heame. 
(2) To cry. Middleton, ii. 485. 
KYGHT. Caught. Hartshome, p. 122. 
KYISH. Dirty. Si^olk, 



KYKB. To look itendfittay. {A,^) 
KYKNYTBS. Knights. Gov. Myst p. ISO. 
KYLE. A cock of hay. North, 
KYLOES. SmaU Highlandcattle. North. 
KYMENT. Stupid. Herrf, 
KYNDE. Begotten. {A,^) 
KYNDONB. A kingdom. {A,^) 
That my fadresderechyldren bene 
Into hys hlys and ftyiulMM withe me. 

ir&flaW.S90O,f.71 
KYNE. Kin; kindred. (^.^.) 

Now hafe I tanlde the the Jtyne that I ofe come. 

Jferfs Arthun, MS, Ufieoln, f.81. 

KYNELD. Brought forth young. It occurs in 

MS. Cott. Vespas. D. viL 
KYNE-MERK. A mark or sign of royalty. 

Kyne-yerde, a sceptre. (^.-&) 
KYNG-RYKE. A kingdom. (A,-S,) 
I make the kepare, syr luiyghte, of kgng-rykm nuaye, 
Waidayne wyicfalpf ulte to weilde al my laodea. 

Mortt Arthur*, MS, Uno^ln, f . 60. 

KYNLYME. The hearth^tock. Pr, Parv, 
KYNREDENE. Kindred. (A,.&) 

And here ce the kyrtdmt that I of oome. 

Mmrtt Arthurs, MS, Llneofa. f. 81. 
KYNTES. Knights. Hewme, 
KYPE. (1) An ugly grimace. Cheth, 

(2) A coarse wicker basket, containing nearly a 
bushel. Herrf, 

(3) To be very stingy. Lme. 

(i) Heed ; care ; attention ; study. We9t, 

(5) To belch ; to vomit. North, 

KYPTE. Caught ; drew out. Heame. 

KYRED. Changed; altered. (A,-S,) 

KYRRE. Quarry. A hunting term. (A,'N.\ 
To make the quarry, to cut up the deer, and 
feed the hounds. 

And after, whenne the hert is splayed and dcd, 
he undoeth hym, and maketh his Aiyrr^ and en- 
qnyrreth or rewardeth hlshoundes, and so he hath 
sret likynge. MS. Bodl, 546. 

KYRST? A wood. Oxon, 

KYSE. Chester Plays, L 80. Qn.dys«f 

KYTTED. Caught. Weher. 

KYX. The bung of a cask. Prompt, Parv, 
Also the same as Kex^ q. v. 



LA. (1) Lo; behold. (Kennett, MS.) 
(2) Low. North, 
LAA. Law. Nominale MS. 
LAB. A tittlctattle ; a blab. Also called a 
lab-o-the-tongue. We9t, It occurs in Chancer. 
LABARDE. A leopard. Isumbras, 189. 
LABBER. (1) To bathe. Northumb, 

(2) To loll out the tongue ; to Uck up anything. 
Someveet, 

(3) To splash ; to dirty. North, 
liABECYDE. Whipped? 

Lett not thy tonge thy eryn-crysten dyspyae, 
Ande than plesyst more myn excellens 
Than yff thu Isbscyde with grett djriygens 
Upon thy nakyde feet and bare, 
Tyll the Mode folwude for peyn and vyolens. 

Mind, VFUl, and Underttanding^ p. SO. 

LABELL. A tassel Huhet, " Ijabelles hang- 
ing downe on garlands, or crovnies," Baret 



LABLYN6. Babbling. See Urry, p. 535. 
He speketh here repreeflb and vyienye. 
As maanjw UMgng tonge is wont alway . 

Chaue^r, MS. Cantab, Ff. i. 6, f.6]. 

LABONETTA. An old dance, beginning with 

the pavian. (ItaL) 
LABOUR. To cultivate the earth. To labour 

on the way, to go onwards. 
LABOURSOME. Laborious. Korth, 
LABRUN. To labour. Const. Mas. 273. 
LACCHESSE. Negligence. (.-i.-N.) 
The Ante poynte of slonthe I calle 
Lnehum, and is the chef of alle. 

GocMT, MS, Soe, Antiq. 134. f. 103. 

LACE. (1) To beat, or thrash. Var. dioL The 
phrase often is, to lace the jacket. To lace 
the aJtin, to eat enormously, (to tighten it ?) 

(2) To mix with spirits. North, Lac'd coffee, 
Praise of Yorkshire Ale, 1697, p. 3. 



LAD 



501 



LAG 



(S) To ttreak, as with licet on dress ; to orna- 
ment ; to embellish. ** Wliat envions streaks 
do laoe the severing donds,'' Shakespeare. 
Compare Macbeth, ii. 3; Tme Trag. of Richard 
III. p. 47. StiU in nse in the North of Eng. 
land. A person splashed with dirt woiud 
said to be laced. 

(4) A beam. Sharp's Gov. Myst. p. 37. 

Wtaame al «m purveide in placef 
And boimden toglder beem and tecv, 
TImI fond greet merryBg In her mcrk. 
atrwor Mumdl, M& CbU. Trim. Qmtmb. t. U. 

(5) To tie ; to bind. (J.'N.) 
LACSD-MUTTON. A prostitate. According 

to Moor and Forby, the term is not yet ob- 
solete. It occurs in Shakespeare. 

LACSD-TEA. SeeIaM(2). 

LACERT. According to Cotgrave, a fleshy 
mnsde, so teimed from its having a tail like a 
lizard. The author of Dial. Great. Moral, p. 
92, compares its shape to that of a crocodile. 

LACHE. (1) Slnggish. (^.-AT.) 

(2) A muddy hole ; a bog. Yorkih, 

(3) To cateh; to take. (^.-5.) « To lache 
fisdie," Legend of Pope Gregory, p. 17. Hence 
sometimes, to embrace. 

LACHRYM^. The title of a musical work by 
Dowland, frequently alluded to in old plays. 

LAGK. To blame. &m/A. <* With-owten lac,*' 
without fisnlt, Ywaine and Gawin, 264. 

LAGKADAISIGAL. Very affected, generally 
applied to young ladies. Var, dial. 

LAGKADAISY. Alack; alas 1 Var.didL 

LAGKB. To best W^er, 

LACKSE. To wander from home. We$t 

LAGKBS. Lackeys ; companions. Heame. 

LAGKEY. To run by the aide, like a lackey. 
Heywood's Edward IV. p. 16. 

LAGKITS. Odd things ; odds and ends ; small 
sums of money. North. 

LAGK-LATIN. A person ignorant of Latin ; an 
uneducated man. ** A silly clarke, an in- 
former, a pettiefogger, a promooter, a Sir John 
Lacke-Latine," Florio, p. 162. 

LACRY. To beat severely. Detwn. 

LACKY-BOYS. Very thin soled shoes. 

LAGTURE. A mixture for salads. 

LAD. (1) A man-servant. North, In old Eng- 
lish, a low common person. 

(2) A thong of leather ; a shoe-latehet. 

LADDB. Led; carried. {A,'S.) 

LADDERS. The frame-work fixed on the sides 
of a waggon. Var, tUoL 

LADDY. The diminutive of 2a<f. 

LADE. (1) To leak or admit water. 

Withynne the ihlp wiche that Argoi made, 
Whichs vMio ttavnche it myjte no water tadtt. 

(2) Laden. Todd's Gower, p. 215. 

(3) To fasten anything with bands of iron. A 
joiner's term. North. 

(4) A ditdi, or drain. Notfolk. 

(5) To abuse a person thoroughly. 
LADE-60RN. A pail with a long handle to 

lade water out with. Derb, Also called a 
ladei^ See Jennings, p. 51. 



LADES. The same as Ladderg^ q. v. In Somer- 
set they are called ladethridet, 

LADE-SADDLE. A saddle for a horse carry- 
ing a load or burthen on its back. 

LADGE. To lay eggs. Devon. 

LADGEN. To dose the seams of wooden ves- 
sels which have opened from drought, so as 
to make them hold water. CAesA. 

LADIES-THISTLE. The Cardmm Benedietw, 
Lin. See Palmer, p. 59. 

LADILY. Ugly; hideous. (jt-S.) Brockett 
has taidfy in the same sense. 

LADLE. To dawdle. Norfolk. 

LADLIGKED. Licked or beaten by a youth or 
lad. Salcp. 

LADRON. A thief. (^Mm.) 

LAD'S-LOVE. Southernwood. rar.ditO. 

LADUN. A burthen. South. 

LADY. " The ladie of the wicket, a by-word 
for a midwife," Gotgrave, in v. Madame, 

LADY-BIRD. A cant term for a whore. 
A caet of laoquyei, and a tadihMr4, 
An oath in fashion, and a gnilded sword. 

Vtetdktr'a Foenu, p. 179. (er. 076.) 

LADY-BUDDIGK. An early kind of apple. 
LADY-GLOGK. The lady-bird. Yorksh. 
LADY-OF-THE-LAKE. A cant term for a 
courtezan, perhaps taken fr^m the well-known 
character of that name in the Mort d' Arthur. 
LADY'S-HOLE. A game at cards. 
LADY'S-SMOGK. Canterbury bells. This 

flower is also called the lady's-nightcap. 
LADY'S-TASTE. The same as Clagffwm, q. v. 
LAER. A bam. Yorkth. (Kennett, MS.) 
LAFE. Remainder ; remnant. North. 
LAFF. To Uugh. North. " Then wold you 

laJTe** Gollier's Old BaUads, p. 60. 

LAFT. Left ; remained. (^..&) '< And laften 

the gold," Ghron. VUodun. p. 102. 

What foule that slttee or flye. 

Whether it were ferre or nye» 

Sone with hym it kifU, 

MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f. <I 

LAFTER. The number of eggs laid by a hen 
before she sits. North. 

LAG. (1) To crack ; to split. West. 

(2) Lato ; last ; slow. f^ar. dial. Also, the 
last or lowest part. ** The weight would lagge 
thee," Heywood's Iron Age, sig. K. iii. 

{?i) A game at marbles. 

(4) The stand for a barrel. Also, the narrow 
wood or stave. North 

(5) A law. Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 
LAGABAG. A Uzy fellow. St^olJt. Forby 

has it, but spelt lagarag. 
LAGE. To wash. Lagge^ a bundle of clothes 

for washing. Old cant terms. 
LAGGED. Dirtied; splashed. Pahgrave. 
LAGGEN. (1) The sUve of a cask. North. 
(2) The angle between the side and bottom of a 

wooden dish. Northumb. 
LAGGENE. They lay? 

Thane thdre lauooes they lachene, thels kndlydMr 

by ernes, 
iMggVM with looge speres one lyarde stedcs. 

Mwf Arthun, MS. iAneoln, 1 80 



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502 



LAM 



LAGOBR. A green lane; n ntrrow Btrip of 

ground. Weti. 
LAOH. Law. (^..^.) ItoocnninMS.Cotton. 

Yespaa. D. tu. Pb. 1. 
LAGHBEBER, A ruler. {A,-S,) 
LAGHTE. Taken ; cangfat. {A,-S.) 

And he lordely lyghttes, and iagkU of his brydiUe, 

And lete hit buil jche fakmliLe tiaite on the floret. 

MorU Arthun, MS. Uneoim, f. 81. 
LAG-LAST. A loiterer. North. «< Lastly, 

iagly, behind all," Florio, p. 149. LoffmoH, the 

last of a company of reapers. 
LAG-TEETH. The grinders, so called becaose 

the last in growth. See florio, p. 511. 
LAG.'WOOD. The larger sticks from the head 

of an oak tree when felled. Donet, 
LAID. (1) Killed; dead. S^ffba, The common 

phrase is, laid by the vraiL 

The kyng of Lebe et laidt, and in the fidde levyde. 

And nunye of his lege mene that there to hym Ian- 
gede. Jfofttf Arthun, MS, JUjicoIm, f. 73. 

f2) Laid down for a nap. Eatt. 
hS Just or slightly frozen. Notf, 
r4 ) Plptied ; designed ; contrived. Shak. 
\h) Laid out, bdecked with finery. Laid ^, 

confined firom sickness. When a coal-pit 

ceases working, it is said to be Uudin,, 
(6) Trimmed, as with lace, &c. 
LAIE. A lake. (^..&) 
The blod ran In the valaie. 
So water out of a teto. Arthour and Merlin, p. 197. 
LAIER. Soil; dung. East. 
LAIGHTON. A garden. York$h. 
LAIN. A layer of anything. The term occurs 

in Harrison's England, p. 187. 
LAINCH. A long stride. North. 
LAINE. (I) To lay. {A.^S.) It is the imperf. 

pL in the following example. 

And in a chare they hym lainu. 
And ladd hym home Into Almayne. 

MS. Cantmb. Ff. ii. 88. f. 77- 

(2) To conceal. (A.-S.) ** The sothe es noghte 
to laine/' the truth must not be concealed, a 
very common phrase in old romances. 

Sir Degrevaant, es noghte to (ayii«. 
His swerd hase he owt-drawene. 

MS. Lincoln A. 1. 17, f. 187. 

(3) Concealment. From the verb. 

Whan Robyn came to Notyngham, 

Sertenly withontene lamte. 
He prayed to God androyld Mary 
To teing hym out sare agayne. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f . 196. 
Lady, he sayd, withouten layne. 
This is Launcelottis sheld de Lake. 

Jfi9. HarL 8868, f. 94. 

LAINSRS. Straps ; thongs. (A.-N.) 
liAIR. Soil ; luidL '' Layre of a gronnde, 
terroy" Pabgrave. Brockett explains it, 
mire, dirt '* Laire^ open pasture, common 
field," Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 
Of water his body, is flesshe lain. 
His heer of Aiyr, his honde of ayre. 

OMraor Mundi, MS Col. 2Wfi. OuUmb. f. 4. 

LAI8D. (1) Learned. (A.^S.) 

Ne riche, ne pour, ne bond, ne tte. 
Laird, ne lawed, what la he be. 

John de Wageby, p. 7. 



(2) A proprietor of land. North. Properly, a 

lord of the manor. 
LAIRIE. An aery of hawks. Florio, p. 129. 
LAIRING. Wading through mire, &c North, 
LAIRLY. Idle; base, Ctrnt^. 
LAISTOWE. ** The ancient gardens were but 

dunghils and laistowe»t'' Hanison, p. 209. 

See further in Lay^aU. 
LAITCH. To be idle and gay; to loiter; to 

laugh; to titter. North. 
LAITCHETT. Idle; careless. Sooth. 
LAITE. To search ; to seek for. Still in use 

in the North of England. 
LAITER. The same as Lafter^ q. ▼. 
LAITH. (1) Loath ; loathly. North. 
(2) To bid, ask, or invite. YorUK 
LAK. Vice ; sin ; little. Heame. 
LAKE. (1) A kind of fine linen. Shirts were 

formerly made of it. It is mentioned in a 

laundress's list of articles in MS. Cantab. Ff. 

L 6, f. 141, and by Chaucer. The following 

passage establishes its colour. 

The dais4 y-corowned white as lake. 
An Tielettis on bankes be bedene. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. 1. 6, f. II. 

(2) Pault. (A.'S.) Octovian, 1394. Kennett 
explains it, disgrace, scandal. 
So ere these bakbytres won. 
Thai say the wrast that thai con. 
Ever behynde a manys bake 
With llle thai lynde to hym a lake. 

R. de Brunne, MS. Bowee, p. 31. 
For yn the syxte ther y spake, 
Y touched of thys ydie (aJes. 

MS. Barl. 1701, f,». 
3^ To lap up. Lane, 

4) Any small rivulet. Divon. 

5) To be costive. North. 

(6) To play. Also, a play. North. Hence 
laker, a player or actor. 

WUUam wel with MeUors hiswille than dede, 
** And laifked then at lyking al the long daye. 

Wiiliam Mtd the Werwolf, p. 38. 

(7) To pour water gently. North. 

%\ To like ; to please. Sevyn Sages, 1212. 

9) A den ? See Coy. Myst. p. 387. 

10) Lack of anything. Pal^pwe. 
LAKE-WAKE. The ceremony of watching a 
* corpse previously to burial. It is mentioned 

by Chaucer, Cant. T. 2960, spelt liehe-wake, 
more in accordance vrith its etymology. 

LAKIN. (1) See Byrlakm. 

( 2) A plaything ; a toy. North. ** He putt up 
in his bosome thes iij. lakayns," Gesta Rom. 
p. 105. Lakynei, Nominale MS. 

LAL. A petted, spoilt child. East. 

LALDRUM. A very great simpleton. East. 

LALL. (1) Little. North. 

(2) To lounge, or loiter. Norfolk. 

LALLOP. To beat, or thrash, far. dial. 

LALLOPS. A skttem. North. 

LAM. To beat soundly. Var. dial. "lie 
lambe your jackett, sirrah," MS. Lansd. 1033, 
f. 2. Hence lamh-pie, a sound beating ; and, 
perhaps, kukbaek, to beat. " Dob:-, beaten, 
lammed, bethwacked,'' Cotgrave. 



LAM 



503 



LAN 



LAMB-HOGS. Lambs before shearing. North, 
LAMBOYS. The drapery which came from 

below the tasaea over the thighs, sometimes 

imitated m steel. See HaU, Henry IV. f. 12. 
LAMBRSN. Lambs. (^..&t 
LAMBS. Rnffians employed at elections to 

impress upon the persons and property of the 

peaceable inhabitants the ** physical force" 

doctrine. Times, Nor. 4th, 1844. 
LAMBSKIN. A glatinoos substance sometimes 

foond in Tinegar. JJnc. 
LAMBSKINES. Strokes. See Lam. 

And became therof, I did ghre berthice or four 

I— flrtfiiiM with the yerd. Tbou gerredst her well 

yoongh, said he. MS* Jakmot. tue. 

LAMBSKINET. A jnTenile game at cards. 

Sakp, From Fr. Laiugttenet. 
LAMB'S.LSG. Nasal dirt. Far. dial. 
LAMB'S-QUARTERS. The white goose-foot. 

Lamib-auekUHfftf the flowers of bird's foot 

dorer. North, 
LAMB-STORMS. Spring storms, often prejn- 

didal to yonng lambs. Eaat. 
LAMB'S-TONGUE. Rib-grass. South. 
LAMB'S-WOOL. Apples roasted, beaten into 

a pulp, and wdl mixed with strong ale. 
LAMB'S-WOOL-SKT. A collection of white 

orbicular masses of clond. Dewm, 
LAMBYKB. An alembic. Arch. xxx. 409. 
LAME. (I) Often. (^..&) 

(2) A lamb. ** AgwuB^ a lame ; a^iM, a new 
base," Nominate MS. 

(3) Loam; mod; clay. (/^.-5.) 

Of erthe and fame as waa Adam 
M akede to noye and nede. 
We er alshe naked to be, 
WhiUes we this lyfe laUe lede. 

jr& Umeoln A. i. 17« f. >13. 
Thsr is a man that bet Jbesus, 
With lame he anoynt myne ejen two. 

CmwrMundi, MS.CoU. THn, Cantab, t. M. 

(4) A person wounded or iigured in any limb 
was formerly said to be lame. 

LAMENTABLE. Very. P'ar.diaL 

LAMETER. A cripple. North. In the West 
of England a lamiger. 

LAM-FLOOR. At Wednesbury, co. Stafford- 
shire, the fourth parting or laming in the 
body of the coal is called the lam-floor. 

LAMINGS. The partings of coal. Staff. 

LAM-LAKENS. See BuUa-and-Cowa. 

LAMM. (1) A plate or scale of metal. An 
armourer's teim. Florio, p. 19. 

(2) To catch eels. Suffolk. 

LAMMEL. Same as LambaJtinetf q. v. 

LAMMING. Huge ; great. Formed similarly 
to wtgfpmg, &c from lamming, a beating. 

LAMMOCK. To slouch. Var. dud. 

LAMP. (1} To shine. Spenter. 

(2) An iron cradle let down with Are into a 
coal-pit to make a draught of air. Stqff. 

LAMPASS. An excrescence of- flesh above the 
teeth in horses, which prevents their eating. 
Topaell's Beasts, 1607, p. 362. 

LAM-PAY. The same as Lam, q. v. 

LAMPER-EEL. The lamprey. East. 



LAMPLOO. An outdoor boy's game. 

LAMPORS. A kind of thin silk. (Dut.) 

LAMPRONS. Lampreys. Grd. and Reg. p. 449. 

LAMPSED. Lamed; injured. Weit. 

LAM PUS. The same as Lummox, q. t. 

LAM'S-GRASS. Spring, or early grass. Wett. 

LANCASHIRE. '* Lancashire law, no stakes, 
no draw," a saying to avoid payment of a bet 
when vobally nuule. 

LANCE. Explained by Heame, " rouse, start, 
raise, stir up, shoot at." Apparently connected 
with Launehe, q. ▼. 

LANCBGAY. A sort of lance. Blount men- 
tions it as prohibited by statute. 
Me thoajte a fjrry lanttga^ 
Whilom thoiow myn herte he caste. 

Gaum', MS. Soe. Anilq. 134, t. 947. 

LANCE-KNIGHT. Afoot-soldier. *' Latquenet,^ 
a lanceknight, or Germane footman," Cotgrave. 
*' Lansnyght, kmeeguenet," Palsgrave. These 
quotations establish the correctness of Gif- 
ford's explanation, which is doubted by Nares. 
** Our lansquenight of Lowe-Germanie," Dek- 
ker's Knights Colouring, p. 59. Blount says, 
*' lance*knights were anciently sach horsemen 
in war as were armed with lances.'^ 

LANCELET. A lancet. Baret. 

LANCEPESADO. "The lowest range and 
meanest officer in an army is called the lance- 
peeado, or prexado, who is the leader or 
governor of half a file," The Soldier's Acci- 
dence. The name is variously written. 

LAND. (1) That part of ground between the 
furrows in a ploughed field. North, 

(2) Freehold, in contradistinction to copyhold, 
or leasehold. Devon, 

(3) The same as Launde, q. v. 
LAND-CRESS. Winter-cress. South. 
LAND-DAMN. This word is a Shakespearian 

puzzle. Perhaps the following passage will 
explain the mystery, — " London, Ionian, ran- 
tan, are used by some Glostershire people in 
the sense of scouring or correcting to some 
purpose, and also of rattling or rating severely," 
Dean Milles' MS. Glossary, p. 164. 

LAND-DRAKE. The Und-raU. Gloue. 

LANDED. Covered or thickly coated with dirt. 
Line. It is generally followed by up, 

LANDER. A man who attends at the mouth of 
a shaft to receive the kibble, Slc. 

LANDERER. A person who washed clothes. 

LANDERN. A grate. North. 

LANDFE ATHER. A bay of the sea. 

LANDLOUPERS. Persons who fly from the 
country for crime or debt. North. Stanihnrst, 
p. 50, has londleiqtera, apparently in the sense 
of invaders. 

LAND-LUBBER. A sailor's term (in ridicule) 
for any one not a seaman. 

LAND-LUNG. The ash-coloured ground liver- 
wort. Suffolk, 

LANDMALE. A reserved rent, or annual sum 
of money, charged upon a piece of land by 
the chief lord of the fee, or a subsequent mesne 
owner. Finchale Ch. 



LAN 



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LAN 



LAND-BfATE. In Herefordshire he thai in 
harvest time reaps on the same i idge of ground 
or land* with another, they aiU land-mates. 
Blonnt, ed. 1681, p. 366. 

LAND-MEND. To level ground with a shovel 
after wheat has been sown. Gbme. This is 
taken from Milles' MS. Glossary. 

LANDREN. Ladders. Heame. 

LAND-SCORES. Anciently the greatest part 
of the country lay in common, only some 
parcels about the villages being endosed, and 
a small quantitv in brnd^aeoreg allotted out for 
tillage. Carlisle's Accounts of Charities, p. 295. 

LANDSCRAP. A landscape. Shirley. 

liAND-SHARE. The headland of a field. Devon. 

LANDSHUT. A land-flood. Herrf. 

LANDSKIP. A hmdscape. Arch. x. 405. 
Love's Uk« a kmdUkip, which doth itand 
Smooth at a distance, rough at hand. 

CUaMkuttft Poems, ]0Q(^ p. 70. 

LAND-VINE. A native vine. BomA.! 
LAND-WHIN. The plant rest-harrow. Baet. 
LAND-YARDS. Two staves or 18ft. in Cornwall 
are a land-yard, and 160 land-yards an acre. 
LANE. Reward? (A.-S.) 

Thorowe Goddis helpe and hit l»«fe. 
Thus haae the geant loste his lyfe t 
Ho loves Oode of his kme. 

MS. Uncobi A. i. 17. f. 140. 

LANEING. Concealment. North. 
LANG. Long. North. (A.^.) 
LANGABERDE. Lombards. Gawayne. 
LANGAN. The socket of a spade or shoveL 

Weet. AIbo called iangU. 
LANGAR. The lash of a whip. Comb. 
LANG-AVIZED. Long-visaged. North. 
LANGDEBEF. The herb bugloss. 
LANGEE. To long for. Dewm. 
LANGELE. To bind together. Pr. Part. 

Still in use in the North, to hopple a horse. 

Langeta, chains for binding horse's feet. 

Langett occurs in Towneley Myst. p. 26, 

meaning a strap or thong. *' Langot of the 

shoe, the latchet,'' Kennett. 
LANGELLS. Blanketo. Finchale Ch. 
LANGET. A strip of ground. Weet. At 

Islip, CO. Oxon, is a field called Lankot. 
LANGEZ. Belongs; appertains. 

Thow has clenly the cure that to my coroune to v*8f 

Of alle my werdes wele« and my weyflb eke. 

Mcrte Arthurt, MS. Idneotn, f. 69. 

L ANGHOLDS. Spaniels upon the feet of horses 
fastened with a horse-lock to keep them from 
leaping wrong. North. 

LANOLE. To saunter slowly. Baet. 

LANG-LOANING-CAKE. A cake made for 
schoolboys in the vacation. North. 

LANGLY. A long time. (^.-&) 

The hone strekede oute his nekke als fene als he 
myghte, and Ukked Alexander hand ; and he knelid 
doune OD his kneesse. and bihelde Alexanda in the 
vesage langig, MS. Idneotn A. i. 17« f. 1. 

LANGOON. A kind of wine, mentioned in the 

Praise of Yorkshire Ale, 1697» p. 3. 
LANGOT. See Langele. 
LANGOURE. Weakness; faintness. {A.'N) 



LANGREL. Very tall ; long ; lanky. Ume. 
LANGRETS. False dice* loaded so as to come 
up qmater or tray more frequently than the 
other numbers. 

HhUatgreii, with hto hie men and his lo v. 
Are ready what his plessure is to throw. 

Kmolanid^ Humor§ QrtUMorle, n. d. 

LANGSAMENESS. Listlessness. Ellis, ilL 339. 
Lanyeome, tedious, tiresome. 

LANGSYNB. Long ago. Langeynere, peraons 
who lived long since. North, 

LANGTOE. 

Shee added, wlthaU. the report of her better for- 
tunes ; how shee had a swifter and more profitable 
mutation of her ale in Ibrmer time, how that first 
her ale was ale, and then It was Ungtoe, and then it 
was ale agafaie. Bmolee's St e reh fttr Mont^t* lAMI. 

LANGUAGER. A linguist Thynne. p. 30. 
LANGURE. To langmsh. Chaucer. 
LANGWORT. The white hellebore. 
LANIER. A thong of leather. (A.N.) <<L8nyer 

of lether/' Pah^ve. The lash of a whip 

is stm so called in Suffolk. 
LANK. (1) The groin. Demm. 
(2) Lean ; nuserable. North. 
LANNARD. The laner hawk. The kmier U 

the male, and the laneret the female. See 

Markham's Countrey Farme, 1616, p. 714. 
LANNOCK. A long narrow piece of land. 

mUe. See Langet. 
LANSELE. The herb nibwort (A^N.) 
LANT. (1) Urine. North. Cotgrave has, 

** Bdoy, lant, urine." 

(2) To beggar, or make poor. Yorkeh. 

(3) Lent. Reliq. Antiq. L 259. 

In cnotr^ som tyme was a man 
Thatlmfe penyes of that he wan. 
CmrmrMwtdi, MS. Col. Trin. Omtmh. t. 87. 

LANTERED. Hazarded. Nortkumb. 

LANTERLOO. A game mentioned in Games 
Most in Use, 12mo. n. d. The game of too 
is still termed lamt in the North. 

LANTERN. (1) A lettem. Davies, p. 17. 

(2) Lantern and eandte-Hyht, the old cry of the 
London bdman at night Its origin is lu- 
dicrously accounted for in Hobson's Jests, 
1607. One of Dekker's tracts is entitled, 
** Lanthorne and Candle-Light, or the Bell- 
mans second Nights-walke, in which he brings 
to light a brood of more strange viUanies then 
ever were till this yeare discovered," 4to. 
Lond. 1620. (First ed. 1609.) 

LANTERN-FISH. The smooth sole. Conmr. 

LANTERN-LEET. The horn or glass at the 
sides of a lanthom. North. 

LANTERN-PUFF. A hurry. Warw. 

LANTERN-STAFF. A logger tied to a horse's 
foot, to enable a person to catch, him more 
easily. Beds. 

LANTERN-SWASH. A great consternation. 

LANTHORN-JAWED. Thin-&ced. Var.diaL 

LANTREE. The bar hooked to a plough or 
harrow, to which the traces are attached. 
Heref. 

LANYELS. Horse-hopples. YorML 



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LAP. (1) To -wnp Dp ; to inclose ; to cover. 
Han, Kiebirdlll. f. 3, describing the mnrder 
of the mfimt princes, says, ** this Miles Forest 
and John Dl^ton about mydnigbt, the sely 
chfldren liyng in their beddes, came into the 
chamnbred and sodenly kq^ml them np 
amoi^est the dothes." Still in nse. 
Thfej lapped hyn in oo erery lyde, 
Tber was no bote but to abyde. 

JfS. GmIi*. Ff. iL 3B, f . 7i^ 
SewA theme In seodelle eezti AuMe aftire, 
Id^fpade them in Icde, leoe that they whulde 
ChAvnge ov cfaawife, jlf thay myghu eicheflb. 

Marie Arthture, MS. XJneoln, f. 77- 

(2) Leaped ; Tanlted. North, 

(3) The end or bottom of a garment; the skirt 
or l^pet. (A.'S,) 

(4) To flog, or beat. Somenet. 

(5) To lay anything in a person's lap, i. e. to 
pat H totally m their power. Ti> kg^tg9,U> 
rdinqniah anything; to express in a proper 
manner. 

(6) Porridge. An old cant term. Forby calls 
it, ^ thin broth, weak tea," &c. 

(7) A Gorering ? See I/q/pe. 

Apes outwardly reiemble men very much, and 
TetaUos aalth that their proportion difteth from 
mane in moe things then Gallen obeerveth, at in the 
mufldes of the breait, and those that move the armet, 
thdbofr and the ham, UlLewSie in the inward ftame 
of the hand, in the muscles rooTlng the toes of the 
feet, and the feet and shoulders, and hi the Instru- 
ment moTfng the sole of the foot, also In the f unda- 
meat and messentary. the fop of the liver, and the 
hdUfffW vain holding it np whieh men have not. 

TvptMe Foitr-Vooted Beaett, 10t7, p. & 

LAPARD. The female pndendmn. J>evon, 
LAPASSARELLA. The name of an old dance 

described in Shak. Soc Papers, i. 27. 
LAP-BANDER. Anything that binds two 

articles more closely together. North. 
LAP-CLAP. A bad kiss. Detroit. 
LAP-CLOTH. An apron. Chaucer, 
LAPE. To walk aboat in the mad; to go 

slovenly, or ontidily. North, 
LAPISE. Hoands are said to lapise when they 

open in the string. Gent. Rec. ii. 78. 
LAPLOVE. Com conTolvolus. North. 
LAPPE. Covering. (^.-5.) 

And alle Icdis me lowttede that lengede In erthe. 

And nowe es lefte me no Utppe my lygham to hele. 

Morte Jrthure, M8, JAneoln, t, 88. 

LAPPIOR. A dancer. Ckimw. 
LAP-STONE. The stone on which a shoemaker 

beats his leather. North. 
LAQUBAR. A cdling. (Med. Lat.) 
LARAS. Any round pieces of wood tamed by 

the tamers. Devon. 
LARD. To baste meat. North. 
LARDER. Railing; noise. (J.-N) 

Tho was Otuwel fol of mood. 

And fkoghtashe were wood. 

At the hinges ost anon 

Foleuwcden Otuwel echon, 

Roulond and Oliver, 

Andmadena tofollm-der. 

Awmmes t^Otuel,p. 64. 

LARDERY. A larder. See Ord. and Reg. p. 



21. '* Lardarhtm, a lardyrhows,'' Nominale 

MS. Still ased in Yorkshire. 
LARDING-STICK. An instrament for j^erdng 

holes, ased in cookery fo^ larding certain 

fowls, &C. 
LARDOSE. A screen behind an altar in a 

cathedral. Kennett. 
LARE. (1) A rate or tax. (J.^.) 

(2) Learning ; lore ; doctrine. (J.^S.) 

The whilke gladely rcsayves the lore of haly klrke 
thahe moder. MS. Coil. Am. 10, f . U. 

Thay lett by thl tarv lyghte. 
And oovetede the golde bryghte. 

MS. LbtcolH A. I. 17* f. S8f. 

(3) A qnagmire, or bog. North. 
LAREABELL. The sun-flower. Une. 
LARE-FATHER. A sdioelmaster. N&rth. 

According to Kennett, an adviser, a coun- 
sellor. SeeMS.Lan8d.ia33. 

LAREOVERS. When children are over inqui- 
sitive as to the meaning or use of any articles, 
it is sometimes the custom to rebuke them by 
saying they are lareopere/br meddlen. 

LARGE. (1) Large and Umg were characters in 
old music. One large contained two longs ; 
one long two breves. 

(2^ Range. Skelton, ii. 239. 

(3) At my larger at my liberty. 

1 salleat Lammcse uhe leve, and loge at my lofge 
In delltte in bis laundes wyth lordes y-nowe. 

Morte Arthure, MS. Utteolm, f. Sf. 

(4) Spacious ; free ; prodigal. {J.*N,) 
LARGELY. Fully. Chaucer. 
LARGENESS. liberaUty. {A.-N.) 

And that Nature thegodcsse 
Wylle, offhyre Are largt/netee. 
With erbys and with fiourys bothe 
The feldys and the medwys clothe. 

MS. Cantmb. Ff. 1. 0, f. 1. 

LARGESS. A bounty. The reapers in the 
Eastern counties ask passengers for a largess, 
and when any money is given to them, all 
shout together, Largess ! Largess ! Largeeee 
is not uncommon in early English, meaning 
bounty, liberality. '* Crye a laiges when a 
lewarde is geven to workemen, atqtem voei^ 
feraret* Huloet, 1552. It was anciently the 
cry of minstrels at feasts. 

LARGYLYCHE. Largely. Rob. Glouc 

LA-RI. An excL denoting surprise. 

LARIOT. The witwaL Florio, pp. 99, 106. 

LARK. A wild fellow ; a mad prank. Also, 
to play mad tricks. Var. dkd. 

LARK-HEEL. Long-heeled. Xm«. 

LARKS-LEERS. Arable kmd not in use ; any 
poor or barren land. Somereet. 

LARME. An aUurum. Pal»gra9e. 

LARMY. Sorrowful. Somereet. 

LARONE. A thief. (A.~N.) "Grcasielarone,'* 
Nabbes' Bride, 1640, sig. F. ii. 

LARRICK. Careless. Yorieh. 

LARRS. Elves, or spuits. Warwr. 

LARRUP. To beat. Var. HoL 

LARRY. A scolding, or lecture. West. 

LART. (1) Taught. Yorkeh. 

(2) A wooden floor. Somereet. 



LAS 



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i 



LARTIN.NAILS. NaUs used for fixing Uths 

in floors. Somerset. 
LARUM. TobeataUromonawonun'tstiddy, 

rem cum aUqua habere. 

Tell me, I pimf thee» what did he, Tibby ? 
Did he beat a lartim on thy ttiddy ? 

Yorkthin DUUogve, 1997 » p. S^ 
LARY. Empty. IFeti, 
LARYDOODLB. The penis. DefMm. 
LAS. A lace ; a snare. {J.'N,) 
LAS.CHARGEABLE ! Be quiet I WetL 
LASCHE. In MS. Sloane 1698, f. 9» is a receipt 

** for to make rede laeeke or lether.** 
LASE. Less. Sir Degrevant, 262. 
LASER. Leisure. Plumpton Corr. p. 116. 
LASH. (1) Toloihoui, to ^€k; to be prodigal ; 

to dilate. To leave m the lath, in the dirt, 

mad, or lurch. Laeht extravagant, HoUnshed, 

Conq. of Ireland, p. 30. 

(2) To comb the hair. North, 

(3) A string or cord in which beasts are held ; 
a snare. See Lae. 

4^ To beat severely. North, 
5) Soft ; watery ; insipid. Baet. 
LASH-COMB. Awide-toothedcomb. North. 
LASH.EGO. AsofUhelledegg. St^oU. 
LASHER. A wear. Oroii. 
LASHIOILLAVERY. A si^erfluity, especiaUy 

applied to articles of food. NortlL 
LASHING. Uvish. Taylor. 
LASHINS. Great quantities. Northnmd. 
LASHNESS. Slackness ; dulness. {J.^N.) 
LASK. A diarrbcea. See Fletcher's Differences, 

1623, p. 33 ; MS. Sloane 1585, f. 121. There 

is a receipt *' to stop a laske" in the same MS. 

1 152. It is not quite obsolete. 
LASKB. To shorten ; to lessen ; to bring to 

an end. See Will. Werw. pp. 21, 35. 
LASS. Lazy. /. Wight. 
LASSCHYNGE. Rushing. 

For lyjte loMcftynfw flame alle the londe OTcr. 

MS. Cott. Calig. A. ii. f. 111. 

LASSE. To lessen, or decrease. (J.-S.) 
So that hU owen prU he Uuteth, 
Whaa he luche mesare overpaneth 

Gowert MS. Soe, Antiq. 134, f. 54. 
The dayls gon, the mooeth panid. 
Hire love encreteth and his taueth, 

Gowtr, MS. Ibid, t. 1C8. 
For eciiame woche may no5t be kutpdt 
Off thypg that was to-fore passyde. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. L$, t.l. 

LAST. (1) The groin. St^foli. 
2\ To stKtch out ; to extend. North. | 

3) On hie la»t lege, nearly undone. Qf the 
laet edition^ o£ the newest £uhion. 

(4) A measure. It is eighty bushels of com, 
twelve barrels of fish, fourteen barrels of pitch, 
tar, or ashes, twelve dozen hides or skins, 
twenty thousand herrings, twelve sacks of 
wool, twenty dickers of leither, &c '' White 
herringes a laste, that is to saye, xg . banelles," 
Ord. and Reg. p. 102. 

(5) A court held in the marshes of East Kent, 
consisting of twenty>four jurats, who levy 
rates for preserving the marshes. 



i 



LASTAGE. ** BaUesse or lastage for sh^ipeB, 

eaburra," Huloet, 1552. 
LAST.DAY. Yesteiday. Weet. 
LASTE. Loss. Reynard the Foxe, p. 85. 
LASTENEST. Most lasting. Var. dioL 
LASTER. The coming-in of the tide. Also 

the same as L^er, q. v. 
LASTREL. Some kind of hawk. 
LASTS. The perindum. SugWk. 
LASTY. Lasting. North. 
LAT. (1) A lath. (^.-5.) Lat..ri»er, a person 

who makes laths. North, " A latt, aeeer" 

Nominale MS. 

(2) Slow ; tedious. Weet. Lat-a-foot, slow in 
moving. Wilbraham, p. 53. 

(3) To hhider. More usually let. 

{a) Wet, unseasonable, generally applied to the 
weather. North. See Ray's Words, ed. 1674, 
p. 29 (wrongly paged 26). 

i5) Fashion, or manner. Scott. 
6) Leadeth. (J.-S.) 

Ac ther the blynde lai the Uynde, 
iB dich the! faUen bothe two. 

Vermm MIS. Bstf Mm Ubr. 

LATAND. Letting. (J.-S,) 

In that mcne tyme Alexander tent a lettre tlHe 
Olympyas, his moder, and tille hb mayiter Arestotle, 
fafand thame witte of the taalelles and the d]r>*ae 
that thay sufted. MS. Llitco/n A. i . 1 7, f . 46. 

LATBRODS. Lath-nails. Finchale Ch. 

LATCH. (1) Fancy ; wish. Somereet. 

(2) To measure under the surface of a mine to 
ascertain how much of it has been used. North. 

(3) To light or fall. St{folk. Keanett gives 
these meanings as current in Durham. 

(4) To support ; to hold. rar. dioL 

(5) To tarry behind ; to loiter. 

(6) To catch. See Macbeth, iv. 3. We have 
had the older form In v. Laehe. ** LtUehmg, 
catching, infecting,'* Ray, ed. 1674, p. 29. 
In the fi(^wing passage, MS. Bodl. 294 has 
lacche, the best reading. 

How Polyphemus whilom wrought. 
When that he Galathe besought 
Of love, whiche he male not latehe. 
That oiade bim for to waice and watche. 

Cower, ed. 1554, f. S7. 

^7) A cross-bow. Meyrick, ili. 10. 

(8) The same as Catch (1). 

^9) The same as Iau, q. v. 

(10) 7b latch on, to put water on the mash when 
the first wort has run off. 

LATCH-DRAWER. See Drawlatch. 

LATCH.PAN. The dripping-pan. Eaet. Every 
cook in Suffolk could settle the dispute on a 
passage in Mids. Night's Dream, iii. 2. The 
Athenian's eyes were Puck's latch-pane. 

LATE. (1) The same as Laite, q. v. 

(2) An evil, or injury. (^.-&) 

He sal whet his tuskes on Pariss jates : 
Almayn sal be ful ferd for his laua. 

Old Prophecies, Cotton MSS. 

(3) Feature; countenance. In the following 
passage, manner, behaviour. 

Bot thow In this pevelle put of the bettlre, 
Thow salle be my presonere for alle thy prowde lates. 
Morte Arthwe, MS. Lfneotn, t. n*. 



LAT 



507 



LAU 



LATED. Belated. 8kak. 
lATBLEST. Most loathly. {A.^S.^ 
LATERBD. Delayed. Ckameer. 
LATESOME. (1) Loathful. It alao meaiw, 
tinaome, tediovs. Warw. 

But to here of Crittb panloun. 
To many a man it ie ftil fayCMm. 

MfS,AAmole9>, f. 5. 
He ei nryft (id fpAaon hyi manere. 
ADd Im tmm t i and alawe for to here ; 
He pnynt awlde men and haUee thahn wjee. 

JSku^poU, US. Bowe$, p. 3S. 

(2) Late ; badcward. PlnmpUm Corr. p« 21. 

Lateward, CotgntTe in v. DiseourtoU, 
LATH. (1) An annual court held atDymchurch, 

cou Kent. Kenneit, MS. Lansd. 1033. 

(2) MoTeUi ; bent down. 

(3) To place, or set down. Line. 

LATHE. (1) A great part or division of a 
county, containing three or more hundreds. 
SeeLambarde's Perambulation, ed. 1596, p. 
567 ; Haixiaon, p. 153. 

(2) A bam. North, An old word. It occurs in 
PlonaptoB Conespondence, p. 257. 

(3) Hatefol ; injured ? Also, iigury, harm. 

Soae the erle waxe wrathe, 
Aad nrafe auu j gxete athe 
H« eolde his meieage beiWAe. 

MS. JJatooln A.L I7» f. 131. 

(4) Ease; rest. North. 

(5) To ask ; to invite. Cheth. 

(6) A thistle, or weed of any kind. Somerset. 
LATHER. (1) Rather. Weet. 

(2) Part of a miU. Var.dfaL 

(3) A ladder. See Palsgrave, verb. f. 360; 
Comer's Old Ballads, pp. 33, 105. 

LATHING. An invitation. Kennett says << the 
use of this vrord is most proper to Stafford- 
shire." It occors, however, in Watson, Grose, 
and Palmer, and is still in use. 

LATHY. (I) Strong. Heref. 

(2) Thin; slender, like a lath. Vttr. dial. 

LATIMER. An interpreter. {J.'N.) <* Lyare 
vres mi latymer/* Wright's Lyiric Poetry, p. 49. 
It is spelt latyneree in Maundevile,p. 58, which 
is the more correct form, Latin having been 
fonnerly applied to language in general. 

LATING. The same as Lathe (1). 

LATITAT. A noise ; a scolding. West. 

LATTAGE. An impediment, generally applied 
to a d efect in speech. Weet. 

LATTBN. Plate-tin. Palmer says the word is 
very common in this sense in Devon, and it is 
also found in the North country glossaries. 
Shakespeare is said to have given hu godson, 
a diild ^ Ben Jonson, a dozen latten spoons, 
and told the parent he should translate them. 
The pun is not uncommon in writers of 
Shakespeare's time, but the old word latten^ 
m latotm, was not plate-tin, and the provin- 
cialism now in use must not mislead us, as it 
has Brockett, to attribute the same meaning 
to the archaism. It was a kind of mixed 
metal, very much resembling brass in its na- 
ture and cokmr. Various articles were made 
of it, as a cross, Chaucer, Cant. T. 701 : a 



basin. Piers Ploughman, p. 462, &c. Aooord- 
ing to Mr. Hunter, the old brasses in churches 
are for the most part of latten. 

LATTER. To run about idly. North. Also 
the same as Lafler^ q. v. 

LATTER-END. The seat of honour. SmUh. 

LATTERMATH. %Ke Aftermath. "Lateward 
hay, latermath," Hollyband's Dictionaiie, 
1593. StiUinuse. 

LATTICE. (1) PUtc-tin. Cwn%D. 

(2) An ale-house. Many inns fonnerly had this 
sign, and the ancient ale-house was generally 
distinguished by a lattice, not by a glass win- 
dow, the latter substance being, as Giflbrd 
supposes, too fragile for the nature of the 
customers. See Ben Jonson, L 96. 

LATTING. Late ; backward. Weet. 

LAU. (1) Low. (2) A low or flame. {A.^.) 

LAUCHAIDS. Terraces, natural or artificial, 
on the sides of hills. Devon, 

LAUDATION. Pndse. {Ut.) It occurs in 
Hawkins' EngL Dram. i. 22. 

LAUDE. Praise. ChoMcer. 

LAUDES. The service of matins. 

LAUGH. To laugh the other side of one*s 
mouth, i. e. to cry. Var, dial 

LAUGH-AND.LAT-DOWN. A juvenile game 
at cards, in which the vrinner, who holds a 
certain combination of cards, lays them down 
upon the table, and laughs at his good suc- 
cess, or, at least, is supposed to do so. Old 
writers generally call it laugh and He doum, 
as Florio, p. 74. Sometimes the double en- 
tendre is not of the most delicate description. 
At laugh and lie dowru If they phiy. 
What ane against the sport can hray ? 

IMl^9 Mother Bombie, ed. 1039, tiff. Dd. ii. 

LAUGHE. Taken ; captured. 
Lordes of Lorayne and Lumbardye bothene 
Lm^lhe waa and lede In with oure lele knyghttea. 

Morte Arthure, MS. Lincoln^ f . 8S. 

LAUGHT. (1) A loft. Devon. 

(2) Took ; caught ; received. 

The paiem fel ded to grounda, 
His soule taught helle hounde. 

Arthour and Merlin, p. 238. 
Boldely hys swyide he lawghte. 
To the gyaunt soche a strok he raghte. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. U. 38, f. 89. 

(3) The same as Laughe^ q. v. 

And ther was Levlyne laughte, and Lewlyna brothire. 
With lordes of Lebe, and lede to thelre strenghea. 

Mnrte Arthure, MB. Lincoln, f. 7S* 

LAUK. (l)Toweed. Far. dial 

(2) To strike; to beat. North. 

(3) A common exclamation of surprise. 
LAUM. To swoon. Somerset. 
LAUNCE. Thesand-ed. Weet. 
LAUNCELEY. The herb ribwort. (A.-N.) 
LAUNCEYNGE. Throwing lances. Weber, 
LAUNCH. (1) To cry out ; to groan. Wore. 

(2) To launch leeks is to plant them like celery 
in trenches. Weet. 

(3) A trap used for taking eels, && 
LAUNCHE. To skip. Forby has it, ♦' to take 

long strides." It occurs in Sevyn Sages, 1904 
meaning, to thro\v or place. 



LAV 



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Who lukM to tho kite tyd*, wImddo hh hone Imu mO Ut, 
With tht lyghte of the ioiuM mon myghteeee his ly totc 

jr«r<e Artfkurt, M8. JJnt»ln, f . 80. 

LAUNDE. A plain place in a wood ; an un- 
plooghed plain ; a park ; a lawn. ** SaUu9, a 
lawnd " Nominale MS. 

Now la GU to a lmund§ y-go, 
Wher the dragoon dudled tho. 

Qyc/ Worwtte, p. 801. 
For to hunt at the hwtee in thee hje IomimIm 
In Glamorgane with glee, there gleddUpe waferere. 
Jfef«f jirthun, MS, JJmeolm, f. 63. 

LAUNDER. (1) Any kind of gutter or channel 
for conveying water. Var, dioL 

(2) A washer. Also, to wash. '< BumdUrt^ 
lannderer." HoUyband's Dictionarie, 159S. 
Lmmdrmg gold, washing it. 

LAUNDRB. A laundress. Palagraoe. 

LAUP. To leap. York$h. 

LAUREAT. Crowned with Uniel. {Lat,) The 
lanreatship at our universities was a degree in 
grammar, including poetry and rhetoric, so 
called because the person who graduated was 
presented with a wreath of lanreL 

LAUREOLE. Spurge-laureL (^.-JV.) 

LAURER. AlaureL Chaucer, 

LAUS. Loose. (^.-5.) 

LAUTER. The laurel. (^.-AT.) 

That worthy was the Uiut^ to have 
Of poetrle, and the palme toatteyne. 

L^dgate, MS, jiwhmoU 90, f . 48. 

LAU5T. Caught ; received. (J,'S,) 
Thenne was Marie Joseph Utaajt, 
And he hir in spousaile hiup, 
Otnor tfwiuU, if S. ColL TrUu Qmlsft. f . 87* 
LAVALTOE. Same as LavoUa, q. v. 
For lo 1 the livelesa Jadis lavaltoM take 
At that sweet musich which themselves do make. 

Brome^t Siuigat ed. 1861, p. 133. 

LAVANDRE. A laundress. **A tretise for 

bnandret" Reliq. Antiq. L 26. 
LAVANT. Aland-spring. S<mth, 
LAVAS. Lavish. Eomeus and Juliet, p. 20. 
LAVAST. Unindosed stubble. Kent, 
LAVE. (1) The rest ; the remainder. North. 
(2) To lade or draw water. Chaucer, Also, to 

pour, as in Perceval, 2250 ; to wash, Piers 

Ploughman, p. 273. 
(Z\ To gutter, as a candle. fFtUt. 
(4) To hang, or flap down. HatL 
LAVE-EARED. Long, or flap-^ared. See 

Topsell's Beasts, p. 366; Hawkins, iii. 357 ; 

Laeetaggedj Northumb. Holloway has kg^ 

eared in use in Sussex and Hants. 
LAVEER. To work a ship against the wind. 

An old sea term. 
LAVELL. The flap that covers the top of the 

windpipe. Still used in Devon. 
LAVENDER. To lag H latfender, to pawn. 

This is a very common phrase in old plays. 

'* To lay to pawne, as we say to lay in lavan- 

der," Fiorio, p. 27. 
LAVENDREY. Washing. (J.-^,) 
LAVER. (1) The remainder. North. 
(2) A dstem, trough, or conduit, to wash in. 

"Lsver to washe at, lovoyr," Palsgrave. Also, 

a basin. See Fiorio, p. 89 ; Co^rave, in v. 



Begutere; Leg. CathoL p. 154 ; Reliq. Antiq. 

i. 7; Davies' Ancient Rites, 1672, p. 130. 

And AiUe glad, ccrtys, thou sdialt bee, 

Yf that y wylle suAir the 

To holde me a leeoiir aod bason to my hoado. 

MS. CuUab. Yt. ii. 38, f. 144. 

(3) A dish composed of a kind of sea-weed well 
washed and boiled. It is also calkd taver* 
bread, Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 

(4) Lawr Up, a banging lip. 
LAVERD. Lord. (A.^) 

That tay after thaym ne went 
To da thayr kutrd oomandenent 

Okv ^ WarwUk, MUdMOU MS. 

LAVEROCK. Thelaik. North. SeeWrigbt's 
Lyric Poetry, pp. 26, 40 ; Reliq. Antiq. L 86 ; 
Wright's Purgatory, p. 55 ; taverkee, Bevca of 
Hamtoun, p. 138, 

Sche made many a woodk soone, 
Sumtyme Uche unto the eok, 
Sumtyme unto the Umerok, 

Oowett MS. Soe. Antiq, M4, 1 15t. 
Tyrlery lorpyn,the teesttMte songe. 

So meryly pypes the sperow ; 
The cow brake lose, the tope ran booM^ 
Syr, God gyve yow good motow. 

BUmf^ BtbL MUcM, p. M. 

LAVISH. Rank, as grass, &c Weet. 
LA-VOLTA. A kind of very active boondng 
waltz, formerly much in fashion. The man 
turned the woman round several times, and 
then assisted her in making a high spring. 
Leave protestations now, and let us hie 
To tread foBoftoa that Is women's walk. 

SoUman and Pm-Mda, p. S14. 

LAVY. Uvish;UberaL North. 

LAW. (1) To give a hare good law, L e. a good 
start before the hounds. It is in very fre- 
quent use by boys at play. 

2) A hill, or eminence. North. 

3) Custom ; manner. See Ellis, iL 335. 

4) Low. North. 

He wist not that hym was gode. 
But then he putte doune his hode 
On knees he M downe Anm. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f.». 
I AW AND. Bowing ; humbling. 

Anely lawand thameselfe to £e sanamenteB of 
haly kyrke, thof It be swa that thay hafe bene cam- 
byrde In syne and with syne alle thaire lyle tyme. 

jr& JUneoZn A. L 17. f. SSL 

LA WE. (1) To langh. Nominale MS. 

(2) Rough ; violent ; brutal. fTeei, 

LAWED. Ignorant. See Laird, 

LAWES. The same as Kaims, q. v. 

LAWESTE. The lowest. North. 
Lengcs all at layseve, and lokcs one the wallya 
Where they ware lawaHa the ledea to issailte 

Mort0 Arihurt, MS, iMMoln, L 79. 

LAWFUL-CASE. An inteij. of surprize. 

LAWGHE. Low. Han^fole, 

LAWIN6. (1) Going to law. Lmc, 

(2) Lawing of dogs, L e. cutting out the balls, 

or three daws of the fore-feet. 
LAWLESS-MAN. An outlaw. (J.'S.) 
LAWN. The same as Laande, q. v. 
LAWNDER. The sliding Iron in the fore-part 

of a plough. Far. diai. 



LAY 



509 



LEA 



LAWN6BLLB. A blanket Frfn^t.Pmrw. 

UWNSKTTS. Small javeUns. (A.-N.) 
And ilw f— iiniifm won fejde oa hey, 
For ID fdwto bothe fene an ney. 

.^AwJUvDlairte, zzL AS. 

lAWBSNCB. An imaginary saint or fiJry who 

presides over idleness, tar, dioL 
LAWRIEN. A kind of oil, formerly used to 

anoint the ears of deaf pmple. 
LAWSON-EVS. Low Sunday Eve. Hampson, 

Med. Kalend. iL 236. 
LAW5E. Tolaogh. {A,-S,) 

I pray 70W alle and warne betjuM 
That ]e me ealle Joly Robyneb 
And |e ■halle Iete5 your fllle. 

MS* GMtek Ff. ▼• 4S. f. n. 

Tbeie lewjen for Joye ttiei ben ia lande, 
Tbeae othere wepen in wo wltkouten code. 

Cmnet MmM, MS, G»ff. 7Hm. Cantab, t, 141. 

LAX. (1) A part. Somertet, 
(2) Salmon. Wright's Pol. Songs, p. 151. 
LAXATIF. A purging medicine. (A,'N,) 
LAY. (1) A poor-rate. Line, 

(2) Uw ; religioua fidth. {A,-S,) 

(3^ Summer pasturage for cattle. North, 
(4) To deliver a woman. Var, diaL 

!5) A very large pond. Norf, 
6) To intend ; to lay a plan ; to provide ; to 

study ; to contrive. Batt, 
(7) To Uj an edged tool, to re-steel its edge. 
Var.dUa, 

Belonged. Chron. Vilodun. p. 110. 
A wager. See Othello, ii. 3. 

(10) Unlnmed. Jomon, 

(11) To lay in wait. It occurs in Shakespeare. 

(12) Butter-milk. Dekker's Belman, 1616. 

(13) Lay of wind, i. e. a calm. 

(14) To strike; to beat Somer§ei. 

il5) Any grass land ; a bank. Wett, 
16) A low or flame of fire. North. See Kennett, 

MS.Lansd.1033. 
(17) To lay in on^t dith, or oiu^9 Ughi, to 
object to a person, to make an accusation 
against him. To lay on load, to strike vio- 
loEitly and repeatedly. To lay down, to sow 
plou^ied land with grass. To lay in steep, io 
soak. 7b%(m, to fatten; to beat. To lay 
the table, to prepare the table for dinner. 7b 
lay to oae^ekmd, to help. To lay an ear, to 
listen. 7b lay away, to put out of the way, to 
lay aside ; to break up schooL To lay by, to 
eease. 7b /Soy on/ a cot^M, to prepare it pro- 
perly Ibr a coffin. 

Whan tablya were inyrfand clothei tprad, 
Tbe Mheperde into the halla waa lad. 

MB. CetUalK Ff . ▼. 48, f. M. 

LAY-BAND. A small roller. West, It is ex- 
plained a towel in one MS. glossary. 

LAYDLANDS. Untflled lands. Blount, **Lay 
lande, terre nomveOement, labouree," Pals- 
grave. See Sir Cauline, 107. 

lAYEN. A stratum, or layer. Sonth, 

LAYER. (1) A field of clover or grass ; young 
white thorn ; quick. Eatt, 

{2) A sKce of meat. Var, dial, 

(3) The ordure of cows. North, 



(4) Land ; earth. 

Latt(hu hym ttpe AiUe tovelyly with lordHche 

koygbctei. 
And ladde hyne to the la/fore tbare the kyag lyggM. 
McrU ArthMTt, M8, Ltecoln, f. 77< 

LAYERLY. Idle ; rascally. North, 
LAYER-OVER. A whip ; a term for any in- 
strument of chastisement. Eatt. 
LAYERS. The pieces or wood cut and laid in 

a hedge in spalshing it. Weat, 
LAYERY. Earthly. 

For it ca hcf he, and aUe that it duellia In it lyftaa 
abowne la^arg luatea, and Tile oovayto. 

MS, Ltmeoln A. L 17* f. IM. 

LAY-FEE. The Uuty. Henry VIII. uses the 

term in several of his letters. 
LAYSERLY. Leisurely. Layeyr occurs in 

Wright's Seven Sages, p. 43. 
LAY-STALL. A dunghiU. It is spelt fay.#/oMr 

in More's MS. additions to Ray. 
LAYTE. Lightning. {A,'S.^ 

And that yt not full moche wonder. 
For that day comoth la^ and thoodcr. 

MS, Catttab. Ff. iL»,t4X 
LAYTH. Lay ; foith. Hardyng, f. 88. 
LAYTHE. Loathsome; bad. Xa,-S,) 
5yf thott berdytt a fali thynf or la^th. 
That were spoke a5ena the fey th. 

MS. Harl. lyoi, f. 4. 

LAYTHELY, Loathly. Zay/AMfe, most loathly. 
" Lucyfere, lathethette in belle,'' Syr Gawayne, 
p. 99. Compare Audelay*8 Poems, p. 32. 
The editor of Syr Gawayne prints layeth eete. 
We hafe no laytere now these lordys to leke. 
For 50iie laytKely ladde me lamede to sore. 

Mortt Arthur; MS, lAneotn, f. 96. 
Thase Ueberouse lurdanes laythutt in lede. 
MS. UneoUi A. i 17f f- VS. 

LAYVERE. Thereat of a spear. 

The schafte waa strong orer allOf 
And a welle shaped corynalle. 
And was gyrde Into the layvert. 
That he myght not fle feire nor nere. 

MS, Cantab, Ff. ii. 38, f. 947. 

LAZAR. A leper. (A.-N.) 
LAZAROUS-CLAPPER. A door-knocker. This 

singular phrase occurs in HoUyband, 1593. 
LAZE. To be lazy. Eatt, " To laze it when 
he hath most need to looke about him," 
Cotgrave, in v. Endormir, 
LAZY. Bad; wicked. North, Lazy-weight, 

a scant, or deficient wdght. 
LA3. To laugh. See Audelay, p. 49. 
A scheperde abides me In halle t 
Off hym ihalle we tej alle. 

MS, Cantab, Ft. ▼. 48, f. 09. 

LE. Lie; falsehood. (A,'S.) 

The kyng that had greto plenty 
Off mete and drlnke, wlthoutene U, 
Lang he may dyg^ and wrote. 
Or he have hys fyll of the rote. 

MS. AthmoU 61» sv. Cent. 

LEA. (1) A scythe. Yorith, 

(2) The seventh part of a hank or skein of 
worsted. North, 

(3) Meadow ; pasture ; grass land. 
LE-ACH. Hard work, or fatigue. North, 
LEACH. (1) A lake, or large pool. Lane, 



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(2) A oommon way. Dewm. Lcach-road, r 
road used for funerals. 

(3) The leather thong fastened to the jesses of 
the hawk, by which she is hdd firmly on the 
fist. Gent. Rec ii. 62. 

(4) A kind of jelly, made of cream, isinglass, 
sugar, and almonds, Ac, Holme. 

LEACHMAN. A surgeon. See Nares. 

LEACH-TROUGHS. At the salt works in 
Staffordshire, they take the corned salt from 
the rest of the brine with a loot or lute, and 
put it into barrows, the which being set in the 
ieach-troughs, the salt drains itself dry, which 
draining they call leaek-^rinet and preserre it 
to be boiled again as the best and strongest 
brine. Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 

LEAD. (1) To cart com. Var, diaL Also, to 
carry trusses on horseback. " Cartyne, or 
lede wythe a carte," Pr. Parv. 

(2) A yat for dying, &c. North. A kitchen 
copper is sometimes so called. 

(3) To cover a buUding with lead. 

(4) To chance, or happen. Devon. 
LEADDEN. A noise, or din. North, 
LEAD-EATER. Indian rubber. Yorkeh. 
LEADER. (1) A tendon. 

(2) A branch of a vein of ore in a mine. North. 
LEAD-NAILS. Nails used by plumbers in 

covering the roof of a house with lead. 
LEADS. Battlements. Var. dial 
LE AD.WALLING. *' The brine of twenty.four 

hours boyling for one house," More's MS. 

additions to Ray, Mus. Brit. 
LEAF. (1) Fat round the kidneys of a pig. Var. 

dioL Alwo, the kidney itself. 
(2) To turn over a new leaf, i. e. to change one's 

conduct. *' To advise the kyng to tume the 

lefe and to take a bettei lesson," Hall, 1548. 
LEAGUER. A camp. See the Autobiography 

of Joseph Lister, ed. Wright, p. 25. 
LEAK. (1) A gutter. Durham, 
(2) Mingere. Kenneti's MS. Glossary. Also, 

tap a barrel of beer, &c. 
LEAM. (1) To teach. North, 
(2' A collar for hounds ; a leash. 
LEAM.HOUND. A kind of hound mentioned 

in Topsell's Foure-Footed Beasts, 1607, p. 39, 

the same as Lyam, q. v. 
LEAN. The same as Laine, q. v. ** It is not 

for to leane," Chester Plays, i. 69. 
LE AN-BONES. ** A djy, a greedie and hungry 

fellow, a leane bones," Horio, p. 85. Old 

writers have the phrase, as lean as a rake. 
LEANING-STONES. Stone seats, such as are 

sometimes seen in ancient bay windows. 
LEAN-TO. A penthouse. Eaat. 
LEAP. (1) Half a bushel. Suetex. 

(2) A weel to catch fish. Lane. " Weele or 
leape," Pslsgrave's Acolastus, 1540. 

(3) Futuo. The Citye Match, 1639, p. 13. 

(4) To leap over the hatch, i. e. to run away. 
LEAP-CANDLE. An Oxfordshire game men- 

tioned by Aubrey. Young girls set a candle 
in the middle of the room, and " draw up 
their coats in the form of breeches," then 



dance over the candle bnekwaids and forwards, 

saying these v e rs es 

The tailor of Blceiter he hn but one eye. 

He ctDDOc cut a pair of green ganicaekiiia if he 
CO try. 

The game is, I believe, oliaolete, but the 

are still favourites in the nursery. 
LEAPERS. Grey peas. WeH. 
LEAPERY. Leprosy. Ryder, 1640. 
LEAP-FROG. A boys' game, in whidi they 

jump over one another's backs successively. 
LEAPING. The operation of lowering tail 

hedges for the deer to leap over. 
LEAPING-BLOCK. A horse-blodc. Gkmc. 

Also called a leaping-stock. 
LEAPINGS. Leaps. Florio, p. 97. 
LEAPING-THE.>¥ELL. Going through n deep 

and noisome pool on Alnwick Moor, called 

the Freemen's Well, a sine qua wm to the 

freedom of the borough ; a curious cnatom, 

well described by Brockett. 
LEAR. (1) To learn. North. 

(2) Hollow; empty. The lear ribs, the hoUow 
under the ribs. Var, diaL 

(3) Pasture for sheep. Cheth. Stubble-boid is 
generally called leers. 

LEARN. To teach. Far. diaL ** Scok to 
leme chyldre in, escole,** Palsgrave. 

LEARNING. Correction ; discipline. 

LEAR-QUILLS. Very small quills, such as are 
used to wind yam on. Somerset. 

LEARS. The same as Layers, q. v. 

LEA-SAND. The whetting-stone with which a 
scythe is sharpened. North. 

LEASE. A pasture. Var. diaL In some places 
a common is so called. 

Brooke lime ( AnagalUe Aqnatica) itc the banket 
mamel'd with it in the lw*e, cowslip (Arthrftica) 
and primrotcfl (Primula Verls) not Inferior to Prim- 
rote Hills. Avbre^§ WUta, Ro^ Soe. MS. p. 1 19. 

LEASES. Corbel stones. Gloue, 
LEASH. A thong or string by which a dog is 
led. Hence a pack of hounds was formoiy 
called a leash. 
Lo I wher my grayhnndes breke ther iemAe, 

My raches breke their coupvU in thre; 
Lo ! qwer the dere fdoa be too and too. 
And bokUa over joode mowntcne hye. 

JfS. CaiHab. Ft. v. 48, f. »I. 

LEASING. An armful of hay, or com, audi as 

is leased or gleaned. North. 
LEASOW. A pasture-ground. West. 
LEASTEST. Smallest. Far. diaL 
LEASTWAYS. At least. East. «<At the 

leastwise," Harrison's Britaine, p. 6. 
LEASTY. Dull; wet; dirty. East, 
LEAT. (1) To leak ; to pour. Dorset. 
(2) An artificial brook. Dewm. Property one 

to convey water to or from a milL 
LEATH. (1) Ease or rest. North. 
(2) Cessation ; intermission. North. 
{3) Soft ; supple ; limber; pliant. Derb. 
(4) Loath; unwiUing. Yorksh. 
LEATHER. (1) To beat. Far. dial. 
(2) Skin, not tanned. North. To lose leather, 

to rub the skin off by riding. In hunting. 



LEG 



511 



LEB 



It 



of 



only to eertttB integuments. See HwUiitg, 

art, 5, nnd the Gent. Rec 
(3) Rather. Yoritk. (Kennett MS.) 
LBATHEiUCOAT. The golden rosseting. 

is mentioned hy Shakespeare. 
LKATHEKHEAD. A hlockhead. North. 
LEATHBR-HUNGRY. An inferior sort 

dieese made of skimmed milk. North, 
LEATHERING. Huge; large. Warw. 
LEATHERN-BIRD. A bat. Someraet. Also 

caUed leathem-monse, leathem-irings. 
LEATHER-TE-PATCH. A particnlar kind of 

step in a daui^ Cttmb. 
LBATHE-WAKB. Nimber; ilezihle; pliable. 

Yorktk, " Safe, uncornipted, flexible, and 

UatktBoke," Davies' Ancient Rites, ed. 1672, 

p. 105. It is given in MS. Lansd. 1033. 
LEAUTB. Loyalty. {A,-N.) 
LEAVANCE. The barm and meal laid toge- 
ther lor fermentation ; " to lay the leavance," 

to put them together for that purpose. 

GUme, DeanMilles'MS. 
LEAVE. (1) To change one's residence ; to give 

leave, or permit ; to pass over for others. 

Lea^e hM, let me go ! Leave tail, a great 

demand for anything. 
(2) The first oifer. North. 
LEAVEN-KIT. A vessel for preparing the bat- 

tcr for oat-cakes in. Yorkeh. 
LEAVBNOR. A luncheon. Kent. 
LEAVES. Fol^ng-doors, anything shnttittg or 

folding up, as the leaves of a table. North. 
LEAZE. To clean wooL West. 
LEBARD. A leopard. ** Lebarde, a beest, 

fe«>par/," Palsgrave. **Leopardu$y alcberde, 

Nominale MS. 
LECH. Liege. Sir Clegcs, 409. 
LECHE. (1) A physician. Leeheerqfty the art 

of healing. {A.-S.) 

So kiage at lmJM<rt^ftt osn h« dvelle. 

MS. Cmtttb. Ff . IL 88, f. <». 

(2) To heal. It occurs in Chancer. 

And openly blgan to preche. 
And alle that leke were to Uehe. 

Cturtor MUHdi, MB. CWI. 2Wn. Cantob. f. 2. 

(3) A deep rut. Ywkeh. 

(4) To stick, to adhere. Iam. 

(5) Leehe-lardye, a dish in ancient cookery, Ord. 
and Reg. p. 439. Leche-fryet, ibid. p. 449. 
Leehe-Lumbarde, ibid. p. 472. Uehee are 
sometimes cakes or pieces. The term is of 
constant use in old cookery, meaning gene- 
rally those dishes vbich were served up in 

stices. 
LECHOUR. Aleacher. (A.'N.) It was also 

applied to a parasite and blockhead. 
LECHTDE. Cut into slices. 

Seyne bowes of wylde bores, with the braune leehjfde. 
Morte Arthwrt^ MS. Llneotn, f. 55, 

LECK. To leak. 7b fecA on, to pour on. To 

leek off, to drain off. North. 
LECKER-COST. Good cheer. 

They lyv'd at ease in ylle exeesse. 
They sought for lecker-coH. 

Riehtr» Allarme to England, 1578. 

LECKS. Droppings. Yorkeh. 



LECTER. A reader. (Lat.) 
LECTORNE. A reading-desk. (Lat.) 

Lee^nrnet he brw befor hem ttande 

Of gold and bokyt on hem lyggande. 

Fiftofw Q/'nnMleA, p. 60 

LECTUARY. An electuary. Skeiton. 

LEDDE. Completely prostrated. (J.-S.) 
Penfyi yn agrete tykiMa, 
And as he lay yn hyi bedde, 
Hym thoghte weyl that he was Mde. 

MS. Harh 1701. f. 38. 

LEDDER. A ladder, i^dtfer-^/aj^*, the trans- 
verse bars or rounds of a ladder. 
LEDDY. A lady. North. 
LEDDYRE. Leather ; skin. R. de Brunne. 
LEDE. (1) People. (2) Land. It sometimes 
signifies a man, Towneley Myst. p. 21. 
That same hoppyng that they fyrtt ?ede, 
That daunce tede they thurghe land and teds, 

MS.Hari,\70Ur.m. 
In him was al his trust at oede. 
And gave him bothe kmde and tt4e. 

Arttumr tmd MarUn, p. 4. 
llerde ever eni of yow tdle. 
In enl ledt or eni spelle. 
Or In feld. other in toun. 
Of a knight Bevca of Hamtonn * 

Bevet of Hamlotf n, p. 83. 
Thys tydyngct had bothe grete and smalle. 

For fayrer ftruy t was nevyr In tede, 
Thorow hys my5t that boght us alle, 
Very God in forme of brede, 

MS. Cantab. Pf. li. 38, f. 46. 
LEDENE. Speech; language. (^.-5.) 
LEDER. Lither; bad. 

of my kyngdome roe grevyth nojt, 
Hyt ys for my gylt and Uder thoghte. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 843. 
LEDGE. (1) Toky hands on; to beat; to lay 

eggs. Somerset. 
(2) To allege. Chaucer. 

Othar dysagrementes thou shalte not read ne se, 
Amonge the ancyaunt writers, than ys ledged to the. 

MS. Lan»doum9V», f. 2. 

LEDGER. A horizontal slab of stone, a hori" 
zontalbar of a scaffold, &c. A door made of 
three or four upright boards, fastened by cross- 
pieces, is called a ledger-door. The bar of a 
gate, stile, &c. is termed the ledffe. 

LEDGING. Positive. Leie. 

LEDRON. A leper; a mean person. (J.-N.) 
See Kyng Alisannder, 3210. 

LED-WILL. A strange phrase, applied to one 
led away by following fidse lights, Wills o' the 
Wisp,&c. East. 

LEE. (1) Joy ; pleasure ; delight. 

(2) A lie. Still in use. 

(3) Shelter. See Lew and Loo. 

(4) Urine. Cotgrave, in v. Eseloy. 

(5) Lye of ashes. See Reliq. Antiq. L 53. 

(6) Lee-lang, livelong. Northumb. 
LEECH. A vessel bored with holes at the bot- 
tom for making lye. East. 

LEED-BOWLS. Milk leads. .Yorish. 
LEEF. Willingly ; equally. Var. dial 
LEEFEKYN. A term of endearment, occurring 

in Psdsgrave's Acolastus, 1540. 
LEEFEST., Dearest. {J.-S.) 



1 



LBF 



512 



LSI 



Go» toule, uid flye uoto my Ui^fbti lorn, 
A tejtcr tubtlMTt then Elysium. 

The WomtH in thM Jf«ofM, lfl07« 
LEEFTAIL. Quick sale. Cumb. 
LE.EGOIN6. Waddling. Somenet. 
LEEMER. Aiudoiu ; nuBeily ; keen after money 

or gain, and not very scmpoloua. North. 
LEEMERS. Ripe nnto. To leem, to shell or 

drop out of the hnsk. Var. dial 
LEENER. One who lends. (^.-&) 
LEENY. Alert; active. Grote. 
LEER. (1) Leather. North. 
(2) The same as LeoTf q. ▼. Empty. Hence, 

perhaps, leer hone, a horse without a rider. 

Leer is an a4)ectiye, meaning uncontrolled. 

Hence the leer drunkardt mentioned by Ben 

Jonson. 
r3^ To go or sneak away. North. 
(4) The flank or loin. Somereet, 
LEERE. Tape. Kent. See Nares,p.281, who 

wts unacquainted with the term. 
LEERSPOOLE. A cane or reed. 
LEES. A leash for dogs. (i<.-N.) <' The for- 

said leese," Arch. xxix. 336, i. e. a pack ? 

See Leash. "A brace or leese of bucks," 

Gent. Rec. ii. 75. 
LEESE. The same as Lete, q. ▼. 
LEESH. Active. Northumb, 
LEET. (1) A manor court. 
(2) Little. Leet rather, a little while ago. Leet 

wbtdle, a small redwing. Far. dial. 
3) To pretend ; to feign. Yoriah. 
ij Jo happen ; to fall out. North. 

5) A meeting of cross-roads. South. 

6) To alight. " Leet, sir, light off your hone," 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 

LEETEN. To pretend. See Leet (3). 
LEETLT. Lightly ; little. Yorkeh. 
LEETS. Windows ; lights. North. 
LEEVEN. Beliere, pL Maundevile, p. 108. 
LEF. (1) A leaf. W. Mapes, p. 342. 
(2) Love ; one who is loved. 

And leyde how that a-bedde all* warme 

Hire l^ lay nakid in hire arme. 

Cower, MS. Soe, Antiq, 1S4, f. 77. 

LEFE. (1) To beUeve. (^.-&) 

(2) Pleasing; dear; agreeable. It sometimes 
signifies pleased, (J.^S,) 

B« he ncTcr lo strong a thefe, 
5yf he may 5yTe he shal be /^. 

jr&iZarl. 1701, r. 9. 
The loole of this •ynftalle wyjt 
It wonnen into heven bright. 
To Jhesu l^fe and dere. 

MS. Cantab, Ft. t. 48, t. 47. 

(3) To leave. 

Bot if Uum eome for to feght with ut, fi^hte 
one, for I late the wele witt that oure •ymplenet 
wille we on na wyie Ui/k. 

MS. lAneaUt A. i. 17> f. M. 

LEFE-LONO. Long ; tedious. 

She seid, Thomas, thou likes thi play. 

What hyrde in boure may dwel with the ? 
Thou marris me here this l^/^-long day, 
I pray the, Thotnas, let me be I 

Tnu nomoB, MS, Cantab, 

LEFMON. Lemman ; lover. ** Bicom his lef- 
mon,'' Wright's Anec. Lit. p. 11. 



LBF-SILVER. A composition paid in money 
by the tenants in the wealds of Kent to tiMir 
lord for leave to plough and sow in time of 
pannage. KenneU, MS. Lansd. 1033. 

LEFSOME. Lovely. Riieom. 

LEFT. (1) Believed. (2) Remained. 

(3) ^ft ooer, left off. Over the ^ft skawUder, 
entirely wrong. I believe you over the left, 
L e. not at slL 

LEFTNESS. The state of bdng lefUhuided. 
Metaphorically, wrong, bad. 

LEFULL. Lawful. Chaucer. 

LEO. (1) A bow. It is very often, if not gene- 
rally, used in a jocular manner. ** Make a 
eurtesie instead of a legge,'' Lilly, ed. 1632, 
sig. P. xi. StiQ in use in Craven. 

(2) To walk nimbly, f or. dioL I 

(3) 7b jmt the beet leg foremost, to act cmer- 
getically. He has broken his leg, he has bad I 
a child sworn to him. Bfacit %, a great rascal. 
To give leg bail, to fly from justice. JLeg^ i 
banded, said of cattle when the head and leg 
are joined by a band or cord to prevent their 
straying. 

(4) At marbles, the boy who commences the 
game last is called a leg, 

LEOEANS. Leave; license. (A.-N.) 
He bethoujt hym and unduntode 
In how synf ulle life he jede. 

His synnes he wolde forsaiie ; 
And if he myjt have legeans 
For bis synnes to do penans, 
Sdiriftelie thou5te to take. 

MS, Cantab, Ff. v. 48, f. 44. 

LEGEM-PONE. A curious old proverbial or 

cant term for ready money. 

There are so manie Danaes now a dayes. 

That love for lucre, palne for gaine is sold ; 

No true afftction can their faneie please, 
Bxoq;it it be a Jove, to raine downe gold 
Into their laps, which they wyde open hold : 

If Iflfem pone comes, he Is leoeav'd. 

When nshattd habaa Is of hope bcreavM. 

ITu Affitetionaf Shapkmrd, U&i. 

LEGER-DOOK. A monastic cartulary. 
LEGESTER. A'lawyer. R,deBrmme. 
LEGGE. (1) To lay ; to lay down ; to lay, or bet 

a wager. {J,'&) 
(2) To ease. Chaucer, 
LEGGEREN. A layer. North. 
LEGGET. A kind of tool used by reed- 

thatchers. Norfolk, 
LEGGINGS. Gaiters. Var, dial 
LEGHE. To lie ; to speak false. It occurs in 

MS. Cott Vespas. D. vii. 
LEG-RINGS. Fetters. Marston. 
LEG-TRAPES. A sloven. Somerset. 
LEIE. To lay. {A.^S.) 
LEIFER. Rather. North, See Topsell's Poure- 

Footed Beasts, 1607, p. 25. 
LEIGER. A resident ambassador at a foreign 

court. See Arch. xxviiL 121 
LEIGHER. A liar. (A,-S,) 

The messenger was foule y-schent. 
And oft y-deped tmtleM^ar, 

Arthamr and Merlin, p. Oft. 

LEIK. Body. Havelok, 2793. 



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LBN 



LBIKIN. A sweetheart NmriK From liit. 

IiBIL. Fiiihftil; honest. North. 

LBISER. Ldsoie ; opportoiiity. {A.-N.) 

LEISH. Stoat ; active ; alert. North, 

LEISTER. A kind of trident used in the North 
of KngUmd for striking fish. 

LSITE. Light; lightning. {A..S.) 

LEITHS. Joints in coaL Staff. 

I^ITS. (1) Meetings appointed for the nomina- 
tion or dection of officers. North, 

(2) Trails ; footsteps. North. 

LEKE. (1) Caught ; taken. (^..&) 
Then harde he noyte grete 
1b a TalcT, and dyntyt leke. 

MS. CauUBb, Ff. U. 98, t, S46. 

(2) A leek. {A.'S.) Not worth a leke, a com- 
mon expression in early poetry. 

(3) To lock ; to shut We6er, Also the part, 
past, fasteaed. 

(4) To grin frightftiliy. Line. 
LELAND. A cow pasture. Wmt. 
LELE. Loyal ; faithftil ; true. 

Hir loTe Is ever trewe and lato , 
Fnl swete hit !• to xnonnct hele. 
Qtnor Mnndl, MS. Coll. Trin. Qmtab, f. 1. 
Bot adene Ti^yne that ea UU 
Has jit more that has the aageleb 

MS. Hari,aaesi, f.isn. 

Tho loved Jordains and Ur Bretcl 
Sir Arthur with hert lei. 

Jrthour^and MtrHn, p. 113. 

LELELY. Tmly ; faithfnlly. ' The copy in the 
Cambridge MS. reads leliehe. 
My lufe cs MWy lyghte 

Ob a lady wyghte. MS. JJneoln A. 1. 17, f. IS- 
LELBN. To sanction, or authorise. {A.-N.) 
LELLY. Same as Leiefy, q. v. 

To jelde hym hit lufe hafe T na myghte« 
Bot lufe hym UUg I aulde therefore. 

MS. Uneotn A. L 17, f. >19. 
Tbc7 lal thonie holy kyrke rede 
Mynyitre Isfy the godee of tfie dede. 

MS. Hori. S900, f. BO, 
That for I ticwl7 many a day 
Hare lovid telpttt ta» load, 
Dethe hatha me fetu of thie world away. 

Jf& HarL SSM, f« 101. 
LEMANDE. Shining; gtittering. 
The lawaeae with lorayaei and Unuutds icheldet, 
LygfatoMnde as the levenyng and Ismafid al over. 

Jferto Jrthurt, MS. lAntoln, f. 79* 

LEME. (1) Brightness ; Ught. (A.S. ) In the 
North of En^and, a flame. ** The leme of a 
fyre," Prompt. Parv. p. 38. 

The Ifght of heveo in a lem§p 
Bryjter than is the sone heme. 
Upon that hert gaae lyght. 

MS, Aihmel€ 01, f. 1. 
The sterres, with her lemyng lemen, 
Shnl ndly falle douo fto heven. 
Ounor Mmtdl, MS. CM. Trtit. Cantab, f. 184. 
(2) limb. Bichard Coer de Lion, 3362. 
LEMFE6. Adoe^g. WiUt. 
LBMIN6-STAB. A comet. From Leme, q. v. 
LEMMAN. A lover, or gallant; a mistress. 
(A.S.) See Maundevile's Travels, p. 24; 
Greene's Works, L 59; Perceval, 1802. In 
very eariy English, the term is sometimes used 
simply for adear or bekyvedpenon. 



Towaid tfie oourt he can foo. 
His doujtur iernman met he Uioo, 
And alle his cumpanye. 

MS. Qmtah. Ff. t. 48, f. 81. 
He sayte, lamoM, kysse me be>lyve. 
Thy lorde me hase the grauate to wyefe. 

And Paretche I hafe hym hyght ; 
And I hete the witterly. 
The kynges hevede of Praunoe ccrtaaely. 
To motowe or it he oyghte 1 

jr& Unoain A. i. 17, f. lOS. 
It ka prorerbe in England that the men of Tivi- 
dalt-h otd eiet s on the Baglish midle marches, have 
Ukers, lammons, and lyerblee. 

MeUianek^» PhUidinnu, Jfitt. 
LEMON-TREE. The verbena. South. 
LEMTERED. Glimmered ; shone. (A.-S.) 
LEMTET. Limit. 

A brelfe of the Boundcres, Wayceand Passages of 
the Midle Marehe, all a longe the Border of Scotland 
beglning at Chiveat Hill, being the lem^ of the 
Easte Harcbe, and ending at Klrsop, the Bounder 
of the Wests Marehe of England. 

EgerUm Paper 9, p. flTB* 

LEN. (1) To lend. StiU in use. 

(2) To lean. North. 

LENAGE. Lineage ; birth. {A.-N.) 

LENARD. The linnet Pakgrave. Brockett 
has it, spelt letmert, p. 186. 

LENCE. A loan. Dorset. 

LENCH. To stoop in walking. Line. 

LENCHEON. A kind of shelf in a shaft. A 
miner's term. 

LENDE. (1) The loin. (A.-S.) It occurs in 
MS. Cotton. Vespas. D. viL Ps. 37. *' Gur- 
dithe youre lendys,'' GestaRom. p. 107. 
And a grete gyrdelie of golds, withoute gere more. 
He leyde oo his lendse with lachettes fulle monye. 

MIS. out. Calig. A. iL f. 110. 

(2^ Given. Constit. Fkeemas. p. 27. 

(3) To dwell ; to remain ; to tarry. 

The abbot and the convent with good cheie 
Worschipeden God al i-feere i 
And so do we him that sit aboTe, 
That he wolde for that maydenes loTe 
Oraunten us hevene witbouten eende 
With him therin for to lemtde : 
God graunte va grace that hit so be i 
Amen ! amen I for eharit^. 

14/If c/ St, Muphroetne^ Venton MS. 

Thay putt up paTilyons ronde. 

And letuUd there that nyghte. 

MS. Uneoln A. i. 17, f. 131. 

(4) To land ; to arrive. (A.'S,) 
LENDY. Limber ; pliable. Devon. 

LENE. To give. Hence our word lend. The 
editor of Havelok absurdly prints leue. 
To hys knde he can meene. 
And preyed hym that he wolde hym leene 
Wepyn, armowre, and stede. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. iL 38, f.7A. 

LENGE. To dwell, rest, or remain. {A.-S.) 
Hence, perhaps, our lounge, 

Lenge at home pur chary t^, 
Lere soun, y prey the. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 100. 
1 salle at Lammesse take levc to lenge at my large 
In Lorayne or Lumberdye, whethire me leve thynkys. 

MmrU Arthure, MS. Lincoln, f . f7» 

LENGER. Longer. Chtntcer. 

33 



LBP 



514 



LE8 



LENGTH. Stitnre. T^orth. Spealdfig of can- 
non, it means tlie banreL 

LfiNGTHE. To lengthen ; to prolong. 

Now hav* we nooo wherwith w« may 
Lemgthe oure lit fro day to day. 
CutmrMumdi, MS, ColL Trim. Cantab, f. 34. 

LENEETHE. Length. See the Boke of Cur- 
tasye^ p. 29 ; Wrifpit'a Seven Sagea, p. 91. 
A feyrer ehylde neryr y Kf9, 
Ncyther of Imkyth nor of brede. 

MS. QmkA. Fr.li.tt, f. 9a 
LBNNOCK. Slender; {Aable. iVM*. 
LENT. (1) A loan. Sfmunet. 
(2) Remained ; stopped. (J,'S.) It has also 
the meaning of placed, 

A doafe WM fh> hercD gent 
Lijt doun and theronne Imvt. 
Cmrtor Mmtdi, MS. (ML Trki. Cmdab. f. fi7. 
On a lauad are thay lent 
By a forett tyd. MS, LIneBto A. U t7> 1 133. 
LENT-CROCKING. A custom of boya at 
Shroye-tide going round in the evening to 
pelt the doors of the inhabitants with pieces 
of broken crockery. West. 
LENTED. Stopped ; glanced off. Lane. 
LENTEN. (1) A linden tree. (J.-S.) 
(2) The ftre in Lent was not very substantial 
some centuries ago, and accordingly our an- 
cestors seemed to have used the adyective 
Lenten constantly in a sense of deterioration. 
" A Lenten lover, a bashfnll, modest, or mai- 
denly woer, one thats afraid to touch his mis- 
tresse," Cotgrave, in v. Caresme, Lenten^, 
a dried fig, a raisin. Lenton-.ttuff^ provision 
for Lent. A ballad by Elderton under this 
title commences as follows : — 
— l»enton Stuff ys cum to the towne. 

The clensynge weeke cumt qulcklye : 
Yow knowe well inowf he yow must kaeele downe. 

Cum on« take asshet trykly. 
That nether are good flethe nor fyihe. 
But dyp with Judas in the dyshe. 
And keepe a rowte not worthe a rythe. * 

MS, Athmole 48, 1 115. 

LENT-EVIL. Theagne. MS. Med. Ree. 
LENT-GRAIN. The spring crops. West. 
LENTINER. A hawk taken in Lent. 
LENT-ROSE. The daffodil. Devon, It is 

also called the Lent-Hly, 
LENTTE. Given. Trom Lene. {A.-S,) 
A (Vtlleharde grace was hir lentte 
Br she owt of this worde wenttei. 

MS. Cant«g>. Ft. t. 48, f. 43. 

L'ENVOY. A kind of postscript, tent with 
poetieal compositions by eariy authors. It 
was sometimes used for a oonchision gene- 
rally. Cotgrave defines it, the " conclusion of 
a ballet, or sonnet, in a short stanzo by itselfe, 
and serving, oftentimes, as a dedication of the 
whole." 

LENYT. Leaned. Lydgate, MS. BodL 

LEO. The lion. (A.-S.) "Wildore then the 
leo,*' Reliq. Antiq. L 125. LeoninCf belonging 
to alJon. 

LEOPART. Ateopaid. (jL-N.) 

LEOS. People. C^ueer. 

LEPANDE. Leaping. (A^.) 



With lolly lmine« «m kite 

In Lorayne lo lordlye on /sjpiirfg ttedas. 

Merit Jrthmrt, MS, liiuwin, f. 

LEPE. A laige basket, such as is used for car- 
ryiqg seeds, corn, &c. f^'ar. dial 

The spensere seide, methou jte I bero 
A leep, as I was wont do er. 
Cursor Mundt, MfS, QUL Trin. Cantab, f . M. 
LEPES. Stories ; lies. Ritson,L4. 
LEPL Single. See ^nl^i 
Wrothllch he seyd to OH, 
Here is gret loom sikerly, 
When that o lepl Imlght 
Schal ous do so michti uBrlgkt I 

Op ^ WmrwUtt* p. 78. 

Ne mete ete, ne drank drynke, 
Ne tlepte onidy a Upif wynko. 

MS. Hart. IJ9U t, 61. 

LEPPIS. Junps { leaps. (A,-S,) 

Here my trouthe I theplyghMw 
He that tepp4e fliUe lyghte 
He saUe tay it< and I Itgbta. 
For alle jour mekille pride. 

MS. liMoe/fi A. 1. 17, r. 133. 
LEPROSY. The luet venerea. This ia a Tery 

miuaaal sense of the word. Shak. 
LERAND. Learning, part {A^.) 

Bot it nl be noloMle Immtf the way til hewen. 

MS. ColL Rtam. f . 3. 

LERARE. A learner; a teacher. Pr.Parv. 
LERCH. *»> cheat or trick. North. 
LERE.(1) To learn; to teach. {A^.) Heaoe, 
learning, knowledge, precept. 

Then he frayned hym in hft ere 
If he wolde psstUodlon Ure. 

MS. antab. Ft v. 48, f • M. 
Bot dial on the erth Crlstes wordcs here,' 
That sal be to thalm wfthouten endea tetw. 
^ MS, Egerton SS7, xv. Cent. 

(2) Conntenanoe ; complexion. (A.-S.) 
For sOTow be lette both streqgth aad mfglrt. 
The colottii dhaj^id in bia Upre. 

M8.Ilarl.898i, f.9S. 

(3) Shame. Nominale MS. 
LERENDE. Learnt. RromZ«r«(l). 

So that Bother one (ho see won the laade 5e aeke 
■a hdpo, and that 50 jeme another manere of doe- 
tryne thane we hafe lartnris of oure doctourt. 

MS. Lkuatn A. i. 17, f. «. 

LERENBSS. EmptiiMBS. Batman, 1588. 

LEREP. Td trail slo^nly. South. Also, to 
limp or walk lamely. 

LERRICK. To beat $ to diastiae. Devon. 

LERRY. Leammg ; ksson. BfiMeton, L 281. 

LES. Lost. Heame. 

LESE. (1) To gather; to select. (^.-5.) " To 
leyse, to pidk the shun and trucks oat of 
wheat," Hallamsh. GL p. 116. In Devon, 
picking stones from the surface of the fields is 
called leatinff ; nd throughout the Weatem 
counties bo other word is used for gkaaiog 
com. " To lese here in hervest." Pien Plon g k- 
man, p. 121. laimge, gleaning, Wrigbtfa 
PoL Songs, p. 149* " To lease ttmw ibr 
thatching, teVffere et compon&re g to lease 
stones, to pick stones in afield,^ Daaa lliBte. 
MS. Gioiaacy, p. 167. 

(2) To lose. StiUiBwe. {A^^ 



liES 



51J^ 



LET 



(S)V»<Mifert to rdeiM. U oecm in MS. 

Cotton. Ympm. D. to. Pft. 7. 
(4) lie ; fdidiood. (J.-^) 

At ««eiy fQdeof thtt 4ey«t 
Sate l||i«il^ withoavt Um. 

MS. Cantakf Ft, V. 48, f. 54. 

(5)Leaah; band. OctoTian, 767. 

LESER. Rekuer ; deliverer. This occurs se- 

Tenl times in MS. Cott Vespas. D. vii. 
LESBSB. TolQM. SeeHycke.Scoroer,p.l02. 

It is perhsps an enror of the press. 
LBSEYE. Topsstuiv^orfeed. (4.-&) Dnyton 

has iesaew in this sense. 
LBSIN6. A lie; a falsehood CA.-S.) Lnynge 
btrmre^ a liar. See Prompt. Par?, p. 298. 
Thm sluUe I gif the a cot* 
Withovt n J Utyng, 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ▼. 48, f. 48. 
hard, he leyd, thou ryche kyng , 
5U It TO a foalen thinf 
To hcxe hluifng of thy mouthe. 
That thou me seyst nowje^ 
That I aehuld have what I wold, 
Bot nedys a kyng woid mot hold. 

Ma. Mhmtiw €1, xv. Cent. 
LESK. The groin or flank. In Linoolnshire 
the word is in vtry oommon nso, and f re- 
qnently implies also the ptukndttm, and is 
perhaps the vaty term for that part that could 
be used without offence in the presence of 
women. 

ThelaatewaaalltyUeaaBe thatlaide wastenetbe, 
Hk letkm layealle lane and lathelfahe taichewe. 

MmU Jr^unm, MS. UmMin, f. 88. 

LBSNBSSB. Forgiveness; absolution. See 
Rob. GIoHC. p. 173 ; Beliq. Antiq. L 42. 

LESSE. (1) Xmm than, unless. Maketh ku, 
eztii^Biaishes. fFeder. Lesse ne mare, 1. e. 
nothHigat alL 

(2) To leasea^ todocvaase. Tfaisooeiirsin MS. 
Cotton. Yespas. D. vii. Ps. 11. 

LSSSBS. See Hwniing, art. 1. 

Awl jif BMB spekaaad atke liym of the Amet, he 
■hal depe fiime* of ao hert cfoteynge, of a b«kke 
and of the MO'hukke, of tte witde boor, and of 
Make bentya, and of wolfc*, hertud depe it U$Ma. 

MM, Bodl. 646. 

LESSEST. Least of alL Far. diaL 
LESSIL. A wanton woman. €$tmd. 
LESSON. To giTe lessons. Far. diaL 
LESSOW. The same as Ze9«M, q. T. 
LEST. (1) Listen. Imperative, sing. 

Lttt, mj tone, and thov whalt kefe 

So M it bath bUaUe er thi*. 

Gower, MS. 4bc AnHq. 184, f. 168. 

(2) Inclination ; pleasore. (A-S.) 

LESTAL. (1) Saleable, applied to tilings of good 

sad proper weight. North. 
(2) A mire; a jakes. North. IJrrfs MS. 
sddHions to Bay. Lej^taJs occurs in Ben 
Jonson, L 59. 
LESTE. To please. Chaucer. 
LESTEN. Lost. (A.-S.) 

Of Orere and Trole the ttroni^e 8tryve, 
Ther many a Otownnd Utten her lyve. 
MS. Aihmole 60, zt. Cent. 

LBSTTGHT. Lastetfa. Gov. Myst. 

LBSUR. A iMsow, or pasture. <* HmepoMcua 



p asmu B tat loeus htrkomu paaemdu onimaM- 
iut (g>tua, Anglice a lesur," MS. Bibl. Reg. 
12 B. L £ 13. 

LET. (1) Leased off. U»c. 

(8) To leave ; to omit ; to leave, or permH s to 
cause ; to hinder. {J.-S.) Le4 he, leave off. 
Tohim,ixt cheat. To letfty at any one, to 
abase him severely. To let drioe^ to attack 
with violence. To let lights to inform, to 
disclose. To let wit^ to make known. Let 
•«, to light upon. Let to gate^ went home. 

(3) To counterfeit ; to pretend. North. 

LETCH. (1) A vessel for making lye. East, 

r2^ A wet ditch or gutter. North, 

(3) An absurd foppish fancy. Xmc. 

LETE. (1) To think, aeooqnt, or eiteem. {j4.-S.) 

(2) Left. See KyngAlisaunder, 5812. Also, to 
leave or dismiss any thing. 

Yf thou can a atede welle tyde, 
Wyth me thou fchalt be Me. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. M. 38, f. 09. 

(3) To be nearly starved. Yorheh. 

(4) Te look .> See Gl. to Syr Gawayne. 

Chlldre, he teide, 5e luite and bte, 
I vaw chaf on the watlr flete. 
CurntrMunM, MS. CM. IHn, Cantab, t. 80. 
LETEWARYE. An electuary. (J..N.) 
LETGAME. A hinderer of pleasure. 
LETH. Soothing } See Towneley Myst. 
Thustal man tnheven ay fyndjoyeand MS, 
Above him, withlnnehim, about* and beaetb. 

MB. JaffUntn SSf . 

LETHAL. Deadly. (Lat.) See Fletcher's 
Differences, 1623, p. 7. It appears frou) the 
Nat. Hist. Wilts, Roysl Soc. MS. p. 165, that 
Aubrey considered the bite of newts lethaU. 

LETHE. (1) Death. Shah. 

(2) Supple ; limber ; pliant. Palegrave. 

LETHER. (1) To make a noise, said of horses 
travelling with great speed. North. 

(2) Vile; hateful. Letherand, Reliq. Antiq. i. 
82 ; letherfy, MS. Mortc Arthurc. 

Thou grerytt me, I am not glad. 
To me thou art »lethtr ledie. 

MS. HarU SRM. 
A prowde wrech and a yonge. 
And a lether gadd^Iynge. 

MS. Cantab.Ff. ii. 38, f. 116. 
5yB» for lothe, a wyle can I, 
To begyleowre lethw pye. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. 11. 38, f 136. 

(3) The skin. Still in use. 

Than wete men never whether ys whether. 
The jelughe wymple or the lether. 

Jf&Harl.170I,f.93. 

LETHET. Moderated itself. 

Bright and faire the ton schone, 
But hit tethet aouB anon. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. t. 48, f. 36. 
LETHY. (1) Nasty ; filthy. Cumb. 
(2) Weak ; feeble ; supple. " His ere-lappcs 

waxes lethy" Reliq. Antiq. i. 64. 
LET4N. To strike. South. 
LETTASES. Lattices. Florio, p. 469. 
LETTE. Impediment; hinderance. 
Uppon a dey, wlthonten latte. 
The duke with the kyng wai seite. 

MS. Jthmole 61, f. 60. 



LEV 



516 



LEW 



UTTER. To nuke an entry in a ledger or 
book. Somerget. 

LE'CTERON. The ancient reading-stand in 
churches. See Davies, ed. 1672, p. 17. 

LETTERS-OF-MART. Letters of marqne were 
formerly so called. 

LETTICE. A kind of grey fur. "Lettyce a 
ffirre, Mice," Palsgrave. Whether the lettiee- 
e^ was a cap in which this fur was introduced 
I am not certain, but mention is made in an 
early MS. of " an ermine or lattice bonnet/' 
Planch^, p. 262. Nares has fitdlen into un- 
neoeasary conjectures by not understanding 
this meaning of the term. 

LETTIRDB. Lettered; learned. {J.-N,) 

And than acho lajd, everylk mane and womaae 
that were UMrde, that were in any temptaclone, 
whilkc that I rehenede before, taye he this ympue 
Veni creator apiritu*, and the devele and the tempta* 
Clone salle sone yoyde fra hym. 

MS. Uneoin A. L 17, f. S57. 

LETTOWE. LithuanU. 

Chaaea one a oounere, and tea kyng rydya. 
With a launce of htttwM he thlrlles his sydes. 
That the lyver and the lunggeaon the launce lengea. 
Morta Jrthure, MS, lAneoln, t. 76. 

LETTRURE. Learning; literature. 
LEUP. The palm of the hand. North, 
LEUOH. Laughed. Robin Hood, i. 49. 
LEUKE. Luke-warm. Reliq. Antiq. i. 52. It 

is still in use in Yorkshire. 
LEUTERER. A thief; a vagabond. 
LEUTH. Shelter. South, 
LEUWYN. A kind of linen, of which table- 
cloths were formerly made. 
LEU3E. Laughed. See Leugh, 

Than men myght le game i-nowje, 
Wh«B every ookwold on other fowjf. 

MS,Ashmole61»t.eO. 

LEVABLE. Able to be levied. See the 

Archaeologia, L 91. 
LEVACION. The elevation of the Host, in the 
Roman Catholic service. See Gesta Rom. p. 
266 ; Ord. and Reg. p. 89. 
LEVAND. Living. Lfdgate. 
LEVE. (1) To leave. Also, to believe. Both 
senses occur in this couplet. 

Thoiayde Maxent to Kateryn, 
I^9V9 thy god and leve on myn. 

MS, Cantab. Ft. ii. 38, f. 38. 
Sche Imifd nothyng in the masie. 
That very Ood was in forme of bredd. 

MS, Qmtab. Ff. ». 38, f. 46. 

!2) Leave ; permission. (A.^S.) 
3) Desire ; inclination. (J.-S.) 

(4) Dear ; willing. See Lqfe. 

LEVEL. (1) To assess, or levy. East. 

(2) A straight ruler. Palagraw. 

LEVEL-COIL. A rough game, formerly much 
in fashion at Christmas, in which one hunted 
another from his seat. Florio, p. 138, men- 
tions '* a Cristmas game called rite vp good 
feOmo^ or itch iuttocke" which refers to the 
same amusement. ** Jouer a aU-leve, to play 
at levell-coyle," Cotgrave. Hence the phrase 
came to be used for any noisy riot. It was 
also called level-^iee, and Skelton, ii. 31, spells 



it leveB mm. Blount gives the 
very curious explanation, ** level-ooile ia when 
three play at tables, or other game, by turns, 
onely two playing at a time, the loser removes 
his buttock, and sits out ; and therefore called 
also hitch-buttock," ed. 1681, p. 374. 
LEVELLERS. Persons who advocate an equa- 
lization of property &c. The term was 
common during the dvil wars, when there 
were many who professed those opinions. 
LEVEN. To alleviate. Lydgate, 
LEVSNE. Lightning. {A.^S.) 

The thondlr, with hii firy Imaw, 
So cruel waa upon the heveoe. 

Gower. MS, Soe, Anitq, IM, f. 19L 
With todeyne tempest and with flry levtnt. 
By the goddes aente doun fttim hevene. 

I^dgata, MS. Dff6y230. 
This is the auctor of the hyje heven, 
Sette in the sunneclere as any levenen, 

logoff MS. Soe. jtntiq, 134, f. 16. 

LEVENER. The same as Beper (1). 

LEVER. (1) One of the chief supporters of the 
roof -timber of a house, being itself not a prop, 
but a portion of the frame-work. Also, the 
lower moveable board of a barn-door. 

(2) Rather. (^..&) 

I shalie the whyte, be hode myne. 
How hade I tevar a conyne. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48. f. SO, 

(3) Better ; more agreeable. 
Ther come to hym neTer a Umt sonde 
Then the lyscher and the fostere. 

MS, Cantab, Ff. U. 38, f. ISl. 

(4) To deliver to. Plumpton Coit. p. 189. 
LEVERS. The yeUow-flag. South. 
LEVESELE. A lattice. Chaucer mentions the 

gay levesele at the tavern as a sign of the 
wine there sold, and up to a much later period 
lattices were the distinguishing features of 
inns. The explanations of this word given in 
Tyrwhitt, the Oxford Gloss. Architecture, Pr. 
Parv. p. 300, &c are certainly erroneous. 
Aliehls devodon and hollnesse 
At taveme ia, as for themoate delle. 
To Badius signe and to the leoeaeie, 

Oeeleve, MS. Soe, Antiq. 134, f. S53. 

LEVET. The bhist or strong sound of a trumpet. 

(Fr.) It occurs in Hudibras. 
LEVETENNANTE. A deputy. Zeve/ai/, Reliq. 
Antiq. ii. 22. 
Salle be my levetennante with lordchipeiy-ncwe. 

Morte AHhure, MS, lAneoln^ f. 60. 

LEVETNE. Leaven. 

He is the leoemu of the bred, 
Whiche soureth alle the paste alwute. 

Cower, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f.S?. 

LEVORE. Lever; mace. Ritson. 
LEVYNG. Life. Chron. VUodun. p. 5.' 
LEVYNGE. Departure ; death. 

The aungelle gaf hym in wamynge 
Of the tyme of hys Jtoyngv. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. ii. 88. f. S4S. 

LEW. (1) To get into the lew, L e. into a place 

sheltered from the wind. Var. dioL *' Soole- 

grove sil leV is an ancient Wiltshire proverb, 

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(2) Loke-ivarm. Stfll in um. Lewwmttrt 
Old. ind Reg. p. 471. 

(3) Weak ; fidat. Nomixiale MS. 
LEWCOliB. See iMcayiu. 

LEWD. Ignorant; lay; nntanght; useless. 
(w^.-5.) In some later writers, vile, base, 
tricked. In the lemote porta of Yorkshire a 
vidoiis horse is termed letotL 

LEWDSTER. A lewd person. SAai. I follow 
the usual explanation, but should be rather 
inclined to consider it as meaning a wretch, 
and perhaps connected with kuterer. 

LEWESODE. Loosened. *' His fedris weron 
leweaode ychon," Chion. Yilodun. p. 125. 

LBWINS. A kind of bands put about a hawk. 
See Florio, p. 289. 

LEWIS. A kind of machine used for raising 
stones. ArchsBologia, z. 127. 

LEWN. A tax, or rate, or Uy for church or 
pariah dues. CAesh, A benefaction of f ourty 
shillings is payable to the parish of Walsall 
to ease the poor inhabitants of their lewnei. 
See Carlisle on Charities, p. 296. 

LEWSTRY. To work hard. Devon, 

LEWTE. (1) Loyalty. {ji,.N.) 

(2) A kind of cup or Tessel. 

(3) The herb restharrow. Somenet. 
LEWTH. Warmth; shelter. Weut, 
LBWYTH. That which is left. 
LEWZERNE. A kind of fur. 
LSXST. Lyest; speakest ftdse. 

M orgadour aniwerd anon, 
Stalwortb knight aa be was on, 
Thl lex9t amidward thl teth. 
And therfoie have thon maugreth. 

Qy «f Warwike, p. 1M« 
Cy, quath tha jnatloe, iwlcbe menraile. 
Thou lejt, damlaal, laun faite. 

Arthour mnd Merlim, p. 3ft. 

LEY. (1) Latitude ; room ; liberty ; leisure ; 

opportunity; law. North, 
(2) A lea, or pasture. West. *' One a launde 

by a ley," Degrevant, 239. Ley^breck, sward 

once ploughed. 
(3^ Law ; faith ; religion. {J.-N.) 
(A) The standard of metals. Derb, 
(bS To Ue. Reliq. Antiq. i. 60. 

(6) A flame, or low. (^.-5.) 

For 7 am yn endlcs peyne, 
Yn fyre and yn l«^ certeyne. 

MS, Bart, 1701, f. 44. 

(7) A lake. Still in use. 

He made alle a valaye, 
Al lo it were a brod l0y«. 

Arthimr and Merlin, p. 350- 

LBYARE. A stonemason. Pr, Parv, 
LEYCERB. Leisure. 

Nowysyid, ye seeyn the lytylle lepoere here. 

Chaueer, MS. Cantab. Ff. JU 6, f. S>. 

LEYD. Laid. See Feyre, 

LEY6HT. Lyeth. Lydgate. 

With bannes to greve in waytc Uyghi ihee 
Torevcne mene of welthe and proiperyt^. 

Ma, Cantab. Vt 1. 0, f. 1«7> 

LEYNE. Laid ; placed. (^4.-5.) 
LEYOND. Uying. 



At the aee Jame and Jon he fonde 
Aa the! were lynei le^ond. 

Curtor Mundi, MS. ColL THtk CtaMteb. 1^89. 

LEYTH. Loathly. Audelay, p. 31. 

LEYJTLOCURE. MoreeasUy. (^.-5.) 

LHINNE. A lake. Lhuyd's MSS. 

LIALE. Loyal. Wright Pol. Songs, p. 303. 

LIANCE. An alliance. Pabgrave. 

LLAH. ** Liar, Uar, lick dish,'* a proverbial 
address to a Uar, chiefly used at schools. It 
is an old saying, being found in the Tragedy 
of Hofihian, 1631, sig. I. ii. 

LIARD. A horse, properly one of a grey colour. 
Palsgrave mentions a horse called Lyarde 
Urbyn, ** One lyarde stedes," Morte Arthure, 
MS. Lincoln, f. 80. 

stadia sUbUlede hi ataUia, 

lyarde and lore. M8, Una>iH A. i. 17, t, 130. 

LIB. (1) To castrate. North, ** To capon, to 
geld, to Ub, to spkde," Florio, p. 5. See 
Topsell's Foure-Footed Beasts, 1607, p. 68. 

(2) A basket, or leep. South* 

(3) Haifa bushel. Kennett MS. 

(4) To lay down. A cant term mentioned in 
Dekker's Belman of London, 1616. 

LIBARDINE. The herb wolfbane. SeeTopsell'i 
Foure-Footed Beasts, 1607, p. 40. Also called 
libbard's-bane. 
LIBBARD. A leopard. SkeUon. 

Then owte ttarte a lumbarte, 
FeUe be waa aa a Igbarte. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. M. 88, f. 179. 
LIBBE6E. A bed. This old cant term is 
given by Dekker, Lanthome and Candle- 
Light, 1620, sig. C.ii. 
LIBBEIN6. Living. (^.-5.) 

For to drawen up all thing 
That nede «aa to her libbeing, 

Arthour and Merlin, p. 38. 

LIBBER. A man who libs or gelds. North. 

" A guelder, a libber," Florio, p. 89. 
LIBBET. A billet of wood ; a staff, stick, or 

club. South. 
LIBBETS. Rags in strips. West. 
LIBERAL. Licentious; free to excess. It 

occurs often in this sense in old plays. 
LIBERARIE. Learning. Lydgate. 
LIB-KEN. A house to live in. An old cant 
term, given by Dekker, Lanthome and Candle* 
Light, 1620, sig. C. ii 
LICAME. The body. {A.-S.) 

And Jhetoa bent up that Ueame 
That lay deed bifore the thronge. 

Curaor Mundi, MS. CoL IWn. Gsn<a&. f. 75. 
That ani man to bir cam 
That ever knewe hir liekam* 

Jlrthow and Merlin, p. 37> 

LICCHORIE. Leachery. Heame, 

LICHE. (1) The body. Weber. Hence the 

term liche-wake, or lake-wake, q. v. 
(2) Alike. (^.-5.) 

In klrtela and in copia riche, 
' They weren clolhld alle lidu. 

Gower, MS. 8oe, Antiq, 184, t 111. 

LICHFOUL. The night>raven. Rowlands. 

Drayton mentions it as the Utch-owl. 
LICH-GATE. The gate through which the 



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oorpee wis canied into tlie ointfeh. It had 
always a roof over it under which the bier was 
placed, and the bearers xtMted until the clergy- 
man met the corpse, and read tke introductory 
part of the service as he prec^cted the timin 
into the church. Seveiral lichgates are still 
preserved. 

UCHWORT, The herb pellitory. 

LICIBLE. Pleasant; agreeable. 

Pieicaf tt whsn the lists what thl wyf pl«y 
Thl Doiiceyte hOUteCh It good iini OeMe. 

LI€K« To beat, or thrash. Heiiee» to surpass 
or excel in anything ) to do anythitig easOy. 
Tb Kek the sye, to be wtXi pleased. 
LICK-DISH. A term of contempt. See the 
phrase given in v. Hot. A sycophant is still 
termed a lick-pan. ** A lick-sauce, lick-box, 
Hckercnt** Howell. 
LICKS N. To compare ; to liken. CVaven, 
Thsie km tlM oMnyet tiMt hiwnjug sbyt, 
And ileyiag fiiwiMth, that ItfOetn y em 
To JoM, that tfllta be the ehynaa AmAs. 

MS. Ginte6. Ff. IL aSyf. 14. 

LICKBR. To grease boots or shoes. 
LICKLT. Likely. North. 
LICKOROUS. Dainty ; afiected. Used abo 
in the sense of lecherous, or voluptuous. *' To 
cocker, to make HJterUikfio pamper," HoUy- 
band's Dictionaries 1593. 

From womeii light and MeXmrowt 
Good fortune itill deliver ui. 

LICK-POT-FINGER. The fore-finger. 

LICKS. A good beating. North. 

LICKSOME. Pleasant ; agreeable. CftcsA. 

LICKSPITTLB. A parasite, rar. diaL 

LICK-UP. A small pittance. Eatt. 

LICLIARE. Likelier ; more likely. 

LID. A coverlet. Kent. It is applied to a 
book-cover in Nomenclator, p. 7, and I find 
the term so used as late as 1757, in Dr. Free's 
Poems, p. 47. 

LIDDED. The top of the bearing part of a 
pipe is said to be lidded when its usual space 
is contracted to a small compass or width. A 
mining term. 

LIDDEN. (1) Long. Somertet. 

(2) Saying, song, or story. Wett. 

LIDDERON. A lazy idle bad fellow. From 
Udder, or Uther, q. v. 

LIDE. (1) Lydia. Chaucer. 

(2) The month of March. An old provincial 
term, now obsolete. 

LID6ITTS. Some tUrty or fourty years ago, 
when the fields in the ItAe of Oidiolme were 
uninhabited, there were gates set up at the 
end of the villages and elsewhere to prevent 
the cattle from straying upon the arable lands ; 
these gates were termed lidgitts. Lme. 

LIDS. (1) Manner; ftshion; way; kind; re- 
semblance. North. 

(2) Transverse bars of wood siq>porting the roof 
of a coal-mine. 

LIE. (1) To lay dovm. Var, dial. 

(2) To subside, as the innd. Devon. 



(3) 7b At 0ith m Intthet, to tcU a 
fsliehood. To Hem wait ^om^e s^T, to be 
verycareful. fhiiehf tkewaU^io He omth^ 
cold Jloor, to Hem Msr, to lie da«d belbcc 
interment 

(4)Toraside. Still in use. 

(5) Theleesofwittow Pr.Pmr^, 

LIE-BOX. (1) A grsat liar. WeH. 

(2) A box wherein the Ue ftwt wood-ashes is 
made. Vmr. dmL 

LIEF. The same as L^e^ %. ▼. 

LIEF-COUP. A sale or market of goods in the 
place where they stand. Kent. 

LIEGEBiAN. A subject Shot. 

LIEGER. An ambassador. SeeXci^er. Spell 
tifner in Hall, Henry VIII. f. 158. 

LIEGES. Sul^ecta. (J.-N.) 

LIEKD. Loved. CumK 

LIB-LEACH. A box, perforated at bottom, 
used for straming water for lie. It is also 
called a lie-latch, lie-dropper, or lie-Up. 

LIB-LEY. To Ue in grass. Yorikeh. 

LIEN. Lain. Cheueer. 

LIENDE. Lying. See Hen. 

And therto lyounee tweyne ^mtt thcr under. 

M8. QM. OtUg. A. tt. fol. III. 

LIES. Lees of wine. (J.-N.) 

LIETON. A church^yard. Wiite^ 

LIEVER. Rather, rar. dial 

LIF. Permission. (^.-5.) 

For If thet we have Hf therto, 
5oure oommatuidinent shul we do. 
OHTMr Mundi, MS. CoU. Trin. CoMtab. t. 39. 

LIFE-DAYS. Lifetime. " By his lyfe dayes, 

de aonplayn meant" Pidsgrave. 
UFELICHE. Active; piercing. lAfflf, like 
the lift, Lydgaie*& Minor Poems, p. 257. 
And that /(/Wicike lanace that lepe to his hetts 
When he «m cmeyfiede on oote, and alle the kcne 

naylh, 
Knyghtly he talle CGoqncre to Crittyne min hflnil«*« 
MorU Arthurs, MS. Llneoin, f. 801 

Lydie 4(^ men among hem day by day. 

MS.Di^i3^f.9. 
LIFERS. Leavers; deserters. 
LIFFY. In Devon, when a man seduces a girl 
with strong protcetations of honour, and after- 
wards leaves her to her fate, he is said to 
Ufy her, and she is said to be Uffied. 
LIFLODE. Living; state of life. (A.'S.) 

Whedir talle we now gaa, or whate partye nuy 
we now chese ? Where schalle we now get any 
helpe tille oure lif/fikuU. 

MS. Uneoln A. i. 17» f. 48i 

LIFT. (1) The air ; the sky. (A.-S.) 

Somme In theerthe, lomme In the l^/t. 
There the! dce5e fol harde difft. 

Cwmr Mtm4i, MS. OoU. IHn. C anm k. f*4. 
Now at the erthe, now at the Hfi, 
Or however thou wdt thethift. 

Omrmr MmuU, MB. IbUk f. ISBl 

(2) To aid, or assist rar. dial Petfaaps the 
usual meaning in this passage. 

Son, alle the eeyntct that be in heyven. 

Nor aHe the aagek undur the Trlnite, 
On here-breyde out of this peyne 
Thei have no pooere to lift me. 

MS. Cantiib. Ft. v. 48, f. 6B. 



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(S) A eotfse rough gate wiHioat Idnges, aad 
moTeable. Ill(if#. 

(4) A Joint of beet Wett. 

(5) To eerfe up ft swaa. flee the Booke of 
Hvnting, 1586, f. 81. 

(6) A trick «t whist or other games at cards. 
To fift for deafing, to draw or cut Ibrtiie deaL 

(7) A fidaehood. Somemt, 

(8) To steaL Still retained hi the modem term 
thop^i^tm§. The lifting law, says Dekker, 
''teadieth a kind of lifting of goods deane 
away." fielmftn of London, 1608. 

(9) A bad character. Dewm. 
LIFTEK. A thief. See L^ (8). 
UFTBRS. An old terra i&t morttses. 
LIFTING.MONDAT. Baster Monday, when 

it was the custom for erery oonple of men to 
lift op and kiss each woman they met. 
Lifting on Easter Tuesday, when the women 
returned the compliment to the men. This 
was a common custom in Lancashire about 
fifty years ago, till the disturbances to which 
it gave rise called for the interference of 
the magistrates, and it graduaOy became ob- 
solete; but it is still retained in some parts of 
the country. 

LIFT-LEG. St¥«mg ale. An old cant term, 
mentioned in Harrison'a England, p. 202. 

LI6. The same as ligge^ q. t. It is sometimes 
used for a lie, a falsehood. 

LIG-A-LAME. To mahn. North. 

LIGEANCE. Allegiance. {A.-N,) 

LIGGE. To lie down. {A.S,) Still in common 
use in the North of England. 

And they here bidden for to tlspe, 
lAggtnd* upon the bed alofta. 

Gomm; MS. 8oe. Antlq. 194, f. 44. 

LI6GEE. A carved coit made of hard wood, 

used at the game of doddart, 
LIGGBMENE. Subjects. 

Was waxreof syv hwAv» ont launde there he horyit 
With lordeiftad Uggnmna that to hymaelfiB lengede. 

MorU Jrthurt, MS. Lincoln, L 76L 

LIGGER. (1) A plank placed across a ditch for 

a pathway. Eaai, 
(2) A line with a float and bait used for oatehiag 

pike. JBss^. 

SThe same as hedger^ q. t. 
A coverlet for a bed. Imo, 
UGGET. A rag or fragment. We9i. 
LIGGLE. To lug or carry. Norfolk, 
LIGGYNG-STEDE. A couch or bed. It occurs 

in MS. Cott. Yespas. D. rii. 
LIGHT. (I) An example. E/uU 

(2) To be confined. Saiqp. 

And I ahalteMy thai wai <r«M 
Of a knave-flhUds this nyflit. 

fbtwiefjy Ifytltrietf p. 107> 

(3) To deaeend, or aMg^t. For. dioL *< Set a 
Begger on horsebacke, and they say he will 
never Uffht/* Greenes Orpharion, 1599, p. 19. 
Sometimes Ughten^ as in the English version 
of the Te Deum laudamui, 

(4) To eidightea ; to make light or pleasant ; to 
pow li|^ (A^&i 



Tbt lattiai o# ifT Ludoi iffMHiv myae b«t« } 
We hsf»M loeel* liflyda muiy kmge daye. 

M9rt0 Arihure, MS, lAmetIn, f. 56. 

(5) Light Hmberedf sickly, weak ; al^, active, 
nimble. 7b Ught on, to meet, light dag, 
clear day, open daylight. Light'headedt de- 
Urious. Ught'heeled, active, nimble. lAght* 
</-^re, a term of abuse. 

(6) Weak ; sickly. Somerset, 
LIGHTENING. The break of day. North. 
LIGHTER. (1) A less number. North, 

(2) The same aa L^er, q. v. 
LIGHT-HEELED. Loose in character. « She 
is sure a light heeld wench," the Bride, 1640. 
sig. G. A light-housewife, a married woman 
of bad character. *' An harlot, a brotheC an 
hoore, a strompet^ a light housewyfar IS^V^^ 
inv. Meretrix, 

LIGHTING. light. This occurs In MS. Cotton. 
Yespas. D. vU. Ps. 26. 

UGHTING-STOCK. A horse-block. We$t, 

LIGHTLOKER. More Ughtly, or easily. (A.-S.) 

LIGHTLY. (1) Commonly ; usually; inordinary 
cases. See Tusser, p. 71. 

(2) Readily ; easDy ; quickly- (^.-5.) 

LIGHTMANS. The day. A cant term, given 
in Dekker's Lanthome and Candle-Light, 
1620, sig. C. iL 

LIGHTNING. Lightning h^B death, a pro- 
verbial phrase, alluding to the lesuadtation 
of the spirits which frequently occurs before 
(fissolntion. 

LIGHT-G'-LOYE. The name of aa old dance- 
tune. It was a kind of proverbial phrase for 
levity, and a loose woman w»s finequenily ao 
called. 

LIGHT-RIFE. Com has this epithet applied 
to it, when the stalk or straw appears ripe, 
and yet the ear contains nothing but a milky 
juice. £mc. 

LIGHTS. (1) The lungs. Var. dial 

(2) The openings between the divisions of a 
window, and hence occaiionally used by later 
writers for the windows themselves. 

LIGHTSOME. (1) Gay ; cheerful. North. 

(2) Light ; full of Ught. " Lightsome glass- 
window," Davies, ed. 1672, p. 52. 

LIGLY. Likely. Nortkmib. 

LIGMANE. Liegeman; subject. {A.-S.) 
Oret wele Lucius thi lorde, and layne nogtate thbe 

wordes, 
Ife thow be l^gnuint lele, late hymo wlet lOM. 

JToHe Ar»tmr0t M8. JUMote, f. 57. 

LIGNE. Lmeage ; lineaed descent {A,»N.) 
LIGNE-ALOES. ligmim aloes. Chaucer. 
LIGNEY. (1) Active ; strong; able to bear grtai 

fatigne. Cumh. 
(2) To lighten. NominaleMS. 
LIGS. Ulcers on a horse's Hpa. 
LIKE. (1) LULcness. 

That hi a mannea lirfre 

The devel to thb mayde oom. JT&GaU. THn. Omn. «7. 

(2) To please ; to delight ; to be pleased. 
What ao thai have It may be myne, 
Come and bvade, ale and wyne. 
And aUa that may Uln me. M8.Cantab. Tt.rM, t. 69, 



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(3) Ib the main. " He if a good sort of man 
Wte.** It is freqnentlj used as a mere exple- 
tive. LUte muchf an e^nal quantity of each. 
lam Hke to do itf I must do it. To Hke one' 
ieify to like one's situation. This appears to 
be the second meaning, to please. To go upon 
likeSf to go on trial. To go a liking, ibid. And 
like your majesty, if it please your majesty. 
Like lettuce Hke l^s, a proverb implying that 
bad things suit each other. Good Hke, well 
looking. Better nor tike, better than was ex- 
pected. Ltfe ftf, to approve. Every Hke, every 
now and then. 

(4) To grow; to thrive; to agree with one, as 
food, drink, &c. 

i5) To liken ; to compare. (i^.-5.) 
6) Likely ; probably. Var, dial " I and my 
man wer Hke to byn bothe kild by Captin 
Hammon that was dronke/* Forman's Diary, 
MS. Ashmole, 208. 
LIKELY. ■ Suitable ; promising ; good-looking ; 
resembling. lAkeliiese, resemblance; pro- 
bability. 
LIKEN. Likely. Sh^olk. I had likened, L e. 

I was in danger of. 
LIKER. More like. {J.-S.) 

Hia lipc wer great, they hanged aside, 
Hia eiet were hollow, hU mouth wide. 
He wai lothly to looke on ; 
He wat Ir^radevill then a man. 

BnU </ Haukptom, n. d. 

LIKES. Likelihood; prospect. Weet, It is 

sometimes pronounced tikeaeunee, 
LIKFULLIST. Most pleasant. (^.-5.) 
LIKING. (1) Appearance ; condition. North. 
(2) Delight ; pleasure. Chaucer, 
LIKKERWISE. DeUghtful; pleasant. (^..&) 
LIKNB. To imitate; to mimic; to liken, or 

make a simile. {A.'S.) 
LILBURN. A heavy stupid fellow. 
LILBYLOW. Perspiration ; fever. lAne. It is 

also pronounced lUHpooh. 
LILE. Little. North, 

Full /tto we know his hard griefe of mind. 

And how he did long London to ken ; 
And yet he thought he should finde it at last. 
Because he met so many men. 

Th9 King and a Poore Northeme Jfan, 1640. 

LILEWORTH. Of little value. North, 

LILL. (1) To pant ; to loU out the tongue. Wilts. 
'* I lylle out the tonge as a beest dothe that 
18 chafed," Palsgrave. " To pant and bee out 
of breath, or till out the tongue, as a dog that 
is weary," Florio, p. 15. 

(2) To assuage pain. North, 

LILLILO. A bright flame. North. 

LILLY. The wild convolvulus. Lilly-royal, the 
herb penny-royal. South. 

LILLYCONVALLY. The May-lilly. 

LILLYWHITECAKE. AshorUcake. South, 

LILLYWUNS. An exclamation of amszement. 

LILT. To jerk, or spring; to do anything cle- 
verly or quickly. North, 

LILTY-PATTEN. A whore. North. 

LIMAILE. Filings of metal. {J.-N.) 

LIMATIKE. A crooked person ; a cripple. 



LIMB. Bxpltiiied by Forby, «< a MflratfiMd 

sensualist." The term seems genenlly to im- 
ply deterioration. A limb of Satan, a Umb of 
the law, &C. The first of these phiises is re- 
tained from the early English /eendet fymu. 
See Hoccleve, p. 29. According to Pegge, a 
man addicted to anything is called a Hmh for 
it. Glossary, p. 98. 

LIMBECK. An alembic. Shak, 

LIMBER. Supple ; flexible. Var. diaU " His 
eares is timber and weake," Topsell's Beasts, 
1607, p. 185. 

LIMBERS. Thilk or shafts. Weet. 

LIMB-MEAL. Limb by limb. (A..S,) 

LIMBO. HeU. Property, the timkue or place 
where the righteous were supposed to have 
been confined before the coming of Christ. 
" Limbo or heU," Florio, pp. 105, 158. It was 
also used for a prison, in which sense it is still 
retained. 

Beholde now what owre Lord Jhesn dideooe ibe 
Saterday, a* sune as he was dede. He went downe 
to helle to owre holy fadyrs that ware in ^mte to 
tyme of his Resureocione. 

MS. Lincoln A. 1. 17, f. 186. 

LIMB-TRIMMER. AtaUor. North. 
LIME. (1) A Umb. {J.-S,) 

He was a modie man and a longer 

In every Imn rtyfTand strooge. 

MS. Qmtmb. Ff. ii. 88. f. 79. 

(2) To smear, as with bird-lime. 

For who so wol his hondis lyme. 
They mostcn be the more unclena. 

Oower, MS. Soe. Anttq, f. 65. 

(3) Lime was mixed with wine, sack, &c. to re- 
move the tartness. Egg-shells are now often 
used for that purpose, and perhaps lime. 

(4) Any glutinous substance, as glue, bird-lime, 
gum, &c. North, 

(5) Limit ; end. 

Ryft as we deye jet the same. 

And herrafter shulde withoujte tgme, 

CSIroft. rUMfim. pu 4. 
rS) A thong. See Lime-hound. 
LIME-ASH. A composition of sifted ashes and 
mortar, beaten together, and laid down as a 
flooring for kitchens and outhouses. West. 
LIME-BURNER. A dwarfish feUow. 
LIMED. PoUshed ; filed. (A.-N.) 
LIME-HOUND. A common hound or sporting 
dog, led by a thong called a lime, Xyne- 
hounds, Cotgrave, in v. Mut. See Ord. and 
Reg. p. 325. Limer, a blood-hound, Tyrwhitt. 
" A dogge engendred betwene an honnde 
and a mastyve, called a lymmer or a mungrell,'' 
Elyot in v. Hyhris. 

There ovirtoke I a greterout 
Of huntirs and of foresten. 
And many relaies and limert. 
That hied hem to the forest fast. 
And I with hem, so at the last 
I askld one lad, a Ipmere, 
Say, felowe, who shal huntin here ? 
Quod I, and he answered ayen, 
Sir, the emperour Octovyen, 
Quod he, and he is here faste by. 

Z%0 Drema ofChaueer, 365i. 

LIME-ROD. A twig with bird-lime^ mor« 



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Flooglimaii, pu 170. 
IJekad then Igwm tw igt, and fln* ipcnow orilti 
Wbcrtvlth tiMfowltf silly birds inthnUa. 

Th« 40ltetionate Shepherd, UM. 

LIMIT. A limb. ShaJt, 

LIMITATION. A certain precmct allowed to a 

limitoiir. (Lai.) 
UMITOUR. A begging-friar. Hence in later 
times, Umiif to beg. 
The ijnHytetcr that vcsiteth the wleffls, 

]-wyi « inaiie of him ynough may laere. 
To gere pynnys, gerdyllia, and knyaflla. 

This craft is good. MS. Cantab. Ff. 1 6, f. IM. 
For they go ydelly a limiting abrode, living upon 
tiha swaatof otbsr mens travels. 

Vm-mbrooMt TrmtUe^ 1077. 
LIMITROPHES. Boundaries. This word oc 

ctin i n the Historie of Palmendos, 1589. 
LIM-LIPTER. A term of contempt, perhaps 
derived from Umittnar, ** A scomefull ni<i- 
mmie, as we say a lim-lifter," Flario, p. 92. 
LIMMER. MischieTOUS ; base ; low. Still in 
use, applied to females. 

Then the limmar Scottca haied me, barnt my 
guddea, and made deadly fccde on me, and my 
bancaw BulMn's DkOognta, 1573, p. 3. 

LIMMOCK. Very Ihnp. Var, dial 
LIMOUS. Sticky ; i^Qtinoiis. Pr, Pmv. 
LIMP. (1) An instrument used for separating 
lead ore from the stone. Mander explains it, 
** a SBsall board to skim the sieve with when 
washing the ore." 

(2) Flaodd; limber; supple. Var, dial, Ako 
called Umpey. Stanihnnt, p. 1 1 , has Umpeth, 
is weak, or nnsatisfactory. 

(3) Ineflicient. Samenet. 

(4) To chance, or happen. 

The fyfte was Josne. that Joly mane of armcs. 
That in Jerusalem ofte f ulle myche Joye lifmpptde, 

Morte Arthure, MS. Uneoln, f. 89. 

UN. (1) Tlaz ; linen. {A,'S^ It is sometimes 
used for female apparel generally. Xyn, MS. 
Med. Rec Line. f. 286, xt. Cent. L^ne^web- 
kerty Cocke Lorelles Bote, p. 9. 
He drank never cidre ne wyn, 
Ne never wered dooth of Ign. 

Cursor Mundi, MS. CoU. Trin. Cantab, f . 79. 
Bothe pallia, clothes and baudekyn. 
And other of wolle and ctlyn, 

MS. Adda. 10036, fol. 49. 

(2) To cease ; to stop. North. 

And never did Un towrlng upward, and still up- 
ward, for the space, as I might guess, of one whole 
hour. The Man in the Moone, 185?, p. 40. 

J^r husband, a recusant, often came. 
To hear mass read, nor would he ever Ma. 

BathtgeWe Bradtv-Martgntogia, 1657, p. 200. 

(3) A carcase. Cumb. 

{A) A pool, a cascade, or precipice. " Linnesand 
huge pooles," Harrison, p. 88. A lake, ibid, 
p. 130. Still in nse in the North. 

(5) Lain, or laid. Sir Tristram. 
LINAGE. Lineage ; frunily. (J..N.) 
LINC£LS« Tares in com. 
LINCSUS. Linx-seeing. 

But yet, in the end, their saeiet drlftm are laide 



opfln,aad Mne8iweysi»that ice thiongh stone walls, 
have made » passage Into the dose coverture of 
their hypocrisie. SaehU Pierce PennHeese, 1A9I. 

LINCH. (1) To beat, or chastise. North. Urry's 
MS. additions to Ray. 

(2) A balk of land. Kent, Any bank or boun- 
dary for the division of kxid. Also called 
Umeher and knchet. 

(di) A haunch of mutton. North. 

liS A hamlet. Gloue. 

(5) A small step ; a narrow steep bank, or foot- 
path. West. 

(6) A ledge ; a rectangular projection. 

(7) A small inland clilT, generally one that is 
wooded. South. 

(8) To prance about Uyely. HoUyband mentions 
a Unching horse as the translation of cheffol 
eoqueUneuXf Dictionarie, 1593. 

LINCHPIN. A stag's penis. Sakp. 
LINCOLNSHIRE. A primitive custom in 
Lincolnshire of washing with the excrement 
of the pig, and bomlng dried cow-dung, is 
memorialized in a proverb occasionally quoted : 
What a wonderftil county is Lincolnshire, 
Where pigs [erait] soap and cows [? old] Are. 
The words between brackets have been changed 
from the original causa pudaris^ but put it 
how you will, the couplet is not very elegant. 
It is quoted at fuU by Aubrey, MS. Nat. Hist. 
Wilts, p. 292. 
LINDABRIDES. A mistress. An old term, 
derived fit>m a character in an early Spanish 
romance. See Nares. 
LINDE. The lime>tree. {A.'S.) Sometimes 
used perhaps for a tree in generaL 
As he rood undlr a /jnufe. 
Beside a roche, as I the telle. 

Gowet, MS, See. Anitq. 134, f. AS. 
Than were y gladd and lyjt aa tgnde. 
Of parte michi DomiiM. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. il.S8, f. 91. 
A hert he found ther he ley 
Welle feyre under the fynd. 

MS. Aehmote 61, f. 1. 
There come a knyght them fulle nere, 
That hyght sir Barnard Messengere, 

Huntyng sfturan hynde,- 
And founde that lady lovely of chere, 
And hur sone slepyng in fere, 
Lyeng undur a lifnde, 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 36, f. 74. 
LINE. (1) To beat Far. dial 

(2) To lean ; to incline. Somertet. 

(3) " To line a bitch or cover a mare," Florio, 
ed. 1611, p. 25. Lymmffi TopseU's Beasts, 
1607, p. 139. StiU in use. 

(4) JJne of Itfe, one of the lines in the hand, a 
term in palmistry. 

(5) A place for laying down. Ka»t. 
LINED. Intoxicated. North. 
LINENER. A linen-draper. See Nares. 
LINERS. Bundles. Devtnu 

LINES. Jtfarrid^ liner, a certificate of marriage. 

Yorkth. 
LINET. Tinder. Wiltf. 
LINE-WAY. A straight direct path. 
LINO. Heath; furze. North. ''Ling or 



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LIR 



heatliforlvraftlKt,'' fknio,p. 69. J Ang m Btfu , 
burnt ling. West, and Cvmb. Dial 
Th«r the! beryed hem both 
In Douther moaw nor Irn^. 

MS. Qmmb. it. r.48» ti», 
UN6B. (1) To wi}rk hard. Yotkik. 
(2) To Ion out the tongue^ Oxem, 
LINGEL. A shoemaker's tfanad. ** CoHffea, 
lyngei," MS. Laasd. 560» f. 45. ** LyngeU 
that souters sowe with, ek^rot^" PldsgnTO. 
** Lynger to sowe with, pmtMir" fbUL 

ThecoUar of Cauntsrburle, anad* frith kit aul, 
hU ttfif^ and hit laat. pimmti hfaimifeaJudiglaU 
coMDr of other meot wrltlagei. 

Th» Cobltr tfOamnimrhyrU, M90. 

UNGBR. To long for anything. Keut. 
LINGET. A finnet SomeneL 
LINGY. (1) Active; strong; tall. North. 
(2) Idle and loitering. Kent, 

S) The same as Umbers q. v. 
NHAY. An open shed attached to a &nn- 
yard. Wett, When attached to a bam or 
house, it is called a hanging4inhay. 

LINIATION. Mensuration. {Lai.) 

rjNIBL. ThesameasiUnfeI»q.v. 

LINING. (1) The loins. Smmtrmt. 

(2) A person who saoeeeded wilh a woman was 
said to get wHhin the lining of her smock. 

Bat as one of the tfareSchapoiflD «m Imploied in 
hia trafflke abroad, to the prattia poplet hia wife 
hmaatobeafteihaccuplencgiglotachome, andbf 
iqwrt fell ao fitf re acquainted with a religloui cloia> 
terer of the towne» as that he gat within the Uniitg 
at hir smocke. Sianikwti's Jrdani, p. 86. 

LINK. U) A sausage. Ea»t. HoIIyband. 1593, 
explains /tries, " a kinds of meate made of 
hogges guts kept in brine ;^ and Holme, 
1688^ calls them, ** a kind of pudding, the 
skin being tilled with pork flesh, and seasoned 
with diverse spices, minced, and tied up at 
distances." Howell has, " a link, sausage, or 
chitterling." Lex. Tet 1660. 
2^ To bum, or give light {J.-S.) 
zS To walk quickly. North. 

(4) See Idnch and Utiff. 

LINKERING. Idle. Sakp. 

LINK-PINS. linch-pins are called Imk-phu 
and Un^phu in the provinces. Ljfnpjfu occurs 
in the Finchale Charters. 

LINKS. Sand-hills. North. 

UNMAN. Aflaz-seUcr. Wegt. 

LINNEN. London. Devmt. 

LINNIT. Unt ; tinder. Dortot. 

LINN.TRBB. Alimo-tne. Dtrb. 

LINNY. The same as Umhay, q. v. 

LINOLF. Shoemaker's UngcO. Pr. Pan. 

LINSB. To beat severely. Dewm. 

UNSET. The name of the stool on which 
women sat while spinning. 

LIN-SHOKDS. To throw linahords, L e. Lent- 
shords, a custom practised afc Ilfracombe, 
winch consiflfts in throwing broken shords into 
the vrindows of the houses on one of tiie days 
of Lent. 

LINSTOCK. A stick with a match or Bat ai 
fte end used by gunners. 



\ 



LINT« Ahiitar. Vm^.Mtl 

LINTEL. When a door or window ia a^wne- 

headed, the npper pieoe ia called a linteL It 

is sometimes tanned a tpUam in early 

writers. 
LINTELS. The same as Uaa^ i|. ▼« Ikres 

are caUed tmU in Lineohuhiie. 
LINTEREL. The same as Lmtd^ q. ▼• 
LINT.WHITB. Alaik. Af^ott. 
LINTY. Idle; lazy ;^. Vmr.^iaL 
LION. The main beam of a oeiling. Wat. 

Perhaps from He on. 
UOUR. m A mixture. MS. Med. Bee 
(2) The binding or fringe of doth. *< Sett on 

lyourt" Boke <tf CurtasyOp p. 19. 
LIP. The same as Z^ps, q. v. 
LIPARY. Wet; rainy. Smmeraat. 
LIP.CUP. Akias. Aeairtterm. I^ to kiss, 

LiUy,ed.l632,sig.Dd.iL 
UPE. A fragment ; a slip, or portion. Cmmi. 

"Of every disshe a l^et out to take/' Lyd- 

gate^s Minor Poems, p» 52. 
LIPIN. To forewarn. South. 
LIPKBN. Ahouo. SeeZiMen. 
UPPBD. (1) Laid down. Acanttsrm. 
(2) Riee; loose gravelled. fFeet. Most probably 

from LgfOf q. ▼. 
LIPPBN. (1) The same as I^pery, q. ▼. JJpp^ 

is also used in the same sense. L^piag-imtey 

awetseaaoik Gkmc. 
(2) To expect; to rely; to trust to» or piaee con- 

fldencein. North. 
LIPPEK. The spray from smaBvravea, either in 

fresh or salt water. North. 
UPPING.CLOUT. Apieeeofstedwddedto 

the front of a horse's shoe. WoKt, 
LIPPIT. Wanton. {Pr.) 
UPSBY. To lisp. Somereet. 
LIP-SHORD. A chip. Devon. 
LIP.WINGLB. A lapwing. Bede, 
LIP-WISE. Garroloos. Lef Wight. 
LIQUIDNESS. Moisture. Pakgraoe. 
LIQUOR. TV) oil, or anoint Olotuf. 
LIQUORY-STICK. The plant rest-harrow. 
LIRE. (I) flesh ; meat. (A.-S.) Swynea Ore, 

Ord. and Reg. p. 442. Lyery, abonnding 

with lean flesh. North. 

(2) Fsoe ; countensnce. {J.'S.) 

Hir eolottre fulle white it ei. 
That lufly ia <rre. 

MS. Uneotn A. i. 17, f. U8. 
So hytteily iche wepyd wlthall. 
By hyre ir— the terys goo fall. 

, MS. Jshtmale 61, f.67. 

(3) To plait a shirt liac. Perhsps connected 
with the old word lirt, fringe or binding of 
cloth. 

LIRlCUMFANCY. The Biay lily. 

URIPOOPS. An appendage to the ancient 
hood, consisting of long t^ or tippeta, pass- 
ing round the neck, and hanging down belbre 
reaching to the tet and oftoi jagged. The 
temi is often joculariy used by writers o€ the 
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. ''A 
Urripoop oet lenripoop, a silly empty creature, 



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LIT 



MioUdotai4,''liiBfli,lfS.Dviraaioil. A 
print was fiamaly jocularly termed a kny- 
ewm jn ep. It seems to meaa a trick er stra* 
tagea, in the London Prodigal, p. 111. 
''And whereas thou takest the matter so 
ivre in snai^ Iw31 teach theethji^rT^N^w 
alter another fitdiion than to be thus mal^ 
pertlie eocking and billing wiUi me, that am 
thy goremonr,'' Stanihorst, p. 35. 



IM^stftthmr BtmMs, ISM. 

URK. To crtase ; to rample. Nortk, Perhaps 
to jerk in the ftftDowing passage. Lhi, to 
toss. West, ted Camb. Dial. p. 868. 
I Ifrk9 hyn* Qp fPlth my hood. 
And pray hysM that he woUt ttsad. 

MS, hrftSM^iMlS. 

LIRP.(1)T6 snap the ingen. "Attrpordack 
with onea flagcrs ends, as baiben doe gtve,** 
noiio, p. 199. 
(2) To wa& kmely. Somenet 
URRT. A blow cm the ear. Also, to reprote, 

to u pbraid. KeiU. 
US. (1) To lose. Arah. xiiL 803. 
(2) RMgnenets. Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033* 
LISBR. The list or fringe of cloth. 
LISH. Active; strong. North. 
LISHET. Ffenbie; limber. KetU. 
USK. The8aaMMXeBft,q.T. 
LISSB. (1) To esse» or reUere. (^.-&) See 
Hardyng, £ 901 Writ's Lyric Poetry, p. 67. 
Hov that thoy myjte wynne » tpeoha, 
HItt woAUla parne for to Aaai. 

GoMMT, MS. SocAhHq, 134, L 98. 
Thaiay|t yow 4v«m owt of thft peyo«. 

MS, Cantab. Ft, ii. 38, f. 40. 
I haTeheTdaofanerlwto(yM thatpeyne, 
Meneieyth U bereth a doubylle floura. 

MS. Oxniab, Ft. 1. 6, f. 46. 
l4t$ tut BOW in my longoiuc. 
And gyf ma lytena to lyra in eaie. 

MS, Caniab, tt L 6. 

(2) Joy ; happ i ness ; bliss. {J.-S,) 

LISSEN. A deft in a rock. Ghue, The word 

is nsed by Sir Matthew Hale, but spelt by him 

iume. It is not in common use. 

LISSOM. ExcessiTely Ihnber or pliable i light, 

nimble, or active. Var, dial 

LISSUM. A narrow slip of anything. Somenet, 

LIST. (1) A list house or room, when sounds 

sre heard easfly from one room to another. 

Kent, 

(2) Cunning; artifice, ((^erm,) <<Tech him 

aUe the listes," Kyng Horn, 239. 
(3)" i>ifio/<ferorMfl^thelugorlte^of th'eare," 
Cotgrsve, in v. MoL 

(4) A boundary Une. See Twdflh Night, iii 1. 
TopseU, Historic of Serpents, 1608, p. 87, 
mentions worms ** having a Uack list or line 
nmning along their baclo." 

(5) The dose dense stresk which sometimes ap- 
pears in heavy bread. Weti, 

(6) The flank. North. ^ A Urt of poik, a bony 
piece cut fkom tiie gmmon,'' Kennett, MS. 

(7) The sdvage of wooOen cloth. It is also 
esUed listen. ~ f^trtgt, a lystynge," Nominale 



MS* This is a viriatioa of our terth meaning. 
Anything edged or bordered wis ibrmerly 
said to be liv/ML <« A targe Itt/flir with gold'' 
is mentioned in Gy of Warwike, p. 312. 
USTE. To please. (^..&) Abo a substantive, 
pleasure, indination. Hence memt'iht, ap» 
petite. J)€V(m, 
3e that tttU haa to lyth, or luflka for to hsra. 

Mertt jirthwt, MS, JJmnim^ LSS, 

LISTEN. To attend to. Shak, 

LISTLY. Quick of hearing. East, Also, 

easily, distinctly. 
LISTOW. liest thou. Wsber. 
LISTRB. A perM>n who read some part of the 

church serricc. (^.-&) 
LISTRIN6. Thickening. North. 
USTY. Strong; powerfuL North, <*Listy 

mene and able,*' liucoln MS. f. 3. 
LIT. To cotour, or dye. North, " Hell lie 

all manner of colours but blue, and that is 

gone to the Utting," Upton's MS. additions 

to Junius. 

Wa use oa elathca that ara JUtedt of dyrcna eo> 

iourea ; oura wiAs na are nojte gayly arayed (tor to 

plcaa us. M8. Uneoln A . 1. I7f f. 3S. 

LITANY-STOOL. A small low desk at which 

the Litany was sung or said. 
LITARGE. White lead. {J.-N.) 
LITE, m Few; little. North, "Litlumaad 

litlum,*' by little and little, Piers Ploughman, 

p. 329, an Anglo-Saxon phrase. 
25 To depend upon, or rdy. £tnc. 

3) Strife. Towneley Mysteries, p. 71. 

4) To hinder, tarry, or delay. {a.S.) 
LITEN. A garden. North, 
UTERATURE. Learning. (Lot.) 

Wonhypfunmayttert, ya ahall nnderatand 
Is to yott that hara do lUteraiure. 

l%s Panhntr and Aa IVwv, tSSS, 
LITH. (1) A body. (^.-5.) 

(2) Possessions ; property. " Lond ne KM," a 
common phrase in earty poetry. See Latigtoft, 
p. 194; Sir Tristrem, p. 220; W. Mapes, pi 
341 ; Havddk, p. 239. 

(3) Alighted. Sevyn Sages, 571. 
LTTHB. (1) To ten; to rdate. 

LyfllCDy th bow to ny talkyaga 
Of wtaoaaa y wylla yow tifthe, 

Ms. Oanfaft. FCtL M, f.SL 

(2) A limb, or johit. {A,^S.) 

Pandys bokia, with crofcyi kvae^ 
Rante hys body fto Wth to l^the, 

MS. Cantab. Ff. U. m, f. 401 
Hur aona that than dwallyd hur wyth. 
Ha waa mekyUe of boon and Igth, 

MS, Cantab. Ffl U. », f . 74. 
Was naver arowe thatgrevad bym, 
Na that hym towched lythe nor lyoie. 

MS. Uneoln A. 1. 17, f. 10. 

(3) Tender; mild; gentle; agreeable; glad. 
Also, gladly, tendeny. ** Lithe, cafan, qmet,'' 
Kennet. It is used in dilferent shades of 
meaning, implying tqftness, A&eviation, com- 
fort, Havelok, 1338. 

Scha toka op bur ione to h«r. 
And hipped hyt Ailla l^tha. 

MS. Ctmtab. Ff. 11. 38, f. 74. 



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LOA 



(4) SQpple ; pliant Voir, diaL <* Lythe, delyver, 
wupk** Palsgrave. Also, to lofteii, to render 
lithe or supple. 

(5) To thicken. Kennett, MS. Broth is said to 
be Uihened when mixed with oatmeal. 

(6) Obsequious ; humble. NortJL 
LITHER. (1) Wicked. (A.-S.) Still used in 

the North, meaning idle, lazy. 
How they whanne wyth were wyrchippig many, 
Sloughe Lucyus the lifthpre, that lorde was of Rome. 
MorU Arthurtt MS. Uneoln, f. 63. 

(2) Supple ; limber ; pliant. South. It is not 
an uncommon archaism. 

LITHfiRNESS. Idleness. North. 

IdleneaM, mocte delectable to the fleihe, which 
deUtech above meat ure in doth, lUhemetM, ceating 
Arom occupation. Northbrook^t Treatise, 1577. 

LITHESOME. Gay; cheerful. Yorkgh. 
LITHEWALE. The herb gromweU. 
LITHE-WURT. The ptant forget-me-not. The 

term is still sometimes used. 
LITHLICHE. Easily. {J..S.) 
LIT-HOUSE. A dyeing house. North. 
LITHY. (1) Pliant ; supple. South. 
(2) Heavy, warm, applied to the weather. 
LITIGIOUS. Injurious. Var. dial 
LITLING. Very little. Chaucer. 
LITLUS. The same as LittU-house, q. v. 
LITSTER. A dyer. It is translated by /tnc/or 

in the Nominale MS. lAfttesten, York Re- 

cords, p. 235. 

Tak the greia of the wyne that mene (yndU in the 

tounnes, that ttttter* and goldsmythea uses. 

MS. Unc. Jfetf. f.313. 

LITT. A sheep-cot. Somerset. 

LITTEN. A church-yard. South. Ray has 
liteUf a garden, q. y. 

LITTER. (1) Nonsense. Somerset. 

(2) To Utter up, or doum, to put bedding under 
the horses. IFett. 

LITTERMAN. A groom. Wano. 

LITTLE-A-DOW. Worthless. Northumb. 

LITTLE-EASE. The piUory, stocks, or bilboes. 
Also, a small apartment in a prison where the 
inmate could have very little ease. ** A streite 
place in a prisone called littell ease," Elyot, 
1559, in V. Area. The little ease at Guildhall, 
where unruly apprentices were confined, is 
firequently mentioned by our early writers. 

LITTLE-FLINT-COAL. A thin measure of coal, 
the nearest to the surface. IFest. 

LITTLE-HOUSE. A privy. Var. dial 

LITTLE-MASTER. A schoobnaster. Sober. 

LITTLE-SILVER. A low price. £ast. 

LITTLEST. Least. Common in the provinces, 

and sanctioned by Shakespeare. 
-LITTLE-WALE. The herb gromweU. 

LITTOCKS. Rags and tatters. Berks. 

LITTY. Light J active ; nimble. West. 

LIVAND. Living. Chaucer. 

LIVE. (1) Life. Ia.-S.) On live, alive. Lives 
creatures, living creatures, lives body, &c 
So Cayre jit never was figure, 
Ry3t as a /yvi* creature. 

Gowsr, MS, Soe. Antig. 134, fol. 105. 



(2) TblfMimifar, tobeteauitlo. TVIweigr. 
riffhi, to retire firom business. 

(3) Fresh, as honey, &c. Somerset. 
LIVELIHOOD. LiveUness ; activity. Shah. 
LIVELODE. Income ; livelihood. Also, a pen- 
sion, largess, or dole to soldiers. 

LIVELY. Rresh ; gay ; neat North, It Ib so 
used in Davies' Rites, 1672, p. 8. Sometimes, 
living. 

LIVER. (1) To deUvcr. North. 

And to his man he Hverd hym hole and ftere. 

MS. LamtdowM flue, f. & 

(2) Quick ; active ; lively. Pakgrave. 

LIVERANCE. A delivery. North. 

LIVERED. Heavy, or underbaked. South. 

LIVEREDE. Red. Rob. Glouc p. 39. 

LIVERING. A kind of pudding made of liver, 
and rolled up in the form of a sausage. ''"Two 
blodynges, I trow, a leoeryng betwene," 
Towneley Myst. p. 89. N. Fairfax, Bulk and 
Selvedge 1674, p. 159, mentions liverings. 

LIVERSAD. Caked and matted together, ap- 
plied to ground. North. 

LIVERSICK. AhangnaiL South. 

LIVERY. (1) A badge of any kind; the uniform 
given by a baron or knight to his retainers in 
battle. Hence the different regiments or 
parts of an army were termed liveries. " In 
iche lever^," Morte Arthure, MS, Lincohi, 
f. 85. The term is used in a variety of senses, 
and may be generally explained as any grant 
or allowance at particular seasons. " Cor- 
rodium, leveraye," Nominale MS. "One 
that bestowes a livery, or cast of his wit, 
upon every one he sees," Cotgrave, in v. 
Donne'Lardon. 

like nyghte to fyvsri 
Bathe come and haye. 

MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 134. 

(2) Delivery. A common law term. Livery of 
seism is the delivery of property into pos- 
session. To sue one*s livery, to issue the 
writ which lay for the heir to obtain the seisin 
of his lands from the King. 

(3) Sticky ; adhesive. South. 
LIVERY-CUPBOARD. An open cupboard with 

shelves, in which the liveries intended for 
distribution were placed, 
LIVING. A farm. Leic. 
LIVING-DEAR-ENE. An excL of distress, 
LIVISH. Lively. 

If there were true and liviMh faith, then would 
it work love In their hearts. 

lisron*« Works, 1843. P. »?. 

LIXOM. Amiable. Herrf. 

LIZENED. Shrunk, as com. Sussex. 

LIZZAH. Anything easily bent. V^est. 

LIZZY. Elizabeth. Var. dial 

LI3T. Little. SceZ^V*. 

Felaw, he seid, herkyu a it^t. 
And on myne emmd go thou tirte. ' 

MS. Canmb, Ft. v. 48, f. ». 

LO. A large pond. Yorksh. 

LOACH. A term of contempt for a fooL It 
occurs in Peele's Jests, p. 26. 

LOADED. Bloated. Deoom, 



LOB 



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LOO 



LOADS. The dttches for dnimng away the 
water from the fens. Loadstone, a leading- 
ktone for diains. 

It WW bf • law of lewtn deciwd that a new 
dnyn or lode •hoald be made and maintained from 
the end of Cbannoelon lode unto Tylnay Smethe. 

DugdtMt ImbtaUcing, p. I7S. 

LOADY. Heavy. Loady-nut, a doable nut. 
LOAK. A smaU quantity. North, 
LOAL. To mew like a cat. Yorktk. 
LOABIT. Damp. Si^olk. Loamie, Topsell's 

Beasts, p. 495, coloured like loam ? 
LOAN. A lane, or passage. North. 
LOANING. (1) A lane. (2) A place near avil- 

lage for milking cows. North, 
LOAST. Awheel-mt. Sustex. 
LOB. (1) To throw gently. Sussex, 

(2) A veiy large Imnp. Line. 

(3) To lack. BttstAnfflui. 

(4) To hang down ; to droop. Still in use in 
Somerset, according to Jennings, p. 53. To 
hb akmg^ to walk lonngingly. 

(5) A down ; a clonfty fellow. " A blunt conn- 
trie lob," Stanihnrst, p. 17. In Somer- 
setshire, the last person in a race is called 
the lob. 

(6) That part of a tree where it first divides into 
branches. Betb. 

(7 j To cast or throw. Dwrhtm. 
(8) A very large taw. Hmts. 
L0BBATIN6. Large ; unwieldy. West. 
LOBBING. Tumult ; uproar. 

What a IMAng makett thou. 

With a twenty DevOl t 

Jbrk^ »/ WUt m$»d WUioms, 1579. 

LOBBS. Irregular veins of ore. Also, stairs 

under-ground for the miners. 
LOBCOCK. A lubber. A very common term of 
contempt. ** Baligaut, an unweldie lubber, 
great lobcocke," Cotgrave. See Jacke of 
Dover, p. 49; Hawkin8,iii. 32 ; Roister Doister, 
p. 39 ; Cotgrave, in v. IHsme. 
Much better were the Mcoolk lott then wonne, 
UbIcmo he knew how to behave hlmeelfe. 

Tha Mano'Trap, IflOS. 

LOB KIN. A house, or lodging. Chrose. 

LOBLOUiT. Thick spoon meat of any kind. It 
is thus mentioned by Markham : — " If you rost 
a goose and stop her belly with whole greets 
beaten together with egges, and after mizt 
with the gravy, there cannot be a more better 
or pleasanter sawce ; nay if a man be at sea in 
any long tnvel he cannot eat a more pleasant 
or wholesome meat than these whole grits 
boyled in water tin they burst, and then mixt 
with hutter and so eaten with spoons, which 
though seamen call simply by the name of 
hbb^, yet there is not any meat, however 
significant the name be, that is more tooth- 
some or wholesome." 

LOB'S-COURSB. A dish composed of small 

lumps of meat mixed up with potatoes and 

onionB, seasoned, and made into a kind of 

solid stew. It is mentioned in Peregrine 

j Pickle, and is still common* 

JiOB'S-POUND. An old jocular term for $. 



' prvon, or any place of confinement. The term 
is still in use, and is often applied to the 
juvenile prison made for a child between the 
foet of a grown-up person. 

LOBSTER. The stoat. East. 

LOBSTERS. Young soles. Sufolk, 

LOBSTROUS-LOUSE. Awood-louse. Norik. 

LOBURYONE. A snaU. Pr.Parv. 

LOBY. A lubber, or looby, q. v. 

LOCAL. A local preacher is a dissenting cler- 
gyman who preaches at different places. 

LOCAND. Looking. Lydgatf. 

LOCH. (1) A lake. North. 

(2) The rut of a cart-wheeL Sussex. 

SSS A cavity in a vein. Derb. 
4) A place to lay stone in. It is spelt looeh in 

Archaeologia, x. 72. 
LOCK. (1) A lock of hay or wool is a small 
quantity of it hanging together, a bundle of 
hay, a fleece of wooL It occurs in Palsgrave, 
and it is still in use. 

(2) To move the fore-wheels of a waggon to and 
fro. Devon. A waggon is said to lock when 
it is drawn out of its rectilinear motion, so 
that the fore-wheels make an angle with the 
hinder ones. 

(3) To be at loei, to be in a difficulty. Loci 
was any dose place of confinement. 

i4) A puddle of water. Heref. 
5) To grapple. A term in fencing or wrestling, 
used by Gosson, 1579. 

LOCKBANDS. Binding-stones in masonry. 

LOCKCHEST. A millepe or wood-louse. I 
have heard this term in Oxfordshire, and it 
may probably be used in other counties. 
''Lokdore, wyrme, or locchester, multtpest" 
Pr. Parv. p. 311. [Since writing the alxive, 
I have made more particular inquiries, and as 
I find the word is not in common use, I take 
the opportunity of substantiating the correct, 
ness of my explanation by stating that I am 
informed l^ the Rev. Henry Walker of Bletch- 
ington, CO. Oxon, that a ga^ener in bis employ 
used to call the wood-loi^ loekchester, which 
is precisely the tenn found in the Prompto* 
rium.] 

LOCKED. (1) Fsced, as cards are. North, 

(2) Caught ; fixed ; appointed. 

LOCKER. (1) A small cupboard or closet ; an 
inner cupboard within a larger one. A drawer 
under a table or cupboard is still so termed. 

(2) Pieces of wood which support the roof of a 
pit. Salt^. 

(3) To entangle ; to mat together. North. 
LOCKERS. Wooden cells for pigeons fixed, tA 

the outer walls of houses. Oxon, HUung 

LOCKET. The same as Chtgfe. (2) 

LOCK-FURROW. A forruw ploughed across 
the balks to let off the water. South. 

LOCKING. The hip-joint. Somerset. 

LOCKRAM. A kind of cheap linen, worn chiefly 
by the lower classes. There was a flner sort, 
of which shirt-bands, &c. were made. 

A wrought wastcoate on her hacke, and a lodcram 
■mocke worth three pence, as well rent behfaid as 
before^ I wamat you. Maroeeut EataHeme, lB9b» 



LOF 



526 



LOI 



tOCKRUM. GAberidi; aoiMBie. Bidi. 
LOCKS.ANI>.KBYS. Ath-keyt. Wtti. 
LOCKS.AND.UGB. A Und of dotb. 
LOCK-SPIT. A small cat wMi a tpade to iliow 

the direction in which a piece of land ia to be 

diyided by a new fence* 
LOCUSTS. Cockchafers ; beetles. NoHk. 
LOD. Load; cargo. (J.-S.) 
LODAH. An old game at cards, mentioned in 

Taylor's Motto, 12mo. Lond. 162}, sig. D. It ; 

Hawkins, iii. 203 ; Arch. TiiL 149. One way 

of playing the game was called losing-lodam. 

" Cogiumbert qui gaignepert, a game at cards 

like onr looong lodamr" Cotgraye. 
LODDSN. 

But had I thought he*d bcoi to lodtfrn 

Of hit hak'd, fry*d, boiPd, roMt and toddcn. 

daton** Workg, 17S4, p. IM. 

LODB. (1) A leaning- walL Glwe. 

it) A regidar vein of metal ore. 
3) A ford. Dean Milles' MS. 
(4) Guidance; bebavioor? Chtwtiifne. 
LODEMANAGB. POotage. See Lydgate's 
Minor Poema, p. 152; Hartahome, p. 131. 
Courts of Lodemanage are held at Dover for 
the appointment of the Cinqne Port pQota. 
Mariiieit that bene dberate and laga. 
And aspartalMna of hera leitwmnage. 

LODBMEN. C«tert; etniers. NorainaleMS. 
LODB-PLOT. A flat lode. SeeZ4Mfe(2). 
LODBRS. Hie same aa Lode-nun, q. t. 
LODB-SHIP. A kind of flahing-yessel, men* 

tioned in an eaily atatvte. See Bloont. 
L0DB8MBN. PiioU; gnides. (^.-A) 
LODBSTAB. The pole-atar. Siak. It is a 

▼ery eonnnon aromsm. 
L0DB.WORK8. Metad wtnka in high pUbces 

where shafts are sank very deeply. Coniv. 
LODBWORT. Tbe plant waicr«aie«foot 
LODGB. (1) A meeting or eowrention of the 

society of freemasons. 
f2) To entrap an animaL £«iie. 

, A bnntingtenB^ See Hvnimg, aeot. 8. 

^DGBD. Said mgOM or com beaten down 

by wind or rain. Wegi. 
LODLT. Loathly. See Tondale, p» 24. 
He ihal him ttuvalla day and al^. 
And M^ hia body dijt 

Cwrm^ MmM, MA CMI. 3V*i. Omtmh, f, 48. 
LODOLLY. A diminutive girl West 
LOEGRIA. Sni^d. This name ia sometimes 

found in old works, and is taken from GeoArey 

of Monmouth. 
~^NGE. Pnising? 

f>^*-^ To hawa and bienna in thy aarvka, 
To l9eng9 of thy lacriflia. 

Oower, MS. Soe, Antiq, 134, £. lUL 

LOBRT. (1) Lord ; sir, but this title vras applied 

to both sexes. Derb. 
(2) To travel quickly. I>«t^on. 
LOFF. (1) Low. J^«r, lower. For. dial 

2) To offer. West, and Cumb. Dial. p. 368. 

3) To langh. It occurs in the tale of Mother 
Hubbard, and is a genuine old fonou 

LOFT. (1) On V*/* on high, a4oft* (X^.) 



I 



(2) An i^per dumber. AMA. ** The tidfd 

loft," Ada, zx. 9. 
^3) Lofty. Smrey, quoted by Ifaict* 
f 4) The floop of a room. S^twei^» 
LOFTT. Massive ; snpenor. IfefOm 
LOG. (1) To oadllate. Corma. 
(2) A perch in measure. Wiiie. 
LOG-BURN. An open drain running from a 

sink or jakes. Wieet. 
LOGS. (1) A lodge, or residenee. {jt'N.) 
He hat with bym jong men thie. 
The! he ardien of this oontr^ 
The kyng to lerve at wille. 
To hope thedai* both* day and nyjt ; 
And ft»r thaira hif a laffw la dijt 
FuUe hye npon an hiUe. 

MS, C^MtakFt ▼.4a, f.4t. 

(2) Laughed. Wiigfaf s Seven Sages, p. 107. 

LOGGATS. An old game forbidden by atntnte 
in Henry VIII.'s time. U is thus played, 
according to Steevens. A atake ia fixed in 
the ground : those who play throw loggaU at 
it, and he that ia nearest the stake wins. 
LoggaU or kggete are also small pieces or 
loga of vrood, such aa the oonnt^ pe<^le 
throw at firut that cannot otherwiae be 
reached. ^LoggeUSt little loga or wooden 
pins, a play the same vrith nine*pina, in which 
boys, however, often made use of bones instead 
of wooden pins," Dean MiUes' MS. 

LOGGBN. To lodge, or reside. (^.-M) 

LOGGER. (1) The same as Hobble (2). 

(2) The irregular motion of a wheel round its 
axle. Sti^oUc, 

LOGGBRHBAD. (1) The large tiger moth. 

(2) A blockhead. See Florio, p. 69. To gato 

loggerkoode, to fight or squabble. 
LOOGIN. A bundle, (»■ lock. Nortk, 
LOGGING. A lodging. Chaueer. 
LOGGY. Thickset, as cattle. Wett 
LOGH. A hOLe. See Anturs of Arther, p. 2 ; 

Holinshed, Conq. Ireland, p. 23. 
LOGHB. Langhed. SeeZ^wAa. 
Than air Dagrevaunt loghe 
Ther he atoda undir the boglit. 

MS. Unmln A* i. 17. f. 133. 
Then loogh oure kyng and npyled stUle. 
Thou onswerlf me not at my wffle. 

MS. OkmC«6. Ff . t. 48, f . 4?. 
TherMrtt alle Hie kyngca logfie. 
There waa joye aad gamane y-noghe 
AmoBgas thane in tho haoHol 
The kynge of Fraunoe with halt fUl fayne, 
SaM, Clemeot. brynge the n>aatllaaga|rDe» 
For 1 aaUa iiayefor alle. 

Oetmdan, LUntnln MS, 

LOGHER. Lower. Hob. Ghue. 

LOGHT. Taken away ? 

The fierth case ea gode or oght. 
That he fW> holy kyric has loght. 

Hampcie, MS. Bawn, p. 7* 

LOINBD. Covered. See Harrison, p. 232. 

This appears to be another form of Ime. 
LOITERS ACKB. A lazy loitering Itilow. 

If the UMenmdk^ be gone springing Into o tn^eme, 
lie ftCch Mm rrnMnf out. 

£!%*• JfMktr BmeMo, UM. 



LOH 



527 



LON 



IX>KS. (I)Tiiiee; tolook apoft; togwd^or 
take care ot (J.-SJ) 

(2) A private road or path. &i<. 

(3) Locked ; ahiit up. W^ier. 

(4) The wieket ot batdi of a dooc. 
LOKSDBS. Omamentiforthekead? 

And dMUi Um anedeTeUe tok wonatt, aad pjkk* 
aad uzre. and nude UkUm, mA aett thuM ip f oae 
hirlMdc jr& ilrfnealft A. L 17. t flf& 

LOKER. A carpenter's plane, /iw. 

L0KIN6IS. JUooka. 

Fortk with hi« pkoui MtifngU, 
He wolde make a womman wene 
To ffsa upon the fkyre grene. 

Gawr, M8. ibe^ Jtttlq, IM, t. 4S. 

L0KKSD8N. LodLed. 
They vaaae with nwche woo the waOet wUhfaine, 
Hcnelepea toaaaaeaDd MrJkwian the jalea. 

MS, Om, Cto%. A. U. t, llA. 

LOLU (1) To fondle ; to dandleu iVbrCII. 
Helia'd her tai hie anaay 
He kiU*d hv en hto braaaL 

Vorih OmtUnf BeWerf. 

(2) A pet; a tpoQt diild. Oxom, 

(3) To box one's ears. 

U>LLA]IDS. Heretics. The followers of 
Wickliffe were termed Lollards or LoUers, bat 
the term was in use long before titie time of 
that distingiushed reformer. Itwascommonlj 
nscd as one of reproachfor religious hypocdtea. 
A loller is thus described by Anddayr— 

Xcf thoamea toflcr hkdedk thai wyl hym deeae. 
3if he withdraue his dcutds fton hoM chercheaway. 

Aad wyl not worchip the cros, on hym take good eme» 
And here Ms matyns and his masse upon the haleday, 

And bcAi ii a not hi the sacrancBt, that hit is God 



of 



And wyl not achiffa Mm too prast 
ho dye. 
And aettis aoft he the saerameotis sothly tony* 
Take him fbee a loiter y tel 50U treuly. 
And fiilse In his ^y ; 
Deme hym after his saw, 
Bot he wyl hym wichdrawe. 

Never fore hym pray. 

LOLLIGOES. Idle fellows. BfiUes' MS. 
LOLLf KEK. Tlie tongoe. Somerset, 
LOLLIPOP. A coarse sweetmeat made 

treacle, butter, aoid iloiir. Vttr. diaL 
LOLLOCK. Almnp, or laigepiece. Nerth, 
LOLLOP. To lomige,orloH about idly. Hence 

loUepsj a slattern. Vm-.died. 
LOLL-POOP. (1) A lazy idle fellow. (2) « coax- 

Ing wheedling chUd. Si^oik. Cidled klOy- 

pot ki Somerset. 
LOLLT-BANQBR. Verf thkk gingerbread, 

enriched by nisfnB. Someraet, 
LOLLTXOCK. A tnkey-coek. Dmwi. 
LOLLT«SWE£T. Losciomly sweet. Baoi. 
LOLOKB. To look. PoM&ly an enor of t%e 

scribe in MS. Sloane 2U for fele. 
LOMBABD. A banker. Tfae Italian banlkers 

who settted in this oountry in the middle-ages < 

gttfe the aaase to Lombard-street See a 

corieoa BOtioe oflfonfaarda in Areh. ziSx. 286^ 
LQMBARDuFBVBR. A it of idkness. 
LOIiBBEN. L— bs Beliq. AtttSq. i 1M4. 



Oetafkui, 1944; BitMn's Aadnrt Soi^L 7$. 
A coBsmon phnsa hi old Bag^iak. 
Aad wltk hiaaMwthehe oost hitoltaadlsMM. 

CkroH, FIMmii. p* 98. 

A waaTer's loom. Pohgrme . 
An instrument, or weapon; a hoaaefaoU 
ntmsiL It seems to be some kind of yessel 
in Holinshed, Hist Bngiand, i. 194 } Reliq. 
Antiq. L 54. ^ £oem, any utensil, as a tub,** 
Grose. Still in use. 
I ee never a wars lome 
Stoodynge oponemone. MS. PotWmgUm 10. 

LOMBRB. More frequently. {A^ 

LOMB Y. A spoilt ehild. Dewm, 

LOMMAKIN. (1) LoTC-making. Herrf. 

(2) Very large ; clumsy. / or. dioL 

LOMPBB. m To idle. (2) To walk heavily. 

LOMPT, Thiel^clamsy ; fat Kent, 

LONCHB. AloocNioise. Pr. Porv. 

L0NCHIN6. •« Qnasi launching, citato grada 
et passibos ingentibus inoedens," Milles MS. 

LOND. (I) Land. {A.-S,) In land, on the 
ground. God qfloid, Lord of the world. 

(2) To clog with art Fast, 

IX)NDAOE. Landing. " Awaytynge upon his 
hndoffe/* Mort d'Artibnr, ii. 433. 

LOND-BUOGERB. A boyer of land. (^..5.) 

LONDENOYS. A Londoner. Ckaucer. 

LOND-BVIL. The epilepsy. It is misread 
loud euei in the Archeologia, xzz. 410. 

LONDON-FLITTING. The remoTal itf parties 
by stealth before the landlord is paid. 

LONDBBIS. Londoners. Heame. 

LONB. (1) Xeii#^40OMe», a woman umnaniedt 
or without • male proteetor. Limelp tpomon, 
a widow, HaUamsh. Gloss, p. 61. £oM-«an, 
ft man living nnmarried 1^ himselt The test 
of these phrases is used by Shakespeare. 

(2) The palm of the hand. 

(dS A lodging-house. Somenet. 

(4) A supplication for alms. DevotL 

LONG. (1) Two breves in music. 

(2) lomg homed oae, a native or inhabitant of 
Craven. A km§ hmmdtedt six score. Long 
lemgtk, at foU length. Zs«y loot, at length, 
in the end. In the kmg rwnt iliid. £011^ 
otrmHd^oX foil length. A long loay, much. 
By ht^ omd by Ittte, titer a long time and 
trouble. To Ue in the tongfeatken^ to sleep 
on straw. For the long hme, when athing is 
hoRowed withoKt any intention of repayment 
Long in the momth, Umf^. 
TalL Isombras, 13, 256. 
To belong; toMongto. {A,'S.) __ 
To long for ; to desire. Chtmcer^ 



[6) Great See Forby, iL 200. This meaning 

is also given by Grose. 
(1) Tough to the palate* Emt. 
(8) To leaeh ; to toss. Si^oii, 
LONGART. The tail or asd-board of a cart or 

waggon. Cheeh, 
liONG-BOWLING. !«» ^we of skittles. It 

is described by Stnitt* p. 2Ce. 
LONG-BULLETS. A aame played by casting 

stones in the NorMi el Btt|dand. 
LOMB. (1) Vtefoentlr, "Oft eaiA lome,** j LONGXl^llimiB. The spedded viper. Devon. 



LON 



588 



LOO 



LONGXROWN. A deep Mow. <<Tlutt oeps 
I/ong-Crown, end he capped the Devil/' A 
Lmoobuhire saying in nference to a great 
fidsehood. 
LONG.DOG. A greyhound. Far. diaL 
LONGE. Lungs. 

With hyt twyrde th« bon he stonge 
Tborow tba lyvyr and tht Utnge. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. U. 38, f. UWi 
LONGFULL. Long ; tedious. Far. dioL 
LONG-HOME. To go to one's long home, i. e. 
to depart this life. 

And thy traveyle shalt thou tone ende. 

For to thy hmg honu lone shalt thou wende. 

M&HaW. 170I.f. 61. 

LONGING-MARKS. The indeUble marks on 
the skins of children. See Digby of Bodies, 
1669, p. 425. 
LONG-LADY. A farthing-candle. Ea*t. 
LONG-LANE. The throat. Var. dial, 
LONG-LIFE. The mUt of a pig. Line. 
LONG-OF. Owing to. 

Petur, tche wyde, thou myjt weUe see 
Hyt was long of my keyes and uot on me. 

MS. Cantmb. Ff. U. SB. f. 13S. 
I have spyed the false felone. 
As he stondes at his masse t 
Hit Is long ^ the, seide the munke, 
And ever he fro us passe. 

MS. Camtab. Ff. ▼. 48, f. 1S7. 
Abase, why dost thou me suspect 

Of such a hayoous cryme ? 
It was not 2on^({f me, in faith. 
That I went at this time. 

GiMt^/Wcto and fittmord^, 1570. 

L0NG4)NE. A hare. Var. dial 
LONG-OYSTER. The sea cray-flsh. 
LONG-SETTLB. A long wooden seat, with 
back and arms, somewhat like a 80&. " Sedik, 
a longsetylle," Nominate MS. 
LONGSOME. Tedious. Far. dial 
LONG-TAILED-CAPON. The long-taUed tit- 

mouse. SoMtk, 
LONG-TAILS. An old nick-name for the 
natiTes of Kent. See Howell's English Pro- 
verbs, p. 21 ; Musarum Ddiciae, 1656, p. 7. 
In the library of Dulwich College is a printed 
broadside, entitled, « Advice to the Kentish 
hnff-taik by the wise men of Gotham, in 
answer to their late sawcy petition to the 
Parliament," foL 1701. 

Truly, sir, sayd my hoaatesse, I thiake we are 
called LongU^fle^, hy reason our tales are long, 
that we use to passe the time withall, and make our 
selves merry. Now, good hoastesse. sayd I , let me 
entreat trom yon one of those tales. You shall 
-rrrr^V'^ sfiee), and that shall not he » common one 
neither, ft|r it is a long tale, a merry tale* and a 
•weete ule ; and thus it beginnes. 

RoHh OooifiUow, ht» Mad Prankst, 1628. 
LO VG-TO. Distant from. Var. dial 
LONG-TONGUE. A tale-teUer. «A long- 
tongned knave, one that uttereth all he 
knowes," Florio, p. 17. 
LONGUT. Longed; desired. {.4.-8.) 
The kyng red the letturs anon. 

And seld. So mot I the* 
Ther was never 5oman In mery Inglaod 
IlMVMwsoretosee. MS. Cantab. Ft. w,i»,t,l». 



LONG-WAYS. Lengthways. SomiJL 

LONGWORT. PeUitory of Spain. 

LONIR. A blanket. Devam. 

LONK. (1) The hip-joint. Her^. 
2) A small ding^ ; a hollow. Wmi, 
dS Long; tedious. North. 
4) A Lancashire man. A sheep bred in that 
county is also so called. 

LONNING. A lane, or by-road. NorilL 

LONT-FIGS. Dried figs. Somertet. 

LOO. Under the loo, the leeward. 7b too, to 
shelter from the wind. Kent. 

LOOBS. Slime containing ore. Derd. 

LOOBY. A silly awkward fellow. '*IiOng- 
backt, or ill-shaped, loobie" Cotgrave. 

LOOED. Supplanted; superseded. Wegt. 

LOOF. To bring a vessel dose to the wind, 
now pronounced b^ by seamen. It occurs 
in Wendover's Chronicle. ** Lot^e you from 
him," Bourne's Inventions or Devises, 1578. 

LOOINDY. Sullen; mischievous. North. 

LOOK. (1) To weed com. Cumb. 

(2) To look as biff as bull beef, to look very stout 
and hearty, bull beef having been fonneriy 
recommended to those who desired to be so. 
You look, you may well look, yon are greatly 
surprised. To look at the note, to frown, to 
look out of temper. Lookee d'ye tee, look ye ! 
do you see ? a common phrase for drawing 
one's attention to any object. To look on, to 
regard with kindness and consideration. 7b 
look thorp, to be quick, to make haste. 
To look for ; to expect. North. 
To behold. Kennett says, " in some parts 
of England they still say, loke, loke." 

LOOK-ABOUT-YE. An old game mentioned 
in Taylor's Motto, 12mo. Lond. 1622,8ig. D. iv. 

LOOKER. (1) A weeding-hook. North, 

(2) A shepherd or herdsman. South. 

LOOM. (1) To appear larger than in reality, as 
things often do when at sea. 

(2) A chimney. Durham. 

(3) The track of a fish. Wett. 

LOON. An idle fellow ; a rascal ; a country 

clown ; a low dirty person. Var. diaL 
LOOP. (1) A length of paling. Eatt. 
{2^ The hinge of a door. North. 

(3) To melt and run together in a masa, said of 
iron ore. A mining term. 

(4) A gap in the paling of a park made for the 
convenience of the deer. 

(5) A loop-hole ; a narrow window. 
LOOR. To stoop the head. North. 
LOOS. Honour; praise. {A-.S,) 

LOOSE. (1) To discharge an arrow from the 
string; to let off any projective weapon. It 
is s(iU in use, aooording to Salopia Antiq. p. 
•491. "I spyed hym l^ynde a tree redy to 
kmte at me with a crosbowe," Palsgrave. 

(2) To be at a loote end, to be very idle. Loote^ 
ended, lewd. Loote hung, unstesdy. ** J^file, 
weakened or loose-handed," Cotgrave. 7b 
be looted, out of service or apprentioeahip. 
Loote ladder, A loop slipped down in a atoddng. 

(8) Indecent* 9S language. Var. diaL 



8i 



LOP 



529 



LOR 



(4) The priWIege of tarning out cattle on com- 
mons. North, 
LOOT. A thin ohlong squire board fixed to a 
staif or handle, v^td in boiling brine to re- 
move the scum. St^g^, 
LOOTH. The same as Loo, q. t. 
LOOVER. An opening at the top of a dove-cote. 

North. See Lotfer (2). 
LOOVETD. Praised. RUwn, 
LOOVEYNG. Praise; honour. 

Tbat WM • ftiyre CokeDynce 
Of pe« aad of iotvtgng, 

M8, Omtab. Pf. U. 38, f. 168. 

LOOZE. Apig-stje. JFegt. 

L005. Laughed. << Athymfolftsttheilooj/' 

MS. Cantab. Ft t. 48, f. 53. 
LOP. (1) A flea. North. (A.-S.) 

Ys Joy y-imv so ye yovr lyggy> ttzvyne. 
Ye lade k»g«-eydyde at • loppe. 

MS, Wairfiu M. 

(2) To lollop or lonnge about Kent. 

(3) To hang loosely ; to hang down, or droop. 
Vsr. dioL 

(4) The £iggot wood of a tree. 

LOPE. Leapt Also, to leap. It seems to be 
a sabst in the seconid example. 
AsMHM as the chylde had spoke. 
The fende ynto hym was lope. 

MS.Warl.l70\, f.40. 

Tyme goth fast. It Is taU lyght of lope. 
And in abydyng men seyn thcr lyghte hope. 

MS. RawL Poet. 118. 

LOP-EARED. Having long pendulous ears like 

ahoond. For. dial. 
LOPEN. Leapt See the Seyyn Sages, 739. 
Whan thy monthe with shryfte ys opun 
Dcth and synoe are bothe oute /opvn. 

MS. Harl. IJOl, f. 79. 

Tbeportar set the yatys opon. 
And with that Befyse yrowt lopon. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. 11. 38, f. lOa 
Aooon was al that felre gederynge 
Upem nndJr oura lordes wynge. 

CureorMtMdi, MS. Cotl. Trin. Cantab, f. 111. 
Sythen he ys lopen on hys stede. 
He with hym Hamwde dud lede. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. li. 38, f. 154. 

LOPE-STAFF. A leaping-staff. " A lope-staffe 

wherewith men leape ditches/' Cotgrave. 
LOPIRD. Coagulated. Still iu use. SeeForby, 
Brockett, Grose, Kennett, Sec. 
Than he Csnde none other fode, 
Bot wlatesome glete and lopird blode 

MS. Uncotn A. 1. 17, f. 976. 

Tbare dwelled a man in a myrke do^Jowne, 
And in a fowle stede of comipcyowne, 
Whare he had no fode, 
Bot wlatsome glette and topifrd blode. 

Hampote^ MS. Bowee, p. S5. 

LOP.LOACH. The leech used by surgeons for 
drawing blood. North. 

LOPLOLLT. AlazyfeUow. Wett. 

LOPPING. Lsme. Dortet. 

IiOP.SIDED. One-sided. Var. dial. 

LOP-START. The stoat Ea»t. It is men- 
tioned in Harrison's Englandf p. 230. 

LOPUSTER. A loljster. 

LOPWEBBE. A spider's web. (.A.-S.) 
II. 



As a lepwehbe fiteth fome and gnattJs, 
Taken and sulAen gret files go. 

OedfM, MS. Soe. AtMq. 194, f. 887. 
LOQUINTUE. Eloquent Weber. 
LORD. (1) A title of honour given to monks 

and persons of superior rank. (A.^S.) 
(2) Lord hone mercy h^^oh ua was formerly the 
inscription on houses infected with the 
plague. Lord have mercy t^^on me, adisease 
thus mentioned in the Nomendator, <*the 
lUiake passion, or a paine and wringing in the 
small guts, which the homelier sort of plusi- 
daos doe call, Lorde have mercy upon me,** 
LORDEYN. See Fever^Lurden. ^'Thelurgy- 
feyer, idleness," Craven Glossary, p. 304. 
1 trow he was infecte cer t eyn 
With the faitouT, or the /ever tordepn. 

MS, Bawl. C. 86« xv. Cant. 

LORD-FBST. Eicessivdy lordly. {A.'S.) 

LORDINGS. Sirs ; masters. {A.'S.) It is often 
used by later writers in contempt. 

LORD-OF-MISRULE. The person who pre- 
sided over the Christmas revels, by no means 
an unimportant personage in the olden times. 
He began his rule on AU-hallow eve and con- 
tinued it till Candlemas day. See a list of ei- 
pences, dated in 1552, in Kempe's Loseley 
Manuscripts, pp. 44-54. For further informa- 
tion on the subject, see Bnld, i. 272 ; Arch, 
xviu; 313-335 ; Hawkins' Engl. Dram. iiL 156; 
Strutt, ii. 200 ; Lilly's Sixe Court Comedies, 
12mo. 1632, sig. F. 

LORDS-AND-LADIES. See Butts-and^Cowe. 

LORDSHIP. Supreme power. (-^.-5'.) 

LORD-SIZE. The judge at the assizes. 

LORD'S-ROOM. The stage-box in a theatre 
was formerly so called. Joruon. 

LORDSWYK. A traitor. Rition. 

LORE. (1 ) Knowledge ; doctrine ; adrice. (A.-S.) 

(2) Lost. Still in use in Somerset. 

The kyng seld. Take me thy tayle. 
For my hors I wolde not the fayle, 
A peny that thou ion. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f. 51. 

LOREFADYR. A teacher. Loremaeiir, Dial. 
Creat. Moral, p. 243. 
Of al men they do most evyl. 
Here torc^tfyr ys thedevyl. MS. Hart. 1701. f 84. 
LOREINE. A rein. See Launfal, 888. 
Hys toreine lero>d alle with pride, 
Stede and armure alle wrs bbke. 

lf5.Har/.22A2, f. I(M. 

LOREL. A bad worthless fellow. {A.-N.) 
Loreh den, llolinshed, Chron. Ireland, p. 93. 
Cocke Lord was formerly a gencriir-cTtn.- 
a very great reseat " Lasy lorreb," Ilarman, 
1567. 
LOREMAR. A bit-maker. Palagrave. "Lori< 

mers or bit-makers," Harrison, p. 97. 
LORENGE. Iron. {A.-N.) 
LORER. The laurel-tree. Chaucer. 
This Daphne into a lorer tre 
Was tumid, whfche Is ever grone. 

Oower^ MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f . 95. 
And plaunted trees that were to prefse. 
Of cldre, palme, and of lurere. 

Cursor Mundi, MS. Co//. Trin. Cantab, f. 52. 

34 



LOS 



530 



LOU 



LOnSMAN. A teacher. (J.'S.) 
LORING. Instraction. Sjpiruer. 
LORNE. Loit; undone; destroyed. StUI in 
use, in the sense of forsaken. Also, to lose 
anything. 

Tbyi cawie y telle wele for the. 
The ordur of prctte he hath lonu. 

MS. OiMtab. Ff. ii. 38» f. 48. 
The Btewardft lyfe yt tonu, 
There was fewe that rewyd ther on, 
And fewe far hym wepyth. 

Jf& Qmta^ Ff. U. 38, f. 7i. 

LORNTD. Learned. 

I can hit wel and perfitely ; 
Now have I hm^d a play. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. ▼. 48, f. 54. 

LORRE. A dish in ancient cookery. It is de- 
scrihed in MS. Sloane 1201, f. 23. See also 
Reliq. Antiq. L 81. 
LORRIB-UP. A brawl. Norikumb. 
LORRT. A hiurel-tree. Arch. m. 368. 
liORTY. Dirty. Northumb, 
LOSARD. A coward. fFeUr, 
LOSE. (1) Praise ; honour. (2) To praise. 
(3) Fame ; report. Itis used both in a goodand 
bad sense. Chmteer, 

There he had gtete chyralry. 

He slewe hyi enemyet with grete envy, 

Crete worde of hym arooi : 
In hethennce and yn Spayne, 
In Gaskyn and in Ahnayne 
Wyt they of hyt loo§. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. il. 98, f. 79. 

LOSEL. The same as Loreif q. t. Cocke Lord 
was alao called Cocke LoseL 
I holde you a grota. 
Ye wyll rede lyy rota, * 

That he may wete aoota 
In Cockt latela bota. 

Doetoitr Doubblt jtla, n. dt 

LOSENJOUR. A flatterer ; 8 liar. (A.'N.) 
What ley men of thet fOMi^^oiirt 
That have here wnrdyi feyre as flonrt. 

lfS.iiaH.1701, f.84. 

LOSERS. '<Sach losers may have leave to 
speak/' 2 Henry YI. liL 1. It has escaped 
the notice of the commentators that this is a 
common proverb. See my notes to the First 
Sketches of Henry VL p. 93. It occurs in 
Stephens' Essayes and CharacterSy 2d ed. 
1615, p. 50. 

LOSH. To splash in water. North, 

LOSSE. The lyni. Reynard, p. 146. 

LOSSET. A luige flat wooden dish used in the 
North of England. 

Lovesome ; beautifuL 
SSY-BA6. Lucky-bag. A curious word used 
by low pedlars and attendant upon fisirs, wakes, 
&C. ** Come, put into the lossy-bag, and every 
time a prize," is the invitation, and the adven- 
turer puts a penny or halfpenny into a bag, 
and dravrsout a ticket, which entitles him to 
a toy or other article of greater or less value 
than his money, according to his luck. 

LOST. (1) Famished. Herrf, 

(2) Tobe lost, to forget one's selt He lookeattf 
ke had neither ioet nor iPO% L e. stupid, un- 
ocmoenied. ThifphnseoecuninBenJonson. 



9 




Loot and wont a redimdant idkraii is flMind in 

many early writers. 

LOSTELL. The cry of the heFsMs to the com- 
batants tiiat they should return home. 

LOT. (1) To aUot. (2) To imagine. Weet. 

3) The shoot of a tree. 

4) Dues to the lord of the manor for ingress 
and egress. A miner's term. 

LOTCH. To limp; to jump. Lane. 
LOTE. (1) A tribute. {J.-S,) Ritson, ii 288, 
reads lok, not explained in glossary. 
In Inglond he arered a lata 
OflTiche home that oomei moke. 

jr& Camab, Ft, V. 48, f: flSL 

(2) A loft; a floor. Sonth, 

(3) Gesture ; aspect ^ With gmcchaiide foret," 
Morte Arthnre, MS. Line. f. 68. 

LOTEBT. A private companion or bedfellow ; 

a concubine. 

Now jlf that a man he wed a wyft, 

And hym thynketche pleie hym nojt. 
Anon ther rytis care anditryftt 

He wold here telle that he had bojt. 
And icfacnchyput here that lie liath soft. 

And taky» to hym a lotabtr. 
Theiebargeyn wylbedereabojt. 
Here ore henni he schal aby. 

Auddaif't Poem», p. 5. 
For almost hyt ys every whore, 
A gentyl man hath a wy fe and a hove t 
And wyvet have now comunly. 
Here hutbondyi and a ludbif. 

jr&Hort. 1701, f.80. 
But there the wyfe haunteth fdy 
Undyr here huibunde a IwAir. 

MS. BaH. mu r, U. 

LOTH. Loth to depart, the name of a popular 

old ballad tune, frequently referred to in old 

plays. 

LOTHE. (1) To offer for sale. Kennett gives 

this as a Cheshire word. 

(2) Harm ; hurt ; danger. 

Mete and drynke I laf hem bothe. 
And bad hem kepe hem ayfto totAa* 

Curtor Mundi, MS. CoU. Trin, CuHok f.3I. 
Why waf God moete with hym wrothe. 
For he dyd the pore man lotkt, 

MB, Barl, 17tl, f. 4S. 
HniT twey hottct itoden itill and duden no JoCh. 

Chrtmm VUodua, p. 99. 

(3) Perverse ; hatefuL {A,-S.) Lothee, that 
which is hatefuL 

We ar neghtbun I and he. 
We were never ktth. 

MS, CanUA, Pf. V. tf, f. tt. 

LOTHER-m More hatefuL (A,^S,) 

(2) To splash in water. North, 

(3) Unwilling. Salop. {A,^S.) 
LOTHLY. Loathsome. Chaucer, 
LOTIEN. To lay in ambush. (J.-S.) 
LOT-TELLER. A witch. MannseU, 1595. 
LOTTERY. (1) Witchcraft ; divination. 

(2) A child's picture or print. Lottery-hobs, 

juvenile prints. 
(3J To go to lottery, i. e. to quarreL 
LOTYNGE. Struggling; striving together. 
LOU. Laughed. Reliq. Antiq. iL 275. 
LOUCH. To walk slovenly. West. 



LOU 



531 



LOV 



LOUD-^ICD^TILL. Boike kmde mid thOe, 
ilmtyg. This is « ytrj oommoii phnse in 
oldnmumoei^ 

Th«ne it i* gvod bothe «Nidcmtf «fi/jff, 
Fortodoaalhiswiile. 

M8, Laud. IW, r. 19. 
Thea wande ache iche ichulde be ccheDte, 
And iiiebe>het londeandrente, 

Afld hyght me to do my wylle. 
But y myaeUie w<dde noght. 
Ye WU9 eryr ia my thoght 
BoChe low4t «nd «rWfo/ 

M8. CaMtmb. Ft U. S8» f. 79. 

LOUGH. (1) See Lom. (2) See Lock, 
(3) A camij in a rock. Line, 
LOUK. (1) A blow ; a thump. Narik, 
(2} Coene gnae on the moon. Lne, 

(3) A window lattice. Si^olk. 

(4) To pot in place. Somenet, 
LOUKED. Locked ; fitftened. 

For tlioa Imtiedett Jhetu lieame, 
In aa houi thcrfore weiMcXMl tha. 
QinorMftmdi, Jf& CUL Tr*n. Oiiite^. 1.108. 
LOUKEBS. Weeden. Nortk. ** Rmeator, 

lowker/' Nommale MS. 
LOUKING. Gawky; awkward. Ni^rth, 
LOULB. To carry anything, rar. dial 
LOUME. Soft; gentle. Chesh. 
LOUN. (i) See Loo. (2) See Loon. 
(3) To beet; to thrash. North. Itisalsopro- 

wmceAbnmder, 
LOUNDER. To nm or scamper about. North. 
LOUNDREIS. Londoners. Heame. 
LOUNDSING. Lingering. Omb. 
WUNER. A large lump of bread. Weit. 

Brocketthas lounffe. 
U)UNT. A small piece of land in a common 

field. Chah. 
LOUP. To Imp; to cover. Loiq) the long 

2Miim,leq».fiN>g. North. 
LOUPY-DIKS. A term of contempt, applied 

to an imprudent person. North. 
U)UB.\ND. Discontented. Sevyn Sages, 462. 
Sir Amonumt withdrough bim 
WItb 1ow«and cbere wroth and grim. 

Gy 0/ vTMrwOu, p. aao, 

LOUBDE. Disagreeable. (^.-iV.) 
And thoujte it was a gret pit£ 
To fee so loaty one a« fche 
Be covpUd with lo lourde a wy^te. . 

, Oower, MS. 9oe. Jntlq. 184, f. 131. 

LOUKDT. Sluggish. Sueeex. 

LOUBE. To look discontented. (^.-5.) Lourv- 

face, Lydgate's Minor Poems, p. 52. 
Trdyngca of Tryamowre heide he none. 
The kjag began to town. 

MS. Canttib. Ff . II. 38, f. 78. 
LOUBY. Threatening rain. Far. dial. 
LOUSE. (1) To take Hce from the person and 

garments, as beggars do. 
(2) To think ; to consider. Souih. 
U)USE-TBAP. A small tooth-comb. 
WUSH. Thesameas/;o»A,q.T. 
LOUSTBR. (1) To make a clumsy rattling 

noise ; to work hard. South. 
(2) To idle and loll about. Dewm. **Lowtryng 

■ad wandryng," Hye "Way to the SpytteD 

Hous,p. U. 



[. 



LOUTE. (1) To bend j to bow. {A.S.) « Alto 
theerthe lowttede," MS. Morte Arthure, f. 81. 

(2) To lurk. See Lotien. ** To sneak and creep 
about," MS. Lansd. 1033. 

(3) To low, or bellow. 

U) To loiter, tarry, or stay. Heame. 

(5) To neglect Shakespeare has the word in 
this sense, incorrectly expUined by all his 
editors. See 1 Henry VI. It. 3. 

lAnot0d and fonaken of theym by whom in tyme 
he myght have bene ayded and relieved. 

Hail, Hmrw IV. t. 6. 

(6) To milk a cow. Uddetdak. 

LOVAND. Praising. This occurs in MS. 

Cotton. Vespas. D. Til. Ps. 17. 
LOVE. (1) To praise. See Lovand. Love^ngee, 
praises, MS. Cott. Vespas. D. yiL 
For to Wynne me love^ng 
Bothe o£ emperowre and of kynge. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. II. 38, f. U2. 

2^ To prefer ; to choose. Ea$t. 
S) " Digitus, a play used in Italic, where one 
holds up his finger, and the other, turning 
&^<^7» gives a guesse how many he holds up : 
it is called here, and in FVance and Spain, the 
play of Ame."— T^omon'f Dietionarium, 1644. 

(4)To set a price on anything. Loufys, Towndey 
Mysteries, p. 177. 

(5) Th play for love, without stakes. At whist^ 
a party is two Une, three love^ &c. when their 
adversaries have marked nothing. Lote m 
idlene§8f love and idles, the herb heart's-ease. 

LOVE-ACHE. The herb lovage. 

LOVE.BEGOTTEN.CHILD. A bastard. Also 
called a love-begot, a love-child, Sec 

LOVE-BIND. The herb traveUers*-joy. 

LOVE.CARTS. Qarts lent by one £srmer to an- 
other. OjTon. 

LOVE-DAT. A day appointed for the settle- 
ment of differences by arbitration. Later 
writers seem to use the term for any quiet 
peaceable day. 

But helle Is fUIIe of suche dbcoide. 
That ther may be no Uneday. 

Gow«r, MS. Soc AftHq. 134, f. 37. 

LOVE-DREWRY. Courtship. See Druerg. 

LOVE-ENTANGLE. The nigella. Corme. 

LOVE-FEAST. An annual feast celebrated in 
some parishes on the Thursday next before 
Easter. See Edwards's Old English Customs, 
1842, p. 60. 

LOVEL. A common name formerly for a dog. 
According to Stowe, p. 847, William ColUng- 
bome was executed in 1484 for writing the 
following couplet on the king's minivwers » — . 
The Ratte, the Catte, and LoveU oar dogge. 
Rule all England under thehogge. 

LOVE.LIKINGE. Gradousness ; peace. {j4.-S.) 

LOVE-LOCKS. Pendant locks of hair, foiling 
near or over the ears, and cut in a variety of 
fashions. This ridiculous appendage to the 
person is often alluded to by the vmters pre- 
vious to the Restoration. 

Why ahould thy aweete loM-loeXre hang dangling dowoe, 
Kbring thy girdle-itud with liilUng pride i 

Although thy elcm be white, thy hake ia browne i 
Oh,tot n^t then thy luire thy beautie hide. 



LOW 



532 



LOZ 



LOVBLOKER. More loTety. (J.-S.) 
LOVB-LONGINO. A desire of love. (^.-5.) 
LOVE-POT. A drunkard. '* To gad abrode a 
gouoping, as a pratUng lave-pat woman/' 
Florioy p. 59. 
LOVER. (I) Rather. (A.-S.) 

That him was Iomt for to ehcte 

His owen body for to Icse, 

Than see so gret a mordre wroujte. 

Gower, MS, Soe. Aniiq. 134, f. 82. 

(2) A turret, lantern, or anj apparatus on the 
roof of a building for the escape of smoke, or 
for other purposes. " Z/tver, a chimney," 
Hallamsh. Gloss, p. 155. See Loover, It 
means an opening in a chimney in Honoria 
and Mammon, p. 48. Hall spells it loveiy. 
** A looYcr, or tunnell in the roofeor top of a 
great hall to avoid smoke," Baret, 1580. 
LOVERDINGES. Lords. Hearne. 
LOVESOMB. Loyely. Nwth. 

Owre emperour hath a soae feyre, 
A to iw so j w chylde shalle be hys eyre. 

jr& Oitttoft. Ff. U. 38, f. 127. 
Take thi wyf In thl honde, 
Leve 5e shut this Itifaome londe. 

Curtor Uundi, MS. CoU. TWn. Cantab, t. 6. 

LOVIER. A lover. Far. dial. Lovien is the 

old English verb, to love. 
LOVING. Praising. MS. Cott. Vesp. D. viL 
LOVING-CUP. The same as Grace-cup, q. v. 
LOVIS. Loaves. 

with lovia fyue, thorow his gret foysone, 
Fyre thousande y fynde that he dide fede. 

J4fdgat«, M8, Soc. Antiq. 154, f . 86. 

LOW. (I) A flame ; heat. North. It occurs 
in the first sense in MS. Cotton. Vespas. D. 
vii. Ps. 28. " Lowe of fyre," Pr. Parv. p. 38. 
** Rayse a grete lowe," MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, 
£.11. Lowynge^ Degrevant, 1436. 

[2) To heap, or pile up. Devon. 

f3) Low-spirited ; melancholy. Var. diai. 

[4) A small hill or eminence. North. " Alowt 
a small round hill, a heap of earth or stones ; 
hence the barrows or congregated hillocks, 
which remain as sepulchres of the dead, are 
called loughs," MS. Laosd. 1033. It fre- 
quently means a bank or hiU in early English, 
as in Chester Plays, 1. 120 ; Reliq. Antiq. i. 
120; Kyng Alisaunder, 4348; Sharp's Cov. 
Myst. p. 89 ; but it should be noticed that the 
J.-S. word is more usually applied to artificial 
hilli, aa tumuli, than to natiund mounds. The 
names of many places ending in low are thus 
derived, as Ludlow, &c ; see Mr. Wright's 

ZIi-iesr;p. 13. " A fire on low," SirDegor^. 
He Is. he seide, ther he is woo 
With oure sheep upon the Utwe, 

Curaor Mtmdi, MS. Cott. Trin. Cantab, f. 46. 
5) Laughed. Reliq. Antiq. L 60. 

WANCE. Allowance ; largess, far. dioL 
LOWANER. To stint in allowance. West. 
LOW-BELL. A beU used formerly in bird- 
batting, q. v. It was rung before the light was 
exhibited, and while the net was being raised, 
to prevent the birds from flying out too soon. 
It is not likely that the unexplained phrase 
** gentle low-bell" in Beaumont and Fletcher 



(5) 
IX) 



refers to this. It more probably means ffemile 
lamd, or eheepf in allaiAon to the low-bells 
hung on the necks of those animals. *' A 
low-bell hung about a sheep or goats neck,** 
Howell, Lex. Tet. 1660. 

LOWE. (1) Love. Warton,L24. 

(2) Lied. ~Amis and Amiloun, 836. 

LOWEDE. Lewd ; unlearned. Jfeder. 

LOWEN. To faU in price. Eagt. 

LOWER. (1 ) To frown, or lour. West. 

(2) To strUce as a clock with a low prolonged 

sound ; to toll the curfew. Devon, 
3^ To set up the shoulders. North. 

4) A lever. North. 

5) Hire ; reward. {A.-N.) 
Thurch ous thou art in thl power, 

Olf ous now our fouwr. 

Arthaur and MaHim, p. !&. 
LOWERST. To exert Devon. 
LOW-FORKS. " Donne toy garde qu'eUe ne te 
pende en tee basee-Jimrehee, take heede shee 
hang thee in her low^fifrkee" Hollyband's 
Dictionarie, 1593. 
LOWINGS. The same as Iwfwt, q. v. 
LOWL-EARED. Long-eared. WiU$. 
LOW-LIVED. Low and base. rar.diaL 
LOWLYHEDE. Meekness. (A.-S.) 

And whanne the aungelle saw hire btwltfheda. 
And the hooly redneese also In hire face. 

legate, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f . 3. 

LOW-MEN. False dice so made as to turn up 
low numbers. See Taylor's Travels of Twelve- 
Pence, 1630, p. 73. 

LOWNABYLLE. qu. lowvaiylle ? 

And if thou wllle telely doothls, ferre fradrede. 
thou salle be gloryus, and lownabvUa overcoramere. 

MS, Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 19S. 

LOWNE. Loo; sheltered. North. " StiU 
and lowne," Du Bartas, p. 357. 

LOWNGES. Lungs. Nominale MS. 

LOWRE. Money. A cant term. Dekker'a 
Lanthorne and Candle-Light, 1620, sig. C. ii. 

LOW-ROPE. A piece of rope lighted at one 
end. North. 

LOWS. Low level land. 5^/btt. 

LOWSEN. To Usten. Doreet. 

LOW-SUNDAY. The first Sunday after Easter. 
See Cotgrave, in v. Quaeimodo ; Holinshcd, 
Conq. Ireland, p. 25. It was also ctdlod 
Little-Easter-day. 

LOWTHE. (1) Loud. Riteon. 

(2) Lowness. Becon's Works, p. 272. 

LOWTAS. Low-lands. Yorksh, 

LOWTYN. To be quiet. ** CongtUesco, Anfflice^ 
to lowtyn," MS. Bibl. Reg. 12. B. L f. 88. 

L0W3EN. Laugh, pres. pL 

And alle the lordynges In the halle 
On the herd the! lour^en alle. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48. f. 55. 

LOYNE. To carve a sole. This term occurs 
in the Booke of Hunting, 1586. 

LOYOTOUR. 

In a suroott of sylke full selkouthely hewede, 
Alle with toyotour over laide lowe to the hemmea. 

Morte Arthure, MS. Unatln, f . tf7. 

LOYT. A lute. Percy. 

LOZENGE. A lollipop. East. 



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LUM 



LOZIN. A feast or merry-making when a cutler 
comes of age. Sheffield. 

LUBBARD. A labber. North. This form 
occurs Id Floiio, p. 50. 

LUBBER-COCK. A turkey-cock. Cormo. 

LUBBER-HEAD. A stupid fellow, far, dial. 

LUBBBR-LAND. See Cockney, 

LUBBER-WORT. Any food or drink which 
makes one idle and stapid. 

LUBBT. A Iubber-hea(L Devon, 

LUBRICITY. Inoontinency. This word oc- 
cars in a rare tract, printed by Pynson, en- 
titled The Cburche of yrell Men and Women, 
n. d., in the Bodleian Library. 

LUC. A small pool of water near the sea-shore. 
SoKih. 

LUCAYNE. A window in the roof of a house. 
Moor spells it lewcomef p. 212. Still in use. 

LUCE. (1) Amt South, 

(2) A pike, which was thus called in its stages 
of life ; first a jack, then a pickerel, thirdly a 
pike, and last of all a luce. " Xuotttw, a lewse,'' 
Nominale, MS. " Locys or pykys," Piers of 
Follham, p. 1 18. Still in use. 

LUCENSE. Light. (A.'N,) 

O lux ▼€», gnunt us jowr btcente^ 

That with thespiyte of errour I nat seduct b«. 

I^gby Mpsteries, p. 96. 

LUCERN. (1) A lamp. Lydgate, 

(2) A lyra, the fur of which was formerly in 
great esteem. LuzardU, Arch. ix. 245. In 
a parliamentary scheme, dated 1549, printed 
in the Egerton Papers, p. 11, it was proposed 
that no man under the degree of an earl be 
allowed to wear luzames. 

LUCINA. The moon. Chaucer, 

LUCK. (I) To make lucky ; to be lucky. (2) 
Chance. Palsgrave. 

LUCKS. (1) To look. Hampole, 

(2) To frown ; to knit the brows. North. 

LUCKER. Sort or like. Devon, 

LUCKING-MILLS. FuIUng.miUs. Kent. 

LUCK-PENNY. A small sum of money re- 
turned to a purchaser for luck. North, 

LUCKS. Locks of wool twisted on the finger 
of a spinner at the distaffl Etut, 

LUCKY. (1) To make one't hteky, to go away 
Tcry rapidly. Far, dial, 

(2) Large ; wide ; easy. North. 

LUCKY-BAG. See Lotey-bag, 

LUDDOKKYS. Loins. TowndeyMystp. 313. 
LUE. To sift. A mining term. 
LUEF. Loye. Lvferu^ lovers. There are se- 
veral forms similar to this. 

Let be your rule, leld Litull Jon, 

For his <icr that dyed oa tre; 
te that shulde be du5ty mon 
Hit is gret shame to se. 

US, CanMb, Ft v. 48, f. 1S8. 

His vemy It^fert folowes hym fleande honours 

and lovynges in ertbe, and noght lufande vayn 

ffkxrye. MS, Coll, Eton. 10, f. 8. 

LUFE. The open hand. North, "Towchwith 

my b^e" Towneley Myst. p. 32. 
LUFfiS. The ears of a toad. North. 



LUFF. The wooden case in which the candle 
is carried in the sport of low-belling. 

LUFT. Fellow; penon. (A.-S,) 

LUG. (1) A measure of 16^ ft. It consisted 
anciently of 20 ft. It is spelt log in MS. 
Gough (Wilts) 5. ** Lufft a pole in measure," 
Kennett. Forty-nine square yards of coppice 
wood make a lug, 

(2) The ear. North, Hence the handle of a 
pitcher is so called. 

If sorrow the tyrant invade thy breast. 
Draw out the foul fiend by the lyg, the lug. 

Song* ((fthe London PrenticM, p. 121. 

(3) A pliable rod or twig, such as is used in 
thatching. Wett. Any rod or pole. Wiltt. 

(4) To pull or drink. Var. diaU 

(5) A small worm for bait in fishing. 

(6) I cry lug, I cry sluggard, I am in no hurry. 
The term lug was applied to anything slow in 
movement. 

LUG-AND-A-BITE. A boy flings an apple to 
some distance. All present race for it. The 
winner bitea as fast as he can, his compeers 
lugging at his ears in the mean time, who 
bears it as long as he can, and then throws 
down the apple, when the sport is resumed. 

LUGDOR. The multipe or woodlouse. 

LUGE. A lodge, or hut. Also, to lodge. 

And he saw thame ga naked, and duelle in fugeo 
and in caves, and thaire wyfes and thaire childre 
away f^a thame. MS. Lincoln A. 1. 17i f. 30. 

Whenne Darius hadde redde this lettre, ther come 
another messanger tille hym, and taide hym that 
Alexander and his oste had lug§de thame appone 
the water of Strunie. MS, Uneoln A. L 17. f. 0. 

LUGEOUS. Heavy ; unwieldy. Devon. 

LUGGARD. A sluggard. From Lugf q. v. 

LUGGER. A strip of land. Gloue, 

LUGGIE. A wooden dish. North, 

LUGGISII. Dull ; heavy ; stupid. iMggy is 
also heard in the same sense. 

LUGHE. Laughed. See Loghe. 

Yhlt lyflM he eftyr fyfteene yheere, 

Bot he Ivghe never, ne made biythe chere. 

Hampolo, MS, Bowta, p. 192. 

LUG-LAIN. FuU-measurc. Somenet, 
LUG-LOAF. A heavy awkward fellow. 
LUGSOME. Heavy; cumbrous. East, 
LUIK-LAKE. To be playful. York»h. 
LUKE. (1) To protect, or defend. (^^.-5".) 

(2) The leaf of a turnip. South. 
LUKES. A kind of velvet. 

LUKE WARD. A species of cherry which ripens 

in June, mentioned in MS. Ashmole 1461. 
LULLIES. Kidneys. Cheah. 
LUM. (1) A woody valley. (2) A deep pool. 

(3) A cottage chimney. North, 
LUMBARD-PIB. A highly seasoned meat-pie, 

made either of veal or kmb. The term Lum- 
bard was given to several ancient dishes. 
Frutour bimbert, Reliq. Antiq. i. 88. 
LUMBER. (1) Harm; mischief. Var, dial 

(2) Dirty foolish conversation. East, 

(3) To stumble. More usually lun^^er. 
LUMBISH. Heavy; awkward. Line, 
LUMBRIKE. An earth-worm, Pr. Pan. 
LUMES. Beams. Ritton. 



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LUS 



LUMMACK. To tumble. S^g^bik, 
LUMMAKIN. Heavy ; tfwkward. Var. dkiL 
LUMMOX. A fat heavy and itnpid feUow ; an 

awkwtttl clown. East. 
LUMP. (1) To beat aeverely. Var. dial 

(2) A kind of fish. See Florio, p. 109 ; LiUy's 
Sixe Court Ck>medies, 1632, tig. D. 

(3) To be or look sniky. Dewm, 
LUMPER. The same u Lamber, q. ▼. 
LUMPING. Large ; heavy. Var. dioL 
LUMPS. Hard bricks for flooring. Emt. 
LUMPY. Heavy; awkward. South. 
LUM-SWOOPER. A chimney-sweeper. North. 
LUN. The same as jLoo, q. v. 

LUNARY. The herb moon-wort. This herb 
wu formerly believed to open the locks of 
horses' feet. See Harrison, p. 131. Some 
of onr early dramatists refer to it as opening 
locks in a more literal sense. 

LUNCH. A thump; a lump. Far. dial 

LUNCHEON. A large lump of food. It is 
spelt hauhm in HaUamshire Gl. p. 116. 

LUNDGE. To lean or lounge. Devon. Batche- 
lor has it htndy^ Orth. Anal. p. 137. 

LUNDY. Heavy; clumsy. Var. dial. 

LUNES. (1) Lunacy; frenzy. (/V.) 

(2) Long lines to call in hawks. " Lunys aboute 
her feet/' Morte d'Arthur, L 180. 

LUNGE. (1) To beat severely. Eatt. 

(2) A plunge. (3) To plunge. Var. dial. To 
make a long thrust vrith the body inclining 
forward, a term in fencing. 

^4) To hide, or skulk. Northan^t. 

(5) To lunge a colt in breaking him in, is to hold 
him with a Ions rope, and drive him round in 
a circle. Still m use. 

LUNGEOUS. Awkward; rough; cruel; vin- 
dictive; mischievous; quairdsome; ill-tem- 
perel Var. dial. No doubt connected with 
the older term iungia, q. v. 
But lomewhere I have had a lungwnu fsw« 
I'm sure o' that, and, nuister, that's oeet aw. 

CottoH*» Works, 1734, p. 338. 

LUNGIS. A heavy awkward fellow. ''Langis, 
a lungis, a slimme, slow backe, dreaming luske, 
drowsie gangrill; a tall and dull slangam, 
that hath no making to his height, nor wit to 
his making ; also, one that being sent on an 
errand is long in returning," Cotgrave. 
Let lungi$ lurke and druges worke. 

We doe defie their tlaverye ; 
He it but a foole that goc« to schole. 
All we delight In hraverye. 

Ptojf qf MlfOfWiiM, eiroa IWD. 

LUNGS. A fire-blower to' a chemist. 
LUNGSICKNESS. A disease in cattle. See 

the Did. Great. Moral, p. 57. 
LUNGURT. Tied ; hoppled. Lane. 
LUNT. Short, or surly. Eatt. 
LUR. Loss; misfortune. Gawayne. 
LURCH. (1) To lie at lurch, i. e. to lie in wait. 

To give a lurch, i. e. to tell a falsehood, to 

deceive, to cheat. 

(2) A game at tables. 

(3) An easy victory. Cokt. 

LURCHER. (1) A glutton. PaUgrave. It is 



spelt kireart and Imrcard in Pr. Parr, 
p. 317. 
(2) A potato left in the ground. 
LURCH-LINE. The line by which the fowling- 

net was pulled over to inclose the birds. 
LURDEN. A down ; an ill-bred person ; a 
sluggard. (^-Al) It is still in use in the 
kst sense. See ReUq. Antiq. i. 82, 291 ; 
Cov. Myst. pp. 45, 184. 

Aod leyde, lurd&n, what dojit thou ben * 
Thou art a thefe or tfaefeyi fen. 

MB. Ctentak If. U. », f . S40. 

LURDY. Idle ; sluggish. North. 
LURE. (1) A sore on a eovr's hoof. Wmt. 

(2 ) The palm of the hand. North. 

(3) A liar. Sir Amadace, hdv. 1 1. 
US A handspike, or lever. Ea»t. 

(5) Is explained by Latham, ''that whereto 
foulconers call their young hawks, by casting 
it up in the aire, being made of foathers and 
leather in such wise that in the motion it 
looks not unlike a fowl." 

(6) To cry loudly and shrilly. Ea»t. 
LURGY. The same u Lardy , q. v. 
LURKE Y-DISH. The herb pennyroyaL 
LURRIES. Clothes; garments. Coler. 
LURRY. (1) To dirt, or daub. EaH. 
(2^ To lug, or pull. Northamb. 

(3) A disturiMince, or tumult. 

How darat yov, rogues, take the Ofioioo 
To vi^poiir here io my dominion. 
Without my leav^ and make a inrrr. 
That men cannot be qudet for ye} 

Cotton*9 Work»» ITM* p 13. 

(4) To hurry carelessly. South. 
LUSH. (1) To sptesh in water. Cumb. 

(2) A twig for thatching. Devon. 

(3) Limp. Topsell's Beasts, 1607, p. 343. 
Ground easily turned is said to be huh. 

LUSKE. A buEy, idle, good-for-nothing fellow. 
" Here is a great knave, L a great lyther luahe, 
or a stout ydell lubbar," Palsgrave's Acolastus, 
1540. " A sturdie luske," Albion, Knight, p. 
61. Lofkyshenene-, hukyshefyt Elyot in v. 
Soeordia, Socorditer, ed. 1559. Lushing, 
Mirrour for Magistrates, 1578. Luthyeh, 
Hye Way to the SpyttcU Hous, p. 10. 

LUSKED. Let loose? 
' These lloni beet ItukBd aod laaed on tondfa-. 
And thaire landet ehalbe loet for kmge tyme. 

MS. Soe. Antiq. 101, f. 72. 

LUSSHEBURWES. A sort of base coin, re- 
sembling and passing for English pennies, 
strictly prohibited by Statute 25 Edward III. 
See Blount's Law Dictionary. 
LUSSUM. Lovesome; beautiiul. 
Therfore be jaf him to bigynne 
A /uanim lond to dwellen inne, 
A lond of lif Joyes and delicca 
Whlche men callen ParadJs. 

Cur$(rr Mundi, MS. Coll. Trin. Contab, f. 4. 

LUSTE. (1) Liked; to like. Also a substantive, 
liking, desire. Lustes, delights, MS. Cotton. 
Veslws. D. vii. Ps. Antiq. 

And write in euche a maner wlae, 
Whtche may be wisdometo the wyie. 
And pley to hem that huu to pleye. 

Gowr, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 31. 



MAB 



535 



MAC 



U hte Hand* y MMNi v«» »,«•. 
For IcBgir !■««• himiioujt to dwdle. 

Cower, MS. &w. AiMq, 134, f. 99. 

(2) A nmnber, or qnintity. East 

(3) To bend on one side. Notf. 
LUSTICK. Healthy ; cheeiful ; pleuant. 
LUSTRE. A period of fiTe years. This term 

occurs in Florio, p. 61. 
LUSTREE. Tobnstleabont. Exmoor. 
LUSTBING. A land of plain silk. 
LUSTY. Pleasant; agreeable; quick; Urdy; 
gny in apparel. 

Othutl andoff iwatodorbv 
Andftolt OB tx9 both gret and male. 

MS, cut. Gol&aB. lx.r. 8. 

LUSTT-OALLANT. A kind of coloor in some 

articles of dress, formerly so called. 
LUSTTHSDE. Pleasure ; mirth. (^..&) 
LUT. Bowed down. See I/mte. 

Ob hit anoon doonward he luU 

Jrthour and MerUn, p. 185. 

LUTE. (1) To. Ue hid. {A,-S,) In use in 
Northnmberiand, according to Kennett. 

It htuih iB a Bianaii htrte* 

Bot that ne lehalle aot me aftertax 

OoMwr, MS. Am. Antiq, 134, f. 51. 

(2) Little. See St Brandan, p. 9. 
LUTHER. Bad; wicked. See XiYAtfr. 
LUTHEREN. Leathers; strings. Hettme. 
LUTHOBUT. But only look! North. 
LUTTSB. To scatter about. Ghue. 
LUTTER-PUTCH. A slovenly fellow. Gfmw. 
LUXOM. The same u Lutntm^ q. ▼. 
LUXURDB. Lechery. (^.-.V.) This and 

bixwiomt are common in early works. 
LUTSCHENE. To rush on violently, 
with billy lauaaes one lofte they ti«r«eA«fM togedyres. 
Mortt Arihwre, MS. Uneoln, t. 68. 

LYAIL A thong or leash. See a curious re- 
lation in the ArchsBologia, xxviit 97. Hence 
the lyaniy or lime-hound, q. t. Blome makes 
a distinction between leash and lyam, " the 
string used to lead a greyhound is called a 
leese, and for a hound a lyame." See the 
Gent. Ree. iL 78. , 

A youthf oil huater wiA a ohaplet eioini'd 
In a pyde Itftm ieadlof foorth hie houod. 

Draifton'M Pomnt, p. SI. 



LTCANTHROPL Madmen who iaagiBed they 

were turned into wolves. 
LTCCED-TEA Tea and spirits. North. 
LYCE. Lies. 

If hit beany man eo ttroBg, 
That eooke ue ftmre amoog, 
ABd bryBg with hym Biea of price 
To stele Jhcsu ther he lifcf. 

MS. Cmtttb. Ff . ▼. 41^ 1 40. 
LTCHE. A liege. Proust. Part. 
LYDFORD-LAW. This proverbial phrase, which 
very significantly explains itself, «- 
lint hasg aad (teaw, 
Thea hear the cavae hy Lydford lair I 

is often alluded to in old works. The earliest 
notice of ''the lawe of Lydfford^yet discovered 
is contained in the curious poem on the De* 
position of Richard IL ed. Wri^t, p. 19. 

LYE. (1) Kindred. Pron^i. Ptarv. 

(2) A flame of fire. Kennett MS. 

LYERBY. A kept mistress. It occnn in 
Melbancke's PhUotimus, 4to. 1583. 

LYING-DOWN. A woman's accouchement. 

LYING-HOUSE. A prison for great oiTenden. 
See Davies' Ancient Rites, ed. 1672, p. 1S8. 

LYKUSSE. Likes. See Tundale, p. 21. 

LYLSE-WULSE. Linsey-woolsey. Sielton. 

LYMPHAULT. Lame. Chahner. 

LYMPTWIGO. A lapwing. £rmoor. 
With lowde laghtttn one lofte, forlykyagofbyrdeit 
Of larket, of ^nJnvAyMts, that lofllyehe lOBgeBe. 

Morta drthure, MS. Lineoln, f.81. 

LYNDECOLE. Charcoal made of the wood of 
the finden tree. '* Half an unce of fyndecole,* 
MS. Soc Antiq. 101, f. 76. 
LYNYE. Aline. Promgfi. Parv. 
LYRIBLIRING. Warbling, or singing. 
LYTHE. The same u LUh (2). 
We are eomene fto the kyag of this Igthg rydie. 
That knawcae ea tax oooqacrour corowBde in crthe. 
Jforte Jrihure, MS. X^neoto, f. 70. 
LY5ET. Ueth. 

Now, lord, I pvay the 

That thou wold jiff tome 

The feyre lady bryjt oifble, 

That /y;«l UBder thia impe tre. MS. AakmoU 61. 

LY5TH. Alighted. Degrevant, 1625. 
LY5THERELY. Badly; wickedly. {A.^S.) 



RC To have an M. under the girdle, i. e. to 
IVJL keep the term Mutter out of s^;ht, to be 

wanting in proper respect. 
MA. (1) To make. Perceval, 1728. 
(2) More. See Reliq. Antiq. iL 281. 
His Ato Maris he leild hym alswa, 
ABd other prayere many fna. 

MS. JAnenim A. i. 17, t. 148. 

M^AK. A maggot. Yorkah. 

MAAPMENT. A rigmarole. Cumb. 

MAAT. Mett; measure. Wiekl^e. 

MAB. A slattern. North. Also a verb, to 
dress n^Ugently. Sandys uses the term 
mabUe. See Upton on Shakespeare, p. 320. 

MABIAB. A young hen. Lhuyd's MS. ad* 
ditions to Ray's Words, 1674. 



MACAROON. A fop. Vomu. This word is 

still in use, according to Forby. 
MACE. (1) A club. (A.'N.) Maeer^ one who 

carries a mace. Piers Ploughman, p. 47. 

(2) Masonry. Weber. 

(3) Makes. Anturs of Arther, p. 19. 
MACE-MONDAY. The first Monday after St. 

Anne's day, so called in some places on account 
of a ceremony then performed 
MACE-PROOF. Free from arrest. 

MACHACHINA. A kind of Italian dance 
mentioned by Sir John Harrington. 

MACHAM. A game at cards, mentioned in the 
Irish Hudibras, 8vo. Lond. 1689. 

MACHE. (1) To match. (2) A match. 



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536 



MAI 



Thay hafe bene maektdt to daye with mene of the 
marches. Mwrta Arthurs, MS* idneoln, f. €9. 

MACHINE. To contrive. PdUgrave. 
MACHO UND. "A machound^ a bugbeve, a 

raw-head and bloudie bone," Florio, p. 297. 

Perhaps Mahound, or Mahomet, a character 

in old mysteries. 
MACILENT. Lean. "Lesse yeneroiu then 

being madlent," Topsell's Beasts, 1607,p.231. 
M ACKE. An ancient game at cards, alluded to 

in Kind-Harts Dreame, 1592. 
MACKEREL. A bawd. Qrote, Middleton, 

iv. 497, has maerio. It is derived from the 

A.-N. maguerei, and means also a procuress. 

"Nyghe his hows dwellyd a maguerel or 

bawde," Caxton's Cato Magnus, 1483. 
MACKERLY. Shapely; fashionable. I^orth, 

Maekiahf smart. Warw. 
MACKS. Sorts; fashions. North. 
MACSTAR. A poulterer, or egg-seller. 
MACULATION. Spot ; stain. (Lat.) 
MAD. (1) Angry. For. dial. 

An earth-worm ; a maggot. North, 
Madness; intoxication. Ghue, 
(4) A species of nightshade. 
ilADAM. A title used in the provinces to 

women under the rank of Lady, but moving 

in respectable society. 
MADDE. To madden ; to be mad. (^.-5.^ 
MADDER. Pus, or matter. North. 
MADDERS. The stinking camomile. West. 
MADDLE. (1) To be fond of. North. 
(2) To confuse ; to be confused ; to perplex ; 

to rave, or be delirious. North. 
MADDOCKS. MaggoU. Kennett MS. 
MAD-DOG. A cant term for strong ale, men- 
tioned in Harrison's England, p. 202. 
MADE. (1) Fastened, as doors. North. 

(2) What made you there, what caused you to 
be there, what business had you. You are 
made for ever, your fortune is made. See 
Lilly's Sixe Court Comedies, 1632, sig. Q. ii. 
A similar phrase occurs in Shakespeare. 

(3) Wrote ; written. See Make. 

(4) Made up of different materials. Hence the 
term made-dish, which was formerly used for 
any dish containing several meats. 

MADER-WORT. The herb mug-wort. 
MADE-SURE. AfElanced; betrothed. 
MADGE. (1) Margaret. Var. dial 

(2) An owL ** Chat huant, an owle, or madge- 
howlet," Cotgrave. Some call it the magpie. 

(3) The pudendum muliebre. South. 
MADGETIN. The Margaret apple. Ea»t. 
MADLIN. A bad memory, dumb. 
MADNING-MONET. Old Roman coins, some- 

times found about Dunstable, are so called by 

the country people. 
MAD-PASH. A mad feUow. North. 
MADRILL. Madrid. Middleton, iv. 104. 
MASTERS. Employment. Weber. 
MA-FEIE. My^thl (A.-N.) 
MAFFLARD. A term of contempt, probably 

the same with Mqffluiff, q. v. 
MAFFLE. To stammer ; to mumble. North. 



" Somme maffUd with the mooth," Depoa. 
Ric. II. p. 29. *' To stammer or malBe in 
speech," Florio, p. 55. The term seemt to be 
applied to any action sufferii^ from impedi- 
ments. *' In such staggering and mafling 
wise,'* Holiushcd, Chron. Ireland, p. 88. See 
Stanihurst,p.l3 ; Cotgrave, in Y.BredtmUlard, 
Bretonnant. 

MAFFLING. A simpleton. North. 

MAG. (1) To chatter ; to scc^d. Var. dial. 
Sometimes, to tease or vex. 

(2) The jack at which coits are thrown. 

MAGE. A magician, i^tetuer. 

MAGECOLLE. To fortify a town wall with 
machicolations. (Lydgate.) " Wei matchecold 
al aboute," Morte d'Arthur, i. 199. 

MAGES. The hands. Northumb, 

MAGGLED. Teazed. Oxon. 

MAGGOTY. Whimsical; frisky ;pUiyfu). Mcfj- 
gote, whims, fancies, f^ar, diaL 

MAGGOTY-PIE. A magpie. Shakespeare has 
maffot-pte, and the term occurs under several 
forms. It is still in use in Herefordshire ; 
and \fi retained in a well-known nursery song. 
See Florio, pp. 204, 412; Cotgrave, in v. 
Affone, Dame. It is given as a Wiltshire word 
in MS. Lansd. 1033, f. 2. Brockett has Maggy. 

MAGGY-MANY-FEET. The wood-louse. Wett. 

MAGINE. To imagine. Palagrave. 

MAGNEL. An ancient military engine used 
ibr battering down walls. It threw stones 
and other missiles, which themselves were 
also termed magnelt or mangonele. See Kyng 
Alisaunder, 1593, 3223 ; Gy of Warwike, p. 
86 ; Langtoft, p. 183. 

With hewMng and with mlneiqge. 
And with mangunel* casteinge. 

jirthour and MerHn, p. 91 . 

MAGNIFICAL. Magnificent ; splendid. Mag- 
nificent is often put for munijicent. 

MAGNIFICATE. To magnify. Jonson. 

MAGNIFICO. A grandee, {ital.) It is pro- 
perly applied to a grandee of Venice. 

MAGNIFY. Tosigniiy. Dewm. 

MAGNOPERATE. To increase greatly. (Lat.) 
Some In the affectation of the oeeonomlckc, Mtne 
fa phllotphy, others In poetry, have all brought the 
depth of their golden ttudie* to bide the touch of 
your noble allowance; so that after-aget may 
rightly admire what noble Meoenas it waa that ao 
inchayned the aspiring wits of this understanding 
age to his only censure, which will not a little mo^ 
noperate the splendor of your well knowne honour 
to these succeeding times. 

UopUm'9 BaeuluM Geodmtieum, 1614. 

MAGUDER. The stalk of a plant 
MAHEREME. Wood;timher. (Med. Lat.) 
MAHOITRES. Large waddings formerly used 

for padding out the shoulders. (Fr.) 
MAHOUN. Mahomet. The term was often 
used for an idol or pagan deity. 

Hefe uppe your hartis ay to Mahounde, 
He will benere us in oure nede. 

York Miracle Plajfa, WtUpeU MS, 

MAID. (1) The iron frame which holds tho 
haking-stone. West. 



MAI 



537 



MAK 



;2) A girL See Warton, iii. 3S. 

(5) There is a joke of Mn. Quickly's in the 
Meny Witcs of Windsor, ii. 2, implying she 
was as much a maid as her mother, which, if 
I mistake not, alludes to an old saying quoted 
in the following passages : 

If eror Ice doe come heare agalne, Ice waM, 
Chill give thee my mother Tor a maid. 

jr5:.^«Aiii.36, r. iii. 

So smug she was, and so array'd. 
He took hia mother for a maid. 

Cottan't Worktt 1734, p. 35. 

MAIDEKIN. Alitdemaid. (A..S,) 

M.UDEN. A fortress which has never been 
taken. Maiden-oMrize, a session where no 
prisoners are capitally convicted. Maiden- 
tretf a tree wMch has not been lopped. 
MaideH'4Pife-widoWf one who gives herself up 
to an impotent person, a curious phrase, which 
occurs in Holme, 1688. 

&UIDENHEDE. The state of a maiden. 

MAIDEN-RENTS. A noble paid by every te- 
naiit in the manor of Builth, co. Radnor, at 
their marriage, in lieu of the ancient marehet, 

MAIDENS-HONESTY. The plant honesty. 
Ahoat Micbaelmais all the hcdgea ahnut Thick- 
wood lin the parish Coleme) are (ai it were) hung 
vlth nwinfeii*« Hcmettg, which lookcs very fine. 

Aubrt^B WUU, MS, Ropal Soe, p. 120. 

lilAlD-MARIAN. A popular character in the 
old morris dance, which was often a man in 
female clothes, and occasionally a strumpet. 
Hence the term 'was sometimes applied with 
no very flattering intention. 

MAIL. (1) To milk a cow but once a day, when 
near cslving. North, Maillen, the quantity 
of milk given at once. 

(2) To pinion a hawk. See Gent. Kec. 

(3) Rent or annual payment formerly extorted 
by the border robbers. 

(4) That part of a clasp which receives the 
spring into it. 

(6) A defect in vision. Devon, 

(6) A spot on a hawk. Mailed^ spotted, Cot- 
grave, in v. Gouet. (According to Blome, 
ii. 62, the mailes are the breast-feathers.) 
" To male, to discolour, to spot, Norihumb." 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 

MAIN. (1) Very ; great, rar, dial Hence, a 
main man, a violent politician, &c. 

(2) The thick part of meat. 

(3) A throw at the dice. 

(4) The chief or nder. 

(5) To hmie. Hallamsh. Gloss, p. 116. 

(6) 

Obierving Dtck look'd main and hlue. 
• Oattin/ MltceUaniat, 1702, p. 13. 

MAIN.HAMPER. A kind of basket used for 

cairyingfiruit. Somenet, 
MAIN-PIN. A pin put through the fore-axle of 

a waggon for it to turn upon in locking. Var, 

dud. 
MAINS. A ftrm, or fields, near a house, and in 

the owner's occupation. North, 
MAINS-FLAIB. Much afraid. Yorltsh. 
MAINSWORN. Peijored. North, 



MAINTAIN. To behave ; to conduct. Mamie- 
nance, behaviour. (A^-N.) 

MAINTE. To maintain. Lfdgate. 

MAINTENANTLY. Mainly. North. 

MAIR. A mayor. {A,'N,) It occurs in Piers 
Ploughman, and Archseologia, L 94. 

MAISLIKIN. Foolish. North. 

MAISON-DEWE. A hospitaL (^.-M) Till 
vrithin the last few years, there was an ancient 
hospital at Newcastle so called. 
MynsCeris and mamm^wet they malle to theerthe. 

JTorttf Arthur; MS. Uneoln, t. 8ff. 
So many nMuend^iM*, hoepytals and spytUe howiet, 
As your grace hath done yet sens the worlde began. 

Bale** Kpngo Jokan, p. 82. 

MAIST. Most; almost, rar. dial 

MAISTE. Makest. Chester Plays, i. 49. 

MAISTER. A skilful artist; a master. Maieter 
toun, a metropolis. Maieter etrete, the chief 
street. Maieter temple, the chief temple, &c. 

MAISTBRFUL. Imperious ; headstrong. iVbrM. 
It occurs in Lydgate and Chaucer. 

MAISTERIE. SkiU ; power ; superiority. Maie- 
trya, conflicts, Perceval, 1445. 
Who so dose here sich maUtrpe, 
Be thou wel slcur he shalle abye. 

MS. Caniab. Ft. v. 48, f. 49. 
And ly tuile majftt^t may ye do« 
When the grete nede comyth to. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. iL 98, f. 128. 

MAISTERLYNG. Master. See Weber, i. 21. 
Mttieterman, ruler, governor, husband. 

MAISTLINS. Mostly ; generally. North. 

MAISTRESSE. Mistress ; governess. (A.-N.) 

MAISTRISE. Masterly workmanship. (^.-A:) 

MAKE. (1) To mahe a die of it, to die. 7b 
mahe bold, to presume. To make ready, to 
dress provision. Also, to clothe. To make 
unready, to undress. To make a noiee, to 
scold. To make a hand on, to waste or de- 
stroy. To make on, or i^on, to caress, or 
spoil. Also, to rush on ¥rith violence. To 
make count, to reckon, or reckon upon. To 
make all epUt, a phrase expressing immense 
violence. To make danger, to try, to make 
experiment. To make nice, to scruple or ob- 
ject. To make fair weather, to coax a per- 
son, to humour him by flattery. To make 
forth, to do. To make a matter with one, to 
pick a quarrel with him. To make naught, to 
corrupt. To make room, to give place. To 
make ture, to put in a safe place. To make to 
the bow, to form to one's hand. To make 
moulhe, to jeer or grin. To make up, to 
wheedle ; to make a reconciliation. Also, to 
approach. To make fair, to bid fair or likely. 
To make much of, to caress or spoiL 

(2) An instrument of husbandry, formed with a 
crooked piece of iron and a long handle, used 
for pulling up peas. Suffolk. 

(3) To fiisten a door. Yorkeh. Shakespeare 
uses the term in this sense. 

(4) A mate, or companion. (J.'S.) It is ap- 
plied to either husband or wife. 

Rise up, Adam, and awake ; 
Heare have 1 fonned thee a nuik$. 

Che$ttr ru^t, 1. 85. 



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MAL 



f6) To compote, or make TeneaL {A^S.) 
:6) To do ; to cause. See Made, 
Y) To dreaa meat Pepfe, 

[8) A hal^enny. See Dekker's Lanthorne and 
Candle-light, ed. 1620, sig. C u. «' Bmm. 
magem-madu, Birmingham-inakes, a term for 
base and counterfeit copper money in circular 
tion before the great recoinage,'' Sharp's 
MS. Warwickshire Gloss. 

(9) To prepare, or make ready. Jonson, L 145. 
no) To assist, or take part in. Yorktk. 

(11) A sort, kindf or fashion. North, 

(12) The mass. Sir John Oldcastle, p. 22. 
MAKE-BATE. A quarrelsome person. ** A 

make-batef a busie-bodie, a pick-thanke, a 

seeke-trouble," Rorio, p. 89. See also 

p. 72, and Nares. 
IfAKE-BEGGAB. The annual pearl-wort. 
MAKE-COUNT. A makeweight. North. 
MAKB-HAWK. An old staunch hawk wbich 

will readily instruct a young one. 
MAKELES. Without a mate. {A.^) 
MAKELESS. Matchless. North, 
MAKER. A poet Jonson, iL 114. 
MAKERLY. Tolerable. North, 
MAKB-SHIFT. A subsUtute, generally used 

contemptuously. It occurs in Halle's Hist. 

Expo stula tion, ed. Pettigrew, p. 19. 
MAKE-WEIGHT. Some trifle added to make 

up a proper waght f^or. dial 
MAKE-WISE. To pretend. Somertet. 
MAKRON. A rake for an oven. 
MALACK. A great disturbance. Yorhth. 
MALAHACK. To carre awkwardly. Batt 
MALAKATOONB. A kind of Ute peach. 
MALAN-TREB. The beam in front of or across 

an open chimney. Batt, 
MALARY. Unhappily. (Fr.) Misleuryd^m- 

fortuned, Skelton, iL 219. 
MALCH. Mild. Crm>en, 
MALDROP. A ruby. Nominale MS. 
MALE. (1) A budget, or portmanteau ; 

or pack. (A,»N.) 

(2) ETil. Kyng AHsaunder, 1153. 

That thedewke inbyi perlement 
Hyin forgere byi mate entante. 

MS. Qmtab, Ft, U.a8,t 181. 

(3) The plant dandelion. Dor$et, 
MALEBOUCHE. Calumny. (A,'N,) 

And to conf erme hla accioii«« 
Hee bath witbbolde fiM/0lN>udk«. 

Cower, MS. 8oe. Antiq, 134, f. 63. 

MALECOLYE. Melancholy. MalichoUy oc- 
curs in Middleton's play of the Honest Whore. 
And prey hym pur cbaryt^ 
Tbat be wyll forgeve me 
Hyt yre and bys maieeolye, 

MS. Cantab. Ft. U. 38i f. 163. 
My tone, ichryve the now forthi, 
Hwt tbou ben ma!meolien, 

Gower, MS. Soe, AnHq. 134, f. 84. 

MALEDI5T. Cursed. {A,.N,) 
Cometb a ebilde mafeitijl 
Afeyn Jbesu to liae be tl5t. 
Curaor Mundi, MS. CoU. Trin. Oaniab. f. 75. 

MALEES. Uneasiness. (Fr.) 



a box, 



B«t jnharte j am eoffy. 
For y batre noCbyng redy, 
Wbereof tbe kyng to make at eae. 
* Tberfore y am at moebe maUm, 

MS. Canimb. Ft, f i. SB, f. 146. 

MALEnCE. Enchantment. - {A.-N.) 
MALEK. Salt. Dr. Forman's MSS. 
MAL-ENGINE. Wicked artifice. {A.'N.) It 

occurs in Hall, Henry VI. f. 31. 
MALE-PILLION. A staffed leathern cushion 
behind a servant who attended his master in 
a journey to carry luggage upon. Also, a male- 
saddle, or saddle for carrying luggage upon. 
MALB-TALENT. lU-wilL (>..M) 
And dre Berm tho ▼eraiment, 
Poigaf bim alle is mmuntdlmi. 

BntofHamicmm, p. 143b 
MALGRACIOUS. Ungivcious. 

Bothe of Timga and of stature 
Is lothdy and mtigrmtlmu, 

OOMT, Mis, Sml JhiUq, 1S4, f. 131. 

MALGRADO. Maugre ; in spite of . (//«!.) 
MALICE. (1) The marsh-mallow. Bevom, 

(2) Sorcery ; witchcraft. See Mal^flee, 

(3) To bear malice to. Line, ** Thai halli ma. 
lic'd thus," Hawkins, iL 46. 

MALICEFUL. Malicious. North. 

MALICIOUS. ArtfuL (A,^N.) 

MALIOTE. AmaUet Nominale MS. 

MALISON. Malediction ; corse. {A,'N.) Still 
in use, according to Kennett. 

MALKIN. (1) A slattem. Dewm. It was for- 
merly a common diminuthre of Mary. Maid 
Marian was so caUed. "No one wants Malldn's 
maidenhead, which has beensold fifteen times," 
proY. MiUes' MS. Chancer apparently alhides 
to this phrase. MaUtmtraeh, one in a dismal- 
looking dress. 

(2) A scarecrow. Somerwet, 

MALL. (1) A hammer, or club. Also a yerb, to 
knock down with a mall ; to beat. ** Malle 
hym to dede," MS. Morte Arthure. « Mailed, 
felled, or knocked downe," Cotgrave. 

S2) A plough-share. Somereei. 
ZS A court or pleading-house. 

(4) A kind of game. 

But playing with tbt boy at mmO, 
I rue tbe time and ever shall, 
I struck the ball* I know not bow. 
For tbat is not tbe play, you know, 
A pretty height into tbe air. 

CMam'e ffMu, 1734, p. ttl. 

MALLANDERS. Sore places on the inside of 

the fore-legs of horses. " Malferu, a malan- 

der in the bought of a horse's knee," Cotgrare. 

And some are fiiU of moflaMlov and seratchea. 

Jt^or*» Motto, ISmo. Lend. U9K. 
MALLERAG. To abuse. SeeBaUerag. MaUoekt 

to scandalize. Line, 
MALLIGO. Malaga wine. Narei, 
MALLS. The measles. Exmoor, 
MALLT. A hare. North, 
MALSI(RAGG£S. Caterpillars, palmers, and 

canker-worms. Also caJled mai&thagt* 
MALSKRID. Wandered. WUL Werw. 
MALT-BUG. A drunkard. This cant term oc- 
curs in Harrison's England, p. 202. 



MAM 



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BiAN 



BiIALT^OMES. The little beardfl or ilioots 
when malt begins to run. YorHk, Malting- 
com, combe^ning to genninate. 
MALTS. Melted. (J.-S.) 

Tilte that the tonne hit wyngls caujte. 
Whereof it nudte and fro the heyjte, 
Wlthouten heipe of eny slej^tCf 
He lUle to hJe destracdonn. 

Gower, M& Soe, AaMq, 1S4, 1 110. 
MALTSN-HEARTED. Faint-hearted. North, 
MALTEB. A maltster. Far, dial 
HALT-HORSE. A slow doll heavj. horse, soch 
as is used by brewers. Hence Shakespeare 
has it as a tenn of contempt See Nares. 
He would simper and mumpe, as though hee 
had gone a wooing to a maU-mare at Roches- 
ter," Lilly, ed. 1632. 
MALUE. A mallow. Rdiq. Antiq. i. 53. 

Take smAm* with alle the rotes, and lethe thame 
in water, and wMche thi hevede therwlth. 

JKS. Umetin A. i 17, f. S89. 

MALURE. Misfortmie. (^.-iV.} 
MALYESIS. If almsey wine. See Harrison's 
En^andfp. 170 ; Reliq. Antiq. i 3 ; De§re?ant, 
1415. 

Thane spTcea nBtparyly tbay tpendyde theraaftyre, 
Ifiifiiiilie and miiakidellp, these mervelyoua drynkcs. 
JCprte Arthun, MS. Uncolnt f« 55. 
Ye sbali have Spayneshe wyne and Gascoyne, 
Rose oolonxe, whyt, daxet, nuoapyon. 
Tyre, capryck, and mclvMyne, 
Sak, nspyce, alycaunt, rumney, 
Gieke, Ipoarase, new made elary, 
Soehe as ye never had t 
For yf yedrynke a draught or too, 
Tt wyll make yon or ye thens go 
By GoggB hody starke madde. 

Interhide i^fthe Four ElemanU, n. d. 
MAM. Blammy ; mother. North. 
MAMBLE. Said of soil when it sticks to agri- 

coltiiral implements. Sast, 
MAMSLEN. To chatter; to mumble. (^^.-5.) 
IfAMERI. A pagan temple. 

Aboate the time of mid dal 
Out of a mameri a sai 
Sarasins com gret foisoun, 
That hadde anouied here Maboon. 

BntBtfHumttnm, p. 54. 
MAMMBR. To hesitate; to mumble; to be 
perplned. Still in use. *' I stand in doubte, 
or stande in a mamorynffe betwene hope and 
feaie," PalsgraTc's Acolastas, 1540. 
That where before lie vaunted 
The eonqueit be luith got, 
He dts now in a puunmering. 
As one ttiat roindes It not. 

A iiuest of Bnqulriet 1596. 

MAMMET. A pupoet. See Maumet, 
MAMMOCK. (1) A fragment. Var, dial, 
" Small mammocks of stone/* Optick Glasse 
of Humors, 1639, p. 120. See Florio, pp. 4, 

67, 197. 

Salt with thy knife, then reach to and take. 
Thy bread cut lUre and no mantmodu make. 

The Sehoole o/Fertua, n. d. 

(2) To mumble. Suffolk. Moor says, " to cut 
and hack victuals wastefully." Hence, to 
maul or mangle; to do any thing very clnmsUy. 

MAMMOTHREPT. A spoilt child. 



MAMMT. Mother. MgmmyticJk, never easy 
but when at home vrith mammy. 

MAMPUS. A great number. Doraei. 

MAM'S-FOOT. A mother's pei^hild. 

MAM-SWORN. Perjured. North. 

MAMTAM. A term of endearment. 

MAMY. A wife. Xetc. 

MAMYTAW. A donkey. Dewm. 

MAN. (1) Wu formerly iMed with much Utitode. 
Thus the Deity vras so caUed with no irreverent 
intention. Forby tells us the East Angolans 
have retained that application of the wmd. 

(2) The small pieces vnth which backgammon 
is played are called men. '*A queene at 
ohose or man at tables," Rorio, p. 136. 
(3) J man or a mome, something or nothing. 
See Florio, p. 44. Man aiiv€f a common and 
famfliar mode of salutation. Man m the oak, 
an ignis fituos. Man of wax, a shaip, clever 
fellow. 

(4) To man a hawk, to make her tractable. See 
Harrison's Englsnd, p. 227. 

MANAGE. To menace, or threaten. Also, 
anything which threatens. {J.'N.) 

MANADGE. A box or club formed by small 
shopkeepers for supplying poor people with 
goods, the latter paying for them by instal- 
ments. North. 

MANAUNTIE. Mamtenance. Langtoft, p. 325, 

BIANCH. To munch ; to eat greedily. 

MANCUET. The best kind of white-bread. 
See Hobson's Jests, repr. p..9. 

MANCIPATE. Enslaved. (Lat.) 

MANCIPLE. An ofltoer who had the eare of 
purchasing provisions for an Inn of Court, a 
college, &c. 

MANCOWE. This term is the transhition of 
smozophahu in Nominate MS. 

MAND. A demand ; a question. 

The emperour, with wordes myld, 
Askyd a mtmd oi the ehyld. 

MS. AOunole 61, f . 87. 

MANDEMENT. A mandate. (J.^N.) 

MANDER. To ory. Sufolk. 

MANDILION. The mandilion or mandevik 
was a kind of loose garment without sleeves, 
or if with sleeves, having them hanging at the 
back. " Cauacehino, a mandilion, a jacket, 
a jerlun," Florio, p. 87« Harrison, p. 172, 
mentions <<Ae mandilion worne to Collie 
Weston ward,'' i. e. awry. This curious early 
notice of the Colly-Weston proverb was acci- 
dentally omitted in its proper place. 
French dublet, and the Spanbh hose to breech it { 
Short cloakes, old mandiliont (we beseech It). 

Rowkmdi^ Kuavt «(f Hart*, 161S. 

MANDRAKE. The mandragora, Lat. It is 
often mentioned as a narcotic, and very nume- 
rous were the superstitions regarding it. It 
was said to shriek when torn up. *< Mandrakes 
and night-ravens still shrildng in thine eares," 
Dekker's Knights Conjuring, p. 49. 

The male mandrake hath great, broad, long, 
smooth leaves, of a deepe greenc colour, flat spred 
upon the ground ; among which come up the flowers 
of a pale whitish colour, standing erery one upon a 



MAN 



540 



MAN 



■Ingle nnal uid weak footstalk, of a whitish green 
ootour I In their plaeee grow round applei of a yel- 
lowish colour, smooth, soft, and glittering, of a 
strong srael ; in which are conteined flat and smooth 
seedes. In fashion of a little kidney, like those of the 
thorn apple. Theroote is long, thick, whitish, di- 
vided many times into two or three parts, resembling 
the legs of a man, with other parts of hU bodie ad- 
Joining thereto, at the privie parts, as It hath beene 
reported ; whereas in truth It is no otherwise then 
in the rootes of carrots, parsneps, and such like, 
forked or devided into two or more parts which 
nature taketh no account of. There have been 
many ridicutoui tales brought up of this plant, 
whether of old wives or some runnagste surgeons or 
phbickmongers, 1 know not (a title bad Inough for 
them) but sure some one or moe that sought to make 
themselves famous in skiliniU above others were 
the first brochers of that errour I spake of. They 
adde further, that it is never or verie seldome to be 
founde growii.g naturally but under a gallows, where 
the matter that hath fallen f^om the dead bodle hatli 
given it the shape of a man ; and the matter of a 
woman, the aubstaunce of a female plant, with many 
other such doltish drcames. They fable f\irther and 
afllrm, that ho who woulde take up a plant thereof 
must tie a dogge thereunto to pull it up, which will 
give a great shrike at the digging up i otherwise If a 
man should do it, he should certainly die in short 
space after i brsides many fables of loving matters, 
too full of Kurrilitle to set foorth in print, which I 
forbeare to speake of ; all which dreames and old 
wives tales you shall ftrom hcncefoorih cast out of 
your bookes and memorle, knowing this that they 
are all and every part of them false and most untrue. 
For 1 myselfe and my servaunts also have digged up, 
planted, and replanted verie many ; and yet never 
oonld either perceive shape of man or woman, but 
sometimes one straight roote, sometimes two, and 
often sixeor seaven braunches, comming from the 
mahie great roote ; even as nature list to bestowe 
upon It as to other plants. But the idle drones that 
have little or nothing to do but eate and drinke, 
have bestowed some of their time in carving the 
rootes of Brionie} forming them to the shape of men 
and women, which falsifying practise hath confirmed 
the errour amongst the simple and unlearned people, 
who have taken them upon their report to be the 
true mandrakes. Oerardt* Herball, ed. Ui97> p. 980. 

MANDY. Saucy; impudent; frolicsome; im- 

maoAgeable. We9t 
MANE. Moan. Reliq. Antiq.L 60. 
MANER. A seat or dwelling. Used in Stafford- 
shire, according to Kennet, MS. Lansd. 1033. 
The kyng soyoumyd in that tyde 
At a maner there besyde. 

MS, CatUab, Ff. ii. 38. f. 78. 
MANERLY. Correctly; politely. 
MANBST. Menaced. ApoL LolL p. 21. 
MANFESOURS. Malefactors. Langtoft,p.211. 
MAN6. (1) To mix, or mingle. West, Hence, 

a mash of bran or malt 
(2) To become stuplfied. 

What say ye, man i Alas ! for teyn 

I trow ye mamg, Ctnff« Ktctrpla Anii^ua, p. 108. 

MANGE. To eat {J,^N.) 

MAN6ERIN6. Perplexing. 

The simple people might be brought in a nuuigm^ 
ing tif their Caith, and stand in doubt whom they 
might believe^ PhUpofa Work*, p. SIS. 

MANGERY. A feast. {A,-N,) 



There was yoye and moehe game 
At that grete mangtii, MS, Cndah, Ft. II. 38, f. 83. 
To the kyng he sente them tylle. 
And preyed hym, yf hyt were hys wylle. 
That he fSsylyd hym not at that tyde^ 
But that he woide come to Hungary 
For to worschyp that mtmgeiy* 
Therof he hymbesoght. 

MS. Cantab. Pf. IL 38, f. Rl. 

MANG-FODDER. Fodder for cows mixed 

with hay and straw. Yari$A. 
MANG.HANGLE. Mixed in a wild and con- 
fused manner. Somerset, 
MANGONEL. The same as Magnei, q. y. 
MANGONIZE. To traffic in slaves. {lAit.) 
MANHED. Manhood; race. 

Off women com duke and kyng, 
I jow tell without lesyng. 
Of them com owre manhed, 

MSmAMhmuu ei,r.&K 
MANICON. A kind of nightshade. 
Bewitch Hermetic men to run 
Stark staring mad with moHieon. 

HwUbruM, III. 1.334. 

MANIE. Madness. (^.-iV.) 

MANIFOLD. To multiply, or tncreaae. It oc- 
curs in MS. Cotton. Vespas. D. vii. 

MANIPLE. A bundle, or handftiL It is also 
the same with Fanon, q. v. 

MANK. A trick, or prank. Yorith. 

MAN. KEEN. Marriageable. North. 

MANKIND. Masculine; furious. A furious 
beast is still so called. See Craven Gl. 

MAN KIT. Maimed; impaired. Gawayne, 

MANLICH. Humane. (A.-S.) It occasionally 
has the sense of manfiMy. 

MANNED. Waited on ; attended. 

MANNER. (1) Manure. Far. dial 

(2) To be taken with the maimer^ to be caagfat 
in a criminal act. 

M ANNERS-BIT. A portion left in a dish << for 
the sake of manners." North. 

MANNIE. A little man. Une. 

MANNINGTREE. Formerly a £unoii8 place 
for feasting and sports, and often alluded to 
by our early writers. ** Drink more in two 
dales then all Maning-tree does at a Whitson- 
ale," Dekker's Knigbts Conjuring, p. 38. 

MANNISH. (1) Manly. It occurs in Palagrave'a 
Acolastus, 4to. Lond. 1540. Maim^, to ap- 
proach to manhood. 

(2) Fond of man's flesh. Palegraife. 

MAN.QUELLBR. A destroyer of men. 

MANRBD. Vassalage; dependence. {A.^S.) 
Hisdoo no messangere for menske of thlsd vyne. 
Sen we are in thy mmmnde, and merry the beaekeai. 
Mortt Jrthure, MiS, Umeoln, f . 54. 

MANSBOND. Slaves. Langtoft, p. 115. 
MANSCHIPELICHE. ManfiiUy. 

His lord he serred treweliche^ 

In al thtaig matMcAlpeJiete. 

Ouif t/ WurwitJt, p. 1. 
MANSE. (1) A bouse, or mansion. (A.^N,) 
(2) To curse, or excommunicate. 
MANSHEN. Akindofcake. Somereet, Per. 

haps from the old word numehet, q. v. 
MANSHIP. Manhood; courage. 



MAR 



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MAR 



MANSLEARS. Mwderen. 

Man^t an they wer had most odkmt. 

Ma.Lamd.H6,t.60, 

IIAN'S-MOTHBRWORT. The herb Palma 

Ckrhti, It ocean in Genrd. 
IIANSUETB. Gentle. (J.-N.) Mmuuehide, 

gentleness, Old Christmas Carols, p. 29. 
MAN.SWORE. Forsworn ; perjured. 
WiHT, (1) To stntter. Cumd. 
(2) Plan ; method ; trick ? 

I have eflteted my purpoM in a great many, some 
by the aliqiiote parti, and tooia by the cubical! mmnt, 
but thiaKHire crabb I cannotdaale with by nome> 
tbod. Lttters on SH^m^fie StO^MU, p. 106. 

MANTEL. A term applied to a hawk, when 
she stretches one wing along after her leg, 
and then her other wing. 
MANTELET. A short mantle. {A-N.) 
That thay be trapped in gete. 
Bathe telere and manuUt; 

MS, Uncoln A.i. 17, f. 134. 

HANTEL-TREE. ** Mantyl tre of a chymney, 
vtamteoH dune ehemmee,** Palsgrave. The 
same writer speUs it maiUry. A strange 
phrase, "as melancholy as a mantle-tree," 
occnrs in Wny Beguiled, 1623. Mantle-piece 
for the chimney-piece is very common. 

MANTLE. (1) To embrace kindly. North, 

(2) To xpe the fine kdy. Line, 

(3) To winnow com. Holme, 1688. Mantle- 
wind, a winnowing machine. 

(4) To rave about angrily. lAnc, 

^ \b) To froth, as beer does, &c. Exmoor, 
MANTO. A gown. Properly, a garment made 

of mantOy a kind of stuff. 
MANUAL. The mass-book. {Lat,) 
MANURANCE. Cultivation. It occurs in the 

Triall of Wits, 4to. Lond. 1604, p. 242. 
MANUS-CHRISTL A kind of lozenge. 
MAXT. (1) A late form of Memy, q. v. 

(2) Madu Wett, The A. S. use. 

(3) Many a time and qft^ frequently, /or. dial. 
It o ccurs in Shakespeare. 

MANTEW. The mange in dogs. 

The houndeshaveth also another •Iknesse that it 
depid the manytWt and that coraeth to hrm for 
cauae that thei be malencolyous. MA, Bodl. 546. 

MANT-FOLDS. The intestines. North, 
MAPPEL. The same as Maulkin, q. v. 
MAPPEN. Probably ; perhaps. North. 
MAQUERELLE. See Mackerel. 
HAR. A small lake. Northumb, 
MARA-BALK. A balk of land. Eaet, 
MARACOCK. The passion-flower. 
MARBLES. The lues venerea. Greene. 
MARBRE. Marble. {A,-N.) 

A tombe rlcbe for the nonit 

Of moHfn and eek of Jaspre ttoni«. ^ 

GDwer, Ma. Soc, Antiq, 134. f. 127. 

MARCH. (1) A kmd-mark, or boundary. (2) To 
border on, or be contiguous to. (A,'N,) 
Hence the marches of Wales, &c. " Marches 
bytwene two laiAes, frontieree,** Palsgrave. 
iliaricA«r,a president of themarches. Marcher^ 
lorde, the petty rulers who lived on the 
Welsh borders. 

MARCHALE. A marshall. 



Of a thouionde men bl tale 

He made him ledere and marehale, 

Curmr MutM, MS, OoO. Trin. CmUeb t, 48. 
MARCHALSYE. Horsemanship. 

MARCHANDYE. Merchandize. 
Sertanly withowte lye. 
Sum tyme I lyve be marehand^^ 
And pasie welle of te the lee. 

MS. Canutb, Ft, v. 48, f. 48. 

MARCH-BIRD. A frog. Eaet, 
MARCHE. (1) The herb smallage. 
(2) Mercia. Chron. Vilodun. p. 2. 
MARCH-HARE. As mad ae a March hare, a 
very common phrase. " As mad not as 
Mtfche hare, but as a madde dogge," More's 
Supplyeacyon of Soulys, sig. C. ii. 

Than they begyn to swere and to i tare, 
And be aB braynlas at a Marsht kare, 

MS. RmwUmsim C, 88. 
As mad ai a March hare ; where madncas compares, 
Are not Midaummer hares as mad as March haies t 
Ht]fVfoof» Bpigrammett 1587, d^* &9* 

MARCHING-WATCH. A briUiant procession 
formerly made by the citizens of London at 
Midsummer. It is fully described by Stowe. 

MARCH-LAND. An old name for Mercia. 

MARCH-PANE. "Marchpanes are made of 
verie little flower, but with addition of greater 
quantitie of filberds, pine nuts, pistaces, 
almonds, and rosed sugar,'' Markham's Coun- 
trey Farme, 1616, p. 585. According to 
Forby, ii. 208, the term was retained up to a 
very recent period. Marchpane was a con- 
stant article in the desserts of our ances- 
tors. See Ben Jonson, ii. 295; Topsell's 
Serpents, p. 165; Warner's Antiq. Culin. 
p. 103 ; Harrison's England, p. 167 ; Ftorio, 
p. 134. 

As to surpreise by message sad, 
The feast for which they all have had 
their tiMrcA>jiafi« dream so long. 

Songt of the London FrorUi€e»i p. 31. 

MARDLE.(1) To gossip. East. 
(2) A pond for cattle. St^olk. 
MARE. (1) An imp, or demon ; a hag. " Yond 
harlot and mare," Towneley Mysteries, p. 198. 
It was often a term of contempt. See Mecr 
in Brockett, p. 201. 

And shame hyt ys ay where 
To be kalied a prcstes mar«. 

MS. Harl, I7OI, f. 53. 

(2) To tein the mare or lose the tMlter, to play 
double or quits. 

(3) The sport of crying the mare has been 
already mentioned. It is thus more particu- 
larly described in Blount's Glossographia, ed. 
1681, p. 398 : — " To cry the mare is an ancient 
custom in Herefordshire, viz. when each hus- 
bandman is reaping the last of his com, the 
workmen leave a few blades standing, and tye 
the tops of them together, which is the mare, 
and then stand at a distance and throw their 
sickles at it, and he that cuts the knot has 
the prize ; which done, they cry with a loud 
voice, I have her, 1 have her, I have her. 
Others answer, What have you, what have 
you, what have you? A mare, a mare, a 



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mare. Whose is she, whose ia shCi whose is 
she ? J. B. (naming the owner three times). 
Whither will you send her? To John-a- 
Nokesy (naming some neighbor who has not 
all, his com reapt). Then they all shout 
three times, and so the ceremony ends with 
good chear. In Toricshire upon like occasion 
they have a Harvest Dame, in Bedfordshire a 
Jack and a GilL*' 

MAREFART. The herb yellow ragwort. 

BIAREIS. A marsh. (J.^N.) " Mareah 
grounds," Holinshed, Hist. England, L 55 ; 
mare»te, Hall, Richard III. f. 33; mareya, 
W. Mapes, p. 351; Maundevile, p. 130; 
maritet Harrison's England, p. 166; Brit. 
Bibl. ir. yo.^ 
Themocieand thefNarraM«,the mounttes lohye. 

Morf Jrthttre, MS. UneotHf f . 74. 

MARE*S-FAT. Inula dyienterica, Lin. 
MARE^S-TAILS. Long, narrow, and iiregnlar 

clouds, (k a dark colour. Var, diaL 
MARET. Merit ; deserring conduct. 

TIU15 IM lyng and My no mu the preit uawothelc. 
Both four Morff aad joitz mede in heven je 
Khnl haYe« 
Fore God hath grauntyd of hie grace he his auctoret^, 
Be he never to synfui 30ure toulys may he lave, 

Audela^** Poenu, p. 44 

MARGAN. The stinking camomile. 

MARGARETTIN. Same as Madgetin, q. y. 

MARGARITE. A pearl. {A,^N,) A**mar- 
gery perl" is mentioned in Pr. Parr. p. 214. 

No man right honorable, findeth a precloui 
ttooe, bearing the eplendor of any rich manrgarU^^ 
but straight hastath unto the best lai^diate, whose 
happy allowance thereof begetteth a rare aflbeta^ 
tlcm, andine^timahle valcw of the gem. 

HotpAm'* Baculum Gmtdmlieym, 1614. 

MAR6ARIT0N. A legendary Trojan hero, fre- 
quently aUnded to. See Narea. 

MARGE. A margin. See Johnson. Margent, 
now a common yulgarism, is sanctioned by 
our best writers. 

MARGBRT-HOULET. An owl KennettMS. 

MARGINAL-FINGER. The index mark. 

MARGIT. Margaret. North, 

MARGTHE. Marrow^ Nominale MS. Mmie 
is the form used by Chaucer. 

MARICHE. k disease of the matrix. A cer- 
tain receptacle in the matrix is termed marryt 
in MS. Addit. 12195, f. 158. 

MARIOLE. Little Mary. Heame, 

MARK. (1) A hawk is said to keep her mark, 
when she waits at the place where she lays 
game, until she be retrieved. 

^2^ A coin worth thirteen shillings and 4d. 

(3) Dark. Tundale's Visions, p. 13. 

The nyght waxed soon blaclc as pycke. 
Then was the miste bothe markt and thycke. 
MS. Cantab, Ff. ii. X, f.SOl. 
\4) A wide gutter. Devon. 
MARK-BOY. A lad employed by gamblers to 

mark the scores. 
MARKE. Mars. The reading in MS. Douce 
291 is " Mara." The whole diapter is omit- 
ted in MS. Digby 233. 



Right so thoc that bene ordeyoyd to the werk of 
Jfar*«, that is god of bataile. 

r*geciu*, MS. Laud. 416. f. 341. 

MARKEL. A kind of night-cap. 

MARKES. A marquis. Ord. and Reg. p. 12. 
Marhieene, the wife of a marquis. 

MARKET-BBTER. A swaggerer. See Tyr- 
whitt's GL p. 151. A person in a cozy, com- 
fortable, merry humour, ia said in Worcester- 
shire to be marhet'peart. Market'fitBhy on 
the Terge of intoxication, Salop. Antiq. 
p. 499. Mariet'Merrgt tipey. 

MARKET-PLACE. The front teeth. Idne. 

MARKETS. Marketings; thmgs bought at 
markets. Torhth. 

MARKET-STEDE. A market-place. (^.-5.) 

MARL. (1) MarveL See Middleton, ilL 390. 
Still in use in Exmoor.* 
And such am I, I slight your proud commands ; 
I moHt who put a bow Into your hands. 

Randofyh't Poemt, 1643. p. 19^ 

(2) ** To dresse any maner of fish with vinegcr 
to be eaten colde, which at Southampton they 
call marling of fish," Florio, ed. 1598, p. 3. 

(3) To manure with marl. See Florio, p. 114; 
Lambarde's Perambulation, 1596, p. 445. 

(4) To ravel, as silk, &c. Dei>on. 
MARLION. The merlin hawk. See Harrison's 

England, p. 227; Reliq. Antiq. L 81. 

MARLOCK. (1) A fooL Yorheh. 

(2) A fit>lic, gambol, or TBgary. North. 

MARM. AjeUy. Kent. 

MARMIT. A pot with hooks at the side. 

MARMOL. The same as Aformalj q. y. 

MARMOSET. A kind of monkey. Mmrtmu*- 
eett, Chester Plays, i. 244. 

MAROT. A nipple. (A.-N) 

MARQUESSE. Marchioness. ShaJt. 

MARR. To spoil a child ; to soil or dirty any- 
thing. Pal^ave, 

MARRAM. The sea reed-grass. Norf. 

MARRET. A marsh, or bog. North, 

MARRIABLE. Marriageable. Pahgrme. 

MARROQUIN. Goat's leather. {Fr.) ' 

MARROW. (1) A companion, or friend; a mate 
or lover. See Ben Jonson, viL 406. " Pore 
husbondes that had no marowee" Huiittyng 
of the Hare, 24 7. '^ A marrow in Yorkahire a 
fellow or companion, and the relative term in 
Paris, as one glove or shoe is or is not mar- 
row to another," MS. Lansd. 1033. 

(2) A kind of sausage. Wettm. 

(3) Similar ; suitable ; uniform. North. 

MARROW-BONES. The knees. To Mng any 
one down on hie marrow-bonest to make him 
beg pardon on his knees. Marrow-bone* and 
eleaver$f important mstraments in rough 
music, performed by batchers on the occaaion 
of marriages, &c. 

MARROWLESS. Matchless. North. 

MARRUBE. Lavender cotton. 

MARRY. An inteij. equiVUent to, indeed ! 
Marry on tt$, marry comedy marry ooima ov/, 
interjections given by Brockett. Marry and 
thatt^ that I ^ ! Marry coma 197, my dirty 



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MAS 



consm, a saying addiMsed to any one wbo 
siFects ezceasiye delicacy. ** Magnaffna,murj 
gip sir, trae Roger/' Cotgrave. Here marry 
^ seems to mean an affirmation, but Gifford 
says it is a phrase of contempt. See Lilly, ed. 
1632, gig. Z. X. " By Mary Gipcy," Skelton, 
L419. ''Marry, verily, truly," M& Lansd. 
1033. Marry maff^ nonsense. 

MARSHALL. The marvAat/ ^ /Ae ^ff was the 
person who, at public festirals, placed every 
person according to his rank. It was his duty 
also to preserve peace and order. The mar- 
9haU qf ike JMd, one who presided over any 
out-door game. 

MARSHALSEA-MONET. The connty.rate. 
East It is nearly obsolete. 

MARSI. Mercy. 

A man witheoat marH no marti shall have. 
Id tyme of ned when he dothe it erave. 
Bat all his lyive go lick a slave. 

MS. AthmtO* 46. 

MART. (1) Lard. South, 

(2) Mara. Also, war. Spenger, 

(3) To sen, or traffic. See Todd. Mariner, one 
who marts, Florio, p. 54. 

(4) An ox or cow killed at Martinmas, and dried 
for winter use. North. ** Biefe salted, dried 
up in the chimney, Martlemas biefe," HoUy- 
band's Dictionaiie, 1593. 

MARTS. Wonders ; marvels. (^.-5.) 
MARTEL. To hammer. I^etuer, 
MARTERNS. The fiir of a martin. See Test. 
Vetusta, p. 658. Marterone tawed, Booke of 
Rates, 1545.. In an inventory printed in the 
ArchsBologia, xxx. 17, mention is made of 
"an olde cassock of satten, edged with 
matronaJ* ^ 

Ne mororyn, ne aabil, y trowe. In god fky, 
Was Bona founden te hire garaement. 

legale, MS, Soe, AtUiq. 134, f. 85. 

MARTIALIST. A martial man ; a soldier. See 
Dekker's Knight's Conjuring, p. 70. 

MARTILL. A marten. TopselVs Beasts, p. 491. 

MARTIN. A spayed heifer. MS. Gough (Oxon) 
46. See Free-Martin. 

MARTIN'S-HAMMER. «< She has had Martin's- 
hammer knocking at her wicket," said of a 
woman who has twins. 

MARTIN'S-RINGS. St. Martin's rings were 
imitation of gold ones, made with copper and 
gflt. They may have been so called fix>m the 
makers or Tenders of them residing within the 
coUi^iate chnrch of St. Martin's-le-Grand. 
See Archseologia, xviiL 55 ; and Brand's Pop. 
Aatiq. iL 60. 

MARTIRE. To torment. (A.^N,) Martyrd, 
spoilt, Erie of Tolous, 1110. 
To mete hym in the mountes, and aiaityre hys 

knyghtca. 
Stryke theme doone in strates and struye theme 
fore evere. MorU Anhurt, MS, JJneoln, f. 69. 

MARTLEMAS. Martinmas. North. 
MARTROKE. The marten. See Martenu, 

Spelt martryne in Reliq. Antiq. L 295. 
HARYEDL A very small Spanish coin, thirty. 

four to a sixpence. 



MARVEL. The herb hoarhound. 

MARVELS. Marbles. Suffolk, 

MARWE. Marrow. Nominale MS. *« Mary 

in a bone, mouette*' Palsgrave ; mary-boon, 

Lydgate's Minor Poems, p. 165 ; Collier's Old 

Ballads, p. 69. 

The grece of the fox and the nwny he good for 

the hardynge of the synowes. MS, BodU 646 

MARY-MAS. The Annunciation B. V. 
MARYN. The sea-coast. {A.-N.) 
MAS. (1) Master. 

(2) A mace, or club. {A,-N,) 

(3) Makes. Perceval, 1086. 

Thou pynoyst hylon, grete yoye thou nuu, 

MS, Cantab. Ft, ii. 98, f. 48. 
We wol se for what resoun 
That he suche bapcl5yng moi. 
And whether he be Menfias. 
Curmr Mundi, MS, CM, IHn. Otntab, t, 79. 
Aighnes also me thinke Is harde« 
For that mate a man a oowarde. 

MS, Sloan. 1785, f. 53. 

MASCAL. A caterpillar. Devon, " Mascale 

et maltscale, a palmer-worm," MS. Gloss, 
MASCLE. Male. Stanihurst, p. 19. 

Natheles comttnellche hure moste love is the 
monethe of Janver, and yn that monetho thci renne 
fastest of eny tyme of the jeer bbthe matcla and 
femel. MS, Bodt. 54/6, 

MASE. (1) To be confounded ; to doubt. Still 
in use, to turn giddy. Also, a substantive, 
amazement. ** A mazed man, an idiot," 
Devon. Mazy pack, the parish fool. Maie- 
lins, silly persons, Cumh. ** Maze Jeny 
Pattick, mad simpleton," Cornwall Gl. 

Here the people are set in a wonderfoll maze and 
astonbhment, as If witches could plague men in 
their wrath, hy sending their spirlu. because they 
oonfesse they did it, when their spirits do lye and 
had no power, but the torments came by naturall 
causes. Gil^d's Dialogue am WUt^ea, 1003. 

(2) A vrild fancy. Chaucer, 
MASEDERE. More amazed {yi.'N.) 
MASEDNESSE. Astonishment; confusion. 
MASE LIN. A kind of drinking-cup, sometimes 
made of maslin or brass, a metal mentioned in 
Gy of Wanvike, p. 421, *' bras, nuulyn, yren 
andstel." §> 

Tables, clothed, bred and wine. 
Plater, dlise, cop and maseline, 

Arthtmr and Merlin, p. 257* 
iiij. c. cuppys of golde f^ue. 
And as many of nuukifn* 

MS, Cantab. Ff . ii. 38, f. 129. 

Take a quarte of good wyne, and do it in a dene 

maetelyn panne, and do therto an ownce of salgemme. 

MS, Med, Ree. xv. Cent. 

MASER. A bowl, or goblet. Tyrwhitt seems 
to make it synonymous with maeelin. Cotgraye 
has, " Jadeau, a bowie or mazer.'' Masers 
made of hard wood, and richly carved and 
ornamented, were formerly much esteemed. 
Randolph, Poems, p. 92, speaks of ** carv'd 
mazers.'' Davies, Ancient Rites of Durham, 
ed« 1672, pp. 126-7, mentions several mazers ; 
one ** largely and finely edg'd about vrith sil- 
yer, and double-gilt vrith gold ;" another, " the 
outside whereof vras of black mazer, and the 



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inside of sflver, double-gttt, the edge finely 
wrought round about with silver, and double- 
g^t." The maser was genenOly of a large 
size. ** TmUOf a great cuppe, brode and 
deepe, sache as great masers were wont to 
bee/' Cooper, ed. 1 559. '* A mazer, or broad 
piece to drinke in," Baret, 1580. Mazer wood 

is said to be maple. 

Off latiycoUe thou ihall prove, 
That it a cuppe to my behove* 
Off mater It it ftU dene. 

JfA. Cuniab. Ff. v. 48, f. 50. 

MASH. (1) A preparation for a horse, generally 
made of malt and bran. far. dioL ** A com- 
mixture, a mash," Florio, p. 111. 

(2) To act furiously. Linc» 

(3) A marsh ; fen land. for. dial 
MASHELTON. The same as MaaHn, q. v. 
MASHES. A great deal. Comw, 
MASH-FAT. The yat which contains the malt 

in brewing. It is stirred up with a mash- 
staff, formerly called a mashel or masherel. 
Marfatha, Reliq. Antiq. i. 86. Matkrfatte, 
Nominale MS. 
MASH-MORTAR. All to pieces. Weaf. 
MASIDNESSE. Astonishment. Paltgrave, 
MASK. To infuse. North. 
MASKEDE. Bewildered. (^.-5.) Still in 
use, spelt matkerd, and explained, choked up, 
stupified, stifled. 
MASKEL. A kind of lace. The method of 
making it is described in a yery curious tract 
on laces of the fifteenth century in MS. Harl. 
2320, 1 62. 
MASKELIN. A masking, or disguising. Monkery t 

ibid. MoMetder, a masker. 
MASKERD. Decayed. North. 
MASKIN. An abbreviation of Maaa. Still in 
use. See Crayen Gl. i. 312. MatkitWy Lon- 
don Prodigal, p. 18. 
MASKS. Mashes ; meshes. Park, 
MAS LIN. Mixed com. North, It is gene- 
rally made of wheat and rye. 
But aUeonely of wete. 
The m«f (yotie thul men lete. 

MS, Harl, 1701, f. 67. 
I kny nor cow, noc wheate, nor matUjfn, 
For cow if sorry for her casUyn. 

Men MlraeUe, 1666, p. 6. 
MASNEL. A mace, or club. 
With an uge maenet 
Bevet a hite on the helm of ttel. 
That Beves of Hamtoun, veralment, 
Wa« astoned of the dent. 

Bevea nf Hamtoun , P> I6ft> 

MASONER. A bricklayer. Leic, "Amason- 
schypef petroniua" Nominale MS. 

MASSELADE. A dish in ancient cookery, de- 
scribed in MS. Sloane 1201, f. 38. 

MASSELGEM. The same as Maslith q. y. 

MASSER. (1) A mercer. Lane, 

(2) A pri?y, or jakes. Somerset, 

MASSING. Bdongingtothemass. Holinshed, 
Chron. Ireland, p. 177. 

MAST. '' Of wax a mast,'' a tall wax candle. 
And broujt with hym of wax a moat. 

Chron. Vilodxm, p. 08. 



MASTED. Fattened, as pigs are with mast, 

&c. See Prompt. Pary. p. 151. 
MASTER. (1) Husband. Vor. dud, 
(2) The jack at the game of bowls. 
MASTERDOM. Dominion; rale. MoMterful, 

imperious, commanding. 
MASTER-TAIL, the left handle of a plough. 
MASTERY. A masterly operation. So the 

finding the grand elixir was called. 
MASTHEDE. Majesty. This occurs in MS. 

Cotton. Vespas. D. yii. 
MASTICOT. The mastic gum. 
MASTY. (1) A mastiff. North. " To lead a 

masty dog," Hobson's Jests, p. 11. Maattf 

currt, Du Bartas, p. 46. 
(2) Very large and big. Lmc. Poesibly con- 
nected with Moated, q. y. 
MASYE. Ck>nf6unded ; stupified. 
Alas ! for tyth and wrow ad. 
If ornyng makes me mauM and mad. 

Cn^e Rrcerpta Jntifua, p 107> 

MAT. May. Songs and Carols, xy. 
M ATACHIN. A dance of fools, or persons f sua - 
tastically dressed, who performed yarious 
moyements, haying swords and bucklers yrith 
which they made a clashing noise. 
MATCH. The wick of a candle. 
MATCHLY. Exactly alike. Kennett says, 
"mightily, greatly, extremely." Natfi In 
Lincolnshire, when things are equal or alike, 
they say they are matley or matter, 
MATE. To stupify, confound, puzzle, defeat, 
deject, or terrify. " He wase ny mate,'' L e. 
confounded. Torrent, p. 29. Matetye, state 
of confusion, Hardyng, 1 96. 
MATERE. The matrix or womb. 
M ATFELON. The herb knap-weed. 
MATH. A mowing. Someraei. 
MATHEBRU. A kind of wine, mentioned in a 

list in MS. Rawl. C. 86. 
MATHEN. 

Now hadde al tho theves hethen 
Ben to-fruftt doun to mathen, 

Arthourand Merlin^ p. .lOO. 
For he lete Cristen wedde bathen. 
And meynt our blod aa flesche and mathera. 

Ibid. p. lf». 

MATHER. The great ox-eyed daisy. 
MATHUM. Afool or changeling. Hutm. 
MATRES. A kind of rich cloth. 
MATRIMONY. A wife. (Lat,) 
MATTER. (1) To approye of. North, Mr. 
Scatcherd giyes exactly the opposite sense. 

(2) To burst, as a sore does. 

(3) A matter of, about. What w the matter r/ 
your age, how old are you. No great matters, 
no great quantity ; not very well. 

MATTHEW-GLIN. An old comical term for 

metheglin, mentioned by Taylor. 
MATTRESS. " Mattresse for a crosbowe, mar- 

telaa" Palsgrave. 
MATTY. Matted; twisted. Var. dial. 
MATWOURTH. The herb spragus. 
MAUD. A plaid worn by Cheviot shepherds. 
MAUDLIN-DRUNK. Said of persons who 

weep when tipsy. " Some maudlin driuikcn 



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were, and wept full sore/' Yorkshire Ale, 
1697, p. 8. 

The fifth Is mawdUn dntnX^f when a fellowe nill 
weepe for kindnes in die midst of his ale, and kHMte 
yoa, saying. By God, eaptaine. I love tbee. 

Ntuk'9 PitreaPmmiUMe^ 1508. 

MAUDLIN-FAIR. A great uproar. Nwih, 
MAUDRIN6. Mambling. Kmi, 
MAUG. A brother-in-law. Kwrth, 
MAUGHT. Might. Gy of Warwike, p. 188. 
HAUGRE. Id spite of. {A,'N.) As a sub- 
stantive, misfortune. A verb, to defy, Web- 
ster's Works, ii 175. 
That aalle he, mawgri his tethe. 
For alle hisgret aiaye. U8. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. Itt. 
3c. Mid the kyng, be my lent^. 
And ellis have 1 mycul mm^i, 

MS.. Cantab. Ft. T. 48, f. 50. 
MAUKY. Maggotty ; whimsicaL Mauky- 

keadedy ibid. North. 
M AUL. ( 1) A mallow. (2) A moth. North. 

(3) CUyey, sticky soil. East, 

(4) A hammer or mallei. Far, dial, 
MAULARD. A drake, or maUard. 

And with a bolt afterward. 
Anon he hitt a maMtortf. 

Arthour and Mtrlin, p. 154. 
MAULES. The measles. Somerset, 
MAULKIN. A doth, usually wette^ and at- 
tached to a pole, to sweep clean a baker's 
oven. This word occurs in the dictionaries of 
Hollyband and Miege, and is still in use in the 
West of England. 
iUULMY. Qammy ; sticky. East, Probably 

the same as Mourn (1). 
MAUM. (1) Soft ; mellow. MS. Lansd. 1033. 

(2) Sedate ; peaceable ; quiet. North. 

(3) A sofft brittle stone. Oxon. 
MAUMET. An idol ; a puppet. Maumetrie^ 

idolatry. From Mahomet, Mawments, pup- 
pets, triiles. North. 
MAUNCE. A blunder; a dilemma. North. 
HAUNCHES. The sleeves of a coat. 
MAUND. (1) To command. Maundementf a 
commandment. {A,'N,) 
The king mmmded him her straygfat to marry, 
And for killyng her brother he must dye. 

9d Fart ttf Promo* and Quaandra, It. 3, 

(2) To beg. An old cant term. Mawnding^ 
asking, Dekker's Lanthome and Candle-Ught, 
ed. 1620, sig. C. iL 

(3) A basket. '' A maund or hutch,'* Florio, p. 
5. Still in use. Kennett describes it, " a 
handbasket with two lids or opening covers, 
chiefly used by market-women to carry butter 
and eggs; a maund of merchandise in the 
Book of Rates is a large hamper containing 
eight bales or two fats.*' 

MAUNDER. (1) A beggar. See Maimd (2). 
Still in use, according to Pegge. 

The diyill (like a brave mavndsr) was rid a beg- 
ging himselfe^ and wanted money. 

RowUj/'s Search for Money t 1609. 

(2) To mutter, or grumble ; to wander about 
thoughtfully ; to wander in talking. 

MAUNDREL. a pickaxe sharpened at each 
end. Howell, 1660, sect 51. 
n. 



MAUNDY. Abusive ; saucy. GUme, 

MAUNDY-THURSDAY. The day of Christ's 
commandment on instituting the Lord's Sap- 
per. See Hampson, ii. 265. 

MAUNGE. To gormandize. Unc, 

MAUNSE. Threatening. ReUq. Antiq. iL 54. 

MAUNT. My aunt ! North, 

MAUP. To mope about stupidly. Maups^ a 
silly fellow. North. 

MAUT. May ; can ; might. North. 

MAUTHER. A girl. East, The term U used 
by Ben Jonson, and others. 

MAUTHERN. The ox-eyed daisy. WUts. 

MAVEIS. Bad ; wicked. Heame, 

MAVIN. The margin. Sussex, 

MAVIS. The singing thrush. See Ray's Diet 
TrU. p. 29. Still in use. 
Crowes, popingayes, pyes, pekoeks, and mavie». 

AtlhmM% Thaat. Chsm, Brit. 1658, p. IIJ. 

MAVORTIAL. Martial 

MAW-BOUND. Costive. Chesh. Evidently 
from maw, the stomach. {A.-S.) 

MA WE. An old game at cards. It was played with 
a piquet pack of thirty-six cards, and any num- 
ber of persons from two to six formed the party. 

M AWKS. A slattern. / ar. dial 

MAWL. " To make dirty ; to cover with dirt, 
e. g. when persons are walking along a 
muddy road, they will say, What mawlmg 
work it is ; and when they arrive at their 
journey's end, their friends are very likely to 
say of them, that they are quite mawled up," 
MS. Glossary of Lincolnshire Words by the 
Rev. James Adoock. " Malde up in shame,'' 
covered up in shame, First Sketches of Henry 
VI. p. 91, where the amended play r^s 
mayVd up, 1 added in a note, **fivm the 
spelling of the word in our text, it seems to be 
a question whether mauFd is not the true 
reading, at least qfthe oldplay." Mr. Dycc, 
in his Remarks, p. 128, chooses to construe 
this explanation of the older text into an ab- 
surd conjectural emendation of my own. 
Mailed is, however, most certainly the cor- 
rect reading. ** Mayling-clothes," cloths for 
wrappers. Privy Purse Expences of Henry 
VIII. p. 159. 

MAWMENEE. A dish in ancient cookery, de- 
scribed in the Forme of Cury, p. 19 ; MS. 
Sloane 1201, f. 24 ; Warner's Antiq. Culin. p. 
76 ; Ord. and Reg. pp. 430, 455. 

MAWN, Peat Heref, 

MAWPUSES. Money. Line, 

MAWROLL. The whitehorehound. 

MAWSEY. Soft and tasteless. Wore, 

MAWSKIN. The stomach of a calf, when pre- 
pared for rennet, far. dial 

MAWTH. The herb dog's-fenncL 

MAW- WALLOP. Any filthy mess. 

MAXEL. A donghilL Kent. Sometimes 
maxon, a form of mixen. 

MAY. (1) The blossom of the white-thorn. As 
welcome as flowers in May, heartily welcome. 
" As mery as flowres in May," MS. Cantab. 
Ff. V. 48,f.lll. 

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(2^ Maid. A eommoii poetieil word. 

(S) A maze. Somenet, 

(4) This proverb is still common : 

For who thftt doth not whenna he matf, 
WhouM he wolde hit wol be nay. 

Curtor Mundi, MS, Col, THm, OinCaft. C 148. 

MAT-BE. Perhaps. Far.diuL 

MAY-BEETLE. The cockchafer. Oxtm. It 
is also called the May-bng. 

MAY-BLOSSOMS. The Uly of the Talley. 

MAY-BUSH. The vhite-tbom. Var. dial 

MAY.DAY. The first of May. It was formeriy 
customary to assemble in the fields early on 
this day, to welcome the return of spring. 
Many sports were rife on this occasion. 

MAYDEWODB. The herb dog's-fennel. 

MAY -GAME. A frolic ; a triflci or jest. A may- 
game person, a trifier, now often corrupted to 
make^ffame. The expression occurs in Holin- 
shed, Chron. Ireland, p. 79. " A may-game 
or simpleton," West andCnmb. Dial. p. 370. 

MAYHAP. Perhaps. Far, diaL 

MAYMOT. Maimed. (^.-5.) 

The pore and the maftimei for to clothe and fede. 

Chron. Vilodvn, p. 31. 
And eroketteaad fMvmeMefatton there hurre hele. 

Ibid. p. M. 

MAYNB. To manage. (A..N.) 
MAYNEFBRB. That part of the armour which 
oovered the mane of a horse. It is mentioned 
in HaU, Henry IV. t 12, mau^erret. 
MAYNPURNOUBB. One who gives baU or 
mainprise for another person. 
Whan Crytte tchaU ichewe hys vmudyt weta. 
Than Ifarye he oure moMnpmnwure / 

MS. Cantab. Ft. U. », f, ft. 

MAY-POLE. Anale-stake. Colei, 
MAY-WEED. The feverfew, far, dial 
MAZE. A labyrinth cut or trodden on the turf, 
generally by schoolboys. I have seen one re- 
cently on a hill near Winchester, but the 
practice is neariy obsolete. " The quaint 
mazes in the wanton green," Shakespeare. 
MAZLE. To wander u if stupified. Cumi. 
MAZZARD. (1) The head. Sometimes comipted 
to nuuer. Still in use. 

Where thou mJght'st stickle, without hanrd 
Of outrage to thy hide and matzard. 

HudibfM, I. U. 7QB. 
(2) A kind of cherry, for. duU. It is in good 

esteem for making cherry-brandy. 
MAZZARDLY. Knottv. Someraet. 
ME. (1) Men. Weber. 
(2) Often used redundantly by our old writers. 

See Johnson and Nares. 
MEACOCK. A siUy effeminate fellow. 

Aod thail I then heing fed with this hope prove 
inch a mecockt, or a milketop, aa to be feared with 
the tempettuous leas of advenitie. 

OfMii«'« Qwjfdmiua, 1568. 

Having thus a love healde her husband, although 

ban was a U\n man and well featured, yet she found 

fault with him, because he waa a meoeodke and 

vnillMippe, not daring to drawe his sworde to re- 

MASge her wrongs ; wherefore she resolved to enter- 

^ some souldier ; and lo she did ; for one Signyor 

^rto, a heave gentleman, but something hard 



f^aadUm 



entertained for her diampion. 

MEADER. A mower. Comw. 
MEAD-MONTH. July. So called because it 

is the season for mowing. 
MBADOW. Afieldahutup|prha/,iii4ifltiiKO. 

tion to a pasture. Y9rk9h^ 
MEAK. The same aa Maim (2). It U spelt 

«MaAbyTusaer,p. I4| meeA, Howard Houae- 

holdBooks, p. 113. 
MBAKER. The minnow. Jtkwm, . 
MEAKIN6. Poorly; dnx^ii^. Wmt. 
MEAL. (1) The milk of a oow piodueed a^ one 

and the same milking. NoriK 
(2) A sand-heap. N^rf^oUL 

i3^ A speck or spot. We»im. 
4) Meal-^readf bread made of good wfaest, 
ground and not sifted. MM-poief a meal- 
bag, Robin Hood, i. 98. MealJkail, hasty 
pudding. Meal-'mouihed, ddicate aiootiied, 
using delicate language. Meal a wrfr , tlie 
husks of the oats. M e mI t ime , dinner time. 

(5) To melt. HeeoM. 
MEAL'S-MEAT. Meat enough for 

Forby has MeaTa-tietuab. See, ii. 212. 
MEAN. (1 ) To moan, or lament. SMk. 
times in a supplicatory manner, aa in Chester 
Plays, i. 209. 
2) To signify, or matter. Yorkth, 
ZS To beckon or indicate. Weal, 
aS a female who advocates any cause. 
5) A term in music. " Mesne a parte of a 
songe, moyeuj" Palsgrave. Acoordmg to 
Blount, " an inner part between the treble and 
base." Glossograpbia, ed. 1681, p. 404. 
Thi organys so hlhe begynne to syng th«r 
With treble memtt and tenor diseordyng aa I 
l#e^fote*« Mimr ^oema, p. 

(6) To go lamely. NariA, 
MEANELICUE. Moderate. (^..&> 
MEANBLS. Spots caUed flea-htes i 

coloured horses. NorHL 

MEANBVERS. Meanwhile. Sakp. 

MEANING. An indication, or hint. 

MEAN-WATER. WheacaltlevoidUeod. they 
are said to make a mean-water. iSK^^. 

MEAR. To measure. Someraei, 

MEARLEW.MUSB. "^^, blessings and 
crossings which the papisticall prieate doe 
use in their holy water, to make a me tw l e w 
nmae,** — Hollyband's Dictionaiie, 1593. 

MEASLED. Diseased, as hogs. Var. dioL 

MEASLINGS. The measles. Eaai. Skinner 
gives meatinga, a Lincolnshire word. 

MEASURE. (1) A slow solemn danee, sidted 
even to the most grave persons. It is the 
translation of branale in the French Alphabet, 
1615, p. 150. 

(2) A Winchester bushel of com. 

(3) A vein or layer of ore. MS. Lansd. 1033. 
MEASURING^AST. A term at the game of 

bowls, meaning that two bowls are at auch 
equal distances from the. mistress that tiie 
spaces must be measured in order to detenniise 
whois the winner. It is used metaphoricaUy. 



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MBAT. miMlfkrMtCle. (S) IVi feML JIM- 

ware, beam, peas, &e. IF*/. 
HEATCRLBT. PerfeellfwelL Omith. 
MEAT-BAIITH. Ciilti?AUd land. Devon, 
MEATH< (1) Meiheglhb Ben 1oiim>ii, y. 16. 
(2) '* Awwd ittqucut ilk Unoolnalnre, as, / give 

tkee iJke imeuth (f the Buyhtff, I gHeyonthe 

op^Bf 0^ let y<m have the refusal/' MS. 

Lansd. 1033. 
MBAT-LIST. Appetite. Devon. TheCrcren 

Glossary ipves meat-haal, i. 316. 
HEATLT. Tolenbly. i>fawf. 
ME AT-WARD-PEAS. Dry peas that boil ten- 

der and soft. Dean MiUes* M8. 
MEATT. Fleshy, as cattle. Wat. 
ME AWT. To think ; to imagine. TbritA 
MEAZB. The form of a hare. 
MEA2LB. (1) A sow. Exmoor, It is fldso a 

common term of contempt. 
(2) ** A meazell or bGster growing on trees/' 

Florio, ed. 1611, p. 97. 
MEAZON. Mice. Ac^btt. 
MEBBT-SCALES. To be m the mebby-scales, 

L e. to wayer between two opinions. The 

Moy-Ae scales? 
MEBLBS. Moveable goods. {A,-N,) 
MBCHALL. Wicked; adnlteroos. Heywood 

has msdbafl; altered by editor to Mseftfc/ See 

Narea^iny.liieMK. 
MBCHB. A landof lamp. ** Uekimu, a meche," 

Nominale MS. 
MBCBBDB. Reward. (>f..M) 

In hope of laclM a gUd mecrtdt, 
Whlfllw afUr sehaHe biftlla In dsdtb 

O^toar, MSk Mm. iHtf if. IM, f. Utt. 
MED. M^F. /. WifM. 
MEDDLE. (1) To mix together. Hence it is 

oeeasiondly nsed far/utuo. 

Thus medlgde Mhe with joy wo, 
And with hyfe Mrwc joy tKle to* 

Gomtr, MS. GmAiew Ff. 1.6, £.8. 

(S) lb neither meddte or maJket not to interfere. 

To wteddle or make, to interfere, Merry Wives 

of Windsor, L 4. 
MSDB. (1) A reward. (A..S,) Med^fidfy, 

deserredly, Apol. Loll p. 25. Palsgrave has 



SertanlyfO I th« tcDe, 
He vllk take ao iMito. 

MS, CtmttA, Pf. V. 48, f. 491 

(2) Humble. R. de. Brmrae, MS. Bowes. 

MEDESTE. Midst Chester Plays, li. 36. 

MSDBTARDE. Mead cress. 

MEDINO. Meed, or reward. {A.-S,) 

^ISDIN.HILLS. Dunghills. 

And like unto great stinkyng mucle m a 4 km Jfc ffl w, 
wbiche never do pleaiure unto the lande or grounde, 
antill their heapes are eaite abroade to the proflte* 
of many. BMlMn't DialftgiM, ISTS* P> 7. 

VBDLAT. MuKUnde. Weber, 

BEDLE. A medlar ? 

A SM attd dlMde In a w«de. 
Under a tiS a evmeiUtn, 

BntB ^ Hmmtount p. 5S. 

MSDLEB. Of a ndzed stnff, or colour. 
BEDRATBLB. The hcri) germandria. See a 
of pbmti in MS. Sloane 5, f. 5. 



MBDSlliB. Medeciiie. ijjfdfttte, 

MEDWE. A meadow or lawn. 

MED.WURT. The herb regina, 

MEDTLSOMES. The cords or traces extending 
from the first to the last of a team of oxen in 
a phmgh. 

MEDYOXES. Masks divided by the middle, 
half man half skeleton. {Lat,) 

MEECH. To creep shout softly. Kent, Some- 
times meeeher. See ificA 

MEEDLES. The wild orach. 

MEBDLBSS. Unmly; tiresome. North, 
" Withoot meiinre," HaUamsh. Gloss, p. 116. 

MBBF. Tb move. Cerv. Myst p. 243. 

MEE-FLOOR. At Wednesbury ifi Staffordshire 
in the nether-coal, the second parting or 
laming is called the mee-floor, one foot tfakk. 

ME EL. To meddle. Devon, 

MESNE. Poor; moderate; middle. 

MSSNIN6. A little shivering or imperfect fit 
of an agne. Kent. 

MEEON. <* Anything enjoyed between two," 
Honter's HaUamsh. (H. p. 15&« 

MEER. (1) A mare. North, 

(2) A cooked kidney. Yorhih, 

(3) Meer eot^ a oomitry ebwn. Metr eit, a 
citizen ignorant of rani matters. 

(4) A boundary. A balk of land which Bennett 
terms a meer waUf is so called in Gloucester- 
-shire. " An anndent meere or bound whereby 
land from land and house from house have 
beene divided,*' Cotgrave in v. Sangte, Huloet 
has merettqfe, 1 552. " Meer^itakee, the treer 
or pollards that stand as marks or boundaries 
for the division of parts and parcels in cop- 
pices or woods," Mis. Lansd. 1033. Mere- 
Mtone, a boandary stone, Stanihuxst, p. 48, 
called a meer^tong in Westmoreland. Har- 
rison, p. 234, mentions a kind of stone called 
meere-etone. 

(5) " Meer is a measure of 29 ysrds in the low 
peak of Darbyshire, and 81 in the high," 
Blount's Glossographia, ed. 1681, p. 410. 

MEESE. A mead, field, or pasture. A certain 
toft or wteeee place, Carlisle's Accounts of 
Charities, p. 297. 

MEET. Even. See Tarlton's Jests, p. 14; 
Middleton, iii. 262. Still in use. Meete, 
Pahner's Gloss, p. 63. To meet with, to be 
even with, to counteract. 

MEETERLY. Tolerably; handsomely; mo- 
destly; indifferently. North, Meetelie, 
tolerably, Holinshed, Hist, of England, i. 54. 

MEETINER. A dissenter, one who frequents 
a meeting-house. Blstf . 

MEET-NOW. Just no^. North. 

MEEVERLY. Easily; slowly. Yorieh. 

MEG. The mark pitched at in playing the 
game of quoits. Weet, 

MEGGY-MONNY-LEGS. Themillcpes. North. 

MEG-HARRY. A rough hoyden girL Lane. 

MEGIOWLER. A large moth. Cormo. 

MEGRIMS. Whims; fancies; bad qiirits. 
Weet Perhttps from the disease so called. 
Megre, a sickenesa^ nu^gre;* Pakgnve. 



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At touching the dIseaaM incldMit to nuurtbdltlM, 
they be tertian feven. Jaundice, '^phrensiea, hot 
ageweti inflammations, bloodie flix, megrimM. 

Grtentft Plangtomachia, 1S85, f. II. 
A fenrent mpgrejfn was In the ryjt syde of hurr hedde. 

CAron. Vilodun. p. 12. 

MEG-WITH-THE-WAD. The ignis-fatuus. 

MEHGHE. A fellow, or companion. 

MEIGNTENAUNT. Immediately. (J,-N.) 

MEINT. Mixed; mingled. (^..&) 
This white dove with here yen meke, 
WhoK chekce were hir beaut^ for to eke. 
With lylties meynf and freashe rooaes rede. 

L^dgate, MS. Aihtmte 8», f. 9. 

MEfNY. A company of followers, or household 
attendants; an army. {A.-N.) Still in use 
in the North of England. *' Meny, a family," 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 103S. 

He had with hyne a m^fn6 there, 
Aa he had ellys where. 
Of the rounde table the kynghtes alle. 
With myrth and Joye yn hya halle. 

MS, Rawtitucn C. 88. 
Marrok thoght utturly 
To do the quene a velanye, 
Hys luste for to fulfyile ; 
He ordeygnyd hym acompanye 
Of hys owne meifnift. 

That wolde aiamite hym tylle. 

jrs. CmttA, Ft. 11. 38, f . 73. 
ME ITCH. To measure ; to compare. North. 
MEKE. To become meek. {j4.-S.) Mekehede, 
meekness. MekeUche^ meekly. Mekuthf, 
Audelay, p. 30. 
MEKILNESSE. Bigness. 3feM, much, great 
After this ther com apone thame thane a grete 
multitude of Bwyne, that ware alle of a wonderftille 
M«k<{fiease, with tuskes of a cubettlenthe. 

MS, lAneotn A. 1. 17, f. 98. 
Syr, ache seyde, yf ye wylle wytt, 
Bf y name at home ys Margaret, 

Y swere be God a rowe ! 
Here have y mekyUe grefe, 
Heipe me now at my myacbefe. 
At lome towne that y were. 

MS, Caiiltub. Ft. IL 38, f. 74. 

MELANCHOLY. Used to describe every form 

of insanity. Hallamsh. Gloss, p. 65. 
MELCH. Mild; soft. North. Also, damp, 

drizzling, foggy. 
MELDER. A kiln full of oats, as many as are 

dried at a time for a meal. North. 
MELE. (1) To speak, or talk. 

Of mony merveyles I may of mefo. 
And al is wainynge to beware. r«mon JfiS. 
He seide, gode mon, with me thou mele. 
Desires thou to have thin hele. 

Otrtor Mun4i, MS. CoU, Trin. Cantab, t. 8S. 
To Loth and to Lyonelle Aille lovefly he melt/tf 
And to syr Lawncelot de Lake, lordliche wordys. 
Morte Arthur^tMS. Uneoln^ t. 91. 
This Jacob, Utat I of rneUe, 
Het bothe Jacob and Israelle. 
Cunor Mundi, MS. CoU. THn. Cantab, f. 34. 

(2) A cup or bowL (J.-S.) 

Also they had tool to dyke and delve with, as 
plkforkis, spadus, and achovelis, stakes and rakes, 
bokettis, f MiM, and payles. 

Vege^UM, M3.J)tn»c9 891, f. 47. 

MSLERE. A kind of cake. 



Dc- 



MBLET. The millet. '* Malmm», 

melet," Nominate MS. f. 7. 
MELE-TIDE. Dinner-time. {A. S.) 
MELL. (1) To mix, or mingle. North. 
rived from the old word MeUe, q. ¥. 

I halde this meUid§ lyfe beste and maste bybovely 
to thame ab lange aJs thay ere bowndene therto. 

MS. Lincoln A. I. 17, f. S23. 
A warming-pan. Somertet. 
A stain in linen. North. 
" In Yorkshire, at carrying in of the last 
com, the labourers and servants by way of 
triumph cry, Mel, Mel, and 'tis a proverbial 
question among them, When do you get mel .' 
i. e. when do you bring harvest home,"KeiiiMett, 
MS. Lansd. 1033. Theharvest-hoaie supper 
is called the mell-supper. 

(5) To swing or wheel round ; to turn anything 
slowly about. East. 

(6) Between. Nearly obsolete. 

(7) The nose. A cant term. 
MELL-DOORS. A passage through the middle 

of a dwelling-house. North. 
MELLE.(1) To meddle with. {A.^N.) Henoe, 
to fight or contend with. Still in use in the 

provinces. 

Drede hyt ys with them to melU. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. il. 38, f . 79. 
But with swyfte pase, as lyones stronge and feU, 
Together thay mette and fercely dyd mail. 

MS. Lantd. MB, f. ». 
In dyspyte of alle the develys of belle, 
Untrowthe wyt many o<» schotde no more metite. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. i. 6, f . 135. 

(2) A bladLbiid ; a kite. {A.-N.) 

(3) Honey. (Lai.) 

Anl for the tyme of the 5ere ahalle 
Be bothe oorne and ntatlt. 

MS. Cantab. FCi v. 49. f. 76. 

(4) A hammer, or mallet. 

Therefore the deeveles sal stryke thaime tharc 
With befy m»«Ue» ay, and none spare. 

Hawtpole, MS. Botaet, p. 906. 
The Ix. wyffe sete hem nyje. 
And held a mette up on hyje. 

MS. Perkington UK 

(5) Company. /nm«Aff, together. Gmtaynt*. 
MELLING. Mixing. {A.-S.) Hence, copula- 

tion, as in the following passage. Modem 
editors repudiate the indelicate meaning of 
meU in All's WeU that Ends Well, iv. 3, hut 
its meaning (futuo) is dear beyond, the 
shadow of a doubt. " And a talle man with 
her dothe melle" Cov. Myst. p. 215. 
Like certeyn birdes calleii vultures, 
Withouten meUpng conceyven by nature. 

Legate, MS. jtehmola aO» f. 32. 

MELOTTE. A garment worn by monks during 

laborious occupations. 
MELSH-DICK. A sylvan goblin, the protector 
of hazel-nuts from the depredationa of miii. 
chievous boys. North. 
MEL-SILVESTRE. Honeysuckle. 
MELT. Spoke. See Mtle. 

For this tithe that thai delt, 

Caym, that I toforeof metf. 

To hia brothcte ire bare. 

Cureor Mundi, MB. CoU. IVta. Oaiita* . f, 7, 



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MELTB. Twoboshdtofooals. Kent. 
MELTED. HeiTT, as bread. Devon. 
MEMAWS. Trifles. Yorkih, In tome comi- 
ties it means grhmaceg. 
MEMERED. Murmured. Gawayne, 
SfEMORANB. Memorable. 

Are he were ded and ihuld fro hem wende 
A mtMurmnd thyng to hare yn roynde. 

jr& Bmrl. 1701, f. 04. 

MEMORIAL. AbiUoffure. 

MEMORIZE. To render memorable. Some 

use memory for memorioL Chaucer has 

memorie, remembrance. 
MEN. Them. Weei. 
MENAGE. Family. (J.-N.) 
MENALTIE. The middle-^^Iasses of people. 
Which wss csUed Che eryll parliameote for the 

nobilltie, the wone for the menaltie, tut wonte of 

all for theoommooaltie. Half* Union, 1648. 

MENAWE. A minnow. It is the translation 

of eolhmeue in Nominale MS. 
MENCH. To bruise ; to beat up. Line. 
MENCIONATE. Mentioned. 
MENDE. Mind; mention. 

Aa the bokis maken mende- 

Gower, U8. Soe. Antiq, 134, f.900. 

MENDENESSE. Communion. (J.-S,) 
MENDIANTS. Begging friars. {J.-N,) 
MENDING. A sort of delicate, Christian-like 
oath, which at the same time that it expresses 
a certain degree of anger, holds out a wish 
for the amendment of the offending person. 
" A mendmff take you.'' 
&iENDIN6.TH£.MUCK.HEAP. A coarse 
romping bout of both sexes tumUing over 
one another in a heap. Eaei. 
MENDMENT. Amendment. Pabgraoe. Ma- 
nure is called mendment in some places, as 
improving land. 

Sudk a grace was hir lent. 
That she oome to mmukm t tt. 

MS, Cantmb. Ff. r. 48, f. 43. 

MENDS. Amends ; recompense ; satisfaction ; 

n*fornintion ; recovery. Var. dial, 
MENS. (1) A mean, or instrqment. In the 
foOowing passage, a mediator. See Arrival 
ofBdw. IV. p. 32. 

Whidie for man be to good a m«fie. 

I^dgaU, MS. Soe, ^ntiq. 134, f. 1. 

(2) To speak, say, or telL Also, to remember, 
isumbras, 639 ; to devise, ibid. 651. 

The knyghtee hert bygane to tene, 

Bot he Be wold not hym to no manne mene, 

Boc aatt ay atille alf ttaae. 

MS. Uneoln A. I. 17, f. 147. 
The folke of Egf pte ooom bidene 
Blfore Joseph hem to mene. 

C»mrMvndt, MS. CHL THn, Cantab, f. 34. 
Leve we ttyBeat the qoene. 
And of the crayhomkl we wylle nmim 

That we before of totde ; 
Vij. yere, loGod me save, 
Kepyd he hyi mayttyxs grare, 
Tylle that he wexyd olde ! 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 74. 

(3) Some land of blast on the horn, mentioned 
in Relxq. Antiq. L 152. 

(4) To moan. Still in use. 



8, f. 71. 
means, 



The kyng lovyd welle the qnene. 
For tefao was temely on to lene 

And trewe as stele oo tree ; 
Ofte tyme togedur can they m e s ne. 
For no ehylde oome them betwene. 

Sore syi^ed bothe sehe and hee 1 
MS, Cantab, Ff. U. 

MENELD. Spotted, as animals. It 

I believe, spotted white and black. 
MENEMONG. Of an ordinary quaUty. 
MENESON. The dysentery. (/>.) 
Sende Ipocrai, for hys treson. 
Soon aftur the f»«fi«fiofi. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. iSOi 

MEKGE. To mix ; to mingle. Still in use in 
the North of England. 

AU my dedyi ben full derke. 

For they ben menged with deedly synne. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. il. 38, f. 4. 
For the mengfryng of the noyse of the see. 
And of the flodes that than salle be. 

Uampoi0t MS, Bocrrs, p. 141. 
MEN6Y. A minnow. Dewm, Called a men- 
nam in the North of England. Mennard^ 
Craven Gl. i. 319. Mewnoua, Reliq. Antiq. i. 
85. " Menuea^ eeruUui, a menys," Nominale 
MS. f. 6. Ducange was apparently unac- 
quainted with the exact meaning of menmaia. 
MENNYS. A large common. Kent. 
MEN-OF.MARK. Marked men; men picked 

out by the enemy. 
MENOUR. A Minorite. (A.^N.') 
MENSAGER. A messenger. Weber. 
MENSAL. The book of accounto for articles 

had for the table. 
MENSE. Comeliness; decency; propriety; 
kindness; hospitality. Hence, to grace or 
ornament. It is of course frtom the older 
wordmentit^, given below. Menthed, honoured, 
MS. Cotton. Vespas. D. viL 
MENSES. Charity. Yorkeh. 
MENSKE. Decency ; honour ; manliness ; 
respect. Also, to do honour to. 
He lovede almous dede, 
POTre folke for to fede 
With msMsIre and with manbede. 

If 5. Uneoln A. 1. 17, f. 130 
Manekede with messei for roede of the saule. 

Morte Arthure, MS. Lincoln, L 90. 
For mensked wit tuin msner o scaA 
Wald he be that king o craft. 

MS, Cott, VeepoM, A.iiL f. 4. 
MENSONE. Menses. 

Bot erene the very trewthe y drall joti say, 

Ryjt as y chave in trewe story fUl oft y-redde. 
That a 5ong lady of Seynt Bde Abbey 

Of the bkidy maneena lay so sake styU in horr 

Obrsn. Fllodim.p. 89. 



Ia.-s.) 



bedde. 
MENSTRACIE. Minstrelsy. 
MENT. (1) Made mention of. 

2,^ To aim at PaUgrave. 

ZS To be like ; to resemble. South. 

4) Mixed; mingled. North. 
MENTLE. A coarse apron 



Eatt. 



MENUSE. The minnow. From the Med. Lit. 

menmtia. See Mengy, 
MENY. The same as Meinyi q. v. MenSM is 

not an uncommon form. *' jPVnmiia, a mense/* 

Nominale MS. 



MdR 



560 



MBR 



And wheBM tyUiyft i hamf mmm to kyng 
PhlUppe, b« w«Dt to mete hym In the fMtfe wtOi a 
ftw iiMii5«fc J«. iA««*i ▲. i. 17* f. 3. 

MSOLLEN. MUk. (^^&) 
MEPH0ST0PHILU8. A wtH-kMrnn cbanc- 
tor in ike old legead of I>r. Frattiu. It was 
formerlj bo common as to be used as a tenn 
of jocular leproaefa. 
MER. Mayor. Ueame. 
MERCBNRIKB. The kingdom of MercU, 
MERCERTE. Goods sold by a mercer. 
Tha dinpoMB of radie mtreentt, 

Oowtr, M8. Soe. Jntiq, IM. f.81. 

MERCHANT. (1) Formerly a familiar f^mu of 

address, eqniralent to ehapt/efhw. 
(2) A merchant-vessel ; a trader. 
MSRCHANT-VENTUEERS. A comp«ny of 
merchants, who traded with Russia, Turkey, 
and other distant parts. 
Well if he teennd e ewdbaiif wmtmrw. 

Since he doth veotec lends, end goods and all, 
When he doth traTeUlbr his tnAquefiur, 
Little he knowes what fortune may hefall. 
Or rather, what mis-fortune happen shall: 
Somettmei be splits his ship against a rocke ; 
Loosing his men, his goods, his wealth, hb stocke. 
Tito A j kttto natw Sh tpktm ' d, 1594. 

MSRCHB. The herb smaDage. 
MERCIABLE. MercifuL (J,-N,) 

If owe, lady, shh thou eanst and eeke wHt 
Bee to thestede of Adam NieMiMiM*. 

JtoRMnce ^ Me JImi*, Sen CMII«« Jf & 
That God wol noiqt he MMrcia6^ 
So gret a synneto forjeve. 

Cower, MS. Soe, Antiq^ 134. f. US. 
The height of the hnrens is not so present over 
the earth, as Is his imreiaMe goodness over them 
that worship htm. Betrnt's Workt, p. 4S1. 

MERCIEN. To thank. (J.-N,) 
MERCIFY. To pity. S^nrnter, 
MERCURY. (1) The wild oraebe. Une. 
(2) White arsenic. North. 
MBRCT. / cry ycu mercy ^ an old idiom nearly 
equlTalent to our / beg fimrpartkm. 
And thl IttAom cynetwo 
Loke on me, as I wer thl fb ( 
God lemane, I cry the mererip 
Thou late be all this reuftiU crye. 
And telle me, lady, fore thi prow. 
What thing may the hdpe now. 

MS, Ashmote 91, zv. Cent. 

MERD. Dung, or excrement. 
MERE. (1^ A lake. Still in use. *' A meie, or 
water whereunto aa axme of ^ sea flgwetb," 
Baret, 1580. 
Whole; entiie; abaotarte. 
ApriTatecanriafe-road. North. 
MBRBCROP. The herb pimpemeL 
MERELLE. The world. 

So that undlt the derkls lawe. 
Men sen the m«relle almia drawn. 

Goieer. Jffi. Ae. JnHfl. IM, 1 33. 

MERELY. Simply } wholly ; absolutely. See 

Cotgrave, in y, Aw. 
BUUB£SAUCB. Brine for pickling or soaking 

meat in. Pabgrme, See the Ordinances 

and Beg. pp. 435, 459. 
MSBB6WYNB. A dolphin. 



MEBBWIS. Marrow. Bofor. 

MER6HE. Marrow. ^^TheiMiryileofafreaebe 

calfe" is mentioned in MS. Mod. line f. 283 ; 

** the merghe of a goae-wenge,'* MS. ibid* f 

285. It ooouit in Nonunale MS. 

MERGIN. The mortw or oemant Isiiiid in old 

walk. NotfiM. 
MERGORE. Merrier. Homrm, . 
MBRILLS. Hie game of Bonis. (iV.) 
MERIT, ftofit; advantage. 
MERITORIE. Meritoriotts. {A^N) 

And all thy dedis« though they ben (ood 
msHHorrs, thou shalt sette at nought. 

GwiVA's Mvert WmK^l GkmHw M* 
How M«Fi«we is thilke dcde 
Of oharite to elothe and fedo. 

GoiMT, JUL A*. .^Kiflb 194. f . gS. 

MERKR. (1) Dark; murky. (^..&) 
For he was lefte there allone* 
4nd meriU nyghfie felle hym apoB. 

MS. OsntaA. Ft U.30. f. 940. 

2) A sign, or mark. {J.-S.) 

3) To l^ troubled, or disturbed. 
4 ] To strike ; to cleave in sunder. 

RKIN. False hair, generally explgincd|iw^gs 
mutUerie aoeititia. Jordan teDs iia thiit spec- 
tators at shows often *' screwed** themiwca 
np in the bslconies to ayoid the fire-works 
which ** instantly aantulted the perukes of the 
gallants and the merkim of the madama.'* 
Why dost thou readi thy merkin, now half duet ? 
Why dost provoke the ashes of thy lust ? 

FUtcker^* I^eau, p. 96. 
Ifili bin w^ of and often spoiles thespoct. 

jr& jbid.73aa,p. 
MKRLE. Ablackbud. Dr^ton. 
MERUN. A fe^F smaU species of hawk. 

Gent. Rec. iL 30. Chaucer spells it 
MERMAID. A cant tern for a whaee. 
MEROWE. Deheate. (A.^.) The copy in 
the Anchinleek MS. reads mirvgJL 
I was solytiillMMl so MaeMW 
That eefry laan c^Hyd — dwiiw— > 

jr«. catue^vt u. at, & lu. 
MEREOKES. The fiur of the martera ? 
MERRY. ( 1) The wild cherry. Anlvfy'g ^n^Hs, 
Royal Soc. MS. p. I3& 

(2) Fair, applied to the weather. Merryweaiher 
was formerly an idiomatic phrase for joy, 
pleasure, or delight Alvy, p]easantly« Huta- 
home, p. 46. 

Jfsry tyme is la aperdle. 

That mekyll schewys of maaya wyle} 

In fsidys and aedowjs flowyrs spryi^. 

In groTfs and wodes foules ^ng s 

Than wax joog men Jolyi^ 

And than prsryAh man sad wyAb 

MA Jikmelm «1» xr. Cent. 
Whi, dollhaot th& oow make n^ty • n et H r In Ay diah I 

liS.l%4ya« r.8. 

(3) The following proverb was a gieal fhTouiite 
with our anceston, — 

'Tis merry in ball. 
When beaids w«g all ! 
MSRRYBAUKS. A cold posset Der^, ** A 
sillibub or menibowke,^' ColgraTe. 



MBS 



551 



MET 



MERRT-BBGOTRM. Illegttmiate. North. 
MEBRT-DANCSRS. A name for the Northern 

lights, or aurom bor tmNt , 
HSRRl-GO-DOWN. An old cant term for 

stnmg ale, or hoffcap. 
liBRRT-MAKB. Sport See Navaa. 
MERRYNESS. Joy. Pahfraat. 
M£RRT*NIGHT. A raatic baU ; a nig^t appro- 

printed to mirth, festivity, and ^ariona amtite- 

menta. North, 
MERRY-TROTTER. A swing. North, The 

meriiot is menttoned hy Chaneer. <* Jferry. 

trotter, a rope iiutened at each end to a 

beam or brtlidi of a tree making a eorre at 

the bottom near the floor, or gronnd, in which 

a chfld can sit, and holding Cut by each side 

of the rope is swnng backwards and forwards,'' 

MS. YoAsh. Gloss. 
MERSEMENT. Fine or amereemeat. See 

the Gesta Romanorom, p. 288. 
MERSHALliB. One who attends to horses ; a 

fomer; a Uacksmith. 
MERSMALBWE. The martfanmUow, men- 

tinned in MS. Sloane 5, f. 2^ 
MERTH. Greatness; extent. Cwmk, 
MEBTILLOGB. A msrtynlogy. It ooenii in 

Hoflrinsde MS* xv. Cent. 
MERVAILLB. Wonder; marveL (A^N) 
MBRY. Marrow. ^Thaiiwry ofagose,"Ber- 

ncrs, ^g. A. II. see JWSfyns. 
MERYD. (1) Dipped; soaked. 
(2) Merit. Andday's Poems, p. 26. 
MBSANTER. Misadrentnre. (^.-JV:) StiU 

in nae, prononnced muhanttr. 
And thcr with f IMm fovr, 
TIm psioon •isrf with m < — wte w r . 

Arthaw^ mM MwrHn, p. ttO. 
MESCHAUNT. Miserable; wicked. 
MESCHEVE. To harm, or hmrt. {A,.N.) 
For %aag maam, dteae tymct tnystaad to mekllle 

Ib thahw awflBBe doghtyiMi, tbnrghe thaire aweno 

AAy OB OMidMved. MS. Idmeotn A. L 17, C S* 

MBSB. (1^ To soothe. Northumb, It occors 
in the Towneley Myst. p. 175. 

(2) A meal. Perceyal, 455, 486. 

By Hym that Wtrede theCTOlme of thotUe, 
In warn tyme blewe be nevar hit honia, 
M0 daiuiw bo|^fa no »! • §#■ 

ma. lAneokt A. 1. 17, t. MS. 

(3) Moss. JDoTMi. 
MBSBLRYB. The leprosy. (A^N) 

And Mmi hadde Tysagea of meMbya, 
And loma wera lyka finite maumetrya. 

jr&flM.1701, f.OB. 
MESEYSB. Trouble. St. Brandan, p. 24. 
Alia Che ealia aan that hy nayfta lynda^ 

That pofvara and febla were, 
la alkaaiia and in mtu^te, 

Hy haaa baajta to-gydere there. 

MS. 2Vte. ColL OMotuVf. 
MESH. (1) A marsh. South. 
(2) A gap in a hedge. Wut. 
MESNE. Means. 

MESON. The minen mast. Paltgraoe. 
MESPRISB. To despise, or contemn. (>#.-iVl) 
HESS. (1) To muddle. Var.dkO. 
(2) To mess meat, to sort ft in mesws for Ibe 



table. A party of fomr people dining to- 
gether was called a mess, a term which is still 
retained in the army for the oflicers' dinner. 
Xoi0«r fiMste*, parties at the lower end of a 
hall at dinner. 

(3) Truly ; indeed. Cum^, Peihapa from the 
old oath. By the mass 1 

(4) To serve cattle with hay. IFetl. 

(5) A gang, or company. Eatt. 
MESSAGE. A messenger. (A,'N.) 
MESSE. (1) The mass. {A.-S.) 

(2) A messuage or tenement. 
(3)^ The Messiah. Sharp's Coy. Myst p. 96. 
MESSEL. (1) A leper. It is used in old pbys 
as a term of contempt. 

So ipeketh the gospel of thp rcrtu 

How a mu^l come to Jheni. 

jr«. iiarf.i}ei, f.m 

(2) A table. Nomfnale MS. 

MESSENE. To dazzle the eyes. Pr, Parv. 

MESSET. A cor. "Dame Julia's messet,'' HpU's 

Poems, 1646. Still in use. 
MESTE-DEL. The greatest part (A.-S.) 
MESTIER. Occupation. (A.-N.) SeetheBoke 

of Curtasye, p. 15. 
MESTORET. Needed. lUtmm. 
MESURABLE. Moderate. (A.'N.) Mnure, 

moderation. 
MET. (1) A busheL Some writers any, two 
bushels. Met'poke, a narrow bag to contahi 
a met. See Cariisle on Charities, p. 298. 
A limit or boundary. (Ixi/.) 
Measured. Also, to measure. A measure 
of any kind was so called. See Wright's 
Anec Lit. pp. 106, 106. 

Pint forthi shewe we hegh meaura, that ct to say 
liowe any thynfa that haa hcglit may be met bowe 
hegh it es, and thia may be done in many manerea. 

MS, Sloane ni. 
I knowe the wtett welle and fyne. 
The lenjte of a may la. MS. ParMmgtem 10. 
(4) Dreamed. {A.-S.) 

Abo he met that a lampe so bryjt 
BoBfede an hayfe npoan that tre. 

Caron. FIMMi. p. S6. 

MBTAL. Materials for roads. North. 
METE-TORMB. A form or long seat used for 
sitting on at dinner-time. 

And whenne his swenle Iwokene was, 

A mete-Mme he gatt percas. 

And thera-with he ganne hym were. 

MS. LIneoffi A. i. 17, 1. 108. 

METEINO. Dreaming. {A.-S.) 
In this time Lot the king 
In bed waa in gret meteUtg, 

ArOumr onrf MerUth p. Ml. 

MBTBLLBS. Dreams. (A.'S.) 

In thys best ys forbode alia manere mawmetrye, 
ydolatiye, wychecraft,enchantementes,redynggeor 
meteUee and alia mysbyleveb MS. Bmneit 966, f. 8S. 
MBTELT. Measnrely ; fitly. 

Of heijte ha was a aMteIr mon, 
Nouther to grete ny to smal. 
Cureet MwuH, MS. CM. Trht, Qmtmb. f. 115. 
METER. Fitter. (A.-S.) 

In wMehe doynge ha thoo^t poiede m oiSiwa t w^ 
to be used then ftyrce. Haire Otdm, U48. 

METBRER. A poet. Dr^iiom. 



MEY 



552 



MIC 



METE .ROD. A measuring rod. SeeWithals, 
ed. 1608, p. 60. Metejwmd, Becon's Works, 
p. 5. " Metwand of gold," Davies' Rites, 
ed. 1672, p. 159. 
METESEL. Dinner-time. (A,^S.) 
MJiTHE. (1) Courteous. (^.-5.) 

TIiou wu methe and meke •• maydme for mylde. 

MS. Lincoln A. L 17, f 231. 
Alle that meyn^ mylde and meth 
Went hem Into Nasarcth. 

CurwMundi^MS. CoU. THn. Cantab, f.76. 

(2) Mead ; metheglin. See Holinshed, Hist. 
England, 1. 194 ; W. Mapes, p. 350 ; Nuga; 
Poeticae, p. 10. Metheglin was anciently 
made of a great variety of materials. See a 
receipt for it in MS. Sloane 1672, f. 127. 

(3) To choke, or breathe hardly. Cumd. 
METHPUL. Tired ;weai7. U"S.) 

1 am m«fVW for I ilepe. 

And I raai for Laverd me kepe. 

MS. Cotton. Vesptu, D. vil. f. 2. 

METHRIDATUM. An antidote against in- 
fection, so called from Mithridates, its re- 
puted inventor. 

But what brave spirit could be content to «t In 
hlf shop, with a flapet of wood before him, selling 
Metkridatumwi^ dragons water to infected houses. 
Th0 Knight cf tht Burning Pe*fle, 1035. 

METICULOUS. Timorous. It occurs in Top-^ 
sell's Historic of Serpents, 1608, p. 116. 

METRETIS. Measures. Baber. 

METREZA. A mistress. (Tfal.) 

METRICIENS. Writers in verse. 

METROPOLE. A metropolis. It occun in 
Holinshed, Conq. IreUnd, p. 4. 

METTER. A measurer. North. 

METTES. Manners .> Pleys, Harl. MS. 
For to reflfe hyme wykkydly 
With wrange mettet or maystry. 

, .«,^ -. ^ **• Brunne, MS. Bowes, p. 10. 

MEVE. To move. {J.-N.) 
MEVERLY. Bashful; shy; mild. North. 
MEVY. The thrush. Browne. 
MEW. (1) Mowed. YorJtsh. 

(2) To moult. Hence, to change the dress. A 
cage for moulting hawks was called a metoe. 

For the better presezvation of their health they 
itrowed mint and sage about them ; and for the 
•peedier mewing of their feathers, Ihey gave them 
the slough of a snake, or a tortoise out of the shell, 
or a green liaard cut in pieces. 

^uhre^e WUtt, MS. RoyaiSoe. p. 341. 

(3) A Stack of com, or hay. North, 
ME WET. Mute; dumb. (A.^N.) 
MEWS. (1) Moss. Exmoor. 
(2) Public stables. Far. dial. 
MEWT. The dung of a hawk. It is applied to 

a dog in Du Bartas, p. 584. 
ME YND. Mixed ; mingled. 

Off rody colour meynd somdelle with rede. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. i. 6, f. 140. 

She meimd her weeping with his blood, and kissinc 

all his face. * 

(Which now became as cold as yse) she cryde in 

wofuli case, 
Alas, what chaunce, my Pyramus. hath parted thee 
*°^ ™««* Goiding'e Ooid, 1567. 

MEYNE. The company or crew. 



Whasoe at wasrwly, meim6tai4 vltaiU*, 
They bide not but wynde for to saille. 

MS. Digbv 230, XV. Cent. 

MjBYRE. A mayor. " Prasetj a meyre/* MS. 

Egerton 829, f. 78. 
MEYTE. Meat ; dinner. 

Off hym shalle we laj alle 
At the meyte when that we bene. 
, ^ MS. Cantab. Ft. r. 48, f. SS. 

MEZZIL.FACBD. Red with pimples. Lane. 

From the old word mewelf 
MICH. To skulk, or hide secretly; to play 
truant. " Tliat mite is mtcAii^ in this grove,'' 
LUly, ed. 1632, sig. Aa. ix. Minsheu has, 
" to miche, or secretly to hide himselfe out of 
the way, as truants doe finom schoole." It is 
still used in exactly this sense in the provinces. 
" To miche, to shrug or sneake in some cor- 
ner, and with pouting lips to shew anger, as an 
ape being beaten and grinning with his teeth /' 
Florio, p. 6. " Miehe, to creep softly," MS. 
Yorksh. GL Mteher, derived fi[t>m this verb, 
may be explained, a sly thiei; one who steals 
things of small value, or more usually, a tru- 
ant or skulking feUow. « Meeher, a lyteU 
thefe, faronoMM," Palsgrave. It occurs in 
Rom. of the Rose, 6541, where the A. N. 
original reads Uerret, voleur. "Thcyvcs, 
mychers, and cut-purse," Kennett, p. 105. 
Grose has, " Miehert, thieves, pilferers," as a 
Norfolk word, and it is also given in the same 
sense in MS. Lansd. 1033. "Thefes and 
mychers keyn," Towneley Myst. p. 216. « A 
blackberry moucher, an egregious tmaat," 
Dean MiUes* MS. p. 180. The application of 
the word in the sense of truant is often found 
in later writers, as in Shakespeare, who is 
well illustrated by the following passage, ** in 
the Forest of Dean to mooche blackberries, 
or simply to mooch, means to pick blackberries, 
and blackberries have thus obtained there the 
name of mooches," Heref. Gl. p. 69. " Fy, 
fy, it will not beseme us to playe the mvchers,'* 
Elyot, ed. 1559, in v. Apage. "How like a 
micher he standes, as though he had trewanted 
from honestie," Lilly's Mother Bombie, 1594. 
** Cireumforanua, a mycher," Nominale MS. 
" Mike, to idle, loiter," Salop. Antiq. p. 505. 
It was often used as a term of contempt; 
Hollyband gives it as the translation of 
cttigtutrd, and Cotgrave has, " Chiche^ace, a 
chichiface, micher, sneake-bili, wretched fel- 
low." 

Another should have spoke us two betweene. 
But, like a maaeher, hee^s not to be seene, 
Hee's runne away even In the very nick. 
If «/>TVT> ^^ Poenu, xvii. Cent. 

MICHE. (1) Much; great. Michel, greatness. 
Mychen, much, Reliq. Antiq. ii. 47. 
Alle the myehe tresour that tray tour had wonnene. 
To commons of thecontre, clei;;ye and other. 

Morte ^rthure, MS. Liiico/at, f. 66. 
For hir mi luf U miche, I wene. 

(2) A kmd of nch fur. 

(3) A loaf of bread. " With-oute wyn and miehe ' 
Reliq. Antiq. ii. 192. ' 



f> 



MID 



553 



MIL 



MICHBL. Midttdmas. Toaser, p. 19. 

MICHELWORT. Ellebonu alhus. See ft list 

of plants in MS. Slotne 5, f. 5. 
HICH.WHAT. Much the same. North. 
MICKLE. Much; great. North, Hence 
miekietr size, greatness. 

Owe be oujt m^culU in the cuntr^. 

MS, Cantab. It. r. 48. f. 47. 

MICKLED. Benumbed. Exmoor. 
MID. (1) Might. Somenet. 

(2) The middle ; the centre. Cumb. 

(3) With. Kyng Alisaunder, 852. 
MID-.A.LLET. The nave, or middle aisle. 
MIDDEN. Adung-hUL North. Ray spells 

it wadding, and thinks it is derived from mud. 
It is also a contemptuous name for a very 
dirty woman. Midden-crow^ the carrion crow ; 
ilso called a midden-daup. 
A fbwler ma/ddyng of vyleyo 
Sawjtt thou never in londe of peese. 

as. Qintab. Vt. 11. 38, f. 99. 
A fowler mifddifng aawe yoa never none, 
Tlian a nuuM et wyth flescbe and bone. 

HampoU, MS, Bowet, p. 80. 
MIDDES. The middle, or midst. Midda-^ 

part, the centre of anything. 
MIDDLE-BAND. The small piece of pliable 
leather or skin which passes through the two 
caps of a flaU, joining the hand-staff and 
swingle. Var. dial. 
UIDDLB.EARTH. The world. (J.-S.) 
And had ooo the feyrett orchard 
That WW yn alle thys mifdiyU-erd. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. IL 38, f. 189. 
MIDDLE-SPEAR. The upright beam that 
takes the two leaves of a barn-door. In York- 
shire it is termed a mtd-feather. 
MIDDLE-STEAD. The threshing-floor, which 

is generally in the middle of a bam. East. 
MIDDLING. Not in good health. Wore. 

Middling-sharp, tolerably well. 
MIDDLING-GOSSIP. A go-between. 
MIDGE. A gnat; a very small fly. Hence 
applied to a dwarf. North, " A myge, 
ncoma^*" Nominale MS. 
MIDGEN. The mesentery gland of a pig. 

Aliso termed a midgerim. 
MIDEDONE. Quickly; immediately. It is 
wrongly explained by Weber, the only glossary 
in which the word occurs. 

Gii Is ogain went ful sone. 
And al his feren midjfdvne. 

Gp of Warwike, p. 89. 
The eherl bent his bowc sone. 
And smot a doko mididone. 

Arthour and Merlin, p. 154. 

MIDJANS. Small pieces) mites. Comw. 
MIDLEG. The calf of the leg. 
MID-MORN. Nine o'clock, a. m. 
MID-OVERNONE. Three o'clock, p. m. It 

occurs in MS. Cotton. Yespas. D. vii. 
MIDREDE. The midrifi". '' Diqfragma, a 

mydredCn" Nominale MS. 
MIDSUMMEIUDOR. The May-bug. Cambr. 
MIDSUMMER-MOON. It is Midsummer Moon 

with yott, i. e. you are mad. 
MIDWARD. Towards the middle. (A.-S.) 



The bryght hetaoe was croked downe 
Unto the mi/dumrd of hys crowne. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. II. 38, f. 181. 
MID-WINTER. Christmas. {A.-S.) 
Whas never syche noblay In no manys tjrme 
Mad in M^wjfnter in tha Weste marehys. 

Morta Arthure, MS. lAmeoin, f. 53. 

MIS. To pound, or beat. Hence miere, a 
mortar, an instrument for breaking or pound- 
ing anything. " Mieatonunt^ a myere," 
Nominale MS. See Ducange, in v. Micatoria, 
which is glossed by A. N. etnUeure. 
MIFF. (1) Displeasure; ill-humour, but gene- 
rally in a slight degree. Var. dial 

Deal Oainsborough a huh, fur pride so stiff. 
Who robs us of such pleasure for a m'ff. 

Peltr Pindar, 1. 81. 

(2) A mow, or rick. North. 
MIFF-MAFF. Nonsense. North. 
MIFFY. The devU. Glow. 
MIG. Mud. {A..S.) 

MIGHELL. Michael Pahgrave. MihiJl is 
very common in old writers. 

The sothfastenes and nothing hele. 
That thou herdest of seynt Mp$h9le. 
Cursor Mundi^ MS. Cull. Trin. Cantab, f. 1 10. 

MIGHTFUL. Pull of might ; powerful. 

MIGHTSOMNES. Power. It occurs in MS. 
Cotton. Vespas. D. vii. 

MIGHTY. Fine; gay. Somenet. 

MIGNIARD. Tender; delicate. (Fr.) 

MIGNON. To flatter. (Fr.) 

MIHTINGE. Power. (A..S.) 

For I Icnew noht boke writen swa. 
In thi mihtinget, Laverd, in sal I ga. 

MS. BgerUm 614, f. 47. 

MIKELAND. Increasing. It occurs in MS. 

Cotton. Vespas. D. vii. 
MIKELHEDE. Greatness; extent. (^.-5.) 
MILCE. Mercy; pity. {A..S.) 
Thurch hb mUc« was y-bore. 
And bought al that was forlore. 

Arthour and Merlin, p. S6. 

MILCH. White. Hamlet, ii. 2. Douce has 

confused this term with milce^ IQust. ii. 238. 
MILCHY. Melted com. Comw. 
MILD. Gentle-flavoured. Var. dial. 
MILDER. To moulder; to turn to dust. Une. 
MILDNESS. Mercy. Lydgate. 
MILE. MichaeL Ea$t. Jennings has ifiibiuw, 

Michaelmas. 
MILES-ENDWAYS. Very long miles. We$t. 
MILFOL. Merciful. Heame. 
MILGIN. A pumpkin. Noff. Pies 'made in 

that shape are called milgin-piet. 
MILK-BROTH. Gruel made with milk. East. 
MILKEE. To milk a little. Somerset. 
MILKER. A cow that gives milk. 
MILK-FORK. A forked branch of oak used 

for han^ng the milk-pails on. 
MILK-LEAD. A cistern lined with lead, used 

for laying milk in. West. 
MILKNESS. A dairy. Also, any white dishes 

made with milk. North. 
MILK-SELE. Amilk-paiL ** Multrale, tL mylk- 

sele," Nominale MS. 
MILKY. To milk. WUts. 



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MIN 



MILL. To rob, or itealf ** Mill • ken, vob a 
house," Dekker'sLuitliome and Candle-Light, 
ed. 1620, rig. C. ii 

MILLARS-COATS. Brigandines. 

MILLED. Tip«y. JVmpc. 

MILLBD-MONEY. Was int coined in this 
eountrj in 1661. It it frequently alluded to 
bf our eiiiy writen. *« Fortie Marie Mil- 
aizpencea," Citye Malch, 1639, p. 14. 

MILLER. The laige iridte moth. 

MILLERAT. A gold coin worth 14«. 

MILLER'S-THUMB. The huU-head, a mm 
fish. «« No bigger than a miller's thumb/' a 
coBUBOB simile. 

TlMfcfore M I, vhoftom a groom. 
No Ugger than a mUlcr** rAwmk 

OpMom'* Warkt, 17M, p. 159. 

MILLETS. A disease in the fetlocks of horses. 

TopseU, 1607,p. 431. 
MILL.EYE. The hole throu^^ whkh the 

grinded com fUls below. 
MILL-HOLMS. Wateiy plaeet about a miO- 

dam, MS. Lansd. Ip33. MiUttmt, HaUamshire 

Gloss, p. 117. 
MILLOK. A melon. Pobgrtne, 
MILL.STOKE. 7b m tn/o a mOUUm*^ to 

fkthom a secret. 7b wHp wuU^tonst, not to 

weep at all. 
MILN. A min. MAmt, • mfUer. <• J$tiiui, 

a mylnerpyt,'' Nominale MS. MyhMttomiy 

Reliq. Antiq. L 81. 

And so fell la ib« diaat of tbem, that many of 
them were ilayne, and, namely, at a fmrfoiu. In the 
medowe flut by the towue, were msny drownyd; 
many nnn towards the towne; many to the 
churchy to the abbey, and els where, as they best 
myght. ArHMl ^f Ktmg Biwtd tV, p. 30. 

MILOK. Hie meUOt meOonii, Anglioe, a mdoun 
or mylok, MS. Bib. Reg. 12 B. i. f. 17. 

MILSFOLNESSE. Merey. (^..&) ••Sheu 
mylsfolnesse," Reliq. Antiq. L 88. 

MILT. (1) The rot in sheep. WItii. 

(2) The soft roe of a fish. TorJktJL 

BflLTHE. To pity; to pardon. (J^ It oc- 
curs in MS. Cotton. Vespas. D. rii MyU, 
made merdlul, Octovian, 249. 

MILWTN. Green fish. Lane. 

MIM. Primly silent. JtftMniifty i^'tsMttiiy has 
a similar meaning. 

MIMMAM. A bog. Berk$. 

MIMMOCKING. Puny; weakly. JTett. 

MIN. (1) The lesser. (Germ.) 

(2) Man. Used in contempt. Wett. 

MINATING. Threatening. (Lai.} See Hay- 
ward's Queen Elizabeth, p. 58. 

MINCE. To walk in an affected manner. 
« To jump about,'' MS. De^on Gloaa. Don't 
minee the matter, do not ooneeal or soften 
anything in it 

MINCH. A nun. ^yiidly«, Wright's Monastic 
Letters, p. 228. The nunnery at LittlenKMne 
is still called the minchery. ** This house of 
mynchyn»" MS. Cantab. Dd. riiL 2. 
There was a nqriMltamwithfame that abbey tho. 
The wheche was come off beyje lynage. 

VVtdmm p. lift. 



MIND. (l)TorHacBberi toobacf%e; tonetka 
partionlarly. Var. dioL 

(2) To watch ; to take care ot ITetl. 

(3) To9kim9tmdi was offended. 

(4) To mtend. Middlelon, i. I79« 
MINDE. Remembrance. (i#.-&) 
MINDING. RecoUecttos. Weet. 
MINE. (1) To penetrate. {A.-N.) 
(2) To long for. Devon. 

dS Mien ; countenance. Shot. 

4) Any kind of mineraL Kent. 

5) Was formerly a fiuDlUar a^unct, rister-mine, 
brother-mine, &c. " Mam, motker-imme, or 
mammie, as children first call their mothers," 
norio, p. 297. Mother qfmee, HoAnan, 1 63 1 . 

MIKE-EARTH. A white earth near the surface 

of the ground, a certain sign or indication of 

iron ore or iron stone. StaJ^. 
MINEVER. The fur of the ermine mixed with 

Uiat of the smaU weaseL The white stoat is 

called a ai^er in Norfolk. 
MING. (1) To nnnd or observe. To nng at 

one, to mention. Nerth. To ming the 

milki's eye out, i. e. to begin more than your 

materials sufiTer you to complete. 
(2) To aoix or mingle. To ming bread, to kaead 

it Eaei. 

Hyt sosow imnvafrialle hys modsb 
Whaa the ^rps hi armyt he hcnte. 

MINOR. To mention. Stitt in ase. Mim^ 
Batchelor's Orthoep. AnaL p. 138. 

MINGINATER. ** One that makes firet-woik ; 
it is a mstick word used in some pnt [part} 
of Yorkshire," Ray ed. 1674, p. 33. 

MINGING. The same as Meemngy q. ▼« 

MINGLE. (1) A contr. for mine ingle. 

(2) A mixture. Mtngte-eum^por, mmgte'$mamgle^ 
a confosed mixture of anything. '< A mingle 
mangle of manie matters in one booke," 
Nomendator, 1585, p. 5. ** Such a oonliDaed 
min^e mangle, and vaiietie of apiah toyes in 
appsmU," Wright's Sommons forSleepos, 
1589. See Florio, pp. 93, 404. 

BflNG-WORT. Wormwood. North. 

MINIFER-FIN. The smallest sized pin of the 
common sort. Eaet. 

MINIKB. Trifling; cheating. 

MINIKIN. (1) SmaU ; delicate ; elegant. " To 
minikin Nan," Tusser, p. xxv. *' A minikin, 
a fine mincing lass," Kennett, MS. <<A 
minikin wench, a smirking lasse," Florio, p. 
315. Still in use in Devon. 

(2) A lute-string. It was properly the treble- 
string of a lute or fiddle. Nares's explanation 
is wrong, and the quotations given hj Mr. 
Dyce, Middleton, iL 127, do not establish his 
definition. "'Leutestringes called mynihiiia," 
Brit. BibL U. 407. 
MINIM. (1) The minnow. Somereei. 
(2) A kind of brown tawny colour. 
MINION. (1) A kind of gun. ** Miniodl^'* 
Gaulfrido and Bernardo, 1570. BoumeT^ 
ventions or Devises, 1578, mentaona it an' 
requiring shot tfane inches in diameter. 



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MIN 



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MIS 



(2)net8aiit; agreeible. (A*.) 

TiM ftnuiBge paglMnita, Om kthsTtar of tiM 
loRlai, the taaotte d tte ladtai, Cfe* ■■npfiKwn 
feast, Hm delicate viender* the neicieU inrtei. the 
flense taiaeitb the liU e deuacei, and Che minimi 
mmgn. mu, Hntiy VI, f . «6L 

lUNISH. To diminiih. 

Wharfbte to ahfarldfe hii power, and to mtaiek« 
hb anthocitle^ they determined to bryng hym into 
theliatzed of the people, and into the disdain of the 
nobiHtie. Baa, Hauy F2. f . 81. 

MINISTERS. Minstrelfl. Chaucer, 
MINISTRES. Officers of justice. (J.-N.) 
MINK. To attempt ; to aim at. JEiff. 
MINK.MSAT. Mixed food idrfowls^&c. J&w/. 
MINKS. A kind of for. (Fr.) 
MINN£. To think ; to remember. (J,'S.) 
Man, Bj mercy yf thoa hyt wywn t rf , 
I have the yt ihewyd on many wyie, 
SylhcB the tyme that thon fynte aynned 
Ajeaete my heeat in pandyaab 

JOL Cmuab, Ff . U. SB, f. 1?. 
The clo«d)«OTy»<aMteb aU lyjt waa leite^ 
Hya mx|t vas more then ye myjt mynae. 

M& Omtab. Ff. }L 98, 1 47. 
Syr of onethlnge I wolle you mt^nne. 
And beaeche you tat to ^lede. 

JfS. BarL nSS, t. 88. 

MINNBTS. Small pebbles, &c Var. dioL 
Small pertides erf anything are called min- 
netaonSf or mmitioam. 
And ahe the mimyMio^y* of that nayle. 
That wcioB tf^^ of that nayle with the file. 

Cfuron, VUcdun. p. 41. 

MINNIN^N. A luncheon. Yoriak. 
MINNOK. One who affscts much delicacy. Sut 
This ia the leading of the 4to. ed. in Mids. 
Nighf a Bream, Hi. 2. Forbf oonsidera it the 
right reading, but the lidio mimieJt, an actor, 
is no doubt ooneci. 
MINNY. Mother. North. 
MINNYNG-DAT. Tlie annsversary fostiTalin 
wfaidi prsTers wore offered up for the souls of 
tbedeeeaaed. (A.-S.) 

Aadeaappe feite malm and holds 
On hys wyvys awsMir'ir'dar* 

its. Cmitab, Fi; li.88» f.944. 

MINORBSSB. A bob under the rule of St. 

Clare. Chamoer. 
MINOIIB. A miner ; an excavator. 
Uwmam they malie yn hyHya hOlei, 
As yn tho West auitr4 men aeke colas. 

JfiS. HeW. 1781, f.Tl. 
MINTS; {\) To intend. Also, intended. Still 
used in lAnoolnshire, to endeayour. 
To here hymdowne he had ewife. 
In hys schylde hesyethe dynte. 

HB. Gonial^ Ff. U. a8» f. M7- 

(2) To aim; tostiike, or beat. 

Tryamowrent hyaa oameaqpiifsb 

Byn awaide falle fro hym at that dynte, 

To the growade ean hyt {oo 1 
Tho^was BttrlondefuUegJadd, 
And that lady was sore adradd ; 
ICnyghtys were fulle woo I 

U». CmUtift, Tt. iL 98, f. 81. 

WyA grete wratii he ean fNynle, 
BoSbe foylid of hys dynte. 

JMl ChniMb m a 88* f. 189. 



3) T6 leaemUe. Sm m rmt . 

4) A mite. Mlnty, mtty. IFsvf. 

5) Gold. See Biit BibL IL 521. 

6) To invent, or feign. North. 

Many timsa pietanding an indisposition of haallh, 
or some other wlirfsd excvse, to prevent her journey, 
hy Nasaininf dlnte when shea had planted her 
fancy. 2V Two Lmwmakin Loeera, 1640^ p. 88 

MINUTE. Amite. To a mmmte, accurately, 

not only as to time, but also aa to knowdedge," 

Heref. Gloss, p. 67. 
MIP. A nympb. 

MIPLIN. A deticate feeder. Derb. 
MIR. A marsh, or bog. (J.-&) 
MIRCHIVOUS. Mischierous. Devom. 
MIRE-BANK. A separation. Noff, 
MIRE.DRUM. A bittern. <' A myrdmmnyU 

or a botuie," Ortus Vecab. North* 
MIRGURRE. Merrier; more pleasant 

Tliat hee had ddyreryd hym oa^t of his peynne, 

And hroujt hym Intonat toy i e ' ig plaMi. 

ChrsM. rUodun, p. 188 

MIRI. Merry ; ploMant. {A.-S,) 
Floaraa schewen her hoijonn, 
MM it is in fold and toun. 

Arihour and Mtrlin, p. 8ft. 

MIRKE. (1) To darken. PabgroM. (2) Dark, 
Hollnahed, Hist Scot. p. 51. (3) Barkness. 
5yf tlioa bnke ever any kyrlba. 
On day or yn nyjt, yn aiyrJes, 
Thou axt acursed, tliou woste weyl. 

Ma, OwL 1701, f. 15. 
MIRKSHUT. Twilight Ghue. 
MIRKSOME. Baric, ^pemtr. 
MIRL. To pine ; to grieve. North, 
MIRSHTY. Mischief. Somenet. 
MIRTHE. To rejoice. It occurs in MS. Cot- 
ton. Yespaa. D. yii. (J.'SL} Utr/^tunea^ 
Tristrem, p. 204. 
MIRTLE. To crumble, as ground, &c North. 
MISAGAFT. Mistaken; misgiYen. Sumue, 
MISAGREE. To disagree. (J.-N.) 
MIS.BEDEN. Toiiyuie. (J.-S.) 
MISBEHOLDEN* Disobliging. North. 
MIS-BETETB. A bastard. (J,^,) 
MIS-BORNE. II14>ehayed. CAoKctr. 
MIS-CALL. To abuse. North. 
MIS-CAS. Misfortune. See Isumbras, 784. 

MUcamalty, an unlucky accident. East, 
MISCHEFE. (1) Misfortune. {A,'N.) It U in 
very common use for n^fur^. To hurt, or in- 
jure, Robinson Crusoe, p. 177. Sometimes, 
to destroy, to kiU. 

Kyng Ardns of Arrsgtme 
Come rydyng to the towne. 

And sawe them fjrght in fere i 
Hyt dud the kyng mekyHe grefe, 
Wlien he sawe the ehyldeat myaeht;/^, 
TIttt was hym leva and dere I 

Jffi. OBnAi6.Ff.ii.a8t f. 77' 
(2) The dffvB. Somer$ii, 
MISCHIBP.NIGHT. May-eve. Yorh^ 
MISCOBIPORTUNE. Misfortune. Miooomhtp, 

mishap. Stf^gMk, 
MISCONSTBB. Te misconstrue. 

Theodoras, the atheist, oomplayned that his 
schollers were woent, how plaJne soever hee spake. 



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556 



MIT 



to mUeontttr him, bow righte soever hee wrote, to 
wrett him. Goatan't Sehcott ^Mm»e» 157». 

MISCONTENT. To discontent. (A.-S.) 
MISCOUNSEL. To connscl wrongly. (^.-N.) 
MISCREiVUNTES. Infldds. (Lot.) 
MISCREDENT. A miscreant. Devon, 
MISCREED. Discovered; detected; decried; 

depreciated. -North. 
MISDELE. Qu. an error foi mildelS. 
When the fynd so hard drou, 
Seynt Austyn ttod and low, 
Saynt Grrgor^ coo grame. 
Never the Icn for grame he get. 
Sone after maase the Austyn he met. 
And mptdale mad hlf mone. 

Legend, MS. Dauee 308. 

MISDOUBT. To doubt, or suspect. 
MISEISIORE. More troubled. {J.-N.) 

A mfoetotonf man than he thoujte. 

No man ne mitte i-eeo. 

MS. Laud. 106. f. 117. 

MISENTREAT. To treat one badly. 
MISER. A miserable person. 

Bvt without any watch comctt to sleep lilie a 
mi»er and wretch. Beetm't Work*, p. 17«. 

MISERERE. A lamentation. {Lat.) 
MISERICORD. A tbin-bladcd dagger. 
MISERICORDE. Compassion ; pity. (A.-N.) 
For heiehyfome ful oft in many a wyse 
Hastowc to m^tericorde retceyvod me. 

AofMiice ^ the Monk, Sum OaiUge MS. 
And in this wise they acorde. 
The cause was mUerinotde. 

Oewert MS. Soe, Antiq. 134, f. 108. 

MISEROUS. Miserable. PaUgrave. 

MISERY. Constant bodily pain. Boat. 

MISEYSETE. Diseased. Baber. 

MISFARE. Misfortune. (^.-5.) 

MISFEET. Ill deed ; wrong. {A.-N.) 

MISFORTUNATE. Unfortunate. Pulagrtme. 

MISGEE. To be doubtful. South, 

MIS-GIED. Misguided. Chaucer. 

MIS-GONE. Gone wrong. Lydgate MS. 

MISH-MASH. A confused mass. " A chaos, 
a confused lump, aformelesse masse, a mish- 
mash," Florio, p. 95. " A confused or dis- 
ordered heape of all things together, a mish- 
mash," Nomenclator, p. 362. Brockett has 
mixty-maxty, and mixy-maxy. 

MISHTERFULL. Mischievous. East. 

MIS-KEN. To be ignorant of. North. 

MISKIN. (1) A little bag.pipe. 

(2) A dunghill See Mixen. 

MISKIN-FRO. A sluttish maid-servant, uaed 
in contempt. From MUkht (2). 

MISLEST. To molest. Var.diaL 

MISLIKE. To disUke. Mialiken, to disap. 
point. Yoriah. 

MISLIKING. Indignation. PaUgraoo, 

MISLIN-BUSH. The mistletoe. Ea$t. 

MISLIPPEN. To disappoint. North, 

MISMANNERED. Unbecoming. Cumb. 

MIS-MOVE. To teaze ; to trouble. North, 

MI SNARE. To incommode. Curnb. 

MISPROUD. Arrogant. 3 Henry VI. ii. 6. 

MISS. Wicked ; wrong. 

MISSAKE. To renounce or forsake. 



MIS-SATB. Misbecame. Chaucer. 
MISSAY. ToreTUe,orabuse. {A.-S.) 
Also thai sal ilkone othyr werye. 
And nvasay and sclander Godd Almyghty. 

Hampole, MS. Btwee, p. 241. 
MISSEL. A cow-house. YorJksh. 
MISSELDEN. Mistletoe. " An eater of mis- 
selden," Elyot in ▼. Turdue. Tnsser has 
mUtle, p. 79. 
MISSENS. Anything missing. North, 

MISSET. 

Hee would supply the place well enough of a aer- 
vile ushtf I with an alftcted grace to carry her Miuet. 
open her pue. 

1>« Twe Laneaehbre Loeere, 1640, p. 21. 

MISSOMER. Midsummer. Weet. 
At Mieeemer on an nyght. 
The mone scfaane fulle bright. 

MS. Uneoln A. 1. 17. f. 136. 

MISTAKE. To transgress ; to take away wrong- 
fully or by mistake. 

MISTECH. A bad habit. North. 

MISTER. (1) Kind; species; trade; occupa- 
tion ; manner of life. {A.-N.) Hence mi»- 
tery, an art or trade, a company or guild of 
traders. 

(2) Need; necessity. 

Kyng Ardus seyde then, 

Y harei^yvrttr of soche a man, 
Ood hath hym hedur broght I 

Fulle welle y am be-gone, 

Y trowe Ood hath me sent wone. 
That shalle Moradas bryng to noght ! 

MS. CauUMb, Ft. U. 38, f. 78. 
Seynt Jhonne oommaunded hys aumenere 
To jyve hym outher syxc, for he had hmt jtere. 

MS. HarL 1701, f. 46. 

MISTIHEDE. Darkness. Chaucer. 

MIS-TREE. Dim-sighted. Devon, 

MISTRESS. (1) Wife. Var. dial. 

(2) The jack at bowls. " The mistris or block 
at bowles," Florio, p. 279. 

MISTRY. Todeceiye. Devon, Amistryman, 
a Tery deceitful feUow. 

MISTURE. Misfortune. 

Bon& fide, it is a great mUture that we have not 
men swine as well as beasts, for then we should have 
porke that hath no more bones than a pudding, and 
a side of bacon that you might lay under your head 
in stead of a bolster. Nm*** Pienw PennOaem, 1268. 

MISWENT. Gone wrongly. (A.^S.) 
But felle alle hoot to hire assente. 
And thus the whel Is alle minoeitf. 

Gouwr, MS, Mee. Amtlq. 134, f. 65. 
MISWONTED. Tender. North, 
MISWROUGHT. Done amiss. 

Schryfte of the byschop the lady beaoght, 

1 liave grevyd my Ood in worde and dede ; 
The byschop seydd, Tliou haste v^fewregh* 
Ageyne thy Ood in forme of bredob 

Jf& Oantmb, Ft. IL SB, f. 47. 

MIT. To commit. South, 

MITAINE. A gloye. {A.-N.) The term was 
not restricted to giloves without fingers. Ray 
inserts ntittent in his list of South and East 
Country Words, with the foUowing explana- 
tion, " glomes made of Unnen or woollen, 
whether knit or stitched: someiimei alao they 



MOB 



557 



MOD 



U 10 gknres made of leather without tlngen." 
** MeneuM, a meteyne,'* Nominale MS. 
Take th« porter thi staA to h«Ide» 
And thi mpietu also. 

MS. Cntiab. Ff. v. 48, f. 58. 

MITE. A small worm. (^.-5.) 

MITH. Might. Still in use. Mythy, mighty, 
Archsologia, xxx. 365. 

MITHE. To conceal ; to hide. (/4.-S,) 

MITHER. To muffle up ; to smother ; to en- 
cumber. Norihampt, Hence, occasionally, 
to perplex. 

MITHERS. To be in the mithers, i. e. quite in. 
toxicated. Line, 

HITS. (I) Even. (2) Mittens. Var. dial 

MITTING. Darling. A term of endearment. 
See Chester Plays, i. 124. 

MIVEB. A mortar. Somenet, 

MIVEYS. Marbles. Var. dial. 

MIX. (1) To clean out. JTe*/. 

(2) Wretch. Hence mixed, vile, bad. 

MIXEN. A dunghill. Ray says, " I find that 
this word is of general use all over England." 
The mixen cart, Mirr. Mag. p. 89. " A dung- 
hill, a mizen," Stanihurst, p. 11. Grose ha^ 
MixkilL StiUinuse. 

MIX.PLENTON. The herb less-morel. 

MIXTELYN. Rye and wheat ground together, 
of which the iniferior brown bread was made. 
See the Archaeologia, xxv. 425. See Maalin. 

MIXTION. A mixture. Pakgrme. 

MIZ-MAZE. Confusion. Also as Maze, q. ▼. 

MIZZICK. A boggy place. North. 

MIZZLE. (1) To rain softly. Var. dial. 

(2) To go ; to run ; to sneak off ; to succumb, or 
yield. Sometimes, to get tipsy. 

Then their bodies being tatlsfiad, and their headcs 
lircCtlly mIsMtof with wine, they walke abroad for a 
time, or eb conferre with their familiara. 

atMb^Anutomit^fAbua—t 1005, p. 07. 

MIZZT. A quagmire. North. 
MO. (1) To make. Perceval, 1900. 
(2) More. Adv. and a^}. {A,'S.) 
To them I wyihe even thus , and to no mo^ 
That as they have hyi Judgement and hys yearei. 
Even lo I would they had hya fayre long earei. 

OU Ballad, BihU Sue. Antiq. 
Sexty knyjtes aod 3it mo. 
And also feleladyi ther-to, 
Haately to the qnene thel come. 
And In ther artnys thel hyr name, 
And btott^thyre to bed in haste, 
And fccpyd hyre both feyre and faste. 

MS, Aahmole 61, xv. Cent. 
Al fort our Dright eeyd ho. 
So thai bileved ever mo. 

ArthMur ondMerHn, p. 86. 
MOAK. Hazy ; dark. Line. 
MOAM. Mellow. North. 
MOANT. Mig^t not. Yorkah. 
MOATS. To play the moats, L e. to be angry. 
MOB. (1) To scold. Si^fblk. 
(2) To dress awkwardly. YorJtBh. ** MobVd 
up, dresst in a coarse downish manner,'' 
Kennett, MS. Laasd. 1033. This is, perhaps, 
connected with wtobled in Hamlet, ii. 2. 
MOB^AP. A c^ tying under a woman's chin 



by an exeeasively broad band, generdly mada 
of the same material as the cap itself. 
MOBILE. The mob. (Lai.) 
MOBLES. Goods {moveables. (J.-N.) 
To mynyttra my tmoblM, fore mede of my iaule. 
To mendynnanta and myseee in nyachefe fallcne. 
Mort« Arthurs, MS. Uneuin, f.60. 

MOCCINIGO. A small Venetian coin, worth 

about ninepence. 
MOCHA. A term applied to a cat of a black 
colour intermixed vrith brown. From the 
mocha pebble. Eagt. 
MOCHE. Great. (J..S.) 

She ledde hym to a «Mdk« felde. 
So grcte one never he behelde. 

MS.Hmrt.l70ht.ai. 
When he waa armed on a stede. 
He was a mykelle man of brede 
And alio moehe man of myght. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 76. 
In Parys a monyth the oost lay. 
For they had takyn a day 
With the Sowdon, moche of myghte. 

MS. Cantab. Ff . ii. 38, f. 87. 
MOCK. (1) Ground fruit. Devon. 

(2) To mock the Chureh, not to marry after the 
banns have been published. 

(3) A root or stump ; a large stick ; a tuft of 
sedge. Dortet. 

(4) The pomage. 

MOCKADO. A kind of woollen stuff, made in 
imitation of velvet, and sometimes called 
mock-velvet. 

Xy dream of being naked and my slcyn all over- 
wrowght with work like somekindeof tuft mocAwtio, 
with crosses blew and red. Or. Detf» Diary, p. 6. 

MOCKAGE. Mocking. See Collier's Old Bal. 
lads, p. 48 ; Harrison, p. 235. 

MOCKBEGGAR. " A bug-beare, a scarcrow, 
a mockbegger, a toy to mocke an ape," Florio, 
p. 58. Mocke-clowne, ibid. p. 253. Forby 
has mock-beggar-hall, a house looking weU 
outside, but having a poor interior. There is 
a house so called at CUydon. 

MOCKET. A napkin. Cotgrave, in v. Emba- 
veti. Mocketer, ib. in v. Baverette. 
For eyen and nose the nedethe a mokadour. 

Lifdgatt^g Minor Poemt, p. 30. 

MOCKET-HEAD. See Aneony, 
MOCKS. Trifles. Somer$et. 
MOCK-SHADOW. TwiUght. Heref. Blount 

has moek-ehader p. 180, ed. 1681. 
MODDER. " Lasse, girle, modder," Cotgrave, 

in V. Putre. See Mouther. 
MODE. (1) Anger ; passion. (A.-S.) 

To tume aweye flrom hem, Fadyr, thy mod§. 
Rut whether nat evyl be julde for gode. 

MS. Hart. 1701, f 86. 

(2) Mind. Perceval, 589, 1327, 1695. 

MODER. To regulate, especiaHy the temper or 
disposition. '* I moder or temper myselfe 
whan I am provoked to any passyon," Pals- 
gravcr Modyr, Ord. and Reg. p. 61. 

MODERN. Trivial. Shak. 

MODER-NAKED. Quite naked. 

Sey that I bydde hem by redy, bysuhop and alle* 
To-morwe or the mydday alle moder-naked. 

MS. Cott. Calif. A. ». f. 112. 



MOIi 



558 



HOL 



MODI. Bnsfti 

Rot on Ich herde Mteb 
Ful aodf moB aod pioiid. MS, DIgbp m, f. MS. 
MODIR. Mother. {j4^&) 
MOFFLE. To do UTthiiig badly or ueffecta- 

•Uy. Fat,dmL 
M06. (1) To more awmy. Weti, 
(2) To ei^oy ono's lelf in a quiet easy eomfbrt- 
able maiiBer. 

Wit kiiDg bflr Uob» si^ Humow Mom'd to momxn. 
And tuUcnly lat m»§^ing o'er hit urn. 

CWOm" Miscetlamim, 17tt, p. Ut. 

M066HBTIS. ThepaaiiAk. 
MOGHTTS. Mothi. 

TIm magkt^ that thy clothes ete. 

jr& Cmrnmb. FT. IL 88, f. M. 

MOO-SHABE. The shadow of trees. 
M06WED. Muffwort. See an early list of 

plants in MS. Sloane 5, f. 2. 
MOIDER. To distract, or bewilder. Also, to 

labour very hard. North. 
MOIL. (1) To become dirty. West. 
(2) To toil or labour yery hard. Generally 
coupled with toil See Forby, ii 218. 
1 hath bin told, ben told. In prorerbt old. 
That Kmldfaree tuflter both hunger and cold. 
That eooldlaret tuflbr both hunfer and cold i 
And thif ting we»and this ttag m. 
We live by tpoyle, by tpoyle, we matfl§ and toylai 
ThM flnach and Catch dodi keqie a eayle ! 
And thvtllTe we* and that live we. 
By natchin a catehln thus live wa> 

Mariaga^fnu and Wftdotm, 1599. 
(ft) A muk. Still in use. 

I §979 to everyche of the ihiwibrt mm of lawe a 
auyfo to brynga hym to hell, and two right handcc 
to helpe himtdfe withall to take money of bothe 
parties. The W^U of the DniU, n. d. 

They drewe owt of dromondaries dyvene lordct, 
JfoyUo mylke whitte, and mervaiUottt beetei. 

Merit ^rthmt, MS. LtawlM, f.77. 

2) A sort of high shoe. 
GILT. Having no horns. North. 
MOINE. AdunghilL Berkt. 
MCHSB. (1) To mend ; to impiOTe. Eut. 
(2) A kind of pancake. 
(3; Cider. See Jfiple-moite. 
MOISON. Harvest; growth. (A^N.) 
MOIST. (1) New, appUed to liquors. 
(2) Warm and mout were the appropriate 

terms in the time of Shakespeare fbr what we 

should now call an aired and a dan^ shirt. 

See Whiter's Specimen of a Commentary on 

Shakespeare, 1794, p. 82; and the French 

Schoole Maister, 1631, p. 39. 
(2) To moisten. Somerwet. 
MOITHERED. Tired out. Ohuc, 
MOKE. (1) The mesh of a net South. Henoe 

applied to any wicker-work. 
(2) " Tinia, a moke," Nominale MS. 
MOKERAD. A deceiver. (A.^N) 
Avaryce, ryche and harde, 
Yt a thefe, a mckerad, MS.BarL ITDI, t.4l, 
MOKY. Misty. Line. 
MOLD. (1) Earth ; ground. It is constantly 

applied to the ground in works of art. See 

Dqpwvant, 1039. 



(») H«niMdMlflL 866 a M of finti in MS. 
Sloane 5, f. ft. 

(3) A mod^ used as a guide by masons when 
doing ornamental work. 

(4) To disarrange ; to crumple. North. 

(5) The suture of the skuH Left unexplained 
in Arehnologia, xzx. 410. 

(6) Form ; fasUon ; appearance. 
MOLD ALE. Spiced or mulled ale. 
MOLD.BOARD.CLOUTS. PUtes of iron which 

protect the mold-board, or projecting side, of 
the plough, from the wear and tear of the 
earth and stones it meets with. 
MOLDEN. A mole. Wano. 
MOLD-STONE. The jamb of a window. 
MOLDWARP. A mole. Also pronounced 
moodiwart. It is still in use, and means some- 
times the mole-hOL 

Tak a moldwmrfpe, and tethe it wde in was, and 
wryng It thorowea dathe, and do It In boystes. 

MS, lAne. Med, f. 906. 

That king Henry wee the me Ut v e trpe, caned of 

Goddes owae mouth, and that they thre wen the 

diagon, the Hon, and the wolflb, whiohe dumlde 

devide this reafane betwene thcim. 

RalTe Union, 1548, HM.1F. f.SQ. 
And ftir to eet us hereon move agog* 
A prophet came (a Tengvnnce take them aO} 
Aflbming HMwy to be Oogmagog, 
Whom Merlin dMh a meU-umrpe ever call, 
Aecunt of God, that mutt be brought In tfanll 
By a woifb, a dregon, and a lion itroiv. 
Which should diride his klagdome them aaMong; 
P%a0r, quoted in Notae teHemnflT. 

MOLE. (1) Form. TopseU^s Beasts, p. 194. 

(2) A stain in linen cloth, spelt muykm Urry's 
MS. additions to Ray in Bodleian library. 
Moledt spotted, stained. A.-N.) 

(3) To speak. *' Moles to hir mildly/' Morte 
Arthure, MS. Lincoln, f. 85. 

(4) To destroy moles. North. 
MOLEDAT. AdayofburiaL We^t. 
MOLEINE. Scabs ; swellings ; cracks. 
MOLE-SHAO. A caterpillar. Ghue. 
MOLESTIE. Trouble. (A,-N,) 
MOLHERN. A female heron. Warm. 
MOLKIT. An effeminate boy. Wht. 
MOLL. (1) A measure of wood containing one 

cubic metre. {A.-N.) 

(2) A whore. An old cant term. 

(3) The familiar name of Mary. 
MOLL-ANDREW. A merry-Andrew. South. 
MOLLART. Amaulkin, q.T. lane. 
MOLLED. Mouldy? 

Thy drynkee fowren thy meUjfd meto. 
Where with the feUe mygtate wei Ihre. 

MS. Camtab. Ff. U. 98, f. IS. 

MOLLEWELLE. The sea-calf. This term oo* 
curs in the Nominale MS. xv. Cent. 

MOLLICRUSH. To beat severely. JTatt. 

MOLLIFY. To sooth. F^ar. dial. 

MOLL-WASHER. The water-wagtaU. South. 

MOLLTGODDLB. An elFemiBate person, a 
term of contempt. Var. dial 

MOLLYPEART. Frisky; lively. 0mm. 

MOLOUR. A grindingustone. 

MOLT. To perspire. Batt. Possibly cod- 



MON 



SM 



MOV 



11 oftea termed m meUm^ 4ap. Moll-water, 
deur penpxntioia. 
HOLTBR. Tlie toU to th« miOer itar grittding 

oora. Nmrik. 
H OLTLINO. The lame m Aufk^ny, q. ▼. 
MOM. A mom, or toft aaittd. M««A) 
MOMBLEMENT. CoafittOfli 9 dMOvd«r. Wmi. 
MOMB.(l)Soft;nnoolli. Ntrth. 
(2) A bloddiead. <" A giiU, a niiuif » a wome, a 
Nt," noiio, p. 81. 
W<MdB at* knt wind, but bkywat come home, 
A itout taagvtd lawycs*! but a «miiw. 

Br^m^s Songs, 1961, p. lOi. 

(8) An aunt. Nominale MS. 
UOMSLLYNGE. Mumbling. (^..^.) 

TtacM makM hippynge, homeryngej 

Of medlet mom^^gt. 

MS. LhteOn A. 1. 17. f. S06. 

MOMENTANT. Lasting for a moment. It 

ocean in Comwallyes* Essayes, 1632, e. 5. 
MOMMERED. Worried. Oron. 
MOMMICK. (1) A scarecrow. Somenet. 
(2) To cut anything awkwardly. South, 
MON-AMY. A diah composed chiefly of cream, 

cords, and batter. {A-N.) 
MONANDAT. Monday. Wniwi. {A.-S.) 
HONCB. Mischance. Yffrith. 
MONCHELET. A £sh in old cookery de- 

scrihed in the Forme of Cory, p. 17. 
MONCORN. '* Beere come» barley bygge, or 

moneome," Holoet, 1552. 
MONE. Many. Still in ase. 

Of Fnwnee he mad hhn anon ragcnt. 
And wedld Katcren fai hJt present 1 
Into EnglODd anon ha weat. 

And croond our queue In rjal amy. 
Of quen Kateryn our kyng wm borne. 
To mve our ryjt that was fbre-kmie, 
OurefiMlen tai Frawnahad won befome. 
Thai han hit hold mmU a day. 

JTJ.DouotSn, f.9. 

(2) Money. 

F«nrthc thel went alle thre 

To pay the echeperde hla nmh^ 

MXU Omleft. Ff. f.48l f.53. 
MONE. (1) T6 advise; to explain; to teU; to 
relate; to admonish. Also a snbstantiTe, 
mind, opinion. (A.'SJ) 

What may tkia mene, quod these mcoe ; 
JToMe It us mare. MS. Unooln A. L 17> 1 833. 
By a tale y shal jou mone, 
Thatfyi bctwyx thefiuiyr and the sone. 

jr&Har<. I70l,f.9. 

(2) Most. MS. Cotton. Vespas. D. tU. 
A-lake for low mey leyliK ys loroe. 

Yn betture balys here mone I be. 
Fore one of the b iey te y s t that ever was bovne, 
Witb-yosrtyne speyie hat wondyd me. 
Mmuun mnd Houiehold Sitptnm ^ Bnghtndflh'Wi . 

(3) A month. 

And so Mfslle upon a day. 

And that waaln thefeefMOfUay. 

Oowmr, MS. Boc, Antif. 134* f» 51. 
MOVEKSNB. Monkish. ifeoriM. 
MONELICH. Meanly. (A.'N.) Explained 

fMMMyfesie in Rob. Gk>oc p. 647. 
MONE-PINS. Teeth. **Thy mone-pynnes 
bene lydie old yvory," Lydgate's Minor 



p. 80. J ft ey jpn t, ToWMli^ Kyat 

p. 89. StUl in occasional use. 
MOI^ESTE. To admonish. {A.^N.) 
MONET. SflTer. North. 
MONET-MAKERS. CounterfeHers of eoin. 
MONBY-SPIDER. The arunea teemca. It 

is likewise called a money-spinner. . 
MONGE. To eat ; to monch. We»t. 
MONGER. A merchant, or trader. Now only 
used in composition. Also, a small kind of 
merchant tmscI. From this latter meaning, 
which is giTcn by Blount, may be derir^ 
monkey, explained by an uneducated man *' a 
barge wot's coYcred over." 
MONIAL. (1) A mullion. '^ Postes or mony- 

eUes," HaU, Henry VIIL f. 73. 
(2) A nun. Archseologia, xxii. 280. 
MONIOURS. Coiners. {A,-N.) 
MONISH. To admonish. MotuHon, admoni- 
tion, DaTies, ed. 1672, p. 107. " The wordea 
of fmmi$9hone of cure Lord Jhesu Crist," MS. 
Ashmole 59, f. 67. 
MONK*S.CLOTH. A kind of worsted. 
MONMOUTU-CAF. A kind of flat cap formerly 

worn by the common people. 
MONNTLICHE. Manly. Kyng Alia. 3569. 
MONRADE. Homage. (A.-S) 
Whose buyth any thyng. 
Hit Is hytant hysolkpryqgt 
Adam hvngry comma to,-- 
JfcnnMl* doda y him aaodOv 
For on appel ich jef hym* 
He Is myn ant al bya kinn. 

Hamtoing 9f Hall, p. It. 

M0NSLA5T. Murder; manslaughter. 
The syo of sodomi to heven 

Hit eryaen 00 God Almy5t ; 
And mtmav^t with a rewful steren 
Hit askys Tcngans day and ny^t. 

AmM^m Psema, p. 1^ 

MONSOPE. The herb orobus. 
MONSTRE. (1) To exhibit ; to show. (-i.-iV.) 
(2) A pattern. Chaucw. 
MONTANTO. An old fencing term. 
MONTEM. An annual custom at Eton, ftdly 
described by Brand, i. 237. An account of 
the procession ad montem occurs in MS. 
Sloane 4839, f. 85. 
MONTENANCE. Amount ; extent. 

And ilk a nygbte take the mantenanee of a flchet 
and do it In thyne eghne byfore thou laye the 
doune, and it saUe mend the. 

MB. EAneoln Med. f. ttt. 
They had not ridden but a while. 
Mot the aMMnlffiatMa of a mlle^ 
But they met witk » giaunt. 
With a tall sory vmblani. 

Arve« 0/ Hamtoun» O. d. 

IflONTBRO. ** A monteio, or dose hood whera- 
with trayellera preserve their faces and heads 
ftom frost-biting, and weather-beating in wiii^ 
tcr," Cotgrave. , ^ ^ 

MONTETH. A kind of vessel used foa oooUng 
wine-glasses in. 

MONTHLY. Madly. Middlcton, i^. 552. 

MONTHLY-NURSE. A nurse who attends the 
month of a woman's conflnement. 



MOO 



550 



MOB 



MONTH-MINOS. Monthly remembrances of 

the departed. 

And thAt no month-mindt or yearly cmnmem'-- 
ntions of the dead, nor any other tuperttiilous 
oeremoniea, be observed or used. 

Grindafg RsmalnSf p. 136. 

MONTH'S-MIND. To have a month's mind, 
L e. a strong inclination. A common phrase 
in our early dramatists, and sttll in use, 

MONTURE. A riding or saddle horse. A 
French word used by Spenser. It may have 
also some reference to the Latin word aseen- 
«ormm,£ ngUshed by Maimdevile as mountowTy 
and explained by Ducange to l)e " quo quis 
in equum ascendit, tollitur," Glossarium, ed. 
1772,1.405. 

MOO. (1) To low as a cow. North. 

(2) To mock. Pabgrave. (Tempest, ii. 2.) 

MOOD. (1) A sweetbread. Devon. 

(2) The mother of vinegar. Somerset. 

(3) Crowded; crammed. Yorksh. 
MOODLE. To fold up. North. 
MOODY. Angry. ''Mody angerfuU, tmur, 

attayneux" Palsgrave. 

MOODY-HEARTED. Melancholy. West. 

MOOIL. Moold, or earth. Yori$h. 

MOOL. To rumple ; to disorder. North. 

MOON. (1) 7b level at the moon, to catt beyond 
the fMoon» to be very ambitious, to calculate 
deeply, to make an extravagant conjecture. 

(2) Moan ; grief. Also, to moan. 

For thy love hym to achende 
Wyth lytttUe moon. 

M. CanUib.Tt. it. 98, f.9B. 
Then were y schente, what shall y doo» 
I have no man to Moon« me too 

MS. Cantab. Ft. IL 38, f. 171. 

(3) Wicked creature ? {J.-S.) 

He sende up for the lady scone, 
Aad forth sche cam, that olde moon'>. 

Gotoor, MS. Soe. ^ntiq. 134, f. 49. 

MOON-CALF. " A moonecalfe, a hard swelling 
or shapelesse peece of flesh in the wombe, 
which makes women beleeve they are with 
child when they are not," Cotgrave. The 
term was often applied to a monster, or a fool. 
In Somerset, a cr3ring child is so called. 

MOONER. A kind of dog, mentioned in Top- 
sell's Beasts, 1607, p. 175. 

MOONGS. The bellowing of cattle. Cumb. 

MOONLIQHT-FLITTING. The same as Zon- 
don-Jlittmff, q. v. 

MOONLING. A fool ; a lunatic. 

MOON-MEN. Thieves ; robbers. 

MOON-SHINE. (1) An illusive shadow. 

S2) A dish composed partly of eggs. 
3) Smuggled or illicit spirits. South. 
MOOR. (1) To void blood. Yorinh. 

(2) A heath, common, or waste land. In 
Suffolk, any uninclosed ground. 

(3) A bailiff of a farm. North. 
MOOR-COOT. A moor>hen. Somerset. 
MOOR-GOLLOP. A sudden squall across the 

moors. Devon. 
MOORISH. Wishing for more. South. 
MOOR-M ASTER. The same as ^ornMu/ffr, q. v. 
MOOR-PALM. The flower of the dock. 



MOOR-POOT. A yoimg mooigiae. Meta- 
phorically, an ignorant feUow. Nortk, 
MOORS. Turnips. Dewm. 
MOOR-STONE. A kind of granite fonnd on 
the moors. Devon, It is f^y detciibed in 
Brome's Travels, ed. 1700, p. 242. 
MOOSLE. To muizle. Somereei. 
MOOT. (1) To discuss a point of law in an Inn 
of Court. Hence, contention. 

The rollyng fordothe eroppe and rote. 
And ryjtof tho that wulde themofo. 

MS. Harl. 1701, f. 65. 

(2) The stump of a tree. Weet. 

(3) A note on a horn. {A.-N.) 
MOOT-END. The backside. South. 
MOOT-HALL. The hall of assembly. {A.-S.) 

A town-hall is still so called in the North of 

England. 
MOOTING-AXE. A grubbing-axe. West. 
MOOYSEN. To wonder. Yorkeh, 
MOOZLES. A stupid sloven. Line. 
MOP. (1) To drink greedily. Var. dial. 
(2) A meeting or fair where servants are hired. 

West. 
(3; The young whiting. The young of any 

animal was so called, and the term was even 

applied to a girl 
f4) A tuft of grass. West. 

(5) To muffle up. See Mob., 

(6) A grimace, or contemptuous grin. 

(7) A fool. See Sevyn Sages, 1414. Moppts. 
Depos. Rich. II. p. 24. A doll was so called. 

(8) AU mops and brooms, half-seas over, in- 
toxicated. In the mops, sulky. 

(9) A napkin. Gioue. 

(10) To fldget about. North. 
MOPAN-HEEDY. Hide-and-seek. Devon. 
MOP-EYED. Short-sighted. See the Muses 

Looking Glass, 1643, p. 58. 

MOPO. A nickname given by Chettle, in bis 
Kind-harts Dreame, 1592, to some ballad ven- 
der of the sixteenth century. Who he was, 
does not appear to be known. 

MOPPER. A muflier. Somerset. 

MOPPET. A term of endearment to a young 
girl. See Mop (3). 

MOPPIL. A blunder; a mistake. YorJbsh. 

MOPSEY. A slovenly tmtidy woman. Also 
the same as Moppet, q. v. 

MOPSICAL. Low-spirited. Suffolk. 

MOPT. Deceived; fooled. Devon. 

MOR. A mayor. Heame. 

MORAL. (I) Model ; likeness. Far. dial. 

(2) Meaning. Much ado about Nothing, iii. 4. 

MORCROP. The herb pimpemelL 

MORDYDY. Morrowtide; early part of the 
morning. (A.-S.) 

This was in the monfyd^ after that that soone 
shone bry5t. Chron. VUoduH. p. 88. 

MORE. (1) A root. West. Morede, rooted up, 
Rob. Glouc p. 499. 

In our Western language tquat la a bruise, and a 
route we call a mors. 

Aubr«/9 mU$, AsTtW 8oe. MS. p. 127. 

(2) Greater. King John, it 1. 

(3) A hilL North 



MOR 



561 



MOR 



(4)Delqr. (£«#.) 

TiMit gu to hem eterly eertlfy«. 
WltlKMitoMort, the chlldta dwellynge pUc*. 

Lfigmm, MS, Stoc. Anii^. )34, f. M. 

ik) To inereftse. See Lydgate, p. 243. 
HORB-HERBTW. The herb devUVMt. 
MOREL. (1) The wpod nightshade. 

Tak marm i m^ aad the rata of ererferne that waxes 
OB the ake, and stamp it wele, aad temper It with 
nylky aad anojrnte the nabbea therwith. 

MS, Unc M§d, f. S96. 

(2) The morns. {Fr,) 

That can let hla throe along in a row, 
And that is flppsny morrttt I trow. 

^poUo Shnmlmg, 10B7* p> 40* 

(3) A wme for a h«ine, properiy a dark-ooloiired 
one. See Towneley Myst p. 9. 

HaTO gode, now, n>y gode merer* 

On many a atonr tlwa haatserred me wel. 

J£S. AMkmol0 S3, £. 49. 

(4) A ftzngna. North, 
HOREN. The momiag. {J^S.) 
MOREOVSB. Mortemr thorn that^ besidea; 

over M»4 abofe that. Bt$t, 
M0RE^ACKS.TO.THB.MILL. A very rongh 
game, mentkmed in Dean MiUes' MS. p. 180. 
MORB-SM ESEWORT. The herb mereuT. 
HORBTNS. A mmnraiii. 

Yn Rome fyi a grcte fNonyiM, 

A peetileni of men, a re^Jaanee to pyne. 

MS. BaH, 1701, f. 10. 

MORFOKD. A disease in a horse occasioned 

by its taking cold. 
MORGAN. Tares in com. South, 
MORGIVB. A mainage gift. (^.-5.) 
UORGLAT. A sword. Be^es of Hampton 
bad a celebrated sword so termed, and hence 
the name. It is alluded to in the Worke for 
Cutlers, 4to. Lond. 1615. ''A tmsty morglay 
in a msty sheath,*' Cleayeland RcTiTed, 1660, 
p. 15. ^ alio Greene's Works, ii. 131. 
MORGLE. To maul; to beat. Bedt, 
MGRIEN. A blackamoor; a negro. 
MORIGEBOUS. Dutiful; obedient. This 
word is not of Tery usual occurrence. 

But they would honor his wife as the prineesie of 
tlie world, and be morig^rmmt Co him as tlie com- 
nsader of their soules. UUtonf «/ PatieiU Ori—l, p. 6. 
The resigned will of a morigtrou» patient makes 
thst cue easie, which to a peryerse patient would 
become desperate. 

Brutkwai^t Arcadian PrtneetM, 18SS, 1. 84?. 

MORINB. Dead. 

MORION. A conical skutt^xp, with a rim 
nrond it. 

To Dipnnt my small eoat of mail, the piece of 
plate which my Lord the Prince gaTe me, called 
bresst-plate, the pence which belonged to my lord 
syALther, whom God pardon, my houaell, and my 
iron sMrfon. 3M. Fehut, p. 18B. 

MORISCa See Morrii-dance, 

MORKIN. A beast, the produce of an abortive 
bnrth. According to some, one thai dies by 
d iica s e or accident. 

MORK-SHRIBK. A mockery. Aff. 

MORLATION. A large quantity. Yori$h. 

MORUNG. The wool taken off the ikin of a 
dead sheep. Bloumt, 
II. 



MORMAL. A cancer, or gangrene. ** Lttsiria 
ys a lyther mormale," MS. Cantab. Ff. L 6, 
XY. Cent. Compare Tyrwhitt, iy, 157. 
MORME. The short pcnnt at the end of a spear 

to prevent injury. 
MORMERACYONE. Murmur. Arch.xxi66. 
MORMO. A spectre. 

One would think by this play the devils were 
mere momiof and bugbears, fit only to fright children 
and fools. 

CoUin** Short View ^fthe English Stage, 1096, p. 109. 
MORN.DEINK. Morning draught. 
The bore come firo the see, 
Hp wcr ii e dyjw Jre he had tan. 

MS. Qtntah, Ff. il. OB, f. 05. 

MORNIFLE. <^Momyfle a maner of play^ 

momifie" Palsgrave. 
MOROSOPH. A learned fooL {Or.) 
MORPHEW. A leprous eruption on the face. 
''A morpheu or staynyng of the skynne," 
Elyot, in v. JfyhoB, ed. 1559. 
MORPION. A kind of louse. (Fr.) 
MORRIS. See Fhe-ptnny^Morrit. 
MORRIS-DANCE. A very ancient dance, in 
which the performers were accustomed to be 
dressed in grotesque costume, with bells, &c 
The dance is still common in many parts of 
the country. In Oxfordshire, a few ribands 
generally constitute the sole addition to the 
ordinary costume. The following curious 
notice is taken from the original accounts of 
St. Giles', Cripplegate, 1571, preserved in 
MS. Addit. 12222, f. 5,— "Item, paide in 
charges by the appointment of the parisshion- 
ers, for the settinge forth of a gyaunt morres 
dannsers with vj. calyvers, and u). boies on 
horsbacky to go in the watche befoore the 
Lorde Maiore uppon Midsomer even, as may 
appere by particulers for the fumishinge ot 
the same, vj. U. ix. t, ix. d," 

In Fleet strete then I heard a shoote t 

I putt of my hatt, and 1 made no staye. 

And when I came unto the rowte. 

Good Lord ! I heard a taber playa, 

For so, God saTe mee I a nw>rry*-devfict. 

Oh ther was sport alone for mee. 

To see thehobby-hnrse how he did pravnce 

Among the gingling company. 

I pniflbr'd them money for their coats. 

But my oonsdence had remorse. 

For my father had no oatea. 

And I must have had the hobble -horse. 

MS. HarU 0910, xvii. Cent. 

MORRIS-PIKE. A Urge pike. It is translated 
by pieque in Palsgrave. 

The Frenchemen with quarelles, nwrUitikett 
slynges, and other engynes, began to assaut the 
walies. HaU, Henry Yl. 1 73. 

The fourth shilde blewe, betokenyng the assaulte, 
with such wepons as the capitaln of the castle shat 
occuple, that is Mwriee pOte, sworde, target, the 
poynt and edge abated. HaU, Henry VUh U 133. 
MORT. (1) A great quantity. Var, diai. 

He gave her a mart of good things at the same 

time, and bid her wear them in remembrance of her 

good friend, my lady, his mother. Pamela, 

(2) Death. Northumb. It occurs in Reliq. 

Antiq. i. 27. The notes formerly blown on 

36 



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562 



MOT 



tlift horn at the deitii of the deer «■• celled 

themort. 

(3) A female. A centtenn. ** A doxiB^morte," 
Gotgreve in t. DwHwirmM, 

(4) Hog's-lard. Dewm, 
MOirrACIOUS. MoHal; verjr. Nwih, 
M0RTA60N. HerbamarihiA. Arch. xzx. 410. 
MORTAISB. To give land in morinain. 
MORTAL. Very ; great Var. dmL 
MORTALNBSS. MortaUty. Pakgrmfe. 
MORTAR. A kind of wax-candle. '* Morter 

of wax/' Ord. and Reg. p. 341 ; Boke of 
Cortasjre, p. 33. 
MORTASSB. Amortiae. 

For th«r zcyMda tlit craw wlihtbi boey* 
And fychede it in a tie m«rta$99 TyolMittlyt 
la wllke tho crone twilke « jage tulM 
That thl body thuighe weghte al to^hoke. 

M8. LbMOte A. U 17, f. 190. 
Into a mortatfa wtthoufecn more 
The croe was bore up, and he 
Thai leCe doun danhe, alae I therfore 
Ho can not wepe come leme at me. 

M8. BoM. 4S3, f. 190. 
Then «p thai lyfl that her^ tre. 
And furdid into a martM of ttoo. MS. Dou«e9n2, f. Iff. 
MORTEAULX. A game resembling bowls. 
MORTIFIE. To render quickulyer in a fit 

state for medicine (/V.) 
MORTIFY. Toteaze. Wett 
MORTLIN. The same aa Morkin^ q. ▼. The 

skin is called a wwrt. 
MORTREWES. A dish in ancient cookeiy, 
Tcry frequently mentioned in early works. 
See Reliq. Antiq. L 81, 85, 86 ; Pr. Parv. pp. 
13, 70 ; Ord. and Reg. pp. 438, 454. 
MORUB. The periscaria. 
MORWE. Morning; morrow. (^.-&) 3/ortoe- 
nmg is also often met with. Morwken occurs 
in MS. Cott Vesp. D. vii. 
MOSARE. An earthen pickle-jar. Jflui. 
MOSCHE. Much. 

Of onest merth sehe cowde rlth mo$ehe. 
Too daunoe and cynge and othre suche. 

Gouw, MS, Omimb. Ff. i. fl; f. 4S. 

MOSE. (1) A disorder in the chine of horses 
was formerly so called. 

(2) A smoulder of wood. JFet/. 

MOSBLBY'S DOLE. An annual peyment so 
called at Walsall, Staffordshire, which the 
corporation are accustomed to make of a 
penny apiece to all the inhabitants of the 
parish of WalsaU, and of the a4ioining parish 
of Rnshall. See Edwards's Old English Cus- 
toms, 1842, p. 55. 

MOSES. Grose says, *' a man is said to stand 
Moses when he has another man's bastard 
child fathered upon him, and he is obliged by 
the parish to maintain it." This may per- 
haps be connected with a phrase given by 
Cotgrare, ** Holie Moysea, whose ordinarie 
counterfeit having on either side of the head 
an eminence, or luster, arising somewhat in 
the forme of a home, hath imboldened a pro- 
phane author to stile cuckolds parents de 
Mcjfte.*' He here apparently alludes to the 
chvacter of Moses in the old miracle-plays. 



MOSEY. Mealy. Ohuc. Roi«^;hainr. AfC 

fbik, **Ine^tkn» bmrhm^ a yooage «Moeif 
beaide," Blyot,ed. 1559. 

MOSKER. To rot; to decay. iVbr/JI. 

MOSKYLLADB. A dish made of musdes, ate. 
See MS. Sloane 1201, t 52. 

MOSS. A morass. North, I can make moss 
nor sand of him, L e. nothing of him. 

MOSS-BEGROWN. Long out of use. 

MOSS-CROP. Cotton grass. North, 

MOSSE. <* Napping, as MossetookehianuHfe," 
Cotgrave, in v. Detprowfevu This proTerb is 
stiU current in Chediiie, aooordingto Mr.¥^ 
braham. Mosse took his mare n^ipin^ be- 
eaaae he eoold not catch har when ■■■ki 

MOSSELL. Amoroel. 

He let serve thena ten tyte^ 
Or he woMe aay mmmpU byte^ 

MS. OmUA. Ff. U. ae, f. MSk 

MOSS-WOOD. Trunks and atompe of laees 

frequently found in monwsea 
MOST-AN-BND. Continwdly; pefpetonlly; 

mostly; generally. The phnae oooois in 

Fkirftx, Bulk and Sdvedge, 1674. Mcti m 

diee/ is a similar phraaeL 

He that with other mcne tndst will be meOtes* 
Doth mott-^n-0nd lose the fralt of his pedlhig. 

ftfy wi , te V. Fadbe. 

MOSTE. Gieateat. (J.^) 

But the mutit fynger of myn hande. 
Thotow ny eooyi Irte y may pat henk 

MS, Cumiab, FL ii. eS. f . 48. 

MOSTLY. Usually {generally, ^mr. dioL 
MOSTRE. Appearance. {J.'N.) 
MOST-WHAT. For the most part 
MOSY. A dish in cookery, described in the 

Ord. and Reg. p. 460. 
MOT. (1) May ; must. Perceval, 287, 333, &c. 
Pray the porter, ai he U fire. 
That he let the ipeke with me, 
Soo fake hym mot be-falle. 

Jf5. Cantab. Pf. ▼. 4$, f . 4a. 
They byedon hym and can hym wryo. 
In halle eiele they long lye! 

jr& aMcak FC ii. »>& ittL 

2) Amaik for players at qnoita. 

3) A moat Var. diaL 

4) A motto. Ben Jonson, L 103. It occurs eleo 
in Hawkins, iL 205. 

MOTE. (1) A mite ; a smaU piece. Souih, 

(2) The large white moth. fFeit. 

(3) To discuss. See Moot. 

What Khalle we more of hym Moe* f 

MS. Camtab. Ff. ILSS. C M. 

f4)Thestalkofaphuit J>evon, 
(5) Assemblage ; meeting. Gawayne. 
MOTERB. To mutter. Pr. Parv. p. 30. 
MOTH. A mote, or atom. It oeonra in ilorio, 

ed. 1598, p. 130, coL 1. 
MOTHER. Phlegm. Bcmn. 

(2) Hysteiical passion. Ifiddleton, i 186. 

(3) A round pieoe of leather on the bladder inaide 
a foot-ball. West. 

MOTHERING. A custom still pievalent in tbe 
West of England of going to visit parents on 
Mid-lent Sunday, and making them a 
of money, trinkets, or some nice efltri>W. 



MOU 



563 



MOU 



Wky» nt tka^Dick I M* DwAry^ PMk 

LndU Ufce • ihuggard Matkmtm mlta 

CoUUuf MuetUamUa, 176S, p. 1 14. 

HOTHERISH. Mammy-Biek. Oxon. 
MOTHEIULAW. A mother-in-law. WetU 
U0TH£R.OF.TH£.MAIDS. The chief of the 
ladies of honour wis bo caUed. Grose has the 
term for a hawd. 
IIOTHER'S-SON. A man. This quaint phrase 
wisfonnerly in common use. 

Thryet thorow at them he ran 

Then for sothe, as I yow aey> 
And wonadjrt many a mo&ur Mmtf» 
And xij. be slew that day. 

JM. CbMCi*. tt, ▼. 4a, f. ]«7- 
TheyejteakealBMMiealaDarias «aa parte over, 
and alle that ware on the yaj ware periichte Ilk a 
wderMM, and dmwnede in the water. 

JCS. UnniM A. L 17, f. 19l 

MOTHBR-WTT. No wit at aU. An old writer 
gi?es the following as an example of mother- 
wit—" like that which was in a certaine 
cooBtiy gentlemaa. whom the Qneene of 
Anbis meeting, and knowing him tohea man 
of DO great wiaedome, demannded oi him 
wheo his wife shonld be brought to bed : who 
answered, Byea when yoor higbnesse shall 
oommand." 

A giave dliereeC gentleman having a comely wife, 
•bote bcenty and free hehaYiour did draw her 
honesty Inio eaapttion, by whom bee hadaionneal- 
oMMt at nena ettaiOf of very dkeolute and wanton 
cuiiige. I mnee, aaid onot that a man of luch 
itayd aad moderate gimvity shbuld liave a tonne of 
luch a contrary and froward disposition. -Sir, r^ 
ply'd another, the reason Is that his pate is stullU 
vithhb Jf«Uber« wit^ that there is no roome for any 
of his fathei's wiaodome t besides, the lightnesse of 
her heelei Is gotten Into her sonncs bralnes. 

Ta9lMF^9 WUattd Mirth, lOW, p. 185. 

MOTHWOCK. Moderately flexible. 

MOTION. A puppet. AJbo, a puppet-show. 

It ii of very common oecnrrence, espedaUy in 

oldpkys. 
MOTIVE. Motion. lAfd§ait. 
MOTLADO. A kind of mottled doth. 
MOTLEY. The ^«S8 of the domestie fooL 

Hence Men of motley , fools. 
MOTON. (1) In armour, a pUta pot on the 

ri^t ihonlder. Arch. xviL 292. 
(2) K tmstt French gold coin, whidi bore the 

stamp of a lamb or sheep. 
MOTONE. A sheep. (Fr.) 

The hynde in pees with the lyonc^ 
The wolfe In pees with the moton; 

Cmoer, MS, 8oe. Aniiq, 134, f. 37. 

UOTONER. Awencher. Lydgate,p. 168. 
MOTTET. (1) The mark aimed at in the game 

ofpitcb-and-toss. Norik, Also the same as 

ifo/,q. ▼. 
(2) Talk ; speech ; oinnion. Lane, This seems 

to be deriyed £rom the Frendi. 
MOTTOWS. The rent of a piece of meadow 

groand, in two parcels or mottowiy is to be 

appropriated to the poor of Bradley, in the 

ooonty of Stafford. See Carlisle's Account of 

Charities, p. 298. 
MOU. Mflwiag. Hemne. 



MOUGS. IfisdMnoe. Yotkik, 

MOUCH. (1) To eat gieedUy. Lme. 

(2) To stroke down gently. W*9t, 

MOUCHATS. Amoustachio. 

MOUCHING. Shy. Unc, 

MOUDY. A mole-catcher. ifotM^-rc/,amola. 
Moudy-kiU, a mole-bill. 

MOUGHT. (1) Might ; must. 

(2) A moth. Pakigrave, 1530. It also oeeura 
in Lydgate's Minor Poems, p. 58. 

MOUK^ORN. The same as Maslm, q* ▼• 

MOUL. (1) Mould. Still in use. 

(2) To pull or tumble about. fTes/. 

MOULDER. Mould; day. 

Not that we are privy to the etemall oovnsel of 
God, but for that by sense of oar airrle bodies wc 
have a more refined Ihculty of forsseeiiig, than men 
possibly can have that are chained to sudi heavie 
earthly mowMtfr. Nath's Pierce PetmUeue, p. 8ft. 

MOULDY-PUDDING. A slattern. Yorkth, 

MOULE. To grow mouldy. (^.-&) '* Moul- 
lyde brede," Reliq. Antiq. L 85. 

MOULING. Digging. Devom, 

MOUN. May; must. (J,-&) 

MOUNCH.PRBSENT. '• Mounch Present is he 
that is a great gentleman, for when his mays- 
ter sendeth him with a present, he wU take a 
tast thereof by the waye. This is a bold 
knave, that sometyme will eate the best and 
leave the worst for his mayster," Fkrateraitye 
of Yacabondes, 1575. The term occurs in 
Palsgrave, meaning a glutton. 

MOUND. A fence or hedge. JBssf . 

MOUNDE. (1) A helmet. Weber, 

(2) Size. Gy of Warwike, p. 3. 

Fourtl thousand men thai founde. 
To batalle men otgnu* mminie. 

Arthemr and Merttn, p. 138. 

MOUNGE. To whine ; to low. North. 

MOUNT. (1) Ahorse-block. Far. dioL 

(2^ To equip. Northan^tomh. 

(3) Futuo, said of beasts. Var, dial 
MOUNTABAN. A kind of hat 
MOUNTAIN-OF.PIETY. A society for grant- 

ing loans at reasonable interest. 
MOUNTANCE. Amount ; quantity. (^.-M) 
MOUNT-CENT. Same as Cent, q. v. 
MOUNTER. In hawking, the act of rising up to 

the prey. 
MOUNTFAULCON. The female pudendum. 
Apparently from the Italian. It occurs in 
Florio, and is still in use. 
MOUNTOUNS. Amount. 

And withholde therof no thyng 
The iNOwnaNine of a ferthyng. 

MS. Hart. I70l, f. 98. 

MOUNTOUR. Throne, ** And in the myddes 
of this palays is the mountour for the grete 
Cane that is alle wrought of gold and of 
precyous stones and grete perles,'* Sir J. Maun- 
devile's Travels, ed. 1839, p. 217. In the 
Latin version we find the word oseensortuai 

MOUNT.ROSE. A kind of wine. See the 
Squyr of Lowe Degr^» 755. 

MOURDANT. The tongue of a buckle. {A.'N.) 

MOURE. A turkey. Somertet. 



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MOURNIYAL. A tenn tA the game of gleek, 
meaning four of a lort. Hence applied to 

any set of four. 

It cm be BO trw io n . 
To drink and to sing 
A mownMMil of healths to our new-crown'd king. 

Brome't Songt, 1661, p. 86, 

MOUSE. (1) A piece of beef. It is the part be- 
low the round. 

(2) Mouth. See Tusser, p. 114. 

(3) As drunk as a moose was formeriy a very 

common simile. 

Then aeke another bouie» 
This If not worth a touae ; 
As dronken as a mtnae, 

Dodcur DottMIs M«, n. d. 

(4) A term of endearment. AUeyn, the actor, 
terms his wife '* my good sweete mouse." See 
Collier's Memoirs, p. 25. 

MOUSE-FOOT. An oath. 

I know a man that will never swear but by cock 
and pye, or mMUt-Jbot. I hope you wUl not say 
these be oaths. Dent** Ihtihwap, p. 142. 

MOUSE-HOUND. A weasel. Eatt. Not con- 
nected with Shakespeare's mtnue-hunL 

MOUSELL. A muzzle. " Mousell of a beest, 
gromfff moe ; mousell for a beare or a dogge, 
mtmseaUf" Palsgrave. 

MOUSEL-SCAB. A distemper in sheep. 

MOUSBR. A cat. Var. dial 

MOUSE-SNAP. A mouse-trap. Somenet. 

MOUSFICHE. 

Oyir thame at drynk therof arely at the mome, 
and late at evene, of the grettncs of a mou^fickt, 

M8, IAn<»ln A. i. 17» f. 308. 

MOUSPECE. Same as Mouaell, q. v. 
MOUSTER. (1) To moulder. We$t. Perhaps 

more usually prononnoed mouter. 
(2) To stir ; to be moving. Somenet. 
MOUT. To moult. Var, dial 

When fethurs of charyt^ begynncn to mowt§, 
Than all the prayers tume to syune. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. 11. 38, f.25. 

MOUTCH. On ^^ MOv/cA, shuffling. mu». 
MOUTH. " Down V the mouth" is an old Eng- 
lish proverbial saying, for a person who is de- 
jected and disheartened. 
MOUTH-HOD. Food for cattle. Norih. 
MOUTH-MAUL. To talk very badly; to sing 

quite out of tune. West. 
MOUTH-SPEECH. Speech. Dewm, 
MOVE-ALL. A juvenile game. 
MOVED. Angry. Paiegrave. 
MOW. (1) May. {A.-S.) 

Hym semys a felow for to be ; 
Moo bourdJs 5et mow we «e. 

Jf& Cantab. Ft. ▼. 48, f. tf. 

(2) A mock ; a scornful grin. 

Unto his mother they complaia'd, 

whldi grieved her to heare. 
And for these pranks she threatned hlra 

he should have whipping cheare, 
If that he did not leave his tricks, 

his jeering mocks and mowe* : 
Quoth she, thou vile, untutor'd youth, 

these pranks no breeding shewes. 

Th9 Merry PMcXr, n. d. 

(3) Ftttno. North. 



(4) Aftadtofeoni, Ac For. 

(5) A sister-in-law. 

(6) The sea-mew, a well-known bird. 
MOW-BURNT-HAY. Hay which has fermcated 

in the stack. York»h. 

MOWCHE. To spy, or eaves-drop. 

MOWEL. The fish mullet. 

MOWER. A mocker ; a scomer. Pahgrmve. 

MOWHAT. A barton or indosure for ricks of 
hay or com. Devon. 

MOWING. Ability. Chaucer. 

MOWL. (1) Mould. Kent. 

(2) To knead, y&rkeh. 

MOW-LAND. Meadow land. ^ And allso to 

have as much mow kmd for rent, as myght 

pleasure me sufficiently," Dr.Dee's Diary, p.38. 

MOWROUN. Morrow. Degrevant, 937. 

MOWSEPEASE. The herb orohus. 

MOW-STEADS. Steddles. Devon. 

MOWSTRYDE. Mustered. Arch. xxL 50. 

MOWTHE. To speak, or explain. {A.'S.) 

MOY. Muggy; close. North. 

MOYENAUNT. By means of. (fV.) 

Suche, nsmely, as many dayes had bene lad to 
great hiconvenlences, and misehevs-doynge, tmve- 
MMM« thefUse, faynyd fUMes, and disclaadan. 

Aniwal of King Bdwmrd ir. p. SI. 

MOYNES. Moans ; lamentationa. 

NathelcMe dayly came ceruyne peiaoans on the 
sayde Erlls behalve to the kinge, and made greate 
magnet, and desired him to treat withe hym, for 
some gode and expedient appoyntment. 

^ArHvai of King Edward IV. p. 9. 

MOYRED. Stuck in the mire. 
MOZIL. A stirrup-cup. Devon. 
M03TE. Might. (^A.-S.) 
MUBBLE-FUBBLES. To be in the mubble- 

fiibbles, to be depressed in spirits without any 

serious cause. A cant term. 
MUCH. (1) A term or expression of conteinpt 

common in old plays, and generally meaning 

little or none Jar from it, by no means. It is 

similarly used as an adjective, in all cases 

inferring denial. 
(2) To make much of; to coax; to stroke gently. 

West. 
3) A vronder) a marveL Chesh. 
|4) Great; numerous. (A.^S.) Hence the 

adjective miuehfy. 

The Ladle Cantabrigia speedelle. 
And all her learn'd with greate solemnitfe, 
Wentgraveliedight to enterUine the dame. 
They mudtlie lov'd, and honor'd in her name. 

If 5. Bibl. Reg. 17 B. xv. 

MUCH-HOW. Indeed 1 Devon. 
MUCHNESS. Similarity. Far. dUU. 
MUCH-ONE. Much the same. South. 
MUCH-WHAT. For the most part. See 

Holinshed, Hist. Scotland, pp. 44, 94. 
MUCK. (1) To manure land. Far. dial Also, 

to clear of dung. It is a term of reproach. 

(2) Moist ; dunp ; wet Lane. 

(3) To run a muck, i. e. to go out of one's mind. 
Devon. 

(4) To labour very hard. Kent. 

(5) Muek'Chei^, very cheap. Mnek-Jloqpf a 



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dirty ontiily penon. Mmehfr^tMw't a mber. 
ihdkkm, a dunghilL 

MUCKER. Tobediity. WetL 

MUCKETTT. Dirty; untidy. A|^M». 

MUCK.FORK. A dung-fork; a fork with 
crooked prongs to distribnte manure. MocJte- 
forcaUt Reliq. Antiq. i. 86 ; imoi^fitrief Lyd- 
gate'i Minor Poems, p. 189 ; mokhak, Ym- 
diale CL It is also called a mnd-croom, and 
used for other purposes. 

MUCK-HILL. A dunghiU. Far. dial •* A 
mnckelle,yiiiiariaifif," Nominale MS. 

UUCKINDER. A handkerehief. Also caOed 
i wmekinger or a muekiter. The term is 
BtOl in use, but geneFslly applied to a dirtied 
hsndkercbief: 

MUCKLE. To disarrange, or disorder. EaH, 

MUCKLB-DOWN. To stoop. Dewm, 

MUCKLETON. An old male rat. 

MUCK-OF-SWE AT. Excessive perspiration. 

One of them, I thought, ezpreiaad her Mntiments 

npon thb oecation In a reiy coane manner, when 

ilie obaervad that, by the liTing jingo, the was all of 

^wnitk ^f-moeau Vicar ^ VTak^fieU, 

MUCKRB. To heap. {j4.-S.) 
MUCKSCUTCHEON. A dirty person. Line. 
MUCKSEN. Dvty. Muekton 191 to the kueJt- 

vm, dirty up to the knuckles. MneJt-tpout, 

a foal-moothed person. Mnek-aweklef a filthy 

or reiy untidy 'woman. 
MUCKSHADE. TwQight. North, Grose has 

muckthutf p. 109. 
MUCK-WEED. The goose-foot. Norf. 
MUCK-WET. Very wet or sloppy. '*Rtfondu, 

mnckc-wct," Cotgraye. 
MUCK-WORM. A miser. Also, an upstart. 
MUCKY. Dirty. Much/'White, said of a 

saDow complexion. North. 
MUD. (1) Must ; might. North. 

(2) A small nail or spike used by cobblers. North, 

(3) To bring up. WUtt, 

(4) A stupid fellow. /. Wight, Muddy, con. 
ftued, muddled. 

MUDDLE. To confuse; to perplex. Eatt. 

MUDDLY. Thick ; foggy. North. 

MUDGE. Mud; dirt. Derbyfh. 

MUDGELLY. Squashed; trampled on as 
ttraw is by cattle. South. 

MIDGIN. A kind of chalky day used for 
daabmg. Norf. Soft stone turning into and 
mixing with mud is called mud-stone. 

MUD-LAMB. A pet-lamb. South. 

MUD-PATTENS. Wide flat pieces of board 
which are strapped on the feet, and used to 
walk over the soft mud deposit<^ in harbours 
by the sea. HatUt, 

MUD. SHEEP. Sheep of the large old Tees- 
water breed. North, 

HUE. To change. {A.^N.) 

MUET. Dumb; mute. (^.-M) 

MUFF. (1) To speak indistinctly. Muffle is 
more commonly used. 

(2) A stupid feUow. Far, dial 

MUFF.COATED-DUCKS. MuscoTy ducks. 

UUFFETEB. A small muff worn over the 
wrist. Var. dial 



MVFPLBD^MAN. A man in disguise. 

MUFFLER. A kind of wide band or wrapper, 
chiefly covering the chin and throat, bat 
sometimes nearty all the face, worn formerly 
by ladies. ** A kerchiefe or like thing that 
men and women used to weare about their 
necke and cheekes, it may be used for a muff* 
ler," Baret, 1580. 

MUFFS. Mittens. Yorkth, 

IfUG. (1) A fog or mist. North, 

(2) The mouth. Also, the face. Var. dial 

(3) A pot; an earthem bowL North, A 
hawker of pots is h mugger, 

!4) A sheep without horns. Yorieh, 
5) The rump of an animal. Devon. 

MUGED. Stirred; hovered. Gawagne. 

MUGEROM. The caul or fat in the inwards 
of a hog. North. 

MUGGARD. Sullen; displeased. Exmoor. 

MU6GETS. Chitterlings. Hence applied to a 
crispy ruflled shirt. Weet, Mugilty-pie, 
ArchjBologia, xiii. 388. 

MUGGLE. (1) To be restless. Devon. 

(2) To drizzle with rain. Yorieh. 

MUGGLETONIANS. ''A new blasphemous 
sect, which began about the year 1657 when 
Lodowic Muggleton, a journey man taylor, 
and one Reeves, declared themseWes the two 
last witnesses of God that ever should be 
npon earth, and that they had absolute power 
to save and damn whom they pleased; to 
which end one called himself the blessing, 
the other the cursing prophet. Reeves dyed 
nnpuni^'d, but Muggleton was sentenc'd at 
the Old Baily, Jan. 1676, to stand on the 
pillory, was fined 500£, and to lye in prison 
tiU he paid it," Blount, p. 426. 

MUGGLBTONY. A mongrel. S&uth. 

MUGGY. (1) Close and damp, generally applied 
to the weather. Far. dial. 

(2) The white-throat. North. 

(3) Half-intoxicated. Eeeex. 
MUG-HOUSE. A pottery. Weet. 
MUGLARD. A miserly person. 

MUGLE. The mullet. Gratarolus, Direction 

for Health, 1574. 
MUGWORT. Wormwood. North, 
MULBREDE. To break ; to crumble. 
MULCH. Straw half-rotten, saturated for 

manure. Eaet, 
MULCKT. A blemish or defect. 
MULERE. A weasel. Somertet. 
MULET. A mule. Yorkth, 
MULFER. (1 ) To stifle up. (2) To moulder. 
MULHARDE. A keeper of mules. It occurs 

in the Nominale MS. Mulett, Archseologia, 

xxviii. 98. 
MULIERE. A wife; a woman. (J.-N.) 

JI/tciMr/te»onie,legitimately,Holinshed,Chron. 

Ireland, p. 113. 
MULITER. A muleteer. Shak. 

MULL. (1) 

And there they fonde the eofre ta\, 
Sperd wyth the derylyt mul. 

MS. Hart. 17DL f' 41. 



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(2) A throw of a peg-top which failt to spiii. 
Hence mutted, sleepy, inactive. 

(3) Dust ; dirt ; rubbish. North, 

That other ooAre of ftnw and mutU, 
With •tenia maynde he filde alio. 

Ommt, MS. Soc. jiHtiq. 134, t 141. 

(4) To pull, or tumble about. West, Also, to 
break into small pieces. 

(5) Soft, breaking soil. Noff. 

(6) To boU or stew. 
.7^ To rub, squeeze, or bruise. Wnt, 
\S) To rain softly. Nominale MS. 
[9) A blunder, mess, or fidlure. South. 
MULLETS. (1) Spun. {/t..N,) 

TiM bryd jlle reynys were of lylke. 
The molettffM gylte they were. 

Jf& Outfox. Ff. ii. 88, f. 87. 
(S) Small pincers for curling the hair. 
MULLEY. A cow. SuffbUI:. 
MULL-HEAD. A stupid feUow. Weit. 
MULUGRUB-GURGIN. A grub which feeds 

ezdnsively on gurgin meal. 
MULLIGRUBS. To have the mulligrubs, i.e. 

to be ill-tempered and grumbling. 
MULLIN. Methegiin. Somenet. 
MULLING. A term of endesnnent applied to 

a little boy. 
MULLOCK. (1) A mess ; a blunder ; a dilemma ; 

an ill-managed affair. 

(2) Dirt ; refuse ; rubbish. Still in use in the 
North of England. 

(3) The stump of a tree. We$t, 

MULLS. The name by which milkmaids call 
their cows. Northangftotuh, 

MULL-WINE. A corruption of muUed wim, 

MULLY. To bellow. A farmer told a person 
who was afraid to pass through the field where 
his bull was, on account of the noise be made, 
** Don't fear, a woU mti//y, muUy, muU^, but 
a 'ont run." St^ffbUt. 

MULNE. AmilL StiU m use. 

MULP. To pout ; to be sulky. JSast. 

MULSE. Sweet wine. 

MULSY. Dirt ; rubbish. Beds. 

MULTIPLICATION. The art of making gold 
and sihrer. (J,'N.) 

MULTIPLYING.GLASS. A magnifyiug-glass. 
See the Bride, 1640, sig. F. ii. 

MULTON. A sheep. (fV.) 

MULVELL. The haddock? Translated by 
muiveOMS in Nominale MS. 

MUM. (1) A beetle. Stmih. 

(2) Silent, secret anger. Essex. 

MUMBLE. To stick together. Sv^g^. Sticky 
soil is said to be mumbhf. 

MUMBLE-A-SPARROW. A cruel sport prac 
tised at wakes and l^urs, in the following 
manner: A cock sparrow whose wings are 
clipped, is put into the crown of a hat ; a 
man having his arms tied behind him, attempts 
to bite off the sparrow's head, but is genendly 
obliged to desist, by the many pecks and 
pinches he receives from the ennged bird. 

MUMBLE.MAT1NS. A Popish priest. 

MUM-BUDGET. A cant word implying silence. 
** Atob- is bee get^^ to play mnmbndget, to be 



tongne-tyed, to say never « wwd," Gotgnve. 
" To play at mumbudget, de mm rm' touri ne 
sotmer mot** HowelL 

To the city of Olocettcr M. Bird of fbe chappall 
net with T«tltoa, «lio» joyltaU to rcgnet other, 
went to viait hl« friends ; amongst the rest. M. Bird, 
of the queenes chappell, visited M* Woodcocic of 
the colledge, when meeting, many friendly speeches 
past, amongst which, M. Woodcock challenged M. 
Bird of him, who mnsed that hee was of hia affinity 
and liee nerer knew it. Ves, sayes M. Woodcock, 
•rery woodcock Is a hlid, therefore it moat needs be 
so. Lord, sir, sayes Tailtoo* you are wMe, for 
though every woodcock be a bird, yet every bird is 
not a woodcock. So Master Woodcock like a wood- 
cock l>it his lip, and mumlfudget wv silent. 

TaHton't Jut*,4xo, Load. 1611. 

MUMCHANCE. An old game, mentioned in 
Cotgraye, in v. Chance \ Apollo Shroving. 
1627, p. 49 ; Taylor's Motto, 1622, sig. D. iv. 
According to some writers, silence was an 
indispensable requisite to this game, and in 
Devon a silent stupid person is allied a mum- 
chance, MUles' MS. Gloss. 

MUMMER. A masker. The term nmmmers 
is now applied to the youths fantastically 
dressed wfa^ dance about at Christinas, and 
sometimes act a dramatic piece. 

A-mummingf quoth you ; wbyi there ean be no- 
thing worse then for a man to goe ■ w mwi fagg 
when he hath no mooy In his purse. 

Marriage ^WUt and Wiadtm; U79l 

MUMMT. (1) To beat any one to a nuimmy, 
i. e. very severely. 

(2) Topsell, p. 83, mentions a herb ao called. 
Egyptian mummy, or rather a substitute for 
it, was formerly used in medicine. "To 
make mummee of her grease," Fletcher's 
Poems, p. 256. Blount describes mummy, 
"A thing like pitch sold by ^K>thecaries; 
it is hot in the second degree, and good against 
all bruisings, spitting of bloud, and divers 
other diseases. There are two kinds of it, 
the one is digged out of the graves in Aralria 
and Syria of those bodies that were embalmed, 
and is called Arabian Mummy, Thet second 
kind is onely an equal mixture of the Jews 
lime and Bitumen." 

MUMP. (1) To beat ; to bruise. North, 
(2^ To beg ; to cheat ; to intrude. West. 

(3) To mfSte grimaces. ** Simper and mumpe" 
Liny, ed. 1632, sig. Cc. x. 

(4) A protuberance ; a lump. Somerset, Tlorio 
mentions " swelliiags in the necke called the 
munyfSf' p. 425. 

(5^ To be sulky. SufoBt. 

(6) Any great knotty piece of wood ; a root. Ghiie. 

MUMPER. A beggar. Var. dial. 

MUMPING-DAY. The twenty-first of Decem- 
ber, when the poor go about the country, 
begging com, dec. Herrfordsh. See Dunkin*s 
History of Bicester, p. 270, ed. 1816. 

MUMPOKER. A word used to frighten naughty 
children. ** I will send the mumpoJter after 
von." /. qf Wight. 

MUMPSIMUS. An old error, in which men 
obstinately persevere: taken from a tale of 



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in ignonmt monk, who in his breviary had 
ihriTi nid wy utiwift instead of nmyftmiif, 
ud being told of his mistake, said, ** I will 
notdiaage my old wnm^ftmuu for yoor new 
noN/McmMt." Bentley has made good use of 
this tsle inhis Bpistles on Phalaris. 

Some be to stiflb In their old «ii«iiif»Hmii«« other 
Ik to bcuy aad carious in their newe fumptimiis. 

Hail, Hemy FIJI. f. »l. 

MUM.BUFFIN. The long.tailed tit. Wore. 

MUN. (1) Musi. Var.dioL 

(2) The month. A common 07 at Coventry on 
GoodFiidayia— 

One apcony, two • poany, hot cron bunt. 

Batter then and nigar them and put them In yovr aniiu. 

(3) Mm JUh, rotten fish nsed in Cornwall for 
msanre^ 

(4) A low ^miliar mode of address, said to he a 
comiptk>n of man, hut applied to hoth sexes. 

MUNCH. Something to eat. 

MUNCHATOES. Moostachios. 

Noar In my two mundUOoM for a need, 
WutlDg a rope, I could well hang myielfe. 

Howlo OhooM « Good Wifk, 16S4. 

MUNCH-PBBSENT. One who takes bribes. 

" Maonche present, Mfauit/* Palsgrave. 
MUNCORN. Mixed com. North, In Here- 

fiffdfihire a moncom team means a team of 

hones and oxen mixed. 
MUNDAINS. Worldly poBseasions. 
HUNDSFH. To dear; to make dean. See 

TopseQ's Beasts, pw 343 ; Serpents, p. 76. 
! MUNDICK. « AydloworemixdwHhtinnin 

&e ttsmiariesof Cornwall, which is wrought 

into true copper, and thereby affords a great 

adnntage,'' Kennett. 
MUNDLB. A slice or stick used in making 

puddings ftc NorUL 
MUNG. (1) Food for chidusns, because usually 

irfamned naftiiro. 
(2) A crowd of people. ChedL 
MUNGB. To munch. Var.diaL 
HUNGER. (1) To mutter ; to grumble. North. 
(2) A hone-collar made of straw. 
UUN6Y. Sultry I hot. We9t, 
HUNITB. To strengthen ; to fortify. 

Their leatanea and countriei are fortiBed and 

mniMwyth • doable power, that U to tay, with 

their own* strength and the ayde of their fVendee. 

HaU, Richard III. f. 18. 

UUNNIOK. Amullion. Moxo», Still in use, 

Bsnes' Dorset Glossary, p. 329. 
MUNSWORN. Forsworn. York^h. 
HUNT. To hint. North. 
MUNTE. (1) To give ; to measure out mode. 
(2) Went Piers Ploughman, p. 461. 
HUNTELATB. A dish in andent cookery de- 

loibedin Qrd. and Reg. p. 429. 
HUNTINS. The intermediate upcig^ bars of 

frsming. A joiner's term. 
HUR. (1) A mouse. Dwon. 
(2) A setere cold with hoarseness. 

Deafe earei, Uted eyes, the pa]ste,gottte and mur, 

Aad cold would km thee, bat for fire and ftir. 

J|iM9tamr« Jiwv KiMvet Y9t» 1619. 

MtJRAY. A wall. M.-M) 
UURCH. A dinmnitite man. 



MURCHT. Mischief. Dmm. The old-miiN 

chy, a term for the deriL 
MURDERER. A very de stru c tiv e piece of 

ordnance. It U called a murdering piece by 

Shakespeare. 
MURDERING.PIB. The butcher-bird. 
MURDLI. Joyful; pleasant {A.-S.) 
MURE. (1) A waU. (Lat,) Also a verb, as in 

Harrison's England, p. 216. 

(2) Husks or dudf of fruit after it has been 
pressed. North. 

rsS Soft ; meek ; demure. Ea»t, 

(3) To squeese. Comw. 
MURELY. Ni^;ahno8t Conitp. 
MURSNGBR. A superintendent of iStut walls 

of a town or dty. Cheth. 
BfURFLES. Freckles ; pimples. Dewm. 
MURGE. To joy; to gladden. {J.^N.) Mwyott, 

memest, Rob. Glouc. p. 349. 
MURGIN. A bog; a quagmire. CAetA 
MURKINS. In the dark. North. 
MURL. To crumble. North. 
MURNE. Sorrowful. (^.-5.) 
Ther lete we hem lojume* 
And fpeke we of chaunees hard and aiifme. 

jtrthour «md MerUm, p. 906. 

IfURRAIN-BERRIES. The hemes of the bhwk 

briony are so called in the Isle of Wight. 
MURRE. An old dish in cookeiy, described in 

Warner's Antiq. Culin. p. 83. 
MURRET. A dark red colour. 
MURRLE. To muse attentivdy. Cumb. 
MURTH. Plenty ; abundance. North. 
MURUNS. The herb chidrweed. 
MUS. Muzzle; mouth. Spdt mug in Tim 

Bobbin, GLed. 1806. 
IfUSARD. (1) A wretch, or Tagabond. 
Idi wcne ttiott art a fole mu$mrd 
When thoa of love me hast blMinght 

G^ qf Warwac$, p. 10. 

(2) A foolish fellow. Devon. 
MUSCADINE. A rich sweet-smdling wine. 
Also called the mMsauM. 
And I will have alio wyne de Ryne^ 
With new maid Clarye, that is good and lyae, 
MtuemMl, terantyne, and hastard. 
With Ypocras and Pyment comyng afterwarde. 

MS. Bawl. cm. 
MUSCET. A musde. Nominale MS. 
MUSCLE.PLUM. A dark purple plum. 
MUSCOYY.GLASS. Talc 
MUSCULL. Apuatule. 
MUSE. (1) To wonder. Shak. 
(2) A hole m a hedge through whidi game passes. 
Also odled m«ie/. 

Bat tlie good and aprovvd hoands on the oon- 
tnury, when they haTe fooad the hare, make shew 
therof to the hunter, by running moM speedily, and 
with gesture of head, eyee, ears, and taile, winding 
to the hares mute, nerer give over prosecution with 
• gallant noise, no not returning to their leaders, 
least they loose advantage. 

Ibp»eWt nur-rooMBeatUtlWIt p. IBS. 
Or with hare-pypesset In a rniMSf hole. 
Wilt thou deceave the deep-earth-delTtog ceney ? 

(8) To gaze. (A.'N.) 



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MUSH. (1) Dust ; dusty refoae. North. 
(2> Guardedly silent. East. 

(3) Anything mashed. Lane. 

(4) To break a child's spirit by unnecessary 
harshness. Warw. 

(5) The best kind of iron ore. 
MUSHERON. A mushroom; toadstooL It 

occurs in Palsgraye, 1530. Mtukrumpf an- 
other f<Nrm, is found in Marlowe, and Shake- 
speare, Tempest, ed. 1623, p. 16, col. 2. 

MUSHROOM.QITCHES. Inequalities in the 
floor of a coal mine, occasioned by the pro- 
jection oi basaltic or other stony substances. 
North. 

MUSIKER. A musician. 

MUSK. The herb cranes-bill. 

MUSKEL. A caterpillar. Devon. 

MUSKET. The male sparrow-hawk. See 
Harrison, p. 227. It is the translation of 
agntM in MS. Addit. 11579. 

MUSKIN. " A proper visage," Palsgrave. 

MUSROLL. The nose-band of a horse's bridled 
(/v.) StiUinuse. 

MUSS. (1) A mouse. Jonson, i. 49. 

(2) A scramble. There was a scrambling game 
amongst children so called. " Striving as 
children play at musse," Florio, p. 38. 

(3 The mouth. North. 

MUSSELL. A lump of bread, &c 

MUST. (1) Ground apples. fFe$t. 

(2) New wine. A very common term in old 
authors. 

(3) Well mutt ye, an elliptical phrase for wishing 
good luck to any one. 

(4) To turn mouldy. Pdkffrave. 
MUSTILER. Armour for the body. 
MUSTIR. To talk together privately. 
MUSTREDEVILLIARS. A kind of mixed 

grey woollen cloth, which continued in use 
up to Elizabeth's reign. 1 1 is sometimes spelt 
muttard'ViUarM. 

MUT. Must ; might. North. This form oc- 
curs in Torrent, p. 61. 

MUTE. (1) A mule of the male kind out of a 
she-ass by a horse, though some will have it 
that a mule so bred is termed a mute without 
reference to sex. Line. 

(2) The dung of hawks. 

One uied an improper teurne to a flilkoner, say- 
that hi* hauke dung'd. The falkoner told him that 
he ahould have laid invM. Aaoo after this fellow 
•tumbled, and fel into a cowahare, and the fidkcner 
aaking him how hea eame so beny'd, he answeted, 
la a oow mute. 

WU9» FUte$, and Fandm, 1505, p. 178. 

(3^ To mew ; to moult. 

(4) A pack of hounds. Sometimes, the cry of 

hounds. Gent. Rec 
MUTESSB. Thesameasilt(/e(2). 
MUTHE. An army. (^.-iV.) 
MUTIN. Mutinous. ShaJt. 
MUTTING. Sulky ;glumping. Comw. Mut- 

tinge, muttering, Chester Plays, L 132. 
MUTTON. A prostitute. Mutton-monger^ a 

man addicted to muttons. Both terms are 

still in common use. ^ A noteable smel- 



smocke, or muttonmungar, a canning ac^citor 

of a wench," Cotgrave. 
MUTTON-TOPS. The young tops or shoots of 

the g oose-foot. 
MUTTY-CALF. A very young calf. Also, a 

simpleton. Yorkeh. 
MUTUATE. Borrowed. {Lai.) 

Whiche for to set themielfet and their band tiie 

more gorgeously forward had imifMrte aad borowcd 

dyvcne and londry aummei of money. 

BaU, Hmnr ni. f. 87 
MUWEN. May. (^.-5.) 
MUX. Muck ; dirt. Henoe tmunm, a dnnghin. 

JFett. Lye has muxy, a Devonshire word. 
MUZWEB. A cobweb. North. 
MUZZLE. (1) The face. Var.duO, 

(2) To drink excessively. Lme. 

(3) To trifle ; to skulk. Yorkeh. It seftms to oe- 
cur in a similar sense in Florio, ed. 1611, p. 25. 

(4) To grub up with the snout, as swine do. 

MUZZY. Half drunk. P'ar.dial 
MYCULLE. Much; great. 

Now alle wymmen that has your wytte. 
And aeei my chUde on my kneea ded» 
Wepe not for yours, but wepe for Jilt, 
And je shalle have ful mycutle mede. 
He wolde agayne for your luf blede. 
Rather or that je damned were ; 
I pray yow alle to hym take hede % 
For now liggna ded my dcre son dera. 

rM& Cbntad. Pf. ▼. 4S, f . 73. 
MYDDYNG-PYTTE. DunghiU-pit. See Midden. 
That oontr^ es ao fayze on to loke. 
And so bryght and brade« als layi the buke. 
That alle this world thare we wonne yhiUe* 
War noght bot als a mifdijfng-^tt9 
To regarde of that contr^ so brade. 

Hamfole, MS. Bmam, p. BE3r 

MY-EYE. A very common low exdmiation 

of astonishment. 
MY-HEN-HATH-LAID. A kind of game men- 
tioned by Florio, p. 474. 
MY-LADY'S-HOLB. A game at Cards. ^ 
MYLATE. A dish in ancient cookery, described 

in Forme of Cury, p. 69. 
MYR. Pleasant. (J..S.) Myrr6, meny. Tor- 
rent of Portugal, p. 13. 
Quy shuld thou leve so mj^r a thyng. 
That is llkand and iwete. MS^Oantab. Pf.v. 48, f. 8i. 
MYSBREYDE. Evil birth. (^.-5.) 
For thyi skyle hyt may be leyde, 
Haadlyng tynne for oure miwftratfde. 

MS. HaH. mHy f. 1. 
MYSE. To mince, or cut in small pieces. 
MYSELL. Myself. North. I have also heard 

myten in the same sense. 
MYSELVENE. Myself. (^..&) 
MYSFARYNGE. Hurt ; injured. 
He sawe a knygbte rydynge^ 
Hys ryght aime wSs mH^lvynge. 

MfS. Omta6. Ff. ii. 96, f. 151 
MY-SOW-PIGGED. An old game mentioned 

in Taylor's Motto, 12mo. 1622, sig. D. iv. 
MYSPAYRE. Evil? 

Syr, he seyde, the kyog Edgare 
Dryveth the to gnte m^tpatfre. 

MS. Outfsk Ff: ii.38^ C m. 
MYSSE. To fail (A.-N.) 



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H«aliAl hare wairynf for lAymt, 
And of blBMynf tbail he mjr«M. 

MS, IkirL 1701, t- 9. 

MYSTHROWE. To miiinut (^.-5.) 

Bat our Lady vu eryr stcdflMt in the teith. 
And wftbewM not of hii Ktureoclon. 

J(5.LMMl.416,f.4S. 
Tel me, therfore. If it be 10, 
Hattov thin yhe ought mpsthrowe f 

Oowfr, MS. Boa, 8M. f. 11. 
And be no morre io m/tttroweud. 
But tiow trewlj. 

Ort>Jf§ Mnarpta Jnltqtia, p. 110. 



MTSTTMED. Sldnner explaint this, m«Ii Ion- 
fiut m hoe nmndo impendit. 

And « he hath the worM wy^^ifiiMrf. 

Gpmw, JHS. HmO. S04. 

MTS5. Mice. 

Alter thie, ther come onto of the redea a givCe 
multitude of m^, ale grete ale fozce, and ete up 
the dcde bodyt. JCCLmceto A. I.]7»f. M. 

MYTHE. MUd. 

O Jndae, eore eshamed thou be may 
So meke andeo nyrMea mayeter to tray. 

lf& Hiw^. 1701, f.85. 

MY5TV0L. PowerftiL Rob. Glouc 



N 



A. No. North, It is eren a mark of 
North eoontiy dialect in tome MSS. 
NAB. (1) A cant tenn for the head. Seea list 
in Brit Bibl. ii 521. 

(2) The smnmxt of an eminence. North, 

(3) To catch; to aeize; to orertake a person 
oDcxpeetedly. Var, dial To nab the rust, 
L e. to rece i ve punishment unexpectedly. 

(4) Keimett has, " nab of a boH, the sholder of 
lion stickiug out about the midtlle of the bolt 
in a lock, the use of which is to receive the 
bottom of the bit tA the key, when, in turning 
it about, it shoots the bolt backwards and 
fbnrsrds." 

NABALL. AfooL One of Rowlands' epigrams, 
in his More Knaves Tet, 1612, is addressed 
" to aU London's nabatts," 

NABBITY. Dwarfish. Ea$t. 

NABCHET. A hat or cap. An old cant term, 
giyen by Harman, 1567. Noboher, Eaile, p. 
253. Grose has nab-cheat. 

NAB.NANNT. A louse. Boat, 

NA.BUT. Only. North. 

NACKENDOLE. Eight pounds of meal. Lane, 
It is supposed to be a kneading-dole, the 
quantity usually taken for kneading at one 
time. Often pronounced aghendole* It oc- 
cun in Prompt. Parv. under the form eytendeie, 

NACKER. (1) A young oolt Dewm. 

(2) To snap the fingers. Wiltf. 

NACKING. A handkerchief. Corww, 

NADDE. Forne Aad&,hadnot. (^.-S.) 

NADDLING. Nodding. J>ewm. 

NiEVE. Aspot; ajfault. (Lat,) 

NAP. The pudendum muliebre. North. 

NATONG. Grumbling ; haggUng. North. 

NAG. To nick, chip, or slit. Line. 

NA6B. The backside. (A,-N,) 

NAGGING-PAIN. A slight but constant pain, 

as the toothache. Wett. 
NAGGLR. (1) To gnaw. North. 
(2) To toss the head in a stiff and affected man- 

ner. Batt. 
NAGGLED. Tiied. Oxon. 
NAGGT. Touchy ; irritable. North. 
KAGRE. A miaerly person. North. 
NAID. Denied. Skeltoa, iL 197. 
NAIF. A tenn applied by jewellers to a stone 

of true natural Iwtre. 



NAIL. (1) Eight pounds, generally applied to 

articles of food. South. 
(2) To prick a horse i» shoeing. 
NAIL.B1T. A gimlet. Her^. 
NAILBURN. A kind of temporary brook or 
intermittent land-spring, very irregular in its 
visitation and duration. There are several 
nailbums in Kent. One may be mentioned 
below Barham Downs, which sometimes ceases 
to fiow for two or three years, and then breaks 
out very copiously, and runs into the lesser 
Stour at Bridge. Warkworth, Chronicle, p. 
24, gives a very curious account of these sin- 
gular streams, and mentions one "byside 
Canturbury called Naylbome," which seems 
to be that above alluded to. 
NAILED. Caught ; secured ; fixed. Itoocura 
in the Pickwick Papers, p. 429, as a slang 
term, but may possibly be genuine from A.*S. 
nealseean. 
NAILER. A person who sells nails. 
NAIL-PASSER. A gimlet W€$t. Kennett 

has nailrin in the same sense. 
NAIL-SPRING. A hang-naiL Dewm. 
NAITINE. To deny. Proti^t. Paro, 
NAKAR. A naked person. NominaleMS. 
NAKE. To make naked. {A,'S,) 
NAKED-BED. A person undressed and in bed 
was formerly said to be in naked-bed, and, 
according to Brockett, the phrase is still in 
use appUed to any one entirely naked. The 
term was probably derived from the ancient 
custom of sleeping without night linen, which 
was most common in this country during the 
thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries. 
The Danes and Saxons appear to have been 
far more civilized in this respect In Isum- 
bras, 102, a mother and her children are 
described as escaping fVom a fire '^ alle als 
nakede als thay were borne ;" but it would 
seem from a passage in Piers Ploughman, p. 
273, that the practice was not quite universal. 
See Mr. Wright's notes,* p. 557 ; Ritson's 
Anc. Pop. Poet p. 49. Compare also Armin's 
Nest of Ninnies, p. 24, " Jemy ever used to 
lye naked, as is the use of a number." Two 
very curious anecdotes in Hall, Henry YII. ff. 
20, 53, may also be consulted. ** In naked 
bedde, .inc Hot eonehi ioui nud ; in naked 



NAM 



570 



NAP 



bedde, MneAcar $Md a nmd, or on let irouMi 
eoticker ensemble nmd « mMi," Piligrive. 
Ne be tki wtepn nevere lo jdo ne so •troateDde» 
NetM Clin tail lo kng ne to traOcnde, 
That tu ne schelt at eTiii al kuttid Ulevin, 
Aad ton ichalt to bedde goo to nakfd as ton were 
QhtIb]. Aeiitf. AhH^. 1L lA. 

A noyaooi worm, or ooTerlld, 

Or^do-picoe of thy noktd bed. 

WI«te9m^tFeemt,p. lOfi. 

At twdve adodi at night. 

It flowde with audi a hed« 
Yea. many a woAil wight 

Did swim in naJked 6«d. 

JkMmd by J^MHtoH, U70. 

NAKED.GULL. An nnfledsed Inrd. Thia 

term is ttiU used in Cheshire. 
NAKED JJU)I£S. The plant sidDnoB. 
NAKEE. (I) Mother of pearL (Fr.) 
(2) A kind of dnun. A Jiettle-dnim, according 
to Warton, L 169. "Pipes, trompes, and 
naken," Minot, p. 63. Ducange describes 
it to have been a kind of brazen drum used 
in the cavalry, and Maundevile, p. 281, men- 
tions it as a high-sounding instrument. 
With trompi* and with nakenre. 
And with the schalmous ftiUe deie. 

MS, lAneolH A. 1. 17, f. 194. 

NAKETTE. A sort of precious stone, mentioned 

in Emar^, 94, 142. 
NAKID. Empty; unrigged. 

And hath ordeyned, aa idie thott5te, 
A nakid ichip withoute itere. 

Cower, JfS. »e. JMit. IM, f. 65. 
NAKINS. No kind of. {J^S.) Nakpn, 

Ywaine and Gawin, 897. 
NAKKE. The neck. Perceval, 692. 
NAKNED. Made naked ; nakened. {J^&) 
NALE. Ale ; ale-honse. Mte ntife, a com^ 
tion of aJs. nt ^an ale, is common. See 
Piers Ploughman, p. 631 ; Skelton, iL 117 ; 
Tyrwhitt's Glossary, pw 165 ; Thynne*s Debate, 
p. 63 ; and example in v. Atte. 
WUQe men loveden meriaong, gaaaen and Mie tale. 
Non hem is wd ieven gon to the nel*, 
Ucdien out the guxdel and rume the wombe, 
Comen erlidie thider and sitte ther ful longe. 

lf&AN«.8SS,f.l. 
NALL. An awl. See Tusser, p. 10. Ntmie, 

Topsell's Beasts, 1607, p. 183. 
NALTERJACK. A toad. SufoU. 
NAM. For ne am, am not. {A,'S.) 
NAME. Took. (^.-5.) 

The kyng had a crounne on hya hede. 

It WAS no tfWet ne gold rede. 

It was all off preiyous stone, 

Als bryjt as any sone it sdione 1 

Alio aooe as he to me come. 

Whether I wold ore not up be me name. 

MS, Jshtmae 61, xv. Cent. 
On a day the ezle to hur came. 
And yn hys annys he hur name. 

MS. Cantab. Ft iL 88, f. 117. 
Ooddes aungeles the soule nam. 
And bare hyt ynto the bosum of Abraham. 

MS, HaH. 1701, f. 44. 
Downebe an hylle the wcy she name, 
AaA to ttie Oiekeysdi see aebe came. 

M8. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 84. 



NAMELESS. Anonymoiis. fUfpnald Scot, in 
his Discoverie of Witdieraft, 4to. lond. 1584, 
quotes '* T. R. a namehe author." It occurs 
in Two Gent, of Verona, iL 1. 
NAMELY. Especially. 
NAMMET. A luncheon. South, 
NAMMORE. No more. {A.-S,) 

He scgh the child so queinie of lore, 
Ue wolde tedien him fiamiiiere. 

Tike Srayn Avat, 1018 

NAN. (1) Used for Anan, q. v. 
(2^ A small earthem jar. Devon, 
(3) None. Still in common use. 

In al Horn that riehe atade^ 

Svdie aa waa ther MPi. 

Legend fif at, Jhmnitr, MS. 

NANCY. (1) A smaU labstcr. Aw/. 
(2) Miea Akney, an eflSeminate man. 
NANO. To insult. We$t. 
NANGATIS. In no manner. (A.^) 
NANGNAIL. A hangnail. Fwr.dUiL 
NANKINS. No kind ot (^.-&) 
NANNACKS. Valueless trifles. Eaet. 
NANNLE.BERRIES. See ^ii^«rry. 
NANNY. A goat. Hence, a kept woman or 

whore. JVissii^-AoKse, a brotheL 
NANNY-HEN. As nice aa a nanny hen, i. e. 
very affected or delicate. Cotgrave has the 
phrase, '* as nice as a nunneshenne.'' 
Women, women, love of women 
Make bare puis with some men. 
Some be nyse as a nanne fiene, 

3ltaltheibenat80; 
Some be lewde, some ail be shrende, 
Qo sehiwwes wher thei goo. 

MS, Lambeth 906, f. 13S. 

NAN.PIE. A magpie. North, 

NANTERSCASE. In case that North, 

NANTHING. Nothing. {A..S.) 

NANTLE. To fondle ; to trifle. North. 

NAP. (1) Expert. Yorkeh. 

(2) A stroke ; a blow. Deffon, " I nawpe one 
in the necke,'' Palsgrave. 

S) A smaU rising ; a hillock. Weot, 

iS To cheat at £ce. Groee, 
5) To seize ; to grasp. North, 

NAP.AT-NOON. The pnrple goat's beard. 

NAPE. (1) A piece of wood nsed to support the 
fore-part of a loaded waggon. North, See 
Kennett, p. 77. 
A hole, or fractore. Deton, 
To behead ; to kill by a stroke in the neck. 
Nominale MS. 

NAPERY. Linen. Generally table linen. 
*'Naprie store of lynen, Unge,*' Palsgrave. 
The term is still in use, and any kind of light 
ornamental ware is called ntpery^ware in the 
North of England. Ni^fr^, MS. Cantab. FT. 
i. 6, t 58. 

NAPET. A napkin ; a handkerchief. 

NAPIER*S-BONES. An instrument oonaisting 
of small rods, much used in the seventeenth 
century to expedite arithmetical calcolationa 
so called from its inventor, Loni Napier, who 
published an account of it mder the titte of 
Rabdoloffia, eeu mmerafiomie per 



HAS 



571 



NAU 



UM dwh 8fo. Edmb. 1617. See a notaee of 
Napier'i bones in ClesveUmd Re^ed, IMQ, 
Ik 32, in a poem by HalL 

A moon dial, widi Wajyisr'* boMv* 

And MfferalcontldJatkMi tUMMs. 

Hudibrat, IL iiJ. 100ft. 

NAPKIN. A pocket-handkercbiet Ray says, 
<*80 csUed about Sheffield in Yorkshire." 
It is frequently found in old plays, and is not 
Tct obsolete. 
NAPPE. To sleep. (^^5.) 
NAPPER. The head. Var.dHd. 
NAPPBRN. An iqpron. North. We have 

ntgntm vk Pr. Parv. p. 25. 
NAPPERS. The knees. Lime. 
NAPPING. Taken ittppiag, i e. taken in the 
fad, especially in adidtery. <* To take n^>- 
ping with ram in re,** Florio, p. 126. 
NAPPY. Strong, as ale, &c. ** Noppy as ale 

is, tfifforeuXf** Palsgrave. 
NAR. Near; nearer. North. 
Solooigewe m«y goo t^e 
For that which is not fiurre. 
Till ended be the week. 
And we nerer the nmm, M8. OoiUm,V$$p, A. xxv. 

NARD. (l)Odoiifeioas. 

To my tmell 
Hard acBte of rue, end wormwood. 

Tks JTiMw LooMn^ GlMa, UMS, p. 27. 

(2) The heih pepperwort. 

NARE. (1) A nose. (Lot.) 

(2) Never. Devon. Also as Nor, q. v. 

NARES. The nostrils of a hawk. 

NARGWE. Narrow. Nargerf narrower, is 

itiQ used in Somerset. 
Makea pipe with atarod end on the ftone and the 

nargwt cad on the eon tothe, ao that the amok may 

eoBw thofw the pype to the toche. 

M8. M€d, Rk. XT. Cent. 

NARLE. A hard swelling on the neck, arising 
from a cold. CUme. Also, a knot in a tree ; 
a knot in thread, &c. 

NARN. Never a one. West. 

NARREL. A nostril. " A haukes nareU, one 
of the little holes whereat she drawes in, and 
lets out, her breath," Cotgrave. 

NARROW-DALE-NOON. One o'clock. The 
top of Narrowdale Hills in Staffordshire is so 
bigh that the inhabitants under it for one 
quarter of the year never see the sun, and 
when it appears again they see it not till one 
by the dock, which they call thereabout the 
wmw'dak'noont using it proverbially when 
they would express atlang done late at noon. 

NARROW-SOULBD. Very stingy. North. 

NARROW-WRIGGLE. An earwig. Emt, 

NARRY. Not dther ; none Wett. 

NAR.SIN. Never since. North. 

NARWE. Close; narrow. {J.-S.) 

HAS. Was not {A.^) 

Our pilnces ipeken wotdes felle. 
And aeyd that her king 
Km hot a teethcUng. 

Arihimr «md Merlin* p. 7* 

NASH. (1) Chilly. WUtt. 

(2) nnn; stiff; hard. J>erb. 

NASK. A prison. An old cant term. 



NAST. (1) Dhrt ; nastiBeas. Wmt. 

(2) For lie Aoff/, hast thon not ? 

NASTEN. To render nasty. Somenet^ 

NASTIC. Short-breathed. I^eooii. 

NASTY. Ill-tempered. For. diML 

NASTY-OFF. In a bad plight ; awkvrardly si- 
tuated. Somertet. 

NAT. A mat. Pahgrtne. " A natt, teorittm,*' 
Nominate MS. [Storea.] 

NATAL. Presiding over nativity. 

NATCHES. The notches or battlements of a 
church-tower. JTen/. 

NATE. (1) Nanght ; bad. Kent. 

(2) To nse ; to make use of. Northumb* 

NATELIE. Neatly; in order. (^.-5.) 

NATHE. The nave. " Nathe stocke of a 
whele," Palsgrave. StOl in viie. 

NATHELESSE. Nevertheless. {J.-S.) 

NATHEMORE. Not the more. Slperuer. 

NATION. (1) A femay. (J.'N.) 

(2) Very ; excessive. Ver. dial Said to be a 
corruption of danmation. 

NATIVE. Native plsce. Var. dioL 

NATIVITY-PIE. A Christmas-pie. 

NATLINGS. ChitterUngs. Devon. 

NATRELLE. The crown of the head. ** Ver- 
tex, a natrelle," Nominale MS. 

NATTERED. IH-tempered. NoHh. 

NATTLE. (1) To strike ; to knock. North. 

(2) To be busy about trifles. Emt. 

NATTY. Neat ; spruce. Var. died. 

NATTY-BOXES. The contribution paid period!- 
cally by the workmen in various branches of 
trade to the trade union to whidi tliey belong. 
York. 

NATTY-LADS. Young pickpockets. 

NATURABLE. (1) Natural. (2) Kind. 

NATURAL. ^1) Native disposition. 

(2) An idiot. StUlinuse. 

(3) Legitimate. Constantly used in this sense 
by early vniters. 

(4) Quite. Doreet. 

(s; Kind ; eharitable. Imm. Sir Thomas More 
apparently uses the word in this sense in the 
Supplycacyon of Soulys, sig. I-iiL Shakespeare 
has natnre for goodfeeUng, natural qfection. 
In Devonshire, simplicity is often denomi- 
nated good nature. 

(6) A term at vingt-un, a game at cards, mean- 
ing a tenth ctfd and an ace, or the whole 
number of twenty-one realized at once vrith 
two cards. 

NATURELIKE. NaturaL Pabgrave. 

NATY. Fat and lean, in good order for eating. 
Devon. 

NAUFRAGIATE. To shipwreck. It occurs in 
Lithgow'sPi^jimesFareweU, 1618. 

NAUGHT. Bad ; naughty. Be naught awhiie^ 
an oath or execration. To be naught witht 
to be adulterous. To call one to naught, to 
abuse excessively. 

NAUGHTY-PACK. An old phrase of abuse. 
Still in use, but generally applied to children 
in a softer manner. 

NAUN. Nothing. Sujfolh. 



NEA 



572 



NEC 



NAUNTLB. To elevate gently. JVMA. 
NAUP. The tame ai Nap (2). 
NAUR. Nowhere. Htarne, 
NAVE. (1) Have not. (^.-A) 

That I fMMciiildc VBwMh me tore i 

If I Bii5U have tover mt wore. 
Cmrmt Mmndi, M8, CM. THn. GMtfuft. f. 64. 

(2) A wooden inttniment on which the straw is 

laid in thatching. Omm, 
NAVEOOR. An anger, a carpenter's tool. 
This word occurs in an inventorj dated A. D. 
1301, and in Nominale MS. 
NAVEL-HOLE. The hole in a millstone for 

reoeiTing the grain. ' 
NAVET. Rape-seed. {Pr.) It is more gene- 
rally spelt navew. 

If he eate spiden h« tautantly dyeth thereof, ex« 
oept he eate alto wilde ivy orMa>arafas. Likewise 
ftamw-gentm and oleander, kill the bait. 

Ibpttir* Four-F^ted BmtUt 1607* p. 190. 
NAVIES. Excavators. Var.dioL 
NAVT. A canal North, 
NAWDER. Neither. Still in use. 
NAWEN. Own. Lydgate, p. 110. Still in 

use. Craven Gl. ii. 5. 
NAWL. The navel. Somertet It Is an archa- 
ism. See Pr. Parv. p. 296. 
NAWT. Nought. 

In wordely muk yt here oonscldencet 
For they lette at nmwt dene oonadauiee. 

MS. Camtnb. Ft L 6, f. !». 

NAWTH. Poor ; destitute. 
NAWT-HEAD. A blockhead; a coward. North. 
NAXTY. Nasty J filthy. 
NAY. To deny. Also, denial, as in Sir Eglamour, 
1130. It u no nay, it is not to be denied. 

The cardinal!* then beirng Bishop of Winchester, 

toke upon hym the state of caidinall, whiche was 

fMjfarf and denayed hym by the kyng of moste noble 

memory. Batt, Hmnf Vi. f. 61. 

NAYE. An egg. 

The two eyne of the byeryne was brigfattcre Ihaae 

silver. 
The tother was jalowere thenae the joike of a fuve. 
Jforit Jfihurt, MS. JUimoIm, f . 88. 

NAYNSTE. The nonce. Nominale MS. 

NAY-SAY. ArefusaL North. 

NAY-THEN. A phrase implying doubt, disap- 
pointment, or wonder. 

NAY- WORD. A watch-word. Also, a proverb, 
a bye-word. Shah. 

NAZART. A mean person; an ass. Derb. 
Sometimes fuuafe, in the same sense. " Some 
selfe-conceited nazoldt" Optick Glasse of Hu- 
mors, 1639, p. 160. Mr. Scatcherd has, "naz' 
gold, an insignificant lad.'' 

NAZE. The same as Bevel (1). 

NAZY. Intoxicated. North. 

NAZZLES. lU-tempered. Yorheh. 

NE. Not; nor. (J.'S,) 

BI Appolyn, that sitteth on hie I 

▲ fairer childe never I tu sye. 

Neither of lengthe ne of brede, 

Nt so feire lemys hede. Bevn nf Ktmtmm, MS. 

NEAGER. A term of reproach. North. 

NBA-MAKINS. No matter. Yorkeh. 

NEAMEL. Nimble. Yorkeh. 

NEANY. None. 



NEAP. A turnip. Comnm. 
NBAPBNS. Both hands folL North. 
NEAR. (1) Empty. South. 

(2) Close ; penurious. Var. dUL 

(3) The kidney. Porliy sCys it is the fiit of the 
kidney. ** Neare of a beest, rotgnmt/' Pals- 
grave. ** Jtoi, a nere," Nominale MS. 

(4) The leftside of a horse is usually termed the 
near tide, 

(5) Nearer. See Nor. 

(6) Neither. Une. See Skinner. 
NEAR-HAND. Almost Also, probably. Nsre- 

hande, near, Perceval, 496. 

Madam, it is i ter *aiid passyd prtnie, 
And me beiiovas al fortodyne, 

ItotJie wyn aad ale to drynke { 
Wheont 1 have dyayd tlMone wole 1 iue, 
Ood may oovere hem offhere oare^ 
Or Uiat I slepe a wynke. 

Romanes 4^f Athetatom, p. 93. 

NEARING-CLOTHES. The garments or linen 

worn next the skin. 
NEAR-NOW. Not long since. Noff, 
NEAR-SIGHTED. Short-sighted. Var. dial 
NEART, Night Dewm. 
NEAT. Homed oxen. JVasZ-AoKae, a cow- 
house, is still in use. Neat-foot-cil, oil or 
grease extracted from oows' feet 
NEATRESS. A female keeper of herds. 
NEB. (1) The nose. Alio, a bill or beak. Hence, 
to kiss. North. It sometimes means Me 
face in early English, as in Reliq. Antiq. L 
124 ; Gy of Warwike, p. 303. 

Hir gray eyghcn, Mr imM<« sdieuA. 

Qmiftf Wmrwidt, p. 6. 
Fram the cheke the nsft he bar, 
Tlie scbeid fcam tlie sdiulder thar. 

Arthomr 4md MuHn , p.UB. 
Joaep cam into halle and sauj his brethren wepe ; 
He kisseth Benjamin* anon his naft hegan wipe. 

MS.B9dL(SSi,t. 10. 
Into his hour be is ooma, 
And stent bifore hire bed. 
And find thar twa tub to fie6, 
Ke6 to im6, an month to mouth ; 
Wele sone was tliataorwe eouth I 

FUHetmni Bbmtkn^aw, €18. 
(2)Thepoleofanox-cart South. 
(3) The handle of a scythe. North. 
NEBBOR. A neighbour. North. 
NEBLE. A woman's nipple. PaSegraoe. 
NECANTUB. The book of accounts of the 

slaughter-house. {Lat.) 
NECE. A niece ; a cousin. {A.^N,) 
NECESSAIRE. Necessary. {A.-N.) 
NECESSITY. Bad illicit spirit Dewm. See 

Marshall's West of England, L 232. 
NECK. (1) To comem fAensvifr, to follow imme- 
diately afterwards. Neek and crop, com- 
pletely. 
(2) The turning up, or plait, of a cap, was for* 

meriy called its meek. 
NECKABOUT. Any Imen or garment about a 

woman's neck. Sheffield. 
NECK-BAND. A gorget Pabgrave. 
NECK-BARROW. A shrine on which relics or 

images were carried in processions. 
NECK-BREAK. Complete ruin. Baet, 



NEE 



573 



NEI 



NBCKXOLLAR. A gorget Pokgrmfe, 
NECKED. When the ears of corn are bent 

down and broken off by wind, &c.» tbe com 

is said to be necked. North, 
NECKING. A neck-haadkeichiet But, Alao 

called a wtek-tyt* 
>ECK4)F.TH£.F00T. Theinatep. 
NECK.PIT. The bend at tho back of the neck. 

Ntckepifft, Archnologia, xzx. 411. 
NECK-ROPE. A wooden bow to come round 

the nedL of a boUock, and fastened above to a 

smaD tmurerse beam, by which bnllocks are 

fastene d wit h a ooid. 
NECK-TOWEL. A amaU towel used for wiping 

delicate crockery, &c. line. 
NECKUH. The three drangfata into which a 

jog of beer la diTided are caUed neekum^ 

NECK-YERSE. The beginning of the 5l8t 
psalm, read formerly by criminala claiming the 
benefit of clergy. 

And it behoves me to be secret, or else my ntekt-vtrn 
cub: 
' Wril, ooiw to peck my dead men hence it !s hye tyme 
I ran. Ut Part of Promo* and CattandrUt Iv. A. 
At this isriws fear not to eppeer ; 
The Jndge will rad thy nedt-vtne for thee here. 
Ckber^sDivUu GHmtptn, 16W, p. 119. 
NSCK-WSSD. Hempw Var. dial 
NED.CAKB. A rkih girdle cake. North, 
NEDDBR. (n An adder. North. Itooconin 
the Soke ol Cnrtaaye, p. 9. ** Serpent, alle 
maner nedria,*' Ifominale MS. 
(2) Lower ; inferior. North. 
NEDDT. Ajackaaa. Far. dial 
NEDS. (1) To force ; to compel. (^.-5.) 
(2) We should probably read ** ende" in the fol- 
lowing paasage : 

A rugged taHe so a fende. 
And an liered at the node, 

Arihomr m^ Jferlte, p. 87* 
NEDSFUL. Distreased; indigent. {A.'S.) 
NEDELLBR. A maker of needlea. 
NEDELT. Neceaaarily. (^..5.) NedeUngeeu 
alao naed in the aame aenae. 

SIthc la fMdei^afie shall be so. 

jfjLOwf. aBn,f.97. 

And thay went thnrghe a dry eontree, sendyeand 
vithovttene water, and nedfyngn theme byhoved 
vende armede, ther was so grete plentee of neddirs 
sad cruelle wylde bestes. 

MS. liftcote A.I. 17*f.97. 

NEDINGE^ Need ; titmble. 
NEDIRCOP. Aapider. Nominale MS. 
NEE. Nigh. Wrighf8SeyenSagea,p. 48. 
NEED-FIRB. Ignition produced by rubbing 

wood together. North. 
NEEDHAM'S.SHORE. An uidigent situation. 

Thia pnnreib is given by Ray. See Tusser, 

ed. 1812, p. 284. 
NEEDLE. (1) To nestle; to lodge. 

(2) A piece of wood put by the side of a post to 
itrengihen it Bast. 

(3) To hit the needle, to strike the centre of the 
mark. A term in archery, often used meta- 
phorically. 

NEEDLE-HOUSE. A small case for needles. 



" Jeutare, a nedylhowa," Nominale MS. xt. 
Cent. It occurs in Lydgate. 
NEEDLE-POINT. A ahurper. ATemifar, a keen 

active man ; a niggard. 
NEEDLE-WEED. The plant ahepherd's needle. 
NEEDLE-WORK. The coriona frame-^ork of 
timber and plaster with which many old honaea 
are constructed. 
NEEDMENTS. Necessaries. 

Her wit a eomnonwealth cootalnea 
Of nse di s j i fs ftnr her hooshoM stoee. 

JMonev'e AneiMfe tUHmim, Wf!. 
NEEDS. (I) Necessities. (2) Of necessity. 
(3) Forsooth; indeed. Somereet. 
NEELE. A needle. Alao neM, It is an 

archaism, and is still in use. 
NEEN. The eyes. Yorieh. 
NEEP. Draught-tree of a waggon. 
NEESE. To sneeze. North. This form of the 
word occurs in 'Welde*s Janua Linguaruro, 
1615, Index in v. etemuto. 
NEEST. Nighest;next. North. 
NEET. Night. North. 
NEEYEYE. Descendants. 
NEEZLE. To nestle. Far. dial Bird's>nest. 

ing is often called birde'-neezinff, 
NEGH. Ahnost ; nearly. {J..S.) 
NEGHE. To near ; to approach. (^.-S.) 
For night neghed and thai had nede, 
Bot of herber might thainoght spede. 

MS. HarL 4196, f. 13. 
NEGHEN. Nme. Bee Drfawtelet. 
NEGHST. Nighest; nearest. Han^fole. 
NEGLECTION. Neglect. Glouc. 
NEGLIGENT. Reckless. This stronger mean, 
ing than is usually assigned to the word is 
used by Shakespeare. 
NEGON. A niggard; a miser. Wrongly ex- 
plained in GL Towneley Myst. p. 320. 
Covaytice of wylle Is os a bayt { 
Avaryce Is a negon haldyng stray t. 

A. de Brunn€t MS. Sown, p. 89* 
And thus men schell teche odnr by the. 
Of mete and drynke no negjm to bee. 

MS. Qmtab, Ff. It. 38, f. IW. 
What seye je by these strey te iMyiMM, 
That se al day Ooddes persones. 

MB. Hmrl. Vjei, f. 40. 
To 50W thevof am I no tiigtn. 

QbbIsm, Jf& Soc AmHq. IS4, f. MS. 
NEGROES-HEADS. Brown loaves delivered 

to the ships in ordinary. 
NEIF. Fist, or hand. North. 
Alle lyardes menne, 1 wane 5owebyliBre» 
Bete the oownte with jour n^ffiup whene je nay do 

no more. 
Thus endis lyarde, at the laste worde, 
Yf a manne thynke mekille, kepe Bomewbate in horde. 

MS. Uneoin A. i. 17> f. 149. 

NEIGHBOUR. There is a game called " Neigh- 
bour,' I torment thee," played in Staffordshire, 
" witii two hands and two feet and a bob, 
and a nod as I do." 

NEIGHBOURING. Gossiping. Yorieh. 

NEIL. Never. 

Whoa kyogdone ever schalle taste and neU fyne. 

I^dgatt, MS.Soe. Jntiq. 1S4, f. 9. 

NEIST. Near ; next to. i>e90ii. 



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KBT 



KBITHE]U)F.«OTH. NeHliar. Eatt. 
NSrVSL. To give a blow with the neive or 

fist. Oumd. 
NBKED. Little or nothing. Oawttyne, 
NEKIST. N€««it; next. (^..&) 
NELE. Evil I cowtxdly. 
NELL.KNEED. KnodckneecL Khrtk. 
NELSON'S-BALLS. A globular confiMtton, 

in great esteem with boy*. 
NEMBROT. Nimrod. 

Aad oTtr tliat tlioraw wpaut it cooMf 
That Ntmbrot tatba cm|»riae nom. 

OotMT, jr& fibe. AnHq. 184> f. 97. 
NEME. Unde. ** iVaiw, neam, gossip, (Wsrw.)»" 
Kennett, MS. Lanad. 103a. 

Ther undur mU s creatttre, 

Ai bri5t u uiy aon-beme, 

Aod angels did hym gret honour*, 

Lo ! ehilde, he seid, this is thy neme, 

MS, Cantab. Ff. ▼. 48, f. flB. 
In eryll tyme thou dedyat hym wronge : 
Be ys my not, y adiall the honge. 

MS, Ctanteft. Ff. IL 38, f. 151. 
NEMEL. Capable. L^dgat€, 
NEMELINE. To name ; to calL 
NBMLT. Quickly; sharply. 
NEMPNE. To name; to call. (^..&) Nen^ty 

Holinshed, Hist. England, i. 81. 
NENE. Neither. {A.^S.) It oocnrs in MS. 

Cotton. Yespas. D. vii. 
NENEEVEN. Temperance. See Batman nppon 

Bartholomew 1582. 
NENET. Wfflnot. (^.-5.) 
NENTE. The ninth. 

Of this n«nte make we ende. 
And bcgyne of the tende. 

R» d$ Bnmnef MS, JBowret, p. 11. 

NEOPHYTE. A novice. (Gr.) 

NEP. (1) A turnip. North. 

(2) The herb cat-mint. Palsgrave, Spdt 
nept in MS. Lincoln, f. 292. 

NEPHEW. Grandson; descendant 

NEPKIN. A nectarine. Somerset. 

NEPPERED. Cross; peevish. Yorksk. 

NER. Never. (^.-5.) 

As I itodon a day, me self under a tre» 
I met in a morveninge a may. In a medwe i 
A scmllier to min sithe saw I ner non. 
Of a blak bonwt al wos hir wede, 
Puifl)|Bd with pellour do«ra to the teon. 

MS, jirundtU Coll, Arm, 97, f . UOk 

NERANE. A spider. Nominale MS. 

NERE. (1) Nigher; nearer. (^..&) 

(2) For Mwerv, were not. {A.^S.) 

(3) The ear. MS. Cott. Vesp. D. vli. 
NERFE. Nerve; sinew. {A,-N,) 
NERLED. Badly treated. North, 
NERYALLE. The following receipt is fiom an 

early MS. in my possession-— 

For to make a noyntement callyd nurvMe/ It is 
gode for senowys. Take wylde sage, ameroee, 
camonylle, betayne, sage, mynte, heyhove, hore- 
hownde, red<nettylle, lorel-Ievys, walworte, of eche 
N|^ quartone ; and than wesche them, and stampe 
the>Hrith a «. of May buttur, and than pot to a 
qoarton «^oyle olyf, and medylle them well to- 
gether, and than put it in a erthyn pott, and cover 
It welle, md »hui sett it In a moyste plaoe is. dayys. 



aad than take and fry hit welter aad itaBfrft ^sulle 
foi^ bomyng to the botome; and thsn take aad 
strejne it into a vesselle, and when it ys strejnyd, 
set the lekur on the fyur ayene ; and than pat therto 
halfe a quartoo wex, and a qnarton of wedunee 
tak>w that is fsyer moltyn, and a quarton fnmken- 
sens, and than store it welle together tylle it be welle 
medelyd t sad than take It downe, and streyne it, 
and let it kele; and than take and knt it thyn, aad 
let owt the wator therof, and deate it dtoe on the 
other syde, and than set it over the fyar ^emie tyl 
It be moltyn, and than with a feyr skome it cleae, 
and than put it in boxus, and this ys kyndle made 
HervaOe, 

NESCOCK. An unfledged bird. North, Figa. 
ratively applied to youth. '* A nessleoock, or 
youth o' th* towne," Bride, 1 640, sig. A. iv. 

NESEN. Nests. Sufoli, 

NESETHRULLUS. Nostrils. This form oc- 
curs in the Nominale MS. " Narus, a nest- 
thyryUe," MS. ibid. 

NESH. (1) Tender; soft; deticate; weak; 
poor-spirited. North. 

Take the nite of horsehelme, and sethe it ItfTge 
In water, and thanne tak the tketeheste theiof, and 
stamp It with aide gres. MS, Lincoln A. L 17, f. S95. 

(2) Hungry. StffoOt. 

NESHIN. To make tender. Chesh, 

NESP. To peck ; to bite. Unc. 

NESPITE. The herb calamint. 

NESS. A promontory of land. (^.-5.) 

NESSE. Soft. Here used for good fortune. 
In n«Me, in hard, y pray the now^ 
la al stedes thou him avowe. 

ArtlMwand Merlin, p. 110. 

NESSES. Nests. West. Another form, net/It, 

is common everywhere. 
NESSLE. To trifle. Sussex, 
NESSLETRIPE. The youngest or most weakly 

of a brood or litter. Wwt, Also called a 

nestle^rqft, and nestling, 
NEST. (1) The socket of the eye. 

(2) A quantity or collection of articles together. 
" A nest of shelves" is in common use. ** A 
bowle for wine, if not an whole neast," Har- 
rison's EngUmd, p. 189. Mr. Dyce teDa us 
that a nest of goblets is a lai^ge goblet oontain- 
ing many smaller ones of gradually diminishing 
sizes, which fit into each other, and fill it op. 

NESTARMB. An intestine. 

NEST-EGG. An egg left in the nest to induce 

the hen or other bird to lay more in the same. 

Var. dial. Metaphorically a fund laid op 

against adversity. 
NESTLE. To fidget about. North, 
NET. To wash clothes. Yorksh. 
NETHEBOUR. A neighbour. 
NETHELESSE. Neveri^eleaa. (A..S,) 
NETHER. (1) An adder. (2) Lower. (^..&) 

(3) To starve vrith cold. North, 
NETHERSTOCKS. Stockings. It is the 

translation otunbasde ehintssesin HoUyband's 
Dictionarie, 1593. Kennett calls them, ^boots, 
boskins." MS. Lansd. 1033. 
NETT. Eat not. (A.^S.) 

His lif him thoughts al to long, 
Thre dales after he ntu ne draag. 

B»M» ^ Ibmumm, p. €S. 



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575 



NIC 



JiSniNO. Uranu N»iK 
NSTTLED. Ont of temper; provoked. An 
in.tempered penon ivas said to hxve [watered] 
on a nettle. 
NETTLE-HOUSE. Ajakes. JVbr/A. 
NETTLE.SPRINGE. The nettlfroah. Rati. 
NETT.UP. EzhaBsted with cold. SmtBex. 
NEUF. Ablaze. DnmL 
NEULTISS. NowKiei; daintiefl. Oantu 
NBUMS. Modnlation of the Toloe in tinging. 

NominaleMS. 
NEVE. A nephew. Alio, a ipendthrift, 

correspoiiding to the Latin tenns. 
NEYEDE. Had not. {J^ 
NEYELINGE. Smrelling. (^.-5.) 
NEYENE. To name ; to ipeaJc (A^,) 
Not fiiUa ftle tbMt men oonde ««syn«. 

MS. Harl, taa, t 1X7. 
Th« kyqg caliyd knyghty* ti^% 
AaA bftd them go bel]rT« 
And fyode hym at hys play t 
No eryllcworde to hym ye naturn. 
Butiey to hym with mylde steryn, 
He wylle not sey yow nay ! 

MS, Cmtttb, Ft. U. SB, f. 78. 
That dM croime Jd the wynten nyght 
Of Adrian ne of the ■toms' ieveOf 
To hJr fayreneaie ne be not for to n0V9tu 

Ltfdgate, MS Aihmoie 99, f. 8. 

NEVER-A-DELB. Not a bit. 
KEVER.THE-LATTERE. Ncvcrthdesa. 

NoMr^he-kMgre whenne thei that were In the 
cuteileheaegcd saw that the sege was withedraw for 
fere, and the Soottes hoet afftrde, also thei came oute 
<if tiie castelle and lefte them opene &c. 

Warkworth't ChrmHete, p. S. 

NEYER-THE-NSRB. Never the nearer; to 

no purpose; nsdesaly. 
NEVER.WHERE. Nowhere. U.^S.) 
NEVIN. Akindofrichftir. 
NEYY. Nephew. Var.diaL 
NEW.AND-NEW. Freshly; with renovated 

beanty or vigour ; again and again. It oc- 

con in Chsiioer. 
NEW.BEAR. A term appHed to a cow that 

has very lately calved. Lime. Brodcett 

terms it imea^ooitf. 
XSWCASTLE.H08F1TALITT. Roasting a 

friend to death. North. 
NEW-COMES. Strangers newly arrived. See 

Holinshed, Conq. Ireland, p. 55. The time 

wlien any fruit comes in season is called a 

nem-eome. 
NEW-CUT. A game at cards. It is mentioned 

in sn epigram in MS. Bgerton 923 ; Taylor's 

Motto, 1622, sig. D. iv. Jennings, p. 57, 

mentions a game eaUed new coat and Jerkin. 
Cast up the cardes* the triekea together put. 
And kaviag Biiflh« lets faU upon Ntw Cm. 

MaauMtla Dogg0, 1617. 

NEWDICLE. A novelty. JSaet. 
KEWE. (1) Newly. JU newe, qfnewe, newly, 
Ifttely, anew, afresh. 

(2) Fretted. Holme, 1688. 

(3) To renew. It occurs in MS. Cotton. Vespas. 
D.m (^.-5.) 

Notrrae MMMAal my wo. 
Otntr MtmM, MS. ColL THm. Cantdt. f. IM. 



ThsD b^gUBS hnr sornm tenttM. 

MAOuamb. Ttium,t.im 

NEWEFAN6BLNESSE. Inconstancy. 
NEWEL. «< A pillar of stone or wood, where 
the steps terminate in a winding staircase,** 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 
NEWELTIE. Novelty. Paltgraee. 
NEWEYNGE. A new.year*s ^. 
NEWGATE. Naih, in his Pierce Penilesse, 
says that Newgate is '^ a common name in al 
prisons, as homo is a -common name for a 
man or a woman." 
NEWIN6. Teaat; barm. Etux. 
NEW-LAND. Land newly broken np and 

ploughed. Kent. 
NEWSED. Reported; published. East. 
NEWST.ONE. Much the same. South. 
NEXING. Very near. Next ifcm is a very 
ocHnmon phrase in this sense, and near^ door 
is also used. 
NEXT-DAT. The day after to morrow. Snteex, 
NEXTE. Nighest. Chancer, Faiifaz has 
nextfy, nearest to, Bulk and Selvedge of the 
World, 1674, ded. 
NEXT- WATS. DirecUy. Var. dioL 
NEYDUR. Neither. Eghmionr, 883. 
NEYE. (1) To neigh. 

HeiMy«d and made grete tolas 
Wondnrly yn that place. 

MS. OuM^ Pf. li as, f. 111. 
(2) Near ; nigh. 

That birde bad on hir boke evere aa he yede. 
Was noB with Mr but hlr sdve a^km ; 
Witli a cri gan sche me sey, 
Sche wold a^wrenchln awey, 
But for I was so ru^e. 

MS. JrundeL CW?. jirm. $7,1. 130. 

NBYTENE. Sickness; disease. 
NI. (1) A brood of pheasants. '* A ny of fey- 
sands, covey of partridges," MS. Forking- 
ton 10. Still in common use. 

(2) An exclamation of amazement. 
NIAISE. A simple witless guU. (iV.) Forby 

has Bsfy, Vocab. ii. 233. 
NIAS. A young hawk. « Niard, a nias faoU 

con,'' Cotgrave. See Byae. 
NIB. (1) The handle of a scythe. Derh, 
(2^ To cut up into small fragments. IdnOm 

(3) The shaft of a waggon. South. 
NIBBLE. To fidget the fingers about. <' His 

fingers began to nibble" Stanihurst, Descr. 
Ireland, p. 26. " To nibble with the fingers, 
as unmannerly boies do with their points 
when they are spoken to," Baret, 1580. 
NICE. (1) Foolish; stupid $ duU; strange. It 
occurs in Shakespeare. 

The eld man seyd anon. 
Ye be nice, everichon. 

jirthomr «nd Merlin, p. 73. 
He toke the wyne, and laft the spiee, 
Then wist thei wel that he was nyes. 

MIS. Qmtab. FC v. 48^f.UL 

(2) Clever ; fine ; good. North. 

(3) Fastidious ; fantastic Still in use. 
NICED. A breast-doth; a light wrapper for 

the busom, or neck. 
NICELY. Well in health. North. 



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t 



NICET. Agreetble. YorHk. 
mCETBE. FbUy. (vf.-iV.) 
l^ICH. To itir a fire slightly. North, 
NICHIL. (1) To castrate. Yarkgh. 
(2) A person who pays nothing. fFett 
NICHOLAS. The patron saint of boys. In 
boys' games, the cry of Niehoku entitles the 
speaker to a temporary suspension of the 
anraaement. St, Niehoku'i clerkt, a cant 
term for thieves. ''One of saint Nicholas 
clerkSi or an arrant theefe/' Cotgrave, in y. 
Compter, Grose has this phrase. 
NICK. (1) Used in the proyerbial expression 
" to knock a nick in the post/' L e., to make 
a record of any remarkable event. This is 
evidently an ancient method of recording. 
Similarly we have *' cut yonr stick/' in which 
the reference is clearly to the ancient tallies ; 
it is equivalent to " make your mark and pass 
on." Hence also, "in the niek of time/' 
i. e., just as the notch was being cut. In the 
nick, exactly. North, 
(2) To niei with nay, to deny, a very common 
phrase in early English. 

On her kneai they kneleden adouD, 
And pnyden hym offhyf benyfouni 

He nffklqfd hem with nay ; 
Neyther of ctoe ueyther offryag, 
Hadde they non kynf wetyng, 
And thaaoe a knyit gan lay. 

RomohM nf Ath9Uton§. 

3) To deceive ; to cheat. Far. diaL 

4) To cut vertical sections in a mine irom the 
root North. 

(5) A wink. North. (Teut.) 

(6) To win at dice. Groee. " To tye or nicke a 
cast at dice," Florio, p. 280. 

(7) To nick the nick, to hit exactly the critical 
moment or time. 

(8) A raised or indented bottom in a beer-can, 
formerly a great grievance with the con- 
sumer. A similar contrivance in a wine-bot- 
tle is called the kick. Grose has neck- 
stamper, the boys who collect the pots be- 
longing to an ale-house sent out with beer to 

private houses. 

There «ai a tapeter, that with hb pots imal- 
neawt and with ftothing ot hb drinke» had got a 
good lurome of money together. Thb MdHng of 
the pots be would never lcave» yet divers timet he 
had been under the hand of authority, but what 
money soever hee had [.to pay] for hb abuses, bee 
would be sure (as they all doe) to get It out of the 
poore mans pot againe. 

Hfb •/ RoMn Qooi/bttow, 1028. 
From the midt and ftoth of a penny pot-house, 
l^m the fldle and cro«s» and a great Scotch-louse, 
From committees (hat €^biop up a man like a mouse. 

FUtehm's Poenu, p. 133^ 
Our pots wan ftill quarted. 
We were not thus thwarted 
With ftoth-canne and niek-pot. 
And such nimble quick shot. 

Bltmcur Rummgnge, ed. IHHA. 
(9) To catch in the act. Var. dial 
NICKER. (1) To neigh. North. 
(2) A little ball of clay or earth baked hard and 
oiled over for boys to play at niekert. 



NICKER-PECKER. A woodpecker. Nwth. 
NICKET. A small short ftggot. Wett, 
NICKIN. A soft simple fellow. 
NICKING. Convenient. Somereet. 
NICKLE. To move hastily along in an avrk- 

ward manner. West. 
NICKLED. Beaten down and entangled, as 

grass by the wind. Baei. 
NICK-NINNY. A simpleton. South. 
N f CKOPIT. A bog ; a quagmire. Keni. 
NICK-STICK. A tally, or stick notdied for 

reckoning. North. 
NICKY. A fii^ot of wood. Wett. 
NICOTIUM. Tobacco. 
NIDDE. To compel (^.-&) 
NIDDERED. Cold and hungry. North, 
NIDDICK. The nape of the nec^. WetL 
NIDDICOCK. A foolish feUow. Polwhelebas 

ntc^-tfor as a Devonshire word. "They were 

never such fond niddicoekee," Holinahed, 

Conq. Ireland, p. 94. 
NIDDY. A fool. Devon. 
NIDDY-NODDY. A child's game. 
NIDERLING. A mean inhospitable fellow. 

This word is not in frequent use, but may be 

heard occasionally. Line, 
NIDES. Needs ; necessarily. 

Thus athe sche fttllyehe overcome 
My ydelnys tylle y sterve. 
So that y mote npdM serve. 

MS. Cantub. FT. L 6, f. 4. 

NIDOERIES. Trifles. Skinner. 
NIDGET. (1) To assist a woman in her labour 
or travaiL Eaet. 

(2) Part of a plough. Kent. 

(3) A fool. *« Nigand, a fop, nidget, ideot, a 
doult, lobcodce," Cotgrave. 

NIDING. Acoward; a wretch. (.4.-5.) 
NIE. Nigh; near. (i^..&) 

NIECE. A relative in general, not confined to 

our meaning. Shak. 
NIEGHEND. The ninth. Nmtgtole. 
NIF. If. Someraet. 

NIFF. To quarrel ; to be offended. West. 
NIFFLE. (1) A sporfor a horse. Ea$t. 

(2) To steal ; to pilfer. North. 

(3) To whine ; to sniffle. St^olh. It ooemns in 
Reliq. Antiq. ii. 211. 

(4) To eat hastily. Bed». 

NIFF-NAFFS. Trifles; knick-knacks. Niffy- 

naffy, a trifling fellow. North. 
NIPLE. A trifle. «« I weigh them not a ns^/' 

Optick Glasse of Humon, 1659, p. 161. 

'* Nyfles in a bagge, de tout n^tee;' Pals. 

grave. <« Trash, rags, ni^, trifles," Cotgrave* 
NIFLES. Glandules. Yorkth. 
NIG. To clip money. Cfroee, 
NIGARDIE. Stinginess. (^.-M) 
NIGG. A small piece. Euex, 
NIGGED-ASHLAR. Stone hewn with a pointed 

hammer. Osf. Gkm. Arch, 
NIGGER. A fire-dog. North. 
NIGGLE. (1) Putuo. Dekker, 1616. 
(2) To deceive ; to draw out surrepUtioualy ; to 

steaL StUlinuse. 



NIG 



577 



NIM 



(3)Tb play wtth; to tnlle. Hence, to walk 

nuBciiigljr. North* 
(41 To dte out with extreme cue. Stut» 
(5J To oomplatn of triilet from iU temper. 

Donttm 
(6) To nibble ; to eat or do anything mlndngly. 

Weit. 
KIGGUNO. Contemptible; mean. We9L 
KIGHE. To approach. See Ntghe, 
The btteyle laited wimdiir loQg»» 
Tliejr ttyd«, B« Bnrloode ut/wmx to ttlODft. 

He hath fonde hyt perew 
Wjth iwcniji wharpe thelkght ihtt«» 
At ylke stroke the fyie owt nite. 
They fiffgl^ed wondor nere. 

MS, CanU^. Tt U. 98, f. 81. 

NIGHEST-ABOUT. The nearest way. NortJL 

NIGH.HAND. Probably. Leie. 

NIGHT-BAT. A ghost. North, 

NIGHT4X)URTSHIP. This custom, which 
ippesn to be now ftlling into disuse, is thus 
described in a note to Anderson's Ballads :— 
A CumMan pceeant payi his sddnnes to bit 
iwecthent diirf«g the dlcnoe and lolamiUty of mid- 
night, when every boaom la at nat, escept that of 
lore tad aorrow. AnticipatlBg her kindDCM, he 
vm travel ten or twelve milea over hilla, bogi, flDoora, 
tad moawa, undJaeouraged by the length of the 
load, the daikneei of the night« or the totempera- 
tore of the weather; on reaching her habitation, he 
gira a gentle tap at the window of her ehamber. 
It which ligBal ahe Immediately rlaes, droaet her- 
lelf, and proceeda with all poaaiUe ailenoe to the 
door, which the gently opent, lett a creaking hinge 
or a barking dog thonld awaken the family. On 
hit entrance into the kitchen, the Inzurlea of a 
Cambrian cottago— eream and mgaTed cvrda^are 
piMcd before hJm by the fair hand of hit IMHiMa/ 
■est, the oonrtihip eomunenoea, prerimitly to which, 
the fire It darkened or extingniahed, lett Itt light 
ihottM guide to the window tome idle or Ucentiout 
cje ; In thla dark and nnoomfortable tituatlon (at 
ItMt nnoomfortable to all but loven)» they remain 
till the adTanoe of day, depoalting in eadi other's 
boiomf the aecreta of knre, and making yowt of 
WMlterable aflbctioo. 

NIGHT-CROW. A well-known bird, otherwise 
csUed the ni{^t-jar. *' Nicticorax, a nyght- 
cnwp" Nominale MS. Palsgrave translates 

it DV M'Ma^0ff*<tf^b 

NI6HTERTALE.' Night-time. {J^S.) 
Hb men coom bi nppwHrtatt, 
With hem awey hit body ttale. 

Cttrtor Mwtdi, MS, CM. IHa. Cantab, f. 49. 
By mrjfarCale he waa ilayne be kynge Darie. 

Oceleve, MS. 8oe. Antiq, 134, L 87S* 

NIGHTGALB. The nightingale. 
Wyth alkyne gladchipe thay gladdene themeaeWene, 
Of the n^fiktgule note* the nobes waa awette. 

MtrU JrOuHf, MS. Uneolnt f . dS. 

NIGHT-KERT-CHEF. A Uuly's neck handker- 
chiet It is the translation of eoBerette in 
HoQyband's Dictionarie, 1593. 

NIGHT-MAGISTRATE. A constable. 

NIGHT-MARE. The charm for the night-mare 

mentioned in the following coiioas passage is 

quoted in Beanmont and Fletcher, and other 

caily wittens 

If thit diacaae chancing often to a man, be not 

II. 



cmed in tlaM» it SMy peihapt grow to a wotaemi^ 
dilefe, at to the fallng evil* madneete, or apoplexy. 
But I oonld never leame that horaca were tubject to 
thIt diaeate, neither by relation, nor yet by readings 
but only lu an old Englith writer, who ahewecb 
neltlier cavae nor tignea how to know when ahoraat 
hath It, but onely teacheth how to cure It with a 
food foollth diarme, which becanae It may pcrhapa 
make you, gentle reader, to laugh, at wel aa it did 
me, for recreation take I will hcere rchenrae it. 
Take a flint atone that hath a hole of hit owne 
kinde, and hang It over him, and write in a bUl, 
In nomine Patrla, ^te. 
Saint George our Ladiat knight* 
He walked day, to did he night, 
Untlll he her found. 

He her beate, and he her bound, t 

Till traely her troath the him plight, ' 

That the would not come within the night. 
There at taint George our Ladlet knight. 
Named wat three timet, aaint George. 
And hang thit tcrlpture over him, and let him alone f 
with tttch proper channca aa thit it, the Calae f^len 
in timet patt were wont to charme the mony out of 
plalne folka puraea. ToptelP* Btagu, 1607f p. SfiS. 

NIGHT-RAIL. A sort of Tail or covering for 
the head, often worn by women at night. Sea 
Middleton's Works, L 164. Mr. ^ce ab- 
sordly explains it night-gown, which makes 
nonsense in the passage referred to. Howdl 
has, ** a niffht-iail for a woman, toea de mugtr 
dt nocAcjr. 

NIGHT-RAVEN. The bittern. "* Nitieonup, % 
nyte-rawyn," Nominale MS. 

NIGHT-SHADE. A prostitute. 

NIGHT-SNAP. A ni^t-robber. 

NIGHT-SNEAKERS. ** Wanton or effeminate 
lads, night-sneakers," Florio, p. 105. 

NIGHT-SPELL. A spell or charm against the 
nig ht-m are. 

NIGHTWARD. The niriit-watch. 

NIGHTT. Dark. Oxm. 

NIGIT. A coward ; a dastard. 

Thit deane nigit waa a foole, 
Shapt in meane of all. 

ArmMt Seat pf NhmUi, 1«ne. 

NI6MEN0G. A very silly fellow. 

NIGROST. Negroes. ffaU, 

NIGRUM. Dark; black. (Lat.) 

NIKIR. A sea monster. (A,»S.) 

NIKLB. Anieide. Pr. Parr. p. 259. 

NILE. The npper portion of a thresher s flail. 
Salop. 

NILL. (1) AnaiL Somenet. 

Thorow my lyfte honde a nyi waa dryre ! 
Thenke thou theron, yf thou wolte lyre. 

MS. Cantab. Ff . ii. 38, f. 8. 

(2) Will not. (J.^S.) WiU he wUi he, whether 
he will or not. Hence, to be unwilling. 

Nirtting to dwell where tyn it wrought. 

AOimcUt ThBOi, Chtm,Brit 1898, p. 117. 

(3) A needle. Still in use. 

NIM. (1) To take. Also, to steal. Hence the 
character Corporal Nym. 

y^m, he leyde, thit theof 

Faate in alle wyie. 
And wyn of him the tretour. 
And make him do aacrifyae* 

MS, THm. cm, Qma. #7* 
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Then boldly blow ai« i*riie fhemt. 
Your play for to ntme or ye come In. 

The Booke iff Hmting, IBM. 

'2) To walk vith short quick steps. Abr/A. 
3) To take heed; to take care. 

NIMBBR., Active. ^ ^ .v 

The boy belage but a sj. yen old Juste at the death 

of his father, yet havliig rea«onable wit and dlacre. 

tion. and being ngmber Bprited and apte to anythinge. 

NIM6IMMER. A sargeon. 

NIMIETY. Satiety. (Lat.) 

NIMIL. Large; capacious. 

NIMMEL. Nimble. North. "Lyght and 
nymel," Morte d'Artlmr, L 286. 

NIN. (1) None. North. 

(2) A child's term for liquor. " The word that 
chfldren call their drinke hy, as our children 
say nhme or bibbe/' Florio, p. 64. 

NINCOMPOOP. A person nine times worse 
than a fool See Grose. 

NIND. Needs must. Line. 

NINE-EYED. A term of reproach. 

NINE-EYES. A kind of small eel. 

NINE-HOLES. A game differently described by 
various writers. According to Forby, nine 
round holes are made in the ground, and a ball 
aimed at them from a certain distance ; or the 
holes are made in a board with a number over 
each, through one of which the ball is to pass. 
Nares thinks it is the same game with tune' 
meH*9 morris, called in some places mnepenHy- 
nutrl. 

NINE-MUEDER. A kind of hawk. See Florio, 
p. 205. Cotgrave apparently mentions two 
birds so called, in v. Escriere, Soueie. 

NINE-MUSES. An old dance, mentioned inMS. 
Rawl. Poet. 108. 

NINE-PINS. A game somewhat similar to 
skittles. It is mentioned by Horio, ed. 1611, 
p. 15, and is stiU in use. 

NINETED. "kicked ; perverse. South. 

NINETING. A severe beating. West. 

NINGLE. A contracted form of mms ingk, 
common in old plays. 

NINNY-NONNY. Uncertain. Line. 

NINNYVERS. The white water-lily. 

NINNYWATCH. A vain hope ; a silly or fool- 
iih expectation. Devon. 

NINT. To beat; to anoint Far. dial 

NIP. (1) A satirical taunt. Also a verb, to 
taunt satirically. ** S'entrepiequerf to pricke, 
n^f taunt, quip, cut, each other/' Cotgrave. 
** A dry-bob, jeast, or nip," ibid. 

(2) A thief. An old cant term. "To nyp a 
bong," to cut a purse, Harman's Caveat, 1567. 

rS) Cut. Robm Hood, i. 100. 

r4) To snatch np hastily. Yorish. 

(5) A short steep ascent. North. Occasionally, 
a hill or mountain. 

(6) To pinch closely. Hence applied to a parsi- 
monious person. Var. dtoL 

(7) A turnip. Si^olk. 

NIP-CHEESE. A miserly person. Tor. tUal 
Sometimes called a n^'Sgueeze, or a ng^ 
farthing. 



NIP-NOSE. A phme apj^ied to « person 

whose nose is bitten by firott. 
NIPPER. Acvt-purse. DsOer. Alao termed 

a nipping'Ckristian. 
NIPPERKIN. A small measure of beee» 
NIPPET. A small quantity. Afev. 
NIPPITATO. Strong liquor, chiefly applied to 

ale. A cant term. 
NIPPLE. "A little oocke, end, or nipple 

perced, or that hath an hole after the maner 

of a breast, which is put at the end of the 

chanels of afountaine, wherthrongh the water 

runneth forth,*' Baret, 1580. 
NIPPY. (1) Hungry. Dorset. 
(2) A child's term for the penis. 
NIPTE. Aniece;agrand-danghter. 
NIRE. Nigher; nearer. West. 
NIRRUP. A donkey. Dorset. 
NIRT. Cut; hurt. Gawajfns. 
NIRVIL. A diminutive person, 
NIS. Is not (^.-5.) 
NISGAL. The smallest of a brood or litter. 

Salep. 
NISOT. A laay jade. Skeltom. 
NISSE. Navy; ships. Heame^ 
NIST. (1) Nigh ; near. Somersei. 
(2) Nice ; pleasant ; agreeable. lAne. 
NISTE. Knew not. {A.-S,) 

Andhou Fortiger him wold have nomet 
Ac he nUt where he wai bicome. 

Jrthour <md MerUn» p. 7S. 
That was edipcid fer oute of my lyjte. 
That for derkcnesae y niata what to don*. 

LvdgaU, MS. Soe. AMiq. 134, f. A 

NIT. Notyei. West. 
NITAMOST. Nothing like it. SouiM. 
NITCH. (1) Neat Dorset. 
2^ A small bundle. Var, dtol. 
3) Got a nitch, i. e. tipsy. 
NITHE. Wickedness. 

But in pride and triochery. 
In nyCAe and onde and leochery. 
(htrsor Mundit MS, 0>U, Trin, Cantab, f. 138. 
NITHER. A grimace. Wore. 
NITHING. A wicked man. Nythytng, Andelay, 
p. 16. Also, sparing, parsimonious, wicked, 
mean. 
NITLE. Neat; handsome. Var. dial. 
NITOUR. Brightness. 

The amber that is in common use groweth rough, 
rude, impoliahed, and without clearennee, but 
after that it li lod in the greace of a sow that gl veih 
tucke, it getteth that nitour and shining beauty, 
which we find to be in It. Toptetft Betutt, 1607i p. 6RX . 

NITTICAL. Nitty; lousy. Nitty is not an 

uncommon word. 
NITTLB. " A chUdish word for Uttle," Urry's 

MS. Adds, to Ray. 
NIX. (1) Nothing. A cant tenn. 
(2) To impose upon. See Nieh. 
NO. (1) Often nsed ironically hy our early dra- 
matista to express excess, e. g. Here's no 
rascal, implying a yery great rascaL 
(2) Nor; not Still in use. 

Tho were thai wounded lo atrong^ 
That thai ne might doore Umg. 

Arthtur «Mi JferUrit pi. 



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TW4AA» Im the rHM iM» wh IM wrjtt, and 
ylc he tekoiMtli maOMtg^, m» tiM tMnteb m th« 
Ibridde, bat Ibel nuken that figore of 1 tte bom 
rignTflcaiTf that oomtth altar haoi. 

Rata Mathemmttiu, p»fl0. 
NOAH'S-ARKS. Cloodi in the fomia of arki, 

indicttiiig rain. Sti^olk, 
NOB. (1) To beat ; to strike. North. 
(2J The head. Vor. dimL Hence, a pcnon in 

t mperior station of life. 
(3) A young ooU. Herrf. 
NOBBLE. (1) To beat ; to rub. North, 
(2) A lamp of anything. Eagt. 
NOBBLE.TRBE. The head. S^jgMk. 
NOBBLT. Bound, as pebbles, &c Var. dial 
NOBBY. (1) A fooL Biut. 
(2) Pine ; fuhionable. Var, ^al. 
N0BBY.COLT. A young colt. Ghitc. 
NOBILE. Grandeur; magnifioenoe. 
Sothlyby ArthttTTS day 
Waa Bretayiie yn greta ntibifh. 
For ya hya tyme a grata wbyla 
Ha iqloiiniad at Carllle. 

Jf9. itowlbuMi C. 88. 
N03ILLART. Nobleness; nobility. 
NOBLE. (1) The ncYcL EoMt. 
(2) A gold com worth 6«. %d. 
NOBLESSE. Digmty; splendour. (^.-A'.) 
N^ley has the same meanings. 

or vhat riclMMa, of what nobUgt 
Thaw bokia lella, and thua thay My. 

OotMT, Ma, aoe, JbtHq. IM, £. 197. 
And M thay laait batwtxt both boatas, where 
was right kyndeaad lovyngalangwage betwixt them 
twoo, with paifita acooid knyt togathan for erar 
here after, with as haxtyly lovynga diera aod ooun- 
teoaunce, aa m|^ be betwix two bvethena of eo 
gretefMU«f and aetata. 

JrHma qf King Edumrd XV. p. 11. 
Ilkooa be wonchcped hi byi d^rA 
With grefea nofteloy and Mere honowree . 

UampoUt M8, Bowet, p. SS9. 
NOBSON. A blow ; a stroke. North, 
NOB.THATCHSR. A peruke-maker. 
NO.BUT. Only ; except. North, 
NOCENT: A wicked man. (la/.) 

An famoeent with a nceent, a man nagylty with 
* gylty, was pondered tn an egall balanaoe. 

Hall, 1M8, H«fi. IV. f. 14. 

NOCK. (1) A notch, generally applied to the 
notch of an arrow or a bow. It is the trans- 
httion of eoeA« in Hollyband's Dictionarie, 
1593. To node, to set the arrow on the string. 
See Drayton's Poems, p. 80. Beyond the 
^tock, out of reason. 

(2) To tip or finish off an article wi^ some- 
thing of a different materiaL 

(3) The posteriors. More usually called nock- 
ndro, Cotgraye has, ** Culj tayle, noekandroe^ 
fimdament." (4) Florio, " CunnOf a womans 
nocke ; eiiiw4/a, a woman well nocked." 

NOCKLE. A beetle, or mallet. Norf, 

NOCKY.BOT. A doll simple feUow. 

NOD. He's gone to the land of Nod, L e. he's 

gone to bed. 
NODCOCK. A simpleton. Someraet, 
NODDY. (1) AfooL MmthmL 
(2) An old game at cards, conjectured to be the 



same as cribbage. It appears firom tte 
Complete Gamester, 1682, p^ 76, that iTiMM 
Noddy was the designation of the knaye of 
tmmpa in playing that game. The game is 
by no means obsolete. Can mentions noddy- 
fiftoen in his Craven GL Noddy is now 
played as follows : Any number can play — 
the cards are all dealt oat — the elder hand 
I^ys one, (of which he hath a pair or \pr%ml 
if a good player)— saying or singiog *' there's 
a good card for thee," passing it to his right 
httid neighbour — ^the person next in succes- 
sion who holds its pair covers it, saying 
*' there's a still better than he ;" and passes 
both onward — ^the person holding the third 
of the sort (ace, six, queen, or what not) puts 
it on with "there's the best of all three:" 
and the holder of the fourth crowns all with 
theemphatio-^' And there is Niddy-Noddeet.'* 
— He wins the tack, turns it down, and begins 
again. He who is first o«/ receives from his 
adversaries a fish (or a bean, as the case may 
be) for each unplayed card. This game is 
mentioned in Arch, viii 149 ; Taylor's Motto, 
1622,sig.D.iv. 

NODDY-HEADED. Tipsy. Oxon. 

NODDY-POLL. A sunpleton. Noddy^puteiM 
also used, and Florio, p. 214, has noddy-peak^. 
"Benet, a simple, plaine, doltish fdlow, a 
noddapeake, a ninnyhammer, a pea-goose, a 
Goxe, a sillie companion," Cotgrave. 

NODILE. The noddle or head. " Oce^mt, a 
nodyle," Nominale MS. 

NODOCK. The nape of the neck. «IIis 
forehead very plaine, and his nodoeke flai»" 
Triall of Wits, 1604, p. 25. 

NOE. To know. Nominale MS. 
I woe none that U with me. 
Never jit lent after the ; 
Nerer Mth that my reyne begaaa. 
Fond 1 never none eo hardy nana, 
That hyder d«at torn wcod, 
Bot iff I wold after hym eend. 

JfS. Athmal4 61, XV. Cant. 

NO-FAR. Near; not far. North. 

NOG. ^1) A sort of strong ale. 

(2\ To joig ; to move on. North, 

(3; A square piece of wood supporting the roof 
of a mine. Derb. 

NOGGED. Strong limbed. North. 

NOGGEN. Made of nogs, or hemp. Hence, 
thick, clumsy, rough. fVest. 

NOGGERHEAD. A blockhead. Dortet. 

NOGGIN. **A mug or pot of earth with a 
large belly and narrower mouth ; in Cheshire, 
a wooden kit or piggin is called a noggin," 
Kennet, MS. Lansd. 1033. 

NOGGING. The filUng up of the interstices 
in a building composed partly of wood. 

NOGGLE. To walk awkwardly. North. Hence 
noggler, a bungling person. 

NOGGS. The handle of a scythe. Cheeh. 

NOGGY. Tipsy; intoxicated. North. 

NO-GO. Impracticable. Var, dial 

NOGS. (1) Hemp. Salop, 

(2) The shank-bones. York»h. 



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NO-HOW. NotatalL Ent 

MOHT. Nought ; nothing. {J.-S,) 

NOIE. To hurt ; to trouhle. Also a suhstantiTe. 

Pabgnye has noiemfff a nuisance. 
NOILS. Coarse locks of wool. Ea»t By a 
■tatute of James I. no one was permitted to 
put noykt into wooUen cloth. 
NOINT. To heat severely, rar, dioL 
NOISE. (1) To maike a noin at one, to scold. 
To noite one, to report or tell tales of. Noite 
m the head, a scolding. 
(2) A company of musicians. " Those terrible 
moyeee, with thredhare doakes,'' Dekker's 
Belman of London, 1608. 
3)TumQlt; dispute. Weber, 
4) To make a noise. {A.'N.) 
NOISPLODE. Catacliamu»j Nominale MS. 
NOK. A notch in a how. 
NOKE. (1) A nook, <Mr comer. 

He coverde the childe with his mantille mke. 
And over the water the way he tak«. 

MS, lAmeoln A. i. I7i t 195. 

(2) An oak. Nominale MS. 

Ther may no man stonde hyi stroke, 
Thogh he weieas ttrange at aa no**. 

MS. CatUab, Wt, U. 98, f. 166L 

NOKES. A ninny ; a simpleton. 
NOKETT. A nook of ground. Warw. 
NOLDE. Would not. (^..&) 

And NoM« ealle hlnelfe none other name 
Bat Goddte haudmayde in fUlle lowe maner. 

Legate, M& Soe, jtntiq, 194, f. 9. 
Fonothe harme noU he do nonne, 
Bot he wold do meche gode. 

Ohren. FUodwi. p-A. 

NOLE. A head. It is sometimes applied to a 

simpleton, as in Mirr. Mag. p. 222. 
NOLT. Black cattle. North, 
NO-MATTERS. NotwelL St^oU. 
NOMBRE. Number. (A.'N.) 
NOME. (1) Took; held. (^..&) 
Ete ne drynke wold he never. 
But wepyag and torowyng evir s 
Syret, tare torow hath he nofM, 
He wold hyi endyng day wer come. 
That he myght ought of lif goo 

JT&IUwJiNMnC.fM. 
Aftur thyi the day was nomifu. 
That the batelle on schulde comyn. 

MS, CanUA. Ft U. 98, f. 83. 
Thow eit fi««« thefy-wis ! 
Whai stele thow stede Trenchesis, 
That thow ridast upon here ? 

Jkvetqf Bnitfeifn, p. 73. 
And grethur cradence to hym he there name 
Then he dudde ony tyme therby fore. 

Chron, niodun. p. 71. 

2) Numb. Somereet, 

3) A name. Nominale MS. 
Her congest brother thel lefte at home, 

Bei^amfai was his name. 

Cunor Mmtdi, MS, Call, TrUu Cantab, f, 90. 
NOMELICHE. Namely. (A.-S.) 
NOMINE. A long speech. North, 
NOMMER. To number. (A.-N.) 

Wot I do the mis to wiete thou myghte nerebaad 
alsoone nemmer the steraes of herene, as the foike 
of the empire of Perse. MS, Uneoln A. i. 17, f. 7. 

NOMPEEB. Anartntntor. O^auetr, 



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And nempaed hym itar a 

That DO debet nere. Han PUmghmam, p. 97. 

NOMPION. One who is possessed of more 
knowledge than the common people. Lane. 

NON. Not one ; none ; not. 

NONATION. Wild; incoherent Wett 

NONCE. Purpose; intent; design; occasion. 
This word is not yet entirely o^lete. It is 
deriyed, as Price obseryes, from the A-S. 

ybr thananee, 

I have a slyng for the nene$. 
That is made for gret stonya. 

MS. Gsnteb. Ft ▼. 48, f. 50. 
For the monaet, I forbare to allege the leameder 
sort, lest the unleaned should say they couid no 
skill on such books, nor knew not whether they 
were truly brought In. PUMn^ften** Works, p. 644. 
Bot 5if thowe wolde alle my stcryne ttroye fore 
the iMfiya. Marta Arthura, MS, Uneoto. t. 73. 

NONE. (1) No time. Wett, 

(2) Not at alL Var. dioL 

(3) The hour of two or three in the afternoon. 
(A.-N) 

NONEARB. Now ; just now. Koffi 
NONE-OR-BOTH. Neithei. Euex, 
NONE-SO-PRETTT. London-pride. JE»/. 
NONE-SUCH. Black fwuueh is trefdU-seed, 
and white non.<uch is rye-graas-seed. Norf. 
NONINO. A burden to a ballad. Shskeipean 
has it, hey, iwmny, wnmy. The term nonny. 
nonny was applied to the female padendnm, 
and hence many indelicate allunons. ''Nonj- 
nony or pallace of pleasure," Florio, p. 194. 
NONKYNS. Nokmdof. (A..S.) 
The lady Uy In hir bede and slepe ; 
Of tresone tuke iche nonkmu kepe. 
For therof wyste sche nogfate. 

Jf&LlfMwliiA.i.l7fr*119- 

NONNE. A nun. {A.»S.) 

NONNOCK. To trifle ; to idle away the time. 
Nonnocih whims. East, Some TMnoma/ 
in the same sense. 

NON-PLUNGE. Nonplus. Noi^fower is also 
used. Var, dial, 

NONSICAL. NonsensicaL West, 

NONSKAITH. A wishing, or longing. Cumb. 

NONUNIA. A quick time in music, cootaining 
nine crotchets between the bars. 

NOODLE. A blockhead. Var, dial 

NOOK. The quarter of a yard-land, which 
yaries according to the place from 15 to 40 
acres. See Carlisle's Account of Charities, p. 
298. Still in use. 

NOOKED-END. The veiy fivthest eztremity 
of a comer. V^ar, diaL 

NOOK-SHOTTEN. Having or possessing nooto 
and comers. Pegge says, " spoken of a wall 
in a beyil, and not at right-anglea with another 
walL" The term is atOl in use, and meta- 
phorically means diseppomted, mistaken. 

NOOLED. Curbed; broken spirited. Nwih- 

NOON. None. (it-S.) 

NOONING. A repast taken by haryest-Iaboniers 

about noon. Far. diaL Pegge has wm- 
seepe, the time when labourers rest after 
dinner. iVbotnti^wesifp, Halltmah. Gh p. 15d. 
NOONSHUN. Alnndieon. Browm. 



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NOONSTEAD. The period of noon. 

NOORT. Ayoongboy. (/V.) 

NOOZLK To nestle. Somenti^ 

NOPE. Aballfinch. Vitr. dmL 

KOB. Than. Very common. 

NORATION. Rnmonr; speech. rar.imL 

NORCHE. To nourish. Cot. Myst. p. 208. 

NORFOLKXAPON. A red-herring. 

NORFOLK-DUMPLING. A smaU ^bular 
poddiiig, made merely with dong^ and yeast, 
and bfriled for twen^ minutes, according to 
the approved receipt of that county. 

Wdl, nothing was undone that mJJKht ha done 
toiMkeJemy Camber a tall, Uttl^ ilander man, 
when yet he lookt Uke a NmiMk9 dmmfUnir» tbicke 
and thort. Jrmln'9 Nut ttfNUuOm, 1006. 

NORGANE. Norwegian. 
NORI. A foeter-child. (^.-M) 

For ml Imdes douhtn icbe Is, 

ABdidiliisnoHfonoCheyvls. <^^FFanear«,p« 7. 

Freon thee, featuTe, lie on thee I 

The derSUce owineMifrryc. Chutmr Ptay»t U> ltt> 

NORICE. A nurse. {A^N.) ** Nutrue, 

Dorysche," Nominale MS. 
NORIE. To nourish. Gesta Bom. p. 215. 
NORISTRY. A nursery. 
NORLOGE. A clock. Nominale MS. 
NORN. Ndther; nothing. WetL 
NORRA-ONE. Nerer^-one. Devoiu 
NORREL-WARE. A bit-maker, or lorimer. 
NORRID. Northward. Var.tUal. 
NORSTHING. Nourishment. 
NORSTHTD. Nourished ; taught ; educated. 
NORT. Nothing. Somertet 
NORTELRIB. Nurture ; education. 
KORTH. The following proverb is given by 
Asbrey in his MS. Collections for Wiltshire 
in the Ashmolean Museum. 

*< The fiorth for laigeness. 

The £ast for health! 

The South for buildings. 

The West for wealth.** 

NORTHERING. Wild; incoherent. Weit. 
A silly person is called a norihemt and some 
of oar old dramatists use the latter word in 
the sense of eUtumuh^ or titty » 

NORTH.EYE. To squint. SuffblM. 

NORTHUMBEKLAND. Lord Northumber- 
land's arms, i. e. a black eye. 

NORWAIS. Norwegians. Heame. 

KORWAT. A whetstone. Devon. 

NORWAY-NECKCLOTH. A piUory. 

NOSE. (1) To pay through the now, to give an 
extravagant credit price. Note of iror, a 
proverbial phrase for anything very pliable. 
To follow one^a note, to go straightforward. 
To meamure noeea, to meet. To have on^e 
DOM on the grindetone, to be depressed. At 
plain at the note on on/it face, quite evident. 
Led hy the nottj governed. To put on^t note 
out rf joint, to rival one in the favour of 
another. To make a bridge qfany on/it note, 
to pass by him in drinking. He cut off hit 
NOM to be revenged of hit face, he has re- 
venged hisneighbour at the expense of injuring 
hiuMelt T9 make a pertont note eweU, to 



i 



make him jealous of a livaL Taphy 

permm't note, to ridicule him. 
(2) To smelL Var, dimU Hence, metaphori- 
cally, to pry into anything. 
3) Aneckofhnd. SmUK 
[a) To be tyrannical. Oxan, 
NOSE-BAG. A bag of provender fastened to a 

horse's head. 
NOSEBLEDE. The plant uuUiDiL MiU^Mtrnj 

MS. Sk>ane 5, t 6. 
NOSE-FLY. A small ily very troublesome to 

the noses of horses. 
NOSEGENT. A nun. An old cant term, given 

in Brit BlbL iL 521. 
NOSE-GIG. A toe-piece to a shoe. Wett. 
NOSELING. On the nose. '<Felle donne 

notelynge," Morte d'Arthur, ii 286. 
NO-SENSE. A phrase implying worthlessness 

or impropriety. Wett. 
NOSETHIRLES. The nostrils. (^.-5.) Spelt 

neyte-thriUet in Reliq. Antiq. i 54. 
NOSIL. (1) To encourage or embolden an animal 

to fight ; to set on. 
(2) To grub in the earth. 
NOSING. The exterior projecting edge of the 

tread of a stair. 
NOSLE. The handle of a cup, &c The nosle 

of a candlestick is that part which holds the 

end of a candle. 
NOSSEN. Noise; rumour; report. 
NOSSET. (1 ) A dainty duh. Somerset. 
(2) To carouse secretly. Devon* 
NOST. Knowestnot. {A,JS,) 
NOST-COCKLE. The last hatched bird; the 

youngest of a brood. 
NOSYLLE. A blackbird. i(f«rKJ^, MS. Arundel 

249, t 90. It occurs in Nominale MS. 
NOT. (I) Know not. (^..&) 

For whane men thenken to debate, 
I nof what other thynge is good 

Cower, MS. Soe. Antiq, 134, f. S8. 

(2) Smooth ; without horns. Far. dial Hence, 
to shear, or poll. Not-head,'tL craven crown, 

(3) Not only. I Thess. iv. 8. 

(4) A game like bandy. Glouc. 

(5) Well tilled, as a field. Ettex. 
NOTABILITEE. A thing worthy of observation. 

Chaucer, 
NOTCH. (1) The female pudendum. 
(2) Ont df all notch, out of all bounds. Lilly, 

ed. 1632, sig. Aa. xL 
NOTCHET. A notable feat. East. 
NOTE. (1) Use ; business ; employment. To 

use, or e^joy. Lane. 

But tfaefte serreth of wykked mt0, 
Hy t hangeth hys mayster by the thiote. 

MS. Hart. 1701, t.U. 

(2) A nut. Maundevile, p. 158. 

(3) To push, strike, or gore with the horns, as a 
bull. North. 

(4) The time during which a cow is in milk. 
North. Kennctt has, " noyt, a cow's milk 
for one year." MS. Lansd. 1033. 

(5) To contend with ; to fight. 

(6) To eat. Durham. (Island.) 



NOU 



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NOT 



N 



7)Ne«t irdtttle. North. 
OTELESS. Stupefied. Bt$ex, 
NOTBMUGE. Natmeg. Ckauc^. 
NOTERER. A notary. 
NOTE-SCHALE. A ratshelL 

Bat alle ait worth a nat^-adMs. 

OotMT. MM, Soe, JbMq. 1M» f. 107. 

NOTFULHEDE. Profit; gain; utiUty. It 
ocean in MS. Cotton. Veq>aa. D. vii, and ia 
connected with A.-S. nytUcnya. 
NOTUAG. The jay. << Nothagge, a byrde, 
jaye*^ Paligraye. Spelt matkak in Nondnale 
MS. £ 6. " Fietdmla, a nnthage/' Vocab. 
RawL MS. "The nathake with her notes 
newet" Sqayr of Lowe Degr^ 55. 
NOT.HALF^AYED. Foolish. Wni. 
NOTHELES. Nevertheless. {J.-S.) 
ffvlMtt ya h6K dodySt 

Se was chaste as UmaAitiju M8, Hart, 1701, f. IL 
NOTHBR. Otherwise; nor; neither; other; 

another. (A.»S,) 
NOTHING. Not ; not at aU. (^.-&) 
His hatte was bonde uodiir his chyn^ 
He did hit nothing of to hysa. 
He thojt hit was no tyme. MS. QuUab. Ft. ▼. 40. L 48. 
NOTORIE. Notoriotts. Lydgate. 
NOTTLE. Foolish; trifling; abaord; wanton. 

MiUes' MS. Glossary. 
NOTWITHUNDJBRSTANDING. Notwithstand. 
ing. A curious corruption, sometimes heard, 
and perhaps the longest word ever used by a 
rustic. IHeitf Wight, 
NOUCUE. A jewel; a necklace. Oftener 
spelt ouehe, as in Nominale MS. 

To my Locd and nephew the king the best wmtk$ 
which X hare <m the day of my death. 

T9$t. Vetfut, p. 141. 
Whan thou hast taken eny thynge 
Of lOTis jifte, or noucik« or rynge. 

OM»«r, MS. Soe. Amttq. 134, f. 54. 

NOUGHT-A.DOW. Worthless. North. 

NOUGHT-MERCHANTABLE. NotweU.2>e90ii. 

NOUGHTY. Possessed of nothing. (J. -S.) 

NOUMBRED. A number ; the sum total. 

NOUN. No. (^J.^N.) 

NOUSE. Sense ; knowledge. Var. dial Ap- 
parently from the Greek vovc< 
Oh I aid, as lofty Homer says, my howm 
To slog sublime the MoBareh and the Lonse. 

P0ter Pindar, L «9. 

NOUSLE. To nestle ; to cheriah ; to wrap up. 
Also spelt nozxl§, ** See with what enoneous 
trumperies antiquitie hath bene noaekd,** 
Batman's Golden Booke, 1577, ded. AkrxcJM, 
brought up in youth, HoUndied, Hist. Eng^L 
L 108 ; nursed, habituated* Holinshed« Conq. 
Ireland, pp. 46, 78. 
And nwsJsd oMoe In wldnd dcedca I terd not to 

oAmdef 
From bad, to woiae and woist I fell, I would at 
leysttte mende* 

l$t Part ^Pnmu and CtmaHdrOtiU 6. 

NOUSTT. Peevish. North, 

NOUT-GELD. Comage rent, originally paid in 

seat or cattle. North, 
NOUTHE. (1) Now. (^.-&) 
(2) Nought; nothing. Hence, wmthe-con, to 

know nothing. {A,*S,) 



(3) To set at noogfaft; to dtiy, 

NOVELLIS. News. (^.-M) 

NOVELRTE. Novelty. (J^N.) 

Ther was a kny5t that ]ov«d m m b ^ o . 
As nuny one hmiBte now timt fblyei. 

jr& Herf. 19<M, f.S3. 

NOVBR. High land aboTe a predpitous bank. 

Su$iae, 
NOVUM. A game at dice played by five or 
six persons. It is mentioned in Florio, p. 2 10 ; 
Taylor's Motto, 1622, sig. D. iv. 
NOW-AND-NOW. Once and again. Now and 

theHf occasionally. 
NO-WAY-BUT-ONE. A phrase implying an 

inevitaUa certainty. 
NO-WAYS. NotataU. Var, dial 
NOWEL. A cry of joy, properly that at Christ, 
mas of joy for the birth of the Saviour. {IM.) 
It signified originally the feast of Christmas, 
and is often found in that sense. A political 
song, in a MS. of Henry YI.'s time, in my 
possession, condudes as follows, — 
Tyll home Salle Wylekyne, 
This Joly gentylle sayk* 
AUe to my lorde Fucryn* 

That never dyd fayle. 
Therfore let us alle syng nowelle t 
Nowelle ! Nowelle ! Nowelle 1 Nowdle I 
And Cryst save mery Ynglond and sped yt wdle. 

N OWEL E. The naveL Arch. zxx. 354. 

NOWTB. Homed cattle. North. 

NOWITE. Foolish; witless; weak. 

NOWLE. The noddle or head. "The nowU 
refine/' liUy, ed. 1632, sig. Aa. viy. 

NOWMER. Number. Pron^t. Parth 

NOW-NOW. Old Anthony Now-now, an itine- 
rant fiddler frequently mentioned by our old 
vniters. Anthony Munday is supposed to be 
ridiculed under this name, in Chettle*s Kind- 
hart's Dreame, 1592. 

NOWP. A knock on the head. Xme. 

NOWRE. Nowhere. Isumbras, 544. Novre- 
whare occurs in Hampole. 

NOW.RIGHT. Just now. Etmoor. 

NOWSE. Nothing. North. 

NOWUNDER. Surely ; certainly. 

NOY. To annoy ; to hurt. NortK 

Corporal meai, when it flndeth a bdly occvpied 
with adverse and oomipt humours, doth both hvrt 
the more, itoy the more, and hdp^ nothing at all. 

Beeon*t Wtlu, p. 117. 
Of wiUe some are ncyaaiid tiUe us kyndly« 
And some are ptofytable and esye. 

MS, UneolH A. 1. 17. f. 189. 

Thos do ye recken ; but I fSeare ye come of denis, 
A very my/Wi worme« as Aristotle riteweth us. 

BaU^s t^mg9 /eUaw, p. 86. 

NOYNTE. To anoint. Weot. 
I axst a mayster of lysyke Iwe, 

What wold hyme dryeand dryveawayi 
Elymoaina ys an erbe iber^ore, 

Oon of the best that ever I say. 
Nutfwte heme therwyth ay whenne thow may^ 

Tliingk that Requiem shailein tlie rente and leaiw 
And sone after, within a nyght and a day. 

Thou Shalt have lysens to ly ve In eaae. 

MS. Camtab. If. 1. €, f. 47. 

NOYSAUNCfi. Offence ;kespeBs. (^..JV.) 



NUB 



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KOZZLS. Hie Boae. V€t, dwL 

NQJT. Not Perccwl, 98, 143, 515, Ac 

The kvdli Mid tohym anon, 

Joly Robyn let hym nojfgoa 

Tllle that he have etyn. 

irSL Cantab, Ff. t. 48, f. 5f . 

NUB. (1) To pusb; to beckon. North. 

[2) The nape of the neck. Eoit, 

,3) A huband. A cant term. 

NUBBLE. To braise ^th the fist. 

NUBBLINGS. Small coal. Wore. 

NUBILATED. Clouded. [Lot.) 

About the bcginDing of March, IMO, I boofhtac- 
ddoitaDy a Turkey-atone ring ; It was then wholly 
MRoe; toward the end of the moneth It began to 
hen^UlaUd. .Ai*r«r'* mito,Jf«.H«f«/*w.p. 100. 

NUCH. To tremble. Nortktmb. 

NUCKLE. Trifling mA ; imcertain and un- 

profitaUe employment. Norih, 
NUDDLE. (1) The nape of the neck. Bnt 

(2) To rtoop in walking. Far. dial 
NUDGE. A gentle push. It is alao a Tcrb, to 

strike gently, to give a person a hint or signal 

by a priyate tou(£ with the hand, dhow, or 

foot. Var. diaL 
NUFFEN. Cooked sufficiently. Une. 
NUO. (1) A rude unahapen piece of timber ; a 

block. Someroet. 
12) A knob, ot protuberance. Devon. 

(3) A term of endearment. 
NUGGIN6.H0USE. A brothel. 
NU6-HEAD. A blockhead. Somemi. Cat 

has wm-Aeaily Craven 01. 
NULL Tobeat severdy. 
NUM. Doll; stupid. Ea»t. Also a verb, to 

benumb or stupefy. •* Nmns all the conrents 

that should comfort life," Tragedy ofHoffinan, 

1631, lig. K. iiL 
NUMBLBS. The entrails, or part of the m- 

wards of a deer, 

Brede and wyne they had ynough. 

And nombUt of the dcre. RaMn Hood, L 8. 

NUMPOST. An imposthume, Eoit. 

NUMPS. AfooL Vewm. 

NUN. «A litle titmouse, called a ttwrne, be- 
cause his heade is fiUetted as it were nunlike,'' 
Komendator, p. 60. 

NUNC. A huge lump or thick piece of any- 
thing. South. 

NUNCH. A luncheon. Var. dial 

NUNCHEON. A lump of food suffident for a 
loncheon. Kent. 

NUNCLE. (1) An unde. Still in use. 

(2)TodLeat;todecdve. North. 

NUNMETB. Alundieon. Pr.Parv. 

NUNNERY. AbrothcL A cant term. 

NUNQUAM. One who never returns fipom an 
errand. (Zof.) 

NUNKYB. A nunnery. Isumbras, 485. 

NUNT. To make an effort North, 

NUNTING. Awkward looking. Susiex. 

NUNTY. Stiff; fonnal ; old-fashioned ; shabby ; 
mean;fiusy. Var.diaL 

NUP. AfooL iV^igMOA occurs in this sense m 
Ben l<Hiaon« and Grose has it in C. D. V. T. 

NUR. Thtthead. Warw. 



NUBCHY. To nourish. " iVkfrto, to nuichy," 
Vocab. MS. XV. Cent. f. 72, in my pos- 
session. Said to be in use in Devon. 

NURLY. Lumpy ; knotty. Hence, metapho- 
rically, ill-tempered. North. 

NURPIN. A Uttle person. Herrf. Possihly 
oonnected with njftiyl in Pr. Parv. 

NURSE. To cheat A cant term. 

NURSE-CHILD. A child before weaning. "A 
nource childe, or babe thai sodLeth," Wlthala. 

ed. 1608, p. 271. 

NURSB-GARDEN. (1) The crab-apple tree. 

(2) A nursery-garden. '' Settes of young trees, 
or nursegudaynes/' Cooper^ ed. 1559, in v. 
Semmt. StiR in use- 

NURSES-YAILS. The nurse's dothes when 
penetrated by nepial indiscretions. Oson. 

NURSPELL. A boy's game in Lincohashire, 
somewhat similar to trap-balL It is played 
mthti kiddle, tLmir,BndtLtpiU. Bystriking 
the end of the spdl with the labble, the nur 
of course rises into the air, and the art of the 
game is to strike it with the kibble before it 
reaches the ground. He who drives it to the 
greatest distance, wins the game. 

NURT. To nurture ; to bring up. 

NUSENESS. A nuisance. Satt. 

NUSHED. Starved ;ill.fed. Eaet. 

NUT. (1) Sweet-bread. Mast. 

(2) The stock of a wheel Far. dial 

(3) The lump of fat called the pope's-eye. 
" Muguette de motUom, the nut of a leg of 
mutton," Cotgrave. 

(4) A silly fellow, ybrit*. This word is not 
applied to an idiot, but to one who has been 
doing a foolish action. 

(5) A kind of small urn. 

Alto oon Uttel atandyag peeee, with a gUt kovor, 
whieh hath at the foote a crown, and another on the 
kover, wmjiag SB ounoet, alao a itandyng gilt rnrtf, 
and the beat dotela of tbeiecond sort of my tponea. 

Tmc r0tu*t.p.9B5. 

NUTCRACKERS. ThepiUory. 

NUT-CRACK-NIGHT. All Hallows' eve, when 
it is customary to oadc nuts in large quanti- 
ties. North. 

NUTCROME. A crooked stidc, used for lower- 
ing branches of hazela, in order to reach the 
fruit. Satt. 

NUT-HOLE, The notch in a bow to receive 

the arrow. 
NUT-HOOK. AbaiM: 
NUTMEGS. The testes. Var.dtMl. 

My pfeckmi nmimogo doe not wound* 

For fear I should not live i 
1*11 pay ttum downe one hundred pound* 
If thou wUt me fo^ive. 

mttorp ^Jack Homer, ed. I097i P- 18> 

NUTRB. A kind of worm, 
NUTRITIVE. That which has nourished. 

Yf ever God gave ▼ictorye to men fyghtlnge hi a 
juste quarell, or yf he ever ayded such as made 
wane for the wealthe and tulcion of their owne 
natural and nvtritUn oountrey. 

Hott, RJMUtrd IJh L SI. 

NUTTEN. A donkey. 1. Wight. 



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NUT-TOPPER. The bird nnt-pecker. Witludi' 

Dictionarie, ed. 1608, p. 21. 
NUVITOUS. Natritious. 
NUT. Aimoymoe ; iigury. 

And than wm io grete habuDdaiMe of ncdden 
and otli«r rmjvaaoM bettes, that tbama byhoved 
aadaa tnvtUe anned, and that was a grata miy 
to thaoM, and as highe dben. 

M8. LbteolH A. I. 17. f. 27. 
NUZZLE. To loiter ; to idle. North. 
NYE. (1) An eye. NominaleMS. 
Fro nyw Japji and ribadiy 
Awey thou musta tame thl fqf« • 
Tuna tU nife, that thoo not to 
Thif wyeeud worldit vaayt^ 

M3. Camt^ FL ▼. 48, f. 1. 

(2) Annoymoe ; injury ; trouble. 

Tha patryack lawe hyi grata mpt, 

For Bcfyia ha wapyd, go thojt bym nwly. 

JfSL CbNtaft. Ff • IL a8» f. 100. 

(3) To neigh. Palagrme. 
NTMB. To name. 

For araiy ctaatura of God that man can nyiiM* 
If good of bymtalf after hk ftnt cxaadon. 



I NTMPHAL. A short poem relating to njmphi. 

NTMPHS. Tomig female bees. 

NTMTOS. ExoessiTe. 

Now, grwyous Lord, of your i«fMfw eharytd. 
With hombyU hart* to thl firamii oomplayoe. 

D<fl% M^Mmrim, p. lU. 

NYNON. Eyes. 

And waih thov thi i^fiMi with that water. 

CkrvM. FUediat. p. 77> 

NTTE. To deny. Set Nick. Qa.aycyde? 
Tfewly Io hia antent. 
In batalle na in touniamcBt 
Ha titffwd* OS neTar with naya^ 

MS. Lteeote A. i. 17, f. I». 

NTTTB. To requires to use. (JL-S.) 
NT3E. Nigh; near. (A.^S,) 

Fora thofe thou wyrka botha day luki} nyght* 

Ha wjU not the, I lay the ryght ; 

Ha wdMi to Nirja the ala-wyAi, 

And ha thouht aver fine to thryfl^ 

Jr& JUhmtU SI, XT. CcDt 







(l)Oi: SUninnse. 



A ! perlaa pryni, to the we pray* 
Save our kyng both nyjt and day I 
Fore he it Aii jong, tender of age. 
Semeld to te, o bold eorage, 
Lovel^ and iofl^ of hit lenage. 
Both perlca prince and kyng Teray. 

MS. XtovM 808, f . 991 
The wnmg to here o right it lath, 
And pride wyt buxsumDCt it wrath. 

MS. OtloH. r«4w«.A.iiLf.9. 

(2) One. Also, on. Chauetr. 

Be-teche thun the provette, in preteni of lordei» 
O payne and o pcUe that pendct thera-too. 

M«rte Arihure, MS. Llaeofn, f. 70. 
Where that Merlin dede lalm le 
In day in thn Ue. 

Arthour and Mtrtin, p. 74. 

(3) Anything circnlsr ; an heraldic term for a 
kind of spangle. Shakespeare terms the stars 
"those fiery oV 

A lamentation. Shak. 

The arithmetical cypher. 

AIL Bran New Wark, 1785. 

The woof in weaving. 
iF. AfboL Still in nae. 
OAK. (1) To gport the oak, to dose the outer 

door, a phraise used at Cambridge. 
(2) The club at cards. Weot. 
OAKEN.APPLE-DAY. The 29th of May, on 
which boys wear oaken apples in their hats 
in commemoration of King Charles's adyen- 
ture in the oak tree. The apple, and a leaf or 
two, are sometimes gUt and exhibited for a 
week or more on the chimney piece, or in the 
window. This rustic commemoration is, how- 
ever, getting into disuse. Sectarians have left 
it off, and in a few years it will probably be 
seldom seen. I can recollect when not a boy 
in a whole village let the day pass unobserv- 



ant of the oaken ^>p]e. Fears were sometimes 
entertained in a backward season that the 
apples would not be forward enough for our 
loyal purpose. Moor's SufTolk MS. 

OAK-WEB. The cockchafer. Wett. 

OAMY. light, porous, generally spoken of 
ploughed land. Norf. 

OAR. ** A bttsie-body, medler in others mat- 
ters, one that hath an oare in others boates," 
Florio, p. 37. 

OARS. Watermen. 

Tarlton being one Sunday at court all day, 
caused a paire of ootm to tend him, who at night 
called on him to be gone. Tarlton, being a carous- 
ing, drunk so long to the watermen, that one of 
them was buraptie; and so, indeede, were ail three 
for the most part. TWfton'a JuU, 161 1 . 

OAST. (1) Curd for cheese. North. 
( 2) A kiln for malt or hops. Kent. 
OAT-FLIGHT. The chaff of oats. Euit. 
OATMEALS. One of the many terms for the 

roaring-boys. 
OATS. (1) To sow one's wild oats, L e. to leave 

off wild habits. 
(2) In the south of England, when a horse 

fsUs upon his back, and roUs from one side to 

the other, he is said to earn a gallon of oats. 
OAVIS. The eaves of a house. Ater. 
OBADB. To abide. Tristram, p. 178. 
OBARNI. A preparation of mead. 
OBEBD. A hairy caterpillar. Derb. 
OBEISSANT. Obedient. Pakgrmfe. 
That ware obtiMont to his hesta. 

ONoer, MS. Sae. Jniiq. 134, f. 54. 

OBESSE. <' Play at obe$»et at biliors, and at 
cards,'' Archseologia, xiv. 253. 

OBFUSCATE. Obscored. (Lat.) 

Whereby the fkitte of aU onr estimadoB shall now 
bee o(t/lisea«e, utterly otinguythed, and nochyi^ set 
by. UtU, EAwmi IK U 1«l 



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OBfl*. Afnnenloelebnitioii* 
TiMie cteft once |Mst oTn, iriilch w» desire, 
Thme cya that now died water tlMU tpemke flf«> 

HigwoofM Iron Jg; 1632, sig. H. !▼• 

0BITCH*S.COLT. «« Forty sa one like OUtch's 

cowt,'' A ShropBhire phrase. 
OBITEB& Small (ffnaineiiti. 
OBJECTION. A tnbject or argument. 
OBLATRATION. Abarking.4rt. (Lai.) 
OBUUNCHERB. Kne white meal ? 
With eMmndhsr* or onther flouret 
To make hem whytter of orfoare. 

MAHoH, 1701»r.SS. 

OBLE. A kind of waHer oake, often sweetened 
with honey, and generally made of the finest 
wheaten bread. The consecrated wafer distri- 
buted to commnnicants at mass was so 
ienned. ^ ONaUt oUe," MS. Lansd. 560, 
1 45. (»lete, a thin cake. (Tent.) " Nehda, 
obIys,"Nomina]eMS. 

Mak patte, and bake it in eWe-yiyiM, and eit 
giowelleof porke^ and after ete Uie oWsfet, and thou 
Ml hare ddlTerance bathe abowne and byneUie. 

M8, Uneoln A. i. 17, f. 291. 
Ne Jhcra wai nat theoMe 
That relied was at theaacre^ 

MS. HttH. 1701. f. M. 
OBLIGATE. To oblige. Var.diaL 
OBLOCUTION. Intemiption. (Lat.) 
OBLYSCHED. OUiged ; compelled. 

It helpyth to paye owre dettes for lynne. 
In iriiydi to Godoft^yveJked ben wee. 

to, Cantmb, Ft ii. 98, f. 14. 
Thd ben eWiecfteiand thel felle, but we rooe, and 
«e bea r^hted. MS. Tuumt 16, i». £1. 

The wlioie /elowship, marehaunteB, bui^cMce, 
lad Gommonaltye of the lame towne, to be bounde 
and tb^fahed by ther preientcfl unto the most ezoelp 
lent and moat mlghtj prince Edward. 

Ball, Sdward IV. f. 67. 
OBRAID. To upbraid. Somenet. 
Nov, thnt aeoootred and attended to, 
In Conrt and dtie thereat no tmall adoe 
With thii young ttripUng, that cbraid* the godi. 
And thlnkea, 'twlxt them and him, there is no ode. 

Young OoOanU Whirligig, 1099. 

OBRUTED. Overthrown. (Lat.) 

Verily, if ye seriously consider the misery where- 
vith ye were obruted and. overwhehned before, ye 
■hall easDy percelTe tlwt ye have an earnest cause to 
x^oice. Beeon*» Wvrkt, p. 57. 

OBS-AND-SOLS. The words obfeetioneg et to- 
htioiui were frequently so contracted in the 
margins! notes to controversial divinity, and 
hence the phrase was jocularly used by more 
lively writers. 

OBSCENOUS. Obscene ; indecent. 

OBSCURED. Disguised. ShaJk. 

OBSECRATIONS* Entreaties. (Lat.) 

Let ua fly to God at all times with humble 
cbmemionM and hearty requests. 

Beeon*% Worlu, p. 187. 

OBSEQUIOUS. FnnereaL Shak. 
OBSEQUY. Obsequiousness. Joruon, 
OBSERVANCE. Respect. (//.-iV.) 
OBSERVE. To obey ; to respect ; to crouch. 
OBSESSION. A besieging. (Lat.) 
OBSTACLE. Obstinate. A provincial word, 
very common in Shakespeare's time. It is ex- 



idained *< stnbbome or wilfUl" in BatOMtt 
nppon Bartholomei 1582* 
OBSTINATION. Obstinacy. Pai$grw€. 
OBSTRICT. Bonndoi. (Lat.) 

To wliom he veeogniaeth hynuelf to be somodie 
indebted and eMHete, tfiat non of tliise your difll- 
enltles shalbe the stop or let of this desired cea^ 
Juncdon. Suu§ Papeiw, !• K9. 

OBSTROPOLOUS. Obstreperous. A very com- 
mon vulgarism. ** I was going my rounds, and 
found this here gemman very oi9tropoltmg, 
whereof I comprehended him as an auspicious 
parson." This is genuine London dialect. 
OBTRECT. To slander. (Ut.) 
OC. But. (J.^S.) 

Oe tbourgh the grace of Ood abnight. 
With the trooioun that lie to priaoun tok 
A slough hem alle, so saith the bok. 

B0P09^Bami9mnp p. CI. 
OCAPYE. To occupy ; to employ. 

Tho seyde Oye» so schalt thou no)t» 
In ydnU thou eeajveaf thy thojt. 

MS* Omtmb. Ft,ii.»,t 911. 

OCCAMY. A compound metal, meant to 
imitate silver, a corruption fk the word 
alchemy. SeeNares. 

OCCASIONS. Necessities of nature. 

OCCIDENT. The West. (A.^N.) 
Of Inghinde, of Irelande, and alia thir owtt like, 
Tliat Arthure in the oeeedtntt ocupyea att ones. 

Mcrt9 JjVmm, MS, Uneoinf f. TC* 

OCCUPANT. A prostitute. From the old word 
oeet^, futuo. "A bawdy, or occnpying- 
house/' Florioi p. 194. 
I can swive four times in a night t but thee 
Once in four years I cannot ocmpU. 

Flet^er** Foeim, p. llOl 

OCCUPY. To use. Ocei^pier, a tradesman. 
OCCUR. Ochre. Pakffrave. 
OCCURRE. To go to. (Lat.) 

Sccondarely yf he should reyse an army so io- 
dainly, he knewe not where to oeeture and mete hit 
enemies, or whether too go or where to tary. 

AOf, RieJtonl ill. f. 14. 

OCCURRENTS. Incidents; qualities. Meet. 

ings, Optick Glasse of Humors, 1639, p. 139. 

Julius Caesar hlmselfe for hi a pleasure became an 

actor, b^g in ahape, state, voyce, judgement, and 

all other occ w rrtn u , exterior andjnterlor, excellent. 

HsytMNNf* Jpclogjf ^ Ativny 1619. 

OCCYAN. The ocean. 

In verr^ aoth, aa y remembre can, 

A oerteyne kynrede towarde the oecyan. 

Lgdgate, MS» Soe, AnHq. IM, f . »» 

OCEAN-SEA. This phrase is often used by Sir 
Thomas More. '*The greate brode botom- 
lesse ocean-see/' Supplycacyon of Sonlys, sig. 
C. ii. It occurs likewise in HalL 

OCHBN. To break; to destroy. (J.'N,) 

OCIVITY. Sloth. Hoaper. 

OCKSECROTIA. Tipsy. A cant term. 

OCUB. The cockchafer. Somenet. 

OCY. The nightingale's note. 

ODAME. A brother-in-Uw. (Germ.) 

0-DAWE. Down. See jidawe {2). 

Loke 5e blenke for no bronde, ne for no bq^hte 

wapyne, 
Bot beria downe of the bcate, and bry ng theme o-dawe. 
Mortt Jrthur0f MS. Uneoln ^f.n. 



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O0IX(l)Oiilyffiiigle;a]oiie. (fl) LoMly i out 
of the way. JUne^ 

(S) Oddrntdrnm^tLfStmBttmaMfm. Oddcome 
jtihor^(y,Ach«neelime»a0t£uroff. Odd-^ome^ 
iAtfrUt, odds and onds, fragntnti* 

OBD-FISH. A strange feHow. Var. dUd, 

QDD-MARK. That portion of the arable land 
of a farm which, in the customary cultivation 
of the turn, U applied to a pazticolar crop. 

ODDMENTS. Trifles ; remnanti. North. 

ODDS. (1) To fit ; to make eren. Also, occa- 
sionally, to alter, ^et/. 

(2) Consequence ; diAerence. For. dM, 

ODDY. (1) A snaiL Oron. 

(2) Active ; brisk. Gentrally applied to old peo- 
ple. OVQM. 

^ aDDY4)ODDT. AriTer-maiL Omu. 
r ODE. Woad lisr dyeing. 
ODER. Other. StUlinose. 

And beryd the con vith both* bar ndt, 
At the todMlj hAte 1M d«i. 
That no bhbi oimr wirtcw 

M8, QmM, Ff . T. Mp & 44. 

ODER WORT. The herb drwanoe. 
ODIBLE. HatofoL (Lat) 

And thou ihalt temalitBr oT that wonM«ri<U0, 
And oppTHM hynln his own* ttalle. 

jrs.IiMitf.416, f. M. 
All indM othifbe to oar Lord «dai§ 
That b« node and prom jrid to an • viU caC«ndoii. 

M8, Land. 419, tm* 

ODIFFERAUNT. Odoriferous. 

ODIOUS. Dl-tasted ; ill-scented. Emt. 

ODORAUNT. Sweet-smelling. {J.^N.) 
The thrid day ocat my lone went doune 
To ertha, whkho wasdiapoied plcntuoiuly 
Of aungelt bright and herenly aoune 
Withadoratmf odoure ftal copkniily. 

jr&Bodr.4iS,f.904. 

ODSNIGOERS. An excfaunation of rebnke. 
An immense number of oaths and exdama- 
tions may be found commencing wi^ od$, a 
OQiruption of 6Wa. 
OBN. Owe ; are indebted. 

I telte it Ibt in privet^^ 
The Icyngea mm otn to me 
A ml. poimde and mare. 

MS, Cantmb. Ff. ▼. 48, f. 47. 
O'ERLAT. A girth ; a doak. North. 
OERTH-IVI. The hedera nigra. 
OERTS. In comparison of. fTet/. 
OES. Eyes. Nominale MS. 
And Botwithftondlngo your manly hart* 
Frame your cm* Um teres wald ttarte 
To shew your heTyneise. 
Com hithera Josephe and stande ner this rood, 
liOO, this lame spared not to shedd hb biode^ 
With most paynAiUe distresie. 

ifS. fiodl.«Jfti«.ltt. 

OF. In; oat of ; from; at; on; off; by. 

Many of these meanings are still cnrrent in 

the provinces. 

OFCORN. OfU com. Finchale Chart The 

tenn ocean In Tosser. Eaitt. 
OF-DAWE. To recover. Weber. 
OF-DRAD. Afraid; frightened. (A.^S.) 
0-FBRRB. Alar off. 



Beholdo also how Uamdin and alii bis frcsidm 
stand aUa o^kvrs lokando and folowando thaoio 
wilho mskjlla mumyi^ and herUy sotowe. 

US. Uneoin A. i. 17* £. 181. 
OFF. (1) Upon; out oL Off at hooit, oat of 
temper, or unwell. Off ami on, changeable. 
Off nor on, neither one thins nor ano&er. 

(2) The line from which boys shoot in ooaaunen- 
dng a game of marbles. 

(3) Provided; fbmished. rar,diaL 
OFF-AT-SIDE. Biad. North. 
OFFENCIOUS. Oflbnsive. Madosn^ iL 305. 
OFFENDED. Hart. Chaucer. 
OFFENSIOUN. Oflice; damage. (^.-M) 
OFF-HAND. A man holding a second farm on 

which he does not reside is sawltoftcmit^- 
hamL Skffolh. 
OFFICE. The eaves of ahoose. Weei. 
OFFICES. The rooms in a large house, appro- 
priated to the use of the upper servants. The 
term is still in common use, applied to the 
men ial apartments generally. 
OFFRENDE. An offering. {J.-N.) 
And sdw blgan to bidde and prey 
Upon the baregronnde knalenda» 
And afth that made hit g^swda. 

Gower, MS, Soe, Antiq. 194, r.44. 

OFF-SPRINO. Origin. Faiifuf, 
OFF-TOOK. Took by aim; hit 
OF-LONO. For a long period. 
OF-SIGH. Saw; peroeived. (A.^) 
OF-TAKE. Taken. St. Brandan, p. 19. 
OFTER. Oftener. North. 

Cfter bryngeth on day. 

That aUa the ;ere not may. 

M8.1kmc8m, f.l& 

OFTB-SITHES. Often-times. (^..&} 
For thou and other that leva your thyag, 
IftX^U-^UhM ye hanne Ihekyng. 

JfS. CuUab. Ff . V. 48. f . 48. 

OF-WALKED. Fatigued with vrsUdnj^. (^.-&) 
OGAIN. Again. Still in use. 
Fortiger nam gode oonre 
That he no might ogain hem dovra. 

Jrthomr mud MmVm, p. 1& 
And dede hem ogwifi tfan thonejndoj 
And aoontred that canoy. 

Arthour and Mmrhn, p. 178. 
OGAINSAGHES. Contradictions. It occnra 

in MS. Cotton. Vespas. D. viL 
OGE. Again. '* Come now son og^" Gy of 

Warwike, p. 110. 
OGHE. Ought Qmeayne. 
OGLES. Eyes. A cant tenn. 
OGNE. Own. 

And thoght ther was resone yano. 
And syh hys cgna lyf to wynne. 

Oocoer, MS. Oanfoft. Ff. 1. 6, £ 3i. 

OGOS. Caves along the shore. Comm. j 

OIL. To oil his old wig, L e. to make him ^ 

tipsy. North. 
OIL-OF-BARLET. Strong beer. 
OIL-OF-HAZEL. A severe besting. 
OILT. Smooth; adulatory. Far, 
OINEMSNT. Ointment. (A,^,) 

Now of the serentbe aacrameiit. 

These cterkys kalle hyt spnaiMn^ 

MS.'Mm. if9htf^ 



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(MlfT. Toaaount. Pakgrm^, 
OKS. Aked. Fret. pi. {A,'S.) 
OKE-CORNB. An acora. Ortns Yoc 
OKERE. To put money out to nsvy. Abo, 
nsury. Okmr, an nsiuner. 

Anyjt, when moi hadito her* vest, 
Rt 9ktred pan ya hyt chcite. 

JTS. HM. 1701, C IS. 
QfeMT hyt yi for tiM ovCnfe 
To lak* thy catel «Bd have ftTauntage. 

Om By^tsqweoeniCBehad lytto. 
He oftyrryifo P«nye* onto hyt kyste. 

Aoterf <te Bname, MS, Bowm, p» A. 
An 9k«nr, or elles a ]«choure, uyd Rohyn, 
With wroDge hast thou lede thy lyfe. 

RtMm Bood, 1. 10. 

OKBRS. " Bootes forplonghmen called oker$j" 

Hnloet, 1552. ** CarpatwuB, plowmens bootes 

made (tf nntanned leather, tliey may be called 

oAert/' Elyot, ed. 1559. 

OKI. Moiit; sappy. North, 

OLD. (1) Famous; great; abondant. Warw, 

Sfaskespeare oaes the word in this sense. 

"There -win be an o£i abusing of God's pa- 

tieaoe, and the Icing's Eng^kish." It somfliiiDes 

is used to denote approbation, fondness, or 

endeannent; as, in Vniginia and Maiykmd, 

the most endearing appdlation by which a 

fond hnshand could address a bdored wife, 

aed to he his calUng her his dsor old womtai, 

Od Sonday, at mauot there was eMf riogiiw of 

bds, and <M and joag came to church to see the new 

node, which waa 10 Ul fkTouide, that al the parkh 

mhllkt it, and the dilldren they cryed, and were 

afraid of it. TaHtote* NeufMoutifPurgaUtHe, 1890, 

(2) CroM ; angry. Si^foOt. 

(3) Old Baufy, Old Harry, Old Scratchy terms 
for the deviL Old CMttnuu, Christmas 
reckoned by the old style. Old coat and 
jerkm^ a gane at oaids. Old Ay, old.kand, 
a knowing or ezpeit person. Old staffer, one 
wdl hntii^ in anything. Old lad, a study 
old Mow. Old stick, a complimentary mode 
of sddress to an old man, signifying he is a 
espital fdlofw. Old file, an old miser. 

OLDHAMES. A kind of cloth. 

OLD-HOB. A Cheshire custom. It consists 

of aman carrying a dead horse's bead, covered 

with a sheet, to frighten people. 
OLD.RILLED. Squeamish and listless. North. 
OLD-LAND. Ground that has been untilled a 

long while, and is newly broken up. Essex. 
OLD-LING. Urine. Yorksh. 
OLD-MAID. The lapwing. Wore. 
OLD-MAN. Southernwood. Far. dial 
0LD.KAN'S4}AME. The game of astragals. 

MS. Ashmole 788, f. 162. 
OLD-MILK. Skimmed milk. North. 
OLD-SA RAH. A hare. S^ffoUt. 
OLD-SHEWIS. A game mentioned in the 

Komendator, p. 298. It is i^parently the 

ume as King-by-youj^-LeaYC, q. v. 
OLD^HOCK. A gohlin said to appear in the 

shapeofagKMdogor calt Baai. 
0LD.SONQ. A trifle. Vmr.dial. 
0U>.8OW. Awwidrkws^. East 



OLD-TROT. An old woman who ji |Kwtly 

addicted to gossiping* 
OLD-WITCH. The cockchafer. Ea^. 
OLD-WIVES-TALE. "Thisisanotfuwet ^«, 
or a fashion of speech deane out of fashion," 
Cotgnre, ia t. Laagafe. 
OLIFAUNT. An elephant. {ji..N.) 
Foiled was king Rion ttandard. 
And the four otfffimnct y-dawe* 

ArOwur and Merlin, p. 344 
The sesrlet cloth doth make the bull to feare; 
The cttlknir white the eWMmfdoOi shunne. 

HgCMeyV aktmg0 BUSartss, IWJ. 

OLIVER. (1) A yong eeL Deaom. 
(2) To giw a Rowland for an Oliver, a phrase 
still in use, derinsd irom two well-known 
charaolen in andeHt lomanoe. 
SoAeataokye wen never aeea yn londe, 
8ylh <%Mr» dytd and Rowlonde. 

Ma. CkmlM. Ff. iL 98, f. loa. 

OLIVERE. The olive4roe. {A.'N.) 
OLIYER'S-SCULL. A chamber.pot. 
OLLET. Fud« Ray inserU this in his South 

and East-Country Words. Aubrey, in his 

MS. Nat. Hist, of Wilts, tells us that cow dung 

and straw was used for fuel at Highworth, and 

called by that name. 
OLODDE. 

For-thi thoa gyife> whili thou may lyfe. 

Or alle giae that thou may gete, 

Thi gaste fra Oodd, th! gudei olodia, 

Thi fleeche foldes undir fete. 

With I. and E. fiille leUre thou be. 

That thynne executun 

Of the ne willerekke, hot ekikk and ikekke 

Fulle balddy In thi bouxca. 

M8. UneolH A. i. 17, f. SIS. 

O-LONKE. Along. MS. HarL 2253. 

OLT. OIL Nommale MS. 

OLTET. A little hole in anything, such as doth, 
&c Forby has oylet-hole, a perforation in a 
garment to admit a lace. The small openings 
in andent fortifications were called ofyets, or 
oylets. <' Oyliet hole, oillet** Palsgrave. 

OLYPRAUNCE. Gaiety ? Holloway has, ** (%• 
pranee, rude, boisterous merriment, a romping 
match, Northampton.** 

Of rich atire ec ther avaunce, 
Prikkand ther hora with otifpraunee. 
R. de Brwme, MS. Baton, p. 84. 

OLYTE. 

For whan thou douat yn longe respyte 
Hyt ya forjete that long ya o/yte. 

jr&Harl.l70],f.7«. 

OMAN. A woman. Far. dial 

OMAST. Almost. Cumb. Several of the 
glossaries have ommost. 

OMBER. (1) The shade. Lane. Kennett has 
oumer, MS. Lansd. 1033. 

(2) A hammer. Salop. Antiq. p. 523. 

OMBRE. A game at cards, of Spanish origin. 
It appears to be merely an alteration or im- 
provement of primero. It is thus described 
in the Compleat Gamester, ed. 1721, p. 12 — 
" There are several sorts of this game called 
L'Ombre, but that which is the chief is called 
Renec^o, at which three only can play, to 
'whom are dealt nine cards apiece; so thai 



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jl h fl w ^fag the eights, nines ind tens, there 
friUiemsin thirteen cuds in the stock; there 
is no tramp bat what the pUyer pleases ; the 
first hand has always the liberty to play or 
pass, after him the second, &&" 

0MB. The steam or Taponr arising from hot 
liquids. Ihmelm, 

OMELL. Among; between. SeeTwaineand 
Gawin, 119; and^iMtf(2). 

OMFRY-FLOOR. At Wednesbory, co. Staff., 
in the nether coal, as it lies in the mine, the 
fourth parting or i*"»8«g is called the omfiry- 
iloor, two feet snd a half thick. Kennett.MS. 

OMNIUM-GATHERUM. Amiscdlaneonsool. 
lection of persons or things. 

OMPURLODY. To contradict BeA. 

ON. (1) In. It is a prefix to verbs, simHsr too. 
"The kinge of Isradl on-hontynge wente," 
MS. Donee 261, f. 40. 

(2) One. 4^«ron,slike. ^/ on, agreed, ^er 
tn on, continually. / mime fm, I singly, I by 
myself: On one, together, MS. Cotton. Vespas. 
D. vii. of the thirteenth century. 

(3) Of; onwards. Far.diaL To be a little on, 
L e. to be approadiing intoxication. A female 
of any kind, when maris appetens, is said to 
be on. It is sometimes an expletive, as cheated 
on, cheated, &c. 

ONANS. Anon. Ritewu 

Hyi bon fet wald he noht tpare. 
To b« cam thar the robbour ware ; 
He jed unto thayr loge mam, 

Gg «fnrarwik€, MiddithUlMS. 

ONARMED. Took off his armour. 

Tryamowre wened to have hftd peae. 
And ammmud hym also tyte. 

Jr& Omlaft. Ff. iL 98, f. 76. 

ONBEAR. To uncover, applied to the opening 

of a quarry. Wett 
ON-BOLDE. Cowardly ; not fierce. 
A man oon he ys holde, 
Feballe he wexeth and on-bold*. 

jr& CofUab. Ff. U. 98, f. 80. 

ONBRAID. Toupbraid; toreproach. Pabgrmfe. 
ONCE. . Once for all. A common sense of the 

word in old plays. 
ONDE. (1) Zeal ; envy ; malice; hate ; hatred ; 
breath. {A.'S.) 

Aachamid with a pitova ofMfa, 
Sche tolde unto hire huabonde 
The lothe of alle the hole tale. 

Gotoor, If S. Soe, JmHq, 194, f. 44. 
(2) Ordained. Yorkeh. 
ONDEDELT. Immortal (^.-5.) 
ONDINE. To breathe. Prompt Parv, 
ONDOAR. One who expounds. 
ON-DREGHE. Back ; at a distance. 
ONE. (1) A ; an individual ; a person, year. dial. 
{IS Singular. Leie. 

^3) Alone; singly. (^.-5.) *<By soureselfe 
one,'' MS. Morte Aithure,f. 62. 
And ther y gan my woo oompleyne, 
WttKhyng and wepynge alle myn ooim. 

Gotoor, M8. 8oe. Antiq, 194, f. 98. 

ONE'AND-THIRTY. An ancient and very 
favourite game at cards, much resembling 
vingt-un. It could be played by two persons, 



as appears from Taylor^s Woricrs, 1630, ii. 181. 
It is mentioned in the Interlude of Youth, ap. 
Collier, iL 314; Earle's Microooemographyr 
p. 62 ; Taylors Motto, 1622, sig. D. iv ; Florio^ 
p. 578 ; Upton's MS. Adds, to Junius. 
ONED. (1) Made one ; united. (^.-5.) ' 
(2) Dwelt; remained. 

Than axed anon afr GU. 

To the baiouna that oned him hi. 



ONEDER. Behind. Cheek, According to 
Ray, this is the Cheshire pronunciation cf 
owidler, the afternoon. 
ONEHEEDE. Unity. {A.^) 
For Gode waMo ay with the Fader and the Sonne, 
And wythe the Holy Goat hi oMdWo* wonne. 

HmmpoUi, MS. Bewm, p. 19« 
And atefe then all that erer they nuy. 
To •mt kt dd and to chary td. 

MS. QmUb, rf . H. 9e» i; 9. 

ONELOTE. An oblation. 

ONEMENTE. A reconciliation. (^.-&> 
Bot onm mmt thar hym nevyr wcne. 
Or eythcr other herte have aought. 

jr&HarLSSSB. f. 115. 

ONENCB. Against Seyyn Sages, 2872. 
ONE-O'CLOCK. like one-o'clock, L e. very 

rapidly, ssid of a horse's movement, Ac 
ONE-OF-US. A whore. 
ONB.PENNY. '"BaeiUmda, the playe called, 
one penie, one penie, come after me," Nomen. 
dator, p. 298. 
ONERATE. To load. (Lai.) 
ONERLY. Lonely; solitary. North, 
ONES. Once. (iJ.-&) 

Evyr on hys mayatyn graTe he lay, 
Ther myght no man gete hym away 

For oght that they eowde do. 
But yf hyt wereofifw on the day. 
He wolde (torthe toget* hya praye. 
And aythenageyne he wolde goo. 

JfS. Cmttab. Ff . 11. 98, f. 74. 

ONE-SHEAIUSHEEP. A sheep between one 

and two years old. Var, dioL 
ONFANG. Received. {A.-S.) 
ON-FERROME. AJsr oif. (A.^) 

Bot Alexander went bi hym ane uppooe an hcghc 
eragge, whaze he myghte aec tnrftrrmmt fern bym» 
and thane he saw thia peateUendna beite the baaiUec. 

MS, UmeolM A. i. 17, f. 38. 

ONGOINGS. Proceedings; goings on. Norths 
ONHANDE. In the hand ; to the wilL It oc- 

curs in MS. Cott Vespss. D. vii, the Bgerton 

MS. reading wiht wiUe, 
ON-HELD. Bowed down. 
ON-HENELY. Ungently ; nnconrteously. 
ONICLE. The onvx. Onyefe, Wrighf s Lync 

Poetry, p. 25. (A.-N.) 
ONID. Mixed and jcnned. Batman nppon 

Bartholome, 1582. 
ONIMENT. Ointment Yocab. MS. 
ONING. The only one. {J^S.) 

And In the tenthe men myhte i» 
The oe nyi y and the uujtL 

MS, CM.FltelLC.zSILf.9B. 

ONION-PENNIES. «< At Sildiester in Hamp- 
shire they find great plenty of Roman coins, 
which tii^ call oiiipw pmudu from one Omon» 



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iHioiii fhej fyfiXiMbly hmef to have been a 
giint, and an inhabitant of thlt dty/' Kennett, 
MS. Laud. 1033. 

ON-LENTHB. Afsr. Gmpayne. 

ONLEPL TheiameafitfiOQraVq.T. OiJepUiekt 
oecim in MS. Arond. 57» f. 28. 

Ich lere iB« Qod, Vader Almfjtl, makera of 
bevcne and of ertho ; and lae Jean Crbt, hb aooe 
mleft, oatt Lotd. MS, Arund§l, 57, f. M. 

ONLIBST. Only. CJMk It la singularly 

used as a snperiative. 
ONLIGHT. To aligfat, or get down. Weti. 
ONLIKE. Alone ; only. (A.-SL) 
Bliiaad LavcKd God of Israel 
Tliat doa woAdtoi an/ttv wele. 

Ma.Xgtrtom9li,t,4». 
orthl boptcBM and of thi dodca, 
Ottmipdk lif that thoo hen ledok 

OvMT Jf HM^ JC8. CM, IWn. CmSaft. f. 79. 
0N.LOFT. Aloft. 

And gat up Into the tracaely and loft. 
And hyng hymaelf upoo a botrgh 4m»-7^. 

jr5.LMid.416,f.91. 
ONNETHE. Scarcely. (^.-5.) 

HtaB tfaoii5te that be was otmaetu alWe, 
For he was al oreroomo. 

MS, LomT. 106. f. 117> 
ONNISH. Somewhat tipsy. North. 
ONONE. Anon ; immediately. {J,'S.) 

And as [the73 nttatthe supeta. they kBewehym 
b bnkyng of bicde, asd otume He vanyste awaye 
fio hem. M8. Ltoeoln A. L 17. f. 188. 

ON.O.NENA. Always. Lane. 
ON-RYGHTE. Wrong. 

Hyt own lyfo for hor he lees 

Wyth mekolle MiiygMir. 

MS. Oamtmb. Ff. IL 88,1: «(. 

ONSAY. An onset 

ONSET. A dwelling.hoase and ont-bnildings. 

Ntrtk, A aingle fiffmhonse ia called an 

omtead. 
ONSETTEN. SmaU; dwsrfish. North. 
ON^AND. The rent paid by the ont-going 

to the in-going tenant of a fann for such land 

as the oUier has rightfully cropped before 

Ittvmg it North. 
ONSTE. Once. Chester Plays, ii. 103. 

ON^TBATB. Apart 

The atede stnk oirer the fbree, 
Aad atmyed o n Utt itft. 

MS. Ltaeoln A. L 17» f. 187* 

ONSWEBID. Answered. 

Kyng BdwartoMweHd agayne, 
1 wU go to theseerlcs twaao. 

MiS. Gmfeft. Ff. ▼. 48^ f. 83. 

OUT. Willnot; w'ont Wegt. 
ON-THENDB. Alject; out-cast 
ONTHER. Under. OctOTian, 609. 
ON-TfE. To untie. 

And yede Arondell all to nye. 
And woide have hym on-|y«. 

Jf9. Onuab. Ff . IL aa» f. 190. 
ONWILU. Unwillingly. Pr. Parv. 
ONYOLBUN. A herb mentioned in MS. BibL 
Keg. 12 B. L f. 14. 

00.(1) One. SeeO. 

Andatae woidesehepfauly ganhhn telle 
The chlldbmyfte hb power dide eooelle. 

I^Ogmt^, MM. Ac .itetfg. 184. f . 10. 



(2) Aye ; ever. Tnndala'a Virions, p. 49. 
OOBIT. The hrrm of the tiger-moth. 
OON. An oven. North. 
OONABLB. Awkward; unwiddly. 
GONE. Alone, only. (^.^) 

Alle nakld but hero schertb omm. 

They wepleand made modie mono. 

Gowsr, MS. Soe. Anttq. 184. f. 18. 

OON-EGG. A soft-egg, one laid before the 

shell is formed. W§8t. 
OONBYGHTTWYSLYE. Unrighteously. 
He was in Toskayae that tyme, and tuko of oure 

knyghttea. 
Areste theme ■sw i y g aWMyW^, and raunsmind theme 
aftyre. JArl» Arthmr^, MS. XAtcolM, f . 88. 

OONT. A want, or mole. WeBt, 

OONTY. Empty. Dewm. 

OOR. Hoary; aged. 

OOSER. A mask with opening jaws along with 
a cow's skin, put on for frightening people. 
Dorset. 

OOST. An host, or army. (J.'N.) 

OOTH. Wood; mad. Pr.Parv. 

OOZLING. Hairy. North. 

OP. To get up. Somerset. Also e/^, 

OPE. An opening. Weet. 

OPE-LAND. Land fai constant till, ploaghed 
up erery year. SvffoUt. 

OPEN. (1) A large caTcm. When a Tein ia 
worked open to the day, it is said to be open* 
east. A miner's term. 

(2) Not spayed, said of a sow, &c. East. 

h) MUd, said of the weather, rar. dial 

OPEN-BRS. Themedhff. (il.-5.) "Oponhers, 
medler," MS. Sloane 5, 1 6 ; openarees, MS. 
BodL 30. PalsgraTe has opyutrs. 

OPEN-HEDBD. Bare-headed. CAaueer. 

OPEN-HOUSE. To keep open-house, L e. to 
be exceedingly hospitable. 

OPEN-TIDB. The time between Epiphany 
and Ash-Wednesday, wherein marriages were 
publicly solemnized, was on that account for- 
merly called open-tide ; but now in Oxford- 
shire and sereral other parts, the time after 
harvest, while the common fields are free and 
open to all manner of stock, is called open- 
tide. Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 

OPER. A bumper of wine. Nortk, 

OPERANCE. Operation ; effect 

OPERANT. OperatiTe; fit for action. Hey- 
wood's Royall King, ug. A. vr. 

OPIE. Opium. (A.'N.) 

OPINION. (1) Credit ; reputation. 

(2) To o]rine ; to think. S^ffbU. 

OPPILATIONS. Obstructions. (Lai.) 

Thb Crocus b used very su c cs mft iHy for the 
green-sickness stopping of the Terms, Dropsy and 
other dtasasei. that proceed from OppUatUmat the 
Dose b tnm 10 gratais to a Drachm. 

Aubr^t WUU» MS. Raifal Soe. p. 111. 
OPPORTUNITY. Character; habit 
OPPOSE. To questmn ; to argue with. 
Problemes and demandes eke 
Hys wysdom was to finde and seke. 
Wherof he wolde in sondry wyse 
Ofpomte hem that weren wyse. 

Oocecp, MS. OeaUab. Ff. L 6,f. 96. 



OBD 



590 



OBI 



OPPBBSSB. totwUk. {J.'N.) ISxatbep- 

OPTIC. A magniiying-glASt. " Not leslbte 
but through an optick/' Nabbet* Bride, 1640, 
ng. G. L Cold has the ienn. 
OPUNCTLY. Opportmely. Oramm. 
OQWBRE. Anywhere? 

If hJs bowsholde baoftMr*, 
Thl pariihcn it he Uicra. 

MX aMtti6. rr. ▼. iB, t. 5, 
OR. (1) Ere ; before. North. 

Puaytdie pactaitl J th» tnu^gfcMooM 
Of mene dinreuled redretdng thihw mnmx, 
Umcf pntmnjag arthou do tlffoiir. 

J». QuUmb. Ff. i. 6, f . U9. 

(2) Lest Peroefal, 911. 

(3) Than. << Rather or that," an idiom still 
current in the midland ooimties. 

Ht woldeageyn for yoim lort bUd« 
IUUmt «r thai y dampnad wan. 

M8. Cantab, PH U. 98, f . 4S. 

(4) Their. Wright's Seven Sages, p. 47. 
ORANOE.TAWNBY. A dull orange colour. 
OR-A-ONE. Ever A one. SIntM. 
ORATION. Noise ; uproar. Tor. dial 
ORATORIE. A private ch^; a closet §or 

the purposes of prayer. (^-.iST.) 
ORBBLL. 

In theloiPMC border of thegarden, I mightteea 
oirloui orbatt, all of touch, wherein the Syracuian 
tynnta were no Una artf uUy portrayed, than their 
Mferall cnieltlee to lift difpli^cd. 

Bmitkwmttr* AreaMan FHMBm§, IgaS* IL 140. 

ORBS. Panels. Norainale MS. 
ORCBL. A small yase. {A.'N,) 
ORD. A point, or edge. {A.'S,) Ord md 
endef the beginning and end, Oy of Wanrike, 
p. 33, a common phrase. In Suffolk, a ]^- 
montory is called an ord. 

And toucheda htan with fhe iperM an^ 
Thatnavera aft he ne apak word. 

JtaHOMf ^ OMMf. p. 74. 
Ha hit him with the ipai«»«r4, 
Thuich and thurch Khaldai liord. 

Arthour and Merttn, p. 87B. 
Sanl hinuelf drowse his iword, 
And ran eren upon the orrf. 
CitnorMundi, MS, CM. Tiin, Cantab, f. 4a 

ORDAIN. To order ; to intend. Devon* 

ORDENARIE. An ordinance. (A.-N,) 

ORDER. Disorder; riot We§i. 

ORDERED. Ordained; in holy orders. 

ORDERS. A North.^x>untry custom at schools. 
In September or October the master is locked 
out of the school by the scholars, who, previ- 
ous to his admittance, give an account of the 
different holidays for the ensuing year, which 
he promises to observe, and signs his name 
to the orderSf as they are called, with two 
bondsmen. The return of these n^naf ordero 
ia the signal of capitulation ; the doors are 
immediately opmed; beef, beer, and wine 
deck the festiic board ; and the day is spent 
inminh. 

ORDERS-FOUR. The four orders of mendicant 
friars. Chaucer, 

ORDINAL. The rituaL 

ORDINANCE. (I) ntte. Shah. 



(2) Ofderly dispoaiftkm. (^.-M) 

(3) Apparel. Palsgrave, 1590. 
ORDINATE. Regular; orderly. {Lai.} 

PorbethatitOBdcth data and m dt m mtt. 
And pioude happb iiiflkecb undenlide. 

BiMriw«. MS. Boe. JnHq. IH^CnL 

0RD0NIN6. Ordinance. Pabgra»e. 
ORB. (1) Over. Var. dial 

(2) Graee ; favour ; mercy. (A^JS.) 

Syr, haaeyda, for Cryatya are. 
Leva, and bete ma ■• man. 

MS, Camtab. Pf. Il.«,f. 96. 

(3) Sea-weed, used for manure. South. HoUn- 
shed, Chron. Ireland, p. 183,mentiiOBi orewade. 

(4) A kind of fine wooL 
ORF. Cattle. (^.-5.) 

Into the bnria they forth kaedie 
Here or/, for that they wolden tacche. 

Oocecp, MS. StcjhMq, 134, L S. 

ORFRATS. Embroidery. {A.-N,) The term 
isperh^m most generally applied to the bor- 
ders of embroidery or needle-work, down the 
cope on each side in front See Gotgrave. 
** Orphrey of red velvet," Dugdale'* Monast 
iiL 283. It occurs in Chancer. 
Fretena of arfratfn feata appone ididdet. 

Jitrfa ifrlkiire, JC5. lijuafo, f . 96. 

ORGAMENT. Wild maijorum. 

The blood of harta buiMd tofethar with herba- 
drafon, ordianea, argmmmu, and matftrk have the 
tame power to draw eerpeuti out of tfaalt holea, 
which the harta have being attae. 

Tvfiaar* Four FMtad Beatta, 1607* P* ^SD, 

ORGAN. The herb pennyroyaL 
ORGAN AL. An organ of the body. 
ORGLES. Orguis. Weber, 
Oure gentyl ler Jone, Joy hym mot betyde. 

He la a mer< mon of mony among eumpan^, 
Haoeiiharpa,heeont]rng, hiaargAwben haidlUwyd, 

Ha wyl nojt ipare hla preie to ipund hia adavi. 

jr&Oniec60i,f. 3. 

ORGULOUS. Proud, (^.-ivr.) Oiyvfsif, proud- 
e8tMorted'Arthnre,ii.4S2. Oryn^r^e, pnde, 
ibid, it 111. 

ORIEL. This term is stated by Mr. Hamper to 
have been formerly used in various aenoea, 
viz. a penthouse; a porch attached to any 
edifice ; a detached gate-house ; an upper- 
story ; a loft ; a galle^ for minstrels. See a 
long dissertation in the Ardueologiav xxiii. 
106-116. Perhaps, however, authority for 
an interpretation may be found which vnll 
compress these meanings, few vrords having 
really so comprehensive and varied an oae. 
It may generally be described as n reoesa 
within a buildiug. Blount has oriol^ ** the 
little waste room next the hall in some boaaes 
and monasteries, where particular persona 
dined ;" and this is dearly an authorised and 
corroct explanation. Niri in rrfeetorio vel 
oriofo/irafuferef, Mat. Paris ; inht^reUu^gfuad 
portieue 9ei oriohtm tggpeUaturt ibid. The 
oriel was sometimes of considerabledimeniions 
See a note in Warton, i. 176. 

ORIENT. The east. (y/.-JST.) 

ORIGINAL. Dear; beloved. Line. 

ORISE. To plane, or make smooth. Wa$t, 



ORR 



591 



OST 



ORISON. A pncfer. 

When thai had* made theire mpim, 
A T07M aune fro heven dowD, 
That alls men myit hen ; 
And leid. The loale of this lyiifuUe wijt 
h woaaea iatoheren bright^ 
To Jhestt leCe and dere. 

MS. Qtniab. Ft. r. 48, f. 47. 

ORISONT. Theborizoa. (A.-N,) 
ORISSB. To iMnepare, or make ready. 
ORL. The sMer.tree. Wett. 
ORLIAUNCB. Orleant. (^..M) 
Rede wyn. the claret, and the white. 
With Teynt aod Alycaimt, In whom I delite ; 
Wyn ryrcn and wyn take abo, 
Wjme of Langdoke and of Orliaunee therto, 
Senglebere, and othlr that it dwoMle, 
Which eausltb the brayn of num to trouble. 

M8, RawU C. 8flL 
ORLINO. An ffl.grown chfld. North. 
0RLIK6S. The teeth of a comb. 
ORLOGB. A dock, or dial (^.-M) 

Geioiye lalle kepe the orlcye, and safle wakkyne 
the other ladyie, and makethame arely to ryse and 
gothewyllylyere to thaire serryue. 

MS, Lbuoln A. I. 17, f. S76. 

ORL06ER. A man wbo keeps docks. 
ORN. (1) Either. Somertet. 
(2) To nm ; to flow. (^.--S.) 

He om ajein him with gretejoie. 

And Mclupte him and cuite. 

MS. Laud. 108, f. ft. 
ORNACT. (Mtiyated language. 
ORNAKT. Ordinary. Far. dioL 
ORNATB. Adorned. {Lot.) 

The miJke white ewnanes then atnOa'd In etile 

rablime. 
Of ornate vene, xidi proee, and aerroua rime* 
In ihort, to teUen all, doth not behove, 
Wheaxe welloome, sat weare powt'd in cuppeof love. 

MS. BM. Rtg. I7. B. XV. 

ORNATELY. Regularly ; orderly. 
ORNDERN. Same as ^oiMfom, q. V. 
ORNIFIED. Adorned. Oxon. 
ORPBD. Bold; stout. The term bused by late 
writers. It occurs in Golding's Ovid, and in 
the Herrings Tale, 1598. 

Hottodea thor be the whiche beth bolde and 
tfpede, and beth deped bdde, for thel be bolde and 
foode for the hert. MS, Bodl. M6. 

Orpediieh thott theUstere, 
And thi loud thou fond to were. 

.drthour mnd MerUm, p. 65. 
Dooket, kinges and barount, 
Orfod iqaSen and ganouns. 

^KAovr ofidJf tr/in, p. 81. 
That they wolle gete of here acorde 
Sum orptd kny;te to sle thlslorde. 

Gower, MS. Soe. Jntiq. 134, f. U. 

ORPHARION. A kind of musical Instrument in 

the form of a lute. 
ORPINE. Ydkw arsenic « Orpine or arse- 

Dike,'' Hollyband's Diet. 1593. 
ORR. A globular piece of wood used in playinir 

atdoddart. * 

ORRI. A nme for A dog. See MS. BibL Rag. 

7E.iv.tl63. 
ORROWBR. HoriOT. Pr.Pan. 



ORSADT. TiueL See Jfte^ne. 

ORTS. Scraps j fragments. For. dUU. Ikis a 

common nchaism. 
ORUALE. The herb orpin. 
ORUL. To have a longing te. West. 
ORYBULLY. Teirihly. 

Heapperyd ftaBe mwfmtt^, but not as hedndbefom. 

MM. Cantab. Ft. tl. 88, f.tt. 

ORYBLLB. Thealder-tiee. iV.Pom 

ORYNALLE. Anu(inaL 

Anon he aakud an nri>weffi echene. 
And sawe theryn of kyng and queue. 

Jf & GmAi*. Ff. IL 88, Ci W. 

ORYONS. The orient, or east. 
Btonyi of eiyMw gret plenty, 

Hir here aboute hlr hed hit hoi^ ; 
She rode out over that lovely le, 
A-while ihe blew, a* while ahe wot^. 

MS. Canto^^. Ft. ▼.46,£ IJC 

ORYTHE. Alight Arch. xxx. 357. 
OSCHIVES. Bone.handled kniTes. 
OSBY. A kind of wine, mentioned in the Squyr 
of Lowe Degr^, 762 ; Harrison, p. 167 ; N«g» 
PoeticsB, p. 10 ; MS. Morte Artbure, 1 5(k 
Her land hath wine, oMy, waxe, and gzalne, 
Figgct, reysins, hony and eordoweyne. 

Haklv^ft Navigation*, 1880, 1. 188. 

OSIARD. An osier-bed. PiOtgraoe. 
OSKIN. An oxgang of land, which varies in 

quantity in different places. 
O.SLANTB. Aslant ; slanting. 

me hand sleppid and ilode o-otamta one the inayles. 

Aferfe Arthmra, MS. Uneoln, t. 88. 

OSMOND. A kind of iron. Manners and 

Household Expences, p. 301. 
OSNY. To forbode ; to predict. West. 
OSPREY. The sea-eagle. Palsgrave calls it 

the atprinff. 
OSPRYNG. Oflf^pring. 

I wolde that Bradmonde the kyng 
Were here with all hit otprpng. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. B. 3B. f. 1<». 

OSS. To offer, begin, attempt, or set about 
anything ; to be setting out ; to recommend a 
person to assist you. Chesh. Ray gives the 
Cheshire proverb, ** ossing comes to bossing.'' 
Edgewortb, temp. Hen. YIIL, uses to os$ for 
to prophesy. 
OSSELL. Perhaps. Yorish. 
OSTA YLE. An inn, or lodging. 

And in her place he toke hJs o9ta9U, 
Suppoeyng a lytill while ther to duelle. 

Jir5. Laud. 416, f. «9. 
Men taf^te hym tone to hem weyl. 
He come and toke ther fayi oata^l. . 

MS. Hmrl.l'm, t.lB. 

O-STEDE. Instead. 

The whyche, aa the cuitum waa, 
SoDgea Mad o-^ttda of thenuMae. 

MS. Camtab. Ft. L 6, f. 48. 

OSTBNTS. Appearances ; prodigies. 
When amMtions Pylet, th' eifenieof pride 
To dust ihall fall, and In their ruins hide. 

Randolph* i J\if nu, 1643. 

OSTERY. An inn. This word occurs in MS. 
Addit. 11812, f. 12. The term osthouae ii 
used in YcMrkshire. Palsgrave haa oetry. 



OUM 



592 



OUT 



OSTILLBR. Anoeiler. yoaib.MS. 
OSTRECB. AiiBtria. Heam^. 
OSTREGIER. Aftlconer. This term wu gene- 
rally limited to a keeper of goshawks and 
leroeb. (htrmffer oocmrt in Bloont's Glots. 
p. 459, and Shakespeare has attringer. 
OSTRICH-BORDE. Wainscoting. 
OSTYLMENT. Furniture. QuiUbet uiemile 
m domo, JngUee, ostylment of howse, MS. 
BibLBeg. 12B.i,f.l3^ 
OSTTRB. An oyster. NominaleMS. 
OTE. Knows. {^,-8,) 
OTEN. Often. Samenet 
OTHE. To swear. Still in ose, according to 
Moor's Snflfolk Words, p. 258. " ^4riirare, to 
othe/' MS. Egerton 829, f. 17. 
OTHER. Or; either; or else. {J.-S,) 
OTHER-GATES. Otherways. North. 
OTHER-SOME. Some other. A quaint but 
pretty phrase of frequent ooconence. Other- 
where, in some other place. 

Some Uaaliniwda hymaiid nld. fy one hym thst 
dbtroycit and wik armma taU», othixt meM MTCd 
te« bot hymeift he may nott hdpe. 

MS, LiiiMln A. L 17, f. 183L 
How ih* doth play tha wvthcr-cocka. 

That tame with every windei 
To MiBe die will be fooUihe stout. 
To oMerMNM as kinde. 

Gaulfrido and Bmmardo, I570i 

OTHER.WHILE. Sometimes. Var.dUiL 
Than dwellyd they togedur same, 
Wytb mckylle yoyeaad game, 

TheroT they wastyd ryght noght : 
They wcDt on hawkyng be the rercr. 
And thtrwhffU to take the dei«, 
Wbeve that they gode thoght. 

M& Ctentaft. Ff. ii. 98, f. 80. 

OTrOBfTTES. The Ottomans. Shak. 

OTTRE. Tontter. Lydgate, p. 150. 

OTWO. In two; asunder. {A,'S.) 
Al hem thoghte they wttlde here slo, 
For they dove here mouthe erya ohM. 

ir& HarL 1701, £. 11. 

OTYRE. An otter. It is the translation of 
hUrieku in Nominale MS. 

OU. How. MS.Digby86. 

OUCH. A jewel " Ouche a jowell, bague," 
PalsgraYC; ** ouche for a bonnet, ajfflegttet, 
effiehet,** ibid. The term seems to have been 
sometimes applied to various ornaments. 
Of gyidils and browchis, of MocAitand rynggis, 
Pottys and pens and bollb for the fest of NowelL 

jr&LaiMr.416,f.97. 

0U6HBN. To owe ; to possess, or own. (if .-5.) 
A eertala king, which* when he called his 
servants to aeoompts, had one brought to him 
which tmiflm him ten thousand talents. 

Bseofi** FTerJfc*, p. IM. 

Amaris he hight, that many a toune cught. 
Prince was of Portingall, proudest In thought. 

Jtotond, MS. Lanti. 888, f. 388. 

OUGHT. Somethuig suitable. Suuex. 

OULB. 

Bat e«is on stokandstok on oiils. 
The more that a man defoale. 

Qower, MS. Soe. JmHq, 134, f . 88. 

OUMER. The grayling fish. Nwrth. 



OUNDE. (1) A kind of lace. (2) A cuH. 
Omufy, waging, cnily, said of hair laid in 
rolls. (if-M) 

Cloth of gold of tlssoe entH«d ewMk the one with 
the other, the cmmIs Is warke wavyngeup and donnep 
and all the borders as wdl tiapper as other was 
garded with lettcn of fine golde. 

Hflff, Hemv VIU. t.79. 
The hynder of hym was lyk pnrpure, and the tayle 
was ewnded oTcrthwert withaeokHirreedeasroee. 

MS. Uneolm A. L 17, f. 99. 
OUNFERD. Displeasure ? 

To thi nejbour fore lore of me, 
To make debate ny dyscorde. 
And thou dust me more ounfard. 

Then tha5 thoa wentnst berefote in the strate. 

MS, JDotfof 3QS, XT. Cent. 

OUNGOD. Bad; wicked. (^..&) 
OUNIN. AweakspoUtboy. North. 
OUNSEL. The deriL From the old word 
ountdii wicked. "Ich were ounaeli," MS. 
Digby86. (A.-S.) 
OUPH. A fairy, or sprite. ShaJt. 
OUR. (1) Hour. Still in use. 

There may areste me no plcasannce. 
And ewp be ewr I CelegrsTaunoe. 

MS. Cmuab. Ff. L 6. f. 117. 

Anywhere. Weber. 

Over. Still in use. This would generaDy 
be printed ovre. 

Hit wm Md 9m0 a broke, 
Therto no man hede UAe ; 
Oyre a streme of watur dene. 
Hit serryd as a brygge I wene. 

Jf & Qititaft. Ff. ▼. 48, f. 30. 
(4) A tenn implying relationship. Our Thomae, 

Thomas belonging to our fsmily. Far. dioL 
OURN. Ours. Far. dial 
OURT. Dirty ;ill.looking;mitidy. Unc. 
OUSE. The liquor in a tanner's yat. 
OUSEL. The blackbird. 
House-doves are white, and eoteb MadteMrda bee» 
Yet what a diflbrenoe in the taste we see f 

The 4^bc««uife Oufhrnrd, ISM. 
OUSEN. Oxen. North. 
OUSET. A few small cottages together, like a 
Highland clachan. The word is originally 
oustead, one-stead, L e. one fturmhonse and its 
appurtenances standing ao/nf, all alone by 
itself, and no other one near it. North. 
OUST. To turn out Var, dial 
OUT. (1) Away! It is often an exclamation of 
disappointment. {A.'S.) Otitt alat f ocean 

in Shakespeare. 
The gentill prynoe and his pepull to London did pasee, 
Intothedt^ he cntcryd with a company of man and 



Forthewidiehisenmyscryed, Oiele and alas! 
Thayrered oolownis chaungid to palehewe; 
Thanne the nobyll prynoe began werkys new. 
He toke priionera a kyng and a elerke, loo. 
How the will of God in every thynge is doo ! 

MS.Bibl. Reg.l7D.xw. 

(2) Full ; completely. Tempest, L 2. Still in 
use, Heref. GL p. 76. 

3^ An excursion of pleasure. 

4) Out c^erjf, out of measure. See the Comedy 
of Patient Grissd, p. 20. Omtqf heart, wtan 
out, applied to land ; down-heaited, to a man. 



i: 



OUT 



593 



OUT 



(kt Mt keeU, oui at tie el6ow9, Tery shabbily 
dressed. Out at ley, said of cattle feeding in 
hired pastures. Ont qf hand, immediately, 
without delay. Out vf temper, too hot or too 
cold. 0M/q^/A«iM9, extravagant, imcommon. 
Tehe at oute, to quarrel. To make no ante 
ttfapenon, not to onderstand him. 
OUTAMY. To injure, or hm^? 

Ac the helm was lo hard y-wrojt. 

That he mijt outamif him nojt 

Wyth no d jnt of twerde. 

MS. Mhmole, 33, f. 49. 
OUT-AND-OUT. Throughout ; entirely ; com- 
pletely. Out-and-outer, a slang phrase im- 
plying anythiiig supremely excellent. 

The kyng was good alle ahoute. 

And she was wyckyd outeand <mu. 

For ah^ was of suche oomforte. 

She lovyd meoe ondir her lorde. 

MS, RawlintoH C. 86. 

OUTAS. (1 ) The octaves of a feast. 

(2) A tomuh, or uproar. Nominale MS. 

OUT-ASKED. On the third time of publication, 

the couple are said to be out-asked, that is, 

the ssking is oat or over. Used in the South- 

Esst of England. 
OUT- BEAR. To bear one out ; to support one 

in snything. Palegrave. 
OUT-BORN. Removed. (^.-&) 
OUT-BY. A short distance from home. 
OUT-CAST. The refuse of com. Pr, Parr, 

It is explained in Salop. Antiq. p. 524, ** the 

OTerplus gained by maltsters between a bushel 

of bsrley, and the same when converted into 

malt" 
OUT-CATCH. To overtake. North. 
OUT-CEPT. To except. Palsgrave, 
OUTCOME. A going out. It occurs in MS. 

Cotton. Vespas. D. vii. 
OUT-COMLING. A stranger. Lane. 
OUT-CORNER. A secret or obscure comer. 

" An oui-nooAe in a towne where poore folkes 

dwell," Florio, p. 97. Out-place, Palsgrave. 
OUT-CRY. An auction. An auctioneer was 

called an OK<-tfrier. 
OUT-DONE. Undone. 

A supper was drest, the king was a guest. 
But he thought 'twould have outdons him. 

Robin Hood, ii. 169. 
OUT-DOOR-WORK. Field-work. Weet. Aho 

called outenjwork. 
OUTELICHE. Utterly; entkely. 
OUTEN. Strange ; foreign. Outener, a non- 

resident, a foreigner. Lme. 
OUTENIME. TodeUver. (J.-S.) 
OUT-PALL. AquanrcL North. 
OUT-PARING. Lying wHhout. Somereet. 
OUTGANG. A road. North. 
OUT-GO. To go faster, or beat any one in 

^ndking or ridmg. 
OUT-HAWL. To clean ont. Suffolk. 
OUTHEES. Outcry. (Med.Lat.) 
OUTHER. Either. Still in use. 

And jyf y were de yn outher werlde, 
Uys preyer shuJde for me be herde. 

MS. HarU 1701, f. 70. 
II. 



For otiffter U wille falle on the umbre toward or 
OD the urobre Aroward. MS. Sluano SIS. 

OUTHOLD. To hold out ; to resist. 

OUT-HORNE. An outlaw. 

OUTING. (1) A feast given to his friends by an 
apprentice, at the end of his apprenticeship : 
when he is out of his time. In some parts of 
the kingdom, this ceremony is termed by an 
apprentice and his friends burying his wife. 
Line. 

(2) An airing. Var. diaL 

(3) An evacuation, or letting-ont. North. 
OUTLAY. Expenditure. Var. dial. 
OUTLER. An animal not housed. North. 
OUTLERS. Out-standing debts. YorkeA. 
OUT-LESE. The privilege of turning cattle 

out to feed on commons. North. 
OUT-LESS. Unless. Yorkeh. 
OUTNER. A stranger. North. 
OUT-OF. Without. 

Neither can anything please God that we do. If it 

be done out-o/ charity. Beeon*s Works, p. IM. 

OUTPARTERS. Thieves. 
OUT-PUT. To cast out. {A.-S.) 
OUTRAGE. Violence. {A.-N.) 
OUTRAIE. To injure; to ruin; to destroy. 
(J.'N.) Palsgrave explains it, to " do some 
outrage or extreme hurt." 
Sir Arthure, thyne enmy, has owtenifods thi lordes. 
That rode for the rcscows of 3000 riche knyghttea 

Morio Arthure, MS. Lincoln, f. 74. 

OUTRAKE. An out-ride or expedition. To 
raik, in Scottish, is to go fast. Outrake is a 
common term among shepherds. When their 
sheep have a free passage from inclosed pas- 
tures into open and airy grounds they call it 
a good outrake. Percy. 

OUTRANGE. Confusion. (A.~N.) 

OUTRE-GUIDANCE. Pride. (Fr.) 

OUT-REDE. To surpass in counsel. (A.^S.) 

OUTRELY. Utterly. {A.-N.) 

OUT-RIDERS. (1) Bailifis errant, employed by 
the sheriff^ to summon persons to the courts. 
See Blount's Law Dictionary, in v. 

(2) Highwaymen. Somerset. 

OUT-ROP. A public auction. North. "An 
out-cry or outrope,'' Howell, 1660. 

OUTSCHETHE. To draw out a sword. 

OUTSCHONNE. To pluck out. (A.-S.) 

OUTSETTER. An emigrant. Yorksh. 

OUT-SHIFTS. The outskirts. East. 

And poore schollers and souldlers wander in backe 
lanes, and the out-shiftes of the cltie, with never a 
rag to their baekea. Nash's Pierce Pennilesee, 1S92. 

OUTSHOT. A projection of the upper stories 
in an old house. North. Hence outshot' 
window. 

OUTSIDE. (1) At the most. Var. dioL 

(2) Lonely; solitary; retired. North. In 
Dorsetshire it is outstep. 

OUTSTEP. Unless. 

My son's in Dybell here, In Caperdochy, I'tha 
gaol» for peeping into another man's purse; and« 
outstep the king be miserable, he's like to totter. 

Hey wood's Edward IF. p. 78* 

OUT-TAKE. To deliver. {A.-S.) 

38 



OVB 



594 



OVE 



OUT-TAKEN. Taken out; excepted- Out- 
takey except, is also common. It occurs 
several times in Lydgate. 

Bot he myjts nojte wynne over, tiie wmter wm so 
depe and «o brade, bot If it bad bene in the monethe 
of July and Auguste ; and alto it was fttlla of ypo- 
tayiiM and scorpyonct, and cooadriUea, vtU-tdktnm in 
the fonald monethes. MS. Unodn A. 1. 17. f* 31. 
Alle that y have y graunt the 
Owttake my wyfc. 

MS. Cantab. Ft, U. 38, f. 98. 

OUTWALK. Refuse. North, 
OUTWARD. An outside. Shak, 
OUTWERINGNES. Abuse. (J.-S.) 
OUT-WINDERS. Bow-windows. South, 
OUT-WRIGHE. To discover. (^.-S.) 
OUZE. Mud. Still in use. 

To voyage hl« large empirei aa aecure 
Ai In the iafe»t<»ttee» where they anuie 
Themselves at rest. 

H«yt0O(Mr« Marriage Triumpke, 1613. 

0U3TE. Aught; anything. 

But that thynge may y not embrace 
For ovue that y can ti^eke or doo. - 

Gower, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 46. 

Hon faryth that noble clerk. 
That mckyl can on Goddys werk, 

Knowest thou oujt hys state ? 
And come thou ou^t be the eer! off Stane, 
That wurthy lord in hyi wane, 

Wente thon imp that gate ? 

Romance of JtheUtnn, 

OVEN. (l)Thefollowingproverb is given by Ray, 

and is still in use. 

A suspldotts ill Uver, for the wife would never 
have aought ber daughter in the oven unleaae the 
hcnalf e had becne there in former time& 

The Man in tha Moone, 1800, >ig' F. iii. 

(2) A great mouth. Var. dial, 
OVEN-BIRD. The long-tailed titmouse. It's 

nest is called an oven't-nett. 
OVENED. Sickly ; shrivelled. Lmo. 
OVEN-RUBBER. A pole used for stiiring the 

fire in a large oven. 
OVER. (1) Compared with. Weti, 

( 2) Upper. Still in use. 

(3) Above ; besides ; beyond. (A.-S.) 
,4) To recover ; to get over. North. 

(5) Important ; material. JSxmoor. 

(6) Too. Sir Perceval, 1956. 

(7) 7b put one over the door, to turn him out. 
Over the left^ disappointed. 

OVERAIGNES. Gutters. 
OVKR-ALL. Everywhere. 
OVERANENT. Opposite. Far. dial 
OVERBLOW. To blow hard. Cheeh. 
OVERBOD. Remained or lived after. {A.^S.) 
OVER-BODIED. When a new upper part is 

put to an old gown. Lane. 
OVER-BUY. To give more for anything than 

it is really worth. 
OVER-CLOVER. A boy's game, so caDed in 

Oxfordshire, the same as Warner, q. v. They 

have a song used in the game, commendngp 

*' Omt clooer. 
Nine times over.** 

OVER^IBAPFID. Surfeited. Devon. 



OVERCROW. To triumph over; to fostain. 
** Laboured with tooth and naile to overcrow,*' 
Holinshed, Chron. Ireland, p. 82. 
OVER-DREEP. To overshadow. 

The aapiring nettles, with their shadie tops,ahall 
BO longer wer-draep the best hearbs, or keep them 
from the imiling aspect of thecuane. tlutt live and 
thrive by comfortable beamea. 

yaOk't Pierce Pennileeee, 1S92. 
OVERE. Shore. (J.-S.) Jennings has owrt, 
the perpendicular edge, usually covered with 
grass, on the sides of salt-water rivers. 
For michulle hongur, I undttxatoade. 
She come out of Sexlonde, 
And rived here at Dovere, 
That stondet upon the seea overw* 

MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f. 96. 

OVERESTB. uppermost. {A.-S.) 
An appllle overeste lay on lofte. 
There the poyson was in dighte. 

MS. HarU 2SSS, f. 98. 

OVERPACE. To cheaL Somerset. 
OVER-PARE. To go over. It occurs in MS. 

Cotton. Vespas. D. vii. 
OVBR-PLOWN. Intoxicated. 
OVER-PLUSH. An overplus. Eaet. 
OVER-PRET. Made into fretwork. 
Scho come in a velvet, 
With white perle aterfret. 

MS. Unceln A. L 17, f. ISS. 

OVERGANGBR. One who escapes. 

By Jacob in baly writt ea undirstaade ane ever* 

ganger of synnes. MS. lAnuOn A. L 17, f. tM. 

OVERGET. To overtake. Var.dial. Itoccuia 

in Palsgrave, 1530. 
OVERGETH. Passed over. 
The tyme of 5eria eeergeth 
' That he was a man of brede and Ingtbe. 

Gower, M8. Soe, Atitiq. IM, f. S7- 

OVERGIVE. (1) To ferment (2) To thaw. 

East. 
OVER-GO. To pass over. {A.-S.) It is here 
used for the part. pa. 

As 1 went this undyre tyde. 
To pley mc be myn orcherd lyde^ 
1 fell on slepe aU-be.dcBe, 
Under an ympe upone thegrcBei 
My meydens durat me not wake, 
Bot lete me lyje and slepe take, 
Tyll that the tyme over-pasaydso. 
That the undryne was o»er-go, 

MS. Aehmeieil, xv. Cent« 
OVER-HAND. The upper-hand. North. 

Thurghe the heipe of our goddls, he schallehafe 
the over-hande of alle 50ure neghtebours, and jour 
name schalle spred over alle the vrerlde. 

MS. Uneein A. L 17, f- 3. 
He sent us never bo schame ne aehencfaipe in erthe, 
Bot ever fit the oeer4umde of alle other kyngei. 

Mofie drthure, MS. Uneein, 1 06. 

OVERHED. A cut given over the head in 

fencing. Kyng Alisaunder, 7396. 
OVERHERRE. Superior. (^.-5L) 

Spaynardiii also that withoute doute bothe in 

nombre of peple and strengthe of bodies of olde 

tyme have ben oure otterherre, 

Vegeciue, MS. DeueeKl, f. 5. 
OVERHEW. To overgrow and overpower, as 

strong plants do weak ones. Bast. 
OVER-HIS. To overtake. North, 



0TB 



595 



OWE 



OVEB.HILT. Covered over. (A.'&) 
OYER-HIP. To bop, or pMS over. 
OVER-HOPE. Sangnineness. (y#..&) 
Od yi prenimpdoB of herte bold. 
That ys overhtp» ob Yngliidie told. 

MS.BtM^49,t, 183. 

0VER.HOUSS.MBN. SmaU wire drawers. 
OVERING. Pasnng over. Var. dial 
OVERIST-WERKS. The deiestory. 
He bebeld tte wvrke AiU wele. 
The oiMnftt^werk0 abov« th« w«IIe 
Ome tchyne a» doth the erystallo. 
A haodKth tyrttca he mw full stout. 
So godly th«i wtr baceyled aboute. 

M8, J*hnuA9 61, xv. Cent. 
OVER-KEEP. Good living. Far. dioL 
OVERLAND. A roofless tenement. Overland' 
ftrmf a parcel of land without a bouse to it. 
Devon. 
OVERLAYER. A piece of wood used to place 
the sieve on, a£ter washing the ore in a vat. 
Der^ Amiiiuig term. 
OVER-LEDB. To oppress. Lydgaie. 
OVERLIGHT. To alight, or descend. Wttt 
OVERLING. Ruler ; master. 
I have made a kcpare, a knyghte of thyn awene, 
Owrllnv of Tnglande undyre thytdvene. 

Jforte ArthMn, MS. UnaOn, f.OO. 

OVER-UVE. To outlive. (^..5.) 
OVERLOOKED. Bewitched. fFett The term 

occmv in Shakespeare. 
OVERLY. (1) Slight; snperfidaL Sometimes 
sn sdveih. " I will doe it, but it sbal be 
overfy done, or to be ridden of it," HoUyband's 
Dictionarie, 1593. " Thou doest this ooerUe, 
or onely for an outward shewe," Baret, 1580. 
He prayeth but with an ooerl^ desire, and not 
from the deep of his heart, that will not bend his 
andeaTonrs withal to obtahi what he desireth : or 
Tather faideed he prayeth not at all. 

Sa$td«rmi^s Senmoiu, 1689, p. 51. 

(2) To oppress. Overlie, oppressively, Stani- 

hursf s Ireland, p. 22. 
OVERMASTE. Overgrcat. (A^S,) 
Gye was oon of the twelve, 
Ovtrmatte beaatn behymsdvtt. 

MS, Oamab, Tt. tt. », f. 21K. 
OYERBfASTEH. To overcome one. 
OVER-MEASURE. One in twenty given over 

and above in the sale of com. 
OVERNOME. Overtaken. (^.-5.) 
OVER-PEER. To overhang. Shak, It occurs 

in Cotgrave, in v. Nageoire. 
0VER4)UALLE. Be destroyed. {A,*S,) 
That jere whete ahalbe oTer alle ; 
Thet shalle inony childur nwi- fjiieZ/s. 
^, M8. Cantab, Pf. ▼. 48, f. 77. 

OVER-RINNE- To overtake. (^.-51) 
OVER.RUN. To leave unfimshed. Weet, 
OVER.SAIL. To project over, a term used by 
bricklayers. North. *' Ere I my malice doake 
or e^ertUe," Du Bartas, p. 357, which seems 
to be used m a similar sense. 
OVERSCAPE. To escape. 

Whkhe tot to counte Is but a Jape, 
As thynge wfaiche thott iny5te e iw i ic g jj s . 
^ Goifwr. MS. aoe, Antiq, 134, f. 53. 

OVER -SCUTCHED -HUSWIVES. Whores. 



Sk&k, ** An overswitcht hooswife, a Imm 
wanton slut, a whore," Kennett, MS. 
OVERSE. Tooverkiok. Paleyrave, 

That he should rule, overti, and canrect the ma- 
aers andcondicions of the people. 

Haa,l54S,Hen.r.f.I. 

OVERSEEN. (1) Mutaken; deceived. Weet. 
It occurs in PaJsgrave. 

(2) Tipsy. '< Well nigh whittled, almost dmnke, 
somewhat overeeene,*' Cotgrave. SeeThoms' 
Anecd. and Trad. p. 54. 

OVERSEER. (1) An overlooker frequently ap- 
pointed in old wills. Sometimes the exe- 
cutor was so called. According to MS. HarL 
3038, " too secuturs and an overseere make 
thre theves.'* 

(2) A man in the pillory. 

OVERSET. To overcome. Still hi use. 

OVERSHOOT. To get intoxicated. 

OVERSLEY. The lintel of a door. 

OVER-STOCKS. Upper-stockings. Barel, 

OVER-STORY. The clerestory. 

OVERTAKE. 

Summe of hem began to strife, 
Oret optrtake toe to dryfei 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ▼. 4Bp f. 13. 

OVERTAKEN. Intoxicated. 
OVERTE. Open. {A,-N.) 
OVERTHROWE. To fall down. (^.-5.) 
OVERTHWART. Across ; over against. (AS.) 
As an adjective, cross, contrary, contradic- 
tory, perverse, opposite. It is sometimes a 
vert>> to wrangle. 
That strefeas the nekes out ala the hert. 
And als ane hors of prys that lokes a^mtohert* 

M8.awU8aB9, 
He thawght his hart so wmthwart^ 

His wysdom was so suer-a. 
That nature could not frame by art 

A bewty hym to lurea. MS. J^ntole 48, 1. 190. 
OVER-TIMELICHE. Too early. (A.-S.) 
OVER-WELTED. Overturned. North. We 

have over-wait J overcome, in Syr Gawayne. 
OVERWEMBLE. To overturn. Bede. 
OVER-WHILE. Sometimes ; at length. 
OVER-WORN. Quite worn out. Eaut, 
OVER- YEAR. Bullocks which are not finished 
at three years old, if home-breds, or the first 
winter after buying, if purchased, but are 
kept through the ensuing summer to be fatted 
the next winter, are said to be kept overly ear, 
and are termed over-year bullocks. Norfolk, . 
OWIS. The eaves of a house. Dewm, 
OW. You. Still in use in Yorkshire. 
OWE. To own ; to possess. 

Ah, gfKxl young daughter, I may call thee so. 
For thou art lilse a daughter I did otew. 

ChroH. Hue. i^King heir, 1605. 
When Charles the fifth went with his ai my e Into 
Afflrique and arived at Larghera, a aoUe dtty of 
Sardinia, there happened an exceeding great wonder, 
for an oxe brought forth a oalfe with two heades, and 
the woman that did otcw the oxe, presented the 
calfe to the Kmperor. 

npeeV* Faur-yboted Beottt, lfl07, p. 90. 

OWENNE. Own. {A.-S.) 

To lese myne owetme lyfe therfore. 

MSn LincoUt A. L 17, f. Hu* 



OWY 



596 



05T 



OWERB. An ewer. " Basyne and owere," 

MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 135. 
OWIIEKE. Anywhere. {A,-S.) 

The bejmt hille that wm owhore, 

The flood overpaMed leven ellen and more. 

CwiorMundi, MS. CoU. Trin. Omtab. f. 12. 
A5en langoure ihe beste medicyne 
In alle this world that owhere may be founde. 

Ufdgate^ MS* Soc. AnHq, 134, f.il. 
For thogh y be bryghte of blee. 
The fayrest nun that yi owghtwhan. 

MS. Cantab, Ff . IL 38. f. 19- 

Witt Ich oufhar ani bacheler. 
Vlgroua and of might der. 

uMhour and Mtrlin, p. 944. 

OWL. (1) A moth. Su99ex. 

(2) To take owh to be offendedp to take amias. 
/ live too near a wood to be frightened by an 
owly I understand matters too well to be 
alarmed by ypu. To walk by owt-light, to skulk 
for fear of being arrested. 

(3) A kind of game so called is mentioned by 
Howell, Lex. Tet. 1660, sect. 28. 

mWooL North. 

(5) To go prying about. West. 

OWLER. (1) The alder.tree. North, 

(2) A smuggler. South. Kennett says, ^ those 
who transport wool into France contrary to 
the prohibition are called owlers.** 

OWLERT. AnowL Salcp, 

0WL6ULLER. To pry about. 5b(^M*. 

OWLISTHEDE. Idleness. 

OWL'S-CROWN. Wood cudweed. Noif, 

OWLY. Half stupid ; tired. St^olk. 

OWMAWTINE. To swoon. 

OWMLIS. The umbles of a deer. This occurs 
in Nominale MS. 

OWN. To acknowledge. Var. dial 

OWRE. An hour. North, 

Aftur mete a longe own 
Oye went with the emperowre. 

MS, Cantab, Ff. il. 38, f . 173* 

OWRISH. Soft ; wet ; marshy. XAne, 
OWSE. Anything. North. 
OWTED. Put away. 

Thee night with brlghtnee Is owttd. 

Stan^hur«f« Virgil, 1588, p. 80. 

OWTTANE. Taken out. (J,-S.) 
Sex cases thare are owttantt 
That nane assoyles hot the pape allane. 

Msmpo/e, MS. Bown, p. 6. 

0WT-3ETTEDE. Scattered out. " Oyle owt- 
5ettede es thi name,'* MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, 
f. 192. {A..S.) 
OWUNB. An oven. Devon, 

Tak the a hate lafe as it comes owt of the otaun*, 
and mak soppes of the crommes in gude rede wyne. 

MS. Lincoln A. i. 17* f* 999. 

OWYTO. Ought (^.-5.) 

He w^ bothe meke and mylde. as a gode cfaylde 
om^fh to oee. M8, Cantab. Ff. )1. 38, f. 61. 



OX-BOW. The bow of wood thai goes iround 

the neck of an ox. Still in use. 
OXENPORDE. Oxford. 

Away rode the abbot all sad at that word. 
And he rode to Cambridge, and Oxenftrdf 
But never a doctor there was so wise. 
That could with his learaing an answer derte. 

King John mmd the At>bot of CkMsfsrdivy. 

OXET. Of mature age. Glome 

OX-EYE. The larger titmouse. North. 

OX-FEET, (in a horse) is when the horn of the 
hind-foot cleaves just in the very middle of 
the foie part of the hoof from the coronet to 
the shoe : they are not common, but yeiy 
troublesome, and often make a horse halt, 

OX-HOUSE. An ox-stall. Exmoor, Itoocun 
in Nominale MS. 

OXLIP. The greater cowslip. Far. dioL 

OX-SKIN. AhideofUnd. 

Fabian, a chronogapher, writing of the Con- 
querour, sets downe in the history thereof another 
iLinde of measure, very necessary for all men to un^ 
dersUnd ; foure akers (saith he) make a yard of 
land, Ave yards of land contain a hide, and 8 hides 
make a knights fee, which by his conjecture is so 
mych as one plough can well till in a yeaie ; in 
Yorkeshire and other countries they call a hide aa 
Ase^ririniM. Hopton** Baeulum Goodlmtieum, 4to. 1614. 
OXT. Perplexed. Wdrw. 
OXTER. The armpit North, - 
OXY. Wet ; soft ; spungy. It is generally ap- 
plied to land. South, 
OYAN. Again. (^.-&) 

Thai seghen ail the wonded roan. 
And leved hem wd. and went oifon. 

The Sevifn Sagee^ 1348. 

OYE A grandchild. North, 

0-YES. For oyez, the usual exclamation of a 

crier. Shak. 
OYINGE. Yawning ; gaping. Weber, 
OYNEjONBS. Onions. This occurs in a receipt 

in MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, t 295. Oynone, 

Nominale MS. 
OYS. Use ; nature. 

Alswa here es forbodene alle maner of wilAille 

poUusyooe proearede one any maner agmynea 

kyndly sgw, or other gates. 

MS, lAneotH A. i. 17, f. 198. 

OYSE. To use. 

For a man excuses noght hys nnconnyng* 
That hys wytte o^na noght in leerenyng. 

Hampole, MS, Boweo, p. 16. 

And tharefore,sene Godd hymselfe made It, than 

awe it maste of alle othlre orysones to be o»»ede in 

alle haly kyrke. MS. Uneoin A. i. 17, f. 909. 

OYSTER. An oyster of veal is the blade-bone 

dressed with the meat on. 
OYSTERLY. A kind of green plum, ripening 

in August. MS. Ashmole 1461. 
03T. Out ; completely. 

And when the halle was rayed o$t. 
The ieheperde lokid al aboute. 

MS. Omtab. Ff. ▼. 48. 




PAC 



597 



PAD 



PT6 mind one's P'b and Q't, L e. to be very 
. ctraliil in behftTionr. 
PACADILE. A kind of colkr pot about t man 
or woman's neck to support and bear up the 
band or goi^t. See Piccadel. 
PACE. (1) To parse yerbs. IMiy. 

(2) A herd or company of asses. 

(3) To pass away ; to surpass. (J.'N.) 

(i) In architectore, a broad step or any slightly 
raised stone above a leveL See Britton. 

PACE-EGGS. Eggs boiled hard and dyed or 
stained various colours, given to children 
about the time of Easter. A custom of great 
antiquity among various nations, and still in 
vogue in the North of England. 

PACEGARDES. Part of ancient armour, men- 
tioned in Hall's Union, 1548, Hen. IV. f. 12. 

PACEMBNT. Peace ; quietness. 

PACK. (1) A dairy of cows. Cheth. Properly, 
a ilock of any animals. 

(2) A heap, or quantity. Var. dUU, 

He kftc tlayne in a tUke 
Tene score in a pakke, 

MS. Uneoln A. i. 17, f. lai. 

(3) A teim of reproach, generally applied to a 
wcmian. ** A whore, qneane, punke, drab, 
Hurt, stntrapet, harlot, cockatrice, naughty 
pad, Ught huswife, common hackney," Cot- 
grave. See Naughty-paek. 

(4) A measure of coals, containing about three 
Winchester bushels. 

(5^ A pedlar's bundle. Vetr, dial 

(6) To collect together, to combine, especially 
for an unlawful or seditious purpose. Packs, 
agreements, combinations, Harrison's Eng- 
land, p. 246. 

(7) Pack and Penny Day, the last day of a fidr, 
when bargains are usually sold. 

(8) To truss, or fill up. North. 

PACKERS. Persons employed in barrelling or 

packing up herrings. 
PACKET. (1) A false report Var. dial 
(2) Any horse-pannel to carry packs or bundles 

upon. Cheth, 
PACK-GATE. A gate on tLpack-toay, q. v. 
PACKING. To go packing, to go away about 

one's business. Var. dkU, ** Make speede 

to flee, be packing and awaie," Baret's Al- 

vearie, 1580. 
PACKING-WHITES. A kind of cloth. 
PACKMAN. A pedlar. Var. dial 
PACK-MONDAY. The first Monday after the 

10th of October. 
PACK-PAPER. Paper used for packing trades- 

men's wares in, &c. 
PACK-RAG-DAY. Old May-day: so called 

because servants being hired in this county 

firom Old May-day to Old May-day, pack up 

their rags or clothes on this day preparatory 

p»> to leaving their then servitudes fbr home or 

.' fresh places. Line, Porby gives the term to 

Old Michaelmas-day. 
PACK-STAFF. A pedlar's staff, on which he 
i carried his pack. '* As plain as a pack-staff^* 
^ was a proverbial simile. We now say pikt' 



staff. Itwasalsoatermofeontempt. Thus 
aenmna is translated " a ^dt^t/ajf misery*' 
in Welde's Janua languamm, 1615. 

PACK-THREAD. To talk pack-thread, to use 
indecent language well wrapped up. 

PACK-THREAD-GANG. A gang that would 
not hold long together, some of whom might 
be induced by a reward to split upon the 
others. Line, 

PACK- WAY. A narrow way by which goods 
could be conveyed only on pack-horses. East, 

PACKY. Heavy with clouds packed together : 
thus they say before a thunderstorm, ** It 
looks poeiy." Line, 

PACOBI. A kind of wine, so called from some 
sort of Brazilian fruit. 

PACOLEr S-HORSE. An enchanted steed be- 
longing to Pacolet, in the old romance of 
Valentine and Orson. He is frequently al- 
luded to by early writers. 

PACTION. Combination ; contract. 
Since with the loiile we in toft paetiim bee, 
Theie loandt, eights, imeb, or tastes, can nere please 



My soule li fled, no more In me't can move, 
Alu i my Bonle is only where I love. 

Tirroeinium Pmssm, RmoUMS. 

PAD. (1) A path. Line. In canting language, 

the highway was and is so called. 
(2) A quire of blotting-paper, used m offices for 

clerks to write on. Var, dial 
(3J A pannier. Norf, 

(4) J pad in the straw, something wrong, a 
screw loose. " Here lyes in dede the padde 
within the strawe," Collier's Old Ballads, p. 
108. Staiinuse. 

(5) A kind of brewing tub. Devon, 

(6) To make a path by walking on an untracked 
surface. East, 

(7) To go; to walk. Var. dial Espedally 
spoken of a child's toddling. 

(9) The foot of a fox. r'ar. dial 

(9) A sort of saddle on which country-market 
women commonly ride, different both from the 
pack-saddle and side-saddle, of a clumsy make, 
and as it were padded and quilted ; used like- 
wise by millers and maltsters. 

(10) " A burthen fit either for a person on foot, 
or to carry behind upon a pad-nag ; item a 
pad of yam, a certain quantity of skains made 
in a bundle ; a pad of wool, a small pack such 
as clothiers and serge-makers carry to a spin- 
ning-house," MS. Devon Gl. 

PADDER. A footpad. 
PADDINGTON-FAIR. An execution. Tyburn 

is in the parish of Paddington. 
PADDLE. (1) A small spade to clean a ploogh 

with. West, 
2^ To lead a child. North, 
3) To abuse any one. Sxmoor, 
To toddle ; to trample. East, 
" Topaddle^ proprie aquam manibns pedi- 
busque agitare, metaphoiice adbibere plus 
paulo; to have paddled, to have made a little 
too free with strong liquor ; to paddle etiam 
designat molliter manibus tractare aliquid et 



is 



PAG 



598 



PAI 



igitaM, M io ptddle in « ladiflt neck or 
boaom/' MS. Devon Glowmry. 
PADDLE^TAFF. A long iteii; with en iron 
epike eft the end of it, like e ibmJI tpede, much 
lued by mole-cetchen. 
PADDUNO.STRINGS. Leading stringe. North, 
PADDOCK, A toed. In the proTinces the 
tenn ii elao eppUed to a frog. ** In Kent we 
lay to a child, your hands an as cold at a 
paddodE," H8. Lanid. 1033. To bring had. 
dock to paddock, i e. to outran one's ex- 
penses. It is n|^ as a tenn of contempt in 
the ibilowiag passage : 
Boyi now bUberyn bostynge of ft bftfon bftd, 

In B«U«ni ii bom be b«tyt, mdie botC ft blowet 
I zftl prune tbat paddok and pmvyn hym m a pad, 
ScbaldyB and ipcryi ahaila I there fowe. 

Cevrntrp Mtfttmim, p. 164. 

PADDOCK.CHESB. The asparagos. This 
name occurs in an ancient list of plants in 
MS. Bib. Soc. Antiq. 101, 1 89. 
PADDOGK-RUD. The spawn of frogs. Cwmb, 
PADDOCK-STOOL. A toadstool North. 
PADDY. Wormeaten. Kent. 
PADDT-NODDT. Embarrassment. NortK 
PAD.FOOIT. A kind of goblin. Yorkth, 
PAD-LAND. A parish pound. Dewm, 
PAD-NAG. •* I immediately fbrm'd a resolution 
of following the fashion of taking the air early 
next morning ; and ftx'd upon this young ass 
for %, pad-nagt** Life of Mrs. Charke. 
PADOWE. Padua. Warkworth, p. 5. 
He let bym up and tawe their bMde 
A Md BDan, Id whom Ja no pride. 
Right a diJcreCe coDtoaour, aa I Crow, 
Hla name waa called air John Dodow ; 
He had commeDied in many a worthier place 
Then erer vaa Padow, or Boleyn de Grace. 

MS, J|mo<. C. sol 
PADSTOOL. A toadstool. North. 

Hermolftus alto writeth this of the Lyeurium, 
that It groweth in a eertaine atone, and that It li a 
kind of mushroro, or padHoolf, which la cut off 
ycaiely, and that another groweth in the roome of 
It, a part of the roote or foot being left In the 
atone, groweth aa hard aa a flint, and thus doth the 
atone ancreaae with a naturall fecundity ; which ad- 
mirable thing (lalth he) 1 oould nerer be brought to 
beleeve, untUl I did eate thereof In myne owne 
houae. 7Id!PmU'« BttuU, UI07> P- 4M. 

PAD-THE-HOOF. To walk. North. 

PA B. A peacock. Rit9on. 

PAFFELDEN. Baggage. Cmitb. 

PAFFLINO. Trifling ; idle ; sUly. North, 

PAG. To carry pick-a-back. line. 

PAGAM^NT. A kind of frieze cloth. 

PAGE. The conmion and almost only name of 
a shepherd's servant, whether boy or man. It 
is, I belieye, extensively used through Suffolk, 
and probably fiurther. As an appendage of 
royalty or nobility, a page is now chiefly known 
to us. In old English, the term is applied to 
a boy-child, or boy-servant. 

PAGENCY. A scaffold. The term pageant was 
originaUy soused, and metaphoriadly applied 
to a part in the stage of lifie. Pd^ion, a pageant, 
Misfortunes of Arthur, p. 61. 

PAG£T£POOS. Efts; lizards; frogs. Comw. 



PAGYIN. Writing? 

Thia boke of alle haly writes «a meat uaede In 
haly hirke acnryae, furthi that It ea perftodoun of 
<HvyQe jMvyfo. US. CWi. Btmu 10, t 1. 

PAID. (1) A sore. St^f. 
(2) Drunk; intoxicated. 
PAIDE. Pleased; satisfied. {A.-N.) 
So excuayd he hym tho. 
The lady wende hyt had byaaoo 

Aa Syr Harrokk aayde. 
He goth forthe and hoidyth hya peie^ 
!!(»• he thenkyth then he laya. 
He waa fulle erylle jm^. 

MS. OtAtaft. Ff;iL98,f.7S. 

PAIGLE. The cowslip. JBstf. 

The yellow marigold, ^e sunnea owne flower, 
FagU, and pinke, that decke tain Fksnea bower. 

M 9if m 99£* Mmrrl0g0 JVimmfhtg IfllSL 

PAIK. To beat severely. North, 

PAILLET. Aooueh. (A..N.) 

PAIL-STAKE. A bough with brandies, flxed 
in the ground in the dairy-yard for hanging 
pails on. Ohue. 

PAIN-BALK. An instrument of tortore, pro- 
bably the same as the hrake. 

PAINCHES. Tripe. North, 

PAINCHES -WAGGON. A Borth..coiintry 
phrase implying incessant labour. 

PAINB-MAINE. A fine bread. « Payne OMtyne, 
payu de bomehe^" Palsgrave. 

Aiyne d g m a y iiey prevaly 

Schofsttfka the pantry. Jf&IiM0*teA.L17ff.l39. 

PAINFULLY. Laboriously. TheRrenchAlpba^ 

bet, 8vo. Lend. 1615, was, as we are told 

on the title-page, " jNm0(% gathered and set 

in order." 

Moat happy we were, during our oontiauanee 
here, in the weekly aermona and almoat frequent 
converae of Mr. Edward Cabunie, that waa the 
preaeher of that pariah ; and this Indeed waa one ot 
the chief motivca that drew ua thither to partake of 
his pa<f0i/ and pioua preaching. If & HmrU M6. 

PAINING. Pain ; torture. (^.-&) 
Titer he mw many a aore toimcnt» 

Hnw aowlla were put in gret pofngngt 
He aaw hla fadur how he brent. 
And be the memburs how he hyng. 

MS. Cantab, Ft ▼. 48, f . 67. 
PAINT. To blush. 

PAINTED-CLOTH. Cloth or canvass painted 
in oil, a cheap substitute for tapestry. It was 
frequently the receptacle of verses or mottos. 
PAINTER. The rope that lies in the ship's 
longboat or barge, always ready to fasten her 
or hale her on the shore. Whence we have the 
see-proverb, Ftt cut your painter^ meaning I 
will prevent your doing me any hurt, injury, 
or mischief. See Grose, in v. 
PAINTICE. Penthouse. The shed where 

blacksmiths shoe horses. Derby. 
PAJB. (1) A number. Cormo. 
{7) A padc of cards. 

(3) To grow mouldy, as cheese. We»t. 

(4) Only a pair of shears between them, i e. little 
or no difference. 

And lome report that both these fowlea haTe eeene 
Their like, that'a but a pa^M of aheerea b e tw ccu e. 

Ta^lai^t Wmrku, lOD, i. !<* 

PA1RE. To impair. {J.^N) 



PAL 



599 



PAL 



BH WM lid i-^mofht* and feirc. 
Nob cfge-tol mights k nought ^oln; 

B e vm <tf Hamftit, p, 40. 

PAIRING. The name of a marriage feast in 
Devon, when the Mends of the happy couple 
present them with Tarious things, and some- 
times money. MS. Devon Glossary, p. 172. It 
is now obsolete. 

PAIR-OP-STAIRS. A flight of stairs. 

PAIIUOF-WINGS. Oars. Gro$e. 

PAIR-OP-WOOD. Timber supporting the 
broken roof of a mine. 

PAIR-ROYAL. A term at cards, meaning three 
of a sort See Prial. 

PAISE. (1) To weigh. (/^.-M) 

J%lae thy roateres or thou demeordeecme. 
Let ryghtln oaustf hoMe thy lautenie. 

M8. CofiMk Ff. i. 6, r. 129. 

(2) To open a bolt or lock by shoving as with a 
knife point. N&rthttmb. 

PAISPULIK. Peacefully. It occurs in MS. 
Cotton. Yespas. D. vii. Ps. 34. 

PAISTER. *< I comber, I payster with over 
many dotheairearyng aboute omt^jemmin^" 
Pal^lTBve. Pester ? 

PAIT. The mt of a wheel ** OrHtUy AngUce 
8 paytt," Nominate MS. 

PAIT&ICK. A partridge. North. 

PAITRURE. Part of a horse's annoor, lor de- 
fending the neck. 

PAIWURT. The herb saxifrage. 

PAJOCK. This word occurs in Hamlet, ill. 2, 
altered by modem editors to peacock, a sub- 
stitQtion by no means satisiiutory, nor are far- 
fetched e^rmological conjectures more so. 
The nearest approach to the term I have met 
with in old En^h is t» be found in the word 
paph am kn in tiie Coventry Mysteries, p. 179. 
Both are used as terms of contempt. 

PAKE. Topeepat. "Whatareyon/NiiHf^at ?" 
Perhaps it would be better spelt peisk. &tff6lk. 

PALABRAS. Words. (^Mm.) 

PALACE. A storehouse. Dewm, "At Dart- 
mouth I am told there are some of these 
storehouses called palaces cut out of the rock 
still retaining the name," MS. Devon Gloss. 

PALASINS. Belonging to the court. 

PALATE. A thin oval plate or board with a 
hole at one end for admittance of the thumb, 
which a painter holds to spread and mix his 
colours while he is drawing. 

PALAVER. To flatter. Var. diaL 

PALCH. To walk slowly. Devon. 

PALCHIN. This word is of very unusual oc- 
currence. It seems to mean a kind of short 
qiear audi aa is used for spearing large fish. 
" Pawkhyne for fyssche, lunchus," Nominale 
MS. Dncange explains bmekm as laneeOf 
hatia, fiom &e Greek Xoyx^C* It does not 
occur in the Prompt. Parv. nor in the Medulla. 

PALCHING. Mending dothes. JSnuoor. 

PALE. (1) To beat barl^. Che»h. 

(2) To (Nrnament ; to stripe. 
Palalws ptiovdllciie pygbte, ihBtpal^d waro rydw 
Of paBaaodof puipmo^ wyth precyous itones. 

Mart0 Arikurw, MS. Lincoln, f. 07. 



(3) A ditch, or trench. {J^ It oeem li 

MS. £gerton829,f.5. 

(4) A small fortreaa. 

(bS An indosure for cattle. Lime, 
CB) A stripe in heraldry. 
(7) To make pale. (J.'N,) 

(5) A limit or boundary. ShaJfr. 

(9) To leap the pale, i. e. to be extravagant* to 
exceed one*s expenses. 

If you procoede as you have begunne, your fttU 
feeding wil mske you leuie, your drinking too 
many healthee will take all health from you, your 
leafing the paU will cauae you looke pale, your too 
dote following the fashlOD will bring you out of all 
forme and fashion. 

The Mun in theMoone, 1000,ilg. C. I v. 

PALEIS. A palace. (A.^N.) 

PALERON. Part of the armour. " A pece of 
hamesse, esptUleron^ " Palsgrave. 

PALESTRALL. Athletic. It occurs in Chau- 
cer's Troilus and Creseide, v. 3,04. 

PALET. Scull; head. << Knok thi palet," 
Minot's Poems, p. 31. There was a Idnd of 
armour for the head also so called, aa appears 
from Pr. Parv., probably lined with fur. 

PALE W. Pale. It occurs in the Optick Glaaae 
of Humours, 1639, p. 108. 

It la aoniewhat fatty, in colour paUw, reddbh, 
high coloured, and without other signea of coaeoctlon. 

Fletcher's D^ffkreneee, 10S3. 

PALFREIS. Saddle-horses. Chaucer, 
And wel a palefrey blttrlde. 
And wel upon a atede ride. Havelok, fOOOi 
PALING. Imitating pales. (A..N.) 
PALINGMAN. A fishmonger. Skinner. 
PALL. '^I palle as drinke or bloode dothe 
by longe standyng in a thynge, je a^tpaUys" 
Palsgrave. Still in use. 
PALLADE. Palle, or rich cloth. <' He dyd of 

his surcote of pallade,'* Isenbras, 124. 
PALL-COAT. A short garment, somewhat like 

a short cloak with sleeves. 
PALLE. A kind of fine cloth. It was used at 
a very early period to cover corpses, and the 
term is still retained for the cloth which 
covers the coffin ; but this was by no means 
its most general use, for the robes of persons 
of rank are constantly mentioned as made of 
^ purpure palle ;" and in a passage in Launfal 
tapestry of that material is mentioned. An 
archbishop's pall is thus described by Stani- 
hurst, p. 31 — " A pall is an indowroent appro- 
priated to archbishops, made of white silke 
the breadth of a stole, but it is of another 
fsshion." Descr. of Ireland, 1586. 
So fere he went I aey i-wya, 
That he wyat not where he was. 
He that sate in boure and haUe, 
And on hym «erc the purpull paOf » 
Now in herd heth he lyjet. 
With levys and grease his body Lydyth. 

MSmAahmole 61, xv. Cent* 
For also wel to him hit falles 
As a dongehuUe sprad with jwfZst. 

MS. Addlt. 10036, f. M. 
This twaylle y-bordrydaboujt was 
With pallet the monntenease ofhan hondbredc 

Chrvn, VUodun. p. 64. 



PAL 



600 



PAL 



PALLED. (I) Turned pale. Devon. 

(2) Senseless, death-like, as one is from excessive 
drinking. In use in Yorkshire. 

PALLEE. Broad ; used only in conjunction 
with another word, tApdUee-foot, a large hroad 
fooijpaUee'paWj a large broad hand. Somerwt. 

FALLEN. To knock. (J,^S.) 

PALLESTRE. A child's balL (A,-N,) 

PALL-HORSE. A horse bearing a pannier. 
" Soffmariust jlnglice a palhors," Nominale 
MS. f. 4. Ducange explains toffmariiu by 
equua cUiellariut. 

PALLLAMENT. A robe ; the white gown of a 
Roman candidate. Shai, 

PALLIARD. A 1)om beggar. According to 
the Fraternitye of Vacabondes, 1575, ** is he 
that goeth in a patched cloke, and hya doxy 
goeth in like apparell." PaUardize, dirtiness 
and shabbiness, Hamblet, 1608, p. 181 ; 
Downfall of Robert, Eari of Huntington, p. 
36. The following account of them is given 
by a writer of the last century : — A cant name 
for a wretched set of men and women, whose 
whole delight is to live by begging, thieving, 
&c or any thing but honest industry, and who 
to move compassion in the spectators, the 
women go about with one, two, or more small 
children, in a dirty, ragged condition, who are 
continually crying or making wry faces, as 
though starved with hunger, and the women 
making a lamentable cry, or doleful tale, of 
being a distressed widow, and almost starved, 
&c. at the same time her male companion lies 
begging in the fields, streets, &c. with deymes 
or artificial sores, made with spearwort or 
arsenick, which draws them into blisters, or 
by unslacked lime and soap, tempered with 
the rust of old iron, which being spread upon 
leather, and bound very hard to the leg, 
presently so frets the skin, that the flesh ap- 
pears raw, and shocking to the sight; the 
impostor at the same time making a hideous 
noise, and pretending great pain, deceives the 
compassionate, charitable, and well-disposed 
passengers, whom, when opportunity presents, 
he can recover his limbs to rob, and even 
murder, if resisted. 
PALLING. Languishing ; turning pale. 
PALLIONES. Tents. Northumb. 
PALL-MALL. A game, thus described by 
Cotgrave, ''A game wherein a round box 
bowle is with a mallet strucke through a high 
arch of yron (standing at either end of an ally 
one) which he that can do at the fewest 
blowes, or at the number agreed on, winnes." 
See Mali (4). James I. mentions paUe rnailU 
among the exercises to be used moderately by 
Prince Henry. '* Pale maille a game wherein 
a round bowle is with a mallet struck through 
a high arch of iron, standing at either end of 
an alley, which he that can do at the fewest 
blows, or at the niunber agreed on, wins. This 
game is used at the long alley near St. James's, 
and vulgarly called Pell-Mell," Blount's Gloss. 
ed. 1681, p. 463. 



PALL-WORK. Ridi or fine dofth, wmk made 

ofpalle, q. t. See Degrevanti 629. 
PALM. (1) Properly exotic treea of the tribe 
palmaeea ; but among our rustics, it means 
the catkins of a delicate spedes of willow 
gathered by them on Palm Sonday. ** Palme, 
the yelowe that growethonwyllowes, chat ton,'* 
Palsgrave, 1530. 
(2) The broad part of a deer's horn, when full 
grown. (Gent. Rec.) Palmed-deer, a stag 
of full growth. 
PALM-BARLEY. A kind of barley fuller and 

broader than common barley. 
PALMER. (1) Properly, a pilgrim who had 
visited the Holy Land, from the palm or cross 
which he bore as a sign of such visitation ; 
but Chaucer seems to consider all pilgrims to 
foreign parts as palmers, and the distinction 
was never much attended to in this country. 
Sayi John, if I mutt a begging go. 

I will hare a palmer** weed. 
With a staff and a coat, and tnge of all fort. 
The better then I may speed. 

Amns Hmbi Ha 1S9. 

(2) A wood-louse. " A worroe having a great 
many feete,*' HoUyband's Dictionarie, 1593. 

(3) A stick or rod. 

PALMING-DICE. A method of cheating at 
dice, formerly in vogue, by secreting one of 
the dice in the palm of the hand instead of 
putting in the box, and then causing it to fall 
with the other, the number of the former of 
course being glided by the hand. Hence the 
expression to palm anything upon one. 

PALM-PLAY. Tennis. {Fr.) 

PALPABLE. " Apte or mete to be felte, pal- 
paAle," Palsgrave. *See Macbeth, IL 1. 

PALPED. Obscured ; darkened. 

PALSTER. A pilgrim's staff. 

PALTER. To hesiUte ; to prevaricate. Line. 
*' To haggle, hucke, dodge, or pauUer long in 
the buying of a commoditte," Cotgrave. ** Most 
of them are fixed, and palter not their place 
of standing," Harrison's England, p. 182. 

PALTERLY. Paltry. North, 

PALTOCK. A kind of doublet or doak which 
descended to the middle of the thigh. (^.-A^.) 
Cotgrave explains palletoe, " a long and thicke 
pelt or cassocke ; a garment like a short doake 
with sleeves, or such a one as the most of 
our modeme pages are attired in." The paltock 
was worn by priests. Piers Ploughman, p. 438 ; 
and in the Morte d' Arthur, i. 149, Gawayne 
says he attended Arthur "to poynte his 
jNi/^oeAtf«that longen tohymsdf." Palsgrave 
has, *' paltocke of lether, pellice; paltocke a 
garment, Aolrre/; paltocke epatche,jMiife/e(m." 
The second meaning apparently refers to some 
defensive garment. Paltock seems also to 
have been applied to some ornament or orna- 
mental cap worn on the head of a person high 
in authority. 

PALTRING. A worthless trifle. << Trillings, 
paltringe not worth an old shoe," Florio, p. 
100. Forby has paltry, rubbish, refuse. 

PALVEISE. A shidd. See Florio, p. 353. 



PAN 



601 



PAN 



PALT. A rail of bmi such as it giyen to homndB. 
•* Paly of bryn, ettmtabrwnj" Pr. Panr. " C«t- 
Ubnmmjfmfm eaninnm, quo canes paacontar/' 
Papiaa. See Ducange. 
PALYNGB. Turning pale. {A.'N,) 
For ia here face alwey was the bIode» 
Wlthoute palfng9 or eny drawynge doune. 

L^dgate, MS Aahmole 39, f. 47- 
For In hire faee alwey wa« the blodc, 
Withoute palatine or any drawynge doun. 

tbid, MS. See. Aatiq. 134, f. 8. 

PAM. The knave of clubs. 

PAME. (1) The mantle thrown over an infant 
who is going to be christened. West 

(2) The palm of the hand. Weti. 

PAME NT. A pavement. PaUgraw. Square 
paving bricks are called pammenit in Noiif. 

PAMFILET. A pamphlet. {A.-N,) 

PAMMY. Thick and gummy ; applied to the 
legs of such individuals as are at times said to 
have beef down to the hocks. Une. 

PA^f PE. To pamper ; to coddle. 

PAMPEBING. "The craft of pampering or 
setting out saleable things/' Howell, 1660. 

PAMPESTRIE. Palmistry. 

PAMPILION. A coat of different colours, for- 
merly worn by servants. It occurs with this 
explanation in HoUyband's DicUonarie, 1593. 
There was a kind of fur so called. 

PAMPIN ATION. Pulling leaves that grow too 
thick, list of old words prefixed to Batman 
uppon Bartholome, 1582. 

PAMPLB. (1) To indulge. North. 

(2) To toddle, or pad about. East. 

PAJklPRED. Pampered ; made plump. 

PAN. (1) To unite ; to fit ; to agree. North. 
Douce gives the following prov<!rb in his MS. 

Additions to Ray — 

Weal and women cannot jwii. 
But wo and women can. 

(2) Hard earth, because, like a pan, it holds 
water and prevents it from sinking deeper. 
Eatt. Is this the meaning in Ben Jonson, v. 43? 

(3) The skull ; the head. (^.-5.) 

That he ne sroot his hed of thanne, 
Whereof he tok awey the pamu. 

Gow0r, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134. f. M. 

(4) In houses, the pan is that piece of timber 
which lies upon the top of the posts, and upon 
which the beams rest. 

(5) Money. A cant term. 

(6) A tadpole, or frog. Somerset. 
PAN ABLE. Likely to agree. North. 
PANACHE. The plume <rf feathers on the top 

of a helmet. {A.-N.) 
PANADE. A kind of two-edged knife. (A.-N.) 

Misread ptnade by Tyrwhitt. See Wright's 

Anecdota Literaria, p. 24. 
PANADO. A caudle of bread, Plorio, p. 353. 

Currants, mace, cinnamon, sack, and sugar, 

with eggs, were added to complete the caudle. 

There were different ways of making it. 

To make a Ponado. - 

The quantity you will make set on in a posnet of 

Uix water ; when it boils put a mace in and a little 

pt fffy qC einnamon, and a handful of currans, 

and so mudi bread as you think meet ; ao boil it. 



and season it with salt* sugar and roia-watar, and 
ao serve it. 

A TViM Centleufomane Dettghtt 1870* P* 74. 

Another receipt, which difliers somewhat from 
this, may be worth giving. 

Tb nuUee Panado after the heat fathion. 
Take a quart of spring-water, which, being hot on 
the Are, put into it slices of fine bread, as thin as 
may be ; then add half a pound of currans, a quarter 
of an ounee of mace ; boil them well, and then seiuon 
them with rose-water and fine sugar, and serve 
them up. 

TheAeeomfH*h«dJjidie$n»eh Ooaet, 1706, p. 74. 

PANARY. A storehouse for bread. 
PANCAKE-TUESDAY. Shrove-Tuesday, which 
is a pancake feast day in all England. At Islip, 
CO. Oxon, the children of the cottagers go 
round the village on that day to the different 
houses to collect pence, singing these lines — 
Pit^-pat, the pan Is hot. 
We are come a-Shroving. 
A little Ut of bread and cheese 
la better than nothing. 
The pan is hot, the pan is cold ! 
Is the Cat in the pan nine days old ? 
PANCHEON. A large broad pan. East. 
PANCRIDGE. A common corruption of St. 
Pancras. Paneridge parson, a term of con- 
tempt, Woman is a Weathercock, p. 30. 
Great Jacke-ar Lent, clad in a robe of ayre. 
Threw mountaines higher then Alcides tieard ; 
Whilst I\incro<f^« church, arm'd with a samphier blade. 
Began to reason of the buslncase thus. 

razor's fVerket, 1630, L ISO. 

PANCROCK. An earthen pan. Dewm. 

PANDEL. A shrimp. Aeii^. 

PANDEWAFF. Water and oatmeal boiled to- 
gether, sometimes with fat. North. 

PANDORE. A kind of lute. It is probably the 
same as Bandore^ q. v. 

PANDOULDE. A custard. Somerset. 

PANE. (1 ) A division ; a side ', a piece. " A pane, 
piece, or pannell of a wall, of wainscot, of a 
glasse window,'' Cotgrave. ** Pane of a wall, 
pan de mur" Palsgrave. The term is still in 
use, applied to a division in husbandry work. 

In the West part of the same gate and the way 
into the college, on the North pane eight chambers 
for the poore men, and in the West pane 6 chambers. 

NtcAo// Ropal WUle» p. 300. 

(2) A hide or side of fur ; fur. {A.-N.) " Pane 
of furre,;?a»n*/ pane of gray furre, panne de 
. gris" pisgrave. " A pane of ermines," Ord. 
and Reg. p. 122. See Eglamour, 858 ; Gy of 
Warwike, p. 421. Pane has our first meaning 
in a pane or piece of cloth. ** A pane of cloth, 
panniculus," Baret, 1580, an insertion of a 
coloured cloth in a garment. It seems to 
mean the skirt of a garment in Ywaine and 
Gawin, 204, and also in the following passage : 
She drouje his mantel bi the pane. 
Cbrsor JfwfMfi, MS. CoU. Trin. Cantab, f. 38. 
Saying, him whom I last left, all repute. 
For his deyice, in handsoming a suit, 
To Judge of lace, pink, panes, print, cut, and pleit. 
Of all the court to have the best conceit. 

Dennett Poem*, p. 181. 

PANED-HOSE. Breeches formed of stripes, 

with small panes or squares of silk or velvet, 



PAN 



6W 



PAP 



pKud, ttrlpedp Thyime't Debttei p. 10. F6rtiy , 
& 243, mentions jMifi««7cMr/ain«, made of long 
and narrow stripes of different patterns or 
colours sewed together. 
PANEL. An immodest woman. Line. 

Panels march by two and three. 
Saying* Sweetheart, come with toe. 

Old LiHeoln*hir§ BalUid* 

PANES. Parsnips. Comw. 

PANO. To fiU; to stuff. North. 

PANHIN. AsmaUpan. Btt$t. 

PANICK. A kind of coarse grain like millet. 

Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 
PANK. To pant. Devon. 
PANNAGE. The mast of the oak and beech 

which swine feed on in the woods. 

Besidee that a man shall read In the hyitoriee of 

Canterburie and Rocheeter, tundrie donatkmsj in 

which there If mention onely of peamage tat hogget 

in Andiedp and of none other thing. 

LanOtards^MRerumbuMion, IBM, p. 911. 

PANNAM. Bread. A cant term. ThefoUow- 
ing is a curious old canting song : 
The ruf&n cly the nab of the harman-beck. 
If we mawned fMfiMHn, lap or ruff-pe^. 
Or poplan of yanim t he cnte bing to the ttittmam. 
Or els lieawearcs by the light-mane 
To put our ttampe in the harmani. 
The ruffian cly the ghost of the harman-beck* 
If we heaTe a booth, we dy the Jerke. 

Dtkker^* LaMtibome and Ocindlt-Llght, 1090. 

PANNEL. The treeless pad, or pallet, without 
eantle, with which an asa if usudly rode. 
** Pannell to ryde on, bati^ paimeau," P&ls- 
gravo. See Tusser, p. 11. 

PANNICLE. A membrane. {Lot.) 

The headeach either oommeth of tome Inward 
causes, as of some cholerick humor, bred in the 
panttieUs of the Inraine, or else of som outward 
cause, as of extream heat or cold, of some blow, or 
of some violent savour. Eumelus salth, that it 
commeth of raw digestion ; but Martin saith most 
commonly of cold. 7bfM«rr# Beatti, 1607, P- S48. 

PANNIER-MAN. A servant belonging to an 
inn of court, whose office is to announce the 
dinner. SeeOrose. 

PANNIERS. To fill a woman's panniers, i. e. 
to get her with child. " EmpUr une fsmeUe, 
to fiJl her panniers, get her with yong," Cot- 
graye. The phrase is stUl in use. 

PANNIKELL. The skull, or brain-pan. i^peiuer, 

PANNIKIN. Fretting ; takhtg on, as a sickly 
or wearisome chihL Suffolk. 

PANNY. A house. A cant term. 

PAN-PUDDING. A mention of the pmpud- 
dmfft of Shropshire occurs in Taylor*s Workes, 
1630,1. 146. 

PANSHARD. A piece or fragment of a broken 
pan. DormU 

PANSHON. An earthenware Tcssel, wider at 
the top than at the bottom, used for milk 
when it has to be skimmed ; also for other 
purposes. Line, 

PANST. The heartsease. Far. dial 

PANT. (1) A public fountun; aclstem; a reser- 
voir. North. 

(t) A hollow dedlTity. Wett. 

PANTABLES. Slippers. " To stand upon one*s 



paniaMa^,'* to stand q^on one's lionon. 

Baret, 1560, spells iXpagitgn^ 

Is now, forsooth, so proud, what else I 
And stands so on her patntabie*. 

Cttton'a ITerfo, 1734* p- 89. 
Plntarche with a caveat keepeth them out, not 
eo muche as admitting the litle crackhalter that 
earrieih his master's pantaUet, to set foote within 
those doores. GoMon'« Sdutole of Abuse, 1579. 

Hee sUndeth upon his pantablee, and regardeth 
greatly his reputation. 

Saka*» Nnrtonue, 1580, 9d part, p. 99. 

PANTALONE. A zany, or fool. (//«/.) In 
early plays, he generally appeared as a lean old 
man wearing spectacles. ** A pantaloon or 
Venetian magnifico," Howell, 1660. 
PANTALOONS. Gannents made for merry- 
andrews, &c., that have the breeches and 
stockings of the same stuff, and joined together 
as one garment. 

Bring out his mallard, and eft-soooi 
Beshake his shaggy jwittotoofit. 

Cettotfe WorlUt 1734, p. IS. 

PANTAS. A dangerous disease in hawks, where- 
of few escape that are afflicted therewith ; it 
proceeds £rom the lungs being, as it were, 
baked by excessiye heat, that the hawk can- 
not draw his breath, and when drawn cannot 
emit it again ; and you may judge of the be- 
ginning of this evil by the hawk's labouring 
much in the pannel, moving her train often up 
and down at each motion of her pannel, and 
many times she cannot mute nor slice off; if 
she does, she drops it fast by her. The same 
distemper is also perceived by the hawk's fre- 
quent opening her dap and beak. Merkham. 

PANTER. Anet, or snare. (^.-JV.) "Panter, 
snare for byrdys," Pr. Parv. " The birdd was 
trapped and kaute with a pantere," Lydgate, p. 
182. SeeAshmole'sTheat. CheuL Brit. 1652, 
p. 215 ; Apol. Loll. p. 93 ; Hartshome's Anc 
Met Tales, pp. 122, 123, 124, 126. " Panther 
to catche bjrdes with, patmeau,*' Palsgrave. 

PANTERER. The keeper of the pantry. Grose 
htApantieTf a butler. 

Panterer ydie the prey, quod the kyng. 

C%rofi. Vilodun. p. 15. 

PANTILE- SHOP. A meeting-house. Far.diaL 

PANTO. To set seriously about any business or 
undertaking. North. 

PANTOFLE. A slipper, or patten. " A wooden 
pantofle or patin,'' Borio, p. 71. " Se tenir 
mr le haut bout, to stand upon his pantofles, 
or on high tearmes,'' Cotgrave, in y. Bout. See 
Pantabisg. " The papall panton heeie," 
Lithgow's Pilgrimes Farewell, 1618. 

PANTON. An idle fellow. Somertet. 

PANTON-GATES. "* As old as Panton Gates," 
a yery common proverb. There is a gate 
called Pandon Gate at Newcastle-on-Tyne. 

PANTRON. A small earthen pan. Line. 

PANYM. A heathen. Pakgraoe. Uardyng, f. 
91, has ^onymcrye, idolalry. 

PAP. ** To giye pap with a hatchet," a proirer. 
bial phrase, meaning to do any kind action 
in an unkind manner. 

PAPALIN. A papist. 



PAB 



603 



PAR 



A eudinsIlB was tbilke tide, 
Wlifaht the jMp«« lOBge hath dethrld. 

Gouwr, M8. Soc, jiniiq, 1S4, f . 79. 

PAPDSLB. A kind of sauce. <* Harea in pap- 
dde," Forme of Cory, p. 21. 

PAPELAKD. A hypocrite. (J.-N,) In the 
following paisage, subtle, cunning. 

I te ttiesaiigela here the ioule of that wonase to 
heryne, the which so hMige I have kepte in tyniie. 
He, this pmpmlarde preite, bathe herde ouie eown- 
•ajUe, ande hathedelyverede here ftome syimei eode 
alle oure povere. Getta Ramanorum, p. 450. 

PAPELOTE. A kind of caudle. 

PAPER. To aet down in a paper, or list. See an 
obscure passage in Henry VIII. i. 1. 

PAPERN. Made of paper. fFett. 

PAPEIUSKULLED. Silly ; foolish. Var.dioL 

PAPER.WHITE. White as paper. 

PAPEY. A fcaternity of priests in Aldgate 
ward, siq»presaed by Edward YI. 

PAP-HEAD. A woman's nipple. Pakgrtne, 

PAPISHES. P^nsts. Dewau 

PAPLBR. Milk-pottage. Somenet. 

PAP.METE. Pappy food such as is giTen to 
children. Fr. Pan. 

PAPMOUTH. An effeminate man. North. 

PAPPE. (I) The female breast. (Lai.) 
O wDman, loke to meafayn. 
That playet aod fcinei your ddUlie jMjviw : 
To ae my eon I have gret payoa 
In hit brest aogretgapia. 
And on his body ao many awappys. 

MS, Camab. Ft, v. 48, f. 7S. 

(2) To pamper ; to coddle. 

PAP-WORT. The herb mercury. 

PAPTNES. A dish in cookery, described in 
MS. Sloane 1201, f. 50. 

PAPYN6AT. A parrot Mannderile, p. 238. 

PAR. (1) A young salmon; also, the young coal- 
fish. North, 

(2) A -pen for animals. East, 

PARABOLES. Parables ; proverbs. (^.-iV.) 

PARADISE. A garden, library, or study. See 
Britton's Arch. Diet, in v. 

PARADISE-APPLE. ** Is a curious fruit, pro- 
duced by grafting a permain on a quince," 
Woriidge's Treatise of Cider, 1678, p. 207. 

PARAFFTS. Paragraphs. " Paraflys grete and 
stonte,'* Reliq. Antiq. i. 63. It occurs in Pr. 
Panr. and Nominale MS. 

PARAGE. Parentage; kindred. (J.-N,) See 
Ljdgate's Minor Poems, p. 26. 

Penonea grete, and of hie pttngt, 

Lifdgatt, RBUolbuon M8 

PARAGON. To excel greatly. Shah. 

PARAILLE. (1) Apparel ; arms. (2) NobiHty ; 
men of rank. {Jt.'N.) 

PARAMARROW. A sow-gelder. North. 

PARAMENTS. Furniture; ornaments; hang- 
ings of a room. {A,'N.) 

PAR-AMOUR. Lore; gallantry. (^.-M) 

PARAMOUR. A lover of either sex. {A.^N,) 

PARAQUITO. A paroquet. {ItaL) Sometimes 
used as a tenp of endearment. 

PARASANGUE. A measure of the roads among 



the anefent Peraiaiia, varjing firom thirty to 
sixty farlongs, according to time and place. 

Whatever inatmctiooB he might have [had J Arom 
Us maater Jcdinaon. he eettalnly by his own natural 
parts improved to a great heighth, and at last beeame 
not many peroeangiM* iaferior to him hi fame by 
divers noted c<micdies. 

PhiUip$ Thmtnim fottarum, ed. l«7ff, ii. 157. 
PARAYANT. Beforehand ; first. (Fr.) 
PARAVENTURB. Haply ; by chance. (A..N.) 
PARAYS. Paradise. {A.-N.) 

Blessed be thou, lercdy, ful ofheoyene bUsae, 
Suete fluT of jwrawe* moder of mlldenesse. 

MS. HttH. 82S3, f. 81. 

PARBREAX. ToTomit 

Oh, mid Scogin's wife, my hasbaBd^rbroXrsrf two 
crows. Jeans, said the woman, I never heard of such 
•thing. Seogtn** JMt». 

PARBREAKING. Fretful E^moor. 

PARCAS. Perhi^. MS. Sloane 213. 

PARCEIT. Perception. (A.-N.) 

PARCEL. (I) Much ; a great deaL Deoon. 

(2) Part, or portion. PatoeUffUt^ partly gilt, 
Dugdale's Monast. iL 207. 

Thou wilt not leave me in the middle atreet. 
Though some more spruce compaoioB thou doit meet. 
Not though a captain do come in thy way, 
Brl^i parceUguUtt with forty dead mens pay : 
Not though a brisk perfum'd pert courtier 
Deign with a nod thy curtcsle to answer. 

2toiMe'« Poem*, p. 118. 

(3) Parsley. North. 
PARCEL-MAKERS. Two officers in the Ex- 

chequer, who make out the parcels of escheat- 

ors' accounts^ and deliver them to one of the 

auditors of that court. 
PARCEL-MELE. By parcels, or parts. (^.-S.) 
PARCENER. One who has an equal share in 

the inheritance of an ancestor, as a daughter 

or sister. 

So nevertheles that the yongest make reasonable 

amends to his forenurt for the part which lo them 

beJongeth, by the award of good men. 

Lombard^* P$rambulatioH, 106, p. 57ft. 

PARCHEMINE. Parchment. (Fr.) 
By a charter to have and to hold. 
Under myseale of lede made the mold. 
And writen in the skyneof swyne. 
What that it is made In parehemim$ 
Because it shuld perpetually endure* 
And unto them be both stable and sure. 

If & Uawl. C 86. 
PARCHMENT. A kind of lace. 
PARCHMENTER. A parchment-maker. 
PARCLOSE. A parlour. In earlier writers, the 
term is applied to a kind of screen or railing. 
** Pardos to parte two roumes, teparation,'* 
Palsgraye. See the Oxf. Gloss. Arch. 

I pray you, what is there written upon your par' 
Horn door 1 Beeun** Work*, p. 63. 

The fader loggid hem of sly purpos 
In a chambre nezte to his joynynge. 
For bitwixe hem nas but a jwrcloe. 

Ocdeve, MS. Soe. Jntiq. 194, & t7S. 

That the roof of that chapel be raised, the waUa 
enhanced, the windows made with strong iron work, 
with a quire and perdtaet and two altars without the 
quire. Tea, VetuH. p. 33S, 



PAR 



604 



PAR 



PARCTAND. The character &. Nortk. 
PARDAL. Aleopurd. 

Th« lottldionof themoorcf weare gannents made 
of lyoDA, pmrduU, and bean* tklnnet, and tleepe 
uppon them ; and lo If It reported of Herodotut 
llefarenatitheoiufitian, who in the day-time wore 
a lyons gkin, and In the night lay in a bearcs skin. 

JbptelF* Bmutt, 1007, P* 99- 

PARDE. Par Diem, a common oath. Pardy 
is used by Elizabethan writers. 
And for that licour is lo preaJou» 
That oft hath made [me] dronke aa any moua« 
Therfor I will that ther It beryd be 
My wrecchid body afore thb god parde, 
Mightl Bachus that la myn owen lorde» 
Without varlaunce to aer^ e hy m or dijcorde. 

ITS. Aflipi.C. 86. 

PARDONER. A dealer or seller of pardons 
and indulgences. {A,-N.) 

PARDURABLE. ETCrlasting. (^.-N.) 

But th' Erie, whether he In maner diapaired of any 
good pmrdurmbU oontmuattoce of good accord betwiit 
the Kynge and hym, for tyme to come, eonayderlnge 
10 great attemptct by hym eomytted agnyuft the 
Kyngo. Jrrival <tf King Edward ir. p. It. 

PARE. To injure ; to impair. 
PARELE. To apparel. Lyd^ate. 

But I am a lady of another cuntr6j 

If I be panUid mooat of price, 
I ride aftur the wiide fee» 
My rachet rannen at my dcTyw. 

MS, Cttntab. Ft. t. 48. f. 117. 

PARELL. Mliites of eggs, bay salt, milk, and 
pump water, beat together, and poured into a 
vessel of wine to prevent its fretting. 
PARELS. Perilous. Parett, peril. 

He knewe the markys of that place. 
Then he waa In a paret* case. 

MS. Cmtab. Ff. U. 38, f. S81. 
How menrelous to man, how dowtfuU to drede, 
How fer paste roannys reM>n and mynde hath it bee I 
The comyng of Kynge Edwarde and his good spede, 
Owtc of Dochelonde into Englonde over the salte see. 
In whatparW/ and tfowbill, in what payne was hee, 
Whanne the salte watur and tempest wrought hym 

gret woo. 
But in adversltce and erer, Lorde, thy wille be doo I 

MS. Bibl. Rtg. 17 D. XT. 

PAREMENTS. (1) Pavements. North. 

(2) Ornamental furniture, or clothes. 

(3) The skin of deer, &c. 
PARENTELE. Kindred. (^.-AT.) 
PARENTRELYNARIE. IntcrUneal. (A.-N.} 
PARFAITNESS. Perfection ; integrity. Par- 

fit, perfect, is common both as an archaism 

and provincialism. {A.-N.) 
PARFOURME. To perform. (A.-N) 
PARFURNISH. To furnish properly. 

PARGARNWYNE. A reel for winding yam. 

PARGET. To roughcast a wall. It is the 
translation of cripir in HoUyband's Diction- 
arie, 1593, and is explained in Mr. Norris's 
MS. Glossary, '* to plaster the inside of a chim- 
ney with mortar made of cow dung and lime." 
Ben Jonson uses the term metaphorically. 
It is also a substantive, as in Harrison's Eng- 
land, p. 187 ; pttrjetingt, ib. p. 236. 



Thus having where they stood in value 

of their wo. 
When Bight drew neait they bad adaa^ 



gave 



Unto the pmtgtt on their side, the which did Merer 

meete. Gelding's 0»id, 1M7- 

To the Trinity GOd of Linton, for the mending 

of the cawsy, and pergvtpng of the Gild Hall, xj. s. 

viij. d. Tett, Vttwt. p. 618. 

PARIETARY. The herb called pelUtory. This 

form of the word occurs in Hollyband's Dic- 

tionarie, 1593. 

PARINGAL. Equal. (A.-N.) 

For be wolde not fe were 
Paringal to him nor pere. 
CttTMr Mumdi, MS, CoB. THm. Gonfob. f. ft. 

PARING-AND-BURNING. Bumbeating ; den- 
shering; sodbnrning. YorJtsk, 

PARING-IRON. An iron to pare a horse's 
hoofs with. Palagrave. 

PARING-SPADE. A breast-plough. Yorkgk, 

PARIS.BALL. *«Lytell Pares baUe^ erf^ns^," 
Palsgrave. 

PARIS-CANDLE. A large wax candle. Perig.^ 
candette, Wardrobe Ace. Edw. IV. p. 121. 

PARIS.GARDEN. " Paris Garden is the place 
on the Thames bank-side at London, where 
the bears are kept and baited ; and was an- 
dently so called from Robert de Paris, who 
had a house and garden there in Richard the 
Second's time ; who by proclamation ordained 
that the batchers of London should buy that 
garden for receipt of their garbage and en- 
trails of beasts ; to the end the dty mi^ht 
not be annoyed thereby,'* Blount's Gloaso- 
graphia, 1681, p. 473. Paris Garden aeems 
to have been first employed as a place for 
baiting wild beasts as early as Henry VIII.'s 
time. See Collier's Annals oi the Stage, L 
251. A dreadful accident whidi occurred 
there on January 13th, 1582-3, by the fall of 
some scaffolding, is alluded to by several con- 
temporary writers. Dr. Dee, Diary, p. 18, 
thus mentions it, — ** On Sonday the stage at 
Paris Garden fell down all at ones, being full 
of people beholding the bearbaytmg, many 
beingkilled thereby, more hart, and allaroased. 
The godly expownd it as a due plage of God 
for the wickednes ther usid, and the Sabath 
day so profanely spent." Allusions to Paris 
Garden are very common ; to its loud drum, 
to the apes, &c. 

PARISHENS. Parishioners. (^.-iV.) 

The furst priucypale parte lungus to 50ur levyng ; 
The ij. part to hole church to hold his honest^ ; 

The lij. part to 50ur parechynga that al to |Oue bryng. 
To hom that faylun the fode, and fallun in poverte. 

Blind Audetay*» Poema, p. 33. 
The prest wote never what he menes 
That for lytyl curseth hys parptakenea, 

MS. Harl, 1701, f, 72. 

PARISHING. A hamlet or small village ad- 

joining and belonging to a parish. 
PARISH-LANTERN. The moon. 
PARISH-TOP. A large top fonnerly kept in avil- 

lagefor the amusement of theinhabitaats. SAaJL 
PARIS- WORK. A kind of je wellerv. 
PARITOR. An apparitor. HaU. 



PAR 



605 



PAR 



PAKK. (1) A fun, iidd, or dose. Devam. 

(8) Sialic term fcrtpriMii. York. 

(3) A kind of fishing net This word occurs in 
IfoUybnd's Dictionarie, 1593. 

PARKfiN. A ctke made diiefly oi treacle and 
oatmeaL North. 

PARKER. ** Parcar, verdier** PalsgraTC. 

PARKLEWYS. The herb offnut eaatrit. 

PARLE. To speak ; to confer with. {A.-N.) 
A president that any man, being a member therof, 
might without cause be excluded, and so letted to 
fofie theare hJa mynd In puUIque matters for the 
wealth of the realme, and such other private causes 
ss doo occur. Egnr^n Pmpettt P* M. 

PARLEMSNT. A consultation ; an assembly 

for consaltation. {J.-N.) 
PARLEY. To argue. Yorkah. 
PARLISH. Perilous ; dangerous. Also, clever, 
acute, shrewd. North, Parloua is very com- 
mon in old plays. In MS. Ashmole 59, f . 1 32, 
15 a receipt " for heme that hath a pareUet 
coche," L e. perilous cough. 
Beshrew yon for it, you have put it in me i 
Theperfsawfold men that eie I heard. 

Cftrsn. HiaL c/ King LHr, 1005. 

PARLOUK. In the cottages of poor people, if 
there are two rooms on the ground floor, the 
best loom thejr liTe in is otUed the house ; 
the other is o^led a parlour^ though used as 
a bedroom. Une. In ancient times, the 
parlour was a room for private conversation 
or retirement. Kennett explains it, "the 
oommon-40om in reiigious houses into which 
after dinner the religious withdrew for dis- 
conrse and conversation.'' 

PARMACITT. SpermacetL Skak. Stfll in 
vae, according to Craven 6L it 32. 

PARMASBNT. Parmesan cheese. It would 
leem from Dekkcr that there was a liquor so 
GsBed, but see Ford, i 148. 

PAROCH. A parish. LettauL 

PAROCK. " When the hayliff or beadle of the 
Lord held a meeting to take an account of 
rents and pannage in the weilds of Kent, such 
meeting was caUd a paroei,'* Kennett, MS. 

PARODS. An adage, or proverb. (Chr.) 

PAR0L18T. A person given to talking much 
orbombwtically. See Wright's Passions of 
theMinde,1621,p. 112. 

PAROS. A parish. Pr, Parv. 

PAROSYNNE. Gum. MS. Med. Reo. 

PAROW. The rind of frut. 

PARPLICT. Perplexity. 

PARRE. (1) To inclose. (J,-S,) "Fulstraitly 
pcrred," Ywaine and Gavrin, 3228. Forby 
haspar, an Incloaed place for domestic animals. 
Boi ab-swa say je are parted in, and na ferrere 
may pasae ; therfore ^e magnyfye jour manere of 
lyi^itge, and supposci that je are biyssed because 
that 5e er so spered in. jr& Ltneoln A. 1. 17, f* 37. 

(2) A young leveret. Devon, 

PARRELL. A chimney-piece. (J.-N.) 

PARRICK. " Parrocke a lytell parke,/«ir^//' 
Palsgrave. Still in use. Parroken, to inclose 
or thrust in, occurs in Piers Ploughman, and 
Pr. Parv. The term was also applied to a 
cattle-staU. 



PARROTS-BILL. A suigeon's pincers. 
PARSAGE. An old game at cards, mentioned 

in *' Games most in Use,'' 12mo. Lond. n. d. 
PARSE. To pierce. Pilkington's Works, p. 273. 
PARSEN. Personal charms. Cumi, 
PARSEYVE. To perceive. 

Thoghe a^pan pmne^ve hyt noghte. 
Thou stelyst hyt and thelle hast wroghta. 

MS. HmrU 1701, f. 1& 

PARSIL. Parsley. North. 

PART. (1) Some ; Uttle. North. 

(2) To partake ; to share. (A.-N,) 

(3)'" I dye, I parte my lyfe," Palsgrave. " Timely. 

parted ghost," Shakespeare. 
PARTABLE. Partaker. Lydgate, p. 86. 
Thoghe hyt were outher mennys synae, 
5yt art thou partobie therynne. 

Jf& Harl. 1701, f.M. 
PARTAKER. An assistant. 

Yet thou must have more jBar«aJ;«r« In store, 
Before thou make me to stand. 

Robtn Hood, li. 31. 

PARTED. Endowed vrith abilities. 

PARTEL. A part, or portion. 

So this pleylnge hath thre partolU, the Urate is 
that we beholden In how many thlngis God hath 
lyven us his grace passynge oure ne5theboris, and 
in so myche more thanke we hym, flilflllyng his 
wll, and more tristyng In hym afen alle mancr r»- 
provyng of owre enmys. Rell^ Antiq. il. 57. 

PARTENELLE. Partner ; partaker. MS.HarL 
1701 reads/mrfo^/ff. 

Yf it were other mens syne, 
5lt ert thou partenoUo therin. 

Report do Bnamo, MS, J)mm*, p. IS. 

PARTIAL. Impartial See Nares. 
PARTICULARS. Great friends. North. 
PARTIE. (1) A part. (2) A party. (A.^N.) 
PARTISAN. A kind of short pike. See Har- 
rison's Britaine, p. 2. It was used in pUucen 
where the long pike would have been incon- 
venient. *' A partison, a javeline to skirmish 
with,'' Baret, 1580. 
PARTISE. ParU;bits. (A.-N.) 

And as derkes say that are wise, 
He wroujte hit not bi partite. 

Curmtr Mundi, MS. ColL Trin. Cantab, f. 3. 

PARTLESS. In part ; partly. Ea$t In Dur- 
ham, partlinffi is similarly used. 

PARTLET. A roir or band formerly mudi worn 
about the neck by both sexes, but more lat- 
terly it seems to have been worn exclusively 
by women. " A maydens neckerchefe or 
lynnen parlette," Elyot, ed. 1559, in v. Stro^ 
pMwm. The term was sometimes applied to 
the haMt-shirt. " Wyth gay gownys and gay 
kyrtels, and mych waste in apparell, rynges, 
and owchis, vryth partelettes and pastis gar- 
neshed vryth perle," More's Supplycacyon of 
Soulys, sig. L. iL "A neckerchiefe or part- 
let," Baret, 1580. 

PARTNERS. The two thick pieces of wood at 
the bottom of a mast. 

PARTNIT. *' Partnyt that bredeth under onei 
arme, mort pou^** Palsgrave. 

PARTOURIE. Portion. 

PARTRIOH. A partridge, /orsoii. 



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PABTURB* To pervert, or oonfomid. 

Mary, tliMlbn, dMOMMr* kniT* vt thoa, 1 my. 
That pmrtw^m the wonto of CM, I mf, 

Tht Far4on0r mmdiht Frtni UMk 

PARTY-CLOTH. Cloth made of different co- 
lours. iV. Porv. Shakespetre haa pmrtf' 

coated tJudprnrtp^eoUmred, ^ 
Wk/o&t party-o to iwrf giri— t Nature dy*d 
In more eyo-pleeeing hewee with richer griine 
Then Irif bow attending Aprils raine. 

Brown^t BrUannia't Pa$tmmi$t p. 115. 

PARTT-FELLOW. A copartner. Pabigrme. 
PARURES. Omamenta. *« Parowr of a Testi- 

mentfjiarMrp/' Pr. Parr. DucangeliasjMrarpy 

omare. 

I beqvedie to the said chlrehe ane hola euta of 

veetmytee of rueiat velvet* One coopa, eheeiUe 

diaconei, for deooneti with the awbet andpamrw. 

PARVENKE. A pink. {A.^N,) 

Hire rode to ate rote that red to on rya; 
With Ulyewhlte leree lottum he to. 
The prlmerole he panetht tha pmrmtUn of prii» 
With aiisaundre thara-to, ache and anyi. 

JfS. Har<. 28ftS,f.eS. 

PARYIS. A church porch. The parvis at 
London was the portico of St Paul s, where 
the lawyers met for consultation. 
And at the pmrw^m I wyll ha 
A Pofrlyi betwyn ^ anda iU. 

Jf ted, Wm, and Uwdtmaniili^, p. 8. 

PARWHOBBLB. To talk quickly. WnL <* A 
parwhobble, a parley or conference between 
two or three persons," MS. Devon. Gloss. 
PARYARD. Theiimyard. Ai/otf. 
PARYLB. Peril. (A.-N,) 

That he wvrida wende hi exiyla^ 
And pat bym in eoche jpavyiai 

MB, Cbntafr. Ff. IL 3B, f . IM. 

PARYST. Perished. 

So that no hart laU waata in no itede. 
For there mil no hare be pmryat, 

Hmm^ole, MS, Bow€§, p. 148. 

PAS. A foot-pace. (^.-M) 

He thojt more then he eeydef 
Towarde the court he gaf a bcmyde, 
Aad5ede a welle gode jnw. 

MS, CantQb, Pf. v. 48, f. 51. 
[ etalkad be tfie etreaij, be the etnnd, 
Forlbethaflodlbad 
A botdoaahaahiiidf 

SopaaMdIthepafc BsUq, Amilq,iL7' 

PASCHAL. A large candlestick used by the 

Roman Catholics at Easter. 
PASCH-EGOS. See Psoe-EggB. 
PASE. (1) To ooze out Dora*/. 
(2) To raise ; to lift up. Nvrih, 
PASE-DAY. Easter.^y. The following pro- 
verbial' lines refer to tiie Sundays in L^t : 
Tid» mid, mtoen. 
Carl, Paum, good Pate-daif, 
PASH. (1) To Strike with violence so as to break 
to pieces. Palagnwe, 

Commlng to the bridge, I found it built of glane 
•o cunningly and ao euriouity, at IT nature herself 
had longht to pardune credk bj framing to carloua 
a peace of workmanehlp ; bat yet to elendady, as 
the least weight was able to ptih It into famnmer. 



fliiall ^a«a his eo«-eonil»i 

Aa that his Boola hii eom 

HoMT «e Oheesa • GMIiri^, MM. 
(2) A heavy faD of rain or snow. 
r3) Anything decayed. North. 
(4) A great nnmbiur. North, 
PASKS. The passover ; Easter. {A,'S,) 
To M oyses ouvs Lorda tho tolda 
What wise thai shulde Patht hoide. 
Cmnor Mmtdi, MS, CoU, Trim, C^tUab, f. 39. 
PASKEY. Short-breathed; asthmatic JFest. 
PASMETS. Parsnips. fFiitM. 
PASS. (1) A whipping or beating. Contm. 
To die. Pabgrave, 

To surpass ; to eicd. {A,'N,) Hence, to be 
very extraordinary. 
(4^ To judge ; to pass sentence. (^. N) 
(5 1 To report ; to tell. Deeon, 
(6 1 To csre for, or regsrd. SkaJt, 

(7) A frame on which stones pass or rest in 
forming anardi. 

(8) To toll the bell for the purpose of aniKMueing 
a deai^ In general use. 

(9) To go. Also, let it go, or pais. It was 
also a term used at primero and other games. 

Tha knyght jMMvrfas he oomok 

MS, ChMlak Ft iL >•, C. S44. 

(10) Wett to pan, vrell off, rich ; eqniviIeBt to 
weO to do, which is in very common wse. 

Hit mothers hntbaad, who reputed w« 
His firt!ier« being rich and unnfftmt, 
A wealthy marehsnt andsn aldaraum* 
On fonalgna shocas dU travell new and thas. 

Seof* FfctfDagrfafa. 1616. 

PASSADO. A term in fencing, meaning a pass 
or motion forwards. 

PASSAGE. (1) A ferry. Dewm. 

(2) An old game at dice, thus deserfbed m the 
Comideat Gamester, ed. 1721, p. 67 :— " Pas- 
sage is a game at dice to be pU/d at but by 
two, and it is per fo rmed vrith three dice. 
The caster throws oontinnally till he baa 
thrown doablets under ten, and then he is oat 
and loses, or doublets above ten, and then he 
passes and wins ; high runners are moot re- 
quisite for this game, such as vriU rarely run 
any other chance than four, five, or six, by 
vrhieh means, if the caster throws doublets, 
he scarcely can throw out" 

PASSAMEN. A kind of lace. (Pr,) Inn par- 
liamentary scheme, dated 1549, printed in 
the Egerton Papers, p. 11, it was ptopooed 
than no man under the degree of n enil be 
allowed to wear jfo mamt m JacOb 

PASSAMEZZO. A slow dance, very QUen cor- 
mpted to passn-measore, or passing ms aw s r c , 
and by Shakespeare to passy-measure. The 
long-<£sputed phrase paaty-meatwreo patm 
has thus been explained, but it is in Ibct the 
name of an ancient dance, thus described in a 
MS. ({ttoted by Mr. Collier in tho Shak. Soc 
Papers, L 25, " two singles and a donble 
forward, and tvro sing^ syde, reprynoe back." 
It is only necessary to read this, and have 
seen a drunken man, to be well aware vrfay 
Dick is called a " passy-mearani paviii.' 



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PASSANCS. AjiMnmey. 

Thw puHd tiMy thdr mamn, And wore o«t 
tke vMrie wij villi tbcM plaaHBt discoumt and 
prettte podea. 

Sak»>9 Narbonut, lit part, IWO, p. 131. 
PASS>BANK. The bank or fund at the old 

gaioe of passage. See Grose, in t. 
PASSE. Extent; district 

AU the pt&m of LaDcuhyre, 
He went both fene and nere. Robin Hood, i. 6S. 
PASSEL. Parcel; a great quantity. 
PASSEN. Surpass; exceed. 

H71 totdijM pauen a fote longe. 

MS. Qtntmb, Ff. il. 3B» f. 6B. 

PASSENGER. A passage-boat. 
PASSER. A gimlet. Leic, 
PASSING. Exceeding ; excessive. 

la sooth, he tould a ptuHfig, ^oaiiitf Jeit. 

How to Choooo « Good fV^, 1834. 
An dder brother was commending hb younger 
orother's green clottk which he wore, and said it be* 
came hhn pasting well. Faith, brother, says he, 
Int aUaek mounkkg doak flrom you will become 
n« Iwtter. O^^MJotit, 1706, p. 83. 

PASSIN6.1fBASURE. An outrage. 
PASSION. Sotroir; emotion. 
PASSIONAR. A book containing the litea and 
nurtyrdoinB of saints. {Lot,) It occurs in 
the Noaunale MS. in n\y possession. 
PASSIONATE. Pathetic ; sommfiiL Also a 

nxh to express passion^ or sorrow. 
PASS-GN. ToB^udicate. Shak. 
PAST.ALL Uncontrollable. Far, dial. 
PASTANCE. Pastime. It occurs in Holinshed, 
CbroiL Ireland, p. 19. 
Thowgh I sQmtyme be In Bn^ond for my paatmtmeo. 
Vet was I neyther borne here, in Spayne, nor in 
Pnonce. BaW* Kpngo Johtm, p. 8. 

PASTE. A term in old confectionary for hiord 

preserres of frtrit. 
PASTEIIS. Pasties. (^.-iV.) 
Ther Is awel fair abbel 
Of white mookes and of grei. 
Ther beth bowris and hallsa; 
Al of paoteiit beth the walles. 

Cocaigno, op, Wrighf* Purgatorp, p. 56. 

PASTELEK. A maker of pastry. See Rutland 
Papers, p. 42. More vumXlj pMterer. Pals- 
grave has /^of/^ffr. 
PASTE.ROTAL. Is mentioned in Ord. and 
Reg. p. 455. The ancient manner of making 
Pttte-royal is thus described : 

Hmo to make Pmtte-ropal In Sauee*. 
Tike sugar, the quantity of four ounces, very 
flacly bckten and searoed, and put it Into an ounce 
of cinnamon and ginger, and a grain of musk, and 
so beat it Into paste with a little gum- dragon steep'd 
in ros»>watert and when you hare beaten tt into 
paste in a scone morur, then roul it thin, and print 
it with your moulders ; then dry It tiefoce the fire, 
sad when it Is dry, box It up and keep it all the 
year. True Oontlowomana Delight, 1076, pp. SS^Mk. 
PASTETHB. A perfimiing.ball. 
PASTICUMP. A shoemaker's balL Une. 
PASTOREL. A shepherd. (A..N.) 

I^OTersIle and paetorellee pasaede one aftyre 
WiDi poikes to pasture at the price fateti 

JfortoiMftiffV, M& IAieo2fi»f.08. 

PASTRON. Mtersfernnnily horses, affixed to 



that part of the animal's leg called thepts- 
tern. See Ardiseologia, xxri. 401. *<Pastron 
of an horse, pathtron/' Palsgrare. 

PASTS. " Payre of pastes, ttnet pasep,'* Pals- 
grave. See Partlet, 

PASTURE. To feed. Gesta Rom. p. 85. 

PAT. (1) Pert ; brisk ; lively. YorksK 

(2) A hog-trough. Suuex. 

PATACOON. A Spanish coin, worth 4«. 8^. 

PATAND. The lowest sill of timber in a par. 
tition. {A.-N,) 

PAT-BALL. To play at ball. Oxtm. 

PATCH. (1) A fooL The domestic fool was 
formerly so called. 

Why doating pmieh, didst thou not oome with ma 
this morning from the ship? Jf «iMM*m<, UBS. 

(2) A cheiry^stone. Dewm, 

(3^ A child's clout. Wett 

(4) To patch i^fon, to blame. Eapt 

PATCHES. Black patches were formerly worn 
on the face, and considered ornamental. This 
curious fashion is alluded to in a rare work 
entitled Several Discourses and Charactersi 
8vo. 1689, p. 175. 

PATCH-PANNEL. Shabby ; worn out 

PATE. (1) A badger. North, 

(2) Weak and sickly. Exmoor. 

PATENE-CUT. Tobacco cut up and tied, pre- 
pared for smoking. North, 

PATEREROS. Chambered pieces of ordnance. 
Seethe Archaeologia, xxviii. 376. 

PATERONE. A workman's model, a pattern. 
More usually spelt patron, 

DIsflgurld pateronpe and quaynle. 
And as a dede kyng thay weren paynte. 

ArchtBologia, xziL 881. 

PATES. Boats ; vessels. Weber, 

PATH. To go in a path ; to trace or follow in 
a path. Shak» 

PATHERISH. Silly, appUed to sheep that 
have the disease called " water on the brain.'' 
Sutsex, 

PATHETICAL. Affected. Shak, 

PATIENATE. Patient. West, 

PATIENCE-DOCK. Snakeweed. North. 

PATIENT. To trsnquillize. Shak. 

PATIENTABLE. Patient. Jkwm. 

PATINB. The cover of a chalice. 

PATISING. (1) '' Patisyng, a treatie of peace, as 

■ frontier townes take one of another, pa»tU 
Paige** Palsgrave. " I patyse as one frontyer 
towne dothe with another in tyme of warre to 
save them bothe harmksse, jepatyte" ib. 

(2) Splashing in water. Depon, 

PATLET. ThesameaBParfM,q.v. 

PATREN. To pray; properly, to repeat the 
paternoster; to mutter. Chaucer. 

PATRICK'S-PURGATORY. A celebrated ca^ 
vem in Ireland, an eminent object of pilgrim- 
ages and superstitioqs. Its entire history is 
to be found in Mr. Wright's work so called, 
8vo. 1844. 

They that repalre to thla place for darotlon his 
sake use to continue therein fome and twentle 
homasrwhkh doolog otharwhOe with gboetlienie- 



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dltetlont, and other«hil« a dread ftn* the coaaeleiioe 
of their dewrta, they laie they aee a plaine reieiii- 
blance of their owne fkulti and vertuet, with the 
horror and oomfort thereunto belonging, the one to 
terriblet the other so Jokras, that they verelie decme 
themaelvcf for the time to have eight of hell and 
hearen. The revelations of men that went thither 
(S. Patrike yet livfaig) are kept written within the 
abbeie there adjoining. When asle peraon la dl** 
poaed U> enter (for the doore la ever ipard) he re* 
pairech lint for deviae to the archbiahop, who 
caateth all periclet and diauadeth the pilgrime ttom 
the attempt bicauae it U knowen that diverae en- 
tering into that cave, never were teene to tume 
backeagaine. But if the partie be fullie reaolved, 
he recommendeth him to the prior, who in like 
manor favourablie exhorteth him to diooae aome 
other kind of penance and not to hiaard aanh a 
danger. If notwlthatanding ho find the partie 
fullie bent, he oonducteth him to the church, 
Injoineth him to begin with praier and fast of fif- 
tecne daica, so long togither as in discretion can be 
Indured. This time expired, if yet he persevere 
In his former purpose the whole convent accompa- 
nleth him with solemne procession and benediction 
to the mouth of the cave, where they let him iu, and 
so bar up the doore untlll the next morning. 
And then with like ceremonies they await his returne 
and reduce him to the church. If he be scene no 
more they fast and prale flfteene dalea after. 
Touching the credit of these matters, I see no cause, 
but a Christian being persuaded that there la both 
hell anil heaven, may without vanitle upon sufll- 
eient information be resolved, that it might pleaae 
Ood, at sometime, for considerations to His wltdome 
koowen, to reveale by miracle the vuion of Joies 
and painea etemall. But that altogither in such 
sort and by such manor, and so ordinarilie, and to 
such persona, aa the common fame dooth utter, 
I neither iMleeve nor wish to be regarded. I have 
conferd with diverse that had gone this pilgrimage, 
who affirmed the order of the premisses to be true ; 
but that they saw no sight, save onelie fearefull 
dreams when they chanced to nod, and those they 
said were exceeding horrible. Further they added. 
Chat the fast ia rated more or lesae* according to the 
qualltie of the penitent. 
Stanihurtf* HescHpfion i^Jrelmnd, ed. 1586, pp.88-S9. 

PATRICO. A cant term among beggars for 
their orator or hedge priest. This character 
is termed pairiarJke-eo in the Fratemitye of 
Vacabondes, 1575, " a patriarke-co doth make 
marriages, and that is until! death depart the 
married folke, which is after this sort : when 
they come to a dead horse or any dead catell, 
then they shake hands, and so depart every 
one of them a severall way." 
PATRON. A sea-captain. " Patrone of a 
gaily, patron de gake" Palsgrave. Generally, 
any superior person, and sometimes a king. 
PATTEN. A plaister. This is given as a WUt- 

shire word in MS. Lansd. 1033, f. 2. 
PATTENS. Stilts. Swf, 
PATTER. To mutter. Pabgrave. 
Hia herte was full of payne and wo. 
To kepe theyr names and shewe them ryght. 
That he reated but lytell that nyght. 
Ever he potMd on theyr names faste ; 
Than habnd them In ordreat the laste. 

Ibse tike Phughman learned Me FaleriMsler. 



PATTERN* A pittance. Norih. 

PATTICK. A simpleton ; a fool, one thit ta&a 
nonsense ; a little jng. Weit, 

PAUK. To pant for breath. Weft. 

PAUKY. Sly; mischievous; pettish; proad; 
insolent North. 

PAUKY.BAO. A bag for collecting ficagmenU 
from a wreck. Norf, 

PAUL. To puzzle. North, 

PAULING. A covering for a cart or waggon. 
Ufie. Qu. from paUe ? 

PAUL'S. As old as St. Paul's, a common pro- 
verbial saying in Devon, and is found in old 
writers. The weathercock of Paul's is fre- 
quently referred to in early books. ** I am as 
very a turncote as the wethercoke of Poles," 
Mariage of Witt and Wisdome, p. 24. A 
chronicle in MS. Vespas. A. xxv. under the 
reign of Henry VII. thus mentions it — 

M. Knelaworth, maylr. Then came In dewke 
Phillip, of Burgon, agaynst his wille with tempest 
of wethir, as he waa goyng into Spayn, whldie after- 
ward waa kyng of Caatelle. Then waa PoUea 
wethir-cok blown doua. 

Old St. Paul's was in former times a £avorite 
resort for purposes of business, amnsement, 
lounging, or assignations ; bills were fixed up 
there, servants hiret^ and a variety of osatters 
performed wholly inconsistent with the sacred 
nature of the edilioe. ^ A poore siqnis, such 
as forlome forreiners use to have in Pauls 
Church,'* Hopton's Bacolam Geodsticum, 
4to. Lond. 1614. 

In PotvU bee walketh like a gallant co m tie r , 
where If hae meet aome rich chuflba worth the gull- 
ing, at every word he speaketh hee makea n mouso 
of an elephant ; he tdleth them of wonders done la 
Spalne by his ancestors ; where, if the matter were 
well examtaied, his father was but swabber ia the 
ship where Civill oranges were the best merchAndiae ; 
draw him into the line of history, you shall hemie 
as many lies at a breath as would breed scruple In a 
good conscience for an age. WU* MUerie, \SOS. 

PAULTRING. Pilfering stranded ships. Kent. 

PAUL-WINDLAS. A small windlass used for 
raising or lowering the mast of a vessel. 

PAUME. (1) The pslm of the hand. {J,-N.) 

With everyche a pa we as a poate, and pmumtet fulle huge. 

Morte Arthure, MS. Arthur; f. 61. 
A bryd whynged merveyllousely. 
With pawm«» streynynge mortally. 

jr& Cott. Tiber, A. vU. f. 77. 
His amale pawmh on thy diekis leyne. 

MS. Cmmiab. Ft. 11.38. f. 19. 

(2) A balL (^.-M) « Paume to pbty at ten- 

nys mih, paulme" Palsgrave. 
PAUMISH. Handling anything in an awkward 
manner, like one who has no fingers and is 
obliged to do everything with his palms, 
or hands. Somerset, 
PAUNCB. (1) The viola tricolor. 

The purple violet, pawnee, and hearfs-eaae. 
And every flower that smell or sight can please. 

Iff jrieeod'e Marriage IVta jnjbAs, IglSL 

(2) A coat of mail. 
Thurghe jMionee and plates he percede the naylea. 
That the prowde peaselle In his pnwnehe lengaa. 

MeeUAfikim, MS, lAmnIn, t fB, 



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PAUNCH. To wound a man in the paimch. 

Also, to got an animal. Pabgrme, 
PAUNCH-CLOUT. (1) Tripe. (2) A beHv-band. 
PAUNCH-GUTS. A person with a large ato- 

macfa. Smith, 
PAUNBD. Striped ; ornamented. 

Atter the tMUnket coded with noiae of minstrellcs, 

enteied hito the chamber eight maskers with white 

bndes, and long and laige garmentea ot blewe aatyn 

jMnuwt with aiprek HaU, Hmrp VIU, f. 69. 

PAUNSONE. A coat of mail? 

A pesane and apeviMoiM, and a prisgirdille. 

Jforfa ArthurtyMa. Lincoln, f. 80. 

PAUP. To walk awkwaidly. North. 
PAUPUSS£S. Panpers. St^olh, 
PAUSATION. A pause. Devon. 
PAUSE. To kick. North. 
PAUSER. Cahner ; more temperate. 
The expedition of my violent Ioto 
Outran the pauser reason. Mdebeth, il. 3. 
PAUT. To paw; to walk heayily; to kick; to 
beat North. Cotgrave has E^HoUrer, to 
Ittnt, pdt, thrash, beat, &c 
PAUTCH. To walk in deep mnd. Somertet. 
" Sossing and poising in the dort/' Gammer 
Gurton, p. 178. 
PAVAGE. A toll or duty payable for the liberty 
d passing over the soil or territory of another. 
All tbes thre yer, and raor, potter, he teyde, 

Thow hast hantjd thes wey, 
Yet wer tow never so cortys a man 
One pency of pmpogv to pay. Robin Bood, i. 83. 
PAYED. Turned hard. Sufblk. 
PAVELOUNS. PaviUons ; tents. U,-N.) 
PAVES. The staU of a shop. 
PAVIN. A grave and stately dance. 
PAYISE. A large kind of shield. 

Aad at the nether ende of the pMitu he gart 
B«rl« « burde, the lentheof a cubit, for to covere 
vith hislcggra aad his fete, so that no party of hym 
myjte be icne. MB. JJneoin A. 1. 17, f . 38. 

And after that the shotte was done, whiche they 
defended wyth paoUhet, thei came to handestrokes, 
ud were cncontred severally, as you shall here. 

Hall, Henry VIII. f. 4«. 
Them tohdp and to avanc. 
With many a prowd pavyt. lUUq. AnHq, U. SS. 
PAVISSR. A soldier armed with a pavise, or 
buckler. {A,.N.) 

Tbeire prayes and theire presoneres passes one aftyre. 
With pylours and pavytera and pryse men of armes. 

Merte Jrthure, MS, Lincoln, f. 85. 
PAVONE. A peacock. Spenser. 
PAVY, The hard peach. 
PAYYLERS. Pavilionen ; the men who pitched 

the tents. (^.-iV.) 
PAWK. To throw abont awkwardly. S%ff. 

Hence jMwJty, an awkward fellow. 
PAWMENT. A pavement Pr.Parv. 
PAWN. (1) A peacock. Drayton. 
(2) The palm of the hand. 
PAWNCOCK. A scarecrow. Somerset. 
PAWN-GROPER. A dirty miserly feUow. 
PAW.PAW. Nanghty. Var.dial. 
PAWT. A similar word to jio#/«r. A servant 
» laid io pamt abont when she does her work 
m an iae slovenly way, when she makes a 

IL 



show only of working, putting oat her hands 
and doing in fact nothing. jJne. 
PAWTENERE. (1) A purse; a net-bag. " Afer- 
eipiumy a pawtnere," Nominale MS. probably 
for marsuphun. Palsgrave has ** pantner, ma- 
lette" " Pence in thy pauwkner," Ashmole's 
Theat. Chem. Brit. 1652, p. 192. 

I toke hyt owt and have hyt here, 
Lo t hyt ys here in my pnwtenere. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. U. 38, f. S44. 
Clement xl. pownde can telle 
Into a pawtener*, MS. Cantab. Ft. ii. 38, f. 87. 
Alas he ner a parsun or a vecory, 

Be Jhesn I he is a gentylmou and jolyl^ arayd ; 
His gurdlls haneichit with lilver, his bastard hongus 
bye, 
Apoo his partA pmutener uehe moo ys apayd. 

jrs. i)OtfM 309, f. 3. 

(2) Wickedness. (A.-N.) 

Then answeryd the measengere, 
FuUe fkise was hys psiefMcre, 

And to that lady seyde ; 
Madame, yf y ever dyskever the, 
I gnnnt that ye take me. 

And smyteof my hedd. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. 11. 38, f . 8B. 

(3) A vagabond ; a Ubertine. (A.-N.)' 
For thempe^ur me seyd tho. 

And treweUch me bihete therto, 

That he rao wold gret worthschlpe. 

And now he me wll sle with schenschipe. 

For the speche of a losanger. 

And of a feloun jMM(en«r. Gpof Warwikt, p. 113. 

(4) Cruel .> EUis, i. 197, has partener in the 
following passage, where the editor (Mr. 
Tumbull) reads panteter ! 

Gode knight hardi, and jwii/ener, 
Y nam nolther your douke no king. 

Arthour and MvUn, p. & 
PAX-BREAD. A small tablet with a represen. 
tation of the crucifixion upon it, presented in 
the eeremony of the mass to be kissed by the 
faithfuL Coles erroneously explains it by 
panis osevlatorius. ** Paxe to kysse, paust*' 
Palsgrave, 1530. 
PAX-WAX. See Faxwax. This term occurs 

in the Prompt. Parv. 
PAY. (1) To beat. Still in use. 

If they uncase a sloven and not, unty their points, 
I so pay their armes that they cannot s<»aetlmes un- 
tyethem, if they would. BtM.n Good/Uiow, l&O, 
When be had wdl din'd and bad filled his paneh. 

Then to the winecellar they had him atnlgbt way, ' 
Where they with brave claret and brave old Canary, 
They with a foxe tale him soundly did pay. 

The King andapoore Northerne Man, 1840. 

(2) To make amends. Also a substantive, 
satisfaction. {A.-S,) 

Than can themaydyn up stande, 
And askyd watur to hur hande ; 
The maydenys wysche withowten lett. 
And to ther mete they ben sett. 
Gye entendyd alle that daye 
To serve that lady to hur pape. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f . 148. 

(3) To please ; to satisfy. {A.-N,) 
PAYEN. A pagan, or heathen. {A.-N.) 

The painenu and king Saphiran 
Defoiled our Cristen men. 

Arthour and Merlin, p. 830. 

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610 PBA 



tbto was the ftnit 
That the epoctUs in party 
Made amoog folhe that were foeair. 
Curtar Mutuft^ M8. ColL Trim. CmUab. f. Itt. 

FATli. ri) To beat, or tbrftsh. Salop, 

(2) The band of a tub or barrel. 

PAYLOUNS. Pavilions ; tents, Weber. 

PAYMAN. Akiudofcheese-cake. 

PAYMENT. (1) Impairment. They say, " HeTl 
take no payment,** meaning, He'U take no 
injury, hell be none the worse. Lme. 

(2) To give a woman her payment, i, e. to get 
her with child. 

PAYNE. (1) A coat of mail. 

The knyght taae, and hli ptviMff aett. 

M8, Uiuoln A. 1. I7» f* 143. 

(2) Bread. Piers Ploughman, p. 529. 

(3) Field; plain. "I salle dy in the /^ayiitf," 
MS. LinookiA.L17.f.l32. 

PAYNES. Pence. R. de Brunne, MS. 

PAYS, (l) Country. (2) Pitch. (J.-N.) 

PAYSAUNCE. Pausing or stopping. Chaue. 

PAY-THE.PEPPERIDGE. A seboolboy hav- 
ing on a new suit of clothes is subjected to 
have a button pulled off unless he " pay the 
pepperidge,'' by giving a doueenr to his play- 
fdlows. Stifolk. 

PEA. (1) A peahen. See Nares. 

(2) To look with one eye. North. 

(3) A weight used in weighing anything with 
the steelyard. South. 

PEA-BLUFF. A tube, one, two, or three feet 
long, usually of tin, through which boys blow 
a pea with considerable force and precision. 
Sufoik. 

PEACH. To tell, or inform against, far. dial 

PEA-ESH. Pease-stubble. Weet. 

PEA-GOOSE. A silly fellow. Perhape more 
properly peak-goose. Cotgrave has the term, 
in V. Benetf Niais. Forby explains it, " one 
who has an aspect both sickly and. silly." 

PEA-JACKET. A loose rough coat, with ooai- 
cal buttons of a small size. North. 

PEAK. Lace. Far. dial 

PEAKISH. Simple; rude. 

Onoe hunted heuntiU the chaoe» 

Long Cut! ng. and the heat 

Did house him fai a pmkUh graunge 

Within a forest great. Warmei*^ Jtbhiu MmglmO. 

PE AKRELS. A name given to the inhabitaiits 
of the Peak in Derbyshire. 

PEAL. (1) A noise, or uproar. North. 
To pour out a Uquid. Ghue. 
A batch of bread. Devon. 

PEALE. To cool. Yorish. 

PSALIN6. A lasting apple that mskea admi- 
rable dder, and agrees well with this climate, 
the tree being a good bearer. 

PEA-MAKE. See Make (2). 

PEAN. To strike or heat. Cwmh. 

PEAR-COLOURBD. Red. 

PBARK. To peep. Var.diaL 

PEARL. (1) This term was metaphorically ap- 
plied to anything exoee<fingly valuable. 

(2) White spota in the eyes were called peark. 
See Harrison's England, p. 234. According 



to the DieHonariiim Ruiitlffliin,peari» pn, and 
web, or any unnatural spot or thick iW over 
a horse's eye, oomes fN»m some stroke or 
blow given him, or from desee«t of the sire, 
or dam; the pearl being known by a little 
round, thick, white spot, like a p^rl, from 
which it had its name, growing on the sight 
of the eye. Among hunters, pearl is thai 
part of a deer's horn which is abovt the huir. 

PEARL-COATED. A sheep with a cuiled fleece 
is said to be pearl-coated. North. 

PEARLIN8. Coarse bone-lace. 

PEART. Brisk ; Uvely. Far. dial 
Give your play-gull a sloole, and my lady her foolo^ 

And her usher potatoes and marrov. 
But your poet were he dead* set a pot on Us head. 
And he rises as peart as a spaxfpw. 

SrU. BW. a 167. 
Then, as a ntmUe squirrill from the wood* 
Ranging the hedges for his fllberd food* 
Sits peartl^ on a bough his browne nuU cracUng . 
Browne** Britaiud^* Patiurat; p. 13S. 

PEAS-AND-SPORT. ^et Seaddieg^-Peas. 

PEAS-BLOSSOM-DAMP. A damp in eoal-ptU 
less noisome than ordinary damps. 

PEASCOD. '* I remember the wooing of a 
peaecod instead of her," &c Shakespeare, 
" The efficacy of peaaeode in the allkira of 
sweethearts is not yet forgotten among our 
rustic vulgar. The kitchen maid, when she 
sheUs green pease, never omits, if she finds one 
having imn« pease, to lay it on the lintel of the 
kitchen door, and the first down who enters 
it, is. infallibly to be her husband, or at least 
her sweetheart," Mr. Davy's MS. Suffolk 
Gloss. Anderson mentions a custom in the 
North, of a nature somewhat similar. A 
Cumbrian giii, when her lover proves un- 
&ithful to her, is, by way of consokticSh, 
nibbed with pease-straw by the neighbouring 
lads ; and when a Cumbrian youth loses his 
sweetheart, by her marriage with a rival, the 
same sort of comfort is administered to him by 
the lasses of the village. " Winter time for 
shoeing, peas-cod time for wooing," old pro- 
verb in MS. Devon GL The divination by 
peascods alluded to by Mr. Davy ia thus 
mentioned by Gay, — 
As peascods once I pluch'd, I dianc'd to see 
One that was closely flU'd with three times three ; 
Which, when 1 cropp'd, I safely home oooTey'd, 
And o'er the door the spell in secret laid ; 
The latdi mov'd up, when who should &rat cone In, 
But, In his proper person,— Lubberkin I 

But perhaps the allusion in Shakesj^re is beat 
illustrated by the following passage, which 
■eems to have esoped the notice of all writera 
on this subject, — 
The peaacod greeneoft with no little toylo 
Hee'd seeke Ibr in the fiittest tetiTSt eoile. 
And rend it flrom the stalke to bring it to bev. 
And in her bosome for aooeptanoe wooo her. 

Browntf* BHtaautt^t JeiSwe/s, p. 7l» 

PEASE. (1 ) To issue from a punetore in globolea 

resembling peas. Somereet. 
(2) To appease. 

The tcB oomnsBdments bilog ao nan to i 



?SD 



611 



PBE 



tioB, wtk at* «DthtBg ku thtii able to ptmn the 
dltliievnfli. BKon'M Wdrkt, p. 48. 

(3) A single pea. Spenter, 

PEASB-BOLT. Pease-straw. Snt. It oc- 
ean in Tnsser, ed. 1812, p. 28. 

PEASE-BRUSH. Pease-stabble. Herrf. 

PKASE-FORRIDGB-TAWNY. AdhigyycDow. 

PEASHAM. Piea^raw. South, 

PEASIPOUSE. Peas and beans grown together 
as a crop. Glkmc. 

PEA-SWAD. Apcascod. North. 

PEAT. A delicate person. 

A dtiaen end his wl/e the other day 
Both riding on one hone, upon the way 
I overtook, the wench a pretty pmt. 
And (by her eye) well lltting for the seat. 

PBAWCH.WAL. A sort of coal, which reflects 

Tirious colours. &aff'. 
PEBBLE-BOSTER. A stone-breaker ; a man 
who breaks stones for mending the roads. 
Sti^. 
PECCAVr. A familiar use of this Latin phrase 
is common among schoolboys, equivalent to 
a confession of being in the wrong. It occurs 
in tbe Historie of Promos and Cassandra, p. 
32, andin HaD. 
PECE. A drinking-cup. PaUgrobe. ''Catena, 
An^ce a pese," Nominale MS. 

They toke away the tylver Teesc-U, 

And ali that they myght get, 
AcVf reaeajf , and ipones, 
Wolde tltey non forgete. 

tUMn Hood, I. ». 

PECH. To pant; to breathe heavUy. Cnmb, 
PECK. (1) Meat ; victuaU. Dekker uses it in 

this sense. Lmc, To eat Oxm, *<We 

most Bcrat beftife we peck." 

(2) A pickaie. Weit. 

(3) Topeektgptm, to domineer ofer. 

(4) To stumble. Ywk^ 

(5) A large quantity. Var. dial 
WTopitdi. Still in use. 

PBCKHAM. <« It's aUhoUdav at Peckbam with 
ne," L& it is dl np with me. 

PECKISH. Hungry. Var. dial 

PSCKLEDl SpceUed. StiU in use. 

PECTOLL. 
Behoide the loUed bodes ituflM with llockea, 
"^ oewe brocked doublettes open at the brcstee, 
Staffed with peetoO of theyr loves smockes. 

A TretUifse t^fa Ckilaunt, n. d. 

PECTORAL. Armour for the breast The 
tenn was also applied to a priest's stole. 
The second meaning of pectwale given by 
Ducaoge is rationale, stola pontificalis. 

PECULIAR. A mistress. Gros«. 

PSCUKIAUL Belonging to money. 

It csme into bya hed that the EogiyduMn did 
Btle puie upon tlie obeerradon and ke|>yDge of 
peaali laweeor peatniaa staltttet, made and enaeted 
for the prderradon of the commeo utilytee and 
*»l*e. BaU, Henry ni. f. fl7. 

PBCUNIWS. Money-loving. 
PECURIOUS. Very precise. £iut. 
PR). A ^edes of hamper without a lid, in 
which mwAxrel are hawked about the streets. 



Mmt. Moor tdls us, in Norwich an assem- 
blage whither women bring their small wares 
o^eggs, ehiekens, &c. to sell, is called the 
Ped-market, Ray says, " Dorsers are pedt 
or panniers carried on the backs of horses, on 
which higglers used to ride and carry their 
commodities. It seems this homely but 
most useful instrument was either first found 
out, or is the most generally used, in this 
county (Dorset), where ftsh-jobbers bring 
up their iish in such contrivances, above an 
hundred miles, from Lime to London.** In 
his North-country words he has '^ a whisket, a 
basket, a skuttle, or shallow ped.** Tusser 
uses ped, ed. 1812, p. 11. Hohnc, 1688, 
has explained it an angler's basket. 

PEDAILE. Footmen. Heame. 

PEDANT. A teacher of languages. 

PED-BBLLY. A round protuberant bdly. 
like a ped, q. ▼. East. 

PEDDER (1) A pedlar. Var. dial Forby ex- 
plains it, one who carries wares in a ped, 
pitches it in open market, and sells from it. 

(2) A basket Nominale MS. 

PEDDLE. Employment N^th. 

PEDDLE.BACKED. Said of a man etrrying 
a ped or pack like a pedlar. 

PEDDLING. Trifling; worthless. 

PEDELION. Helleborus niger. Oerard. 

PEDER. A small farmer. Line. 

PEDESAY. A kind of cloth. 

PEDISSEQUANTS. PoUowera. (Lat.) 

Yet still he striveth uatiU wearied and Ineathlesse, 
he be forced to offer up his blood and flesh to the 
rage of ai the observant podinequantt of the hunting 
goddesse Diana. 

TtffiMtt't Flaw-Footed Bea*t9, 1W7, p. 138. 

PEDLAR'S-BASKET. Ivy-leaved snap-dragon. 

PEDLAR'S-FRENCH. The cant hmgSge. 
The term was also applied to any imintelli- 
gible jargon. Still in use. 

PEDLAR'S-PAD. A walking-stick. North. 

PEDNAMENE. Head to feet ; as in many 
Cornish huts large &milies lie, husband, wife, 
and children (even grown up) of both sexes, 
all in one bed. Polwhele. 

PEDNPALY. A tomtit Cormo. 

PEED. Half.bUnd. See Pea. 

PEE-DEE. A young lad in a keel, who takes 
charge of the rudder. North. 

PEEK. A grudge. SimuUag, Upton's MS. 
additions to Jmdos. 

PEEKED. Thin. Dor9ee. 

PEEKING. " A peeking feUow, one that carries 
favour by low flattery and carrying tales, and 
picks holes in the character of others by lies 
or ill-natur'd stories," MS. Devon Gl. 

PEEL. (I) A pillow; a bolster; a cushion for 
lace-making. fFett. 

2) A square tower ; a fortress. North. 

3) Stir ; noise ; uproar. Yori^h. 

4) To peel ground, i. e. to impoverish it, 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 

(5) To strip. Var. dial. Peel'd priest, stripped 
or bald priest. There is an early receipt for 
** tL msLn pefyd m scallyd," in Lincoln MS. 



PEE 



612 



PEG 



(6) The long-hindled ahovel vith wbich Inread, 
&C. is thrust into a hot oven, or taken out. 
'* Also put into an OTen with Apeele" florio, p. 
237. " Pele for an ovya^peUe a four,*' Pals- 
grave. "Pele,/Miia," Nominale MS. Thus 
described by an anonymous lexicographer : a 
wooden instnunent of about a yard and a half 
long, and three quarters broad, on which 
pastry-cooks put many pies and tarts, &c. at 
once, either to carry them from gentlemen's 
houses to be baked, or from the oven to where 
they are to be used at feasts or great enter- 
tainments ; also the name of the instrument 
that bakers, &c use to put into the oven to 
draw their bread, pies, &c. with ; also an in- 
strument that printers hang np their sheets 
with, upon lines or wooden rails, as they 
come from the press, that they may dry. 

PEEL-BEARS. Pillow-cases. Devon. 

PEEL-CLOTH. A pillow-case. Devon. 

PEELER. An iron crow-bar. Kent. 

PEELING. A paring. Far. dial 

PEENGINO. Fretful ; whining. North. 

PEEP. (1) An eye. Somertet. Grose has 
peepert, eyes, Class. Diet Vulg. Tong. 

(2) A flock of chickens. Also, to chirp. " iV'0» 
to peepe like a chidce," Elyot. 

PEEP-BO. A nursery pastime, in which a 
child is amused by the alternate hiding and 
exposure of the face ; " suiting the word to 
the action." The term is extended to the 
occasional obscuration of a debtor, or of one 
accused of anything rendering his Yisibility 
inconvenient. 

PEEPER. An egg-pie. Devon. 

PEEPING-TOM. A nickname for a curious 
prying fellow, derived from an old legendary 
tale, told of a tailor of Coventry, who, when 
Godiva Countess of Chester, rode at noon 
quite naked through that town, in order to 
procure certain immunities for the inhabitants 
(notwithstanding the rest of the people shut 
up their houses) silly peeped out of his window, 
for which he was miraculously struck blind. 
His figure, peeping out of a window, is still 
kept up in remembrance of the transaction, 
and there is an annual procession yet held at 
Coventry, in which the feat of Lady Godiva 
is attempted to be represented, without vio- 
lating the principles of public decency. A 
newspaper of last year tells us that, — 

The Godiva procession at Corentry was celelirated 
with much pomp last week. The lady selected for 
the occasion (who was a handsome4ookiDg woman, 
and conducted herself with great propriety) was very 
diflbrently habited tsom the great original she per- 
sonated, being clad, ttom shoulder to feet. In close* 
fitting woven silk tights. Over this was placed an 
elegant pointed satin tunic, fastened by an ornamen- 
tal girdle. Two handsome lace scarfs formed the 
body, and was fastened underneath each arm to a 
blonde Polka edged with gold, A aephjrT^ wing, in 
folds, descended from the shoulders, and was fas- 
tened on the boeom by a rich brooch, attached to 
which was a white cord and gold tassels. The head 
gear consisted of a pearl coronet, surmounted by a 



large ploflM of while oatiieh fisathevs.— Tke pro- 

cesskm was obliged, by a heavy ehower of ratal, to 

beat a prematuie retreat* 
PEEPY. Sleepy; drowsy. Go to peepf-by, 

i. e. to sleep. Var. diaL 
PEER. (1) To peep. Shak. 
(2) To pour out liquid. OjBom. 
hS Tender ; thin ; delicate. Line, 
(4) The minnow. Somertet, 
PEERELLE. A pearL See Ahovnde, 
PEERK. To walk consequentially. North. 
PEERY. Inquisitive; suspicious. It oocars 

in * A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte 

Charke,' 8vo. 1755, p. 155. 
PEES. Peace. {A.^N.) 

Wy th grete honowre under hyt honde 
He made pest as he wolde. 

MS. Ctudob. Ff. U. 98, f. 147. 

Gladys-more that gladls us alle. 

This is begynyng of ouregle^ 
Gret sorow then sbaUe falle, 

Wher rest and pern were wont to be. 

MS. Osntok Ft. ▼. 48, f. ISL 

PEESE. To ooze out. Sottth. 

PEET. A pit. Somenet. 

And bad with that goo make a peer, 
Whereinne he hath his dou5ter set. 

GowtTy MS. Soe. Anttq. ]34« f. 160. 

PEEVISH. (I) Piercing cold. North. 

(2) Foolish ; trifling ; siUy. Ray gives it the 

meanings, witty, subtle. 
PEE-WEE. To peak ; to whine. Eatt. 
PEE-WIT. The lapwing. Vmr. diaL 
PEFF. To cough faintly. North. In Lincoln- 

shire, a short, dry, hacking cough is often 

called a peffling cough. 
PEG. (1) To move briskly. Var. diaL To peg 

away, to do anything very qnickly. 

(2) To beat. To take down a peg or two, L e. 
to humble a person. 

(3) A diminutive of Margaret. 

(4) A leg, or foot. (5) A tooth. 
PEG-FICHED. A West country game. The 

performers in this game are each famished 
with a sharp-pointed stake. One of them 
then strikes it into the ground, and the othos 
throwing theirs across it endeavour to dislodge 
it. When a stick fUls, the owner has to ran 
to a prescribed distance and back, while the 
rest, placing the stick upright, endeavour to 
beat it into the ground up to tiie very top. 

PEGGY. A sort of slender poker, with a small 
portion of the end bent at right angles for 
the purpose of raking the Are together. 
Davy's MS. Suffolk GL 

PEG-IN-THE-RING. At top, is to spin the 
top within a certain circle marked out, and In 
which the top is to exhaust itself^ without 
once overstepping the bounds prescribed. 

PEGNIS. Machines; erections. (Xo/.) 

PEGO. The penis. Grose. 

PEGS. SmaU pieces of dough rolled up, and 
crammed down the throats of young dncka 
and geese. 

PEG-TRANTUM. A wild romping giiL Eaai. 
Gone to Peg Trantum's, L e. deaid. 



PBL 



613 



PEL 



PEI6H. To puit ; to bn«ihe hardly. 
PBiNS. Penalty; grief; tonnent; labour. 

AIM, to put to pain. (^.-iV.) 
PEIREN. Todiminiahtiigiire. (J^N,) 
PEISE. A weight (JV.) 
PEITRELL. The breastplate; the strap that 
crosses the breast of a horse. This word oc- 
cars in Chaucer, and in an old vocabnlary in 
MS. Jes.Coll.Oxon. 28. 

lo the ucriflcet of the goddeaae Vocuna, an am» 
va» feasted with bread, and crowned with flowen, 
hang with rich Jewels and pegtreU, becavse (as they 
laye) when Prlapus would have raTiahed Vesta being 
asifeeve. she was suddenly awaked by the braying of 
so acse, and ao escaped that infamle : and the Lamp- 
iacenl in the disgrace of Priapos did oflbr him an 
asae. T^ptoirt Beatf, IWJ, p. S3. 

HIrpayfrelfo was of a rialle fyne» 

Hir cropnr was of araft, 
Hir bridull* was of golde fjme, 
On every side hong bellis thre. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ▼. 48, f. 116. 

PEIZE. To wdgh down ; to oppress. 

PEJON. A pigeon. Lydgate. 

PEKE. To pry about. Pakgrwe. Also, to 

peep, to jut or project ont. 
PEKISH. Ignonmt; siUy. 
PEKKE. Pack. Reliq. Antiq. i. 84. 
PBL. A kind of post, at which a knight would 

eierciie for jousting. 
PELCH. Weak; faint; exhausted. North. 
PELDER. To encumber. Cumb. 
PELE. (l)ApaUng; araiL 

Ryghie as he thoghte he ded eche dele. 
He jedt and dambe upp on a pele, 

M8, HarU lytl, f. 14. 
(2) To pOIage ; to rob. 

Namly pore men for to pel«. 
Or robbeor bete withoute skyle. 

MS. Harh 1701, f. 16. 

PELBR. A pillar. 

To a pelcr y was bownden all the nyght, 
Sooiged and betyd tyl hyt was day lyght. 

MS. OmttA. Tt, iL 98, f. 40. 

PELETIR. ThepeUitory. PabgroM. 

PELF. Subbish, refuse. Warw. Money is 
mbbish, and hence the term. " Pelfe, trash, 
id eti, mony," ¥1orio, p. 63. " Who steals 
my pone steals trash," Shakespeare. P«^A, 
silly, trifling, Holinshed, Chron. Ireland, p. 
80. in-gotten gains are called pe^, 

PELFIR. Spoil; booty; pillage. 

PELK. To beat ; to thrash. North. 

PELL. (DA hole of water, generally Yery deep, 
beneath an abrupt waterfalL To pell, is to 
wash into pells or pools, as water does when 
it flows very violently. To pell away, is to 
wash away the ground by the force of water. 
Sttttex. 

(2) A heavy shower. North. 

(3) To drive forth. " Shal ich forth peUe," 
Hsrelok, 810. 

(0 Par ; a skin of an animal. '' Arayd with 
peUysaftyr the old gyse,'* Cov. Myst. p. 246. 
{J^N.) It occurs in Lydgate. 

(5) An earthen vessel* Dewm, 

PELLER. A peg, or pin. 



PELLERB. A loose outer coyering of far for 
the upper part of the body. Any fur garment 
was so called. Pebiry, rich fiir, Hardyng, f. 
72. HaU has peUerie. 

And ftirryd them with armyne, 

Ther was never jyt pell«re half so fyne. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 949. 

PELLES. Akindofoate. Cktmw. 

PELLET. (1) Sheep's dung. Pabgrave. 

(2) A shot, or buUet. See HoUnshed, Chroni- 

cles of Ireland, p. 132. 
PELLET-GUNS. " Two little cannons called 
peOet-gwut namely, one of iron and the other 
of brass, fitted with wood," MSS. in Win- 
chester Archives, dated 1435. 
PELL-WOOL. An inferior wool ; wool cut off 

after a sheep's death. 
PELOTE. A pellet ; a smaU round piece of 
anything, not necessarily globular. 
Of picche sche tok him a pelat9. 
The whiche he schulde Into the throte 
Of Minotaur* caste ryft. 

Oawer, MS. Soe. Antiq. 184, f. I80L 

PELOWARE. A pillar. Vocab. MS. 

PELRINE. A poor pilgrim. (A.-N.) 

PELSE. (1) Rain ; sleet. North. 

(2) Trash ; refuse ; vile stuff. 

PELSE Y. (I) Obstinate ; cross ; mischievouB ; 

bad ; wicked ; evil. North. 
(2) A stroke or blow. Bedt. 
PELT. (1) The skin, applied chiefly to the skin 

of a sheep, hence a " sheep's pelt ;** and a man 

stripped is in his pelt. North. 

(2) Put. See Sevyn Sages, 751. 

Thurdi ehaunee, and eke thurch gras. 
In hir for sothe ptit y was. 

Jrthour and JTer/ifi, p. 40. 

(3) A miserly stingy fellow. " A pelt or pinch- 
becke," Huloet, 1552. 

(4) In falconry, the dead body of a fowl kiUed 
by a hawk. See Gent. Rec. 

(5) Rag^e ; passion. Var. dial It occurs as a 
verb in Shakespeare. 

(6) To yield ; to submit. 

(7) A blow ; a stroke. Ea»t. It is a verb in the 
following passage : 

Wherefore, seyd the belte, 
With grete strokes I schalle hym peUet 
My mayster sehall full welle thene. 
Both to clothe [and] fede his men. 

MS. Mhmole 61. 

(8) A kind of game, similsr to whist, played by 
three people. 

PELT£R.(1) Anything hirge. Cumb. 

(2) To patter ; to beat. North. 

PELTING. (1) Angry. See Pdt (5) 

At which, Mistres Minerra beeing netled, and 
taking the matter in dudgeon thus to be provoked, 
and wlthall reprehending the mayde very sharply 
for her saucines, in a pelting chafe she brake all to 
peeces the wenches imagery worke, thnt was so cu- 
riously woven, and so full of varietie, with her 
ahittle. The mayde heereat beeing sore greered, 
halfe in despayre not knowing what to doe, yeelding 
to passion, would needes hang herselfe. 

TttpwW* Serpetas, 1608, p.8S9i. 

(2) Trifling ; paltry ; oontemptibie. 



PEN 



614 



PEN 



f 



! 



That WadbMUvj I a imry imy lUA l»M<* 
Raine. «lBd> sloiMt, dtrt, sad dakUing dawte 
With ban and thaxe a jwMtyr ■catter*d TiUaea, 
WtaMi yaaldad ma no charity or pillage. 

J^lfit^s WcriU$, 1 184. 

PELT.BOT. A disease that kills ahe^, arisiiig 

frovk iU-feeding. North, 
PELTRY. Skins. Vw.dM 
PEN. (1) A place la which aheep are indoaed 

at a fair or maiket. For. diaL 
{!) To sliat up, to confine. Herrf, 
3) A apigot Somenei. 
4)Therootofafeather. The feather ttaelfia also 
ao called. P«niM»» quiUs,Maiindeirile»p.269. 

(5) A sow's pudendum. North, 

(6) A dam or pond-hend to keep the water be- 
fore a milL In common nae. 

7) A prison. A cant tenn. 

8) A barrel kept for making irinegar. 
PENAKULL. (1) An isolated rodL ? 

Ha yi yn a eaalalla atyft and gode» 
ClMyd with the aalta floda. 
In a p mm k ua of the aea. 

US. Cbnlad. Pf.ii », f. 104. 

(2) A pinnade. 

He ledd hyn forth upon the piayne^ 
He was war of afonofttilte pyfhta. 

MS, OiMteft. Ff. U. S8» f. 40. 

PENANCE. Kepentance. (J.'N.) 

PENANCE-BOARD. The pillory. 

PENANT. A person d<Mng penance. 

PEN.BAUK. A beggar's can. 

PENCI. Thought. (^.-AT.) 

PENCILED. Painted. 

PEND. (1) To distrass, or to be in need. Also, a 

case (k necessity. Siut, 
^2) To depend, f.qf Wight, 

(3) A roof vaulted with masonry, b«t net 
joined. 

(4) Pressure ; strain ; force. S^g^, Also, to in- 
cline or lean. 

PENDALL. The keystone of an arch. 

PENDANT. A carpenter's IcYcL 

PENDANT-FEATHERS. The feathers at the 
joints of a hawk's knee. Bemert, 

PENDANTS. Hanging ornaments. 

PENDICE. A penthouse. Stmtt, ii. 131. 

PENDICLES. Lice. MS. Devon. GL 

PENDID. Belonged. Perceval, 1936. 

PENDIL. A pendulum. North. 

PENDLE. Suddenly. Herrf, <<Hecame|ieii- 
eNe over the hill upon him." 

PENDLE-ROCK. The top stratum in the stone- 
quarry at IsHp, 00. Oxon, is called the pen^ 
dle-roch. There is a mountain called Pendle 
HiU, and the word seems genuine, though it 
is singular how it could have found its way 
there. The word pen is said to be of Phoeni- 
cian extraction, and signifies head or emi- 
nence. It was fiat introduced into Cornwall, 
where the Phoenicians had a colony who 
worked the tin minea. Hence we have many 
names in Cornwall which begin with pen, 

PENDOLLY. A chad's doll. Line. 

PENDU6AM. The penguin. Skdton, ii. 344. 

PENELLES. Strong wooden boards. 



Une. AlMVMy 



PBNEST. Pttikiahad; pained. 
PBNFEATHEEBD. Shabby. 

whose hair is rough, is aocalled. 
PENIBLS. Indnatrious ; painstaking. 
That wyl larve the to pay» 
^nynoWa al that ha may 

MA Ibrl. t7»l. 1.90. 
With many wonndyt tvl terryhia. 
And rebuky* fiid penifbU. 

jr&cbtt. nMLc.xiu.r.98. 

PSNITENCER. A priest who et^oam penance 
in cxtraordinaiy oases. {J.'N,) 

PENMAN. A person who writes. 

PBNNER. A pen-case. *' Pennare, a pener," 
Nominale MS. inter nomina rerum pcrti- 
nentium derico. It is the translation of 
ealamar in HoUyband*s Dictionarie, 1593. 

PENNET. An occasional pen used for sheep, 
or cows. Somertet. Jennings haajMiintii in 
the same sense. 

PENNE-VAIR. A kind of fur. 

PENNILESS. To sit on the pennQess heocfa, 
L e. to be very poor. There was a pablic 
seat at Oxford so called. See Brand, i. 240. 

PENNING-TIME. Be<Uime. Ojfon. 

PENNITAUNCER. The priest who es^mna 
penances. " Penytauncer,j9eiM/c)icier," Pals- 
grave. It occurs in Nominale MS. 

PENNOCK. A little bridge ow a water- 
qmirse. Su»m», 

PENNY. Pem^ wise pound fiofyh, carefol in 
small matters and extravagant in great ones. 
Clean aa a penny, very dean, completely. 
Head penny, a penny fonneriy paid to a 
curate at a burial by poor people. Penny 
hop, a country club of dancers, where each 
person pays a penny to the fiddler on every 
night they meet to improve themsdves in 
dandng. In London, a private ball of the 
lower gentry, admission one penny, is so 
called. Penny»lattiee^hou$e, a very low ale- 
house. Pennp'pote, pimples on the face of a 
drunken person. Penny-toorth, a small quan- 
tity, an equivalent, ji yood petmy^worthj a 
cheap bargain. 

PENNYD. Winged. Pabyrave, 

PENNY-FATHER. A penurious person. '< Hee 
(good old penny-father) was glad of bis li- 
quor, and beganne to drinke agaiae/' Pasqoil's 
Jests, 1629. It occurs in Palsgrave. 
Ranch jMmr->hM«r< tcud, with their hdfie hanunea 
Shadowing their cakei. tosaTethaursflvcTdamiBce. 
Morgan't Phmnis BritannieuM* p. S3. 

Againe, the great men, the rich myscM and 
pennjf-fathent following the example of their princes 
and govemours, they In like sort tent packing out of 
their dooret the ■choole-mlstvene of all labour, 
diligence and rertue, and will not pennit a webbe, 
the very patterne, taide«, and aaallic&aa of swper- 
natonU wfaadome. to reroaine UBtoudnd. 

TopteW* Be m ih IMQ!. p>. BS8. 

PENNY-MEASURE. A day lying abow the 
penny-stone, <^ which oeane eanhenwaie is 
made. 

PENNY.PRICK. •'Agameeonsistingoreast. 
ing oblong pieces of vnm at a nai^,'' Hmter'a 



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PBE 



Haflamsh. Gi pw 71. Onm etplniBt H, 
'* throwing at hall)penee placed oft tticka which 

are called hoba." 

Their idl« hourat, (1 nan* aU hovrat bciide 
Thfrir hourei to eate, to drioke, dnb, tleepe md ride) 
Th«7 qwDd at diore-boord, or at pmmr-^ekc. 

Seot* PhfUmytMt, 1616. 

PENNY.ST0N1B. (1) A kind of coarse wooUen 
doth. *' Tranafoime thy plush to pennystooe 
and scarlet," Citye Match, 1639, p. 5. It was 
in commoD use for linings. 

(2) The game of ({uoits, played with stones or 
horseshoes. KtimH L 

(3) The best iroQ ore. Salop. 
PENNT-WAGTAIL. The water-wagtaiL Bmt. 
PENNYWBED. The plant rattle. 
PENNY-WHIP. Very small beer. Une, 
PENNY.WINKLE. The periwinkle. Fcr.dtet 
PENONCBAL. A banner. {A.^N,) 

Enddonga Aa idilpiila borde to wliawa 
Of jMnancaalt a riche rawa. 

Gomr, JTS. Soe. Antiq, lai, f. iSB. 

PENS. Pence. (^.-&) Paia-lsr, lack of pence, 
or money. 

PENSS. To be firetfuL EaH, Hence j^eaaey, 
fretful, conipbiiniwg, dolL 

PBNSELL. A small banner. PaUgrmoe, 

PENSIFEHED. Pensireness. Chaucer. 

PENSIL. A large blister. Someratt 

PENSION. ''That assembly or couTention 
which in the two Temples is called a Parlia- 
ment, in Lincoln's Inn a Coundl, is in Gray's 
Inn caDed a Pension," Kennett. 

PEN.STOCK. A floodgate erected to keep in 
or let out water fimn a millpond as oceaaion 
may require. Samih. 

PENST. The pansy. Pabgrtofe. 

PENT. Pended, or appended. 

PENTACLE. The flguie of three triangles, in. 
teneded and made of Atc lines, was so called, 
and was formeriy worn as a preserrative 
against demons. Vfhen it was de&ieated in 
the body of a man, it was supposed to touch 
and point out the five places wherein our 
Snyiour was wounded. "Theb' lights and 
pentacles," Ben Jonson. 

PENTAUNGER. A penitent. 

PENTECOSTAL. An offering made at Whit- 
sotttide by the churches and parishes in each 
d iocese to the cathedral 

PENTEB. Belonged; pertained. 

PENT-HOUSE-NAB. Abroad-brimmedhat. 

PENTICB. The part of a roof that projects over 
the outer wall of a house, and sometimes suf- 
ficiently wide to walk under ; an open shed or 
projection over a door ;. a moveable, canvass 
blind to keep the sun and run from stores 
outside a door. It is the translation of auvent 
inHoByband'sl)ictk>narie,1593. "Pentesor 
pavea, ettal, amtbtU/* Palsgrave. "Pentys 
over a stall, aupeiU,** ibid. 

PBNTICLE. A covering. Fawfiuf. 

PBNULB. The scrotum. (Lat.) 

PSOLOUX. A furred robe. (A^-N.) 

PBON. A btrted janrelin. 

PlOUlf* Squals ; eompanions. {A-N.) 



PBPILLB8. The water pwilain. 

PEPINE. AkemeL This word occun in He^ 

lyband's Dictionarie, 1593. 
PBPINNERY. Thai part of an ofchaid wlien 

fruit^stones are set lor growing. 
PBPLE. People. (^.*M) 
PEPLISH. (1) To fill with people. 
(2) Vulgar. Troilns and Ci«is. iv. 1677. 
PEPPER. (1) To overreach. Lbte. 
(2) To rate, or scdd. Far.HaL 
(3^ To beat; to thrash. Eati. 

(4) To take pepper in the nose, 1. e. to be angry, 
to take oSflTence. To suspect, or mistrust, 
Florio, p. 11. 

Mylai, haaiinf him nama the bakar, took ttral^t 
9«PP9r ia tha note, and, atarting up» threw of hie 
eardinab roabet, standing bi hlf duitye casioAe, 
fvore I by oockettaread, the baker ; and ha that saiet 
to the contrary, heera stand I, My lea, the bekan 
man, to have the proudest cardiaall ci yoa aJl by 
the earea. Itarfton'* Iftmm mU ^ Purguttrte, IMO. 
Pepper yi come to a marvaluB pryea^ 

Sam say, fhyt Lentoii season i 
And every body that yawyaa 

May soone perceve the rcsoB i 
For every man takes ptpptr P Me naaa 
For tha vaggyageof a strava, Ood kaoma, 
With every vavcrynge wynd tbatbloveaai 

JBMsHM'tfL«iKoiiah#r, IffJO. 

(5) To rain quickly, /or. diaL 
PEPPERED. Infected with Aiestwiierea. 
PEPPERERS. Grocers. Stowe. 
PEPPER6ATE. There is a Cheshire proverb, 

** When the daughter is stolen, shut the ptp" 
pergate** This is founded on the fact, that 
the mayor of Chester had his daughter stolen 
as she was playing at ball with other maidens 
in Pepper-street ; the young man who carried 
her oir came through the Pepper-gate, and 
the mayor wisely ordered the gate to be shut 
up; agreeable to the old saying, *'When the 
steed is stolen shut the stable door." 
PEPPERIDGE. The barberry. Ea»t 
PEPPERNEL. A lump, or swelling. 
PEPPERQUERN. Apepper-mill. Paltgrave. 
PEPPER-SQUATTER. A pair of snuffera. 
PEPPERY. Warm; passionate. 
PEPS. To throw at. JVft 
PER. Liquid jMTffwhen it falls connected like a 

string. Lone, 
PERADVENTURE. Without all peradventure, 

i. e. without all doubt. 
PERAGE. Rank. (A.-N.) 
PERAUNTER. Perchance. (A-N.) 
For in some houre» sothly this no faUe, 
Unto some man she graunteth his desyrsa. 
That will not after In a thousande yeares 
F9raunttr ones condeacende 
Unto his will nor his lust him sende. 

L^dgai^t Troy; 1556. sig. P. tti. 
I dar the bete a foule or twoo, 
ParMMtur with a eonyne. 

MS, Catdoh. rt. V. 48, f. U. 
PERCASE. Perchance. Pabgrave, 
PERCEIVANCE. Perception. Eatt. It occurs 
in Palsgrave's Acolastus, 1540. 
Middleton, iiL 388. 
PERCEIVE. To understand. Paitgrane. 



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PBS 



PBRCEL. A i»arcd, or part. {A.-N,) 
PKRCBLEY. Panley. Pahgrwte. 
PERCEL-MELE. Piecemeal. {A,'N.) 
PERCER. An^ier; a short sword. <*Peroer 

blade, ettoct^ Palsgrave. 
PERCH. A measuring.rod. 
PERCHE. (1) To pierce ; to prick. 

This like bette vayff thay on na wyM perdto with 

thaincpenti hot wHh inaUis of ynne thay slew it. 

jr& Umeoln A. L 17* f. 30. 

(2) To perish, or destroy. » 

And flf It the woman in drynkyngc. 
And iche Khal be dilyyerd withoute perehttng. 

jr& ifort. 8869, f. 96. 

PERCHEMEAR. A parchment-maker. 
PERCHER. A large wax candle, generally 
used for the altar. MS. Sloane 1986. 

The Maister of the Roles dyd present her torches 
and p s i e fcsK of wax, a good nombre. 

State Papertt U 083. 

PERCILE. Parsley. (^.-iNT) 
PERCLOSE. AoondusioiL 

But looke for smoother matter In the middcat, 
and most smooth in theparetoM and wind-up of alL 

Dm^* Pmthtcaiff epM, 

PERCOCK. A kind of early apple. 
PERCULLIS. A portcullis. HalL 
PERDE. P«r Diew, verily. (^.-iV.) 

Hitt were pet4 

Butt they shold be 

Begelid, pgrdit 

Withowtyne graae. 

MS. Camab. Ff . i. 0, f. 4ft. 

PERDICLE. The eagle^tone. 
PERDU. A soldier sent on a forlorn hope ; 
any person in a desperate state. (Fr.) It 
sometimes means, in ambush. 
PERDURABLE. Everlasting. 

But gain it not alwayes perduroble» nor loase 
alwayes continuall. Hall, Htnnf Vh f. 60. 

PERDURE. To endure ; to last 
PERDY. Same as Perde^ q. v. It seems some- 
times to mean, perchance. 

Perdjf, seld the scheperde, nowe 
Hitshalbe thoujt if that I mow. 

MS. Cmtab. Ff. v. 48, f. 54. 
This Is their practise, if jMn(y they cannot at the 
first time smeUing, find out the way which thedeede 
doores tooke to escape. So at length get they that 
by art, cunning, and diligmt indevour, which by 
fortune and lucke they cannot otherwise overcome. 

2Vp«efr« Beiuta, 1007, P< 186* 
PERE. (1) To appear. {A..N.) 

The xiiij. nyghte was come to ende, the goste 
mustepsrs ageyne. MS, Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 62, 

To a Msschop that hejt Aubert 
Saynt Myghell jwryr benyjt. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. t. 48. f. 79. 

(2) A peer ; an equaL {A.-N,) 

That on was liyfftene wyntyr old. 
That other thryttcne, as men me told. 

In the world was non her ptn t 
Also whyt so lylye flour. 
Red as rose off here colour. 
As bryjt as blosme on breie. 

Romanes t^ AthtlHon, 
Then was ther a baehylere, 
A prowde prynce withowtyn pare, 
Syr James he hyght. 

MS. CaiUab. Ff. U. 38, f. 7«. 



(3) To strive to be equal. 

In iMvene on the hygbcsi atafe 

He wolde have peered with God of blys. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. U. 38, f • 1 5. 

PBREGALL. EquaL Chaucer. 

Everyche other through great vyolence 
By very force bare other unto grounde. 
As full ofte it happeth and is founde, 
Whan stronge doth mete with hitper^att. 

l^dgate*0 TV«|W, 1555, sig. P. v. 

5it ther were any of power more than hee. 
Or peregalls unto his degr^. 

Lwdgate, MS. Soe. AiUlq. 194, f. 16. 

PEREGRINE. A kind of ialoon. 

Brave birds they were, whose qutck-selMcsB.nlng kin 
Still won thegirkmds Arom thepen^rin. 

Bnwm^t Britanniifs PmgtarmU, iLSS. 
PERESINE. Gum. 
PERFECT. Certain; sure. Shak. 
PERFITE. Perfect ; skilAiL 

Were thou as parjite In a bowe. 
Thou shuMe have moo dere I trowe. 

Jr& Cantab. Ff. v.48, f. 5C 

PERFIXT. Predetermined. 

PERFORCE. To force or compel. Paiagrme. 
As an adverb, of necessity. Force perforce, 
absolute necessity. Patienee perforce, a phrase 
when some evil must be endured whidi can- 
not by any means be remedied. 

PERFORMED. Complete. Dewm. To per. 
form up a sum, i. e. to make it up, nccars in 
several old writers. 

PERFORMENTS. Performances. 

PERFOURNE. To finish, complete, furnish. 

PERGE. To go on. {Lai.) 

PERHAPPOUS. Perhaps. Lydgate, p. 35. 

PERIAGUA. A boat, or canoe. A term fami- 
liar to readers of Robinson Crusoe. 

PERIAPT. A magical bandage. 

PERICLES. Dangers. {Lot.) 

PERIHERMENIAIX. PerihermmuaU pHnei^ 
plee, principles of interpretation. SkeUoiu 

PERILLE. A pearL " MargarUa, AngUce a 
perylle," Nominale MS. f. 8. 

PERILLOUSLI. Dangerously; rudely. 

PERIOD. To put a stop to ; to cease. 

PERIS. Persia. 

Inde and AHs and Arable, 
BaUlone, Juda, and Sulle. 

Cursor Mundi^ MS. Call 2Wn. Omtekf. 14. 

PERISH. (1) To destroy. ShaJt. Wilbrabam 
has perished, starved with cold. 

(2) To injure ; to pain. jEwnr. 
PERITE. Skilful. (Lat.) 

No decree could dononstrate unto them anytfilog 
sufficient to respect a moreeivill mdperUe life. 

Kenelworth Parke, 1504, p. l<k 

PERIWINKE. A periwig. HalL 
PERJENETE. A young pear. (A.-N.) 

Ac pesecoddes and per^onette*, 

Plombes and cheries. 

Piert PUnighman, Rnwl. MS. 

PERK. (1) A park. Yorksh. 
Hawkis of nobllle ayere 
On his parke gunne rcpayre. 

MS. Uneoln A. i. 17. f. laOL 

(1\ To examine thoroughly. North. 

(3) Proud ; peart ; eUted. Slill in use. Craven 



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6L iL 38 ) Wnbrahun, p. 107 ; riiit7» iL 249. 
Thperi ent^g MJ^t^* to adorn. To perk mp 
«^cm, to Koorer from ricknew. 

(4) A perch. Si^oik, "Ovyr the perke to 
pryk," Skelton, L 124. It alto occon in 
Beliq. Antiq. L 294. 

(5) A wooden frame against which sawn timber 
is set np to dry. Ea$L 

PERKBKS. Yoongrooki. NoriK 

PERKIN. Water cyder. 

PERKT. Saucy; obstinate. Wut. 

PBRUTANB. 

The hattOe tim of lliit pslaee wm sett AiU« of 
lauges of goltei and Mtwix tluune Mode ptrlalanu 
of golde, in the braaefaei of vhilke tber were many 
aantnofAvkb jr&IiMolMA.i.l7«f.iS. 

PERLEST. A pleurisy. 

And oayttfai hym ala It were with a ptrlestf, that 
•lie hJt lymca dryet, that he may na gvd do ala he 
■aide. M8, Umeebt A. i. 17. f. 840. 

PERLID. Ornamented with pearls; studded 
with any ornaments. ' 

And many a jMr/ltf ganement 
Embnmdid was ajen the day. 

Gmmt, M8. Ae. AttHq, IM, f. 54. 

PERLIN. The piece of timber which runs 
along under the middle part of the spars or 
bearers of a roof, to give such bearers addi- 
tioDal strength. 

PERIX>WBS. Perilooa. Paiagrave. 

PERMAFAY. By my faith. (^.-N.) 

TERMANSIE. Mi^c ; necromancy. 

PERN. (1) To proaper. Somenet, 

(2) To pick and dress birds, particularly applied 
to dressing the heron. ^ 

PERNA80. Mount Parnassus. 

PERNEL. The pimpernel, a flower that always 
shuts up its blossoms before rain. 

But then tender p«m4lt mutt have one gown for 
the day, another for the night.. 

PUkingtan't Work*, p.M. 

PERPEND. To consider attentively. 

Youll qnickly know, if yoa do well perpm^, 
And ohwrre r^btly what's the proper and. 

Bmiu^9 SoiHg9f 1061, p. 188. 

PSRPENDICLE. The plumb line of a qua^ 
drsDt This word occurs in an old treatise on 
mensoiation, in MS. Sloane 213. 

PERPENTINE. A porcupine. " Perpoynt, *y»- 
trix,** Pr. Parv. Theform/^ef^anfiiM occurs 
in Shakespeare, moat incorrectly altered to 
po r cup ine by modem editors. It is the 
genuine old word. 

PERPENT-STONB. A large stone reaching 
throogh a wall so as to appear on both sides of 
it. Oxf. Gl. Arch. p. 280. In the North of 
England, a this wall, the stones of which are 
boHt on the edge, is called a perpeni. 

PERPETUANA. A kind of glossy doth, gene- 
nlly called €verkaiing, 

PERPLANTED. Planted securely. 

Reqvirynge thelm aa his eapeciall tniste and con- 
Mence was porpUmttd in the hope of their fidelity, 
that they would occurre and mete hym hy the 
«iye with all 4iJigent preparacion. 

HaJU,niehardni.t.7!, 



PERQUIRB. To search into. Cloboy'a Divine 
Glimpses, 1659, p. 73. 

PEER. (1) Peny. (2) A pearL 

PERRE. A dUh in old cookery, made chiefly 
of peas, onions, and spices. 

PERRIER. A kind of short mortar, formally 
much used for stone shot. 

PERRIWINKLE. A periwig. Stubhe. 

PERRONENDERE. A pardoner. Heame, 

PERRY.DANCERS. The aurora borealis. Eatt. 

PERRTE. (1) A squaU. 

It happened Harold his sonne to arrlTe at 
Pountlou agafaast his will, liy oeeasion of a sudden 
jMrrjf, or contrarie wlnde. that arose while he was on 
seaboorde. Lambmrd^t Perambulation, UM, p. 997. 

(2) A little cur dog. North. 

(3) PredooB stones ; jewels. (J,^N.) 
And alle was set with ptrnft, 

Ther was never no better in Crystyantdb 

MS, Omtab. FU U.ai^fl 948 
PERS. (1) Persia. 

We woot bothe bi story and vers 
That the kyndam of Oraee and Psn 
Were hede kyngus in forme tide. 
Ckfijor Uundi, MS. Q>tt. Trin. Cantmb. f. 13S. 

(2) Company. 

Al we wife it thl deAuit, 
So slggeth al our pert. 

ArtKowr emd Merlin, p. 9. 

(3) Sky, or bloeish gray colour. There was a kind 
of doth 80 called. 

PERSAUNT. Piercing. (J,-N.) 

That of the stremis every maner wy jte 
Astonled was, they weren so bryite aind shene» 
Ant to the ye for peremunt for to sene. 

I^dgate, MS. Soc, Antiq. 134, f . 83. 
Tex thy pereeyni clurlt^. 

Gower, 'MS» Soe, Antiq. 134, f. 109. 

PERSCRUTE. To search through. (Zaf.) Used 
by Andrew Horde, Brit. Bibl. iv. 24. 

PERSE. EquaUty. {A.'N.) 

PERSEL. Parsley. Pegge. 

PERSEVER. To persevere. Shak, 
Whether a daw sit, or whether a daw fly. 
Whether a daw stand, or whether a daw lye» 
Whether a daw creepe, or whether a daw cry. 
In what ease soever a dawpfrsaver, 
A daw ia « daw, and a daw shall be ever. 

Tariton'e Jeete, 1611. 

PERSIAN-WHEEL. An engine invented to 
raise a quantity of water sufBdent for over- 
flowing lands, that border in the banks of 
rivers, where the streams lie so low, as to be 
incapable of ddng it. 

PERSON. A mask, or actor. (Lat.) 

PERSONABLE. Personally visible. 

My saied lorde of Winchester saied unto the kyng 
that the kyng his Ather, so visited with sicke- 
ncase, was not perwantMe. Matt, Henry VI. f. 1S» 

PERSONE. A man. Generally, a man of 

dignity, a parson or rector of a chureh. 
PERSORE. A pierdng-iron. 

>, je. seyd the pertere. 

That at I sey It shall be sure ; 

Whl chyd je lehe one with other ? 

Wote je wele I aroe 5onr brother I 

Therefore none contrary me, 

Fore as I sey so schall it be. MSutekmoU 01. 



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PBHSPECnVI. A reflectliig-glasi. 
PERSPICIL. An optie-glasa. It oocnn in 

Albumazar, 1634, sig. B. iy. 
PEBSTAND. To understand. Peek. 
PERSUADE. Pennuion. 
PERSUADERS. Spun. Also, pistols. 
PERSWAY. To mitigate. Ben Jonson, ir. 428. 
PERT. BeautifttUy defieate. It is the trans- 
lation of eubiiUe in Gesta Rom. p. 142. 
For hete her clothet down cche d«de 
Almctt to her gcrdyl sted«. 
Than lay lehe uneorert ; 
8eh« was at whyt at lylya yn May, 
Or WBOW that tnawcth yn wyntaryt day. 
Ha seygh nercr noa m pert» 

lUmttmHoitu ^ IWfy M^tMngWt p. >1* 

PBBTE. (1) To part. StiUinuse. 
Than Thomai a tory man was ha, 

Tha t«ryt ran oat of hb ecn gray i 
Lnfly lady, fet tell fliou me 

If «e shalla ptru for ever and ay. 

JfS. Ctortoft. FT. T. It, f. 18ft. 

(2) Of good appearance. 

Thar vat no man in thakynfci laiide 
Mora jMTte then wae he. 

MS. Omtek FT. !L «, f . t44. 

PERTELICHE. Openly. (^.-iSr.) 
Than tyr Priamooa the prynee in preiene of lordat 
PrMes to hlf penowne, and perttj/ It hentes. 

MortB Jrihure, MS. IJmeoiH,t9i. 

PERTELOTE. The name of a hen. 

PBRTENERE. A partner. 

God granat ui mekeaene hi angnn here. 
And grace to lede owte lyft here loo. 
That may aftar he pei tmu tv 
or hrrcne, whan we hem tehall goo. 

«& CSMfM. Ff. U. », 1 14. 

PERTRTCHB. A partridge. 

Ryght at tha perfiydbe le oonitreyaed undir the 
dauei and naylee of the hauke. Is aa halfedeed for 
dredc. Onrtm'* IHven Fn^^fia CO mt itf M a Hw-i . 

PBRTURBE. To trouble. Pahgrme. 
PERTT. Part. Lifdgate. 

Ood that ef ttb te Trinity, 
Oyffe thaym grace wd to the. 

That lyttyne me a whyle ; 
Alle that lovya of melody, 
Off heron hibee €od graunte tfaam ptrti^p 
Theynr sonlet ihelde flro peryle. 

Jlf& Oncab. Ff. Y. 48^ & 47. 

PERUR. Akindofeqi. 
PERUSE. To examine, or survey. 

Monelenr SouUea having permmd die fleet, le- 
tuned to the king, and toM Um theie was nothing 
ready ; and that tha marinen and souldiers woaM 
notyeeld to goe the voyi^ taU they ware paid their 
anean. JfS. HsW. S8S. 

PBBVEY. To provide. (i/.-iV;) 
PBRVINKE. The herb periwinkle. (^..&) 
PBRTE. A pear-tree. {J.-N.) 

Bnt for hvr loede sche dunte not done. 
That sate benethe and played hym merye» 
Before the towre undur a per/fe, 

MS. Cantab. Ff. li. 38, f. 141. 

PERTSSE. Pears. (^.-M) 

Then was the tre fol of ripepeivsts. 
And began down to falla. 

MS. Cmlab. Ff. 7.48, f. 114. 

PESANE. A goiget of mafl or plate attached 



totheMttet. <* A pestM tad A pamsoDe," 
MS. Morte Arthnre, 1 89. 

PESATE. Is when a managed hone rises hand- 
somely before and npon Ua hanndies, and at 
the same time bends faisfon-legs vp tohiabody. 

PESE. (1) Peace. Peroevai 960, 961. 

(2) To sooth ; to appease. 

Tylle y be sewre of yonre heftya Ma* 
Nothing hot hit may my gcrrys pmt^ 

MB^ CtoiMnk Ff. I.i»f. UB. 

PESEN. PsM. ThkiathacoBSBMrneaHySDrm 
of the wonl, and occora in ChaMer» liegcnde 
of Goad WoBont 646. HoUoway gtvas the 
following oonpiet, aa seen latdy on a board in 
a pea-flod In BericsUv»— 
Shnt the gatealler yon. 111 tell yoa tha laaeoa. 
Because tiieplgi shonldnt gat into die pmmm. 

Ben Jonson has made the same words Ayme 

in his 133d epigram. 

As for his sallets, better nerer was 

Than acnta aorrell, and sweet th t aaia a v*d 

And for a sawce he seidome is at dunifBSb 

For every eiab.lVBe doth aAwid htm vetgls ; 

His banket sometimes la gi aene beaaes an< 

NBt% peaias, plumbes, apples, as they are In i 

Taylsr'* ITerito, MSO, L97. 

PESIBLE. Peaceable. (^.-M) 

PESIBLETB. Acslm. (A.-N.) 

PESK. A peach. Nominale MS. 

PESON. An instrument in the form of a staff, 
with balls or crockets, used for wei|^ng be- 
fore scsles were employed. 

PESS. A hassock. St^oUs. 

PESSCOD-SCALDING. A Und ef meny- 
making in summer evenings ; the treat, green 
field pess boiled in the shells. TorJkek. 

PSSSIPE. A kind of cop. 

PESTERED. Crowded. Peele,iL235. 

PESTERMENT. Embarrassment ^brfA. 

PESTLE. (1) A leg of an animiJ, generally of a 
pig. A pestle of porii is still in common use. 
" Pestels of venison," Warner's Antiq. Culin. 
p. 98. ** PesteU of fles8he,/amdo»," Palsgrave. 
A pestle-pie is a large standing pie which con- 
tains a whole gammon, and sometimes a couple 
of fowls and a neaf s tongue, a fovorite diab 
at ooontryfiurs, and at Christanaa feasts. 

(2) A consUble's staff. 

PESTLE-HEAD. A blockhead. 

PETE. Pity. SeeCov. Myst. 

Lang lay the kyi^ there away wolde not haa; 

Dayly he piopherld batayle : the enmys dunt not fyg&te 

Lacke of logynge and vltayle it was grett pet^ 

Causkl the gentill prynee to remove, slche wss O^ddea 
myjtel 

Lowe, how the good Lorde his owne gendll kny^te. 

Bacsuse he shnlde rememUr hym in wde and in woo« 

Thns hi every tbyng, Leede, thy n^Deba da»f 

MS. mbi. BMg. 17 D. it. 

PBTEOSE. Iferafol ; eompassbnate. 
Many man spekcs of iMUatadaan, 
Off modets and of their gret desdadoaB, 

Which that thay did indure 
When tltat their childer dy and |iatse. 
Bat of hls^aose tender modcr, alasra T 

I am verrsy rare, 
Tlia wo and payn paseis slle othere. 

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FSTBB. (1) An ofttiL SzBilar to Maiy I See 
MS. linooln, Pt 140, 144» 146, and Weber'a 
GL It IB very commoa. 

(2) To go throoj^ St. Peter'e needle, L e. to be 
snlqected to wefoe diecipUiie, applied to chfl* 
drM. <« To rob Peter to pay Pml,'* to take 
from one to give to another. 

i3) Cowalipe. Areh. xzx. 411. 
4 ) A portmsnteia, or cloak bag. 

(5) A kind of wine, one of the richest and most 
delicate of the Malaga wines, generally termed 
Peier-wee-nut acomiption of Pedro -Ximenea. 

I am mighde melancholy. 

And a quart of lacke wlU aure me { 
I am chollerickc aaany, 

Qaartof daret vfll aeenre mo ; 
I am pblagmati Ae as may be» 

IWi0viM-iN0 matt inure me ; 
I am mofume for a ladle. 

And coole Rheniili shall conjure me. 
BrwthMvaif* Law of Drinking, 1617* p>M. 

(6) Some kind of cosmetic. 

Then her boxes of peeter, and patches, and all 
her ornamental knacks and dresses she was wont 
every day to wast so much time about. 

Several Diseouraee and Charaetere^ 1089, p. 17ft. 

FBTER-BOAT. A boat which is built shtfp at 

each end, and can therefore be moved either 

wmy. Suffolk* 
PETEIUGUNNER. A nickname for a gunner 

or sportsman. ** Peter Gunner will kill all 

the birds that died last summer." 
PETERMAN. A fisherman. EatU 
PETER'S-STAPF. Tapsus barbacus. Gerard, 
PETBR-WAGGT. A harlequin toy. 
PETH. (1) A well, apnmp. WetU 

(2) A road up a steep hiU. North* 

(3) A crumb of bread. Herrf, 

PETHUR. To ran ; to ram ; to do asything 

quiekly or in a hurry. North. 
PETIT. Little. {J.-N.) 
PETITION. An a4|iuration. Magt, 
PETTFORT. Petitionaiy. 
PET-LIP. Ahanging-Up. North, 
PETMAN. The smallest pig in a Utter. Eatt, 
PETREL. A breast-plale. Ketmett. 
PETROLL. A kind at chalky clay, mentioned 

in Florio, ed. 1611, p. 327. 
PETRONEL. A kind of blunderbuss, or horse^ 

pistoL Sir Petrotiel FUmh, a boasting feOow, 

a braggadocio, Plono, p. 585. 
Give your scfaoller degrees, and your lawyer Ms fees. 

And some dice for Sir ^etrwuU Wlaeh : 
GItc your courtier grace, and your knight a new case. 

And empty their purses of cash. BrU, BM, li. 167. 
PETTED. Indulged; spoilt Var^diaL 
PETTICOAT-HOLS. A smaU piece of ground 

in the parish of Stockton-in-the-Forest, co. 

York. It is subject to an ancient custom of 

proYiding a petticoat yearly for a poor woman 

of Stodrton, selected by the owner of the 

land. See Reports on Charities, Txii. 720. 
PETTICOAT-PENSIONER. One kept by a 

woman for secret services or intrigues. 
PBTTIES. Low or mean grammar scholars. 
PBTTIGRSW. A pedigceCi ** l^tXffgKmt^ g^ 

nrndnfitf" PalagmTe. 



PETTISH. PassfoMle. Far.dML 
PETTLE. (1) To trifle. (2) Pettish} erots; 

peerish. North* 
PETTOUNE. A spittoon. 

Tobacco by the Are was there caroused. 
With large pettounea in pisse perftimMe and soosed. 
Seot^t CertaintPiaeat, ^. M16. 

PETTICOAT. A waistcoat. Kent. 
PETTY-LxVSSERY. Petty larceny. 
PETTY.SESSIONS. A kind of court held in 
some places at which servants are hired, and 
the engagements registered. Norf. 
PETTY-SINGLES. The toes of a hawk. 
PETUYSLY. Piteoualy ; cibpassionately. 
Thai sehul be scbewed Ail paty^^ 
At domysday at Crlstls curoyng, 
Ther God and mon present sdial be« 
And al the world on fuyre bremtyng. 

M8m DMMe SOS, C 1. 

PEUST. Snug i comfortable. North* 
PEVRATE. A kind of sauce, finrmeriy eaten 

vrith venison, veal, &c. 
PEW. A cow's udder. Okme* 
PEW-FELLOW. A oompanton; eae who atts 

in the same pew. 
PEWKE. Puce colour. Puitffraoe. 
PEWTNER. Apewterer. Weet. 
PEYL. (1) To weary. (2) To beat North. 
PBYNE. A plain or common. 

Upon a jMyntf befounde In the dcA, 
Where be was borne witbonte more delay. 

Lt/dgaU^ MA, AakiH. », t. 49. 

PHiEBE. The name of a dance mentioned in 
an old nursery rhyme. A correspondent gives 
me the following lines of a very old song, the 
only ones he can recollect : 

Cannot you dance the Phaebe ^ 
Don't you see what palna I take { 
Don't you see how my shouldea shake i 
Cannot you dance the Phaebe ? 
PHANTASIED. Fancied. 

This wydow founde suche gmce in the kynges 
eyes that he not only favoured her siiyte,butmudie 
more phantaeted her person. HaU, Bduford IV, C 5. 

PHARISEES. Fairies.' Sutsejp. 

PHAROAH. Strong ale. ** Old Pharoh'' is 
mentioned in the praise of Yorkshire Ale, 
1697, p. 3. 

PHAROS. A watch-tower. (Cfr,) SeeDekker's 
Knight's Conjuring, repr. p. 30. 

PHASMATION. An apparition. (Lat.) 

PHEERE. Companion. See Fere (1). 

PHEEZE. To beat ; to chastise ; to humble. 
Wett, It occurs in Shakespeare and Ben 
Jonson. Forby has pheesy, fretful, irritable, 
which he supposes to be connected with this 
word. " To phease, i. e. to pay a person off for 
an injury," MS. Devon GI. 

PHETHELE. A girdle, or belt. (A,-S.) 
Ott oon as I koude understonde. 
That bare a phaiheU In hb hand. 

MS, Coh. fUer. A. ?ii. f. 77. 

PHILANDERING. Making love. 

PHIUP. The common hedge-sparrow, still so 

termed. It occurs in Middleton'sWorka,iiL 388. 
PHILIP-AND-GHENEY. A kind of stuff, for- 

merly much esteemed. See Nares. 



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Abue, vhAt would our tllkM mcf«en to f 
What oould tliey doe, tweet hempieed, but for thee ? 
Raih, taflkta, parope, and novato, 
Shagge, flUiaetta, damaske, and mockado, 
No TelveU pilei, two pilcf,pile and halfepile, 
No plush or grograinei could adorne thl< ile. 
No cloth of silver, gold, or titue here ; 
PhUip and Chein^ never would appeare. 

Tbytor** Workes, 1630, iii. 64. 

PHILISTINES. A cant term applied to baUifi^, 
sherifl^' oflScen, and drunkards. 

PHILOSOPHER'S-EGG. The name of a medi- 
cine for the pestilence, described in MS. 
Sloane 1592, f. I4I. 

PHILOSOPHER'SSaME. An intricate game, 
played ^ith men of three different forms, 
round, triangular, and square, on a board re- 
sembling two chess-boards united. See Strutt, 
pp. 314, 315. 

PHIP. (1) A sparrow. The noise made by a 
sparrow, Lilly, ed. 1632, sig. Bb. x. 

(2) To snap the fingers. 

PHISNOMY. Physiognomy. Pakgrane. 

PHITONESSE. A witch. {Lat. Med,) 

PHIZ-GIG. A wizened old woman dressed ex- 
travagantly, or as they say here an old yow 
(i. e. ewe) dressed lamb-fashion. Une, 

PHRASE. " I shall soon lam the phrases of 
the house ;" that is, the habits of the fimnly. 

PHUNKT. Land completely saturated by rain 

is said to be phunky. fFarw. 
PHY. (1) 

The wyehemy speeyall Lord hath be, 
And 1 his love and cause wyll pt^, 

Digbv MiftttriM, p. 113. 

(2) An exclamation of disgust. 

PIACLE. A heayy crime. {LaU) 

PIANOT. A magpie. North, 

PICARO. A rogue. {Span,) Picaroon is, 
perhaps, the more usual form. 

PICCADEL. Is thus described by Blount, '* the 
round hem or the several divisions set toge- 
ther about the skirt of a garment or other 
thing ; also, a kind of stiff collar, made in 
fashion of a band. That famous ordinary near 
St. James's called PickadiUy took denomina- 
tion from this, that one Higgins ataylor, who 
built it, got most of his estate by piccadilles, 
which in the last age were much in fashion," 
Glossographia, ed. 1681, p. 495. Minsheu 
describes it as " a peece fastened about the 
top of the coller of a doublet," ed. 1627, p. 
546, and Cotgrave, " the seTerall divisions or 
peeces fastened together about the brimme of 
the collar of a doublet.'* In Middleton, v. 
171, the term is apparently to the implement 
used by the tailor in the making of theptcca- 
deL See Mr. Cunningham's notes to Rich's 
Honestie of this Age, p. 74. The piccadel 
*^Hmade so that it could be taken off at the 
pleasure of the wearer. 

A°<^ln her fashion she is likewise thus. 
In evi>ry thing she must be monstrous ; 
Her ^Itade// above her crowneup beam, 
HerCurd^iigaie is set above herearet. 

Drttyton*0 Foemt, p. S35. 



PICCHE. (1) To pick. (^.-5.) 

(2) A pike. Nominate MS. t 6. 

(3) A bee-hive. North, 
PICCHETTO. A game at cards. 
PICHB. Pitch. Nominate MS. 

He was black as any jvdkeand lotbdy on toloke. 
All foi-lkren wyth the fjrre stynk, and all of smoke. 
Allaa, gada fisdur, seyde Wyllyam, be ye not 

amendyd 5yt f 
To see yow come in thys degr^* nere>haode y lese 
my wytt. MS. Cantab, Ff. it. 38. 

PICHED. Fastened; situated. Gawayne, 
PICIERE. A breast-piece for a horse. 
PICK. (1) A pitchfork. North. 

(2) To play at pitch-and-toss. Line, 

(3) To go forth from a place. To pick a matter^ 
to pidL a quarrel with any one. Pick a thank, 
to crouch for a favour. Pieko and hearigj 
red spots on the body. To turn a pick-pie, 
to make a summerset. 

(4) To fling or pitch ; to throw. ** I holde a 
grote I pycke as farre with an arowe as you,'* 
Palsgrave. Compare Coriolanus, i 1. la 
Lincolnshire, an animal that casts her young 
untimely is said to pick it. 

(5) A spike ; the sharp point fixed in the centre 
of a buckler. " The pickes of painfull woe," 
Mirr. Mag. p. 74. 

(6) A fork. 

(7) To worm out a secret. West, 
To glean com. H^eet. 
An emetic. North, We have pyke in the 

same sense in Nominale MS. *'Pykyd, or 

purgyd from fylth, or other thyng grevous," 

Pr. Parv. MS. Harl. 221. 
(10) A diamond at cards. Grose says it means 

a spade. 
(11^ Thin ; deticate. Line, 

(12) A basket used for drawing coals up out of a 
pit. Chesh, 

(13) To dress out finely. 

(14) To pick up, i. e. to improve gradually in 
health. Var, dial, 

PICK-A-BACK. To ride pick-a-back is to ride 
on the back and shoulders of another. Var^diaL 
PICKATREE. The woodpecker. North. 
PICK-CHEESE. The titmouse. East, 
PICK-DARK. Quite, or pitch-dark. North, 
PICKEARER. One who robs, (^an.) 
The club pidtearer, the robust churdiwaxdcn. 
Of Uncolne's Inn back comer, where he angles 
For cloaks and hats, and tlie smale game entangles;. 

VUUAei't Poems p. 190. 

PICKED. Finically smart in dress. 

PICKEDEVANT. A beard cut to a sharp point 
in the middle under the chin. 
Boy* oh 1 disgrace to my person ! Sooaes* boy. 
Of your face I You have many boyes with such 
Piekudevattnt* 1 am sure. Tia$ning of a Shrew, p. 184. 

PICKEER. To rob, or pillage, (.^wm.) Pro- 
perly, to skirmish beforo a battle begins. 

¥•• garrison w^ some oommons and the scotch 
horse ptcquoHng a while close by the walls on the 
east, drew off, after they had failed in snapping 
Col. Graye's small regemeiit of hors at Stan wick, 
with much ado gott into the towne without losse. 
Tuttk^e NarraHve of Ma m^ge nf Cmrliala, p. 6. 



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PICKING-HOLE. A hole in a ham to raoeiTe 
shftftTM of oorn. North. 

PICKLE. (1) To pick. Var. dUi, 

(2} To soak wheat. Wewi. 

(3) A small quantity. Nortk, 
. (4) A mess ; a coniiuioa. Harrison seems to 
use the word in a like sense in his Desc. of 
of Britaine, p. 1 1 1. Tq Move a rod mpieiief to 
have one ready for correcting a boy with. 

(5) A'misdiievous boy. Devon, 

(6) To glaui a field JBatt, 

(7) A hayfork. SomeneL 

(8) To provide. North. 

(9) To eat mlndng:ly, or squeamishly. 
PICKLE-HERRING. A merry-andrew. 
PICKUNG. (1) Providing. North. 

(2) A sort of fine canvass used for sieves or 

covering safes. Lbtc, 
PICK-NIGHT. Dismal ; murky. North. 
PICK.POINT. A children's game. 
PIGK*PURSE. Common sporrey. Norf, 
PICKRELL. A small or young pike, properly 
the fish between a jack and a pike. It is the 
translation of broeheton in Hollyband's Dic- 
tionarie, 1593. 
PICKSOMB. Hungry ;pecl^h. Sunex. 
PICK-THANK. A flatterer. Still in use. The 
term was often applied to a talebearer. 
The pidk-thani^g buiiiish'd the Auaonian gate { 
The lifei of princes from thdr gifts take date. 

Fletcher't P^emtf p. 127. 

The piekttfuatkt, a ship of great imployroenty 

that coonnonly sayles out of sight or hearing, her 

lading being for the most part» private complaintes, 

whispering intelligences, and secret informations. 

nipbn'a VFerkes, 1630, i.86. 

PICK-TOOTH. A toothpick. This once fashion- 
able instrument is said by Nares to have been 
sometimes carried in the hat. 
A eurious parke pal'd round about with jAck-teeth. 

Randolph** Jmifntas, ii. 6 
PICK-UP. To vomit. Yorkgh. 
PICOISB. A kind of pick^Lxe. (^.-AT.) 
With pieoUet, mattoke, many a knyjt 
Fdde the walles to grounde rljt. MS, JdditAOfM, f. 50. 

PICT-HATCH. A notorious haunt of prosti- 
tutes in ClerkenwelL 

Borrow'd and brought from loose Venetians, 
Beams Piekt-hateh and Shoreditch courtlsans. 

Du Bartaa, p. £76. 
Tliese be your Pielfce-Aafeft curtezan wits that 
merit (as onejeasts upon them) after their decease 
to bee carted in Charles waine. 

Optick Gla$»e nf Hvmor*, 1689, p. 89. 

PICTREES. Ghosts. North. 

PICTURE, figure ; a perfect pattern of a thing ; 
e. g. " It'sa^WffT of a horse/' i. e. an excel- 
lent one ; also used ironically, as " you are a 
ffnXty frieter" i. e. a strange figure. 

PIDDLB. (1) To pick straws or do any light 
woric Gloue. 

(2) To go about pretending to work, but doing 
little or nothhig, as after iUness ; a man is 
said to go piddling about, though as yet un- 
able to do much. Sufoli. 

(S) Mingere. Var. dial 

(4) To eat mincingly or daintily. 



PIB. (1) A reoeptade for rape-seed. Yorkth. 

(2) When potatoes are taken up out of the 
ground wherein they have grown, they are 
put, for the purpose of preserving them, into 
a pit or grave, and covered over with earth ; 
they are then said to be in pie and to be pied. 
Line. 

(3) The Popish ordinal. See Blount, who was 
puzaled with the term. 

(4) To make a pie, to combine in order to make 
money. North. 

(5) A magpie. (J.-N.) Hence, a prating gossip, 
orteUtale. fPifyjitf, a slyknave. "Howbeit 
in the English pale to this day they use to 
tearme a sUe cousener a wiUepief' Stuuhnrat's 
Descr. of Ireland, p. 13. 

Then Pandare, lyke a wyly ppe. 

That eowld the matter handell, 
Stept to the ubell by and by. 
And forthe he blewe the candell. 

Baaad qf Troaui, c. 1500. 
I wylbe adtysyd, he sayde, 

T)ie wynde ys wast that thow doyst blowe ; 
I have anoder that moet be payde, 
Theifore the^e bathe pecked yow. 

M8.Rattt. C.298. 

(6) The sum total ; the entire quantity. Ord. 
and Reg. p. 227. Also, a list or roll. A " pye'' 
of the names of bailiffs, 1 Edward VI. is pre- 
served among the miscellaneous documents at 
the Rolls House, i 140. 

(7) The beam or pole that is erected to support 
the gin for loading and unloading timber. It 
is also caUed tht pie-tree, 

PIECE. (1) A cask, or vessel of wine. 

(2) A whore. " This lewde crack'd abominable 
peiee" Strode's Floating Island, sig. E. i, 
meaning that she had the inee venerea. 

(3) AUttlewhile. North. 

CiS A field, or inclosure. Weet. 

(5) To fall m pieeee, parturio. 

(6) The piece or double sovereign was worth 
twenty-two shillings. 

(7) When potters sell their goods to the poor 
crate men the reckon them by the piece, i e. 
quart or hollow vrare, so that six pottle or 
three gallon bottles make a dozen or 12 
pieces, and so more or less as of greater or less 
contents. The flat wares are also reckoned by 
pieces and dozens, but not (as the hollow) ac- 
cording to their contents, but their different 
breadths. StaJ^. 

PIECE-OP-ENTIRE. AjoUyfeUow. 
PIEFINCH. A chaffinch. North. 

PIELES. Pills? 

Likewise if a roan be sicke of the collicke, and 
drink three jOele* thereof in sweet wine, it procureth 
him much ease; being decocted with hony and 
eaten every day, the quantity of a beane in desperate 
eases, mendeth ruptures in the liowels. 

Tuptaft B«mtt*t 1607. p. S70. 

PIEPICKED. Piebald. Devon, 

PIE-POUDRE-COURT. A summary court of 
justice formerly held at fairs. 

PIERS. Handrails of a foot-bridge. 

PIEUST. Comfortable. Northumh. 

PIE-WIPE. The lapwing. Eaet. 



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PIF. FIUl MottiaaleMS. 

PIFLS. To itetl, or pilfer. NoriJL AIMS to 

beiqneuiiith or delicAte. 
PIG.(l)Awood]oiise. Vmr. dM 

2) Sixpence. A cant term. 

3) Topiffiofetkir, to lie or sleep together two 
or more in a bed. 7b buy apig m a poke, to 
parehaie anyttiittg nithout eaping it Fig 
cjrer, ^eiy amall eyes. Bftma hme Mkdpig 
mi iomej he is master of his own honse. 
Brandy it iMHnforpig and goo§e^ an ^nlogy 
for driridttg a dnon after either. 7b pleate 
ikgpifff, (see Fix.) 7b Mng on/t i»^ /o a 

JIne market f to be Tery nnsnccessfuL Ht^s like 
•pifff h^U do no good aiioe, said of a selfish 
covetous man. A» kappy me a pi§ m mnck, 
said of a contented person dirty in habit. 
PIGACE. The ftieaning of the last line of the 
following passage may be best interpreted as a 
phrase implying superior excellence. I know 
not whether it has any connexion with the 
ordinary meaning oipigace, an ornament worn 
on the sleeve of a rob^ 

If thou ffifa Jogyllmnior UU tbh^« 

For to be In thaira praynynge. 

Or tiiou nuulo wrysUyag in plMe» 

That Bon* war* haldyna to tU ivjvm. 

A. da Awwta, MS, BMoafypi. aS. 

PIG-ALL. The whitethorn henry. WeH. 
PIG-CHEER. All such edibles m are princi- 
pally composed of pork ; such as raised poric- 
pies, sausages, spareribs, &c. These are sent 
as presents to friends and neighbours about 
Christmas time, when it is usual in this eonnty 
to kill pigs by wholesale. Lme, 
PI&-COTE. A pigsty. Weet, 
PIG-EATER. A term of endearment. 
PIGEON-HOLES. A game like our modem 
kmgateUe, where there was a machine with 
arches for the balls to run through, resembling 
the cavities made for pigeons in a dove-lumse. 
Thrrn pance I loat ac niB«-pina : but t got 
Six tokaoa towarda that ai pigmtnrholtt, 

2%tf Antfyod»B, UaS. 
Os Toaated whole, horae^racing* pigin-hoI«*, 
Great footbaD matchea, and a game at bowU. 

BaUadM on Frott Fair^ 1684, p. Si 

PIGEON-PAIlt. Twins, when a boy and girL 
It is believed by some that pigeons and doves 
always sit on two eggs, which produce a male 
and fiemsle chick, which live and love together 
their lives through. 

PIGEONS. Shai^Mrs who, during the drawing 
o€ the lottery, wait ready mounted near Guild, 
hall, and as soon as the first two or three num. 
ben are drawn, which they receive from a 
confederate on a card, ride with them full 
speed to some distant insurance ofike, before 
fixed on, where there is aaather of the gang, 
commonly a decent4ooking woman, who takes 
care to be at the office before the hour of 
drawing ; to her he secretly gives the number, 
which she insures far a considerable som. 
Qroee, 

PIGBON'S.MILK. A seuoe artida, in seveh 
of which April fools sfc dsspatched. 



PIOBR. AplAiAer. Someromi. 

PIGGATORY. Great tnmble 

PIGGINS. (1) Small wooden vessels made in 
the manner of half.barrels, and having one 
stave longer than the rest for a handle. 

(2) The joists to whidithe flooring is fixed; bnt 
more properiy the pieoea on wh^ the boards 
of the lower floor are flxad. Deaoii. 

PIGGLB. To root op potatoes with the hand. 
Northanqttom^ 

PfGGY.WHIDDEN. The Uttie white pig, the 
smallest of the veers. One is genersDy smaller 
than the rest, weak and white ; its wfaitenesa 
denoting imbecility. 

PIGHT. (1) Strength ; pith. 

(2) The shoidder pifki in horses is wefl de- 
scribed in Topsdl's Foor-Footed Beasts, 1607, 
p. 399, snd in Diet Rost. 

(3) Placed ; iriitched ; fixed. 

Sche had a lorde, a geotyll knyght. 

That loved wele hya God, the aedie to aay t 

The lady waa in lorowe mpM / 

Sche grrvyd God, fUae waa hur lay. 

MS. GMdid. Ff. U. as, f. 46. 
The khig being therof advertised, with great dili- 
gence brought hia anay to Blacke Heath* and tfaeae 
pight hIa tentei. Hall, Hmrp F/. f . 61. 

At Covyntre that gentin prynee waa trowbUd mer- 

▼elootly, 
Wyth the KOUTge of God thus betyn was hee : 
Mete, dryncke, and logynge hb pepull lackyd eertsynly, 
Yett he^gftf hIa felde in placis thre 
To fyght with Warwicke and all hii meny ; 
Bathe waaafllrayed, and his people aho. 
In erery thynge. Lords, thy wllle bedoo I 

MS. BOtl. Ra^. 17 D. xv. 

PIGHTLE. A smsll meadow; any small en. 
closed piece of land. Eaet. 

Also I will that my feoflbes in those my said lands, 
tenements, tents, services, wards, marriages, lelieft. 
escheats, pigfitfts, meadows, te. 

Tm, Vetmttm p. S7S. 

PIG.HULL. A pigsty. Nortk. 

PIG.IRON. Aflatpieceofiron, which the cook 
interposes between the fire and meat roasting 
when she wants to retard, or ptU back that 
operation. It is hang on the bars by a hook. 

PIGLE. The herb shortwort. 

PIG.LEAVES. The cotton thistle. Nortk, 

PIGLING. Trifling; insignificant. 

PIGNOLL. The pine-i^ple. (/V.) 

PIGNUTS. Earth-nnts. North. 

PIG.POKER. A pig-driver. Fmr. diml 

PIG.RUKNING. A piece of game frequently 
practised at fiuis, wakes, he. A Isige pig, 
whose tail is cot diort, aid both soaped and 
grcissd, being tamed out, is hnnted by the 
yonng men and boys, and beeomesthe property 
of him who can catch and hold him by the 
tail, above the height of his head. 

PIG.SCONCE. A dnU heavy feUow. 

PIGS-CROW. A pigsty. Dewm. 

PIGS.LOOSB. A pigsty. Weet. 

PIGS.LOUSB. A woodlowe. Sommrwet. 

PIGSNIB. A term of endearment, generally 
to a yonng giii See the Ttfea of tbe Mad 
Men of Gotham, p^ 19. 



m. 



AadlMw yoM ptf tw I 

Et«b siioU an otkar, 

SquttJUi^ gtbbcrJsf , of ererla digrre. 
The player foolec de«re <UrUi|g figmia 

Ht callei hinuelfe his brother. 

Come of the Terie tame fkmllie. 

PIOS-PARSNIP. Cow ptrsnip. Wmt. 

PIGS-SNOUT. Akmdofcatenimar. 

There It yet another catterwplller of yellow- 
Ueekisb eekmr, called Poveelliu* venay Id Ksfllih 
call itj^CT — ^ w ei rt e, fai ratpect of the fSuhhm of the 
head, etpedalljr the greater tort of theie* for the 
letter haTO round white tpeckt upon tiieir tldet, and 
thete live and are alcogc^er to be found amongst 
the leaves of the Marth Trlfolle, whieh they oon- 
tume and deroure with an faicredible celerltle. 

TapMtfa SerpenU, 1006, p. 104. 

PIGS-WHISPER. A Tery low wfaitper. 
PIG-TAIL. The least candle, put in to make 

up wdght. Ywrifh, 
PIG-TREE. Aingsty. NwtK 
PIGWIGGEN. A dwarf. Drayton girea this 
name to one of his fairies. 

What tuch a nanrdly pigwlggem, 
A little band-ttringt. in a biggin. 

Gotton'f Wcrk9, 1734, p. 197- 

PIHER. A gpipsey ; a tramp. Siutes, 
PIK. Pitch. Nitrih. 

Y ae men coma to thryfte to thyUe 
Of tome here aouiet aa blak at p^kke. 

Jfg.H!aW. 1701,f. O. 
PIKAR. A little tMef. Pton^t, Parv. 
PIK-AXE. The ace of spades. Weai. 
PIKE. (1) A hayfmrk, especially • pitching- 
fork. Gbme, In Salop, a pickaxe is so called* 
(2)Thetopofahi]L 

Not fitr fkom Wamdnater Is €3ay-hin, and Cop- 
rip abont a quarter of a mUe there ; Ihay are pikes 
or vnleanoa. Jbtbnifs WUU, Bt^tU Sou M8, p. 71* 
3) To steaL (4) To peep. C kmee r. 
5) A large cock of hay. North, 
(6) The craekewe or long-pointed shoe, which 
was introdaced into England abont 1384. 
See Vita Bicardi II. ed. Heame, 1729, pp. &3, 
126. ** Pyke of a shoo," Pr. Parv. 
(7)Topidc NominaleMS. 

Batercr^alaa! I make my none, 
Tote Bsy tonnythed at hit It here; 
I pifke owt thotnyt be on and on« 
For now liggua ded ray deietoo dere. 

BK. Cantab, Tt, t. 48, f. 7S. 
. Y p9ke owttiiomyaby oonaad oon. 

Jf» GtaRtek Ff. If . », f. 47. 
8} To mn away. Oroae. 
9) A staff. See Ismnbras, 497. 
Both pi^e and palme, allet pllgram hym tcholde. 

JforCa Jfthure, MS, Ltoeoto, f. 00. 

(10) To mark? {J.'S.) 

And now y tyi^, and now y ayke. 
And thnt my oontynaunce y jv Xr«. 

Gnoer, MS. Cbnleb. Ff. i. 6, ft 4. 
With tile npcatto on hhre he tlketh. 
And many a continaunce he pikttk. 

Gower, MS, Soc AnOq, tM, f. 48. 
For alle men on hym can pyite. 
For he fode no nodur lybe. 

MS, OuMb, Ff. U. 86, f. S«8. 

(11) A turnpike; Fmr. dUO, 

(12) To desnse. See Pick (9). 



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PIL 



PIKED. Pointed. Thynne^p. 19. 

PIKE-HARNETS. Plunderers. (J,.N^ 

PIKEL. A pitchfork ; a hayfork. North. 

PIKELED. line and small. Heame, 

PIK£LET. A kind of crumpet ; a thin drealar 
tea-cake. For. dial. 

PIKE-OFF. Be gone 1 East, 

PIKE-PENXY. A miser. Prfm^t,Parv. 

PIKER. (1) A tramp. Eatt Simex, 

(2) A small yessel, or fishing boai. 

PIKES. Short butts which fill up the irregu- 
larity caused by hedges not running paraUaL 

PIKE-WALL. A waU built in a manner di- 
verging to a point at its summit. Wmt 
" Pykewallt munit pyramidalUf** Pr. Panr. 

PIK-IRON. The pointed end of an anvil. 

PIKT. Agipsey. Kent, 

PIL. A heayy dub. North, 

PILCH. An outer garment, generally worn in 
cold weather, and made of skins of fur. 
**Pelicium, a pylche," Nominate MS. The 
term is still retained in connected semes in 
our dialects. *' A piece of flannel or other 
woollen put under a child next the clout a in 
Kent called a pilch ; a coarse shagged piece 
of rug laid over a saiddle for ease of a rider is 
in our midland parts called a pilch," MS. 
Lansd. 1033. " Warme pilche and warme 
shon," MS. Digby 86. In our old dramatists, 
the term is applied to a buff or leather jerkin, 
and Shakespeare has pitcher for the sheath of 
a sword. 
Wha to may noghte do his dede, he telle to park, 
Baiefote withowttene ichone, and ga with lyasde. 
Take hym unto hit pUehe, and to hit pater aoatet. 
And pray for hym that may do* for he et bot a waatur. 

MS. Uncotn A. i. 17, f. 14flL 

Thy ▼eatnre that thou ihalt uie ben theae, • 

warme ppkhe for wynter, and oo kirtel, and ooeote 

fortomer. JfS. BodL 483. f. Itt. 

PILCROW. The maik (0*. ** Pylcrafte yn 
a booke," Prompt Parv. MS. Hari. 221. 

PILE. (1) An arrow. 

Thua he arzivet unto thete heroct tight, 
Hla vetture plerc'd with piles, aa oft in flj^ht 
He did tuch gloriout market receive ftom ton, 

Bptoard^e BrUtUh Prineu, 1069, p. 11. 

(2) De^y involved. " In ajpOs of wran^" 
i. e. decfly involved in the dispute. 

(3) The side of a coin having no croaa* See 
Croet-and-Pite, 

(4) The head of an arrow. 

(5; A small tower. JVhrfA See Harrison's 

Descr. of Britaine, p. 38. 
(6) To break off the awns of barley witb an iron, 
s Var.dial, 

7) A blade of grass. North, 

8) A weight of anything. 

9) A kind of poker, with a hm fiat handle, 
used by bakers. A drawing of one is given 
in my copy of the Nominale MS. f. 21. 

(10) To welt a coat. Somerset. 

PILE-MOW. A wooden hammer used in 

fencing. Lane. 
PILF. Light grass and roots, raked together 

to be burnt. Comw. 



PIL 



624 



PIM 



PILORJL Afithapetr. Mofi. Most probably 
connected with afyere, q. ▼. 

PILGRIM-SALVE. An old ointment, made 
chiefly of swine's grease and isinglass. 

FILTERS. Places on the downs inteimpting 
their equable smooth surface, tufts of long 
grass, rushes, short furze, heath, &c. often 
matted together and often forming good cover 
for hares. Comw, 

PILIOL. Wild thyme. It is mentioned in a 
receipt in MS. Lincoln A. L 17, f. 286. 

PILL. (1) To steal ; to spoil 

Thou nl noght be tyrant tU thaim, to plUa 
thaime^ tnd spoyle thaim, ah the wicked princes dus. 

M& Call, Kfn. 10. f. 5. 

Item 1m anemUed certain Lancashire and Cheshire 

men to the entent to make warre on the foresaid 

loidee, and suAred them to robhe and pill without 

correction or reprefe. Hall, Henry IV, t.1, 

(2) To peel. Dent's Pathway to Heaven, p. 20. 

(3) The kernel of a nut ; the rind green shell of 
fruit. *'The huske or piU of a greene nut 
which blacketh ones fingers and hands," 
HoUyband's Dictionarie, 1593. "Pyll of 
hempe, til" Palsgrave. 

f4) The ref^ise of a hawk's prey. 
^5^ A kind of pitcher. South. 

[6) A small creek. Hertf, ** S. Caracs pill or 
creeke,"Harrison,p.61. The channels through 
which the drainings of the marshes enter the 
river are tenned/7^i!t. 

From S. Juste pills or creke to S. Manditus 
crceke, is a mile dim. 

Leianfa Itintnuy, 1709» 111. tt. 

(7) A rock. Somertet. 

PILLAW. A sea dish, mentioned in the novel 

of Peregrine Pickle, cap. 9. 
PILL-COAL. A kind of peat. West. 
PILLED. Bald. " Pylled as one that vranteth 
heare, peiiu," Palsgrave. A bad head when 
the hair comes off was also so called. 

The Sphinx or Sphinga is of the kinde of apes« 
having his body rough like apes, but his breast up 
to his necke, pildt and smooth without hayre : the 
face is very round yet sharp and piked, having the 
breasts of women, and their favor or visage much 
like them : In that part of their body which is bare 
without haire. there is a certalne red thing rising in 
a round circle like millet seed, which giveth great 
grace and comelinesse to their ooulour, which in the 
middle parte is humaine. Tofaeffe Beagtt, 1607. 
He behelde the body on grownde, 
Hy t stanke aa a pyttyd hownde. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. iL 38, f. IflS. 

PILLER. A robber. PaUgrave. One who 
coinmitted depredations without indulging in 
a criminal act was also so called ; a person 
who imposed, as an overcharging innkeeper. 

PILLERDS. Barley. Cormo. 

PILLET. A skin or hide. Pr. Pan. 

PILLEWORTHIS. Pillows. 

PILLIARD. Akindofdoak. (A..N.) 

PILLICOCK. The penis. It occurs yery fre- 

. quently in Florio, pp. 159, 382, 385, 409, 449, 

454y &c A man complaining of old age, in 

a poem of the beginning of the thirteenth 

century, says,^ 



Y ne m*i no more otkufdUm^^ 
Ml pUkoe plaKth on mi schooe. 

IMfff.itetifl.lLSll. 

The word also occurs in some lines in King Lear, 
iiL 4, which are still favorites in the nursery 
under a slightly varied form. See Collier's 
Shakespeare, vii. 427. It was likewise a term 
of endearment *' A prime-cocke, hpUUeocie, 
a darUn, a beloved lad,'' Florio, p. 382. See 
ako ibid. p. 554 ; Cotgrave, in v. TurelureMUf 

rumat. 

PILLION. The head-dress of a priest or gn- 
duate. " Hie pilleus est omamentum capitis 
sacerdotis vel graduati, Anglice a hure or a 
pyllyon," MS. Bibl. Reg. 12 B. L f. 12. In 
the MS. Morte Arthure, f. 89, a king is repre- 
sented as wearing a " pillione batt." 
PILLOWBERE. A piUow-dise. "vij. pyUo- 
berys," inventory, MS. CanUb. Ft i. 6, f. 58. 
Also called B.piUoW'dip orpiUew*iie. 
PILL-PATES. Shaven heads ; friars. 
FILM. Dust. Dewm. Grose has pittum. 

Hence /^my, dusty. 
PILMER. Fine small rain. Vewm. 
PILRAG. A fallow field. Sunex. 
PILT. Put; placed. (A.-S.) 

Now am y of my lande piftte. 
And that ys rygfat that y so bee. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. 11. 38, f.84i. 
And ho so curseth withoutyn gylt, 
Hyt shal on hys hede be pytt. 

Af&HarL1701.r.9. 

PILWB. A pillow. {A.-6.) **Puhfmar, 

pylwe,** MS. Lansd. 560, f. 45. 
PIME. To peep about ; to pry. North. 
PIMENT. A favorite drink with our ancestors. 
The manner of making it is thus described in 
a MS. of the fifteenth century in Mr. Petti- 
grew's possession, "Take clowis, quibibus, 
maces, canel, galyngale, and make powdir 
therof, tempryng it with good vryne, and the 
thrid party bony, and dense hem thorow a 
dene klothe ; also thou mayest make it with 
good ale.? 

Ther was piment and dar^. 

To heighe lonUagcs and to meyn^ 

Artkimr amd Msriitt, p. 116. 
Hyt was y-do without lette. 
The doth was spred, the bord wassette. 

They wente to hare sopere. 
Mete and drynk they hadde afyu, 
Ppmt«fU, clar^ and Reynysch wyn. 
And sdles greet wondyr hyt wer. 

ntu§tratiims0f Fairr Mythoiogjr, p. IS. 
And laf him souke of the ptpmant soote. 

Legate, MS. Soe. Aniiq. 134, f. 9. 
And yafe hym saukeof thejviRcnf sote. 
That spronge and grewe oute of the holy rote. 

Lydgate, itS. Astunole 39, f. 53. 
Malmasyei, Tires, and Rumneys, 
With Caperikls, Campletes, and Osneys. 
Vemuge, Cute, and Raspays also, 
Whippet and Pyngmedo, that ben lawyers tberto ; 
And I will have also wyne de Ryne, 
With new maid Clarye, that is good and fyne, 
Museadell, TerantyiM, and Bastard* 
With Ypocras and Ppmmt eooiyng afterwaidau 

MS.aawi,C,WL 



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625 



PIN 



PIMBNTABIB. Balm. Gtrtard. 
PIMGBNBT. A smaU i«d pimple. **Nine 

pimgemeU make a pock royal," Old Saying. 
PIMPING. Little ; pitifoL We$U 
PIMPLE. The head. Far.diaL 
PIN. (1) A dilease in hawks. 
r2) The hip. Somertet. 

(3) Om the pin, on the qm vwe. In a merry pin, 
L e. a merry humour, half intoxicated. 

(4) A small peg of wood. 

Hit wu to dene y-uhe Rway wlthinneon oyjt* 
That there was never ajyiuM stondyiig ther. 

Chrtt. rUoium, p. 117. 

(5) To do a thing in haste. Lane. 

PIN. AND-WEB. A kind of excrescence in the 
ball of the eye. 

UntlU aome quack-nlTer or other can pfcke out 
that pin and wtbbe which is ttucke Jnto both hU 
eyry. A Knighf* Conjuring, 1007. 

For a pin or veb In the eye. Take two or three 
Uoe out of onet head, and put them alive into the 
eye that la grieved, and lo dote it up, and most as- 
suredly the lice will suck out the web In the eye, and 
will cure it, and oome forth without any hurt. 
Tike €>Mmt«M* 9f Ksntt Choice Manuai, ed. 1678i p. 75, 

PINAUNTE. A penitent. (J,-N,) 

Thysmaketh me to drowpe and dare* 
That y am lyke a porepimaimte. 

MS. Cmtmb, Ft. ii. 38, f. 91. 

FIN-B ASEET. The youngest chUd of a family ; 

often the weakest and smallest. 
PIN-BONE. The hip-bone. fFeti. 
PIN BOUK. A jar, or earthen yessel. 
PIN-CASE. A pincushion. North. 
PINCH. (1) To be niggardly. P'ar. dial 

(2) To pUdt linen. 

Thus leud men thai can sey. 
He ii an honest prett in good faye, 
^if his goune be pifnehit gay. 

MS. Dovet sua, t. ft. 

(3) The game of pitch-halfpenny, or pitch-and- 
huaUe. North. 

(4) "I pynche courtaysye as one doth that is 
nyceof condyscions,^€/ay« le nyee" Palsgrave. 

PINCH-BECK. A miserly fellow. Hidoet, 
1552. Pinehvttrt, Devon. Gloss. Pineh-ffut 
is very common, and pinch^ermy occurs in 
Hollyband's Dictionarie, 1593, as the trans- 
lation of ehiehe. 

PINCHEM. A tom-tit. Bedg. 

PINCHER. A niggard. StiUinuse. 

PINCHERWIG. An earwig. South. 

PIN-CLOTH. A pinafore. Somerset. 

PINCOD. A pincushion. North. 

PINCURTLB. A pinafore. Devon, 

PINCUSHION. The sweet scabioos. East. 

PIND. (1) To impound an animaL 

Weddes to take and bestes to pjriid. 
That washym notoommyn of kynd. 

MS.Aihmole9l,{. 3. 

(2) Tainted, mouldy, said of meat. A saw which 
has lost its pliancy from being over-bent is 
said to be pind« or pinny. West. 

PINDER. The petty officer of a manor whose 
doty it was to impound all strange cattle 
strajring upon the common. ** Inelusw, a 
pynder," Nominate MS. 
ti. 



In Wakeaeld there Uvfli a Jolly plnd^. 
In Wakefield aU on a green. BMn Hood, \L 16 
PINE. (1) Pain ; grief. (.^.-&) Stillin uae» 
according to MS.Lansd. 1033. 

But sone aftur come tythyngei. 
Marrok roett hys lorde kynge. 

And faste he can hym frayne. 
Syr, he leyde, for Goddyspyne, 
Of a thyng that now ys ynne 
Whareof be ye so fayne ? 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ii. 88, f. 78. 
The! goo aboute be viij. or nyne. 
And done the husbondes myculle p^e. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ▼. 48, f. 48. 
Hwo liaveth helle dure unloke. 
That thu art of p^ne i-broke. 

MS. Coa. Jm. Qnm. I. 89. 

(2) To torment ; to torture. {A.'S.) In use in 
the provinces in the sensie to starve with cold 
or hunger. Pined, reduced by hunger. 

(3) The end. Somerset. 

(4) Difficult; hard. North. 

(5) To inclose, or shut up. 

If on^ men of hol6 cherche thai ben al to lewd, 

Ilekynham toa bred Is jvnwil In acagei 
When he hath shertly hymselfe al be-scherewdt 
Then he begynnys to daunee, to harpe, and to rage. 

JfS. i>utft!e308. f. 6. 
PINER. A pioneer. {Fr.) 
PINFALLOW. Winter fallow. North. 
PINFOLDS. Pounds for cattle. Palsgrave has 
this word, " I pounde I put horse or beestes 
in the pynfolde.'' Inclusorium, a pynfold, 
Nominide MS. 
PING. (1) To push. West. 
(2) A kind of sweet wine. 
PIN6E. To prick. See Ptn^ (1). 

He pingde his stcde with spores kene. 
And smot a strok that was sene. 

Romano* q^ Otu^, p. 5S. 

PINGLE. (1) A small inclosure, generally one 
long and narrow. North. 

(2) To eat with very little appetite. Sharp's 
MS. Warw. Gl. Nash uses the word. 

(3) To labour veiy hard, without a correspond- 
ing progress. North. 

PINGLER. Generally from Pingle (2), as in 
the following passage. It was also a term of 
contempt, applied to any small inferior person 
or animal. 

For this little beast is not afraide to leape into 
the hunters face, although it can doe no great 
harme, either with teeth or nailes. It is an argu- 
ment that it is exceeding hot, because it is so bold 
and eager. In the uppermost chap, it hath long 
and sharp teeth, growing two by two. It hath 
large and wide cheekes, which they alwaies AU, both 
carrying in, and carrying out, they eate with lx>th, 
whereupon a devouring fellow, such a one as Sta- 
simus a sen'ant to Plautus was, is called Crycetus, 
a hamster, because he fiUeth hi« mouth well, and is 
no pingler at his meate. 

TopaelTo Beattt, 1607, p BOO. 

PINGMEDO. A kind of wine. 

PINGOT. A small croft. Lane. 

PINGSWIG. A scarecrow. Yorish. 

PIN-HEAD. Notw<»thapin.head,i.e.ofTery 
little value indeed. 

PINIKIN. DeUcate. West. 

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PININO-STOOL. A stool of pumfhinent ; a 

cucking-stool. (ji.'S,) 
PINION. The skirt of a gown. 
PINIONS. Refuse wool. Somenet. 
PINIOUS. Of a weak appetite. North. 
PINK. (1) To dye a pink colour. 
(2) A. kind of linnet. lAne. In some counties, 

the chaffinch is so termed, 
f 3) A stab. Also, to stab. Gro§t, 
?4) A minnow. Still in use. 

(5) A kind of small yessel. It occurs in the Merry 
Wives of Windsor, ii. 2. PinJtsterm, a Tcry 
narrow boat used on the Seyem. 

(6) Small. Pinky, piniy-unniiffYerj smaU, ex- 
cessively small ; also, peeping with small pink 
eyes. Narih, 

(7) To peep slily. yarth. Hence pmker, to 
half shut the eyes. PinJtmg, winking, Harri- 
son's England, p. 170. 

(8) A game at cai^, the same as Post and Pair. 
See MS. Egjerton 923, f. 49 ; Collier's Hist. 
Dram. Poet iL 315. 

(9) A pinch. " Aye pynckes is your paye," 
Chester Plays, i. 126. North, 

(10) To deck ; to adorn. Somertet. 
PINKER. A robber, or ruffian ; a cutter. ** So 

many pinkers," Collier's Old Ballads, p. 6. It 
is left unexplained in Skelton, ii. 203. ** jEi- 
ehi/Teur, a cutter or pinker," Cotgrave. 

PINK-EYED. SmaU eyed. Ptn^any, pink-eye, 
which is often a term of endearment, as in the 
Two Angrie Women of Abington, p. 68. Pinck- 
an-ey'd, Soliman and Perseda, p. 274. 

PINKING. Poorly ; unwelL Dorset. 

PINKNEEDLE. The herb shepherd's-bodkin. 
PINNACE. A small vessel Shakespeare ap- 
parently applies the term to a person of bad 
character, a panderer, or go-between, several 
instances of which use maybe supplied, though 
not noticed by the commentators. 
Hold, tirrah, bear you these letten tightly ; 
Sail like my pittnace to thete golden •hores. 

Jf«rry Wiveat^f Wlndaer, i. 3. 
For when all the gallaati are gone out o' th' town, 
O then these floe pinacet lack their due lading. 

Songt qf the iMndon Prmticu, p. 66. 
PINNE. To bolt a door. {A..S.) 
PINNER. A narrow piece of cloth which went 
round a woman's gown at the top near the 
neck. *' Pinners, the upper parts of a lady's 
head-dress when lappets were in £uhion," 
MS. Devon Glossary. 
PINNING. The low masonry which supports 
a frame of stud-work. Ground pinning or 
under-pinning is the masonry which supports 
the wooden frame-woric of a building, and 
keeps it above the ground. 
PINNOCK. (1) The hedge-spanrow. "A pin- 
nocke or h^ge sparrowe which bringeth up 
the cuckoes birds insteed of her owne," 
Withals'Dietionarie, ed. 1608, p. 22. 
Thus in theplnnicVf nest the cuckoo lays. 
Then, easy as a Frenchman, Ukes her flight. 

FMsr Pindar, 1. 416. 

(2) To brutff pinnoek to pamioek, to bring some- 



thing to nothing, to destroy. " Biyngo aome« 
thynge to nothynge, as the vulgare speache is, 
to brynge pynnock to paanock," Huloet, 1552. 

(3) A brick or wooden tunnel placed under a 
road to carry off the water. Suitejr. 

PINNOCKS. Finedothes. Satfy. 

PINNOLD. A small bridge. Sktses. 

PINNONADE. A confection made chiefly of 
almonds and pines, and hence the name. See 
the Forme of Cury, p. 31. 

PINNOTE-TREE. The round-leaved vine. 
(J.-N.) Pynote, MS. BibL Reg. 12 B. L 

PIN-OF-THE-THROAT. The uvula. 

PIN-PANNIERLY-FELLOW. A covetous fel- 
low. " A pin-pennieble fellow, a covetous 
miser that pins up his baskets or panniers, 
or that thinks the loss of a pin to be a pain 
and trouble to him," Kennett, MS. 

PIN-PATCHES. Periwmkles. Eagt. 

PIN-PILLOW. A pincushion. Pabgrave. Cot- 
grave has, " EtpingUer, a pm^illow or cushi- 
net to sticke pinnes on." 

PINS. Legs. Var. dial 

PINSONS. (1) A pair of pincers. Pahgrm>e, 
StiU in use in the Western counties. 

And this Pliny afflrmeth to be proper to this in- 
sect, to have a sling in the tayleaad to havearmes ; 
for l>y armcs hee meaneth the two crocse forkes or 
tonges which come from it one twth sidee. In the 
toppes whereof are little thlnges UkeprMsen*, to dfi- 
taine and hold fast, that which it appr^endeth, 
whiles it woundeth with the sling in the tayle. 

TnpaelTa Hisicrie ofSerpmtt, 1606, p. 2S4. 

(2) Thin-soled shoes. '' Calceohu, pinsone/' 
Nominale MS. Compare MS. Arundel 249, 
f. 88. " Pynson sho, ca^^wwi," Palsgrave. 
The copy of Palsgrave belonging to the Cam- 
bridge public library has " or socke" written 
by a contemporary hand. " SoceattUf that 
weareth stertups or pinsons/' Elyot, ed. 1559. 
See Ord. and Reg. p. 124. 

PINSWEAL. Aboil. JDorMet. 

PINT. To drink a pint of ale. 

PINTLE. Mentula. There is a receipt ** fqt 
bolnyngof jpyn/e/yt" iuMS. Sloane2584,p.50. 
For sore j^yniw/los. Take lynschede, and staaape 
smaie* and than temper it wlih swete mylke, and 
than sethe theme together, and than therof make a 
plaster, and ley to, and anoynte It with the Joste 
of morell til he be whole. MS. Med. Rec. xr. Cent. 

PINTLEDY-PANTLEDY. Pit-a-pat. Zinc. 

PIN-WING. The pinion of a fowl. 

PINY. Thepiony. Var, dioL 

Using such cunning as they did dispose 
The ruddy piny with the lighter roaa 

Brounu^s BrUmmia*» Paalarml*, Ii. tt. 

PIOL. A kind of laoe. The method of noaking 
it is described in a very curious tract on laces 
of the fifteenth century, MS. Harl. 2320, f. 59. 

PIONES. The seeds of the piony, which were 
formerly used as a spice. (^.-iV.) 

PIOT. A magpie. North. 

PIOTTY. Variously coloured. Yorioh. 

PIP. (1) A single blossom. Warw. Also, a 
small seed, any diminntive ol^ect. 

(2) The lues venerea. Souih. 

(3) Anger ; offence. Exmoor, 



PIR 



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PIFB. (1) A beer cask. North. Pipe-Btaves, 
stsTcs for a cask, Florio, p. 159. 

(2) A charge of powder, or shot, which was for- 
merly measured in the bowl of a pipe. 

(3) A small ravine or dingle breaking oot from a 
larger one. Chah, 

(4) A Isjge round cell in a beehive used by the 
qaeen bee. Wett. 

(5) To cry. A cant term. From p^, the throat, 
or voice; the windpipe. P^nng^ wheezing, 
EimoorDiaL p. 7. 

PIPE-DRIKK. Sparkling weak ale, in great 

estimation by pipe-smokers. Wett, 
PIPER. An innkeeper. Dewm. 
PIPERS. The lilac tree. Urry, p. 415, 1. 178. 
Theboxtre, pipers, holye for whippet to iMche. 

M8. Cantab, FT. i.0, f.Sft. 
PIPE-STOPPEL. A tobacco-stopper. Norih. 
PIPIN. The windpipe. NominaleMS. 
PIPING. (1) The noise made by bees prepara- 
tory to swarming. North, 
(2) The cry of young birds. Hence, metaphori- 
cally, said of anything innocent or harmless. 
PIPING-HOT. Very hot. Palsgrave. 
Piping hot, raioking hot I 
What have I got ? 
VcNi have not ; 
Hot grey paue» hot ! hot I hot 1 London CHe«,p.l2. 

PfPION. A young crane. " Cranes whyche be 

yonge called pipions," Hnloet, 1552. 
PfPLE. To pipe. SkeUtm. 
PIPLIN. A poplar tree. Somerset. Called a 

p^Ie in some counties. 
PIPPERIDGE. The barberry tree. East. 
PIPPIN. A pipkin. Line. 
PIRAMIS. A pyramid. Drayton. 
PIRE. A pear tree. (j4..N.) 

Otgoodpire com gode perns, 
Werae tro wers fruyt berus. 
Cursor Mundi, MS. CoU. Trin. Cantab, f. 1. 

PIRIE. A storm of wind. Palsgrttve. 

For wdaioJy there rase a itraunge stormo and a 
qnkke pMo, so mischevous and so pernicious, that 
Dothingo more execrable, or more to be abhorred, 
could happen in any Chrifltlan region. 

Hall, Henry Vl. t. 55. 

PIRL To spm as a top ; to wind wire of gold 
or silver, ffett. Pirling-wheel, a spinning- 
wheel in a clock. 
PIRLE. A brook, or stream. 

A broket or pirle of water renning out of an hllle 
nere the totin and cummiag thorough a peace of 
the toim witbyn the walle. 

LelandTM Itinerar», 17(9, ill. 138. 

PIRLED. Flat. Devon. 
PIRLY. Small and roimd. Northumb. 
PIRN. A piece of wood turned to wind thread 
on. A stick with a loop of cord for twisting 
on the nose of refractory horses. North. 
" Pyme or webstars lome, mestier h tisser" 
Palsgrave, 1530. 
PIRNED. Dried up ; pined. Cunib. 
PIROPES. A stone of a red colour. 
PIRTLE. To slaver at the mouth. 
Nov 1 TiHia, I pofte, I poute, 
1 sourpe, I caobbe, I sneipe on snoute. 

Roliq.AntiqAUtn. 



PIRTY. Pretty. Vm-. diai. 

PISCINE. A shallow stone baain generally 
placed in a niche in old churches and fnmiahed 
with an outlet for the water in which the priest 
washed his hands, &c 

PISHTY. A call nsed to a dog. 

PISNET. A pump or slipper. Holme. 

PISPER. To make mischief. Devon. 

PISSABED. The dandelion. 

PISSANNAT. The common ant. Salop. 

PISSING-CANDLE. The least candle in a 
pound, put in to make up weight. 

PISSIN6.C0NDUIT. The name of a small 
condnit situated near the Royal Exchange, 
and said to have been so termed from its run- 
ning a small stream. 

PISSING-WHILB. ** But a pyssynge whyle, 
tant qwm auroytpiseSf or ee pendent ,** Pals- 
grave. The phrase occurs in Shakespeare. 

PISSMOTE. Ants, or pismires. IVest. 

PIST. Hist! An exclamation. 

PISTEL. A vnld disorderly feUow. 

PISTELL. An epistle. {Lat.) PisteOer, ont 
who reads or sings the epistle. Palsgrave, 
however, has, ** pysteller that lyngeth the 
masse.'' It occurs in Nominale MS. 

PISTER. To whisper. Eaimoor. 

PISTOL. A swaggering fellow. Perhaps from 
pistd^Oy explained by florio, " a roguing 
begger, a cantler, an npright man that Uveth 
by cosenage." Hence Shakespeare's character 
of that name. 

PISTOLBT. Meant both a Spanish pistole, 
and a smail pistoL 
One would move love by rythmes ; but wltcherafts 

diarms. 
Bring not now their old fears, nor their old harms. 
Rams and slings now are silly battery, 
Fittoietavn the best artillery. Donntft Awms, p. lif . 

PISTURE. 

My fires have driven, thine have drawn it hence ; 
And I am roVd o£pUture, heart, and sense. 
Dwells with me still mine irksome memory. 
Which both to keep and lose grieves equally. 

Donno'M Poems, p. 185. 

PIT. (1) A spot, or mark. (2) To match. 
PITAILE. Foot-soldiers. {J.'N.) 
PITANCE. A mess of victuals. (J.'N.) Pi-. 

tancer, one who gave out provisions. 
PITCH. (1) A skin of for. 

(2) Weight or momentum. Far. dtoL It oc- 
curs in Holinshed, Conq. Ireland, p. 60. 

(3) The height to which a hawk soars before 
stooping on its prey. 

(4) The quantity taken up at one time on a hay- 
fork. West, Also, to load hay or straw. 

(b) To sit down. Var. diak 

(6) An iron crow-bar with a thick square point 
for making holes in the ground. Hence to 
pitch, to make holes in the ground for hur- 
dles, &c 

(7) Pitch and pay, throw down your money 
at once, pay ready money. 

(8) To pave roughly. South. 

(9) Pitch nt, to set to work ; to beat or thrash 
a person. 



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(10) The point of the shoulder. 
This if when the shoulder point or pitch of the 

•boulder is displMcd, which griefe Is called of the 
Italians spallato, and it commeth by reason of some 
great fal forward rush or straine. The signet be 
theae. That shoulder point wil sticke out further 
then his felloWf and the horse will halt right downe. 
TopaelFi Four- Footed B«a*t$» 1607* 

(11) To fall away, or decUne, as to lose flesh in 
sickness. Somerset, A liquid is said to 
pitch when it stands, and a sediment takes 
place at the bottom of the vesseL 

PITCH-AND-HUSTLK. Chuck-fiffthing. The 
game at pitch^and'twe is yery common, being 
merely the throwing up of halfpence, the re- 
sult depending on a guess of heads or tails» 

PITCHATS. Broken f^lasi, china, &c. 

PITCHED-AWAY. Emaciated. Dewm. 

PITCHED-MARKET. One in which com is 
brought and sold by the sack, not by the 
sample. 

PITCHER. (1) A pollard willow. Wett, 

( 2) The man who lifts or pitches the reaped com 

or hay up on to the waggon. His work is of 

course caUed pt7cA«n, his implement h pitch- 

fork. Those who unload the waggons on to 

the stack, or goof, are called impitchen, 

(3) A fierce mastiff. Yorkih, 

PITCHING. Precipitetion. It is used in its 
chemical sense. Wett, 

PITCHING.AXE. A large tze used chiefly in 
felling timber. Salop. 

PITCHING.NET. A large triangular net at- 
tached to two poles, and used with a boat 
chiefly for the purpose of catching salmon. 

PITCHING-PENCE. Pence formerly paid in 
fairs and markets for every bag of com. 
Brand, u. 271. 

PITCHING-PRONG. A pitchfork. SotUh. 

PITCHING.STONES. Round stones used in- 
stead of paving. 7. of Wight. 

PITCH.POLE. To make a thing pitch-pole is 
to make it fetch double what you gave for it. 

OXOTL 

PITCH-UP. To stop. I. of Wight. 

PIT-COUNTER. A game pUyed by boys, who 
roll counters in a small hole. The exact de- 
scription I have not the means of giving. 

PIT-FALL. A peculiar kind of trap set in the 
ground for catching small birds. 

PITH. (1) Acrombofbread. Dewm. 
(2) Force; strength; might. {A.-S,) StUl in 
use, according to Moor. " Pyththy, of great 
substance, eudttancieux ; pyththy, stronge, 
pymmU," Palsgrave. 

Thay called Peicerelle the wight, 
The kyng doubbed hjin to knyghte ; 
Thofehecouthe littlUe in slghte. 

The childe was of pith. Percnal, 1640. 
PITHER. To dig Ughtiy ; to throw earth up 

very gently. KeiU, 
PITHEST. Pitiful. Dewm. 
PIT-HOLE. A grave. rar.dioL 
PITISANQUINT. Pretty welL Somereet. 
PITMAN'S-PINK, The single pink. Newe. 



PITOUS. Merciful; compasnonate ; exciting 

compassion. Chaucer. 
PIT-SAW. A large saw used in pits for cutting 

a tree into planks. Var. diaL 
PIT-STEAD. A place where there has been a 

pit Cheeh. 
FITTER. (1) To grieve. (2) To squeak. £att. 

The second meaning is an archaism. 
PITTER-PATTER. To go pit-a-pat ; to beat 

incessantly ; to palpitate. North, 
PITTHER. To fidget about. West. 
PITY. " It were pity on my life," it would in- 
deed be a pity. 

For if I should as lion oome in strlfo 
Into this plaoe, 'twere pitjf en i^y lifit. 

A Mid*. Nighfs Amm. v.l. 
And should I not pay your dTility 
To th' utmost of my poor ability. 
Who art groat Jove's sister and wife» 
It were e'en pit^ n/my Hff. 
Cottort't Poetical Wwk*, 1734, p. 7. 

PITTFULL. Compassionate. Palsgrave. 
FIX. (1) To glean orchards. West. 

(2) The box or shrine in which the consecrated 
wafers were kept. Hence is said to be derived 
the phrase please the pigs, 

(3) A name given to the custom of the gold- 
smiths of London making a trial of the public 
coin by weighing it before the privy counciL 
See a long paper by Mr. Black in the Journal 
of the British Archscological Association, i. 
128, and Blount's Gloss. 

PIXLIQUID. A kind of oU. 

PIXY. A fairy. The term is not obsolete, and 
like/at»7, is common in composition. Pixy- 
puff^ a broad species of fungus. Pixg-rings, 
the fury circles. Pixy-seats, the entangled 
knots in horses' manes. Pixy-stool, the toad- 
stooL ** Pyxie-led, to be in a maze, to be be- 
wildered, as if led out of the way by hobgoblin, 
or puck, or one of the fairies ; the cure is to 
turn one of your garments the inside outward, 
which gives a person time to recollect him- 
self : the way to prevent it, some say, is for a 
woman to turn her cap inside outward, thai 
the pyxies may have no power over her, and 
for a man to do the same with some of his 
clothes," MS. Devon GL 
Theepirie-fod in Popish piety. 
Who mak'st thyself the triple crowns base drudge. 

Chben/*t DiHw GUmpeet, 1059, p. TSL 

PIZE. (I) Fretful; peevish. We$t. 

(2) A kind of oath. " What the pizeails them,** 

Whiter's Specimen, 1794, p. 19. 
PI3T. Placed; reared. 

He led hym forth upon that pleyne. 
He was war of a pynapulleptjr.- 
Sechan had he never seyne. 

Off clothes of gold bumysshed brijt. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. t. 48, f. 69. 

PLACARD. (1) A man's stomacher, which was 
frequently adorned with jewels ; a kind of 
breast-plate. 

Some had the helme, the viicre, the two baviers 
and the twoptaekardes of the same curiously graven 
and conningly coated. 

Haa, Hewp IV. 1. 1». 



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(2) A pzioted sheet, folded ao as to fonn a little 
quarto book. 

PLACE. (1) A honse, or residence. (2) A bar- 
ton. (3) A Jakes, rar. dioL 

(4) The pitch of a hawk or other bird of prey. 
See Macbeth, iL 4. 

PLACEAN. Places. Leie. 

PL\CEBO. To sing placebo, i. e. to endeavour 
to cnrry faTour. 

PLACIDIOUS. Gentle ; placid. 

There wu never any thing more strange in the 
nature of dogs, then that which hapned at Rhodes 
besieged by the Tnrke, for the dogges did there det- 
cerne betwixt Christians and Turkes ; for toward 
the Tnrkcs they were moat eagerj ftirloaa, and un- 
appeasable, but towards Christians, although nn- 
limmne, most eaale. peaceable, and plactdious. 

Top$§ir» V^mr-Woot9d Bemtta, 1007, P* IW. 

PLACINACION. Satisfaction ; atonement. This 
word occurs in a curions macaronic poem, of 
which there are copies in MSS. Harl. 536 
and 941, and a fragment in MS. HarL 218, 
f. 32. {UL Med,) 

PLACING. Going out to service. North. 

PLACK. (1) A piece of money. Cumb, 

(2) A portion or piece of anything, a piece of 
gronnd, a portion of labour, &c Wett, 

PLACKET. A vroman's pocket Still used in 
this sense, according to Forby, ii. 255. It was 
metaphorically applied to the female puden- 
dam ; and the penis was termed the placket- 
racket. This word has been so much mis- 
nnderstood thftt I am compelled to be some- 
what plain in defining it. Grose huplaeket' 
kokt a pocket-hole. Nares, Dyce, and other 
writers, tell U8 a placket generally signifies a 
petticoat, but their quotations do not bear 
out this opinion. According to Moor, the 
terra is in some places applied to a shift. 
Deliro playing at a game of raeket. 
Far put hla hand Into Florlnda's plaektt ; 
Keep hold, said shee, nor any farther go. 
Said he, juat so, the placket well will do. 

BeUot CoOeeHw nf Eplgravu, 1665. 

PLAD. Played. Somertet, 
PLADDB. Pleaded. 

And kmg for hit forsothe be pladd^. 

Chron, VUodvn, p. 108. 

PLAGES. The divisions of the globe. 
PLAGGIS. CkiwsUps. Arch. zxx. 411. 
PLAGUY. Very. Var. dioL 
PLAIFAIER. A playfellow. 

In so mnche that for Imprisonmente of one of his 
wanton matea and unthrlftie ptaiJMert be strake the 
chiefe Justice with hb ilate on the face. 

HalTs Union, Hmrp V, f. 1. 
He left the oonseyle of theise olde wyse menys, 
and dede after the consel of chyldrin that weryn his 
rttKfirgn. 

W^nbeUm^s Sermon, 1388, MS, Hatttmt 67, p. H. 

PLAIN. (1) Middling. Danet, «* How's your 

wife to day." ** Oh, yery plain, thankee, sir." 

(2) To complain. North. 

(3) An open space surrounded by houses nearly 
answering to the Italian Piazza. In the city 
of Norwich there are several: as St. Mary's 
Plam, the Theatre Plain, &c. 

(4) A lickL PaJbgrave, 



(5) Simple ; clear. Also, dearly. 

Lorde, the unkyndnes was shewid to kynge Bdwvd 

that day. 
At hb Icmdyng In Holdymes he had grett payne; 
His subjectes and people wolde not hym obey, 
Offhym and hfs people thay had grett dbdayn ; 
There schewed hym unkyndnes and anawerld hym 

ploifne. 
As for kynge be shulde not londe there for wele ne 

woo J 
Yect kmdid that gentlU prynce, the will of God was 

soo ! US, BtM, Hag, 17 D. zt. 

(6) Pky ; sport. Weber, 
(7; A kind of flanneL 
PLAIN-DEALING. A game at cards. 
PLAIN-SONG. Simple melody. 

Our life is a plain-eomg with cunning pcn*d. 
Whose highest pitch in lowest base doth end. 

The Return from Pumaeeue, p. S77* 

PLAINT. A complaint. 

How rolserablc's he who In his mind 
A mutiny against himself must find ! 
Justly this Spirit doth our piainte provoke, 
So insupportable that makes our yoak t 
That presseth our assent above the skie. 
Though we are made of earth, and cannot flie. 

MS, Poeme, xviL Cent. 
Prom theaeale of old Harry Iock*d up with a whore, 
From waiting with piainte at the Parliament dore. 
From the death of a King without why or wherefore. 

Fleteher*e Poeme, p. 134. 

PLAISE.MOUTHED. Small mouthed, like a 
plaice; and hence metaphorically used for 
primness or affectation. 

PLAIT. A kmd of small ship. Blount calls it 
" a hoy or water vessel." 

PLANCH. To plash hedges. Stqf, 

PLANCHED. Boarded. Doreet, It is also 
an archaism. Planchen, boards. Dewm. 
''Plancher madeof \}Qirde8,pkmeh^,'* Palsgrave. 
Forby has pbrneheTf a boarded fioor; and 
Palmer gives planehee, the planks of a flooring. 
The goodwife, that before had provided for after* 
daps, had found ont a privie place between two 
seellngsof ajrfoiiiidber, and there she thrust Lionello, 
and her husband came sweting. What news, quoth 
shee» drives you home againeso soone, husband? 
Marrye, sweet wife, quoth he, a fearftall dreame that 
1 had this night, which came to my remembrance. 
Tarlton*e Newee out of Purgatorie, p. lOt. 

PLANCHER. A plate. Norf, 

PLANE. The shaft of a crossbow. 

PLANET. Climate. North, 

PLANETS. Rain falls in planets, when it falls 
partially and with violence. North, Forby 
has the phrase by planets, capriciously, irregu- 
Uirly, changeably. 

Planet-struck. Paralytic. Idne, This 
phrase appears to have been formerly in use 
for any sudden and violent attack not known 
by a familiar appellation. ** A blasting or 
planetstreeking,'' Florio, p. 44. According 
to Markham, horses are said to be planet- 
struck when there is a deprivation of feeling 
or motion, not stirring any of the members, 
but that they remain in the same form as 
when the beast was first struck. It comes to 
a horse sometimes by choler and phlegm 
superabundantly mixed together ; sometimes 



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from meUncholj blood, being a cold «nd dry 
bomour, which annoys the hinder part of the 
brain; sometimes of extraordinary heat or 
cold, or raw digestion striking into the veins 
suddenly; or lastly, from extreme hmiger, 
occasioned by long fisting. 

PLANISH. To cover anything, as a table, room, 
&e. with all sorts of articles untidily Tpilaced ; 
as, when children have been playing together 
and a room is heaped up with then* playthings. 
(Qu. from Plenish for Replenish ?) JUiur. 

PLANT. (1) An aim. Midds, 

(2) A club, or cudgel. Var. dial 

(3) The foot. See Jonson, vii. 194. To water 
one's plants, to shed tears. 

PLANTING. A plantation. East. 

PLAS AD. In a fine condition. JSrmoor. 

PLASE. A palace. Spenser. 

Ho ys more worthy withyn my ptate f 
Myttryit the never, man, for thy myadede. 

Pieeea tf Ancient PlM(ry,p.43. 

PLASH. (1) To lower and narrow a broad-spread 
hedge by partially cutting off the branches, 
and entwining them with those left upright. 
A rod cut half through, and bent down, is 
termed a plash. 
(2) A pool of water ; a large puddle, ^ Laeunot 

a playche of water," Nominale MS. 
Betwyx a ptowAe and a flode appone a flatelawnde. 
Morte ArihuM^ MS, Ltneotnt f, 83. 
Roaref, raget, foamef, againi t a mountaine daahet, 
.And in reooUe makes maadowM standing pltuftM, 

Brmtm^s Britannia's PuttoraUt p. &3. 
If thu drynke the halfe, thu shalt fynde It no scoff: 
Of terryble deathe thu wylt stacker in the pUuite*. 

Bale's Kynge Johant p. 78. 
At length, commlng to a broad ptath of water and 
mud, which could not be avoyded, I fetcht a rise, 
yet fell in over the ancklet at the Airther end. 

Kemffi Nine Dale* Wonder, 1600. 

PLASHT. " Plashy waies, wet underfoot ; to 
plash in the dirt, all plaish'd, made wet and 
dirty ; to plash a traveller, to dash or strike 
up the dirt upon him," MS. Lansd. 1033. 
*' A wet or a plashie ground," Nomendator, 
1585, p. 382. 

PLAT. (1) Plaited straw, of which bonnets are 
made. Zinc. 

(2) The mould-board of a plough. Notf, 

(3) ** I platte with daye, iardiOe,'' Palsgrave. 
<' He platteth his butter upon his breed w*. his 
thombe as it were a lytell claye,*' ibid. 

4) Place ; situation. North, 

5) A small bridge. Chesk, 

6) A round of cow-dung. North, 

7) The flat of a sword. (A.'N,) 

(8) Anything flat or horizontal, as a piece of 
timber so laid in building, &c. 

(9) A map, or plan. 
PLAT-BLIND. Entirely blind. 

PLATE. (1) Illegal silver money, but often ap- 
plied to money generally. (Sjpan,) 

2) To dinch ; to rivet North, 

3) A flat piece of metal, a tenn usedin andent 
armoury; an iron glove. "Plate of a fyyr 
herth" is mentioned in the Pr. Parv. and 
explained by Dncanga, in v. BetrqfoeUmm, 



I 



** illud <tiiod tegit ignem in noete, vel quod 
retro ponitur.'' 
PLAT-FOOTED. SpUy-footed. Devon, 
PLAT-FORM. A ground-plan, or design ; the 

list of divisions in a play, &c 
PLATLY. Phiinly ; perfectly. 

For she here craftejrfaf/y and here konnyng 
Speata upon him only in wirkyng. 

MS, Diglv 830. 
And resoun alao pkulp can y n(»e. 
How a mayde with childe schulde gone. 
And floure forth in hire vlrginite. 

L^dgate, MS. Soe. Antiq, 134, f. S. 
Whereof pbtf/y I am nothynge in doate. 

Ufdgate, MS, Aekm. 30, f. Si 
PLATNESS. Flatness. PaUgrave. 
PLATNORE. A species of day. South. 
PLATTE. To throw down flat. {A,^N,) 
PLATTER-FACE. A very broad face. 
PLATTINDE. Journeying forth. 

Of hem ne wolde aevera on dwello, 
Tliat he ne come sone ^teMtnde, 
Hwo bon ne havede, com gangande. 

HaveUtk, £288. 

PLATTT. Uneven, having bare spots, as corn- 
fields sometimes have. Sussex, 
PLAUSIVE. Plausible, Shah, 

The Earl again is chosen, his title b seat him, 
and he, in requital, sends many flattering and plaveiea 
letters, and, that tlioy might be the more acceptable, 
lieing sent unto scholars, wrote to them in Latin. 
It is Intolerable the flattery that he used. 

MS. Hart, 4888. 

PLAW. To parboiL East, ** And plawe is 
togedyr wel and fyne," Arch. xxx. 352. 
Pbiyinff'hotf boiling hot. ** Bollynge owere 
as pottys plawyn,'' Pr. Parv. p. 43. 
PLAY. (1) Sport; pleasure. (^,-8.) 
(2) A country wake. Somerset, 
PLAY-DAY. AhoUday. f^or. dial 
PLAY-FERE. A playfellow. Patsffrme. 
He sayd, How I base thou here 
Fondene now thi play fere ? 
5e schalle haby It fulle dere 

Er that I hethene go f Feremo/, IMf . 

PLAY-IN. To begin at once. Stmth, 
PLAY-LOME. A weapon. {A.-S.) 
Go rcche me my playlomet 
And I salle go to hym sonet 
Hym were better hafe bene at Rome, 
So ever mote I thryfe I 

Pereeeaif 9013. 

PL AYNE SS. The plain fack. 

PLAY-PEEP. To oifier the least opposition. 

PLAY-SHARP. Be quick, rar. dial. 

PLAYTOUR. A pleader. {A.-N.) 

Thyr was a man that hyghte Valentyae, 
Plaiftow he was and ryche man fyne. 

MS. HarL 1701, f. 58. 

PLAY-UP. To commence playing upon a 

musical instnunent. Var. dial, 
PLAZEN. Places. Somerset. 
PLEACH. To intertwine. This term is stiU 

current in the word plashp q. v. 
PLEAN. A tdUtale, or gossip. North, 
PLEASANT. Merry. Var, dial '^Pleaaante, 

propre, galUarde" Palsgrave. 
PLBASAUNCE. Pleasure ; deUght. {A.-N,) 



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FLSASAUKTES. A kind of lawn or gauze. It 
is mentioned in MS. Cantab. Ff. 1. 6, f. 141. 

Over th«ir gannentet were yodiettet of pbor 
*"— *fr. Toaled with erymosyne Telvet, and let with 
letters of g<dd like carettes, their headas rouled in 
pl e a muntf and typpan lyke the Egipdaot. 

mai,Htnrpniht.7. 

On rrery side of her stoode a Gountene holding 
a ckittie of j)lta$aunc8 when she list to drinke. 

Bar^f, Stgtpl»t*79. 

PLEASE. To satisfy. North. 

PLEASURE. Toi^ase. StiUinnse. 

PLEASURB.LADT. A whore. See the Bride, 
by ThoDMS NshbeSy 4to. 1640, eig. B. 

PLEASURES. Ornaments for dress. 

PLEBB. The popQlace. 

Whkiit borne out as w^ by the wisedome of the 
poet, as supported by the worth of the actors, 
WToiight sudi ImptessioD in the hearts of the pUb«, 
that in short ^ace they excelled in civility and go- 
▼emment. H^wowf» Apotogy /br Jetort, 1619. 

FLECK. (1) A place. North. 

(2) A plat of ground ; a small indosnre ; a field. 

Warw. 
PLECKS. A term in haymaking, apidied to the 

square beds of dried griss. Chah. 
PLBCTRE. A<iaiU. (Lat) 
PLEDGE. To become a snxety for another ; to 

redeem one. Pakgrave, 
PLEDGET. A smaU plug ; a piece of lint, by 

which the nostrils are plugged when excessive 

bleediag takes place. lAne, 
PLBE. Pleading $ discord ? 

Plenty maketh pvlde^ 
Pride maketh pUt* 

MS. 8oe. Jntlq. 134, f. SO. 

PLEEK. A parcel, or small packet. 

PLEENPIE. A talebearer. North. 

PLEIGHTTE. Plucked. Weber, 

PLEIGNEN. To complain. Gower. 
Lake it be done and delte to my dere pople. 
That none jilflyne of theire parte o peyne of jour lyfes. 
Morte Jrthure, MS. lAnooln, 1,66. 

PLEIB. A player. KominaleMS. 
PLEE. A place, or plot. (J,'S.) 

Thenne loke where a smothe plek of grene is, and 
thcder here al this upon the skyn with ^m muche 
blood as may be saved, and there lay It, and sprede 
the dtyn therupon die heer syde upward. 

M8, BodU 546. 

PLENE. TofflL (j4,.N,) 

Thai gnne aad ptrnta thaire stomake. 
For thalm but nede ille fare. 

MS.QHUab.Vt.r.4», t, 84. 

PLENER. Completely; fully. (J.»N.) 
He kritede yn hys atner. 
That food hym spcndyng alle plmur. 

Whan that he hadde nede. 
And ther nas noon, for loth to say. 
And Oytte was y-ryde away 
Up Blaunchard hys stede. 

lUmtratioiu <^ Fairp Mythology t p. 25. 

PLBNERLICHE. FuUy. (A.^N.) 
Not only upon tan ne twelve, 
Bui rimtrtkh$ upon us alle. 

Opuw, M8.Soc.Jntiq. 134, f. 34. 

PLENNY. To oonqOain fretfully. East. 
PLSNTETHB. Plenty. 



ThoBour in Marehe eygnyfyes that otam ftn 
grett wyndes, pteniethe off comet, and grette 
stryff amanges the peple. 

MS. XAmeoJn A. 1. 17, f. 50. 

PLENTEVOUSNESS. Plentifiilness. 

Now, Ood, that art ful of al i>lmr««M(fn«si«, 
Of al vertuys, graee, and diaryt^. 

MS. Gsncsft. Ff. I. 6, f. 137. 
PLENY-TIDES. Full tides. Greene. 
PLES. Palace. Thornton Rom. p. 194. 
PLESERY. A flower garden. Line, 
PLESINGES. Pleasures. Chaucer. 
PLETE. To plead. (^.-M) 

Thou schalt be an apersey, my sone, hi mylys ij. or 

thre, 
Y wolde thou had Mmiefkyiasyens to amende wyth 

thy degree; 
I wolde thou were a man of la we, to holde togedur 

my londe. 
Thou schalt be pMi/d with, when y am gon, ftiUe 
wele y undurstonde. MS. Cantab, Ff. ii. 38, f. 51. 
Who shall than pls<« for the erly or late. 
For all thy synnys thou stondist dissolate^ 

M8.Laud.Al6, f.4l. 

PLETHAN. To braid ; to plait. Corww. 

PLETTE. To strike. (j.-S.) 

He bounden him lo fele sore. 
That he gan crien Codes ore. 
That he s holde of hishendejrferr«. 

JfaMloiir, 9444. 

PLEVINE. W&rrsniy ; assurance. {A.'N.) 

PLEW. A plough. North. 

PLEX. A shield. {Lat, Med.) 

PLEYT. Playeth. (A.-N,) 

Fortunes whele lo feUy wyth me j^eyt, 
Of my desire that I may se ryghte noghte. 

MS. Camtab. Ff. i. 6, f. IS. 

PLEYTES. The threads or plats of a cord. 

This corde is oostome, that U of thre pltyin, that 
is of ydul thout, unoneste speehe and wyekyd dcde. 
Wtmbeium'i Sermon, 1388, MS. Hatton 57, p. S3. 

PLIERS. A kind of tongs used by smokers for 

tsking up a lighted wood coaL Ghuc. 
PLIF. A plough. Yorhth. 
PLIGHTE. (1) To engage ; to promise. (A.-S.) 
His stalfo was a yong oake. 
He would give a great stroke. 
Bevis wondrod, I jon plight. 
And asked him what he hight ; 
My name, sayd he, b Ascapart, 
Sir Grassy sent me hetherward. 

Beset o^ Bantpton^ n. d. 
The shype ax seyd unto the wryght, 
Mete and drynke I ichaUthepdrg**, 
Clene hose and dene sdione, 
Gete them wer as ever thou kane« 

MS. A$hmol9 61, f. 23. 

(2) A measure or piece of lawn. See Blount, in 
V. PUte. Spenser uses it for a fold or pleat. 

(3) To twist, or braid. Greene, ii 227. 
The aundent horsse-men of the R<muines had no 

brest-plates, (as Polibius afEbrmethJ and therefore 
they were naked In their fore parts, providing for the 
daunger that was behind them, and defending their 
breasts by their owne celerity : th^ riiieldes were 
made of oxe>sklnnes plightod and-pested toglther, 
being a little round in eompasse like the Ikshion of 
a man's belly. 

TapMlft Four-Fooied Btuto, 007, p. 318. 
(4)Puaed;plu<^ed. (^..&) 



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(6) In plyght, i e. on a promite to fight again in 
the morning. 

Thui they Justyd tylle byt was nyght. 
Then they departyd ia piyght. 

They had nede to rette ; 
Sone on the mome when hy t wm day. 
The knyghtet gysed them f uUe gay. 
And proved them fuUe preste. 

MS, Ccmtab, Ft. ii. 38, f . 76. 
PLIM. (1) Pliable. Hertf. 

(2) To fill ; to swelL Var, dial As an adjective, 
atout and fiit. 

(3) Perpendicular. Warto, A plummet is some- 
times called a plim. Phm occurs in Towne- 
ley Mysteries, p. 33. 

(4) To pounce down on prey. 
PUSH. To excoriate. North, 
PLITH. Hsnn. (A.S.) 

He [hath] mi lond with mikel onrith. 
With michel wrong, with mlkel pliih. 
For I ne misdede him nerere nouth. 
And haTede me to torwebroulh. HaeeMr, 1870. 
The kynge upon thie wrongftil jiH/. 

Oower, MS. Soe, Antiq, 134, f. 80. 

PLI5T. Same as Piiffhte (I). IpUstf I promise 
you, a kind of expletive. 
Then he toide hym alia the eaie 
Off paaailodion what it wai. 
And berafrynde, lply$t. MS,CaHtab,Ft, v. 48, f.64. 

PLO AT. To pull feathers ; to tear off the gar- 
ments. Nortkumb. 

FLOCK. (1) A small field. Herrf, 

(2) A block for chopping wood on. Weat, 

PLODGE. To walk in mud or water ; to plunge. 
Northumh. 

PLOG. To clog, or hinder. Sussex, 

PLOGHE. Sport; pleasure. 
He askede tham mete for charyt4, 
And thay bade hym swynlce, and swa do we, 
Hafe we none other ploghe, Jtumbnu, 397* 

PLOKE . To pluck, or pull. 

Whan ichare thin hed of-take. 

Be the herd y schel him ichake» 
That him ache! smerte Mre : 

So y lehel him therbi plokt. 

That al is teth schel r6ke. 

That sitteth in is beved. RomaHeeo/Rtmbntn,]fA7A. 

PLOLL-CAT. A whore. 

PLOMAILE. Plumage; feathers. {j4.-N,) 

PLOME. A plummet. Palsgrave, 

PLOOD. Ploughed. Northumh. 

PLOOKT. Pimpled. North, 

PLOSHETT. A swampy meadow. Devon. 

PLOT. A patch. {A,^N,) 

PLOTE. To scald a pig. North. 

PLOUGHS. Pimples. KenneU, MS. 

PLOUGH. (1) Used for oxen kept to draw the 
plough, not for horses. (2) A wheel carriage 
drawn by oxen and horses. 

PLOUGH-HALE. The handle of a plough. 

PLOUGHING. The depth of a furrow. 

PLOUGH-IRON. A ploughshare. rar,dial, 

PLOUGHJAGS. Labourers begging on the 
first Monday after Twelfth^^y, generally 
called Plough Monday. Line, 

PLOUGH-JOGGER. A ploughman. Norf, 
On a Sunday, Tarlton rode to Ilford, where his 
father kept; and, dining with them at his sisters. 



there came ^n divers of the oouBtny to see hiaa» 
amongst whom was one plaine countrey plough- 
jogger, who said hee was of Tarlton's kin, and so 
called him cousin . Tariam's Jettg, 1611 . 

PLOUGH-LAND. As much land as one plough 

will till in a year. Pr. Pare, 
PLOUGH-MONDAY. ** The Monday next after 
Twelfth-day, on which day, in the North of 
England, the plowmen themselves draw a 
plough from door to door,and beg plow-money 
to dnnk, which, having obtained, they plow 
two furrows across in the base court, or other 
place near the houses. In other parts of 
England, if any of the plowmen, after their 
days work on that day, come to the kitchin- 
hatch with his goad or whip, and cry Cock m 
the pot before the maids say Coek on the 
dunghill, then they gain a cock for ShroTC- 
Tuesday," Blount's Glossographia, ed. 1681, 
p. 501. Tusser thus alludes to this singular 
custom, — 
Plough Munday, next after that Twelf-tide is past. 
Bids out with the plough, the worst husband 

ia last: 
If plowman get hatdiet, or whip to the ski 
Maids loseth their oocke, if no water be i 

PLOUGH-PADDLE. A smaU pUte or paddle 
used for cleansing the plough. Var, dial 

PLOUGH-SOCK. A ploughshare. North. 

PLOUGH-START. A plough handle. Palsgrave. 

PLOUGH-STOTS. Theprocessionof theploogh- 
stots still continues* in Yorkshire on the se* 
cond Monday in the year, when a plou^ is 
drawn along without the share, preceded by a 
number of rustics decorated with ribands, and 
blowing a cow's horn. 

PLOUNCE. To flounce about ; to plunge in 
with a loud noise, f'ar, dioL 

PLOUT. (1) A plant. Somerset. 

(2) A long walking-stick earned by foot-hunters. 
North, 

PLOUTER. To wade through anything ; to be 
busied in dirty work. North. Grose has 
plofodingf wading, p. 120. 

PLOVER. A whore. An old cant term. 

PLOW. A ploughed field. Si^olk. 

PLOWDEN. "The case is altered, quoth 
Plowden," a very faYOurite old proyerbial 
phrase. Plowden was an eminent lawyer in 
Queen Mary's time, who being asked what 
legal remedy there was against some hogs 
that trespassed on the complainant's ground, 
he answered, he might have Yery good remedy; 
but the other telling him they were his hogs, 
<*Nay, then, the case is altered," qaoth 
Plowden. 

There Ploifden In his laced ruff starch*d on. edg 
Peeps like an adder through a quickset hedg. 
And brings his stale demur to stop the course 
Of her proceedings with her yoak of horse ; 
Then fals to handling of the case, and so 
Shews her the posture of her over-throw. 
But yet for all his law and double fees 
Shee'le bring him to Joyn issue on his kneca, 
And make him pay for expedition too ; 
Thus the gray fox acts his green aina anew. 

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PLOWEFBRB. Corapamon in play. {J.-S,) 

PLOWKKT. Covered with pimples. 

Forhyme tluU isfmetyne with his awenne blode, 
and spredis oyer aU« his lymmo, and wtzei plowkky, 
and lirekes owte. MS, Lincoln M«d. f . S94. 

PLOW-LODE. ** Caracuiay plow lode," No- 
minale MS. It seems to be the same as 
Plwffh-landj q. ▼. 

PLOWMELL. A small wooden hammer occa- 
sionally fixed to the plough, still used in the 
North ; in the Midland counties in Its stead is 
used a plough-hatchet. 

PLOWRING. Weeping. Pron^t. Part, 

PLOWSHO. A ploughshare. Ketmett, 

PLOY. A merry-meeting. A/brM. 

PLOYE. A plough. NominaleMS. 

PLUCK. (1) Courage. Var. diaL "To pluck 
ap one's heart/' to be bold, to rejoice. Against 
the plack, L e. against the inclination. 

(2) To pluck a crow or goose with any one, L e. 
to quarrel with him. 

(3) To pluck a rose, i. c. to go to the jakcs, said 
of women. Middleton, iv. 222. 

(4) A dry pluck, i. e. a severe stroke. 
Thia uam is luind cuekolda luck : 

These felloweshaTe given me a drie pluek. 
Now I have never a croee to blesee roe. 

Matiage of WUt and Witdomt, }B!J9* 

Onr kynge and Robyn rode togyder, 

Foraoth as I you say, 
And they fthote pluekt buffet. 

As they went t»y the way. AsMn HmnI, i. 7ff. 

(6) Same as (1)? 

Ihad the luck 

To see, and drinlc a little pluek. 

Bromt^t Sang$, 1661, p. 107. 

(7) A student who fails in an university exa- 
mination is vadUiht plucked, 

PLUCKING. The worsted plucked from the 
machine while the wheel is turning. North, 

PLUERE. Weeping. {J.-N,) 

PLUP. A tube of tin through which boys blow 
peas. Lme. AlsocaUed apft^rt'. 

PLUFE. A plough. Yorksh, 

PLUFFY. Spongy ; porous. Devon* It is some- 
times ezplainea, soift, plump. 

PLUG. A dwarfish fellow. Eati. 

PLUM. (1) Light; soft. West. 

(2) Sensible; honest. North, 

(3) Very; exceedingly. Kent. 
(4)Str^ht; upright; perpendicular. Phm 

downtf Cotgrave in ▼. Eecarpi. 

(5) Pbim rotmd, quite round. <' Make their 
attire to nt phm round;' Harrison, p. 172. 
Phmfatj Florio, p. 33. 

PLUMAKIN. The magnum-bonum plum. 
PLUMB. To pick or pluck the feathers off a 

hawk or other bird. 
PLUMED-SWAN. A white colour. One of the 

terms of andent alchemy. 
PLUMMY. Soft; wet; mouldy. Devon. 
PLUMP. (1) Dry ; hard. Kent. 

(2) A clump of trees. North. 

(3) A crowd of people; a mass of anything. It 
is aometimes a Terb, to collect together. 



" Assemble theymselfes in plumpee," Moie'a 

Supplycacyon <Mf Soutys, sig. F. u. 

Rydes Into rowte his dede to revenge, 

Prcsede into the plumpe and with a prynce melM. 

Morte Arthure, MS, Lincoln, f . 79. 
When kynge Richard percevcd that the people by 
plumpu fled from hym to Duke Henry. 

Hair 9 Vtdon, 1548. 

(4) A pump ; a draw-welL Comw. 

(5) A hard blow. Far, diaL 

(6) Directly; exactly. Var. diaL Forby has 
plunqtendicutaTy perpendicular. 

PLUM-PORRIDGE. Ponridge with plums in 
it, a favourite dish at Christmas in some parts 
of the country. It is mentioned as part of 
Christmas &re in the Humourist, ed. 1724, 
p. 22, and by Addison. 

PLUMP-PATE. A thick-headed feUow. 

PLUMPY. To chum. Comw. 

PLUMTEN. Plunged. Weber. 

PLUM-TREE. The female pudendum. Have 
at the phm tree seems to have been either the 
burden <A a song or a proverbial phrase. It 
occurs in Middleton, although Mr. Dyce does 
not seem to be acquainted with the meaning 
of the term itself, which may be gathered 
from Cotgrave, in v. Hoehe-prunier, and the 
Manage of Witt and Wisdome, p. 16. 

PLUNGE. (1) A deep pool. Somertet, 

(2) A strait or difficulty. Greene. 

PLUNGY. Wet; rainy. (A.-N,) 

PLUNKET. A coarse woollen cloth. 

PLUNKY. Short; thick; heavy. Ea»t. 

PLUNT. A walking-stick, generally one which 
has a large knob. Gbme. 

PLURISY. Superabundance. Shai. 

PLUSHES. The thin hooiM which hold a besom 
together. West. 

PLY. To bend ; to consent, or comply. Still 
in use in Dorset, Barnes's GL 

PLYER. A very common bawd. 

PLYMOUTH-CLOAK. A cane, or stick. So 
called, says Ray, " because we use a staff in 
euerpo, but not when we wear a doak.'' 

PO. A peacock. (J,'S,) 

A pruest proud ase a po, 
Seththe weddeth us bo. 

Wrighfs Political Song*, p. \69. 

POACHED. Land is said to be poached "Khen it 

is trodden with holes by heavy cattle. Var, dial, 
POACHING. Swampy. Devon, 
POAD-MILK. . The first milk given by cows 

after calving. Snesex. 
POARE-BLIND. Dim-sigfated. The word 

occurs in Hollyband's Dictionarie, 1593. 
POAT. To kick. Devon. 
POBS. Porridge. Crtofen, 
POCHE. A pocket. (A.^N.) 

Unto another she dyde as moche ; 
For they love none hut for theyr poeht. 
The Complavnt0cfthem that ben to late Manftd. 
POCHEE. A dish in ancient cookery consisting 

principally of poached eggs. Pegge. 
POCHERS. Potters? 
POCHIN. A hedgehog. Someraet. 
POCHIT. A pollard tree. Line, 



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POCK. To posh. Somenei, 

POCK^ARR. A pock mark. North. 

POCKET. (1) A lump of breid. 

(2) A measure of hops. JTm/. Half a sack of 
wool is called a pocket 

POCKET-CLOCK. A watch. 

Though M small poeket-doekSt whOM every wheel 
Doth each mis-motion and distemper feel. 
Whose hands gets shaking palsies, and whose string 
His sinews slackens, and whose soul, the spring, 
Expires, or languishes; whose pulse, the flee. 
Either beats not, «r beats uncTenly. 

Dontuft Poems, p. 947* 

POCK-FREDDEN. Marked with the smallpox. 
POD. (1) A foot. North. Generally a child's 
foot, and hence the verb pod, to toddle* 

(2) To put down awkwardly. North. 

(3) A large protuberant belly. Hence applied 
to the body of a cart. Somth. 

(4) A young jack, nearly full grown. 
PODAGER. Gout in the feet. Bemers men- 

tiona this disease in hawks as the podagre. 
PODART. Ayoongsheep. Line. 
PODDEL. A puddle. Palagraoe. 

The porter and hys men in baste 
Kynge Roberd in a podOie caste ; 
Unsemcly was hys body than. 
That he waa lyke non odur man. 

M8. Cantab. Ff. IL aS, f. 941. 

PODDER. (1) Beans, peas, tares, or vetches, 
or such ware as have pods. Kent. Also, a 
gatherer or seller of peas, one who takes them 
to market for sale. 

(2) "A weed called podder, winding about 
hempe or other like,'' Hollyband's Dictionarie, 
4to. Lond. 1593. 

PODDER-GRATTEN. Podder stubble. The 
following sentence was used by the gardener 
of a gentleman living in Kent, describing a 
feat of his own. " I took up a libbet that 
lay by the sole, and hove it at a haggister 
that sat in the podder-ffratten/* 

PODDISH. Porridge. Cravm. 

PODDY. Round and stout in the belly. 

PODE. A tadpole. " Irannys, or podys, or 
vermyn," Arch. xxx. 353. Mr. Dyce, Skelton, 
iL 104, conjectures it to mean a toad; but 
Grose haspohead in the sense we have given. 

PODECHB. Pottage. NominaleMS. Podiah 
occurs in the West. an^Cumb. DiaL p. 379. 

PODGE. (1) Porridge. ^tUl in use. 

A ! sirra, my masters, howjsalst thou, Hodge ? 
What, art thou hungrie ? wflt thou cat mypaiger 
Mariag^tfWUt and Witdome, 1679. 

To stir and mix together. Bast. 
A pit, or hole ; a cesspool. Kent. 
PODGER. A platter, or dish. Wett. 
PODING. A pudding. PaUgrave. 
POD-WARE. Pulse growing In pods or oods. 

Kewt. See Podder. 
POE. A turkey. North. 
POPF. To run very fast. line. 
POG. A push, or blow. Somertet. 
POGH. (1) A poke ; a sack. " When me pro- 

fereth the pigge, <^n thepoghe" MS. Douce 

52, XV. Cent. 
(2) An inteijection of contempt. See Stani- 



hunt's Description of InUiLd, p, 13. Still 

in veiy common ase. 
POGRIM. A religious fanatic. Ea$t. 
POGY. Intoidcated. Var. died. 
POHEADS. Musical notes. SocaRed periu^ 

from their resemblance to tadpoles. North. 
POHEN. A peahen. SkeUon. 
POICH. A hive to take bees in after they have 

swarmed. Yorksh. 
POIGNIET. A wristband. (#V.) •'Poygniet 

for ones sleeves, poignet," Palsgrave. 
POILE. Apulia. Lgdgate. 
POINADO. A dagger, or poniard. Sec Hey- 

wood'sRoyall King, 4to. 1637, sig. I. 
POINAUNT. Sharp; cuttmg. (A.'N.) 

POINE. (1). 

I jMyne alle his pavelyonei that to hymsellis peadee, 
Dyghttas his dowblettei for dukes and erlee, 

MmU Arthur; MS. JUneete, f . 81 . 
(2) A little feUow, or dwarf. 

Michel wonder had Lcod^an, 
That swicbe a lltel poine of man 
So fple in so lltel thrawe 
So manllche had y-slawe. 

Arthour and MeriiH, p. 219. 

POINT. (1) To show, or explain ; to pwnt out ; 

to declare ; to write. 
(2) The principal business. (^A.-N.) 
^3) A tagged lace, used in ancient dress. 7b 
truee a point, to tie the laces which held the 
breeches, and hence to untruts a pointy to 
untie them, a delicate mode of expressing 
alvum oxonerare, 

(4) To fill up the open interstices of a wall with 
mortar. Far. tUtU. 

(5) To point the earth, to put down one's foot 
to the ground. North. 

(6) To appoint, or equip. 

(7) In good point, in good condition. This 
phrase occurs in Holiniriied's EngL i. 162. 

(8) A deed, or martial exploit. 

Yf thow durst, par ma fay, 
Apovtil of armys undyrtake, 
Thow broke her wille fore ay. 

Torrent of Partug^, p. 36. 

(9) To paint, or portray. 
POINT-DEVICE. With the greatest exactness ; 

excessively exact. Chaucer, Cant. T. 3689. 
The wenche she was fuli proper and njet, 
Amonge all other she bare great price. 
For sche coude tricke it pc4nt dnieB, 
But fewe like berin that comtxee. 

Th9 MiUer iff Ahlngtm, n. d. 

POINTEL. (1) A style, or pencil, for writing. 

{J.^N.) ** Stihu, a poyntyle," Nominale MS. 

Nomina renanperttnencinmclerico. *'Poyn- 

tell or caracte, eeplingue defer" Palsgrave. 

And be avayed with thilk doctrine whiefa tlie 
secxetaries of God hath set in pomtell, 

PhUpoft Work; p. 376. 
Thenne loked aftir Sir Zakazy 
Tables and poirntd tyte. 
CuroorMundi, MS. Coa. Tritu OanUb., t. 4BL 

(2) Chequer work in paving floors. 
POINTEN. To prick with a pointed inatrameiit 

or with anything pointed. (A.'N.) 
POINTING-STOCK. A taghing-atodc ; a 

person so silly as to be pointed ai la 



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POINTLBT. A smell promantorf. 

POINTMENT. An appointment. 

The Sainins beset the poifniment to boU, 
And to God they be geTyn the bodyi bold. 

RiowUntd, MS. Utnid. 9U, f. 380. 

POINTOUSE. A painter, or artist. 

POINTS. The divisions in the side of a quad- 
rant MS. Sloane 213. 

POISE. Weight. 

We been infomMNl how je have laboured, con- 
trary to natural Uadoeu and duty of ieglance, diyen 
matten of great poise / and also how proclamations 
have been made in your name and our cousin's of 
Warwick, to assemble our liege people, no mention 
made of na. MS. Harl. 543. 

As for his eoqiorature, I suppose verily that if 
we had him here in this world to be weighed in the 
baUaaoe, the foirae of his body would shew itself 
more ponderous than five and twenty, peradventure 
thirty of ours. The Man in the Moone, 1657, p* 74. 

POIT. (1) To push, or kick. North. 

(2) A poker for a fire. Yorkth, 

(3) Impertinent ; very forward. East. 
POKE. (1) A bag, or sack. North. 

(2) A cesspool. Kent. 

(3) To thrust the head forward ; to stoop in 
walking. West. 

(4) A large wide long sleeve, very much worn 
about the year 1400, and shortly before that 
period. 

An hool doith of scarlet may not make a gowne. 
The pokea of purchace hangen to the erthe. 

MS.Digbviht.7' 

(5) Scnrf in the head. Line. 

(6) A finger-stall. Craven. 

{ 7) To project, or lean forward. Far. dial. 

(8) A cock of hay. Devon. 

(9) To gore, as a bull does. Wett. 

(10) To give an offence. North. 
POKE.CART. A miller's cart, filled with sacks 

or pokes of meaL £a»t. 

POKE-DAY. Theday on which the allowance 
of com is made to labourers, who, in some 
places, receive a part of their wages in that 
form. Suffolk. 

POKE-MANTLE. A portmanteau. North. 

POKE.PUDDING. (1) A long round pudding. 

(2) The long-tailed titmouse. GUme, 

POKER. (1) A single-barrelled gun. 

(2) The same as Polangf^tiekf q. t. 

POKE-SHAKKINS. The youngest pig of a 
Utter. North. 

POKEY. (1) Saucy. Cumh. 

(2) Miserably smalL Var. dUU. 

POKING-STICK. An instrument for putting 
the plaits of a ruflf in a proper form. It was 
originally made of wood or bone ; afterwards 
of steel, in order that it might be used hot. 

A ruiTe about his neck, not like a ruffian but inch 
broad, with small sets, as if a peece of a tobacco- 
pipe had beene his ji&king-etieki his gloves are 
thrust under his giidle that you may see how he 
ring9 his fingers. 

The Man in the Moene, 1609, slg. D. It. 

POKOK. A peacock. 

A fair fwlMift of prli men pucn to Jaao. 

JCS. B#dl.2f4,f.913. 

POLACK. APoteder. Shak. 



POLANS. Knee-pieces in armour. 
POLAYL. Poultry. {A.-N.) PolaylMddk, 

domestic poultry, bani-door fowls. 
POLBER. A kind of early barley. 
POLCHER. A poacher. Northampt. 
POLDER. A boggy marshy soil. Kent. 
POLE. Some kind of fish mentioned in MS. 

Bibl. CoU. S. Johan. Cantab. B. vi 
POLEAPS. A leather strap belonging to some 

part of cart hamesa. Far. dUtL 
POLE-UEAD. A tadpole. Palsgrave has;7o/«^, 

which is still in use. See Pode. 
POLEIN. (1) A sharp or picked top set in the 

fore-part of the shoe or boot. Blount, 
(2) A pulley. Nominale MS. 
POLE-PIECE. A woman's caul. Devon. 
POLER. A barber. Chesh. 
POL-EVIL. A kind of eruption on the neck 

and ears of horses. West. 
POLE-WORK. A long tedious business. 
POL-G ARMSNTS. Cloth for garments, smooth 
on one side and rough on the other, as velvet, 
and similar materials. 
POLICE. PoUcy. Nabbet. 
POLIFF. A pulley. 

Than be^pakethepolj^. 
With gret strong wordetand styflfr. 
How, ler twyvel, me thinlie jou grevyd I 
What devylle who hath 50U thus mevyd ? 

MS.JahmeUU. 
POLIMITE. Many coloured ? 

Of jonge Josephe the cote poUmiti, 
Wrou5teby the power of alle the Trinity 

l4fdgate, MS. 80c. Antiq. 134, f. 13. 

POLING. A plank of wood used in mines to 

prevent earth or stone from falling. Derb. 
POLIPRAGMAN. A busy meddler. 
POLISSER. A smock-frock. Devon, 
POLK. (1) Bulk. Heame. 
(2) A pool. " Her hors a polk stap in,'' Sir 
Tristrem, p. 284. It seems to mean an eddy 
or whirlpool in Pr. Parv. 

Ther was swilk dreplog of the folk. 
That on the feld.was nevere a polk. 
That it ne stod of blod so ful. 
That the strem ran intll the huL 

Httwtokt 8685. 

POLKE. To place or put. 

POLL. (1) To rob; to cheat. "Pilling and 

polling'* was a very common phrase. 

And have wynked at the pollifng and extorcion of 

hys unmeasurable offlclers. BaU*e XJniont 1548. 

(2) To cut the hair. 

(3) The head. Var. dial. Hence the phrase 
poU by poll, head by head, one by one. 

POLLAGE. A head-tax. 
POLLARD. (1 ) Coarse flour ; bran. The coarsest 
bran, according to Harrison, p. 168. 
A clipped coin. See Blount. 
A stag without horns. 
POLLAX. A heavy halberd. (^.-5.) This 

term is still used by butchers. 
POLLDAVY. A coarse cloth or canvas. 

Your deligence knaves, or 1 shall can vase your 
poMae^0i deafen not a giallant with your anon, 
anon, sir, to make him stop his eares at an over- 
n^koolng. The Brid$t 1640, sig. C. Hi. 



I 



FOM 



686 



POM 



POLLE. To cut down or lop a wood. 

And dyttroye my cattelt ud my townct, 

Bothe be dales end be downce. 

The poU9 my wodeys and forastes dowQe. 

MS, Cantab, Ff. Ji. 38, f.Sll. 
So may thy puturct with their flowery feaatft, 
Ai fuddenly m lard, fat thy lean beasts ; 
So may thy woods oft polPd, yet ever wear 
A green, and (when she list) a golden hair. 

DofUM^a Poemt, p. 175. 

POLLED-COW. One without horns. North. 
POLLED^FF. Intoxicated. Var. dial 
POLLENGER. ApoUardtree. 
POLLfiPIT. A polpit. Nominale MS. 
POLLER. (1) A hen-roost Naif. 
(2) To beat in the water with a pole. Figura- 
tivdy, to labour without effect. 

S3) A robber ; an extortioner. 
4) A kind of dart Nominale MS. 
POLLETTES. Pieces of armour for the shool- 

den, mentioned in Hall, Henry IV. f. 12. 
POLLING. ReUliation. Far. dial 
POLLRUMPTIOUS. Restiye ; unruly; foolishly 

confident Var, dUtL 
POLLTWIGS. Tadpoles. *< Tadpoles, pole- 
wigges, yongue frogs," Florio, p. 212. ** Pol- 
wygle wnrm" occurs in the Prompt Parv. 
Dame, what ails your dudLs to die ? 
Eating o^ pottffuHgt, eating o^ poUgtoig*. 

Whit»r^» Specimen, 1794. p. 18. 

POLMAD. In arage for fighting. 
POLRON. That part of the armour which 
covered the neck and shoulders. ** Avant bras 
d'un hamois, the poldem of an armoure," 
Hollyband's Dictionarie, 1593. It is men- 
tioned in Hall, Henry lY. f. 12. 
And some only but a sure gepon. 
Over his peinfngee reaching to the kne. 

CSIariod^a Jf}. 

POLSHEN. To polish. (^A,^N) \ 

POLSHRED. To lop a tree. Pabgrme. 
POLT. (1) A thump or blow. Var. dioL 
(2) A rat-trap that foils down. Kent. 

3) Saucy; audacious. KetU, 

4) To cut, or shave. Somenet 
POLTATE. A potato. Conw. 
POLT-FOOT. A dub foot Ben Jonson tenns 

Vulcan " this polt-footed philosopher.'' 
POLTING-LUG. A long thin rod used for 

beating apples off the trees. Glow:, 
POMAGE. (1) Cyder. Harrison, p. 170. 

Where of late dales they used much pomage, at 
elder for want of barley, now that lacke is more 
commonly supplied with oates. 

Lambanrt PeranUyulation, 1006, p. 10. 

(2) A pumice-stone. It is the translsotion of 
pvmes in the Nominale MS. xv. Cent 

POMANDER. A kind of peifiime, generally 
made in the form of a ball, and worn about 
the person. Sometimes the case for holding 
pomanders was so termed. Receipts for mak- 
ing this perfume differ considerably from each 
other. Perhaps the following will suffice. 

Take pyppyns or other lyke melowe applet, and 
laye them upon a tyle ft>r to bake In an oven ; than 
take out the core and the kemda, and make theym 
cleane wythin, brayenge and breakyoge the rate, 
■ad strayneltthoiougliea lyne caavctN or tttaynonr. 



{ 



Thyi done, take as muehe fat or grease of a kydde 
as you hare apples, and strayne it lykewyse, boylinge 
it all together Id a newe vcssell well leaded, untyll 
the rose water bee consumed ; then adde to it muske, 
cloves, nutmegges, and sudt lyke substances of a 
reasonable quantitye according to your discretion ; 
provided alwayesthat they be well brayed and biokcn 
in pyeces as is above sayed ; and boyle them in the 
like maner aforeaayed ; then straine them ; nd kepe 
them. The Seeretee ^ Maimer Alesie, l£fi9. p. £7* 

Take two poiny-worth of labdanum, two penny- 
worth of storax liquid, one penny-worth of calamus 
aromaticuy, as much balm, half a quarter of a pomid 
of fine wax, of ctorea and mace two penny-worth, 
of liquid aloes three penny-worth, of nutmegs eight 
penny-worth, and of musk four gratais : beat alt 
these exceedingly together till they come to a per- 
fect substance, then mould it In any HmUon yoo 
please, and dry it. 

Markhawfe Engitih HMMe>IF^ «t 187Sb p. IW* 

POME. (1) To pelt continuously. North. 

!2) To pummel with the fist Comw, 
3) A young rabbit Dewm. 
POME-GARNADE. A pomegranate. (^.-iV.) 
POMEL. AbaU,orknob; af^obularomainent, 
or anything lobular. (^f.-AT.). It means 
sometimes the top of the head. Is pomet 
tourii in Lybeans Disoonns, 1295, an error 
for pomel tourit, round towers ? I have not 
met with the phrase elsewhere. 
She saughe there many oomly tdde 
Wythe pomeOee bryghte aa goldia bcghe. 

Jr5.fiiirf.tt«, f. 118. 
On the pometle yt wase wxeC. 
Fro a prirnce yt waae get, 
M ownpolyardoB he hyght. 

Terrent tf Portugal, p. ai. 

POMELEE. Spotted. Matmdevile. 
POME-WATER. A kind of apple. See Lyd- 

gate's Minor Poems, p. 15. In the Widow of 

Watling Street, p. 15, the apple of the eye 

is termed ^ponnoater. 
POMICE. The residue of apples after the juice 

has been extracted. We*t, 
POM M ADO. Vaulting on a horse, without the 

aid of stirrups, by resting one hand on the 

saddle-bow. The ponunado reversa was Tault- 

ing off again. 
POMON. Lungs. (J.^N.) 
POMPAL. Proud; pompous. 

Thy elder sisters loves am more 

Than well I can demand. 
To whom I equally bestow 

My kingdome and my land, 
Mjpompal state and all my goods. 

That lovingly I may 
With those thy sisters be maintaln'd 

Until my dying day. 

BaUmiitfiangLeSr, n.d. 

POMPED. Pampered. Hawea. 
POMPILLION. An ointment made of black 

poplar buds. See Cotgrave, in ▼. Ptpuieom, 

A more complete aceount of it will be found 

under popiUon. 
POMPION. A pumpkin. (Fr.) Itiathetzaaa- 

lation of eitrouUk in HoUyband's Dictioiiarie, 

4to. Lond. 1593. 
POMPIRE. Melagium. A kind of apple men- 



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tioned in Rider's Dictionarie, 1640. <' Poiim. 
per, frute," Palsgrave. 
POMPLE. To hobble? 
I lesdu I len, on lyme I lane, 
I poke, Ipomple, I paUe, I puM. Raiq. Antiq. iL 211. 

POMSTEIL To doctor or play the qnack with 
ulves and slops ; to apply a medicament to a 
woand or contusion, or to administer medicine 
internally. West, 

PON. A pond. Drayton. 

P0NCHON6. A puncheon of iron, used in 
making holes in iron or steel. 

PONENT. Western. {ItaL) 

PONGE. A pound. Const. Freem. p. 20. 

PONIAUNT. Poignant; acute. {A^-N,) 

PONICHE. To punish. Lydgate. 
Ifaryet Mme,n<Mt of bonoare, 

Thatrydie and pore nmyjNmydte and plcate» 
Lyt me now In my loogoure, 
And (yf mc lyMM to lyre In eaie. 

M8. Cantuh, Ft. i. 6. 

PONIET. A wristband. 

PONTED. (1) Bruised; indented. Weat. 

(2) Tainted ; not fresh. Dorset. 

POO. TopulL North. 

POOCH. (1) A pot ; a jug. South. 

(2) To thrust out the lips in a sullen discontented 
manner, ffesi. Grose and Polwhele have 
jkwcAmi tomake mouths at a person, screwing 
op the month like a pouch. Groae. 

POODLE. The English Channel. Comw. 

POODIiER. The yonng ooalfish. North. 

POOK. (1) To kick. Devon. 

(2) A calf s stomach for rennet. West. 

(3) A cock of hay. Somerset. To pook hay 
or barley, to make It up into cocks. 

(4) The belly; the stomach. West. 
POOK-NEEDLE. The cockle in com. Sussex. 
POOLE. A measure of work in slating, or 

oorering houses with slate, where every poole 
of work is either six feet broad and fourteen 
feet upon both sides, or 168 feet in length 
snd one in breadth. 

POOLINGS. The fat which is stripped off 
from the intestines of an animaL North. 

POOLS. The spaces on each side of the thresh- 
ing-floor of a bam. Devon. 

POOL-SPEARB. A reed. South. 

POOLY. Mictura. West. 

POOMER. Anything very large. North. 

POON. To kick. North. 

POOP. (1) A puppy. Somerset. 

(2) A gtdp in drinking. North. 

(3) To cheat ; to dccdye ; to cozen. 
POOP-NODDY. The game of love. 

POOR. Lean, out of condition ; applied to live 

stock. Var. diai. 
POOR-AND-RICH. An old game, mentioned 

in Taylor's Motto, 12mo.Lond. 1622, sig. D. iv. 
POOR. BODY. A very common expression of 

pity or sympathy for an unfortunate person. 
POOR- JOHN. A kind of fish, salted and dried. 

It was cheap and coarse. 
POORLY. Somewhat unwelL Var. dial 
Poor. (1) A chicken, or pullet. Chesh. 
(2) To erf, or blabber. Somerset. 



(3) A lake, or pool of vrater. 
POOTY. Asnail-sheU. Northan^t. 
POP. (1) Ginger-beer. Var, dial 
(2) A short space. Lane. 
POP-GLOVE. The foxglove. Comw. 
POPE. (1) A term of contempt. ** What Kpope 

of a thing." Dorset. 

He, having no amwere, began to cuxsa and ban, 

bktding a pope on all women. 

f^ostwardjbr Anett*, 1680. 

(2) '' I know no more than the Pope of Rome/' 
a very common simile. 

A simple fellow being arralgn'd at the bar, the 
judge was so favourable to him as to give him his 
book, and they hid him read. Read I truly, my 
Lord, says be, I can read no more than the Pope of 
Rome. Ojfitrd Je$U, 1700. p. 93. 

POPE-JULIUS. An old game, possibly similar 
to the modem game of Pope Joan. 

POPELER. A kind of bird, explained hypopuhts 
in the Prompt. Parv. 

POPELOT. A deceiver. (J.-N.) 

POPERIN. A kind of pear. There were two 
sorts, the summer-poperin, and the winter, 
poperin. 

POPES. Weevils. Urry gives this as a Hamp- 
shire word, in his MS. adds, to Ray. 

POPES-HEAI). A broom with a very long 
handle for sweeping ceilings and high places. 

POPET. A puppet. (J.-N) 

POP-GUN. Elder-wine. South. 

POP-HOLY. Hypocrisy. Lydgate, p. 46. 

POPILION. The following receipt /or to make 
popylyone is from a MS. in my possession* 

Take iiij. li. of popelere levys, and i^J* '<• of erbe 
watur, and a pownde of henbane, and a H. of pete 
morell, a H. of orpyn, a H. of syngrene. halfe a li. of 
weybrod, halfe a li. of endy ve, halfe a /{. of vyolettee, 
halfe a li, of welle cressyn, and then wese them 
dene, and stampe them ; and than put to them U* 
U. and a half of moltyn barowse grese, and medylle 
them welle togethur i and than put them in a close 
pott Ix. dayys, and than take and worehe it np. 

POPILLE. Tares. Nominale MS. Popple 
occurs in the provincial glossaries. 

POPINJAY. A parrot. (^.-JV.) Popingaye 
bktef a kind of coloured cloth. 
And pyping still he spent the day, 
So merry as the popingayt 
Which liked Dowsabel : 
That would she ought, or would she nought. 
This lad would never from her thought ; 

She in loTe-longing fell. Drayton's Pattorale. 

POPLAIN. The poplar tree. West. 

POPLE. To stalk about; to hobble; to go 
prying and poking about. Exmoor. 

POPLER. (1) Pottage. Dekker, 1616. 

(2) A sea-gull. Nominale MS. 

POPLET. A term of endearment, generally 
applied to a young girL Poppet is still in 
common use. 

POPPED. Nicely dressed. Chaucer. Still in 
use in Leicestershire. 

POPPER. A dagger. Chaucer. 

POPPET. An idol, or puppet. 

Wyth lyeng and sweryog by no poppet*. 
But teryng God in a thowsand gobbets. 

Play itf Wit aiiid Science, Bright^e MS. 



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POPPILART. The poplar tree. Cheth. 

POPPIN. A puppet. JSast. *' Moppe or 
popyne," Prompt. Parv. 

POPPING. Blabbing; chattering. West. 
For a turetie thb felowe waxeth all folyshej i. 
doth utterly or all togythcr dote« or is a very popifng 
foole. AetUeutiu, 1640. 

POPPLE. (l)Thepoplar tree. East **Pcpuhu, 
a popyltre/' Nominale MS. 

(2) A babble. (3) To bubble up. Still in use 
in the North of England. 

(4) A pebble. Var. dial {J.^S,) 

(5) A cockle. North. 

(6) To tumble about. Suffolk, 
POPPY-PILL. Opium. North. 
POPULAR. Common; vulgar. 

POR. A poker. North. " A porr of iron," 
Arch. xi. 438. See also ibid. 437. 

PORAILLE. The poor people. {A.-N.) 

PORBEAGLE. A kind of shark. 

PORCELLYS. Young pigs. (Za/.) 

PORCHIANS. 

For the better knowledge, salf and sure keplnge 
together of the premisses, and of every parte therof, 
lest some Icwde persons mighte or woulde imbesill, 
the tame with the detriment of the porchiam. 

Egerton Papera, p. 14. 

PORC-PISCE. A porpoise. Jonson. 
PORCUPIG. A porcupine. 
Had you but seen him in tliis dress. 

How fierce he look'd and how big. 
You wouU have thought him for to be 

Some Egyptian porcupig. The Dragon ef Wantl&M, 
PORE. (1) Power. 

To sawe a saule evcrlastyngly 
1 hare ful pore and mastry. 

Piece* of Ancient Poetrp, p« 43. 
(2J To look earnestly. 

(3) To supply plentifully. Gloue. 
PORE-COTE. A coat of coarse cloth. 
PORED-MILK. Any mUk that turns or curdles 

in the boiling is in Kent called pored .nUlkf 
especially the first milk of a cow when she 
has calved. 
PORET. A young onion. Porreetet, Forme 

ofCury,p.41. (A.-N.) 
PORISHLY. Weak-sighted. Patiffrave. 
PORISME. A corollary. (Gr.) 
PORKER. A young hog fatted for the purpose 

of being eaten fresh, rar. dial 
PORKLING. A smaU pig. East. 
PORKPOINT. A porcupine. 
PORKY. Fat ; plump. North. 
PORPENTINE. A porcupine. Skak. 

Gallus, that greatest roost-cock in the rout, 
Swelleth as big as Bacchus did with wine : 
Like to a hulke he beares himselfe about. 
And bristels as a boare or porpentlne. 

The Mou9-Trap, 1006. 
PORPIN. A hedgehog. Somerset. 
PORR. (1) A plumber, or glazier. North. 

(2) To push, or thrust. Comw. This word 
occurs in Baret's Alvearie, 1580, P. 579. 

(3) To stuff with food. Somerset. 
PORRA. A kind of pottage. 
PORRINGER. A Tcssel for porridge. 



PORRIWIGGLES. Tadpoles. North, 
PORRON. 

I charge and pray mine executors and fao1lfees,tD 
perform my will thatensueth touching these manors, 
advowsons, and porrwu, channtries; lands and tene- 
ments, abovesaid. Teet. Vetuet. p. 960* 
PORT. (1) Carriage; behaviour. {J.-N.) 
And then y am so symple offpori. 
That for to fayn sum dysport, 
Y play with berelytyllehounde. 
Now on the bedde, now on the grovnde. 

Gower, MS. Cantab. Ff. L 6, f. 4. 
Ther ben loveris of suche a soite. 
That faynen an umblepor^e. 

Gower, MS. Soc. Antiq. 134, f.48. 

(2 ) A piece of iron, somewhat in the shape of a 
horseshoe, fixed to the saddle or stirrup, and 
made to carry the lance when held upright. 
It is mentioned in Hall, Henry lY. f. 12. 

(3) State ; attendance ; company of retainers. 
Shak. *' As lyberall a howae, and as greate 
a porte," Arch, xxviii. 108. 

PORTAGE. A port, or porthole. 

PORTAGUE. A Portuguese gold coin, worth 
about three pounds twelve shillings. " The 
portigue, a peece yerie solemneUe kept of 
diyerse, and yet offtimes abased with washing, 
or absoltttelie counterfeited," Harrison's Eng- 
land, p. 219. 
Ten thousand portaguee, beside great pearls. 
Rich costly Jewels and stones infinite. 

The Jew ofUaUa, L 2. 

PORTANCE. Manner; deportment. Shak, 

PORTASSE. A breviary. 

The pawment of the chyrcbe the aunchent f»ders 

tredes. 
Sum tyme with a porta*, sumtyme with a payre of 
bedes. Bale** Ktfnge Jo/tan, p. 27. 

And also we thank your noblesse and good father- 
hood of our green gowns, now sent unto us to onr 
great comfort, beseeching your good lordship to 
remember our portetu, and that we might have some 
fine bonnets sent unto us by the next sure meKcng er 
for neoettity so roquireth. 

MS. Cotton, Veepae. F. lii. 

PORT-CANNONS. See Camons. 

PORTCULLIS. A coin struck in Elizabeth's 
reign with a portcullis stamped on the reverse. 

PORTECOLISE. * A portcullis. (j4.^N.) 

PORTE-HOIS. A portasse, or breviary. 

PORTER. To portray anything. Palsgrave. 

PORTER'S KNOT. A peculiar kind of knot, 
particularly strong and effective. 

PORTER'S-LODGE. The usual place of chas- 
tisement for the menials and humbler retainers 
of great families. Our old dramatists con- 
stantly refer to it. 

PORTE-SALE. An open sale of wares. 

PORTINGALL. A Portuguese. 

PORTLET. A small port. Harrison, p. 60. 

PORTMANTLE. A portmanteau, of which the 
ancient form was sometimes port-mantua. 
" A port-mantua or a cloke-bagge," The Man 
in the Moone, 1609, sig. D. 

PORTNANES. Appurtenances. "Men have a 
5crdwith other jvor/nonet,'' MS. Addit. 12195. 

PORTPANE. A cloth used for carrying bread 
from the pantry to the dinner-table. 



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PORTRAITURE. Portnot ; likeaesa. 

I will that my execator» provide and ordAin a 
muMe atone, with an image and poriraUuiv of our 
Savloox Jhesn and of a priest kneeling, with a cedule 
in hii handj to the foot of the said image of Jhesu. 

Test. Vetust, p. 495. 

PORTREVE. The chief magistrate of a town. 
See a brief dissertation on the origin of the 
portreere of Grayesend in Lambard's Peram- 
bulation, 1596, p. 483. 
PORTSALUT. Safe port. (J.-N,) 
PORTURE. Carriage; behaviour. {^.-N.) 
POS. A depocit, or pledge. {A.-N.) 
POSE. (1) A hoard of money. North. 

(2) To suppose ; to place, or pat as a supposition. 
{A.-N. ) It occurs in Lydgate. 

(3) A cold, a rheum in the head. 

His eare erect, his cleanely nose, 
ThatneYe was troubled with upote. 

Men Miraelee, 1686, p. S3. 

POSER. The bishop's examining chaplain. 
See Harrison's England, p. 139. The term 
is stiU retained at Eton for the examiner for 
the King's College fellowships. No doubt 
from poten, which is explained by examino 
in Prompt. Parv. p. 144. In cant language, a 
pour h an unanswerable question or argument. 
POSH. A great quantity. W€§i. 
POSNET. AUttlepot. Palsgrave. ** Vrdohtf, 
a posnet,** Noniinale MS. f. 8. 

Then skeUeta, pans, and poenels put on. 
To make them porridge without mutton* 

GMofi** Worke, 1734, p. 17. 

And that it this, tbeeunning man biddetfa set on 

^ poenet, or some pan with naylcs, and seeth them, 

snd the witch shal come in while they be In seething, 

snd within a fewe dales after her face will be all 

bescratcfaed with the nayles. 

Cijford^e Dial&gue on Witches, 1603. 

POSS. (1) To dash about. Norfh. Pegge ex- 
plains it, to punch or kicky and j^ocfe, to push, 
occurs in Chaucer. 

And therin thay keste hir. and pouedehlr up and 
downe, and sayd, take the thb bathe for thi slewthe 
and thi glotonye. US. Uncoln A. i. 17f f. 2fi3. 

(2) A waterfall. Yorksh. 
POSSE. A number of people ; no doubt de- 
rived from the ihenS's po89€ comitaiiis. 
POSSEDE. To possess. Palsffrave. 

A ! lady myn, how Ood hath made the rlche, 
Thysilfe aUone aile richesse to pouede, 

U^gMte, M9. Soe. Antiq. 1S4, f. 19. 

POSSESS. To inform; to persuade; tocouTince. 
StiU in use. See Craven Gl. 

POSSESSIONERS. An invidioua name for 
those religions eommunities which were en- 
dowed with lands. {Lai.) 

POSSET. A drink of wine or treacle boiled 
with milk. ** Quoddam genus cibi, apMetCj** 
Ortns Yocabolomm, 1500. Junius, in the 
MS. notes in his copy of the book in the Bod- 
leian, says ** hodiemis in Anglisdicitur jenmm/." 
A posset was usually taken before retiring to 
rest See Merry Wites of Windsor, v. 5. 

it b his mornings dnftight when he riseth, his 
cooserrea or eates when he hath well dined, liis 
aftamoQBes nvndona, and when he goeth to bedde 
his jwsMt smoaking hote. 

The Man in the Mocne, 1609, sig. C. 1. 



POSSIBILITIES. This word metnsiMMieMimr 
in the Merry Wives of Windsor, i. 1, in refer- 
ence to the property of Anne Page, which is 
well illustrated by a MS. letter dated about 
1610, in the library of Dulwich College, being 
a letter from a suitor to a father for his per- 
mission to woo the daughter, in which he says, 
** I ryette to you first this cisone, as Londone 
fitthen is, to intrete you that I may have your 
good will and your wiefs, for if we geete the 
fathers good vrill first, then may wee bolder 
spake to the datter, for my poBtebeleiia is abel 
to mantayne her." 

My poeeihUiiUe may raise his hopes 

To their first height. 

Hetfwoo^e Ro^aU King, 1637. 

POSSONE. To drive away. 

POSSY. Thick, short, and fat. Norih. 

POST. (1) A prop, or support. {A.-S.) 

(2) " Knock your head up against a post," au 
address to a blockliead. 

(3) Post alon€t quite alone. Devon, 

(4) The stakes at cards or dice. 

(5) Haste ; spped. The expression /»(W#-Aa«/« is 
still in common use. 

(6) A courier, or special messenger. 

One night a drunken fellow Josled against a post, 
but the fellow thought somebody had Josled himy 
and fell a beating the post till his fingers were broken. 
Says one to him. Fie ! what do you do to fight with 
a post 1 Is it a post i Why did he not blow his hMn, 
then. Oj^fbrd Jeete, 1706, p. 101. 

What though such poet cannot ride post 

Twlxt Exceter and this 
In two months space, yet careless they 
Those -ten whole months to mis. 

Ballade, MS. temp. Jamee h 

POST-AND-PAIR. An old game at cards, 
mentioned in Florio, p. 210 ; Taylor's Motto, 
1622, sig. D. iv. A game called pqpa and 
pairs is mentioned in the West, and Cumb. 
Dial. p. 379. 

POST-AND-PAN-HOUSE. A house formed of 
uprights and cross pieces of timber, which 
are not plastered over, but generally blackened, 
as many old cottages are in various parts of 
England. 

POST.BIRD. The graybirdcatcher. K^ni, 

POSTJK. A pestle for a mortar. 

POSTIME. An imposthume. 

POSTISIS. Posts, rar. dial 

POSTISSER- Pots. Berks. 

POSTLE.(l) An Apostle. 

Like Apoetle I am. 
For I preche to man. 

Jrmonpe nf ^rd$$, p. 7* 

(2) A comment, or short gloss. 
POSTOLICON. A white ointment. 
POST-PAST. A kind of dessert. 
POST-PIN. A very small pin. It is the trans- 
lation of camion in Hollyband's Dictionarie, 
4to. Lond. 1593. 
POSTURE. To strut. I. of Wight. 
POSTOURE. A pastor. 

The chapitre of aciilrche cathedral. 
Whan they ban chosen here heed or poettture. 

Oecteee, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 2fff, 

POST-POSED. Put back. (Fr.) 



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POT. (1) A hollow vessel made of twigs with 
which they take fish. South, 

(2) A stick with a hemisphere of wicker-work 
on it, used as a shield in cudgel-playing. 

(3) A helmet, or head-piece. The scull was so 
called. Parts of ** the potte of the hede*' are 
mentioned in MS. Sloane 965, f. 44. 

(4^ Gone to pott ruined. 
(5; To deceive. To make a pot at one, to make 
a grimace or mow. To pot verses, to cap them. 
To drink. Still in use. 
The pot is a hog's black-pudding made with 
the blood and grits nnground stuffed into pigs' 
guts or chitterlings, otherwise blackpot / the 
pudding is more of the sausage kind, and has 
no blood in it, but minced pork, and some- 
times raisins and currants and spice to season 
it, and many other rich materials, stuffed com- 
monly into the larger guts," MS. Devon. GL 
POTAGRE. The gout. (Gr.) 

Somme ichal have In lyroet abottte 
For tlouthe a potagrt aod a goute. 

jrS.4tfMfMofo41,f.97. 

POTATOE-BOGLE. A scarecrow. 
POT-BOILER. A housekeeper. Etut. 
POT-CAKE. A Ught Norfolk dumpUng. 
POTCH. To poke ; to thrust at ; to push, or 

pierce. Still in use. 
POT-CLAME. A pot-hook. Po^-c^, Kennett, 

MS. Unsd. 1033. 
POT-CRATE. A large open basket to carry 

earthenware in. Lane, 
POT-DAY. A cooking-dav. Norf, 
POT-DUNG. Farmywddung. Berki, 
POTE. (1) To push, or kick. North. 

(2) A broad piece of wood used by thatchers to 
open the old thatch and thrust in the new 
straw. Oson. 

(3) To creep about moodily, 
POTECARY. An apothecary. West. 

Thb ranayt if bought of no poHearpe. 

I4fdgatt^9 Minor Poems, p. 69. 

POTED. Plaited. 

He keepes a sUrcht gate, wearet a fonnall ru A, 
A nosegay, tet face, and a poted cuflb. 

Hfiffwoo^M TroUi BHtaniea, 1609j p. 89. 

POTE-HOLE. A small hole through which 
anything is pushed ; a confined place. West. 
POTENT. (1) A potentate. Shot. 
(2) A club, staff, or crutch. (J.^N.) Stilts 
are called j?o//efw in Norfolk. 

Loke tone after a potent and spectacle, 
Be not ashamed to take hem to thyn ease. 

Ufdgattft Minor Pmim, p. 30. 

POTENTIAL. Strong; powerful. (^.-AT.) 
POTERNER. A pocket, or pouch. 
He plucked out of his potemer. 
And longer wold not dwell. 
He pulled forth a pretty mantle, 
Betweene two nut-shdU. 

The Bu^ and the Matttei, 
POTESTAT. A chief magistrate. (J.-N.) 
POTEWS. A dish in ancient cookery, described 

in the Forme of Cury, p. 80. 
POT-GUN. A pop-gun ; a mock gun, or play- 
thing for schoolboys ; consisting of a wooden 



tube tamed somewhat like the cyfindrical part 
of a cannon, or the barrel of a common himd- 
gun, open at both ends, one of which being 
stuffed or stopped up with a pellet of tow, ftc 
another of the same kind is violently thrust 
into the other end by a rammer made on pur- 
pose, which so compresses the air between 
the two pellets, that the first flies out with a 
considerable force and noise. There was a 
kind of small cannon so called. " And yet 
will winke for to discharge a potffun," Tell- 
Tale, 0ulwich College MS. 
POT-HANGLES. Pot-hooks. North. 
POTHELL-SLOTH. A puddle of water. 
POTHELONE. To dig, or grub in the earth. 
POTHER. To shake ; to poke. JFeet. 
POTHERY. Hot; close; muggy. Weet. 
POT-HOOKS-AND-HANGERS. The rude 

strokes of a boy beginning to write. 
POT-KNIGHT. A drunken fellow. 
POT-LADLES. Tadpoles. Eut. 
POT-LUCK. To take pot-luck, L e. to partake 
of a family dinner without previous invitation. 
POT-PUDDING, "A white-pot, or pot-pud- 
ding," Florio, p. 99. Markham says black- 
puddings are called j?o/# in Devon. 
POTS. The panniers of a packsaddle. Weet. 
POT-SHARE. A potsherd, or piece of broken ^ 

pottery. Also called a pot-scar. 
POT-SICK. Tipsy. Florio, p. 68. 
POT-SITTEN. Ingrimed. YorlML 
POT-STICK. «* Contue, potstyk," MS. Lansd. 
560, f. 45. " Potstycke, batton,*' PiOagrave. 
POT-SURE. Perfectly confident. 

When these rough gods beheld him thus secure, 
And arm'd against them like a man pot-mre. 
They stint rain storms : and so MonstrUiera 
(So hlght the ship) touch'd about Florida. 

Legend of Capi^fn Jenm, IWkm 
POTTENGER. A porringer. Paltgrme. *«A 
potenger or a little dish with eares," Baret, 
1580. Still in use in Devon. 
POTTER. (1) To go about doing nothing; to 
saunter idly; to work badly; to do anything 
inefllciently. Far. dial 
(2) To stir ; to poke. North. 
{ZS To hobble, as a horse. Warm. 
(4) To confuse, or disturb. YorML 
POTTERY-WARE. Earthenware. Weet. 
POTTLE. A measure of two quarts. 
POTTLE.BELLIBD. Pot-belUed. Weat. 
POTTLE-DRAUGHT. The taking a pottle of 

liquor at one draught. 
POT-WABBLERS. Persons entitled to vote 
for members of parliament in certain bo- 
roughs from having boiled their pots therein. 
"Tanodunii in agro Somersetensi Tocantnr 
pot-watlmere,*' Upton's MS. additions to 
Junius, in Bodleian Librarv. 
POT-WATER. Water used for household pur- 
poses, for cooking, &c Devon. 
POTY. Confined ; crammed ; close. Wett, 
POU. (1) To pull. North. 
(2)*A pan, or platter. Lane. 
POUCE. (1) A pulse. (^.-M) "Poaceofihe 
arme, pouee" Palsgrave. 



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(2) Nastmeit. North, Henoe, ptmejff dirty, 
untidy, in a litter. 

POUCH. (]) A pocket. (^.-iST.) 

(2) To poke, or piuh. Wett. 

POUD. A boil, or ulcer. SuMwt. 

POUDERED. Interspersed. '^ A garment jm>m- 
dend with parple ituddes," UoUyband's 
Dictionarie, 1593. 

POUDERING TUB. The tub used for salting 
meat. It is the translation of ehamier in 
HoUyband's Dictionarie, 1593. It was also a 
nickname for the cradle or bed in which a 
person was laid who was affected with the lueg 

POUDER-MARCHANT. Pulverized spices. 
POIJDRE. (1) To salt or spice meat. 
(2) Dust Kyng Alisaunder, 2180. 
For the ptmdn ot tbb charging, 
No might men ae lonne ichining. 

Arthxmr and Merlin, p. 176> 
Lo ! in p^wdur y Khali alepe. 
For owt of poukhir tjnt y came. 

MS, Cantttb, Ft U. 38, f. 19. 

POURE. (1) A devil ; a spirit. Hence the term 
Puck, applied to Robin Goodfellow, as in 
Shakespeare, and other writers. 
The hevcd flelghe fram the bouke. 
The iottle nam the helle pouke, 

Artfumr ttnd Merlin, p. S66. 

(2) A pimple, or blister. North. Cotgrave 

has aatpoulcf "full of water-poukes or 

whcales." 
POUL. St. Paul. (^.-M) 
POULAINS. Pointed shoes. (^.-iV.) 
POULDER. Powder. {A,'N.) 
POULDERING. An Oxfoid student in his 

second year. See the Christmas Prince, ed. 

1816, p. 1. 
POULT. To kill poultry. An old hawking 

tenn. See Gent. Rec. ii. 34, 62. 
POULTER. A poulterer. This form of the 

word occurs in HoUyband's Dictionarie, 1593. 
POUMYSSHE. Pounce for writing. Palsgrave, 
POUN. A pond. Ngrthumi, 
POUNCE. (1) A thump, or blow. East. 

(2) A puncheon of iron. 

(3) A pulse. Gesta Rom. p. 318. 

(4) To cut glass or metal for cups, &c. ; to per- 
forate or prick anything ; to ornament by cut- 
ting. A pounced decanter would be what we 
now term a cut decanter. See Arch. xiix. 55. 
*' Bu&no, a kind otpouneer that gravers use," 
FIorio,p. 71. 

POUNCES. The claws of a hawk. 
POUNCET-BOX. A box perforated with holes 

used for carrying perfumes. ShaJt, 
POUNCINGS. Holes stamped in garments, 

formerly made by way of ornament. 
POUND. (1) A cyder milL Devon. 

(2) A head of water. Var. dial 

(3) To beat, or knock. Glone. 
POUNDER. Same as Auncel, q. v. 
POUND-MELE. By the pound. {A.-S.) 
POUND-NEEDLE. The herb aeui demenyt, 
POUNDRSL. The head. {A.-S.) 

n. 



So nimbly flew away these looundrela, 
Olad tbey had 'tcap'd, and ■av'd their pmmdreia. 

Cottot^t Works, 1734, p. 14. 

POUND-STAKLE. The floodgates of a pond. 
POUNSONE. To punch a hole. (A.'N.) 
POUNT-TOURNIS. A point or place to be- 
hold the tournament. (A.-N.) 
POUPE. (1) A puppet. Paltgrave. 
(2) To make a noise with a horn. 
POURCHACE. To buy; to provide. (A.^N.) 
POURD-MILK. BeastUngs, Su$9ex. 
POURE. Poor. (A.-N.) 
POURETT. Garlick. Herefordeh. 
POURISH. To impoverish. (^^.-M) See 

Palsgrave, iu v. Make bare. 
POURIWINKLE. A periwinkle. Palsgrave. 
POURTRAITURE. A picture, or drawing. 

Pourtraioury a drawer of pictures. (A.'N.) 
POUSE. Hazy atmosphere. Lane. 
POUSED. Pushed. Tryamoure, 1202. 
POUSEMENT. Dirt; refuse. North. 
POUSTEE. Power. (A.-N.) 
In Aliaaundre that grete dtee 
Ther waa a mon of muche poueti/ 
Pathmicius fonothe he hiht, 
He kepte wel the heste of God almiht. 

reman MS. Bod/. Ub. f. 108. 
Erie he waa of grete poeti. 
And lorde OTyr that cuntr^. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 98, f. 147. 
POUT. A young bird. " Faaanello, a phesant 

pout," a young pheasant, Florio, p. 181. 
POUTCH. To pout. Poutle is also used. 
POVERLY. Poorly. (A.-N.) 

Yf hyt lo poverfy myghte sprede. 

MS. Cantab. Vt. 11. 98, f. 88. 

POVERT. Poverty. (A.-N) 
Plee maketh povert, 
Pooert maketh pecs. 

MS. See. Antiq. 134, f.SO. 
He beheld hyr and tche hyro eke, 
And nerer a word to other the! speke, 
Fore the poverte that tche on hym le. 
That had bene ao ryeh and hyje, 
The terys rane doime by hyr eyje ! 

MS. Aihrnolt 61, XT. Cent. 

POVERTY-WEED. Purple cow-wheat. A 
weed growing in com, having a fine large 
flower, yellow, pale red, and purple ; it is very 
injurious, and betokens a iK>or, light, stony, 
soil. Its popular name is pecuUar to the Isle 
of Wight. 
POVEY. An owl. Glnuc. *< Worse and worse, 

like Povey*s foot," a West country proverb. 
POVICE. A mushroom ; a fungus. North, 
POW. (1) The poll, or head. North. 
(2) The pricklebat. Somerset. 
POWCHE. The crop of a fish. 
POWDER, ri) Bustle; haste. Cumb. 
(2) To sprinkle ; to lay over lightly. 
And aythene iche broght in hjute 
PlOTers pewdird in paste. 

MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 136 

POWDERINGS. Small pieces of fur powdered 
or sprinkled on others, resembling the spots 
on ermine. 

POW-DIKE. A dike made in the fens for car- 
rying off the waters. 

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POWE. A daw or finger. {J.'N.) 
Everieh powe a fpan long, 
The fer oat of hli mothe tprong. 

Jrthour and Merliu, p. 57- 

POWEK. (1) A large number. Var, dial. 

M. Ootes, mayir. Then came into Inglond 
kynge Jamys of Skotland, with a potior of men, after 
Alhalow tide, and one John a Musgrave, with hit 
eompany, met with hym, snd in that skyrmyiche 
the liyng was hurte or drounde. 

MS, Cotton. Vospa*. A. zxt. 

(2) Poor. (^.-iV.) 

Thei powor folic somtyme they bene f u1 wyse. 

jr^. Cantab, Ff . L 6» f . 159. 

(3) The fish padui mhtutttt. 
POWERATION. A great quantity. West. 
FOWLER. A barber. See the first part of 

Promos and Cassandra, v. 5, and Nares. 
POWS. A pulse. See Pouce (I). 

Thurgh certeyne colcene* In pow» and brethe. 
That bifalleth whenne he 1« nye the dethe. 

Arefutologiaf x\x. 388. 

POWSE. Pulse, beans, peas, &c. Heref. 
POWSELS. Dirty scraps and rags. Chesh. 
POWSE-MENT. One who does what is not 

right ; but this name is generally given to 

those who are mischievous. Lane. 
POWSEY. Fat ; decent-looking. North. 
PO WSH. A blister. Huloet, 1 552. 
PO WSODD Y. A Yorkshire pudding. 
POWT.(l)Tostirup. North. 
(2) A cock of hay or straw. Kent. 
POWTIL. To work feebly. Northumb. 
POWTLE. To come forth out of the earth as 

moles do from their holes. North. 
POW-WOW. Flat on one's back. 
POX. The smallpox. This word was formerly 

a common and not indelicate imprecation. 
POX-STONE. A very hard stone of a gray 

colour found in some of the Staffordshire 

mines. Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 
POY. A long boat-hook by which barges are 

propelled against the stream. JJnc. 
PO YNET. A smaU bodkin. 
POYSES. Posies. 

On every dore wer set whit crones and ragged 

itaTet, with rimes and foym*. 

Haa, Biward IV. t. 23. 

PRAALING. Tying a dog or canister to the 

tail of a dog. Comw. 
PRACTICE. Artifice ; treachery. PraetwnUt, 

associates in treachery. 
PRACTICK. Practice. {A.^N.) 
PRAIS E. ( 1 ) Opinion. This word was formerly 

used in a more general sense than it now is. 

" Laus, Anglice, good preys ; vel vituperum, 

AngUce, bad preys," MS. Bib. Reg. 12 B. 

i. f. 16. 

(2) To show a sense of pain. Dorset. 

(3) Praise at parting ^ a very common proverbial 
phrase in old writers, implying good wishes. 
It occurs in Towneley Myst. p. 320, the ear- 
liest instance of it I have met with. 

PRA.NE. A prawn. Palsgrave. 

PRANK. (1) To adorn ; to decorate. It is the 
translation of om«rin HoUyband'sDictionarie, 
1593. In the same work we have, **fame 



Hen stHmiie^ a womaa prsmkei vp," whkii 
phrase also occurs in the Winter's Tale, iw. 3. 
Palsgrave has, ** I pranke ones gowne, I set 
the plyghtes in order." 

Foartlilyek that they be not pranked and decked 
up in f OKgioiu and tumptiouft apparell in their play. 

Nifrtkbrookt^o Treattto, 1577. 

(2) To be crafty or subtle. Palsgrave, 

PRANKLE. (1) To prance. 

(2) A prawn. */. ^ Wight. 

PRAPS. Perhaps. Far. dial 

PRASE. A small common. Comw. 

PRAT. A buttock. Dekker's Lanthooie and 
Candlelight, 1620, sig. C. ii. 

PRATE-APACE. A forward chUd. South. 
In old writers, a talkative person. 

Prince of pasulons, prato-apaeot, and pickl'dloven ; 
duke of diaacters, dinemblers, and drown'd eyes ; 
marquis of melancholy and mad folks ; grand signior 
of griefs and groans ; lord of lamentations, hero of 
heighhos I admiral of ay-mes ! and monsieur of 
mutton laced. Hepwooe^a iMofo Mistreao, p. SS. 

PRATT. The following rhyme is still common , 
Jack Spratt being generally substituted. 
Archdeacon Pratt would eat no fktt* 

HU wife would eat no lean ; 
Twixt Archdeacon Pratt and Joan his wifp. 
The meat was eat up clean. 

HoweU*9 Eni^iA Prsearte, p. SOu 

They fared somewhat like old Bishop Pratt and 

his wife, and were fain to consume eTcn the very 

dreggs of the little which chance had set before tliem. 

A Voictfrom Sion, 1679, p. 3. 

PRATTILY. Softly. North. 

PRATTLE-BASKET. A prattling child. 

PRAVANT. For protant^ occurs in A Welch 
Bayte to spare Provender, 4to. Lond. 1603. 

PRAVE. Depraved; bad. Pravities, depra- 
vities, Harrison's Britaine, p. 26. 

PRAY. (1) To rid a moor of all stock, which la 
generally done twice a year (at Lady Day, and 
at Michaelmas), with a view to ascertain 
whether any person has put stock there with- 
out a right to do it. The unclaimed stock is 
then pounded till claimed by the owner, who 
is usually obliged to pay for trespassing. West. 

(2) To lift anything up. SufoVt. 

(3) Press ; crowd. Weber. 
PRAYD. Invited. Weber. 
PRAYED-POR. Churched. NoHh. 
PRAYELL. A Httle meadow. (A.-N.) Prayere 

occurs in Syr Gawayne. 
PREACB. A press, or crowd. Shak. 
PREACHMENT. A sermon. 
They*l make a man sleep till Apreaehtm^mt be spent* 
But we neither can warm our blood nor our wit {n't. 

Brom^M Songo, IfKX, p. 7>* 

PREAMBULATION. A preambks. (A.^N.) 

PREASER. Rennet. Yorksh. 

PREAST. Praised. Lane. 

PRE AZ. To try ; to endeavour ; to press fbr- 
ward. Yorksh* 

PRECACIONS. Invocations. {Lot.) 
Beside our daily praters and continual 
to God and his saintes for prospems su cco ii c to < 
in your merciall exployte and royall passage* 

HaO, anry T. f . i^ 

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PRXCIDENT. ProgncMtie; indicalMm. (2) 

A roDgh draft of writing. ShaJt, 
PSEGELLE. To excel. Pabgrme. See 

Lydgate's Minor Poems, p. 12. 
PRECEPT. A magistrate's warrant. 
PRECESSIONERS. Candles used in prooesrion 

at Candlemas Day. " For 2 pretheisinerf of 

2>i redy made agEdnst Candidas Day, 14'-," 

Merton College MSS. 
PRECIE. Delicate; excdlent. (J..N.) 
PRECIOUS. (1) Gi«at ; extraordinary. Euex. 

Often used irouicallyy implying woithlessness. 
(2) Over-nice. (J.^N.) 
PRECISIAN. A serious person ; a Puritan. 
I 1k^ too the grarer gentlemen, the prteisims 

will not betcandalu'd at my seal for the promotion 

of poetry. Cildon'e MitcOtonamu L$tterg «md Bt- 

aaifa, Sro. Lood. 16M, pref. 

PRECONTRACT. A previous contract. 
PREDE. Spoil; booty. Also, to spoU. See 

Staailrarst's Ireland, pp. 29, 45. 
PREDESTINE. Predestination. U..N.) 
PREDIAL-LANDS. Farm-lands. 
PREDICATION. Pitching; a sermon. (^.-iV.) 
He gaf me many a good oertaciouj 
With right and holiom preiicaeuM, 
That he had laboured In Venus lecrete cell. 
And me ezponyd many a good gosaepell, 
And many a right iwete eplatcll eke. 
In hem perflte and not for to leke. U&, RawUC, 86; 
So befelle, thorow Goddls sonde. 
The biasbop that was of that londe 

Prechid in that c\U ; 
A lie gode men of that towno 
Come to his prtdfeation, 

Hyra to herkyn and se. 

M8, CsnUA, Ff. ▼. 48. f . 45. 

PREEDY. With ease. ** That lock goes mighty 
pretdy," L e. that lock goes well or with 
eaie. Corww, 
PREEN. To prime, or trim up trees. 
PREEZE. Mingere. North, 
PREPE. Proof. Also, to prove. See the 
Sacrifice of Abraham, p. 15. 
And that ys ever my belcff, 
ThetrewthlndedehytselirweUeiirQj^. ^ 

MS. Cantab, Ff. i. «, f. 123. 

PREFECT. The chief magistrate. {Lat,) 
PREFIX. To fix or appoint a time for anything. 

«The prefixed hour," Shak. 
PREGNANCY. Readiness of wit, From^wp^- 

Jwa/, InteUigent, shrewd, artful. 
PREIERE. A prayer. (A..N,) 
PREISABLE. Gommenaable; Uudable. 
PREISE. To appraise, or value. {A.-N,) 
PREKE. (1) Prick, a piece of wood in the centre 
of the target. 
AH they scfaotabowthe agen. 

The Kreflfes men and he, 
Offthe marke he welde not fayle, 
He deAd the pnke on thre. RoMn Hood, i. 01. 
(2) To ride quickly. 

Tryamowre rode ibrthe In haste. 
Awl pnikpd among the oost 

Upon the tother syde ; 
The lynte that rode to hym thon 
Was the kynga of Arragon, 
He kepeyd hym in that tyde. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 76. 



The davkeof Lythyr air Tyntf, 
HejNnsftyif forthe fulle pertly. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. iL 88, f. lil 
The kyng come, with mony a man, 
Prtkyng owt of the towne. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. ii. 38, f. 947. 

PRELACIONE. Preference. 

Thorow cute the trompe into his ere, 
Toaowne of suche prtlaeion*. 

Cower, MS. Soc jtntiq. 134, f. 80. 

PREME. Fierce; strong. 

Thcr was no man yn hethyn londe 
Myght sytte a dynte of hys honde. 
The tray tour was to preme, 

MS, Cantab. Ff. U. 38, f. 801 

PREMEDIATE. To advocate one's cause. 

PREMYE. 

The eytie of London, through hii mere graunt and 

premafo. 
Was first priTyleged to hare both mayer and shryve. 
Where before hys tyme it had but baylyves onlye. 

Batt^g Kj/ngo Johan, n. 95, 

PRENDID. Pricked. 
PRENE. An iron pan. Somerset. 
PRENT. Chiefly ; in the first place. 
PRENTIS. An apprentice. ** Jpprentichu, a 

prentys,'' Nominale MS. A barrister was 

called a prentice, or prentice-of-law. 
PREOVEST. Most approved. (^,-5.) 
PREPARAT. Prepared. (Lat.) 
PREPARE. Preparation. Shak. 
PREPOSITION. " Praysemade before a great 

man, or preposition, harengue" Palsgrave. 
PREPOSITOUR. A scholar appointed by the 

master to overlook the rest. Hermann, 1 530. 
PREPOSTERATE. To make preposterous. 
PREPUCIE. Circumcision. (Lat.) 
PRESANDE. A present. {A.-N.) 
I ete thaim not myself alon, 
I send pre$andet mony on, 
And flryndes make I me. 

MS., Cantab. Ff. t. 48, f . 00. 

PRESBTTERIAN-TRICK. A dishonest bar- 

gain ; a knavish trick. Eues. 
PRESCIT. Reprobate. (Lat.) 
PRESCRIPT. Order in writing. (Laf.) 
PRESE. (1) A press, or crowd. C^-^.) 
in he rydes one a rase. 
Or that he wiste where he was, 
In-tothe thikksste of the prsM. 

Pereovat, 1147. 

(2) To crowd. Sometimes, to hasten. 
Of alle this jonge lusty route, 
Whiche al day proton hire aboute. 

Gowor, MS. Soc, jintiq. 134, f. M. 

PRESEANCE. Priority of place. 
PRESENCE. (1) A presence-chamber. Shak, 

(2) Aspect ; outward appearance. East. 
PRESENT. (1) Immediate. (Lai.) 

{2) A white spot on the finger-nail, supposed to 
augur good fortune. West. 

(3) '' At this present" means now, at this present 
time. The phrase occurs in our Prayer Book, 
and in Rider's Dictionarie, 1640. 

PRESENTARlE. Present. (Lat.) 
PRESENTERER. A prostitute. (A.-N.) 
PRESENTLY. At this present time. 

Compiled and put in this forme suinge, by a ler- 
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great parte of bla exploytet, and the reaydewe kneve 
by true relation of them that were pceaent at erery 
tyme. jirrival tf King Edwmrd IF, p. 1. 

PRBSEPE. A precept or order. 

As wyfes makls Inrgans, a horae for a mare, 

Thay lefe ther the febille aad bryngea ham the Areche 

ware. 
Clenae wele jour eghoe, and etandis on bakke» 
For here es oomene a prtMpe, awykke menne to take. 

MS, lAneoln A. L 17, f . 1^ 

PRESOMSEON. Presumption. 
Coraid covetyae hit is the cause, prid, jwtsomaeon, 
5e beth ungroundid in grace, jour God je con not 
knowe, 
5our dedus demeys joue dredlei, devocioun hit is 
withdraw, 
5e ban chasid away charity and the reule of relegyon. 

MS, Doue0 308, f. 4. 

PRESSING-IRON. An iron for smoothing 
linen. Prener, one who irons linen, caps, &c 
FRESTE. (1) Ready. {A,-N,) 

The tother knyghtys, the boke says, 
Prekyd to the palays. 

The lady for to here t 
Knyghtys apperyd to bur vreate, 
' Then myght sche chose of the beate, 

Whych that bur wylle were. 

MS. Cantab. Ff . 11. 38, f. 77- 
Whan they had fared of the beat. 
With bred and ale and weyne. 
To the bottys they made them pm^. 
With bowes and boltys foil feyne. 

RjMn Hood, i. 88. 

And, therfore, priathf I ;ow praye 
That je wUle of joure talkyng Uyne. 

MS. Uneoln A. 1. 17, f. 140. 

(2) A loan ; money paid before due ; earnest 
money given to a soldier at impressment. In 
preit, in advance, Ord. and Reg. p* 1 2. Pre$t- 
money, ibid. p. 309. 



^3^ Neat ; tight ; proper. 



^^ A barrow or tumulus. Yorith. 
PRE STER- JOHN. The name of a fiibulous Chris- 
tian King of India. See Maundevile, ed. 1839. 
Mount now to Oallo-belgicus ; appear 
As deep a statesman as a garxetteir. 
Homely and familiarly, when thon oom'at back, 
Talk of Will. Conquerour, and Prcifer Jaek. 

Jkntu^t Poenu, p. 961. 

PRESTIGIATE. To deceive. 

Even as a craftie juggler doth so prutigUUeukd 
Uinde mens outward senses by the ddusions of 
Sathan. Deitfa Pathway to Heaven, p. 10. 

PRETENCE. Intent ; design. Shak, 
PRETEND. (1) To intend. Shak, 
2) To lay claim to. (A.-N.) 
,3) To portend ; to forebode. 
PRETENSED, Intended; designed. The 
word is used several times by Hall, and also 
occurs in Sir John Oldcastle, ii. 3. See 
Incepted, 

They can never be clerdy extirpate or digged out 

of their rotten hartcs, but that they wille with hande 

and fote, toothe and nayie, further if they can their 

yretenud ecterprice. Hall, Henrif VII, f. d. 

It is preteneed mynde and purpose set, 

That bindes the bargain sure. 

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Requiring you to Joine with us and we with yon 
in advaundng forward this our incepted pnrpoee* 
and preteneed enterprice. Hall, Hairp IV- f* &• 

PRETERIT. Passed. {A,'N,) 
PRETERMYT. To omit. 

I preterm^ also the ryche apparell of the pryn- 
cesse, the straunge faaahlon of the Spanyihenaciun* 
the beautie of the EngUshe ladyes. 

HaU,HemyrjJ.f,BA. 

PRETOES. Loans ? 

Our great landlords bespake him with lofty rents, 
with fines, and prefoe*, and I know not what. 

Ruwle^e Search for Moneg, 1600. 

PRETORY. The high court. {Lat,) 
Pilate up ros, and forth he jede 
Out of the pretorp, 
Cureor Mundi, MS, ColL IViii.Gsiitaft. f. 18L 

PRETTY. (1) Neat ; fine. (2) Crafty. 
PRETTY-FETE. A moderate quanti^. BerkM, 
PREVALY. Privily ; secretly. 

The golde unto bis chambir he bare. 

And hyd it fUUe preealp there. 

ImmbroM, 641. 

Then longed he at home to bene 
And for to speke with hys queue. 

That hys thoght was ever upon. 
And he gate schyppys preeap. 
And to the ichypp on a day 

He thoght that he fleweanon. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. ii. 38, f.Jt. 

PREVE. (1) To prove. (2) A proof. 
Thou mott have fayth, hope, and charyt^. 

This i» the ground of thi beleve, 
Ellys i-savyd thou mat nojt be, 

Thus Poul in his pystyl he doth preee, 

MS.Douee9ai, f.S. 

Preve* i>now ther ben of youre pet&i 

MS, Cantab. Ff. i. 6, f. 194. 

PREYBLACHE. Privilege. 

1 say the, broder Salamon. tel In thi talkyng, 

Furst of the firerys thus mevethou may. 
Of here preoetache, and of here prayrys, and here 
preching. 
And of herederg^ and clanncsand onest aray. 

MS, Douce 308, f. 4. 

PRIVELYKE. Privily. See Prevaiy, 
And thoghte yn hys herte prevelpke. 
That many a woman ys odur y-lyke. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 143. 

PREVENT. To go before ; toprecede ; to anti. 

cipate. ( Lai.) 
PREVENTION. Jurisdiction. (Lat,) 

Your sayd Grace, by verteu off your legmtine 
prerogative and preeetMon, oonferr to hys chapleyn, 
Mr. Wilson, the vicaregeof Thackstedd. 

State P^ere,i.Zn, 

PREW. 

They helde hym vyler than a Jew, 
For no man wulde hys preto, 

MS, Hart I'rO}, f. 18. 

PRIAL. Three cards of a sort, at the game of 
commerce particularly: a corruption, pro- 
bably, of patr-rmfoL Under the latter 
term, Nares confirms this derivation, and 
gives many quotations in iUuBtratlon of the 
word. Moor's Suffolk Words. 

PRICE. Estimation; value. Tohereihsprgoh 
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The K jng jonMyd in Tneycni, 
That it a cyt^ off grete defence. 
And with hym hyi quene off ,pr<etf, 
That was callyd dame M erondys i \ 
A feyrerelady thaa sche was one. 
Was never made off fleawh ne bone ; 
Sche was full off lufe and godnes, 
Ne may no mane telle hyre feyraes. 

MS. Athmole 61, XT. Cent. 
Then the qwcne was ftalle gladd, 
That iche soche a lorde hadd, 

Ve wott, wythowtyn lees. 
Sche leyde, Y have welle sped 
That loche a lorde hath me wedd, 

Thatberyth thepryee in prees. 

MS, Cantab, Ft. ii. SB, f. 83. 

PRICER. A person whose doty h was to regu- 
late the prices of a market. 
PRICH. Thin weak liquor. North, 
PRICHELL. A hrake ; an instrument for dress- 
log hemp or flax. It is the transhition of 
broue in Hollyband's Dictionaries 1593. 
PRICK. (I) The same as Preke (1). Hence 
prieA and praise, the praise of excellence. 

And therfore every man Judged as he thought, 
and named a sicknca that he knew, shothing not 
nere the^elrr, nor understanding the nature of the 
disesse. Haa, Hrnty V, f. AO. 

Then leare off these thy burning rays. 
And give to Pan the prick and praise ; 
Thy colour change, look pale and wan. 
In honour of the great god Pan. 

Htfywood** Ijone** MUtrtMt p. 42. 
Now Tarlton's dead, the consort lacks a vice. 
For knave and fool thou must bear pricke and price. 

A WMpfitr an Ape, 1589. 

(2) A term of endearment. It occurs in Pals- 
. grave's Acolastus, 1540. 

(3) A point ; a dot. 

Like CO a packe without ajirieiire. 
Or o-per-ae ha arithmeticke. 

MS, Egerton SOS, t, 3. 

(4) A skewer. 

I geve to the butchers prlcArw Inoughe to lette up 
their thfnne meat that it may appeare thicke and 
vdl feddew The Wpll of the DevUl, n. d. 

(5) A goad for oxen ; a pointed weapon of almost 
any kind. {J.-S,) In the provinces, a pointed 
stick is still so called. 

(6) To wound ; to spur a horse ; to ride hard. 
^tt Preke {2), 

(7) To trace a hare's footsteps. 

(8) To germinate. Still in use. 

(9) A period of time. 

(10) To turn sour. Somerset, 

(11) To decorate. ** I pricke a cuppe or suche 
lyke thynge full of floures, je ei^fieure," Pals- 
grave. " I pricke full of bowes as we do a 
pUce or a horse whan we go a mayeng, je 
rame,** ibid. In Lincolnshire, the slips of 
evergreens with which the churches are deco- 
rated from Christmas eve to the eve of Can- 
dlemas day are termed prickings, 

PRICKASOUIL A hard rider. (^.-5.) 
PRICKER. (1) Any sharp-pointed instrument. 

" JfHuurfortttm, a prykker," Nominale MS. 
(2) A K^t horseman. There was formerly a 

cavalry regiment termed the prickers, 
PRICKET. 0) A wax taper. 



(2) The buck in his second year. 

If thou wilt oomeand dwell with me at home, 
My sheepcote shall be strowed with new 
rushes: 

Weele haunt the trembling pricket* as they ramm 
About the fields, along the hauthome bushes; 
I have a pie>bald curre to hunt the hare. 
So we will live with dalntie forrest fare. 

The 4ffeetionate Shepheard, IMM. 
PRICKING-KNIFE. 

Than bespake the pn/kifngkn^fi. 
He duellys tony5e the ale-wyfe; 
Sche makes oft tyme his purse full thynne. 
No peny some tyme sche Icvys therin : 
Tho thou gete more than other thre, 
Thryfty man he canne not be. MS, AehmtOe 91. 
PRICKINGS. The footsteps of a hare. 

Unto these also you may adde, those which can- 
not disceme the footings or pHckinge of the hare, 
yet will they runne speedily when they see her, or 
else at the begtaming set forth very hot, and after- 
ward tyre, and give over lasily ; all theie are not to 
be admitted into the kennell of good hounds. 

TopeeWe F^r^Footed Beaete, 1»17, p. 1S2. 

PRICKLE. (1) To prick. North. 
(2) A wicker basket. Var, dial, 
PRICK-LOUSE. A nickname for a tailor. 

She would in brave termes abuse him, and call 
him rascall, and slave, but above all pricklouee, 
which he could not abide! wherefore having often 
forbad her, and seeing she would take no warning, 
on a day tooke heart at grane, and belaboured her 
well in a cudgel : but all would not suflBce ; the more 
he beat her, the more she calde him pricklouse. 

Tarlton'e Newee out of Purgatorie, IWO. 

PRICK-LUGGED. Having erect ears. 

PRICKMEDENTY. A finical person. 

PRICK-POST. A timber framed into the prin- 
dpal beam of a floor. Pricke-posts are men- 
tioned in Harrison's England, p. 187. 

PRICKS. A game like bowls. 

PRICKSONG. Music pricked or noted dovm, 
full of flourish and variety. 

So that at her next voyage to our Lady of Court 
of Strete, she entred the chappell with "Ave Regtna 
Ccelorum" in priekmng, accompanied with these 
commissioners, many ladies, gentlemen, and gen- 
tlewomen of the best degree. 

Lambarde'e Perambulaiien qf Kent, 1536, p. 198. 

My priek-eonge al wayes fiill of largues and longs, 
Prick-eong (Indted) because it pricks my hart ; 
And song, because sometimes I ease my smart. 

Tike AJfhetionate Shepheard, IBOA, 

And all for this pevysh pryk-eong not worth to 

strawes 
That we poore sylye boyes abyde much woe. 

Ballad by Redfnd, Bright MS. 

PRICK-WAND. A wand set up for a mark to 
shoot arrows at. Percy, 

PRIDE. (1) A mud lamprey. Rr»f. "Lumbrici 
are iitteU fyshes taken in small ryvers, whiche 
are lyke to lampurnes, but they be muche 
lesse, and somewhat yeolowe, and are called 
in Wilshyre prides,** Elyotes Dictionariei 
fol. Lond. 1559. 

(2) " Pryde goyth byfore, and shame comyth 
after/' MS. Douce, 52. The same proverb 
occurs in Wyntown's Chronykil, and Nash's 
Pierce Penilesse, 1592. 



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For If dM ooBs tume and be ▼ariaUe, 
And pot the drade of Crodoutof mynd* 
PHd9 gokhe byfoi and Bhame etMnyth behynd. 

MS, LttMl. 416, f. 57. 

(3) In good flesh and heart, in good condition. 
An old hawking ternL 

i4^ Fineness ; splendour. North. 
5) Lameness ; impediment. Cketh. 
PRIDELES. Without pride. (AS.) 
PRIDT. Proud. Comw, 
PRIE. The plant privet. . 
PRIEST^ILL. The ague. Devon. 
PRIESrSCROWN. ** Prestes ciowne that fly- 
eth about in somer, barbedieUf** Palsgrave. 
See Cotgravei in t. Dent. 
PRIG. (1) A small pitcher. South. 
(2) To higgle in price. North. 

isS A smdl brass skellet. Yorkth. 
i) To steal. Var. dial. Prygman, a thief, Fra- 
temitye of Vacabondes, 1575. 

(5) An old coxcomb. Devon. 

(6) To ride. A cant term. Dek]cer*8 Lanthome 
and Candle-light, sig. C. ii. 

PRIGGISH. Conceited; affected. North. 

PRIG-NAPPER. A horse-stcaler. 

PRIJEL. An iron tool for forcing nails oat of 

wood, otherwise perhaps called a monkey. 

Moor's Suffolk MS. 
PRIKELLE. To drive, or push. Heame. 
PRIKERE. A rider. Lydgate. 
PRILL. (1) To turn sour. Devon. 

i2^ A small stream of water. West. 
3) A child*s whirligig toy. 
PRIM. (1) The fry of smelts. Eatt. 

i2) A neat pretty girl. Yorksh. 
3) The plant privet. Tueeer. 
PRIMAL. Original ; first. Shah. 
PRIMA-VISTA. Primero. "The game at cardes 
called primero or prima vista,'' Florio, p. 400. 
It is called prim^to in a list of games in 
Taylor's Motto, 12mo. 1622, sig. D. iv. 
PRIME. (1) To trim trees. East. 

(2) Good ; excellent. Var, dial. 

(3) The hour of six o*clock, a. m. 

Thon wotte welle that hit m mo. 
And other gatii hit shaUe 900 

Er to mome at primt ; 
Thou hast me brou5t into this Ule, 
And I shalle ftil wele have my wille 

When I ae my tyme. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ▼. 48, f. 44. 

(4) First. Prime temp9f first time. 
f5) A term at primero. 

6) Eager ; maris appetens. Shak. 

7) The footstep of a deer. 

For (at a thrifty wenditcrapet kitchlng-ttuflb. 
And barrilUng the droppings, and the anulfo 
Of wasting candles, irhich in thirty year 
<Re1iqueIy kept) perchance bayes wedding chear) 
Piecemeal he gets lands, and spends as mnch time 
Wringing eadi acre, as maids putting prime. 

JDonne'tfPMfM, p. 124. 

PRIMB^OCK-BOT. "A prime-cock-hoy, a 
freshman, a novice, a milke-sop, a hoy new 
oome into the world," Florio, p. 227. 

PRIMED. (1) Intoxicated. North. 



(2) Spotted from disease. St^fblL 

PRIME-GOOD. Excellent. North. 

PRIMELY. Capitally. North. 

PRIMER. First ; primary. 

He who tiom lusts vile bondage would be teed. 
Its pHiafcr flames to suilbcate must heed. 
Sin is a plant* which if not flrom the root 
Soon pluck i, will soon to spreading mischief shoot ; 
Which If It does* its Tenom soon we find 
Infecting all our blood, and all our mind. 

Hi$tory <tf Jeaeph, 1691. 
Forasmuch at it hath pleased our Lorde God for 
to suffer and gmunte me grace for the primer 
notable workes purposed by me. 

NlekoV RofoJ WUh, p.S93. 

PRIMERO. A game at cards. According to 
the Compleat Gamester, ed. 1721, pw 49, it 
went rapidly out of fruhion after the intro- 
duction of the game of ombre. The same sn- 
thority informs us that primero was plsyed 
with six cards, and was similar to the latter 
game. See Bcai Jonson, iL 31 ; FloUo, pp. 71, 
400. 410. 

PRIMEROLE. A primrose. {A.'N.) 
The honysoude, the fToisshe prpmeroOg*, 
Ther lerys splaye at Phebos up-rysyng. 

Lvdgat^t Minor Passu, p. t42. 

PRIMETEMPS. Spring. (^.-A'.) Some 
Elizabethan poets Yk^^e prtme-tide. 

PRIMINERY. A difficulty. North. 

PRIMORDIAL. Original ; earliest. 

PRIMOSIT Y. Prudery. A word used by Pitt 
and Lady Stanhope. Memoirs of Lady Hester 
Stanhope, 8vo. 1845. 

PRIMP. To be very format Cumb. 

PRIM-PRINT. The plant privet. 

The most excellent is the greene eoloored cattcr- 
piller, which Is found uppoo that great buriiy pUmt, 
usuaUy termed priret, or pHmprtnit which hsth s 
drde enclosing round both his eyes and all his feete, 
having also a crooked home in his tayie: these catr 
terpiUers axe Uackish-iedde, with spou or strsakes 
going overthwart theyr sidm, beeing halfe white 
and halfe purpelish, the little pricks in these spots 
are inclining to redde : the rest of theyr body ii 
altogether greene. 

Topnir§ HMoHe i/&nwUf,p. 103. 

PRIMY. Early. Shak. 
PRIN. (1) A pin. North. 
(2) Prim; affectedly neat. 

Hee looks as gnunt and pHn, as he that spent 

A tedious twelve years in an eager Lent 

Or bodyes at the Resurection are 

On wing, just xarifying into ayre. 

Fletatet*» Poems, p. IW. 

PRINADO. A sharper. 

PRINCHE. To be niggardly ? 

Ther was with him non otiier (kre 
But for to prtnehe and for to spare. 
Of worldis muk to get* encres. 

Gower, MS. Boe. Antiq. 1S4, t W- 

PRINCIPAL. (1) A heirloom. Sometimes the 
mortuary, the principal or best horse led 
before the oorpBC ctf the deceased. 

And also that my best hone shall be.lny prindM 
i^thont any armour or man armed, aocordiag to 
the custom of mean people. Teat. Vetu^. p. 75* 

(2) The comer posts of a house, tenoned into 



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the groond pktes bdow, and into tbe beams 

of the roof. 
PRINCOGK. A peri saucy youth. Brockett 

hasprinctup as still in nseyandjmiMy-cocit is 

giTen by Carr, u. 58. 

If hee bee a little bookish* let him write bat the 

commcBdation of e flea, straight begs he the copple, 

kissing, hu^lngf grionlng, and smiling, till hee 

make the yong pHncoeXwas proud bm a peoocke. 

Lodg^9 Witt Btiterie, 1598. 
PRINCOD. A pincushion. North. Figura- 

tiTely, a short thickset woman. 
PEINGLE. A UtUe silver Scotch coin, about 

the TBlue of a penny, current in the north 

parts of England. Kennett, MS. 
PRINIT. Take it WiUa. 
PRINK, m To adorn; to dress wel ; to be 

smart and gay. " To be prinkt up, to be drest 

up fine or finical like children or vain women/' 

MS. Lansd. 1033. 

2) To look at ; to gaze upon. West. 

3) To be pert or forward. North. 
PRINSEDE. A principaUty. It is t e trans- 
lation ofprinc^MUua in Nominale MS. 

PRINT. (1) An imprint, or impression ; an effigy, 
or image ; the imprint ot money. 

(2) A mould for coin, &c 

(3) Inprint, wHh great exactness. Still in use, 
according fo Palmer and Forb . 

(4) Qear and bright. Kent. 

(5) A newspaper. Var. dial. 

PRIOR. The cross-bar to which the doors of 
a bam are &stened, and which prevents them 
from being blown open. 

PRISE. (1) A lever. Var. dial. 

(2) The note of the horn blown on the death of 
a deer in hunting. 

Syr Eglamour base done to dede 
Agrete herte, and tane the hede; 
The prysM heblewe fnlle schllle. 

MS. Uneoln A. i. 17* f. 140. 

(3) Fine ; good ; prized. 
PRISED. Overturned'; destroyed. 
PRISON. A prisoner.' (J.-N.) 
PRISONER'S-BARS. A game. See Bate (4). 
PRISTE. A priest. 

The kynge his false goddls alle forsuk«, 
And Crystyndome of prUte he tuke. 

MS. Lincoln A. 1. 17, f 129. 

PRISTINATE. Former; pristine. 

I thynke, yea and doubt not but your line shalbe 
again restored to the pristinate estate and degree. 

Hail, Richard III. f. la 

PRITCH. (1) To check, or withstand. Wett. 

(2) Any sharp-pointed instrument. Hence, to 
pierce or make holes. East. 

PRITCHEL. An iron share fixed on a thick 
staff for making holes in the ground. Kent, 

PRITTLE. To chatter. ** You priitle and 
prattle nothing but leasings and untruths," 
Heywood*s Royall King, 1637, sig. B. Prittle- 
prattle, ehildish talk. 

PRIYADO. A private friend. (Span.) 

And here Franklin* a kind of physician, Wwton, 
aserrant to Sir Thomas, and Sir Jerraoe YeWis, 
who is (as you shall hereafter bear) prtmdo to the 
Earl and Viscount, and the Coontess and Mrs. 



Tnmcr, are made instruments to kill and dispatch 
Sir ThouMS Orerbury. MS. Harl. 4888. 

PRIVATE. Interest; safety; privacy. 

PRIVE. Private; secret. (y^.-Al) Also a verb, 
to keep or be secret. 

Til gentilmen and joroanry, 

Thei have thaim alle the! ar worthy. 

Those that are priv^, 

MS. Cantab. Ft. v. 48, f. SO. 

PRIVETEE. Private business. 

PRIYY-COAT. A Ught coat or defence of mail 
concealed under the ordinary habit. 

PRIVY-EVIL. According to Markham, is in 
hawks *'a secret heart-sickness procured either 
by overflying corrupt food, cold, or other dis- 
orderly keeping, but most especially for want 
of stones orcastingin the due season : the signs 
are heaviness of head and countenance, evil 
enduing of her meat, and fowl black mutings," 
Cheap and Good Husbandry, ed. 1676, p. 133. 

PRIZALL. A prize. Daniel. 

PRIZE. (1) " k prize of that," meaning I don't 
mind it ; "a pish for it.'* Do they not mean 
a pize or pieh for it : as if they should say, 
it's but a trifle and not to be cared about, 
therefore a pize of it. Line, 

(2) To favour an affected limb, as a horse does. 
Dortet. 

PROANDER. Peradventure. Comw. 

PROBABLE. Proveable. 

PROBAL. Probable. Shah. 

PROCEED. To take a degree. This term is 
still used at the Universities. 

PROCERE. Large. 

Be it never so strong, rallant fair, goodly, plaant 
in aqtcct, procure, and tall* Btam'» Work*, p. 904. 

PROCES. Story; relation; progress. 

PROCKESY. A proxy. Palsgrave. 

PROCLIVE. To be prone to. 

PROCT. A large prop of wood. Line. 

PROCTOR. One who collected alms for lepers, 
or other persons unable to do it themselves. 
According to Kennett, beggars of any kind 
were called proctors. The Fratemitye of 
Vacabondes, 1575, has the following notice: — 
" Proctoor is he that wil tary long, and bring 
a lye, when his malster sendeth 1dm on his 
errand." Forby has proctor, to hector, 
swagger, or bully, which he considers derived 
from the older word. 

PROD. A goad for oxen ; any sharp-pointed 
instrument. Also a verb, to prick or goad ; 
to thrust. North. MTe have also proddle 
used in the same sense. 

PRODIGAL. Proud. Heref. 

PRODIGIOUS. Portentous; horrible. 

PROFACE. An exclamation equivalent to 
*' Much good may it do you." See the Down- 
fall of Robert, Earl of Huntington, p. 57. 

PROPER. A rabbit burrow. 

PROFESSIOUN. The monastic profession. 

PROFETS. Buskins. Exmoor. 

PROFFER. To dodge any one. I>eoon. 

PROFLIGATE. To drive off. 

With bow fnrent heart should we jn^igate and 
chase away sin. Beeen'a Wwrkt, p. 66. 



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In the which I doubt not but God will rather 
•M us ; yea, (and fight for ni) than tee utranqnUhed 
and prqfttguted, by such as neither fear Him nor His 
laws, nor yet regard Justice or honesty. 

HaW* l/AJon, 1M8. 

PROFUND. To lavish. {Lat.) 

For the cxchcwing of grete expences, whicheshuid 
be pro/Untied and consumed in the said interview, 
wherof ther is no nede here, considering the grete 
sommes of money tliat promptely be to be payde« 

State Papen, i. S51. 
PROG. (1) Food. Var, dial, 
(2) The same as Prodf q. y. 
PROGRESS. The travelling of the sovereign 

and court to various parts of the kingdom. 
PROHEME. A preface. 
PROIGNE. To prune. Here it means to pick 
out damaged feathers, as birds do. According 
to Markham, "a hawk proine* when she 
fetches oil with her beak over her tail." 
For Joye they pnigne hem evyry mornynge. 

MS. Aahmole 59, f. flO. 

PROINER. A pruner. Somerset, 
PROINING. Prying. Line, 
PROJECTION. An operation in alchemy; the 
moment of transmutation. 

He revealed to one Roger Cooke the great secret 
of the elixar, as he called it, of the salt of mctalls, 
tbBpn^eetUm whereof was one upon an hundred. 

MS. AihrnUe 1788, f. 147. 

PROKE. To entreat, or insist upon. Also, to 
stir, or poke about. Hence perhaps proking" 
9fntf a kind of rapier, mentioned in Hall's 
Satires, p. 99. 

PROKETOWR. A proctor. Pr, Part. 

PROKING-ABOUT. A familiar term appUed 
toa person who is busily looking for something, 
and examining, as we say, " every hole and 
corner." Sharp's MS. Warw. Gloss. 

PROLIXIOUS. Prolix; causing delay. 

PROLLE. To search, or prowl about ; to rob, 
poll, or steal ; to plunder. 

PROLONGER. A mathematical instrument, 
mentioned in Trenchfield's Cap of Gray Hairs 
for a Green Head, 12mo. I^ud. 1688, p. 153. 

PROMESSE. To promise. (A.-N.) 

Theu knowyst my ry5te, Lorde, and other men also ; 

As it is my ryjte, Lorde, so thou me defende : 

And the quarell that is wronge, It may be overthrow. 

And to ryght parte the victory thou aende. 

And I promesM the, good Lorde, roy lyifb to amende, 

I knoleye me a synner wrappid in woo. 

And all said with one voyse, Lorde, thy will be doo ! 

MS. Bibl. Reg. 17 D. xv. 

PROMISCUOUSLY. Accidentally ; by chance. 

PROMISE. To assure. Var, dioL 

PROMITTED. Disclosed. {Lat.) 

Promisloge to theim franke and free pardone of 
all offences and oommes [crimes ?] promitted^ and 
promocious and rcwardes, for obeynge to the kynges 
request. Hall, Henry VJl, f, 33. 

PROMONT. A promontorv. 
PROMOTER. An informer. 
PROMOVE. To promote, or patronize. 
PRONE. Changeable. Shak. 
PRONG. (1) A point. North, 
(2) A hayfork. Prong tteel^ the handle of a 
hayfork. South, 



PRONOTORT. A chief notaiy. 

PROOF. Land is said to be proqff when it la 

of an excellent quality. fFarvf. 
PROOFY. Nutritious. South, 
PROP. To help, or assist North. 
PROPER. (1; Veiy ; exceeding. Var. dial 
[2) Handsome ; witty. Still in use in Cornwall, 

according to Polwhele. 

3) To make proper, to adorn. 

4) To appropriate. Palsffrave. 

5) Becoming ; deserved. Eaat, 
PROPERTIES. Dresses of actors; articles and 

machinery necessary for the stage. 
PROPERTY. A cloak, or disguise. 
PROPHACION. Profanation. HalL 
PROPICE. Convenient ; propitious. (Lat.) 
Wherfore he edified bulwarkes,and buylded for- 
tresses on every syde and parte of his realme, where 
might be any place propUe and mete for an annie to 
arrive or take lande. Hall, Edward IV, f. 3. 

PROPINE. To drink healths. {Lat,) 
PROPONED. Proposed. (Lat,) 

Denlyng fiersly. al the other new invenciooa 
allied and proponed to his charge. 

Hotf'tf VnUm, 1548. 
Which being profMMieil and declared to the aaid 
emperor, and that in the final determinatioD of our 
said cause, and all the whole eircumfercnce thereof, 
we have, according to our most bounden duty, 
nothing else studied. Jf<S. CuUon. Nero, B. vi. 

PROPOS. A proposition. 

PROPOUNDERS. Monopolists. Bbnmt. 

PROPRIS. Possessions; property. 

PROPS. Legs. Var. dial. 

PROPULSE. To repulse. (Lat.) 

By whiche craftie ymagined Invendon they might 
either doke or propvUe from them al suspieioa o€ 
their purposed untruthe and shamefull disloyaltie. 

Boa, Hanrjf Vll. £. ISL 

Perceavyng that all succours were elerely estopped 

and propuUed ttom them, and so brought into utter 

despaire of aide or comfort. Hail, Henry Vil, f. 83. 

PROSCRIBE. To prescribe. "I proscrybe 
(Lydgate) for I prescrybe," Palsgrave. 

PROSPECTIVE. A perspective glass. 

PROSPERATION. Prosperity. 

PROSS. (1) Talk ; conversation. North. 

(2) 

They have onely three speers or proeaee, the two 
lower tume awry, but the uppermost groweth up- 
right to heaven, yet sometimes It falleth out (as the 
keepers of the saide beast af&rmed) that either by 
sicknes or else through want of food, the 1^ horn 
hath but two branches ; in length they are one 
Roman foot and a halfe, and one finger and a halfe 
in bredth, at the roote two Roman palmea. 

IbpeelFe Four-Foot^ Beatte, p. 3t7. 
PROTENSE. Extension; drawing out. 
PROTER. A poker. St^oli. 
PROTHODAWE. 

An arche foole cannot forge a lye for his pleasure^ 
but a prothodawe wyll ftine a gloae to nudnteine hit 
folish fantasia. HaU, Henry F. f. 41. 

PROTRACT. Delay. (Lat.) 
PROTRITE. Beaten up. (Lrat.) 

The fourth most protrite ard manifest unto Um 
world is their inconstande. 

Wrighfe Paeeion* of the Minde, Itti, p. 40. 



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PBOU. An inteijectiott used in driving cattle 

when they loiter. 
PROUD. (1) Luxuriant. North, 

(2) Full ; high ; swelled. Line, Pegge explains 
itl^«, ed.l839,p. 123. 

(3) Swelling; having a sore inflammation, as 
flesh has. Weft. 

(4) To be maris appetens. North. 

Yong man wereth jollf. 

And than proudeth man and wiif. 

Arthour and Merttn, p. 11. 

PROUD-PEAR. A kind of pear. It is men- 

tioned in Florio, ed. 1611, p. 182. 
PROUD-TAILOR, A goldfinch, far, dial 
PROULER. A cozener, or thief. 
PROVAND. Provender; provision. 
Whilln that lyarde myght drawe, the whillec was he 

Inffbdf 

Thay putt hym Xopnwmde, and therwyth he provede ; 

Now he may noghte do his dede* as he myght by-forn, 

Thay lyg by-fore hym pese-stzaa, and beris away the 

OOTO. MS, Unoofn A. i. 17« f. 148. 

And though It were as good, it would not convert 

dubs and clouted shoone Aro^i the flesh-pots of 

Egipt, to the jirseaitf of the Low-oountreyes. 

Nath't Pierce Pennittsee, lS9i. 
These sea-sick soldiers rang hills» woods, and valliet, 
Seeking prevant to fill their empty belllei ; 
JoDca goes alone, where Fate prepared to meet him 
With vaA a prey as did unfriendly greet him. 

Legend of Captain Jonee, I6fi0. 

PKOVANG. A whalebone instrument used 
for cleansing the stomach. See Aubrey's 
Wflts, Royal Soc MS. p. 191. 

PROVANT-M ASTER. A person who provided 
apparel for soldiers. See B. Riche's Fruites 
of Long Experience, 1604, p. 19. In Webster's 
Works, ii 152, we have provant apparel^ 
apparel furnished to solc^ers. Provant' 
breechesy Middleton, iv. 489. 

PROVE. (1) To thrive ; to be with young, gene- 
rally said of cattle. 

(2) To prove masteriest to make trial of skill, to 
try who does the best. 

PROVENDE. A prebend ; a daily or annual 
allowance or stipend. (A.-N) 
Ne 5it a lettre for to lende. 
For dignit^ ne for provende. 

Gower, MS. See. Antiq. 134, f. 32. 

PROVIAXJNCE. Provision. {J,'N) 
PROVISOUR. A purveyor, or provider. 
PROYOKEMENT. Provocation. Spen»er, 
PRO VOSTR Y. The office of provost. 
PROVULGE. To publish. {Lat.) 

Considering that the king hath alredy, and also 
before any censnres pneulgedy bothe provoked and 
appded. State Papere, 1.413. 

PROW. A small boat attendant on a larger 

vessel. Kennett, MS. Jjansd. 1033. 
PROWE. Honour ; profit ; advantage. 
In long abydyng is ful lytyl prowe, 

MS, Rawl, Poet. 118. 
Yif any man wU lay now. 
That I not deyde for maanys prow. 
Rather thanne he schulde be forlome. 
Vet I wolde eft be al to-tome. 

MS, Coll, Caii Cantab. 



PROWESSE. Integrity. (J.-N,) 
PROWEST. Most valiant Spenter. 
PROWOR. A priest. (A.^N,) 
PROWSE- Prowess. Warner, 
PRU. The same as Prowe, q. v. 
Do nat as the Pharysee 
Preyde God ajens hys pru, 

MS. Hart, 1701, f'77» 
Ne more hyt ys lore the vertu 
Of the messe, but mannys pru. 

MS, HarU 1701. f. 18. 

PRUCE. Prussia. 

And I bequeth, yef that I dey shall. 
For to hold my fest funeral. 
An hundreth marke of pr%iee money fyne. 
For to bistow upon lired and wyne, 
With other drynkys that dilicious be, 
Whiche in ordre hcrafter ye shall se. 

MS. Rawl, C. 86. 

PRUDGAN. Pert ; brisk ; proud. Prwrf, proud, 

occurs in Havelok, 302. 
PRUGGE. A partner, or doxy. 
PRUMOROLE. A primrose. (A.-N.) 
He shal ben lyk the lytel bee. 
That seketh the blosme on the tre. 
And souketh on the pemmerole, 

MS. Addit. 11807, f, 87. 

PRUNE. The same as Proigne, q. v. 
PRUNES. It appears from passages in Ma- 
roccus Extaticus, 1595, and other works, that 
stewed prunes were commonly placed in the 
vrindows of houses of disreputable character. 
PRUT. An exclamation of contempt. 
And setieth hym ryjt at the lefte. 
And seyth prut for thy cursyng prest. 

MS. Harl. 1701, f. SO. 
PRUTE. To wander about like a child. 
PRUTTEN. To be proud ; to hold up the head 
with pride and disdain. North. Prtt/^, proud, 
occurs in Wright's Pol. Songs, p. 203. 
PRYNE. Chief; first? (J.-N.) 

Be hyt wy th ryghte or wy th synne, 
Hym wyl he holde moste pry*i«. 

MS. Harl. 1701, f. 30. 

PRYOWRE. The first ; the chief. 

Sche scyde thou semyste a roan of honour. 
And thcrfore thou schalt be pryowre, 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 110. 

PRYVATED. Deprived. 

They woulde not onelye lese their wordely sub- 
staunce, but also be pryoated of their lives and 
worldly felycytie, rather then to lufTre Kynge 
Rycharde, that tyraunt, lenger to rule and rcygne 
over them. HaU, fUehard ill. f. 17. 

PSALL. A soul. Percy, 
PUANT. Stinking. Skelton, 
PUB. The poop of a vesseL 
PUBBLE. Plump ; fulL North, Kennett ap- 
plies it to com, MS. Lansd. 1033. 

Thou Shalt me fynde fat and well fed. 

As pubble as may be; 
And, when thou wilt, a merie mate 
To laughe and chat with thee. 

Drantt ap, Warton, liL 346. 

PUBLE. A pebble. Palsgrave. 

PUBLIC. An inn, or alehouse, far. diaL 

PUCELLE. A virgin ; a girL (fV.) 

PUCK. (1) Picked. Warw. 

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called. The term ia still VBiaixied in the Wes- 
tern connties in the ^hnMe puek4edden, be- 
iritched, fisiryled, strangdy uid nnaocount- 
ably confused. 

PUCKER. Conftuion; bother; perplexity; 
fright ; biuUe. Var. dioL 

PUCKETS. Nests of caterpillBrs. Satnx, Moor 
says it is used in Suffolk. 

PUCK-FIST. The common puff-ball, or fdngos. 
It was frequently used by early writers as a 
term of contempt; an empty, insignificant, 
boasting fellow. 

Old Ikther fwM^ knits bis arteries, 
FIntatrlkes, then raik on Riot's rilUnles. 

MUdlMvm** MSpigrwmt, 1006. 
If with these honors vertue he emtmoe. 
Then lovehtan: else hisjNici^A»M pompe eUiorre. 
fiimshiBe or dung-hils makes them stinke the more* 
And honor shewes all that was hid before. 

TatfUH*9 Work**, 1630, L 3. 

PUCKLE. (1) A pimple. Salop. 
(2) A spirit, or g^ost ; a puck. 

PUCKRELS. A small fiend or puck. 

And I thlnke he told me, that he shewed him 
her fai a |^se» and told him she had three or foure 
ImpeSf some call them puckras^ one like a grey cat, 
another like a weasel, another like a mouse, a Tcn- 
geance take them* it if a great pltie the conntry is 
not rid of them, and told him also what he should 
do ; it b half a yeare ago, and he never had any hurt 
since. CiffMTt Dialogue tm Witd%mt 1003. 

PUCKST. A quagmire. Wett. Possibly from 
Puckf who led night-wanderers into bogs, &c. 
Hence the phrase, " he got out of the muxy 
and fell into the pucksy" — 
Incidit in Scyllam cuplens ▼itaxe Charybdlni. 

PUD. (1) Budded. Weber, 

(2) The hand, or fist. WewL 

PUDDER. Confusion ; bother. 

Upon which my Lorde Willoughbie's oouosell, 
though to little purpose, made a great deale of jwd- 
der, for all the acts of parliament from E. 3 time 
till R. 8 are enroled in French. MS, Barh 388. 

PUDDERING-POLE. A stiixing-pole ? 

So loDg as he who has but a teeming brain may 
have leare to lay his eggs in his own nest, which is 
built beyond the reach of every man's puddering- 
pole. V, FairJhXt Bulk and Selvedgt^ 1674. 

PUDDING. A stuffed cushion put upon a child's 
forehead when it is first trusted to walk alone. 

PUDDING-BAG. Abird ofthe pea-eater kind, 
so called from its nest being in the form of a 
long pudding-bag, with a hole in the middle. 

PUDDING-DIP. Sauce. Yorkth. 

PUDDING-GRASS. The herb pennyroyal. 

PUDDING-HEADED. Thick-headed ; stupid. 

PUDDING-HOSB. Large wide breeches. 

PUDDING-PIB. A piece of meat plunged in 
batter and baked in a deep dish, thus partaking 
of the nature of both pudding and pie. EatL 
It is sometimes called a puddrnff-jne-doUf and 
in Oxfordshire the like name is giyen to batter 
pudding baked in a hard crust. A mention of 
puddhiff'pyes occurs in Taylor's Workes, 1630, 
L146. 

Did ever John of Leyden iNt>phecy 
Of such an Antichrist as pudding-p^t, 

Ff0tdi9r'9 litem*, p 155. 



A quartar olfliit lamba and thrse^ooie aggt have 
beene but an easle eolation, and three well larded 
pudding-pifea he hath at one time pnt to foyle. 

The Qraai Bater qf Kmr, 1630. 

PUDDING-POKE. The long-tailed titmouse. 
PUDDING-PRICK. The skewer which £utened 
the pudding-bag. "For this I care not a 
puddyng-pryeke" Shak. Soc. Papers, i. 63. 
Ray gives the proverb, " he hath thwitten a 
mill-post into a pudding-prick.*' See his Eng- 
lish Words, ed. 1674, p. 49. This phrase was 
applied to a spendthrift. 

Or that I fear thee any whit 

For thy cum nips ct sticks, 
I know no use for them so meet 

AstobepiMHiig'^eJfct. l{oUiiBoed,L J\ 

PUDDING-ROPE. A cresset-light. 
PUDDINGS. The intestines. North, Anun- 
tidy slovenly person is said to have his pud- 
dings about his heeU. • 
PUDDING-TIME. In pudding-time, in the 
nick of time, at the commencement oi dinner ; 
it having formerly been usual to begin writh 
pudding, a custom which still continues in 
humble life. " I came in season, as they say, 
in pudding-time/^ Withal*8 Dictionarie, 1608, 
p. 3. Said to be still in use. 

But Mats, who still protects the stout 
Inpudding-tima came to his aid. 

Httdt(rtu, I. ii. 885. 

PUDDING-TOBACCO. A kind of tobnoco, 
perhaps made up into a roll like a pudding. 

PUDDINING. The ancient offering of an egg, 
a handful of salt, and a bunch of matches, on 
the first visit of a young child to the house of a 
neighbour, is still very prevalent in many parts 
of the North of Eng^d at the present time. 
In the neighbourhood of Leeds tfie ceremony 
is termed puddnang^ and the recipient is then 
said to be puddined, 

PUDDLE. (1) To tipple. Devon, 

(2J Short and fiit. Yorish. " A fet body," Hal- 
lamshire Gloss, p. 120. 

PUDDLE-DOCK. An ancient pool frtim the 
river in Thames-street, not of the cleanest ap« 
pearance. An affected woman was sometimes 
termed Duchess of Puddle-dock* 

PUD-DUD. To pad about. O^eon, 

PUDGE. (1) An owL Leie. 

(2) A ditch, or grip. Line, 

PUE. (1) Pity. Test. Vetust. p. 380. 

(2) An animal's udder. Weei, 

(3) To chirp as birds do. 
PUET. The peewit. Markham, 
PUFF. Apuff-balL SomeneL 

PUFFIN. Malum pulmoneum. A kind of apple 
mentioned in Rider's Dictionarie, 1640. 

PUFF-LOAF. A kind of light bread. 

PUFF-THE-DART. A game played with a long 
needle, inserted in some worsted, and blown 
at a target through a tin tube. 

PUFF-WINGS. That part of the dress which 
sprung from the shoulders,and had the appear- 
ance of an inflated or blown-up wine. 

PUG. (1) To sweat. Warw. 

(2) A kind of loam. Sutaex, 



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(3) A ibrust. (4) To strike. WeH. Also, to 
pluck out, to pT]]l. 

(5) In large faxnUies, the under-eerrants call the 
upper ones^n^^, and the housekeeper'a room 
is known as pugt^-kole, 

(6) A third-year sodmon. 

(7) A monkey. " Monkies, apes, pvfff" Florio, 
p. 63. It was also a familiar and intimate 
mode of address. " My pretty pug, ma belle, 
m'amie,*' Howell, 1660. (6) To eat. Wilts, 

PUG-DRINK. Water cyder. Weet, 

PUGGARB. A thief. /Hf^^rin^ in Shakespeare 
is said to mean thieving. 

PUGGEN. The gable-end. Devon. 

PU6GINS. Refuse wheat. Warw. 

PUGGLE. To stir the fire. Essex, 

PU6GY. Damp; moist; foggy. Var.tUaL 

PUG-MIRE. A quagmire. Derb. 

PUG-TOOTH. The eye-tooth. Dewm, Possibly 
the same sa pugging-twlh in Shakespeare. 

PUG-TOP. A spinning-top. West, 

PUISNE. A small creature. (JV.) 

PUISSANCE. Might; power. 

Kiog Edwarde beeyng nothyng abuhed of thys 
•xnall chaunce, lente good woides to the Erie of 
Penbroke, animatTog and byddyng hym to bae of a 
good courage* pxtMnyiyng hym not alonely ayde In 
fhorte tyme,but also he hymaelf in penone royall 
would folowe hym with all hyi puwtwunce and 
power. Halli Edward IF. 1. 12. 

PUKE. Explained by Baret, a colour between 
russet and black. " Chidro seuro, a darke puke 
colour," Florio, p. 97. 

That a camell is so iogeodred sometimes, the 
roughnea of his halre like a boares or swioes, and 
the strength of his body, are sufficient eridences ; 
and these are worthily called Bactrlans because they 
were first of all conceived among them, having two 
bonehea on their backes ; whereas the Arabian hath 
but one. The colour of thic camell is for the most 
port browne, or puAe, yet thereare beards of white 
ones in India. TtpmlVt Four-Foottd BmmU, 1607. 

PULCHE. To polish. (^.-iV.) 
PULCHER. St. Sepulchre. 

consider this, and every day conjecture 

That JPif/cA«r'« bell doth toU to Tyburn Lecture. 

Satire against Laud, 1641. 
Then shall great volumes with thy travels swell. 
And Fame ring lowder then Saint Pulcher't bell. 

Taylor's Worker, 11.81. 

The said lord Dakars above saide was beryid in 

Saamt Powlkmrt Churche, and the said lord Dakars 

was hanggid for robbr^ of the kyngges deer, and 

martherof the kepars. MS. Gotlon. Vaspas, A.xxr, 

PULCHRITUDE. Beauty. (Lat.) 
PULDRONS. Armour for the shoulder and 

the upper part of the arm. 
PULE. (1) A pew. Lane, 
(2) To cry ; to blubber. Yorksh, 
PULER. A puling person, one who is weak, 

who eats without appetite. 

If she be pale of complexion, she will prove but a 

puler/ is she high coloured, an ill cognizance. 

The Man in the Moom, 1609, ilg.G. 

PULETTE. A chicken. {A,-N.) 
PULFIN. A large fat boy. Wext, 
PULID* A kite ; a glead. Unc, 
PULK. (1) A coward. Unc. 



(2) A pool; a puddle. Vttr. disiL 

(3) A abort fat person. East, 

PULL. To pull down a side, L e. to iigore or 
damage a cause. 

PULLAILE. Poultry. {A^N,) PuOam and 
puUen is found in several early plays. " PmU- 
laiOer, a poulter or keeper of pullaine," 
Cotgrave. 

The sixt house denoteth serraRts, aldnmsia, wiU 
beasts, ryding, hunting of and by dogs, sheepe and 
muttons, goates and pmilettte, and hath some signifi- 
cation over prisons, unjustice, and false accusatloM^ 
and is catted. The house cadant of the fourth, and 
otherwise ill fortune, and hath goTenmcnt over 
the belly and bowels. 

Judgemsmt* ef the Stmrres, U95. 

PULLE. Pool {A,-S.) 

Tho hi mljten drinke that hi weren AiUa, 
Hi floten iwithe rired bl dich and bi puUe. 

MS.MedL9S9,{.l, 

PULLEN. The small crab used for baiting sea- 
fishing-hooks. North. 
PULLER. A loft for poultry. Norf. 
PULLEY-PIECES. Armour for the knees. 
PULL-FACES. To make grhnaoes. 
PULLIN6-TIME. The CTcning of a lair-day, 

when the wenches are palled about. East. 
PULLISH. To polish. Paisgrave. 
PULL-OVER. A carriage-way over the banks 

of the sea. Line, 
PULL-REED. A long reed used for ceilings 

instead of latha Somerset. 
PULLS. The chaff of pulse. North. 
PULL-TOW-KNOTS. The coarse and knotty 

parts of the tow. East. 
PULLY-HAWLY. (I) To pull stoutly. 
(2) To romp about. Far. dial 
PULLY-PIECES. The polcins, or armour for 

the knees. See Howell, in v. 
PULMENT. A kind of pottage. " Pulmento- 

Hum, a pulment," Nominate MS. 
PULPATOONS. Confections. 
PULPIT-CUFFER. A violent preacher. 
PULSE. Pottage. Somerset. 
PULSEY. A poultice. North. 
PULSIDGE. Pulse. Shah. 
PULT. Outpult, put out. 

Ave exciudit penalitatem, are ys out pult al hard- 

nesse. ^S. Bumep 356, p. 83. 

PULTER. A poulterer. Palsgrave. Also, the 
royal ofSoer who had charge of the poultry. 

PULTERS. The men in mines who convey the 
coal from the hewen. North. 

PULVERING-DAYS. Any days when the com- 
munity assemble to let to farm the town 
lands ; but the contract was always confirmed 
on a particular day, aa at Southwold, on the 
6th of December. 

PULVER-WEDNESDAY. Ash-Wednesday. 

PULWERB. A pillow. {J.-N.) 
PUM. To beat, or thump. North. 
PUMMEL. To beat soundly. Var.tlioL 
PUMMEL-FOOTED. Club-footed. West. Some 

of the glossaries have pumple-footed. 
PU MMEL-TREE. A whippletree for horses. 
IpUMMER. Big; large. North. 



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PUMMY. Soft; pulpy. Far. dial, 
PUMPET-BALL. The baU with which a 

printer lays ink on the fonm. 
PUM-PUM. A ludicrous tenn, applied by 

Manton to a fiddler. 
PUN. (1) To pound, or beat. ffesL <*To 

Btampe or puime in a morter/' Florio, p. 6. 
(2^ A child's pinafore. Devon, 
(3) A small iron skillet. Line, 
PUNAY. A small fellow ; a dwarf. 

ArthouT, with a litel punap, 
Hadde y-drivcn ban oway. 

AHhour and MtrUn, p. 121 . 

PUNCCION. A puncture. {Lat.) 

But I thlnke thys was no dreame, but a puneeion 
and pricke of his synfull conaciencct for the con- 
idenca Is somuche more charged and agfravate, as 
the oflbnee is great and nu>re heynous in degre. 

Hall, Richard J J I, f. S9. 

PUNCH. (1) A bard blow. Var.dioL 

(2) To kick. Ywktk. 

(3) A kind of hone. Suffolk, 

(4) Short ; fat North. A pot-belUed man is 
said to be jnmchy. 

(5) To work very hard. Oxon. 
PUNCH-AND^UDY. A kind of dramatic ex- 

hibition with puppets, still very popular. 
PUNCH-CLOD. A clodhopper. North. 
PUNCHION. (1) A bodkin. North. 
(2) An upright piece of stout timber in a 
wooden partition. " Auer^ a punchion or 
joyst," Elyot, ed. 1559. 
PUNCHITH. To punish. {A,-N.) 
PUNCTED. Punctured. {Lat.) 

And after that she came to her memory, and was 
rery ved agayne, she wept and sobbyd, and with pite* 
ftill scriches she replenesbyd the hole mancion, her 
hreste she puneted, her fayre here she tare. 

HaU, Richard 111. f. 4. 
PUND. A pound. North. 
PUNDER. (1) To puzzle. We$tm. 
To balance evenly. Eatt. 
A mortar. Yorhh. 
PUNEAR. To peruse a book. South. 
PUNG. (1) A purse. 
(2) Pushed. Exmoor, 
PUNGAR. A crab. Kent, 
PUNGEDE. Pricked. 

Behalde his bludy flesche. 
His heidejwfi^da with thome. 

MS. Uneoln A. L 17* f. S29. 

PUNGER. To Bpunge upon. Wegt. 
PUNGLED. ShriveUed ; tough. Eatt. 
PUNICE. To punish. {A,-N.) 
PUNIES. (1) SmaU creatures. (Fr.) Froshmen 

at Oxford were called puniee qf thejint year, 
(2) Lice or insects. HaU, 
PUNISHMENT. Pain. IFeet. 
PUNK. (1) Touch-wood. North. 
(2) A prostitute. "Seated cheek by jowle 

with a punkct" Dekker's Knight's Conjuring, 

p. 20| Percy Society repr. 

His plmpship with his punke, desplght the home, 

Eate gosling giblets in a fort of come. 

Taplor^t Wcrka, 1630, 1. 110. 
PUNKY. (1) Dirty. Derb, 
(2) A chimney-sweeper. Yorkth, 



PUNSE. To punch, or beat. North. 
PUNTO. A term in fencing; pmUo dntia, a 

direct stroke ; jmnto riverta, a back- handed 

stroke. See Rom. and JuL ii. 4. 
PUOY. A long pole with spikes at the end, 

used in propelling barges or keels. North, 
PUPPY. A puppet. East. 
PUR. (1) The poker. Line. 

(2) A one year old male sheep. 

(3) To whine, as a cat. Var. dial. 

(4) Pur, pur-chopff pur-do^s, pur-eeit, Ac 
terms at the old game of Post-and-Pair. 

(5) To kick. North. 

(6) A boy. Dorset. 
PURCHASE. The booty of thieves. A very 

common term in old plays. 

PURD Y. (1) Proud ; surly ; rude. East. 

(2) A little thickset feUow. North. 

PURE. (1) Mere ; very. Stfll in use. A coun- 
tryman shown Morland's picture of pigs feed- 
ing, corrected the artist, by exclaiming, "They 
be pure loike surelye, but whoever seed 
three pigs a-feeding without one o' em having 
his foot in the trough ?" 

(2) Poor. R. de Brunne, Bowes MS. 
Now wate I wele you covaytes to wyte wbiike 

are verray pun, and whilke noghte. 

MS. Uncolm A. i. 17, f. iUS. 

(3) In good health, far. dioL 

(4) To purify. Maundevile, p. 286. 
^5) A prostitute. A cant term. 
PURED. Purred. Ritson. 
PURELY. (1) Prettily ; nicely. East. 

Ortolan, a delicate bird, of the bigness of a lark- 
It sings purely, and is good to eat. 

Mitg^t Great French Dietlonarp, 16B8. 

(2) The same as Pure (3). 

PURPLE. The hem of a gown. Also, to orna- 
ment with trimmings, edgings, or embroi- 
dery. ** A blac lamb f urre without purple of 
sable," Lydgate*8 Minor Poems, p. 57. 

To the Lady Beaumont, my daughter, a p*trJU of 
sable, my ixst feather-bed, and other furniture. 

Test. Vetut. p. 471. 

PURGATORY. The pit grate of a kitchen fire- 
place. West. 

PURGY. Proud ; conceited. North. 

PURITAN. A whore. A cant term. 

PURKEY. A species of wheat. 

PURL. (1) Border; hem; fringe ; stitch-woik ; 
a twist of gold or silver. 

(2) To turn swiftly round ; to curl or nrniu cir- 
cles ; to eddy, as a stream. 

(3) Guard ; watch. Comw. 

(4) A term in knitting. It means an inyersion 
of the stitches, which gives to the work, in 
those parts in which it is used, a different ap- 
pearance from the general surface. The seams 
of stockings, the alternate ribs, and what are 
called the clocks, are purled. 

PURLE. To prowl about for prey. 
PURLEY. Weak-sighted. Wilts. 
PURLICUE. A flourish in writing. 
PURLINS. Those pieces of timber that lie 
across the rafters on the inside, to pnserrtt 



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them from smkliig in the middle of their 

length. 
PURL.ROTAL. A Uquor made with sack mixed 

with various spices. 
PURN. An instrnment for holding a vicious 

bone by the noae whilst the blacksmith is 

shoeing him. 
PURPAIN. A napkin. The counterpane of a 

bed was called the purpam arpurpomt, 
PURPLES. A species of orchis. 
PURPOOLE. Gray's-inn, so caUed from the 

sncient name of its manor or estate. 
PURPOSES. A kind of game. " The prettie 

game which we caUpwyotes/* Cotgrave, in v. 

Opmion, 
PURPRESTURE. An encroachment on any- 

thing that belongs to the king or the public. 
A brief difcorerie of the great purfre»ture at 

newe buyldiiigee nere to the cittie, with the 

meanet howe to zettraine the tame. 

Arehwologiat xxlIU 121. 
PURPRISE. Anmcloeure. (A.-N.) 
PURPURINO. Having a purple colour. 
PURR-BARLEY. Wild barley. 
PURREL. A list ordained to be made at the 

end of kersies to prevent deceit in diminish- 
ing their length. See Blount. 
PURSE. To steal, or take purses. 
PURSE-NET. A net, the ends of which an 

drawn together with a string, like a purse. 
For thtnke yee to catch ilshe with an unbelted 

hooke, or take a whale with a pyratrntt, then may 

yee retuoume with a bare hooke, and an eniptle 

pane. liMpI^t Smrch far Mone^, 1609. 

PURSEWEND. Suitable; pursuant. U.-N.) 
PURSLEN. Porcelain. 
PURST. Loet; gone away. 
PURT. Topont; to take a dislike ; to be sul- 

len, or sulky. JFett, 
PURTE. Purity. 
PURTENANCE. (1) That which belongs. Ap^ 

purtmance is still in use as a law term. 

Alle the loodys and paMeuIoat 

That I have lying within the bownt 

Of Southwerke and of the ttwes lyde, 

At wyade-mdlei ande water-millei eke, 

With alle their rmrtenauneu lying on every ayde, 

That be there redy and ar not for to seke. 

And to alle that clerkya avaunce 
To holy cherches portj/naunet. 

MS. HarU 1701, f. 72. 
(2) An animal's intestines. Pahgrave. 
PURTING.GLUMPOT. AsulkyfeUow. Dewm. 
PURTRED. Portrayed. (^.-AT.) 
There was purtred in iton 
The fykfoferus everychon, 
The story of Absolon. &r Degrevant, 1449. 

PURVEY. To provide. (J.-N.) It is a sub- 
stantive in our second example. 
y f he wyt te that hyt woMe gayne« 
He wolde pmrvep hym ftille fayne 

That lady for to wynne ; 
He had nothyr hors nor spere. 
Nor no wepyn hym with to were. 
That brake hys herte withynne. 

MA Cmtab, Fi. il. 38, f . 70. 
The which, when they bear of the arrival and 



purp0if that ye, and other of our sul^lects make at 
home in help of us, shall glre them great courage to 
haste their coming unto us mudi the rather, and 
not faU ; as we trust fully. LetUr qf Henry V. 1419. 
PURVEYANCE. (1) Providence ; foresight. 
(2) Provision. (A..N.) 

Body and sowle so they may hem lede 
Into Myssa of etemalle purv^aunee, 

MS, Qtntab, Ft. I 6, f. 137. 
Was nerer sly Ike a purveaunee 
Made in Yngland ne In France. 

MS. Uncoln A. L 17f t. 138. 

PURVIDE. To provide. Eiut. 

PURVIL. To gain one's UveUhood by artful 
and cunning means. North, 

PURWATTLE. A splashed hedge. Devon. 

PUR-WIGGY. A tadpole. Suffolk. 

PURYE. A kind of pottage. 

PUSAYLE. A guard, or archer. (J.-N.) 
Scarsly oouthe I chare away the kite, 
That^e bhrere wolde my puMy/e. 

OeetoM, MS. Sue. Antiq. 134, f . 9A5. 

PUSESOUN. Poison. (A.-N.) 

Mani Uketh therof putumm. 
And dyeth In mlchel wo. 

Boulandand V9magu,'p. 11. 

PUSH. (1) An exclamation, as Pish 1 
(2) A boil. Eatt. " Red pimples otpuahet in 
mens faces," Florio, p. 69. ** A little swelling, 
like a bladder or jnuht that riseth in bread 
when it is baked,'' Baret, 1 580. 
PUSH-PIN. A child's play, in which pins are 
pushed with an endeavour to cross theuL So 
explained by Ash, but it would seem from 
Beaumont and Fletcher, vii. 25, that the game 
was played by aiming pins at some object. 
To see the sonne you would admire, 
Goe play at pvuh-pin with his sire. 

Men Miracles, 1656, p. 15. 
Love androyselfe, beleeve me, on a day. 
At childish piM^^fi, for our sport, did play. 

Herricie» Works, I. SS. 

PUSH-PLOUGH. A breast-plough. Staf. 
PUSKILE. A pustule. 
PUSKITCHIN. A tale-teller. Wett. 
PUSKY. Wheezy. Someratt. 
PUSS. (1) A hare. Var. dial. 
(2) A woman, in contempt. 
PUSSOMED. Poisoned. Yorkih. 
PUSSY-CATS. Catkins. South. 
PUSTLE. A pustule. Florio, p. 64. 
PUT. (1) An attempt. Warw. 

(2) To put a girdle round anything^ to travel or 
go round it. To put to busine»tf to vex or 
trouble. To put about^ to teaze or worry. 
To put on, to subsist ; to impose upon. To 

put the mUler'e eye outj to make pudding or 
broth too thin. To put the etone, to throw 
the stone above hand, from the uplifted hand, 
for trial of strength. Put to it, at a loss for 
an expedient. Toputforthf to begin to bud. 
To put off, to delay. Put outf annoyed, vexed. 

(3) To push, or propeL North. It occurs in 
Pr. Parv. and Havelok. 

(4) A two-wheeled cart used in husbandry, and 
so constructed as to be turned up at the axle 
to discharge the load. 



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'5) To stumble. Notf, 
'6) Amole-hUI. Suffblk. 

A pit, or cave. {A^S,) 
8) A game at cards. 

There are tome playing et back-gammon, tome 
at trick-track, aome at picket, tome at cribidge, and, 
perhaps, at a by-Uble la a coner, four or five harm- 
le« fellowa at vut, and all-fourea. 

Cmantry GenOtman't Vada MuMm, leW, p. 79. 

(9) In coal mines, to bring the coals firom the 
workings to the crane or shaft. 

(10) A stinking feUow. Z>ewm. 
PUTAYLB. The populace. (^.-iST.) 
PUTAYN. A whore. (il-M) Fix d pnUain, 

son of a whore, a common term of reproach, 
misprinted in Oy of Warwike, p. 295. 
PUT-CASE. Suppose a case, i. e. take an 

example from an imaginary case. 
PUTCH. A pit, hole, or pnddle. Kemt, 
PUTCHKIN. A wicker bottle, yiw/. 
PUTB. To impute. Still in use. 
PUTBRIE. Whoredom. {A.'N.) 
And byg aa ful stille to spya» 
And herde of byre jw(»v«. 

WrighfM Snen Aflfer, p. 4?. 

PUTHE. Pitch. Heame. 

PUTHER. (1) Pewter. North. 

(2) The same as Pudder, q. t. 

PUTHERY. Said of a sheep whidi has water 

on the brain. Suaev. 
PUTLOGS. The cross horizontal pieces of a 

scaffold in building a house. 
PUT-ON. (1) To be depressed, or sad. 

(2) Put your hat on ; be covered. This phrase 
occurs in Massinger and Middleton. 

(3) To excite, or stir up ; to go fast. 
PUTOUR. A whoremonger. {A,'N.) 
PUT-OVER. (1) A hawk was said to jrut over 

when she remoyed her meat frx>m the gorge 

into the stomach. 
(2) To recoyer from an illness. 
PUT-PIN. Thegameof;w«A/?m, q. y. There 

is an allosion to it under this name in Nash's 

Apologie, 1593. 

That can lay downe maidens bedda. 
And that can hold ther sickly heds: 
That can play at put-pin, 
Blowe-poynte, and near lin. 

PlaynfUUogwmt, MS. 

PUTRE. To cry. North, 
PUTTER. A lever. Sufoli. 



a The same as Cue (1). •* Go for a q," 
Lilly's Mother Bombie, ap. Nares. 
QD. Contr. for quod or quoth. 
QHYP. A whip. Prompt. Parv. 
QRUS. WrathfiiL See Crou$ (I). 

QUA. Who. 

Qmm herd ever a warr auntur. 
That he that n(%ht hadd hot of him, 
Agayn him siald becum sua grim. 

MS, Cott. Vespat, A. iiL f. 4. 

QUAB. An unfledged bird. Hence, anything 

in an imperfect, unfinished state. 
QUABBB. A bog, or quagmire. 
QUACK. To be noisy. Weet. The term is 

applied to any croaking noise. 



PUTTER.OUT. (1) A dfistribotor. 
(2) One who deposited money with a ptrty on 
going abroad, on condition of reeetving a great 
interest for it on his return, pro p ort ionable to 
the dangers of the journey, and tiie chances 
of his arrival to daim it. This custom was 
very common in Shake8peare*a time, and is 
alluded to in the Tempest, iiL 3. 
PUTTICE. A stoat, or weasel. Keni. 
PUTTOCK. (I) A common prostitute. 
(2) A kite. The term was metaphoricaDy applied 
to a greedy ravenous fellow. 
Who sees a heftr dead and bleeding fIrcSh* 
And sees hard-by abnbcher with an axe. 
But wU suspect twas he that made the slaii«fal«r * 
Who llndaa the partridge in the ptModtt neaat* 
But will laiagiae how the bird caote there. 

Finl PqH ^Me OMtmtion, 16ci0. 
I am a greate travelir. 

I lite on the dunghill like a pmttock t 
Nay, take me with a lye. 
And cut out the Inrane of my buttock. 

Mariagt of WUt and WUdom9, ]579l 

PUTTOCK-CANDLE. The leaat candle in a 

pound, put in to makeup weight. Kent. 
PUT-UP. (I) To sheath one's swonL 
(2) To tolerate ; to bear with. Also, to take up 

residence at an inn. Var. dioL 
PUZZEL. A filthy drab. 
PUZZLE-HEADBD-SPOONS. AposUe-headed- 
spoons ; each with the figure of an s^Mwtle, his 
head forming the top of the spoon. They 
may be seen at several places in Cornwall and 
Devon. See Apoetle-spoone, 
PUZZUM. Spite; malice. North. 
PYE. Father qf the Pye^ the chairman of a 

convivial meeting. Devon. 
PYKE. To move or go off. 
PYONINGS. Works of pioneers; military 

works of strength, ^jtenser. 
PYRAMIDES. Spires of churches. 
PYTE. Mercy ; pity. (^.-5.) 
Fro dalis deep to the I cryde. 

Lord, thow listyn the voys of me ! 
This deep presoun that I in byde, 

Br^ it up Lord for thinjiyf^. 
Be thow myn govemowr and myn gyde. 

Myn gOttUy foode, that I noujt fie. 
And let out of thin herte glyde. 
That I have trespasyd a^ens the. 

Hmnpol^M Paraphrase of tht Ptalms, MS. 



QUACKING-CHEAT. A duck. An old cant 
term, given by Dekker, 1616. 

QUACKLE. To choke, or suffocate. East. 

QUACKSALVER. A cheat or quack. 

But the juglera or quademlvtrg take tb^n by 
another course, for they have a staffe slit at one end 
like a payre of tongs, those stand open by a ptone ; 
now, when they see a serpent, viper, adder or snake, 
they set them uppon the neck neere the bead, and 
pulliDg foorth the pinne, the serpent ia ineviubly 
Uken, and by them loosed into a prepared vesseU, 
in which they keepe her, and give her meate. 

TtipsM* ai$torie9f Serpents, 160B, p. 49. 

QUAD. Bad; evil. Chaueer. 

QU ADDLE. To dry, or shrivel up. Weet. 



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QUADDT. BitMd ; thort and OiidL Sati, 
QUADB. To ipcnl, or destroy. 
QUADRAT. Arnunged in squares. 

And they followed in a quadrai srcmy to Ui* tntent 
todcftroy kyng Henry. 

HalTs VnUm, 1648. Hen IF. f. 13. 

QUADBSLLS. Four square pieces of peat or 

turf made into that fashion by the qpade that 

cats them. Stuff » 
QUADRILLE. A game at cards, Tery similar 

to Ombrt, q. v. 
QUADRIL06B. A work compiled from fonr 

satbors. A Life of Thomas Becket was so called. 
The very authoun of the qtmiriktgt ItMlfe, or 

long of foure parte, for they yeeld a conoert* though 

It be without harmonie, doe all* with one pea and 

month, acknowledge the same. 

Lambardt^* PerambulaHan, lfl96, p. 615. 

QUADRIYIUM. The seven arts or sciences 
were formerly divided into the gwidrivhtm, or 
fomfold way to knowledge ; and the (rwium, 
or threefold way to eloquence. The former 
comprised arithmetic, geometry, music, and 
astroDomy; the latter, grammar, rhetoric, 
and logic. 

QUAER. Where. 
That I mlt bccnm hir man, I began to crave. 
For nothing in hirde fondin woid I let i 
Sehe bar me faat on bond, that I began to rave. 
And bad me fond farther, a fol for to fecbe. 
Qiiatr gmpdlia al thi speche f 
Tbn findit hlr noht hire the lot that thu teche. 

Jtf. ^nwMlf/87,f.lS0. 

QUAG. A hog, or quagmire. Var* diaL Hence 
ftups^, soft and tremulous. 

QUAGGLE. A tremulous motion. South, 

QUAIL. (1) To go wrong. 

(2) To shrmk, flinch, or yield. To soften or 
decrease, Holinshed, Ckmq. Ireland, p. 21. 
Sometimes, to faint, to droop, to fall sick. 

(3) To curdle. £tut. ** I quayle as mylke dothe, 
je ^uaiOebotte i this mylke ia^quayled, eate 
none of it," Palsgrave. *' The cream is said 
to be guailed when the hutter begins to ap- 
pear in the process of churning," Batchelor's 
Orthoep. AnaL p. 140. 

(4) A whore. An old cant term* 

(5) To overpower, or intimidate. 
QUAIL-MUTTON. Diseased mutton. Line. 
QUAIL-PIPE. A pipe used to call quails. 

Qtml-f^ boottf bootsresembling aquail-pipe, 
from the number of plaita or wrinkles. 
QUAINT. Elegant; neat; ingenious. Occa- 
iionaUyy prudent. Quaintnmi, beauty, ele- 
gance. Now obsolete in these senses. 
QUAINTE. To acquaint; inform. 

There If ho travaile and qualnie him well. 
The Treaaure of Knowledges ia his eche dcale. 

WUunriti* Qutle of KnowMge» 1650. 

QUAIKE. A quire, pamphlet, or book. 
Thow Utdl gtwyer, how darst thow shew thy face. 
Or com yn presence of men of honest^ 1 
Sith thow ard rude and folowist not the trace 
Of (aire laogage, nor haiste no bewi6 ; 
Wherefore of wysedom thus I councell the. 
To draw the bake fer out of their sight, 
Lcstihow be hadinreproef and dispite. 

M8* RawL C. 86. 



QUAIST. (1) 
Hit most be a curat, a crouned vyght. 

That knowth that t»ta^nf fkome ben and pcM» 
Or ellys theyre medtyns they have no my|^ 
To geve a mane lyiCBS to lyve in ease. 

Jf&Ctafsaak.Fr.t.d 



(2) Indigestible; tough. NoHk. 

QUAKE. (I) To shake. ShaJt. 

(2) Fear, trembling. {A..S.) 

Thou shal bye thi breed ful dcie. 
Til thou tume ajeyn in quake 
To that erthe thou were of-take. 

Curtor MwnH, MS, CoU, Triau CanUlb, f . f . 

QUAKER-GRASS. The shaking grass. Wore. 
QUAKING-CHEAT. A calf , or sheep. 
QUALE. To kin, or destroy. {J.-S.) 
QUALESTER. '* Choriata, aqwalester,** Nomi- 

nale MS. of the fifteenth century. 
QUALIFY. To soothe, or appease. 
QUALITY. Profession; occupation. 
QUALITY-MAKE. The gentry. North. 
QUALLE. A whale. 

The lady whyte ab qwvUU bane, 

Alie falowed hir hewe. 

M8, LUwotn A. i. 17» f. 143. 

QUALME. (1) Sickness ; pestilence. {A.^S.) 
(2) The noise made by a raven. 
QUAMP. StiU ; quiet. JFe»t. 
QUANDORUM. A polite speech. South. 
QUANK. To overpower. JFeti. 
QUANT. A pole used by the bargemiin on the 
Waveney between Yarmouth and Bungay, for 
pushing on their craft in adverse or scanty 
winds. It has a round cap or cot at the 
immerged end to prevent its sticking in the 
mud. Some of the quants are nearly thirty 
feet long. The term occurs in Pr. Parv. 
QUANTO-DISPAINE. An ancient dance de- 
scribed in MS. RawL Poet 108. 
QUAPPE. To quake ; to tremble. 
QUAR. (1) A quarry. West. 

When temples lye like batter'd qtuuT», 
Rich in their ruin'd sepulchers. 
When saints forsake theli painted glass 
To meet their worship as they pass. 

Fletthei'M Potfmt, p. 136. 

(2) To coagulate, applied to milk in the female 

breast. Somerset. 
QUARE. To cut into pieces. 
QUAREL. A stone quarry. ** Sax^offhm, a 

qwaryle,'' Nominale MS. 
QUARELLES. Arrows. (^.-M) 

iiufttr»Us» qwayntly swappei thorowe knyghtas 

With iryneso wekyrly, that wynche they never. 

MorU Arthure, MS. Uncoln, f.7S« 

QUARIER. A wax-candle, consisting of a 
square limp of wax with a wick in the centre. 
It was also called a quarion, and is frequently 
mentioned in old inventories. ** All the endes 
of quaniers and prickets," Ord. and Reg. p. 
295. 

QUARKEN. Tosufrocate;toBtxangle. 

With greatte dyfflcultle I fynde it out I have a 
throte-bolle almoste strangled i. snarled or fuor- 
kmit^ with extreme hunger. 

Falagrw^t Aeola&hUt 1540. 

QUARL. To quarrel Somormt, ** Qnarled 



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poiBon," quotttioii in Nam. Should we reid 
"^iMffM poison?" 
QUAROF. Whereof. 

With Lltylmoo. the lestfynftr, 

He begynnca to hoke, 
And nyct, quanf vd thou lo ferd ? 
HitlsaUtUsyiine. 

MS. CtmUA. Ff. ▼. 48, f. 89. 

QUARRB. Square. 

iiuvri acheld, gode swerd of ttell. 
And lannoe ttef, biteead weL 

ilrrAoiir and JffrNn, p 111. 

QUARREL. (1) A square of window glass, 
properly one placed diagonally. Ancientlyi 
a diamond-shaped pane of glass. Hence the 
cant term ^Morref^ittfr, a glazier. The word 
was applied to several articles of a square 
shape, and is still in use. 

(2) A duel, or private combat. 

QUARRELOUS. Quarrelsome. Shak. 

QUARRIER. Aworkerataquarry« 

QUARROMES. The body. A cant term. See 
a list in Dekker's Lanthome and Candle-light, 
4to. Loud. 1620, sig. C. IL 

QUARRY. (1) Fat ; corpulent. « A quarry, fkt 
man, obnu»" Coles' Lat. Diet. 

(2) See Quarter and QumrtlL 

{Z) Prey, or game. Quarry^hamk^ an old entered 
and reclaimed hawk. 

(4) An arrow. Drayton, p. 29. 

QUART. (1) A quarter. Spenter. 

(2) Three pounds of butter. Leic, 

QUARTER. (1) An upright piece of timber in 
a partition. Somerset. 

(2) A noise ; a disturbance. 

Staig, hi ho. Sir Arthur, no more in the houie you 

thaU prate i 
For all you kept such a ffwarfer, you are out of the 

councell of state. 

Wright* PotUieal Balladt, p. IM. 

(3) A square paneL Britton. 
QUARTERAGE. A quarter's wages. 
QUARTERER. A lodger. Dewm. 
QUARTER-EVIL. A disease in sheep, arising 

from corruption of the blood. South, 
QUARTER-FACE. A countenance three parts 

averted. Jommm. 
QUARTEROUN. A quarter. 

And there Is not the mooe seyn In aUe the luna> 
doun, saf only theseconde ipimrUanfun, 

MaundgvUt^t I^awtU, p. 301. 

QUARTER-SLINGS. A kind of ropes or chains 

used on board a ship. 

Thy roaring cannons and thy chens 

Be layde on every tide ; 
Yea bases, foulers, ^uartm^tlingt. 
Which often hath been tride. 

Gmiifridn ondBmmardbt 1570. 
QUARTLE. A fourth part, or quarter. 
QUASH. A pompion. 
QUASS. To quaff, or drink. Some suppose 

this to be a corruption of qut^. 
QUASTE. Quashed; smashed. 

Abowte scho whlrles the whele and whlrles me 

undire, 
TlUe aUe my qwarteis yt whiUe where qwatU al to 
peooa. UoiU Jrthun, MS. Uneoln, f. 80. 

QUAST. SameasQMMuy/ 



I have passed Adi many qtuu^ daycs, 
That now unto good I cannot mata^ 
For mary I dyde myselfe to late. 

The Complaynte t^fthem that 60M to Imit 1 

QUAT. (1) To squat down. J)or9et. To go to 
quat, L e. alvum levare. 

(2) Full ; satiated. Somertet. ** Quatted with 
other daintier £ure," PhUotimus, 1583. 

(3) A pimple, or spot. Hence, metaphorically, a 
diminutive person. 

(4) To flatter. Devon. 

QUATCH. (1) To betray ; to tell ; to peach. A 
woman speaking of a person to whom she had 
confided a confidentUd secret, said, " I am 
certain he won't quatch." Osff. 

(2) A word. Berka. 

(3) Squat, or flat. Shak. 
QUATE. Thought, 

To bllde he hade gode ^iMi/e, 
At London he made a gate. 
' MS. Cantah. Ff. v. 48, f. M. 

QUATER-JACKS. The quarters or divisions 

of the hour struck by the clock. Lmc. 
QUATHE. Said? 

The king it al hem graunted rathe. 
And bye him al mere! f«a(Ae. 

Arihmtr oimI MerlUt, p. 00. 

QUATHING. In good condition. 

QUATRON. A quartern. (^.-iST.) 

QUAUGHT. To drink deeply. 

QUAVE. To shake, or vibrate. Derb. ** AlXht 
world quaved," Piers Ploughman, p. 373. 

QUAVE-MIRE. A bog, or qnagmire. Pali- 
grove. It is spelt quakemire in Stanihnnt's 
Description of Ireland, p. 20. ** A verie 
qmaoe mire on the side of an hill," Harrison, 
p. 61. Cf. Holinshed, Chron. Soot p. 48. 

QUAYERY-MAVERY. Undecided. Eaet. 

QUAYIN-GOG. A quagmire. WiUe. 

QUAWKING. Croaking; cawing, ^ar. dial 

QUAY. " Quaf or sower mylke,*' MS. note by 
Junius, in his copy of the Ottus Vocab. in 
the Bodleian Library. 

QUAYED. QuaUed; subdued. Spetuer. 

QUAYT. A gnat. NominaleMS. 

QUE. A cow. Line. 

QUEACH. (1) A thicket Coleo. 

(2) A plat of ground left nnploughed on account 
of queaches or thickets. East. 

QUE ACHY. Wet ; saturated ; quashy ; swampy ; 
marshy. Sometimes, running like a torrent 
of water. " Torrene, quechi," MS. Lansd. 
560, f. 45, a vocabulary of the fifteenth cen- 
tury, written in Lancashire. 

QUEAL. Tofuntaway. Devon. 

QUEAN. A slut ; a drab ; a whore ; a scold. 
The term is not neoessatily in a bad sense in 
some writers. " Anue, a old queue," MS. 
BibLReg. 12B.i.f.40. 

QUEASY. (I ) Squeamish ; nice ; delicate. Still 
in use, meaning eickUh. It sometimes sig- 
nifies tiuuf. 

(2) Short ; brief. Devon. 

QUEATCHE. 

For they that lacke customers all the wc^e, 
either because their haunt Is unknowcn, or the con- 



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•tablet And olBoen of (heir perldi watch them lo 
nanovly that they dare not gtieatai; to celebrate 
the Sabboth, flocke too thceten, and there keepe a 
generall market of bawdrie. 

GoM0n'« Seh^e t^AbuM, 1879. 
QUEATE. Peace ; qoietnesi. 
QUECK. A blow? 

But what and the kdder elTPpe^ 
Than I am deceyved yeti 
And yf I fall I catche a queeke, 
I may fortune to breke my necke, 
And that Joynt b yll to let. 
Nay, nay, not so I Emterlude qf Ytmth, n. d . 
QUECORD. A game prohibited by an andent 
' statute, and supposed by Blount to be similar 

to shovel-board. 
QUED. A shrew ; an e?il person. 
Namly an eyre that yi a qued. 
That desyreth hyi fadrys ded. 

MS. HmrU 1701, f. 4S. 

QUEDE. (1) Harm ; evlL Also, the devil. 
Ai he itode atyUe and bode tbttquedt. 
One com with an aaae charged with brede. 

MS, Harl. 1701, f. 87. 
(2) A bequest. (^..5.) 
QUEDER. To shake, or shiver. 
QUEDNES. Iniquity. This word occurs in 

MS. Cotton. Yespas. D. vii. Ps. 10. 
QUEDUR. Whether. 

Sheseid; Alae ! how shuld I lyfe, 
Br thns my life to lede In lond ; 

Fro dale to downe I am dryfe, 

I wot not quedur I may alt or ttond. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ▼. 48, f. 100. 

QUEE. A female calf. North. 

QUBBD. The cud. ** To chamme the gueed." 

This is given as a Wiltshire word in MS. 

Lansd. 1033, fol. 2. 
QUEEK. To press or squeeze down ; to pinch. 

Hercfm 
QUEEL. To grow flabby. Devon, 
QUBEN-DICK. That happened in the reign 

of Queen Dick, L e. never. 
QUEEN-OF.HEARTS. An old country dance, 

mentioned in the Bran New Wark, 1785, p. 7. 
QUEEN'S-GAME. A game at tables. 
QUEEN'S-STICK. A stately person. Line. 
QUEER. (1) To puzde. Var, dial 
(2) Bad ; counterfeit A cant term. 
QUEERQUIST. A quiz. Heref, 
QUEBR.STRET. A phrase thus generally 

used: «WeIlI that have put me in queer- 

etretf" meaning, puzzled me queerly or 

strangely. Suffolk. 
QUEER-WEDGES. Large buckles. QrOBe. 
QUEBST. A wood-pigeon. Weet. %^\Xqueeze 

in Wilbraham's Gloss, p. 108. The ringdove, 

Ray's Catalogue ^of English Birds, 1674, 

p. 85. *' A ringdove, a stockdove, a quoist," 

Florio, p. 109. 
QUEEVE. To vibrate. Bedt. 
QUEINT. The pudendum muliebre. 
QUBINTANCE. Acquaintance. 

But folke that beon fallen fai poverty 

No man desizcthe to hare thelre qwemUanee. 

MS.MhmoUBO,t,2b. 

QUEINTE. (1) Quenched. (A.-S.) 



II. 



Whan hit bathe fmynf hit brendli bright. 
Than eCte ayen hit yevyth hym a newe light. 

Ufdgattt MS. Ashmole 39, f. ». 
(2) Strange; curious; cunning; artful; trim; 

neat ; elegant. (A.'N.) 
QUEINTISE. Neatness ; cunning. 
To go abottte the bokeaeiae, 
And al bi the develJa guemttise, 

MS,Athmole4htU. 
QUEITE. Crept. WiU.Werw. 
QUEK. To quack; to make a noise like a 
goose or duck. Urry, p. 4 1 7. 

He toke a goae fast by the nek, 
And the goote thoo bcgann to q^9k, 

Rriiq,jintiq. i.4. 

QUEKED. Sodden, as wine is. 

QUELCH. A blow, or bang. 

QUELE. A wheel Protapt, Parv. " Qwel, 

rota/' MS. Lansd. 560, f. 45. 
QUELLE. TokilL (A.-S.) 
QUELLIO. A raff for the neck. (Span.) 
QUELME. To kill ; to destroy. (J.-S.) It 

occurs in MS. Cotton. Yespas. D. vii. 
QUELTRING. Sultry ; sweltering. We$t. 
QUBME. (n To please. (A.-S.) 

Of all vertnei yeve me eke largeiie 
To be aoceptid the to queme and Mrre* 
To f^onely thy grace I may deserve. 

I^dgate, MS. AshmOt 99, f. IS. 

(2) To bequeath ; to leave by legacy. 

(3) The same as gueintt q. v. ** I tell you, 
Hodge, in sooth it was not cleane, it was as 
black as ever was Malkin's qneme," Tumult, 
play dated 1613, Bawl. MS. Grose has quim, 
which he derives from the Spanish quemar, 
to bum. It is, perhaps, connected with the 
old word guemt, which, as I am informed by 
a correspondent at Newcastle, is still used in 
the North of England by the colliers and 
common people. 

QUENCH. To lay or place in water, with- 
out reference to extinguishing. See Harrison's 
Eng^d, p. 130. 

QUENE. When. 

Qwme that the kyng Arthur by conqueate hade w<mnyne 

Caitelles and kyngdoms and coutreesmany. 

Morte jlrthur€,MS. Uncein, f. 63. 

QUENINGES. Quinces. {A..N.) 
QUENTLY. Easily. Gawayne. 
QUEQUER. A quiver. 

To a quequer Roben went. Rubin Hood, i. 90. 
QUERDLING. A kind of apple, perhaps the 

original of what we call codUn. 
QUERELE. A complaint. 

Thou lyf, thou luste, thou mannia hele, 
Biholde my cauae aud my guere/e. 

Cwver, MS. Soc AnHq, 134, f. 39. 
That all ministers, now to be deprived in this 
querele of rites, may be pardoned of all the payments 
of flrst-ftults due after deprivation. 

Grindal't Remain*, 1843, p. 889. 
]«QU£RESTAR. A chorister. Hahgrave. 
Thy harp to Pan's pipe, yield, god Phoebus, 
For 'tis not now as in diebua 
Tills ; Pan all the year we follow, 
But semel la anno ridet Apollo ; 
Thy quirisUr cannot oome near 
The voice of this our chanticleer. 

H«yu>oocr« LmmT* tf (tfretr, p. 4S. 

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QUERK. (1) To grant; to moan. Wett, 

(2) A moulding in joinery. North, 

QUBRKEN. To stiile, or choke. North. 
** Chekenyd or qwerkenyd/' Pr. Parr. 

It wll grow In the ventricle to nidi a mine that 
it wll St the recett of any hot miristure send up mdi 
an aicendlng fome that it wil be ready to gitlrlMa and 
stifle us. OpHek Qlmm§ ^ Human, IttV, p. 194. 

QUERN. (1) Cora. Salop, 

(2) A mill. This word is generally applied to a 
hand-mill. (y/.-5.) " Mola, a qwernttone," 
Nominale MS. 

Having therefore grooad eight buthels of good 
malt upon our queme, where the toll It eaved, the 
addeth unto it halfe a buthell of wheet meale. ' 

Harritoit't DeteHpHon tfEttgUmd, p. 169. 

QUERPO. Same aa Cuerpo, q. v. " Me must 
den valke in quirpo** NabbM' Biide,4to. Lond. 
1640, Big. F.iv. 

A batt, who nigh In gutrpo tat. 

Lay mvg, and heard the whole debate. 

CoiUm*' KUealUmlM, 17W* p. 1». 
QUERROUR. A worker in a quany. 
QUERT. Joyfol. Also, joy. /nfiicr/, joyful, 
in good spirits. See Lydgate, pp. 32, 38 ; 
Eitson's Met. Roul ilL 408-9. 
Remembyr thy Ood while tliou art qutrt. 

if5. Land. 416, f. 76. 
And that hym byhoveth leve hy t in qu$rie. 
And be orercomen and caste to hdle py tt. 

i£8.Qifita&. Ff;il.S8,f.]4. 
But thonse that Noe was in ^m*"'* 
He was not al in ese of herL 
Cmr»or Mundi, MS. CoU. Trin. Cantab, f. IS. 

QUEST. (I) The sides of an OTen. Pies are 
said to be qunted when their sides hare been 
crashed by each other, or so joined to them as 
thence to be less baked. North. 

(2) To give tongue aa hounds do on trail. " To 
bay or qunt as a dog," Florio, p. 1. Still in 
use. See Forby, iL 268. 

Kenettei quetteda to quelle, 
AI so breme so any belle. 
The deer daunteden in the delle. 
That al the downe denede. 

Retlq. Anttq. U. 7. 

(3) An inquest. Var. dial Both won^ are 
used by Hall, Henry VIIl. ff. 50, 53. 

QUESTANT. A candidate ; one who is seeking 
for some object. Shak. 

QUESTE. A prayer, or demand. (J.'N.) 

QUESTEROUN. Cooks, or scullions. 

QUEST-HOUSE. The chief watch-house of a 
parish, generally a4)oining a church, where 
sometimes quests concerning misdemeanours 
and annoyances were held. The pte»t^houte 
is frequently mentioned in the accounts of 
St. GUe8,Cripplegate, 1571, MS.Addit 12222. 

QUESTMEN. '< Those that are yearly chosen, 
according to the custom of a parish, to assist 
the churdiwardens in the enquiry, and pre- 
senting such offenders to the ordinary as are 
punis^ble in the court-christian," Blount's 
Glossographia, ed. 1681, p. 594. 

QUESTMONGER. A juryman. 

Awake, awake, ye quutmongen, and take heed yon 
give a true. Just, and right rerdict. 

A0cofi*f WorkB, p. 370. 



QUESTUARY. Profitable. 
QUETE. Wheat. It is the translation of 
/rumeiUmm in MS. Lansd. 560, t 45. 
That fere shalbe Htnlle giMfr, 
And plentd shalbe of appuls grete. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ▼. 48, f . 75. 

QUETHE. (1) Harm ; mischief. {A.^S.) 

(2) To say ; to declare. {A.'S.) 

(3) To* bequeath. Lydgate. 

Hous and rente and outher thyng 
Mow they qit$the at here endyng. 

MS. HmrL 1701, f. 42. 

(4) Cry; damonr. Gawayne. 
QUETHING. Saying, crying? 

Being alire and seinge I peryshe, i. beloge qnycke 
and QMoMjnv I am undone. 

Paltgrva^* Aeotmatua, 154Al 
QUETHUN. Whence. Rt^wm. 
QUETOURE. A scab, or swelling. 
QUEVER. Gay; liYcly. Wett. 
QUEW. Cold. 

QUEZZEN. To suffbcate. Bnt. 
QUHILLES. Whilst 

Qwh^tte* he es qwykke and in qwerte unquellyde with 

handis. 
Be he never mo saTcde ne sooourede with Cryste. 

Jfevfe Arthme, MS. JJbwotm, f. 9S. 

QUIB. A taunt, or mock. CMea. 
QUIBIBES. Cubebs. '' Q119WH1M1, a quybybe," 

Nominale MS. 
QUIBLIN. An attempt to deceive. 
QUICE. A wood-pigeon. Okme. 
QUICHE. To move. 
QUICK. (1) Alive; living. 

In thiike Ume men hem tok 
With Juggement wltbouten let. 
And also quic dolven hca. 

Arthtmr and MarUmt p. tt. 
Sir, he seid, aaay of tliis, 
Thei were jisturday quvk i-wysae. 

MS. Cantab. Ff . v. 48, f. 50. 
Qwyilr f ye, forsothe, qi^k It was* 
As wel I may tel you all the case. 

Tht Saai/lee o//ibraham, p. 18. 

(2) The growing plants which are reared or set 
for a hedge, for. dial. 

(3) Sharp ; piercing. Dewm. 
QUICK-DEER. Deer with young. 
QUICKEN. (1) Conch grass. North. 

(2) To work with yeast QuieJkenmff.di9hy the 
yeast or balm that is put to new drink to make 
it work. North. 

^3) To revive. Still in use. 

(4) To conceive with child. 
QUICKER. A quickset hedge. Weit. 
QUICKLINGS. Young insects. Bait. 
QUICKMIRE. A quagmire. Devon. 
QUICKWOOD. Thorns. Yorta. 

QUID. (1) The cud. Var. dial Hence, gene- 

Fslly, to suck one's tongue. 
(2) A mouthfiil of tobacco. Var. dioL 
QUIDDITY. A subtlety; a subtle quirk or 

pretence. Quiddit was idso used. 
QUIERIE. A royal stable. 
QUIET. Gentlemanly. We»t. 
QUIETUS. The official discharge of an account 

(Lot.) It is chiefly used metaphorically, and 



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it means in dang langnage a severe blow, in 

other 'words a tettler, 
QUIFTING-POTS. Small drinking pots hold- 

mg half a g^lL Ltme, 
QUIL. The reed on which the wearers wind 

their heads for the shuttle. See Robin Good- 
fellow, p. 24. 
QUILE. A pile, heap, large oock, or cop of hay 

put together ready for carrying, and to secure 

it from rain ; a heap of anythhig. 
QUILKIN. A frog. Comw. 
QUILL. (I) The stalk of a cane or reed; the 

fancet of a barrel. Hence, to tap liquor. 

Dewm. 

(2) The fold of a ruff. Also to plait linen in 
small round folds. ** After all your starching, 
gmlUnff, turning, seeking, pinning," Strode*s 
Floating Island, sig. C. 

(3) In (he guill, written. Shot. 
QUILLER. An unfledged bird. 
QUILLET. (1) A farrow. North. 

(2) A croft or grassyard. Devon. 

(3) A Uttle quibble. ShaJt. 

So yoa, only by cono«it« thinke tichly of the opera- 

tkm of your Indian pudding, having oontrarie 

qualidet in It, a thing repugnant tophiloeophy, and 

working mlraeulous matter*, • fultfil above nature. 

The Man in th$ Jf«m«, 1009, ilg. C. U. 

QUILL-TURN. The machine or instrument in 

which a weaver's quill is turned. 
QUILLY. To harden; to dry. Dewm. 
QUILT. (1) To beat. For. dial 

(2) To swallow. We»i. 

(3) Almost worn out. /. Wight. 

(4) To be yery fidgety. South. 
QUILTED-CALYES. Sham calyes for the legs 

made of quilted cloth. 

QUIN. A kind of spikenard. 

QUINCE. The king's-evil. 

For the qttjfnce. Take horehownde and coluin> 
byne, and sethe it in wyne or ale, and to therof let 
hyiD dryncke lyrste and lacte. MS. Rk. Med. 

QUINCE-CREAM. Is thus described. 

Take the quinces and put them into boiling water 
unpared ; then let them boil very fast unoorered 
that they may not colour ; and when they are very 
tender, take them off and peel them, and beat the 
pap very small with sugar ; and then Uke raw cream, 
and mix with it UU It be of fit thickness to eat like 
a cream. True Genttewoman'e Dett^t, 167^ p* 8- 

QUINCH. (1) To make a noise. 

(2) To stir, or moTC. Sometimes a substantive, 

a twitch, or jerk. 
QUINE. Whence. 

Fro ffwyne come yon keoe mane, quod the kynge thanne. 
That kaawes kynge Arthureand his knyghttes also. 

Morte Arthure, MS. UneolH, f. 90. 
Bethynke the wdle gieyfM thou came, 
Ilkone we ere of Adam. 

R. de Brunne, MS. Bowee, p. IS. 

QUINET. A wedge. Gloue. 

QUINNY. Not quite ; not just yet. East. 

QUINOLA. A term in the game of primero, 

signifying the chief card. 
QUINRB. Some poisonous animaL 
QUINSE. To carve a plover, spelt euime in the 



Booke of Hunting, 1586. It ooeurs in Hail's 
Satires, p. 82. 
QUINTAIN. " A game or sport in request at 
marriages in some partsof this nation, specially 
in Shropshire; the manner now corruptly 
thus, A quintin, buttress, or thick plank c^ 
wood is set fast in the ground of the high- 
way where the bride and bridegroom are to 
pass, and poles are provided with which the 
young men run a tilt on horse-back ; and he 
that breaks most poles, and shews most activity, 
wins the gariand," Blount, ed. 1681, p. 535. 
The quintain was often gaily painted. 
Thy wakes, thy ^httele, here thou hast. 
Thy May-poles too with garlands grac't. 

Herriek'e Poeme, IL 44. 

QUINTASENCIA. Some preparation for con- 
verting the baser metals into gold. 

QUINTER. A two.year-old sheep. 

QUINTURE. DeUvery ; cure. Heame. 

QUIP. A sharp retort "Merrie quipps or 
tauntes wittily spoken,*' Baret. 

Tarlton meeting with a wily country wench, who 
gave him quip for quip. TarUan'e Jeete, 161 1« 

QUIRBOILE. A peculiar preparation of lea- 
ther, by boiling it to a condition in which it 
could be moulded to any shape, and then 
giving it, by an artificial process, any degree 
of requisite hardness. 
Whyppes of qu^rbo^le by^wente his white sides. 

MS. Laud. 606, f. 1. 

QUIRE-BIRD. Cue who has lately come out 

of prison, and seeks for a place. 
QUIRE-CUFFIN. A cburL Dekier. 
QUIRISON. A complaint (^.-iST.) 
QUIRK. (1) To emit the breath forcibly after 

retaining it in violent exertion. Wegt. 

(2) To grunt ; to complain. Devotu 

(3) The clock of a stocking. Devon, The term 
occurs in Stubbe, 1695. 

(4) A pane of glass cut at the sides and top in 
the form of a rhomb. 

QUIRKY. Merry; sportive. Line. 
QUIRLEWIND. A whirlwind. It is translated 

by turbo in MS. Egerton 829, f. 14. 
QUISERS. Christmas mummers. Derb. 
QUISES. Cushions for the thighs, a term in 

ancient armour. Hall. 
QUISEY. Confounded; dejected. North. 
QUISHIN. A cushion. Palsgrave. 
Swythe ehayers thay fett, 
Qw^etifM of velvett 

MS. Uneoln A. 1. 17, f 1S5> 
QUISIBLE. 

For all this to proaify t is no more possyble 
Than for to drynke In a quiwble. 

Earfp Interlude in BSU. LambetH. 

QUISSONDAY. Pentecost ; Whit-Sunday. 
QUISTER. A bleacher. Nominale MS. 
QUIT. (I) To remove by force. 

(2) To be even, or equal with. The modem 
phrase is to be quite. 

(3) Acquitted. See Quite (3). 

QUITCH. To flinch. Also as guinehy to stir 
or move, to make a noise. 



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660 



QWH 



QUITB. (1) Trae ; quiet. (^.-M) 

(2) To pay off; to requite. {A,-N,) 

Oshyt yi in th« story told«, 
«!*>. Syr Roger downe ain folda^ 

So qmift he them ther mede ; 
Had he bene umyd y-wye, 
Alle the mayitry had byn hys ; 
Allae I why wantyd he hy» wede ? 

US, Ouaab, Ff.il. 89, r.73. 
Syr Roger imote them on the hedef 
That CO the gyrdylle the swerde yedei 

Of hym were they firK* / 
They hewe on hym faste as they were wode. 
On eche syde then sprong the Mode. 
So sore on hym they dud smyte. 

MS. Ctmittb. Pf. ii.a8,f. 73> 

(3) To aoqnit . Sometimes acquitted. 

^jfie the weyl oute of borghegang, 
That thou ne hare for hyt no wrang. 

US, HarL 1701, 1 63. 
Herof they fMyliene hyme a$ treue mene» 
And sith ipake they fkrder thcnne. 
That yf he myght hys lemane bryng 
Of whome he maide kaollshyng. 

JTA AoMMfMSA C. 88. 

(4) White. (J.'S.) 

The ohUde« that was so nobuUe and wyse» 

Stode at his fadurs graft at ere t 
Ther cam on In a qwytt surpllsse. 

And pryTdy toke him be the slefls. 

US, Camtmb, Ft, r.48, f.e7. 

QUTTB-BBTTER. Entirely recoyered. 
QUITBCLAYM. Free from daim. 

Fram henne to Ynde that citA 

iftUUdaifm thai schul go f^. 

Or ^ fTonrtte, p. 310. 

QUITBLICH. Freely; atUberty. (^..5.) It 
is wrongly explained by EUis, iL 77. 

QUITEMENT. Completely ; entirely. 

QUITTER. (1) Thin nasty matter or filth that 
runs from a wound. '* Qwytur or rotunnes, 
putredo" Nominale MS. 

(2) Whiter ; more delicate. See the example 
in T. Blaunchette, 

QUIVER. Nimble ; active. In nse in Suffolk, 
according to Moor. ** AgUit^ nimble, light, 
lieger, quwer" Elyot, ed. 1559. Qmhieiy, 

shaky, nenrous. 

They bothe swetely played ; 
A aergeaunt them afrayed. 
And sayd they were full quever, 

Boke nfMaifd Bmlimt P* 27* 
QUIZZLE. To suffocate. Norf, 
QUO. Contraction of ^MOf A. 
QUOB. A quicksand, or bog. TFetf. We haye 

fuohmire in Salop. Antiq. p. 539. 
QUOCKEN. ToTomit. North, 
QUOD. (1) To fish for eels with worms tied on 
worsted. Hant9, 

(2) A prison. Var, diaL 

(3) Quoth ; says. (^..&) 
ATannoe baner I ^wod the kyng, paiie forthe anone. 
In the nameof theTrynyt^ and oureLady bryghte« 
Seynt Edward, Seynt Anne and awete seynt John, 
And in the name of Seynt George, oure landis Icnyjte I 
This day shew thy grett power and thy gret my jte. 



And bryng* thy trcwsubJectesowteofpaynaBd woo* 
And as thy wille is, Lorde, thys Jomey be rloo. 

US, BOA, RBg, 17 D. XT. 

QUODLING. This disputed term occurs in Ben 
Jonson. It may be a cant term for a fooL 
<< The oodled fool," Cap of Gray Hairs, 1688, 
p. 169. It is probably derived from the apple 
so called. *' A quodling, pommm coetiie," 
Coles' Lat Diet. 
QUOIF. A cap. Florio, p. 123. 
QUOIL. A noise, or tumult 

But disturbs not his sleep. 
At the qwM that they keep. 

BrowufB Songt, 1861, p. ?8> 

QUOK. Quaked for fear. 

This scharpe swerde to hire he tok. 
Whereof that alle hire body qttok, 

Gower, US, Soe. Jrttiq. 134, f. 88. 
And whan he did with his honde embrace 
His yerde ayen fulledebonalreof loke. 
For innocence of humble drede he «woft«. 

L^dgute, US, ArikmoU 99, t 18. 

QUOME. A man. R. de Brnnne, MS. 
QUONDAM. A person formerly in office. Still 

in use as an a4jective. (Lot,) 
QUONlAN. A drinking.^p. 
QUONS. A hand-mill for grinding mnstard- 
seed. £iut, Forby seems to consider it a 
mere corruption of quern, q. y. 
QUOP. To throb. WtBt. 

But aeakMis sir, what say to a touch at prater ? 
How fliMfw the spirit ? In what garb or ayre. 

Ftetdktf's f\ > « w, p. 903. 

QUORLE. A rerolWng spindle. 

Qworl* In tho qwew go lyf^tly, 
Qwene I was a jong man sodyd I. 
Oira in algore leniter. 
Quum Alt JuvenJs ita fed. 

Reltq. jhttiq. U. 48. 

QUOST. A coast. See Eliotes Dictionarie, foL 

Lond. 1559, in y. Jacto, 
QUOT. Quiet. Oxon, 
QUOTE. To notice; to write down. This 

sense is used by Shakespeare, Jonson, &c 
QUOTNTE. Cunning. (^.-N.) 

Sende me hidere, 5if that ich mi5hte 
Anl quo^nte carpenter flnde. 

US. Lamd, 188, f. 161. 
QUT. A calf, or young cow. ** Juoenea, a 

qwye ; tnttddf a qwye calffe," Nominale MS. 
QUYCE. Theftuze. Pr.Parv, 
QWESETNS. Cushions. 

Deliyeryd on Monday next after Uak Monday, a 
bote with apayr of orys, a russet mantyll, a payr of 
qiotteiffu, a tapet of red say, unlynyd, with a bar bed. 

US, Bodl, e Mu$, 2». 

QWHICHE. Which. 

And so kynge Edward was posse sse d of alle Eog. 
londe, excepte a castelle in Northe Wales called 
Harlake, whiche Sere Riehard TunsUlI kepte, the 
9wA<dk« wasgoieneafterwarde by the Lord Harberdr. 

Wmrkwarth'* Cknmiele, p. 3. 



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RA. A roe-deer. (J.^S,) It occtin in 
Chaucer, Cant. T. 4084. 

RAAF. Ralph. Pr. Perv, 

RAAS. To tear away. See Race (1). 

And root it firome hit riche mtne and ryate it in 
iondyx*. Morte Art/mre, tiS, Lincoln, f. 57* 

RAASTY. Restiye. Ent, 

RAATH. In good condition. North. 

RA£. (1) A kind of loam ; a coarse hard sub- 
stance for mending roads. Comw, 

(2) A wooden beater to bmise and incorporate 
the ingredients of mortar. 

RABATE. Said of a hawk that reooTers the 
list after the hand has been lowered. 

RABBATE. To abate. PtOtgrave. 

RABBEN. Tomips. {A,'N.) 

RABBETING. \Vhen two boards cnt on the 
edges with a rabbet plane are lapped with the 
edges one over another, this lapping over is 
called rabbeting. Kennett, MS. The g^ve 
in the stone-work of a window to admit the 
g^Lass was also so called. 

In eadi of these rulers moat be two hollow chi^ 
nela, robboih, or tnmsuroeSf aa carpentera call them } 
tbey must be under hollowed dovetalle wise, so that 
the two hollowed sides beeing turned together, 
there may be a coocarlty or hoilownesse ctf a quarter 
of aa inch square, representhig this figure. 

Hopton'« Baevhtm GMMteftevm, 1614. 

RABBISH. Foolhardy; grasping; given to 

extortion, theft, or rapine. 
RABBIT-SUCKER. A sucking rabbit. 
RABBLE. (1) A kind of rake. 
(2) To q>eak confusedly. North. 

Let thy tunge serve thyn hert In skylle. 
And raU« not wordes recheles owt of reson. 

Ma, Cantab. Ft. il. 98, f. S4. 
RABBLEMENT. (1) A crowd, or mob. 

(2) Idle silly talk. North. 

(3) Refuse ; dregs. Somerset. 
RABBLE-ROTE. A repetition of a long rig- 
marole roundabout story. Weet. 

RABBLING. Winding ; rambling. North. 

RABIN. A raven. NominaleMS. 

RABINE. Rapine ; plunder. 

RABIT. A wooden drinking-can. 

Strong beer in raW* and cheating penny cans, 
Three pipes for two-pence and such like trepans. 
Pmiae ^f YorkMn Ale, 1097* P> 1. 

RABITE. A war-horse. 

Then came the dewke Segwyne ryght, 
Armed on a rabeti wyght. 

Ma. Gantoft. Ff. ii. 38, f. 161. 
Syr Gye bestrode a rabifghtet 
That was moche and lyghte. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. il. 38, f. 124. 

RABONE. A radish. 
RABSHAiCLE. An idle profligate. 
RABUKE. A she-goat ? It is the translation 

of copra in Nominale MS. 
RACE. (1) To pull away ; to erase. 

Swownyng yn hur chaumbur she feUe, 
Hnr heereof can sche race. 

MS. Qmtab. Tf. 11. 38, f. M. 

(2) The meeting of two tides, often .over an 
uneven bottom running together, producing a 
great and sometimes dangerous sea. The Race 
(tf Alderney, Portland Race, &c. 



i 



(3) A string. Devon. 

(4) The liver and lungs of a calf. 

(5) A succession ; a great number. 

(6) Rennet for cheese. North. 

(7) The peculiar flavour or taste of anything 
the original disposition. 

8) A small stream. Yorieh. 

9) A thrust with a dagger. 

(10) To rake up old tales. South. 

(11) To prick, mark, or note. 

(12) A course in building. 
RACEN. A pothanger. Yorkeh. 
RACERS. A variety of tares. Far. dial 
RACH. Rushes for thatching. 

RACHE. (1) To stretch out; to catch. Pale- 
grave. From the first meaning comes rack in 
Much Ado about Nothing, iv. 1. 
(2) A scenting hound. {y4.-S.) 

Dcnede dale and downe, for diyft of the deer in 

diede. 
For medie mnrthe of mouth the muriemoeth made ; 
I KM, and romede, and sey roon raehe* to jede. 
They stalke under schawe, sehatereden in schadcw 

Reliq. Antig. ii. 7. 
For we wylle honte at the herte the hethes abowte. 
With raechee amonge hem in the rowe bankes. 

MS. Cott. CaHg. K. U. f. 118. 
Thre grehoundeshe leddeon bond. 
And thre rocAef in on bond. 

Arthour und MerUn, p. 178. 
She was as feyre and as gode. 

And as riche on hit palfray ; 
Hir gieyhoundia flllid with the dere blode^ 
Hir roehto coupuld. be my fay. 

MS. Cantalh Ff. v. 48, f. 119. 

RACINE. A root. (A.-N.) 

RACK. (1) Light, thin, vapoury clouds ; the 
clouds generally. StiU in use in the North- 
em counties, and sometimes there applied to 
a mist. See the ArchsBologia, xxiL 373. "As 
the sunne shines through the rac/t/* Du 
Bartas, p. 616. In some instances it appears 
to imply the motUm qf the clouds, and is so 
explained by Chapman in his translation of 
Homer. A disputed passage in which this 
word occurs, in the Tempest, iv. 1, " leave 
not a rotfit behind," merits special considera- 
tion. Our choice lays between considering it 
to mean a single Jleeting eloudf or as a form of 
wrack or wreck. Mr. Hunter has expressed 
his belief that rack in the first sense is never 
used with the indefinite article, and unless the 
passage now given from Lydgate tends to 
lighten the objection, it seems to me to be 
absolutely fttal to the adopted reading. On 
the other hand, we have racilin the old folios 
of Beaumont and Fletcher, where the sense 
requires wreck. See Mr. Dyce's edition, 
vii. 137. On the whole, then, unless rack 
can elsewhero be found with the indefinite 
article, it appears safer to adopt wreck, which 
certainly agrees better with the context. 
Upton, Critical Observations, ed. 1748, p. 213, 
supposes it to mean a track or path, in which 
sense it is still used in the North. See our 
second meaning, and Brockett, who adopts 
Upton's explanation of the Shakespearian 



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passage ; but there is no good authority for 
anything of the kind, although Brockett is as 
deciaiTe as if he had possessed the reading 
and knowledge of Gifford. 
As Phebut doeth at mydday in the southe, 
Whan every mJir and every cloudy sky 
la volileclene, so hir face uncouth 
Shall shewe In open and f^lly be unwry. 

Legate, MS, J»hmol« 90, t, 61. 
Treuli jif fe wil haloue this holeday. 
The rakkit of heven I wil opyn. 

MS. Dtmeo 308, f. 16. 
Now we may calculate by the welkins raeke, 
^Bolua hath chaste the clouds that were so blacke. 

H^woo^t Marrlagt TWtMipAtf, 1613. 

(2) A rude narrow path like the track of a small 
animaL W$it, Brockett explains it, a track, 
a trace. 

(3) To poor off liquor ; to subject it to a fer- 
mentive process. 

(4) To worJk kjf rack qf eye, to be guided in 
voricing by the eye. Jn a Mgh rack, in a 
high position. 

.^5) To care ; to heed. North. 
[6) A rut in a road. East 
7) The neck of mutton, or pork. Kennett, 
MS. Lansd. 1033. 

(8) That part of a cross-bow in which the gaffle 
moved. 

(9) A liquor made chiefly of brandy, sugar, 
lemons, and spices. 

(10) A trout. Norikumb, 
(l\) Weeds ; refuse. Si^oJJt, 
(12^ Rack 4md ruiUf destruction. 

(13) That pace of a horse which is between a 
trot and an amble. 

Some thlnke the putride backe-bone In the grave 

rutk'd. 
Or marrow chang'd, the shape of snakes to take. 

Topt^F* HUtcrie ^f SerptnU, p . 6. 

(15) To exaggerate. See Rache (1). 

!16) The cob-iron of a grate. 
17) To relate or tell anything. 
RACK-AND-MANGER. A man's rack and 
manger was his housekeeping. To be at rack 
and manger, to Utc at reckless expense. 
When Vertue was a country maide. 
And had no skill to set up trade. 
She came up with a carriers Jade« 

And lay al racku und numgtr. 
She whift her pipe, she drunke her can. 
The pot was nere out of her span ; 
She married a tobacco man, 
A stranger, a stranger. 

lAi/k nfRoblm Cooi/hUow, 16S8. 

RACKAPELT. AnidlerascaL Lhuf. 
RACKET. (1) A hard blow. Eaei. Perhaps 

from the instrument with which the ball was 

struck at tennis. 

(2) A kind of net. 

(3) A struggle. North, 
RACK-HURRY. The track or railway on which 

waggons run in unloading coals at a hurry ; 

that is, at a staith or whaif. 
RACKING. Torture. Still in common use as 

an adjective, agonizing. 
RACKING-CROOK. A pot-hook. Northumb. 



RACKLB. (1) Noisy talk. Weet. Also to rattle, 

of which it may be a form. 
(2) Rude ; unruly. North. It is an archaism 
meaning raeh. 

And than to Wyving be thou nat racb. 
Beware of hast thouhe she behest to please. 

I4fdgut^$ Minur Po»m», p. 30. 

RACKLE.DEED. Loose conduct. Cumb. 

RACKLING. A very small pig. Si^olk. 

RACKRIDER. A small trout. North. ^ 

RACKS. (1) The sides of a waggon. Tnis word 
occurs in Hollyband's Dictionarie, 1593. 

(2) Range ; kitchen fire-place. Euex. 

RACK-STAFF. A kind of pole or staff used 
for adjusting the mill-stones. 

RACK-UP. To supply hones with their food 
for the night. South. 

RACK-VINTAGE. A voyage made by mer- 
chants into France for racked wines procured 
what was called the rack-vintage. 

RACK-YARD. The farmyard, where beasts 
are kept : from the racks used there. 

RAD.(l)Afiaid. ApoL LolL p. 27. 
Thow wold holdeme drade. 
And for the erle ftille rotf*. 

M8. UneUn A. L 17. f. 132. 

(2) Advised; explained. (^.-^.) 

In the castelle had sche hyt hyght. 
To defende hur with alle hur myghte. 
So as her counsayle rodrf. 

MS. OaMUA. Ft. ii. SB, f. 80. 
Now with the meesanger was no badde. 
He took his hors as the bywdiop raddt. 

ROiq. AMiq. U. lOU 

RADCOLE. A radish. 
RADDLE. (1) To weave. North. 

(2) The side of a cart. 

(3) To do anything to excess. Une. 

(4) A hurdle. South. Kennett has raddlee, 
small wood or sticks split like laths to bind a 
wall for the plastering it over with loam or 
mortar. ** In old time," says Harrison, p. 187, 
** the houses of the Britons were slightlie set 
up with a few posts and many radele, with 
stable and all oflices under one roofe.'' In 
Sussex the term is applied to long pieces of 
supple underwood twisted between upright 
stakes to form a fence, or to sUght strips of 
wood which are employed in thatching bams 
or outhouses. Also called raddKmge. 

(5) To banter. North. 

RADDLINGS.(l) Windings of a wall. North. 
(2) Bribery money at elections. Weet. 
RADE. An animal's maw. Line. 
RADEGUNDE. A disease, apparently a sort of 

boil. Piers Ploughman, p. 430. 
RADELICHE. ReadUy ; speedily. {J.^S.) 
In slepyng that blessud virgyn apperede hym to. 
And badde hym arys radeiiehe and blyve. 

CArxm. Fi/orfm. p. 1S6. 

RADES. The rails of a waggon. 

RADBYORE. Tapestry. 

RADIK. A radish. It occurs in an early col- 
lection of receipts in MS. Lincoln f. 290, and 
is the A.-S. form. 

RADLY. Quickly; speedUy. (A.^S.) 



RAF 



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RAO 



Up then lOM dils piovd •cbctefl; 

And rmdi^ made bym jan ; 
MMOf WW the modur Mm 

To the kyrk with hym can fkre. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. v. 48, f. 127. 
Thoonaa iwQyup he raae. 

And ran over that mounteyne hf e. 
And eertanly, as the story layet. 

He hir mette at eldryne tre. 

jr& Cantab, Ff. v. 48, f. 110. 

RADNBSSB. Fear. Seei2Af(l). 
He said, I make myne avowe verreilly to Cryste, 
And to the haly vetnacle, that voide schalle I nevere. 
For fwdnesMof na Romayne that rsfnesln erthe. 

MarU Arihura, MS. Umabtn, f . M. 

RABRS. The nib of a cart North, 

RATE. (1) Tore. {A.-S,) 

Hfar doCbes ther seho raj^ hir fto, 
And to the wodd gane scbo go. 

Perceva/, 8157. 

(2) Weak ; amy ; fooliah. Si^olk. 
BAFF. (1) Scma; refute. Formerly applied to 
persona of low oonditioii. Now riff'-raff. 
And maken of the rym and taf 
Snehe gykmrs for pompe and pride. 

Appendi» to W, Mapu, p. 340. 

(2) A raft of timber. North. 

(3) Abnndanoe; affluence. North. la old 
Engliih, a confused heap. 

(4) Spoil ; plunder. Kent, 

Ilk • manne agayne his gud hegaft. 
That he liad tane with ryfe and rq^. 

MtS, Uneoln A, 1. 17, f. 148. 

(5) In raf, speedUy. {J,-S,) 
( 6) Idle ; dissolute. North. 
RAFFERTORY. Masterful. Line. 
RAFFLE. (1) To stur the blaring fiiggots, &c. in 

in oven. The wooden instrument with which 
this is done is called the rqfflen pole. Brush- 
ing off ripe walnuts is also called n0ten *em. 
(2) To liye disorderly. North, Hence raffle" 
eoppm, a wild fellow. 

3) A kind of fishing-net. 

4) To move, or fidget about Line. 
RAFFS. (1) The students of Oxford are so called 

by the town's people. 
(2) Long coarse straws. Northumh, 
RAFFYOLTS. A dish in ancient oookeiy de- 
scribed in Warner's Ant CuL p. 65. 
RAFLES. Plays with dice. (J.-N.) 
RAFORT. A radish. 
RAFT. (1) To irritate. JDoreet. 
(2) A damp fatty smelL East. 
RAFTB. Seized, or taken away. (^.-5.) 
RufU awey forsothe is he ; 
How, thei seld^may this be 7 

Qartor Mwutt, MS. CoU. THn. Cantab, t, 108. 
My chylde ys thus rt^fte me froo. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f . 68. 
Be God, quod Adam, here li a stem. 
It shalle be his bane anon ! 
Thus sone liia life was i^e. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. v. 48« f. 51. 

RAFTER-RIDGING. A particular kind of 
ploughing used in Hampshire, so called from 
eaeh ridge being separated by a furrow. Balk- 
ploughing. Hante. 

RAFTY. (1) Rancid ; iiisty. Var.dud. 

(2) Wet ; foggy ; cold. SufoUt. 



! 



(3) Violent in temper. South. 

RAG. (1) To scold, or abuse, f^ar. dial 

2) A kind of basalt Warw. 

3) The catkins of the hazel. Yorksh. 

4) A mist, or drizzling rain. North. 

(5) A shabby looking fellow. ** Tag and rag," 
the riff-raff, Harrison, p. 215. 

(6) A fiurthing. A cant term. 

(7) A herd of young colts. 
RAGABRASH. Low idle people. Omim^. Nares 

has roffffaboih in the singular. 
RAGAMUFFIN. A person in rags. Perhaps 

derived from ragomq/ln, the name of a demon 

in some of the old mysteries. 
RAGE. (1) Madness; rashness. (A."N.) 

(2) To romp, or play wantonly. (A.'N.) 

When sche seyth galantys rer^ yn hall, 
Yn here hert she thynkys owtrage, 
Detyrynge with tliem to pley and rag*. 
And stely th fko yow fliU prerely. 

ReUq.Jntiq. i.». 

(3) A broken pan. Somerset, 

RAGEOUS. Violent; furious. North, It oc- 
curs in Gascoigne. 

RAGERIB. Wantonness. (J.'N.) 

RAGGALY. Villanoos. Yorieh, 

RAGGED. (1) A term applied to fruit trees, 
when they have a good crop. Thus they say, 
** How fnU of fruit that tree is ! it's as rapffed 
as it can hing." In some parts of YorksMre 
the catkins oi the hazel are called rag^ and 
perhaps tiiis word has some connexion there- 
with. Line. 

(2) Hawks were called raffled when their fea- 
thers were broken. Gent. Rec. 

RAGGED-ROBINS. The keepers' followers in 
the New Forest. 

RAGGULED. Sawed off. Devon. 

RAGHTE. Reached. (A.-S,) 

The kyng of Egypt luUh take a scfaaftc, 
The chylde satt and nere hym raghta. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. U. 38, f.^. 

RAGINGUES. Ragings ; rompings. 
Leijingue and pleijes and ragingvet. 
He bUefte also. MS. Laud, 106, f. 111. 

RAGLER. An officer in South Wales who col- 
lected fines, &c. 

RAGMAN. (1) The charter by which the Scots 
acknowledged their dependence on the Eng- 
lish crown under Edward I. was popularly 
called a ragman roU; and hence the term, 
with or without the last word, came to be ap- 
plied to several kinds of written rolls and 
documents, especially if of any length. Thus 
a papal bull with many seals is termed a ra(/e' 
man in Piers Ploughinan, p. 5 ; and the list of 
names in Fame's book is called ragman roU in 
Skelton, L 420. See also Plumpton Corr. p. 
168. In a letter of Henry IV. dated 1399, 
printed in Rymer, mention is made of 
Uterae patentee voeata raggemane she blank 
chartres. In Piers Ploughman, p. 461, it 
seems to mean a person who made a list or 
ragman. 
Rede on this rogfuoii, and rewle yow theraftur. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. t. 48, f. 7* 



RAI 



664 BAI 



lUjitCT panoo. I manrayU ye wyU gyrt lycflnet 
To this fUae kture In this Mdlenoe 
To puUish his ragman rott»§ with lyet. 

Tht Pardongrand tht FrtM, 15S3. 

(2) An ancient game at which persons drew by 
diance poetical deicriptionsof their charactersi 
the amnsement consisting, as at modem games 
of a similar kind, in the peculiar application or 
misapplication of the Yerses so selected at 
hazard by the drawers. This meaning of the 
term was first developed by Mr. Wright in his 
Anecdota literaria, 8?o. 1844, where he has 
printed two collections of andeut verses used 
in the game of ragman. Mr. Wright coi\jec- 
tures that the stanzas were written one after 
another on a roll of parchment, that to each 
stanza a string was attached at the side, with 
a seal or piece of metal or wood at the end, 
and that, when used, the parchment was 
rolled up with all the strings and their seals 
hanging together, so that the drawer had no 
reason for choosing one more than another, 
bnt drew one of the strings by mere chance, 
on which the roll was opened to see on what 
stanza he had fiOlen : if such were the form 
of the game, we can very easily imagine why 
the name was applied to a charter with an 
unusual number of seals attached to it, which 
when rolled up would present exactly the same 
appearance. Mr. Wright is borne out in his 
opinion by an English poem termed Bagnutme 
roeUe^ printed from MS. Fair&z 16 : 

My ladyes and my malstrcases echoiM» 
Lyke hit unto your humbyble wommaabade, 
RcsftTa in grd of my sympUl peiaona 
This ndle^ wlildi withoutcn any drede 
Kyng« Ragmsn me bad me sowe In brade» 
And eristyned yt themerour of your chaunce ; 
Drawith a strynge* and that shal ttreight yow leyde 
Unto the vary path of your goveraaunoe. 
That the verses were generally written in a roll 
may perhaps be gathered from a passage in 
Donga's Virgil, — 
With that ha raudit me aae roll i to rede I b^ane, 
The royetestana ragment with mony ratt rime. 

Where the explanation given by Jamieson seems 
to be quite erroneous. 

Tenus, whiche stant wlthoute lawe. 
In aon certeyne, bat as men drawe 
Of Ragemon upon the chaunce, 
Sche leyeth no peys In the balaunce. 

Gower, MS. Ac. Aniiq, IS4. f. 944. 

(3) The term rageman is applied to the devil in 
Piers Ploughman, p. 335. 

RAGOUNCE. The jacinth stone. 

RAG PIECE. A large net. 

RAG-RIME. Hoar frost Lme, 

RAGROWTERING. Playing at romps. £m. 

RAGS-AND-J AGS. Tatters \ fragments ; rags. 

RAG-TOBACCO. The tobacco leaf cut into 
small shreds. North, 

RAGWEED. The herb ragwort. 

RAGYD. Ragged. 

Som were ragyd and long tayled, 
Schaipe dawyd and long nayled. 

MS, AshmoU 61, f. 6Sb 

RAID. (1) Early. Kent, from rathe. 



(2") A hostile inconion. North. 
(3) Dressed ; arrayed ; furnished. 
RAIKE. To go, rush, or proceed. 

And thane he ra^k«$ to the rowte, and myichaB on* 

helmyt; 
Ridie hawbcrices he rent^ and rasede adtyldes. 

Jforfe Jrtkun, US. Un€olm» f. 8S. 

RAIL. (1) To stray abroad. Perhaps from the 
older word reile, to rolL 

(2) A revel, a country wake. West. 

(3) A garment of fine linen formerly won by 
women round the neck. ** Rayle for a wo- 
mans necke, eretreehief, en quarttre donhlee" 
Palsgrave. ** Anything wome about the throate 
or necke, as a neck-kercher, a partlet, a raile" 
Florio, p. 216. The night-rail seems to have 
been of a different kind, and to have partially 
covered the head ; it was a gathered linen 
doth. 

And then a good grey fh)cke» 
A kereheflb and a rail*. 

Friar Baeam* ft o p fcii g, IflM. 

(4) To talk over anything. Dewm. 

(5) To teaze, or provoke a person to anger. 
Noffolk. 

RAILED. (1) Set; placed. See Minot, p. 16. 
Raylide, MS. Morte Arthure, t 87. 

(2) Covered with net-work. 

RAIME. To rule oppressively. 

RAIN. A ridge. North. 

RAIN-BIRD. The woodpecker. North. 
" Reyne, fbwie bryde,yait/tu,/MCMt, meropetf** 
Prompt. Parv. 

RAINE S. Rennes, in Bretagne, much esteemed 
for its manufacture of fine dotii. 

RAINT-DAY. A day of misfortune. 

RAISE. (1) A cairn of stones. North. Andmtly, 
any raised mound, or eminence. 

In the parishes of Edenhall and Laaonby, in Cum- 
berland, there are yet some oonsiderabie rsmaimaf 
stones which still go by the name of raita$, though 
many of them have been carried away, and all of 
them thrown out of their ancient form and order. 
Hmiehimmm** HiHorjf <^ dui^bariamd. 

(2) To expectorate badly. S^foVL 

(3) To make additional loops in a stocking ia 
(»der to fit it to the leg. 

(4) A robbery. North. 
RAISE-MOUNTAIN. Abnggadocia 
RAISER. In carpentry, is the fit>nt board that 

stands upon the edge to support the board, 
fiat board, or step ; in the game of cricket, the 
name of a small stick that is put aslant into 
the hole with a ball upon it, whieh being 
struck upon the end, causes a ball to fly or 
jump up, in order to be struck with a stick, 
ready in the hand of him that did the former 
act. Dyche. 

RAISINS. Pieces that lie under the end of a 
beam in a wall. Harrison, p. 187. 

RAIT. To dissipate the sap of vegetables, by 
exposing them abroad to the weather. Hay 
is said to be raited when it has been much 
exposed to an altemaficy of wet and dry 
weather. Yorksh, 

RAITCH. A line or list of white down the hot 
of a horse. Yorkeh. 



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i 



RAITH. Weeds, stick, straw, or other nibbisb, 

in a pool of water. fFeit 
RAKE. (1) To rouse up. Somemi. 

(2) To cover anything in the fire with asLes. 
This explanation is g;iTen by Palsgrave, 1530. 
It is nsed metaphorically by Shakespeare. To 
rake is stUl in nse, meaning to cover np a fire 
to keep it alive. 

(3) A term applied to a hawk when she flew wide 
of the game. 

(4) To walk or move about North, Forby 

says, to gad or ramble idly. 

Now pus we to the bold beggar* 
That nk9A o*ar the hiU. 

tUMn Hooif U 106. 

5) To start up suddenly. JFe$t. 

6) To reach. Sir Tristrem, p. 292. 
( 7 ) To repeat a tale. Durhtm, 

(8) The inclination of the mast of a vessel from 
the perpendicular. 

(9) The sea raJket when it breaks on the shore 
with along grating sound. 

(10) A mt, crack, or crevice. North, 

(11) A mine, or quarry. 

(12) Course; road. Gnwayne. 
RAKEHELL. A wild assolute fellow. 

With a handfull of rakehaie* which he had scum- 
laed together in tliia our f hire, whilect the Vng was 
in hla Tetame from Tewxbury. 

iMmbnrdi^B Pwrambulatkm, 1506, p. 478. 

RAKBL Hasty; rash. Chaucer. 
The Mnrden Myd it Is not loo t 

For your pmtes, that sold tech vertui traee, 
They ryn roA^yil out of gttd race, 
Gyflb yile ensamplUe and lyeie in synoe. 

MS, BodL • Mm, 160. 

RAKENB. To reckon. 
RAKENTEIS. A horse's manger. 

Whan that hon herde nevene 

His kende lordei stevene. 

His raktniei* he al te-rof. 

And wente into the iLourt wel kof« 

BevmefHanUomn, p. 84. 

RAKER. A person who raked and removed the 
filth from the streets, generally termed Jaei 
Raker, 

So on a time, when the cart eame, he asked the 
rmJnr why lie did his businesse so shicklye : Sir, said 
he, my fore horM was in the faulty who« being let 
UoQd and drencht yesterday, I durst not labour him. 

T\MrUtm'9 Jtttt, 1611. 

RAKES-AND-ROANS. A boy's game, in which 
the younger ones are chased by the larger 
boys, and when caught, carried home pick-a- 
badc. 

RAKE-STELE. The handle of a rake. 

RAKET. To racket, or rove about. To play 
raket, to be inconstant. 

RAKE-TEETH. Teeth wide apart, simiUur to 
those of a rake. North, 

RAKETYNE. A chain. Heame, 

R4KIN6. Violent. Ortus Yocab. 

RAKKE. A manger. 

Of all that ylke vij. yere. 
At the rakke he stode tyed. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. 11. 38, f. 107. 

RAKS-JAKES. WUd pranks. 

RALLY. (1) A projecting ledge in a wall built 



thicker below than abov^ serving the puxpose 

of a shelf. 
(2^ A coarse sieve. Sati, 
(3) A crowd, or multitude. Dewm. 
RALPH. The name of a spirit supposed to 

haunt printing-houses. See Dr. Fkanklin's 

Works, 1819, p. 56. 
RALPH-SPOONER. A fooL South. 
RAM. (1) Acrid ; fetid. North. 
(2) To lose anything by flinging it out of reach. 

Somertet, 
RAMAGE. Wild. (A,.N,) The term was 

very often applied to an untaught hawk. 
Yet If she were so tickle, as ye would take no 

sund, so vmagt as she would be reclaimed with no 

Iwve. Orenuft QuvdontuM, 1599. 

RAM-ALLEY. A passage leading from Reet- 
street to the Temple, fiunous for cooks, vic- 
tuallers, sharpers, and whores. It is con- 
stantly mentioned in old plays. 
RAMAST. Gathered together. (Fr,) 

And when they have rmmmH many of seveml 
kindes and tastes, according to the appetite of those 
they treat, they open one vessel, and then another. 
A Comical HUt^r^ ^the World in the Moon, 1M9. 
RAMBERGE. A kind of ship. (/V-.) 
RAMBLE. To reel, or stagger. JTeit, 
RAMBUZE. <<A compound drink at Cambridge, 
and is commonly made of eggs, ale, wine, and 
sugar ; but in summer, of nulk, wine, sugar, 
and rose-water," Bk)unt's Gloss, p. 538. 
RAMBY. Prancing? 

I saUe be at Joumee with gentille knyghtes 
On a ramiy stede fulle Jolyly graythide. 

Morto Arthvn, MS. Uneoln, t S7. 
RAMCAGED. Withered, said of trees. 
RAME. (1) To cry aloud; to sob; to ask for 
anything repeatedly. North. Rayme,tocry 
out against, Erie of Tolous, 431. ' 

(2) To reach, or stretch after. " To rame, pan^ 
dundor," Coles' Diet. 

(3) To rove, or ramble. Yorith, 

(4) To pull up. North. 

(5) To rob, or plunder. Line, 

RAMEL. Rubbish, especially bricklayer's rub- 
bish, or stony fragments. Also a verb. " To 
rammell or moulder in pieces, as sometimes 
mud walles or great masses of stones will doe 
of themselves," Florio, p. 195. The prior of 
St. Mary's of Coventry, in 1480, complained 
sadly of " the pepull of the said cit^ carrying 
their donge, rameif and swepinge of their 
houses" to some place objectionable to him. 

RAMELL-WOOD. Natural copse-wood. 

There growyth many aUeis and otlicr rameU-wood, 
which servethe muche for the buyldinge of suche 
small houses. MS, Cotton, Calig, B. viii. 

RAMES. The dried stalks of beans, peas, 
potatoes, &c. Devon. Also, the relics of a 
branch after the leaves are off. 

RAM-HEADED. Made a cuckold. 

RAMJOLLOCK. To shuffle the cards. 

RAMMAKING. Behaving riotously and wan- 
tonly ; tearing about, as they say, like a ram. 
Dne, 

RAMMED. Excessive. Keni, 

RAMMEL-CHEESE. Raw meaL /. Wight, 



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BAMMILT. TU1« rank. Vwr. diai. 
RAMMISH. (1) Rank ; pungent Nwik. 
(2) Violent ; untamed ; ramage. 

It is good (laith hoe) to Apply to cinaeww that 
•re dlsiectedf the powder of earth-wonnea mixed 
and wrought up with old rammith, and uoMTery 
hsrrowes greaae, to he put into the griefe. 

TupmltaHUtoria ^SerpmU, p. Sll. 
RAMP. (1) To be rampant. 

(2) To romp up, to exalt. This is the meaning 
in Ben Jonson, iL 518. The illustration 
quoted by Gilford is irrelevant, and is used in 
Forby's sense, to grow rapidly and luxuriantly. 

(3) To ran^ and reave, to get anything by fair 
means or foul. 

(4) An ascent in the coping of a wall. 

(5) Bending a piece of iron upwards to adapt it 
towood^workfOf agate, &c.iscaUedrampingit. 

(6) A highwayman, or robber. 
RAMPADGEON. A furious, boisterous, or 

quarrelsome fellow. North. 

RAJUPAGE. To be riotous ; to scour up and 
down. Ran^^affbtg and rampageouaj as ad- 
jectives, are riotous, ill-dispoaed. 

RAMPALLION. A term of reproach, corre- 
sponding to our rapeeaUkm, 

RAMPANTUS. Overbearing. Zmc. 

RAMPE. (1) To climb. {A.^N.) 

(2) A coarse woman, a severe term of reproach. 
Hall, describing Joan of Arc, says she was " a 
rampe of suche boldnesse, that she .would 
course horses and ride theim to water, and 
do thynges that other yong maidens bothe 
abhorred and wer ashamed to do." Hall, 
Henry PL f. 25. 

(3) To rush. {A,^S.) 

He raufmwdt to ruydly that alle the erthe ryfes. 

Mortt Arthur*, MS, Lbtcoin, f. 01. 

RAMPER. I e. Rampire, genoaUy applied to 
any turnpike road : more particularly however 
to such highways as are on the site of the old 
Roman roads. Line. 

RAMPICK. According to ^mbraham, a ram- 
pieked tree is a stag-headed tree, i. e. like an 
old overgrown oak, having the stumps of 
boughs standing out of its top. 
Thua doth he keepe them ttill In awfull fcare. 

And yet allowee them liberty itiough { 
So deare to him their welfare doth appeare, 
That when their fleecetgin to waxen rough. 
He oNnbi and trims them with a mmpieke bough. 
Washing them in the itreamei of silver Ladon, 
To deanse their skinnes trom all oomiptlon. 

Tft0 4ig!^cHonat« Bhepheard, IfiM. 

RAMPIRE. A rampart. 

RAMPISH. Rampant. Pabgnwe. 

RAMPSE. To climb. Somertet, Hence ron^- 
Hnff, tall, high. 

RAMRACKETING. A country rout, where 
there are many noisy amusements. Devon, 

RAM-RAISE. A running a little backward in 
order to take a good leap. North. 

RAMS. WUdgarUc. Var. dial. 

RAMS-CLAWS. Crowfoot. Somertet. Rams- 
foot is the water crowfoot. 

RAMSHACKLE. (1) Loose; out of repair; 
ungainly; disjointed. Var.diaL 



(2) To seardi or ransack. North, 
RAM'S-HORN. A winding-net vof ported by 
stakes, to inclose fish that come in with the 
tide. Somertet. 
RAMSONS. A species of garlic 

Bamtmi* tast like garlick t they grow much lu 
Cranbouni'Chase : a proverb, 
Eate leekes in Lide, and ftmuiiw in ICay, 
And all the yeare after physicians may play. 

Ambreg'g Wllu, MS. Riaifal See. p. 124. 

RAM-STAG. A gelded ram. South, 
RAMSTAM. Thoughtless. North. 
RAN. (1) Force ; violence. North, 

(2) The hank of a string. Weet. 

(3) A saying. Sevyn Sages, 2723. 

(4) Open robbery and rapine. 

RANGE. A kind of fine stone. It is mentioned 
in Archaeologia, x. 423. 
With ivorie pillars mixt with JeCt and nmee. 
Rarer and richer then th'old Carian's was. 

WwkaofDu Bmrta»p p. MS. 

RANCH. A deep scratch. Eaet. <<Anncbe 
or clinch with a beasts paw," Cotgrave in v. 
Griffade. 

RANCHET. A kind of bread. 

RANCON. A weapon like a bilL 

RAND. (1) A long and fleshy piece of beef 
cut from the part between the flank and but- 
tock. <*Rande of befe, ffitte de bemf^ 
Palsgrave. 

(2) A hank of line or twine ; a strip of leather. 
Eaet. 

(3) Rushes on the borders and edges of land near 
a river. Norf. In old EngliiJi, the margin 
or border of anything. 

(4) To canvass for votes. Weet. 
RANDALL. Random. Colee. 

RANDAN. (1) The produce of a second aifUng 

of meaL Eaet. 
(2) A noise, or uproar. Ghuc. 

RANDBM-TANDEM. A tandem with three 
horses, sometimes driven by University men, 
and so called at Oxford. 
RANDIES. Itinerant beggars, and ballad. 

singers. Yorkeh. 
RANDING. Piecemeal Berke, 
HANDLE. To punish a schoolboy for an in- 
delicate but harmless offence. 
RANDLE-BALK. In Yorkshire, the cross piece 
of wood in a chimney, upon which the pot- 
hooks are hung, is called the rtmdle'balk or 
rendle-baU. Kennett's MS. Glossary. 
RANDOM. A straight line. North, 
RANDONE. A long speech. '^ Randone or 

long renge of wnrds, haringa,** Pr. Parv. 
RANDOUM. Force ; rapidity. (J.^N.) 
He rod to him with gret mnAMrm, 
And with Morgelai is fauchoun 
The prince a felde in the fdd. 

Beoe9 qf BmmttmH, p. 129. 
They saylyd ovyr the ( }) rattdown. 
And londed at Sowth-hampton. 

MS, CatUmb. Ft, iU 38* 1. 1». 
Then rode he este with gmermitiawme. 
And thoght to here hym adowne. 

MS, GsiiMfc. Ff. li. at, f. «7. 



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BANDY. (1) BoisteroDs; noisy; olwtreperoiis ; 

also, maris appetens. North, 
(2) A spree ; they say, *' Such a one is on the 
randy** meaning thereby, that he is spending 
his time in a continued round of drunkenness 
and debauchery. 
RANDT-BEGGAR. A tinker. North. 
RANDT-D ANDY. A violent and vulgar quarrel- 

some woman. North. 
RANDYROW. A disturbance. Wett. 
RANE. Coarse, as linen, &c. Wett. 
RANES. The carcase or skeleton of a fowl or 

bird. Dewm, 
RANG. RebeUious. {A.-S.) 

And yif that anl were w rang. 
That he thanne ne come aaon. 
He ftwcn bl Crist and lelnt Joban, 
That he sholde maken him thnd. 
And al Ua oll^viiif forth withaL 

Hawtoft,8S61. 

RANGE. (1) A sieve. Somenet. Elyot has, 
** Si9aethea, a rangeyng sieve ;** and Huloet, 
" bult, FBunge, or syeve meale." The second 
best wheaten bread was called range-bread. 

(2) To cleanse by washing. North. 

(3) The shaft of a coach. J>evon, 

(4) To take a range in firing. 

Their shot replies, hot they wen ranked too hJgh 
To touch the pinnace, which bears up so nigh 
And plays so hot« that her opponenU think 
Some devil it grand captain of the Pink. 

Ltgend of Captain Jones, 1659. 

RANGER. A chimney rack. North, 

RANGLE. (1) To range about in an irregular 
and sinuous muiner. ffest. 

(2) Is '^Hien a hawk has gravel jjiven her to bring 
her to a stomach. Blome, ii. 63. 

RANISH. Ravenous. Devon, 

RANK. (1) In a pasnon. Cheth. 

(2) Thick ; full ; abundant. RanJtne$9, abun- 
dance, fertility. 

(3) A row of beans, &c« /. Wight, 

(4) Very ; excessive. Var. dial, 

(5) Strong. See Isumbras, 200. 

He ryfes the raunke stde, he ryghttcs theire brenex. 
And reste theme the ryche mane, and rade to his 
stienghes. Marta ArihuM, MS. LifMoJn, f. 99. 

(6) Wrong. Lanc» 
RANK-RIPE. Quite ripe. Cheth. 
RANNAC^. A worthless fellow. Rtmnigal is 

also used. North. 
RANNEL. (1) A whore. A cant term. 
(2) To ruffle the hair. Yorkth, 
RANNILY. Fluently J readily, without hesi- 
tation. Norfolk, 
RANNY. A shrew-mouse. St^foli, Browne 

has the term in his * Vulgar Errors.' 
RANPIKE. Same as Rampick, q. v. 
RANSCUMSCOUR. Puss; ado. Devon. Also, 

a passionate person. 
RANT. To drink, or riot North, 
Mktakemenot, custom, I mean not tho. 
Of exoetaiTe dihiking, as great rantm-* do. 

PraUt e/YorJtMMre Ale, \9Sfl, p. 5* 

RANTAN. To beat soundly. GUmc. It 
apparently alludes to a tinker's constant ham- 
mering in the following passage : 



There Is ran.««m Tom Tinker and hk Tib^ 
And there'sa Jugler with his fingers glib. 

Tttyhr'e Workes, 1630. i. 110. 

RANTER. (1) A large beer-jug. Hence, to pour 

liquor from a large into a smaller vessel. 
(2) To mend or patch a rent in a garment very 

neatly. Suffolk. 
RANTIPIKE. An ass. Dorset. 
RANTIPOLE. A rude romping child. West, 
RANTREE. The mountain ash. North, 
RANTY. Wild ; frisky ; riotous. Ranty-tanfyt 

in a great passion. North, 
RAP. (1) To seize; to ravish. 
(2) To exchange, or swap. Var, dioL 
3) To risk, or hazard. North. 
4^ To brag, or boast. Devon, 
o) Rap tmd rend, to seize hold of everything 
one can. The phrase occurs in Palsgrave, and 
is still in use. Compare Florio, p. 20. ^ To 
get all one can rap and run," Coles's Lat. Diet. 
" To rape and renne," to seize and plunder, 
Chaucer. 
RAPE. (1) Haste. {A,'S.) Its meaning in the 
third example appears more doubtful. 
And commaunded alle yn rape 
Awey that wry tyng for to skrape. 

JirS. HarU 1701, f. 47. 
Ne was ther non that mlghte aseape. 
So Beves slough hem in a rape, 

Bevee </ Hamtettn, p. 97* 
A thefe to hys thefte hath rape. 
Wot he weneth eTermore for to sicape. 

MS, HarL 1701, f. 15. 

(2) To steal; to plunder. 

Ravenows fischeshan sum mesure; whannethei 

hungren thei rapifn ; whanne the! ben f ul they sparyn. 

WimbelUnCe SemuM, 1388, MS, Hatten &7, p. 16. 

(3) A division of a county, comprising several 
hundreds. 

(4) To scratch. Somerset. 

5) To take captive. (^.-&) 

6) To bind or lace tightly. Devon. 

7) To prepare. (J,-S,) 

(8) A heap of com. 

(9) A turnip. Ord. and Reg. p. 426. 
RAPER. A rope-maker. 

RAPEY. A dish in ancient cookery, described 
in MS. Sloane 1201, f. 46. 

RAPID. Gay. Far, dioL 

RAPIER-DANCE. This is nearly the same as 
the sword-dance among the ancient Scandi- 
navians, or as that described by Tacitus among 
the Germans. The performers are usually 
dressed in a white frock, or covered with a 
shirt, to which as also to their hats, or paper 
helmets, are appended long black ribands. 
They frequently go from house to bouse, about 
Christmas, and are treated with ale after their 
military exercise. At merry-nights, and on 
other festive occasions, they are introduced 
one after another by the names and titles of 
heroes, from Hector and Paris, princes of Troy, 
down to Guy of Warwick. A spokesman 
then repeats some verses in praise of each, and 
they begin to flourish the rapier. On a signal 
given, all the weapons are united, or inter- 



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laced, but soon withdrawn again, and bran- 
dished by the heroes, who exhibit a great 
varietyof evolutions, beingusuallyaooompanied 
by slow music. In the last scene, the rapiers 
are united round the neck of a person kneeling 
in the centre, and when they are suddenly 
withdrawn, the yictim falls to the ground ; 
he is afterwards carried out, and a mock 
funeral is performed with pomp, and solemn 
strains. WiUan*s Yorkth. 
RAPLY. Quickly ; speedUy. (^.-5.) 
So rapfy thay ryde thare that alle the rowte ryngei. 
Mort9 Arthurt, M& Uneoin, f. 7S. 

RAPPE. To hasten. (A,-S.) 

Loke ye rappe yow not up to ryde. 

Jf^. Horl. SiS8, f. U9. 

RAPPER. A great or extravagant falsehood ; 

a vehement oath. Weii. 
RAPPER-DANDIES. Red barberries. North, 
RAPPING. Large. rar.diaL 
RAPPIS. A dissolute person. Cwnb. 
RAPPLE. A ravelled thread. North. 
RAPS. (1) News. York9h. 

!2) Games ; sports. Saltip. 
3) A disorderly fellow. Yorkih. 
RAPSCALLION. A low vagabond. 
RAPTE. Ravished; enraptured. 

WhoM amyable salutes flewe with tndae mygbt. 
That Locryne waa npU at the fyrat tyght. 

MS, Xjansd. 906. f. 99. 

RARE. (1) Fine ; great. South. 
(2) To roar. North ** Rare or grete, vagire,'* 
MS. Dictionary, 1540. 

Lowde he gane bothe rowte and mrs ; 
Alias ! he sayde, for sorowe and Care. 

MS, Lincoln A. L 17* f> 196. 

rS^ Underdone ; raw. Far, dioL 
li) Early. Dewnu 
[b) Ready ; prepared. Somertet, 
^iLY. Quite well in health. 
RARNING. Thin, as cloth is. We$t. 
RAS. Space; time. Heame. 
RASALGER. The fume of minerals. So ex- 
plained in A New Light of Alchemy, 1674. 
Alume, atriment, alle I suspender 
IUualg9r and annlck I defende, 

AihmoUf* ThmU. Cktm. Brit. 1982, p. 971. 

RASARDE. A hypocrite ? 

Out on thee, nuarde, with thy wiles. 
For falalye my people thou begyles, 
I shall thee hastelye honge ; 
And thatlurden thatstandes thee by. 
He puttes my foike In greate anoye 
With his false flatteringe tonge. 

CKe9t0rPla^,ii.l(Q. 

RASCAL. A lean animal, one fit to neither 
hunt nor kill. *< RascaU, refuse beest, rrftu,** 
Palsgrave, 1530. 

RASCAL L. Common ; low. It is the trans- 
lation ofcommtffiein Hollyband's Dietionarie, 
1593. The word also occurs in this sense in 
The First Part of the Contention, ed. 1843, 
p. 31. Ratealyet low people, refuse of any- 
thing. 

RASCOT. A knave, or rascal. Cumb, 

RASE. (1) To scratch. Suffolk, « Rased their 
hardened hides/' Haniaon, p. 188. 



I 



(2) To erase. (3) Aneraaore. 

(4) A channel of the sea. {A,-N,) 
Fslowes, they shall never more us withstoode. 
For 1 se them all drowned in the nm of Irloade. 

H)rek«-8eonur, op, Hawkins, i. 89u 

(5) Rage; anger. {J,-S,) Sate-^amed, 
violent, Wilbraham, p. 67. 

(6) A swift pace. Perceval, 1 145. 

(7) To snarl, as dogs do. 

RASEN. In timber buildings, that piece of 
timber to which the bottoms of the rafters 
are fastened. 
RASER-HOUSE. A barber's shop. 
RASH. (1) To snatch, or seize ; to tear, or rend. 
Gifibrd explains it, " to strike obliquely with 
violence, as a wild boar does with his task." 
They buckled then together so. 

Like unto wild boares rocfcin^/ 
And with their swords and shields they nn . 
At one another slashing. 

air JjmeHot tfu Lake. 

2) Brittle. Cormo, 

3) Said of com in the straw which is so dry 
that it easily fidls out of the straw with hand- 
ling of it North, 

(A) Sudden ; hasty. Shak, 

(5) A kind of mferior silk. It is mentioned by 
Harrison, p. 163. 

RASHED. Burnt in cooking, by being too 
hastily dressed. ** How sadly this pudding 
has been raithedm the oven." ** The beef vrould 
have been very good if it had not been rashed 
in the roasting." Rasher, as applied to bacon, 
probably partakes of this derivation. WUtt, 

RASHER. (1) A rush. North, 

(2) A box on the ears. GUme. 

RASING. A blubbering noise. North. 

RASINGES. Shavings; slips. 

RASKAILE. A pack of rascals. 

RASKE. To puff, or blow. 

Than Iwgynneth he to Uaweand to rvefte. 
And ty veth Terlyncel hys taske. 

MS, Hart, 1701. f ». 

RASOUR. The sword-fish. 

RASP. (1) To belch. JEatt. 

(2) A raspberry, far, dioL 

(3) The steel of a tinder-box 

RASPIS. The raspberry. A wine so termed 

is mentioned by Harrison, p. 167. 
RASSE. Rose; ascended. 

He rosM agayne thurgbe hb godhedes. 

MS, lAneoln A. L 17. f. 919. 

RASSELS. The land-whin. Ac^btt. 
RASSLE. To stir the embers in an oven with 

a long pole. Eatt. 
RASTER. A kind of cloth. 
RASTIR. A shaving-razor. 

Erasure, a scratch. (a,-n,) 

RAT. (1) An old contemptuous nickname for a 

clergyman* 
(2) Reads. Wright's Pol. Songs, p. 327. 
HATCH. (1) A straight line. North, 

(2) To stretch ; to pull asunder. Cumh, 

(3) A subsoil of stone and gravely mixed witt 
day. Herrfi 

(4) To spot, or stieak. North, 



BAT 



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RAV 



(5) To ten great fiilsehoods. Line. 
RATCHEL. GnTelly stone. Deri, 
BATCHER. A rock. Lane. 
RATE. (1) To expose to air. North, 

(2) To become rotten. Cumb. 

(3) To call away or off. Kent. 

(4) Ratified ; valid. 

RATHE. (1) Soon ; early, /or. dial In the 
second example, eager, anxious. JUUhkief 
speedOy, MS. Cotton. Yespas. D. yii. 
He did it up, the lothe to Mj, 
But mm therof hetoke Away 
In hit hand fol ftiiA«. 

M& Qmtttb. Ff. T.48, f. 53. 
Now tbao an thay lereand* hatlie» 
Was nojte the rede knygfate so rathe 
For to wAyte hym with skathe. 

Sir Pareevai, 96. 

And it arete cater and eccer, tille it arooae fuUe 
cite ; and mtker, and ratfier. 

Warkwnth't Chnniete, p. S2. 

(2) Savage ; hasty. Robeon, 

(3) To rede, or advise. Havelok, 1335. 
RATHELED. Fixed; rooted. Gawayne. 
RATHER. (1) Rather ((f the ratherett, said of 

underdone meat. Norf. 

(2) Rather-n'ehe, rather than not. 

RATHERLIN6S. For the most part North. 

RATHERLY. Rather. Yorkeh. 

RATHES. Only used in the plural ; a frame 
extending heyood the hody and wheels of a 
cart or waggon to enable farmers to carry hay, 
straw, &C. Craven, 

RATION. Reasoning. (la/.) 

RATON. A rat. {A.~N.) ** SoreXf n nkm,'' 
Nominale MS. For the following lines com- 
pare King Lear, iii 4. Ratten^ Hunter's 
Hallamsh. 61. p. 75. 

"Ratvna and myae and tocbe amale dere. 
That was hys mete that vQ. yere. 

MS, Caniab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 106. 

RATONER. A rat-catcher. {A.'N.) 

RA TS. Pieces; shreds; fragments. North. 

RATTEEN. A kind of cloth. 

RATTEN. To destroy or take away a workman's 
tooU, or otherwise incapacitate him from 
working, for not paying his natty to the fund, 
or for havingoffended the Union in any matter. 
York. 

RATTEN-CROOK. A long crook reaching 
from the ranneUhalk to the fire. 

RATTLE. (1) To heat, or thrash. North. 

(2) To stutter, or speak with difficulty. It is now 
used in exactly the opposite sense, and so it 
was by Shakespeare, Mids. N. D. ▼. 1. It 
also meant to rovile. ** Extreamely reviled, 
crnelly railed, horribly railed on," Cotgrave. 

RATTLE-BABY. A chattering chfld. 
That's strange, for all are up to Ui' ears in love : 
Boys without beards get boys, and girls bear girls ; 
Fine little rattl&-babie»» scarce thus high, 
Aie now cali'd wiires: if long this hot world stand. 
We shall luTeall the earth turn Pigmy-Land. 

H^fUfced's Lov^9 Mlstreu, p. 9. 

RATTLE-BONE. Worn ont ; crazy. Suesex. 

RATTLE.MOUSE. A bat. 

RATTLBPATE. A giddy chattering person. 



RATTLER. A great fiOsehood. Var.dM 
RATTLES. The alarming rattle in the throat 

preceding death* Var. dial. 
RATTLETRAPS. Small knickknacks. 
RATTOCK. A great noise. East. 
RATY. Cold and stormy. North. 
RAUGH. A tortnous course. Wett. 
RAUGHT. (1) Reached. Wett. In Uter 
writers sometimes, snatched away. 
Unto the cheftane he chese. 
And raughtg hym a strake, 

MS, Uneoln A. L 17, f . 1S4. 

(2) Cared ; recked. (j4.-S.) 

Thanne the kyng hys hand up rsvjto. 
That ffidse man his trowthe be-taujte. 
He was a deryl off helle. 

Aomonce tifAtheltton. 
RAUGHTER. A raftd-. Lilly, 
RAUHEDE. Rawness; crudity. 
RAUK. (1) Smoke. Sueeex. 
(2) To mark* or scratch. North. 
RAUL. To pull about roughly; to entan|^ 

thread, &c. Wett. 
RAUM. (1) To rotch. Yorkth. 

(2) To sprawl. Sufolk. 

(3) To shout, or cry. Line. 

RAUMER. A kind of fighting-cock. 

RAUN. The roe of salmon prepared in a par- 
ticular manner, and used as a bait to fish with. 
North. ** A rawne of fysche, lactis," M8. 
Dictionary, dated 1540. 

RAUNCH. (1) To wrench, or pnll ont. 
(2) To gnaw, or craunch. Ikvon. 
RAUNING-KNIFE. A cleaver. Wett. 
RAUNSON. A ransom. (^.-M) 
For with oure Lord is gret mercy. 

And rautuun ek gret plenty ; 
He payed for oi his owyn body. 

This aughte be takyn in gret deat^ { 
His blood he schad alM> largely. 

To make us and oure fadris fre. 
And alle oure rawueutu by and by 
He qwit hymself and non but he. 

Hampol«^tParaphra»ei^thePmlm», MS. 

RAUT. To low, as a cow. North. 
RAUX. To stretch. Northumb. 
RAYAYNE. Theft. Pabgraee. 

The thrydde bnndie cs roeeyne, 
That cs calde a gret synne. 

MS. Hart, sua, f. 50. 
Thou sdialt not stele thy neghbours thyng 
Be gyle ne rae«yne ne wrong withholdyng. 

MS. Qtntab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 5. 

RAVE. To tear np. Line. It is also used as 
a substantive in a cognate sense. "It's 
dangerous to make a rave in an old building, 
so do not attempt any alterations." Cumb, 

Ande he worowede him, and slowhe him ; ande 
thanne he ranne to the false emperes, ande ravida 
hir evine to the bone, but more harme did^ he not 
to no mane. GMta Romtworum, p. SOS. 

RAVEL. To talk idly. North. 

RAVEL-BREAD. Whity-brown bread. Kent. 
According to Harrison, p. 168, ** the raveled 
is a kind of cheat bread, but it reteineth more 
of the grosse and lease of the pure substance 
of the wheat." 

RAVELLED. Confused; mixed together. 



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RAVEL-PAPER. Whity-browii paper. 
RAVEN. To swallow greedOy. 

In the morning give them twrley or proveader, a 
little At a time. In distinct or leveral portions, twice 
or thrice one after another, so as he may chew and 
eke diagest it thoroghly ; otherwise if he rm90n it In, 
as he wil do having much at a time, he rendreth it 
In Ills dung whole and not disgested. 

Top»eir» FoMr-FoQt9d BeasU, p. 903. 

RAVENER. A plunderer. (A.-N.) 
Forthy, my sone, ichryve the here. 
If thou hast hen a raviner«, 

Gmmr, MS. 8oc Antiq. IM, f. 161. 

RAVES. These are additions to a waggon, 
without which it is not considered complete. 
The ravet or shelvings are two firames of wood 
which are laid on the top of the wi4^n in 
such a way as to meet in the middle, and pro- 
jecting on all sides beyond the body of the 
Tehicle, enable it to cany a larger load of hay 
or straw : whilst the sideboards are fitted on 
the top of the sides, in snch a way, that more 
sacks of corn can be stowed in the waggon 
than otherwise it would admit of. In the 
Cleveland Dialect, the shelvings are defined 
to be "the top part of a hay-cart." Line. 
The term is found in Palsgrave. 

RAVESTfi. Took by force. 

And the cause of his oommynge es to be restorede 
agayne of his wyfe, the whilke 50ur kynge ravetta 
away firo hyme this lame day. 

MS. Lteeoln A.i. 17> f. 41. 

RAVE-UP. To inquire diligently after, and to 
bring forward subjects of accusation against 
any one ; thus, for instancct " He raved up all 
he could think on, against such and such a 
one.*' Line. In old English, to explore. 

RAVINE. (1) Rapine. {A.-N.) 

(2) To eat ravenously. It occurs in Palsgrave, 
and in Cotgrave in v. Ooukarder» 

f 3) To seize by force. 

(4) Birds of prey. {A.-N.) 

RAVISABLE. Ravenous. {A.-N.) Raviimmi 
has exactly the same' sense. 

Heo was agast and in feringue. 
For it was so muche a5ein kuynde. 
That the wolf, wilde and ravisauntf 
With the schep 5eodesomllde6olomb. 

Jf 5. LaiMl. 108, f. 11. 

RAVISHED. Plundered ; stripped. 

RAVISHING. Rapid. {A.-N.) 

RAVISOME. Rapacious. Sufolk. 

RAW. (1) Cold and damp. Wett. 

(2) Inexperienced. Var. dial. It is found in 
Stanihurst's Ireland, p. 32. 

(3) A row, as of buildings, &c See Brockett, 
and Plumpton Corr. p. 4. 

Here may men se and knawe 
Many syns wryten on rawe. 

MS, Bibl. Coll. sum. xviii. 6. 

RAW-CREAM. Cream raised in the natural 

way, neither scalded nor clouted. Devon, 
RAW-EDGED. Not hemmed. North. 
RAW-FLESH. A demon. Perhaps his name 

is more usually raw-head. See Bloody-bone. 
RAW-HEAD. The cream which rises on the 

surface of raw milk, or milk that has not 

been heated. 



RAWINGS. Aftermath. Tmar. "Rawyn- 
hey" occurs in the Pr. Parv. 

RAWKT. Raw and cold. North, 

RAWLY. Rude ; unskilful. 

RAW-MOUSE. A bat. Somertet. 

RAWN. To eat greedUy. Wett. 

RAWNSAKE. To ransack ; to search out. 
Sene I was formede in faylh bo ferae whas I nerer, 
Forthy rawntakn redyly , and rede me my swefennys. 
Mvrte JrfftMre, M& UneUn, f. 87. 

RAWNT. Thin ; meagre. Somertet. 
RAWP. A hoarseness. YorkfK 
RAX. To stretch. NortK 
RAXEN. To hawk ; to spit. {A.-S.) 
RAXIL. To breathe ; to nourish. 
RAY. (1) A kind of dance. 

(2) Striped cloth. {A.-N.') ** Stranffuhun, 
ray," Nominate MS. "The riche rayes," 
Piers Ploughman, p. 89. To raye, to streak 
or stripe. J ray^ a slip of gold or silver 
leaf. See HoweU's Lex. Tet. 1660. 

And ererych of them a good mantell 

Of scarlet and otra^. Robtn Hood, L 42. 

(3) To defile ; to beray. North, 

(4) A diarrhoea. Yorhih, 

(5) Array ; order ; a row. StUl in use, to dress, 

or array. 

Ryballes ruled out of raye. 
What is the Trenitie for to sale. 

Chuttr PImw, IL 168. 

And when the halle was raiwrf ojt. 
The scheperde lokid al aboute 
How that hit myjt bene. 

US. OuUab, Ft, r,4S,t.54, 

(6) Sovereign ; king. {A.-N) 

Scho tuke hlr leve and went hir waye. 

Bothe at barone and at reqre. Perceval, 1/9. 

(7) A path, or track. (Fr.) 

One is when the hart runneth fiut on his nqw. 
He sweateth that it runneth down his dales. 

Booke of Hunting, 158S. 

RAYEN-SIEVE. A sieve used chiefly in cleans- 
ing clover. Dorset. 
RAYNE. Cry; sound. 

The kynge gan woSidly wepe and wake. 
And sayd, alias ! thys rewifulle ra^ne. 

MS, HarL 2858, f. 185. 

RAYNECLES. A dish composed of pork, dates, 

figs, spices, raisins, &c. 
RAYON. (1) A rav. (2) A streak. 
RAY-VELVET. Striped velvet. 
RAZE. A swinging fence set up in a water- 
course to prevent the passage of cattle. 
Devon. 
RAZOR. A small pole used to confine &^ots. 

St^olk. 
REA. Probably from the Latin re. 

She's a great trareller by land and sea. 
And dares take any lady by the reo. 

Ta^oi'9 Worke$. 1690, i. 99. 

REACH. A creek. Kent. 

RE ACH-TO. To reach out one*s hand, so as to 
help oneself. Thus, if yon say to a country- 
man, ** Shall I help you to some of this ?" ha 
reply will probably be, ** No thank you : I'U 
reach-to.** Line. 

REACKED. Arrived ; reached at. North. 



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READ. (1) Rennet. North, 

(2) To read the mwardet to strip the fiat from 
the intestines ; also to Yomit. 

(3) To comb the hair. North. 
READEPT. To lecoTer. 

The which Dudiie, if he might by their mMoes 
nadtp* and recoTer, he would never let patM out of 
hyt memorie wo great a beolfite, and io firendly m 
gratuitie to hym exhibited. HaU, Edward J V. t. 85. 

READSHIP. Confidence ; rule. Weet, 

READY. (1) Rid. EMtex. 

(2) To get ready, i e. to dress. Ueady^ dressed, 
occurs in old plays. 

(3) To forward, or assist. North, 

(4) Done, as meat, &c. Wilts. 

(5) To prepare, or make ready. 

RE ADT-POLE. A piece of iron across a chim- 
ney supporting the pot-hook. It was formerly 
made of wood, and that material may still be 
occasionally seen used for the same puipoee. 
Var.diaL 
REAP. To unraTel, or untwist. Devon, 
REAFE. To anticipate pleasure in, or long for 
the aecomplishment of a thing ; to speak con- 
tinually on the same subject. Suteex. 
REAKS. Pranks. <*To revell it, or play 

reakee" Cotgrave in y. Degonder, 
REAL. (1) Royal. {A.-N.) 
(2) A Spuush sixpence. Rider, 
REALTEE. Royalty. {A,-N,) 
REAM. (1) Cieam. North. " Mylke reme*' is 
mentioned in a receipt in MS. Lincoln, f. 285. 
That oo i« white so milkei remt 
That other ia red, ao fer la lem. 

Arthour and Mtrihif p, A5. 
Methenke thit pain ea awetter 
Than ani mllkea rem, 

Legtndie CatMiem, p. 88. 

(2) To hold out the hand for taking or receiv- 
ing. North. 

(3) To stretch out ; to bear stretching or drawing 
out ; to draw out into thongs, threads, or fila- 
ments. Also to widen a hole, especially in 
metal. 

(4) Bread is said to r«am, when made of heated 
or melted com. 

REAMER. An instrument used to make a hole 

larger. Somereet, 
REAM-KIT. The cream-pot. Yorieh, Pegge 

has ream-muff, p. 128. 
REAM-PENNY, (i. e, Rome-penny). Peter- 

penoe. He reckons up his ream-pennies ; 

that is, he tells all his faults. North, 
RE AN. (1) To eat greedily. Wett, 

(2) To droop the head. SufoUc, 

(3) The furrow between the ridges of ploughed 
land to take off the water; any gutter; a 
water-course, or small stream. Var, dial, 

Therfore of cornea fayer and cleane, 

That growea one ri{^ea out of the reian, 

Cayme, thou shalt offer, as I meane. 

To God In magiatie. Chetter Ployst i. 36. 

And thillLe thatbeth maidenea clene, 

Thai mai hem waaacheof the r«ne. 

Fkr^ and Btaneh^flowr, 907* 

REAP. A bundle of com. North. ^'Asmych 
as oone reepe," Townley Myst. p. 13. 



REAP-HOOK. A sickle. Ver dial 
REAR. (1) To mock, or gibe. Dewnu 

(2) Underdone ; nearly raw. North. " Reere 
as an egge is, mol," Palsgrave. 

If a man alcke of the bloody.fllze drlnke thereof 
iB a raera egge two acruplea for three dales to- 
gether faatlDg, it will procure him remedy. 

TopmW* BeasUf 1007, p. tfB. 

(3) To raise, especially applied to raising the 
wood-work of a roof. Also, to rise up before 
the plough, as the furrows sometimes do in 
ploughing. 

(4) To carve a goose. 

REARING-BONE. The hip-bone of a hog. 
REARING-FEAST. A supper, or feast, given 

to the workmen when the roof is reared, or 
put on the house. Line, 
REARING-MINE. A vein of coal which de- 
scends perpendicularly in the mine. 
REARLY. Early. StiU in use. 
REART. To right, or mend. JFett. 
REARWARD. The rear. Shak, 
REASE. Thing ; circumstance. 

Hy%emeis wyffe wolde he wedde. 
That many a man rewyd that rmue. 

jr&Har/.S268, f.iat. 

REASON. A motto. 

REAST. To take offence. Line. 

REASTED. Tired; weary. North. 

REASTY. (1) Restive. Ea$t. 

(2) Rancid. Var. dial <<Restie or rustie 
bacon," Nomendator, 1585, p. 86. **Ttk 
rest bacon," Reliq. Antiq. L 53. Retted baconf 
Hall's Satires, p. 81. 

REAVE. To unroof a house. Norf. 

REAWNT. Didwhiq>er. Lane. 

REAWP. A hoarse cold. Lane. 

REAWT. Out of doors. Lane. 

REBALLING. The catching of eels with earth- 
worms attached to a ball of lead, suspended 
by a string from a pole. 

REBANDED. Adorned with bands. 

They toke ladlea and daunsed, and sodainly en- 
tered eight other roaakera» apparelled in rych tinsel, 
matched wyth clothe of golde, and on that Turkey 
clokeif rebanded with nettea of silver. 

HaWs Chrmiele, 1A50. 

REBARD. Rhubarb. Heywood, 

REBATE. To blunt metal. It is metaphori- 

cally used in Stanihnrst, p. 24. 
REBATO. A kind of plaited ruff which turned 
back and lay on the shoulders. 

I pray you, air, what aay you totheaegreatruffia, 
which are borne up with aupportera and rtbatott, 
aa it were with poate and raile } 

DenCs Ptahtcay, p. 42. 

REBAWDE. A ribald, or scamp. 

SIche a retaivtfe aa yowe rebuke any lordei, 
Wyth theire retenus arrayede fuUe realle and noble. 

Morte jirthure, MS. Uncoln, f. 67* 

REBBIT. To clinch, or rivet. Yorkeh. 
REBECK. AkindofvioUn. (A.'N.) 
REBEKKE. Rebecca. Chaucer. 
REBEL. (1) To revel. Heref. 
(2) Disinclined ; unwilling. 
REBELLING. The ravelines. Heywood. 
REBELLNESS. Rebellion. 



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BEBBN. A kind of fine doth. 

BEBESK. Armbesqoe. Colet* 

BEBOKE. To belch, or cut up. 

BEBONE. 

Thow fiJM lordryn, I ul fell the flatt I 
Who made the lo hardy to make twych rfftofie. 

Dtgb^ MfttrUa, p. 131. 

BEBOUND. To take an offer at rebound, L e. 

at once, without consideration. 
BECCHE. To reck, or care for. {A^S,) 
Ne may non me wone do. 
Then ich have had hiderto. 
Idi have had so muche wo> 
That y ne reodke wbyder y go. 

Harrowing ^ Hail, p. 21. 

The ttlwarde therof I ne reche, 
1-wliM I have therto no meehe. 

Jir& Cantdb. Ff. v. 48, f. 63. 

BECEITE. A receptacle. Lydgate. 

BECEIVE. To receive the canwu, an old 
phrase for being dismissed. 

BECEST. Withdrawn. 

And he imagining with hliaelf that he had the 19. 
of July deserved my great displeasure, and finding 
himself barred firom vew of my philosophicall deal- 
ing with Mr. Henrik. tbowght that he was utterty 
rteMf fkom intended goodnes toward him. 

Dr. Do^» Dianf, p. 13. 

BECETTE. To recelTe, or harbour. (J.'N,) 
My lordehym reeetud in hys castell 
For the dewkys dethe Oton. 

MS, Cantak Ff. iL 38, f. 880. 

BBCHASE. Property, to call the hounda back 
Arom a wrong scent, bnt often used for calling 
them under any circumstances. " Seven score 
raches at Ms rechase," i. e. at his call, Squyr 
of Lowe Degr^, 772. A reeheat is explauied 
by Blome, *'a fiurewell at parting." In 
Dorset, sheep are said to be reehaied when 
they are driven from one pasture to another. 
BECHAUSED. Heated again. Warw, 
BECHEN. To reach ; to stretch out. {A,'S.) 
Pestilence es an yvel recAcmd* on lenthe and on 
brede. MS, Cull, Aom. 10, f. 8. 

BECHES. Costly things. {A.'S,) 
BECK. A hand-basket. SomeneL 
BECKAN. A hook for pots. North, 
BECKEY. A chUd's long coat. Yorkeh. 
BECKLINO. The smallest and weakest in a 

brood of animals. North, 
BECKON. To think, or guess. rar,diaL 
BECKON-CREEAK. A crook suspended from 

a beam within the chimney to hang pots and 

pans on. Yorkeh, 
BECK-STAVEL. A staddle for com. 
BECLAIM. (1) To reclaim a hawk, to make her 

gentle and familiar, to bring her to the wrist 

by a certain call. It is often used metftpho- 

ricaUy, to tame. 
(2) To proclaim. HaU, 
BECLINATOBYE. A resting-place. 
And therinne sette his roelynatorpe, 

I4fdgat0, MS, Soe. Antiq, 131, f. 3. 

BECLINE. To incline towards. 
BECLUSE. To shut up. {Lot, Med,) 
BECOLAOE. Wantonne&s. 



And eytte up there wyth rses l ays. 
And tyt do moche more outrage. 

MS, Hmi, I7tl» f. 48. 

BECOLDE. To recollect (A,-N,) 
RE-COLLECTED. Collected again in his mind 

or spirits. 
BECOMFORTE. (1) Comfort. (^.-iV.) 
In rtnmfiineot his inwarde smerte. 

I^dgate, MS, Soe, Jntiq, 134. f . 5. 

(2) To encourage. {A,'N.) 
RECONUSAUNCE. Acknowledgment. 
RECORD. (I) Witness ; testimony. {A.-N,) 
(2) To chatter as birds do before they can sing. 
Hence, to practise singing, to sing; to repeat 
lessons. It occurs in Palsgrave. 
RECORDS. To remember. {A.-N.) 
RECORDER. A kind of flageolet. The foU 
lowing story is very common in old jest books, 
and told of various persons. 

A merrie recorder of London mistaking the name 
of one Pepper, call*d him Piper t whereunto the 
partie excepting, and saying. Sir, you mistake, my 
name is Pepper, not Piper ; hee answered. Why, 
what dilftrence is there, I pray thee, between Piper 
in Latin and Pepper In English ? Is it not all one > 
No, Sir, leply'd the other, there ia even aa much 
dilferenoe betweene them as ia between a Pipe and a 

RECORTE. To record, {A,-N,) 
The day i-sett come one hynge, 
His borowys hyme brought before the kyng ; 
Tlie kyng lett rseorte tho 
The oewt and the answer also. 

MS. namttmm C 86. 

RECOUR. To recover. 

But she said he should rseotirof it, and so be said 
hee did within some teune dales. 

Gijfbr^* DkUogu* Mt Ifltekct , 1809. 

RECOURSE. A repetition. ShaJk. 
RECOVER. In hunting, to start a hare from 

her cover or form. 
RECRATED. Recreant. (A,'N,) Reeray- 
handet is the substantive pi. 

With his craftei ganne lie ealle. 
And callede tliame r^erm^mndu alle, 
Kynge. koyghtes in-with walle.P«ro«v«I 610. 
RECREANDISE. Fear; cowardice. {A.-N,) 
RECTE. To impute ; to ascribe. 
RECULE. (1) A collection of writings, but used 

%r any book or pamphlet. (Fr.) 
(2) To go back ; to retreat. {A,-N,) 
RECULES. Reckless. 

As for the tyme y am but recwisr, 
Lyke to a fVgure wyche tliat ys Iiertlees. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. 1. 6, f. 14. 

RECURATIVE. A remedy. (Lot.) GraU- 

rolus. Direction for Healthy 1574. 
RECURE. To recover; to get again. (^.-M) 
Also a substantive, recovery. 
Willing straungiers for to reeure. 
And in Engebmd to have the domynacion. 

MS. Soe, Antiq, 101, f. 98. 
But Hector fyrst, of strength most assured. 
His stede agayne hath anooe rteurod, 

LtfHgat^M Trov9t 1556, alg. P. v. 

RECURELESS. Irrecoverable. 

Ye are to blame to sette yowre hert so sore, 
Sethyn tliat ye wote that hytfys] relmpia*. 

If& Osnfiab. Ff. i. «, f. 14. 



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RED. (1) To put in order ; to clear, or put to 
rights; to clean. North, 

E*crany of them could red their een. 

Or a gUmmrhig might fee, 
Ilkeooeof them a down had. 

WeU laid on with his tTMw RaMaifeod, L 111. 

(2) Rid ; deprive. Eaai. 

The fourth he laid, 1 was bewltdtt 

When lint I handled knife ; 
I thinke mj crooked annes wer curat 

It did not rwi my life. 

Qtmlffido mmd Barnard^, 1A7». 

(3) To comb the hair. Warm, 

( 4 ) To assuage, or appease. CWiii^. 
REDACT. (1) Reduced. 

They were now beeome miierahle, wxetchad, 
stnfaly redact to •xtrane calamity. 

Beeon*9 Work^ p. 40. 

(2) To force backwards. 

He coned Petrarch for redaetiftg vena to lonneta ; 

whidi he laM were like that Flrrant'l bed, where 

some who were too short were racked, othan too 

itmg cut iboTt. Am Jonao^M QmwtrtaHotu, |>. 4. 

REDAR. (I) An adviser; one who advises, or 

exi^ains. See Rede. 
(2) A Catcher. Pr. Parv. 
REDARGUACION". A refutation. {Lat.) 
To punue all tho that do reprobacion 
Agayas our lawcs by oay redarguadon, 

JMgb^ Ml^sleriet, p,U, 

REDART. To dart again. 

Let but one line redart one small beamellng of 
love, Ths Two Lemeashbre Lovert. 1640, p. 63. 

RED-CORN-ROSE. Wild poppy. 
RED-CRAB. The sea crayfish. 
REDDE. Countenance; cheer. Weber. 
REDDEN. To cure herrings. 
REDDOUR. Violence ; strength. (A..N.) 
Seho saide the gretteste fyre ea the grettette 
rtddour of the ryghtwysnes of Ood, that es in pur- 
gaiorye. MS, lAmeoln A. i. 17, f. iS6. 

The reddaure oa^te [to] be rcstreynid 
To him that may no bet awey. 

Gocver, MS. Soe, Anttq. 134, f. 96. 
Hyt ya my fiesche. Lord, and not y, 
That grucciieth agernte thyn barde reddure, 

MS, Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f.Sl. 

REDE. (1) Counsel; advice. ** Short rede is 
good rede," Northern piov. Also a verb, to 
advise. North, 

When kyng Orfeo herd this caie, 
Thanheseyd, "Alasl Alas t" 
He askyd rede oi many a mane, 
Bot no mane helpe hym ne canne. 

MS. Aahmtde 61, xv. Cent. 
Thyn eryi be they mad Uatnyng 
Unto the voys of myn prayere ; 
What evere 1 rede, what evere 1 syng, 

Thow listene. Lord, with lovely chere. 
And Towdiesaf at myn askyng 

Myn aoule for to clense and clere. 
That It may be to thi lykyng 
The lyf that 1 ichal ledln here. 

BaMpcMe Paraphraae of the Pttlnu, MS. 
He aeyde, Now can y no rwfe, 
Por welle y wot that y am bat dede. 

For sorowe y wyile now dye ( 
Alias I that sche evyr fro me wente* 
Owre false steward hath us Kheot 
Wyth hys false traytory. 

US. Cantab. Pf. ii. 38, f- 79. 



IT. 



Marrok, he aeyde, what ys thy rede, 
Whether that sche be done to dedd. 

That was my blysse ? 
For sythen sche hath forsaken me, 
Y wylla bur no more see. 

Nor dwelle wyth hur y-wys. 

MS. Cantab, Pf. iJ. 38, f. 7SL 

(2) To expkdn. Perceval, 1248. 

No, for God, seid oure kyng, 
I wane thou knowist mo oothyng. 
Thou redie alle amysce. 
• MS. Cantab, Ff. v. 48, f. 48. 

(3^ To spread abroad. West, 
(4) To maintain ; to manage; to tell. 
RE DEL. A riddle. (A,^S,) 
REDELE. A riddle, or sieve. It is the trans- ^ 

lation of etq>itterium in Nominale MS. 
REDGER. A chain fixed on the rods of a 
waggon which passes over the horse's back. 
Kent. 
RED-GOWN. An eruption on the skin common 
to infants within a few days of their birth : 
so called doubtlessly from the appearance it 
presents. Lme, ** Reed gounde, sickenesse 
of chyldren," Palsgrave. It occurs in Pr. 
Parv. explained by wrqphultu, 
RED-HAT. Mowbamt hay, in distinction to 
ffreen hay^ or hay which has taken a moderate 
heat, and viimy, or mouldy hay. Devon, 
REDID. Reddened. Weber, 
REDIE. To make ready. {A.-S.) 

These chlldre toke with hem to spende. 
And redied hem forth to wende. 

Cwreor Mundi, MS, CoU, Trin, Cantab, f. 32. 
Whatsoever thou bee that rediee the for to lufe Oode. 

MS, Unealn A. L 17, f. 199. 

Inhaly wiittes he has redded vessels of dede, that 

es gud wordes. MS, CoU, Eton. 10, f. 12. 

REDIFYB. To rebuild. 

Restore ajen and eke redifye 

Upon that day the myjiy tabemade. 

hydgete, MS. Soc. Antiq, 134, f. la 

REDINE. Put in order. 

Whene he thys rewmea hade redi/ne* and lewlyde the 

pople. 
Then ryttede that ryalle, and helde the rounda 

tabylle. Morte Arthure, MS, lAnooln, f. fiS. 

REDING. Ruddle. Somerset. 

REDING-KING. A class of feudal retainers, 
mentioned In Piers Ploughman, p. 96. 

REDINGS. Tidings; news. 

RED-INKLE. Common red tape. The slang 
saying, " as thick as inlle weavers,'' may hence 
be derived.' Weaving such very narrow ware 
admits of the operators sitting as closely or 
thickly as possible, no elbow room being re- 
quired. 

RED-KNEES. The herb water-pepper. 

RED-LANE. The throat. Var, di<d, 

RED-LATnCE. An alehouse was sometimes 
so called from its red lattice. 

REDLE. To consider, or reflect ? 

This may je know kyudle y fayth both frynd and fo« 
Rernvmber 30U of the rychemen and redle on his end« 

What is reches, his reverans, his ryot brojt hym to, 
Sodenle was send to hei with mone a foul fynde. 

MS. Dottee 302, f . 4. 
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REDLES. WithoatadTice; helpless. (A.-S.) 

Hyc wyflte r«tfte», chyldron gydles. scTvauntes 
withdraw bjm Tro. Retiq, ^Utq. i. 270. 

REDLID. Twisted; woven. 
RED-MAD. Quite mad. Durham. 
RED-MAILKES. The corn-poppy. 
REDOUTED. Dreaded; feared. (A.-N.) 
REDOUTING. Reirerence. Chaucer, 
REDRESSE. To relieve, or remedy ; to make 
amends for ; to recover. (J,'N.) 
Or any mane that wist, 
Alie wranges ware redriaeht. 

US, Uneoin A. i. 17> f- 138. 

RED-ROW. When the grains of ripening barley 

are streaked with red, the crop is said to be 

in the red-row, Norf, 
REDS. Red tints; blushes. Weet, 
RED-SEAR. When, in forging, the iron breaks 

or cracks under the hammer while it is woik- 

ing between hot and cold, it is said to red-eear. 

There was a species of iron ore so called on 

account of its liability to red-sear. 
RED-SHANKS. (1) The arsesmart. Korth, 
(2) A contemptuous appellation for Scottish 

Highlanders, and native Irish. See Harrison's 

England, p. 6. 
REDSTREAK. Cider made of a kind of apple 

•o called, and much esteemed. 

Back-rccrulting chocolet for the coniumptive 

gallant, Herefordshire rv«Mr«MJIr made of rotten 

applet at the Three Cranes, true Brunswick Mum 

brew'd at S. Katherlnet, and ale in penny mugs not 

so big as a taylor's thimble. 

Charaet9r of a Cqffbt-hmut, 1673, p. 3. 

RED-TAIL. The redstart. 
REDUBBE. To remedy ; to redress. (Fr,) 
If he shulde, before the same were put in good 
ordre, leve those matters unperfited, it shulde be 
long bifore he coude rtdubbe or conduce them to 
good eflbet. State IHtptra, i. ISIS. 

I doubte not by Goddes grace so honestly to re- 
dubbe all thynges that have been amys. 

EllW* Idtenuy Letttrt^ p. 4. 

REDUBBORS. Those that buy stolen cloth 

and disguise it by dyeing. BUmni, 
REDUCE. To bring back. {Lai.) 
REDUCEMENT. Reduction. {Lai.) 

After a little reAioement of his passion, and that 
time and further meditation had disposed his senses 
to their perfect estate. 

Hisfoiy ^Patient GriMd, p. 40. 

REDUCTED. Led back. {Lat,) 

Onely for the cause of Maximilian newly elected 
king of Romanes, should be redueted and brought 
again into their pristine estate and consuete fami- 
Uaritee. Hall, Henry FIL f. 27. 

RED. WATER. Same as Blend-waier, q. v. 
RED-WEED. The common poppy. East, 
RED-WHOOP. The bullfinch. Somerset, 
RED-WINDS. Those winds which bkst fruit 

or com are so called. 
REDYN. Sailed; moved. 

So on a day, hys fadur and hee 
Bedyn yn a schyppe yn the see. 

MS. Cantab. Ft, iL 38, f. 144. 

REE. (1) To shake com in a sieve, so that the 

chaff collects to one place. South 
(2) A disease in hawks. 



\ 



(3) An imperative,commandtngtheleading horse 
of a team to tum or bear to the right. Heit 
and Camether, tum or incline to the left. 
" Riddle me, riddle me ree*' is therefore, Rid- 
dle me riffht. 

A base borne issue of a basersyCT, 
Bred in a cottage, wandring in the mycr. 
With nailed shooes and whipstaflTe in his hand, 
Who with a hey and re« the beasts command. 

Jftcn>-CVnicon, 1599. 

REEAN6ED. Discoloured; in stripes. 
REECE. A piece of wood fixed to the side of 

the chep. Kent, 
REECH. Smoke. Reeehy^ Shakespeare. 

The world Is wors then men neren. 
The mek rccheth into HevcD. 

Cw^or Mundl, MS, Cott. Trin. Oiiita».f. 18. 

REED. (1) Unbraised straw. Wegt, Hence, 

to reed or thatch a house. 
(2) The fundament of a cow. Derb. 
?3) Angry; iU-tempered. Yoriik, 

(4) A very small wood. Eoit, 
REED-BILLY. A bundle of reed. West, 
REEDHOLDER. A thatcher's bow fastened to 

the roof to bold the straw. fFeet, 
REEDIFICATION. Rebuilding. (Lai.) 

The toun was eompellid to hdp to the nedifieatum 
of It. Lriand^t l/toerary, I70B. iii. 12&. 

REED-MOTE. Same as Featetraw, q. v. 
REED-PIT. A fen. Pr. Parv. 
REED-RONDS. Plots, or beds of reed; or, 

the swamps which reeds grow in. Korf. 

Forby has reed^rolL 
REED-STAKE. An upright stake to which an 

ox is tied in the shippen. Durh, 
REEF. The itch. North. According to some, 

any eroptive disorder. 
REEK. (1) Smoke or vapour. North, Perhaps 

forincefue in thefoUowing passage, bat glossed 

by Jumut in the original. 

Reke, that is a gretjrngful prayer of men that 

dus penance. MS. Coil. Aow. 10, f. 2S. 

To reach. Still in use. 
A rick. Nominale MS. Seek'time, the 

time of making, or stacking hay. 

(4) Money. A cant term. 

(5) To wear away ; to waste. North. 

(6) Family ; lineage. Yorksh. 

(7) Windy ; stormy. North. 
REEKING-CROOK. A pothook. North. 
REEK.STAVAL. A rick-staddle. 
REEM. (1) To cry, or moan. North. 

(2) To tie fast. Somerset. 

(3; The hoar, or white frost. 

REEOK. A shriek. Lane, 

REEP. To trail in the dirt, ffeti. 

REEPLE. A beam lying horizontally in ti^ 
roof of a coal-mine. Weet. 

REES. 

Her olyres with her wyn frees. 
These foxes brent with her rees. 

Cursor Mtmdi, MS. CoU. Trin. CatUdb. f . a 

REESES. Waves of the sea. 

REESOME. To ted pease ; that is, to put thea 

into little heaps. Line, 
REET. (1) Right, far, dial. 



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(2) Tb iBMwftliy or put in order ; to comb the 

hair. North, 
BBBTLE. To repair. North, 
REEVE. (1) To wrinkle. Wett, 

(2) To separate com that has been winnowed 
from the small seeds which are among it. 
This is done with what they call the reeving- 
u'ere. Var. dioL 

(3) The female of the mff. 
REEZED. See Reatty (2). 
REF. PImidcr. (j4.-S.) 
REFECT. Recovered. (Lat.) 
REFEDE. Deprived ; taken away. 

Kany l«da with his Uunce the Uflte has he r^/Ut. 

MorU Arthure, MS, Lineoln, t. 7>. 

REFEERE. To rerert Hoccleve, 
REFELL. .Torefnte. (Lai,) 

Whidft I thinlLe your clemende will not reject nor 
iX/W. Baift UnUnt, 1M8, Hm, IV, f. 98. 

RSFPERTORT. Refractory. Line. 
REFFICS. Remnants ;reUca. North. 
REFICTE. Shelter ; refuge. 
REFUIRE. Odomr. (^..M) 

We hafe lykyng also for to UhaUe falve feldes al 
over flofcsehed with flores, of the whillie a swete 
r^/Mre enters IntHle oure noses, in the whlllce a 
MosiUe laule hase maste delite. 

MS. lAHcotn A. L 17, f. S3. 

BEF0€ILLATION. Restoration of strength 

by refreshment. (Lat.) 
REFORM. To repair. Stoufe. 
REFORM ADO.. A disbanded soldier. 
REFORME. To inform. 
REFOUKME. To renew, or remake. Cfitwayne, 
REFRAIN. (1) To restrain. 
(2) The burden of a song. (^.-AT.) Rrfraide 

and refret are also usedL 
Here nowe fulowethe a faalade ryal made by 

Lydegate alfter hia resorte to his rdigyoun, with the 

nfngi» liove eTCfl7thiag drawethe to his semblable. 

MS.AMhmol9 9dyt. 18. 

REFREIDB. To cooL {A.-N) 

REFRET. Thebnrdenof asong. 
Thit was the refret of that caroall, y wene, 
Tlie whedie Gerlas and this mayden song lyyfore. 

Chrnn. VlMun. p. 115. 

RE FRINGE. To infringe upon. Palsgrave. 
REFTB. (1) Bereaved; took away. 
5yf thou erer yn any tyme 
Biffte any man hys lyme. 

MS. Hart, 1701. f. 9. 
AUe thyng that men withholde. 
Stole or rtftet jyve or solde. 

MS. HarL \70l» f.ft?. 

(2) A chink or crevice. (^.-&) 
IlEFUGE. Refuse. StUl in use. 
REFUSE. (1) To deny. (2) Refusal. 
But they of the suggestione 
Ne ooutben noujtea worde reftite. 

Gouw, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 44. 
And it was the custum and ose* 
Amoages hem was no r^fUse, 

Oowmr, MS. Soe. Antiq, 134, f, 833. 
RBPUYT. Refuge. (A..N.) 
But thinroughe thee have wee grace as wee desyre, 
E?«r halht myne hope of r^f^t ben in thee. 

Romanes qfthe Monk, Sion QfOeg« MS. 

R^GAi. A groove in timber. Wett. 



RB6AL0S. Choice sweetmeats. 
REGALS. A musical instrument, made with 
pipes and bellows like an organ, but small and^ 
portable. There was till lately an offic^ in 
the King's Chapel at St. James's /called 
** Tuner of the Regals," with a salary df J656. 
Praise him upon the claricoalea, ' 

The lute and simfonie : 
With dulsemers and the rogalU, 
Sweete littrons melody. 

Ij8if^Ufm*» Tsares or hmmtntatlom, 1613. 

REGAIiTE. Rule ; royalty. (A.-N.) 
Of heven and erthe that hath the reguijfe. 
And sehalle distroye alle fab roawmetrye. 

Ufdgatot MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 16. 

REGENERATE. Degenerate. Narei. 
REGHTE. Right ; quickly. (A.-S.) 
Whenae he was dighte in hU atire. 
He tase the knyghte bi the swire, 
Keste hym r^te In the f yrew Pereooml, 791 . 
REGIMENT. Government. (Lat.) 

I have obteined and possessed the rule and 
regiment of this famous realme of England. 

HaiTe UniM, 1548. 

REGLE. A rule ; a regulation. 

REGNE. To reign. (A.-N.) 

REGNIS. Kingdoms. (Lat.) 

And the peplis and regnit everichone 
Stoden unto him nndir lowe senrage. 

L^dgate, MS. Soe, Antiq. 184« f. 16. 

REGRACES. Thanks. " With dew regraces,*' 

Plnmpton Correspondence, p. 5. 
REGRATE. To retail wares. (A.'N.) 
REGREDIENCE. A returning. (Lat.) 

No man comes late into that place, from whence 
Never man yet had a regrodienee, 

Herriel^o Worke, li. 40. 

REGREET. To greet again. 
REGREWARDE. The rearward. 

The regrewarde it tok awey. 
Cam none of hem to londe dreye. 

Cower, MS. Soe, Antiq. 134, f. 7.'U 

REGUERDON. A reward. (A.-N.) 
REHETE. (1) To revive; to cheer; to encou- 
rage. {A.-N,) ** Him would I comforte an<i 
rehete," Rom. Rose, 6509. 
Thane the conquerour kyndly carpede to those 

lordes, 
Rehetede the Romajmes with realle speche. 

Morte Arthure, MS. Uneo!n, f. 56. 

(2) To persecute. (A.-S.) 

REHETING. Burning ; smarting. (A.~S.) 

REIDE. Arrayed. 

Thane the eorle was payd, 
Sone his batclle was r^de. 
He was nothyng afteyd 
OflT that feris knyght. Sir Degremnt, »'^, 
REIGH. The ray fish. 

REIKE. (I) To walk about idly. Reawk, to 
idle in neighbour's houses, Tim Bol)hin 
Gloss, appears to be the same word. 

(2) A chaffinch. Nominate MS. 

(3) To reach or fetch anything. North, 
REILE. TorolL Chaucer. 
REIMBASK. A term in hunting, to return to 

the lair or form. 
REIN. To droop the bead ; to bear it in a stiflT 
and constrained posture. Eaet, 



SBL 



676 



RBM 



UINABLB. KeMonibte ; jiut (^^M) 

So mfMMe and queiot aehe was 

or wRt and of d«to, 
That ich man hadde ofio $aa$ thing 

Woodar and die drede. 

L^«fitf« Gst)Mle«, p« 139. 

BBIKS. Rain. (^..&) 

When it were teokyne, farewdle he. 
An hatte wer bettur then sech thie 
For r«yfM and fonne-ichyne. 

MS. Cantab, Pf. ▼. 48, f. 55. 

REIST. To become restiTe. Nortkumb. 
REISTER. A German horse-soldier. 
REITS. Seaorriyerweed. Wett 
RRIVENE. Riven; torn. (^.-5.) 

Thaiie gaye gownnes of grene 

Schamcaly were thay regvent, 

MS. UmeolH A. 1. I7t t. 137. 

RE JA6GE. To reprove ; to confute. 
REJA6GED. Tattered. Skeiton. 
REJOIE. To rejoice. (J.-N.) 
REJOURN. To adjourn ; to refer. 
REJUMBLE. To roU or jumble, especially 
said of an uneasy stomach. Line. It occurs 
in Coles's Lat. Diet 
REKE. (1) Haste. (J.^S.) 

The whych ware tent yn a grete relrf. 
The dampned menncs leggee to breke. 

JfS. HarL 1701, f. 89. 

(2) To go or enter in. 

Porter, a tede, let me in rcte 

B0V€$tfHamploun, p. 17* 

And let me now with the rdke 
In that maner aa we (pake. 

M8. Qmtcb. Pf. li. 38, f. 111. 

(3) To reckon ; to think. {J.-&) 

Porthe ther yt oon, y reke. 
That can well Frenscbe tpeke. 

MS. CmUab. Ff . il. 38, f. 115. 

(4) To rake or cover anything in the fire with 
ashes. Still in use. 

(5) A small bundle of hay. Line. 
REKENEN. To reckon or count. (A.'S.) 
REKENESTE. The most esteemed ? 

He rewlla the rerewarde redyly there aftyre. 
The rOtmesie redy mene of the rownde table. 

Morte Jrthure, MS. Uneoln, f. 9ft. 

REKILS. Incense. (J.'S.) 
REKKE. To care or heed. {J.-S.) 

Thoghe a rewme be rebeDe, we rdclea it bot lyttiUe. 
Morte Atihurn, MS. Lbicolm, t. 75. 

RELAIE. A fresh set of hounds. 
RE LAMENT. To lament over again. 

They finde enough. Ah I without mine. 

To relamem their owne. 

Th0 Cyprian Aeadamf, 1847, ii. 42. 

RELATED. Referred ; enrolled. 

Who would not have thought this holy religloua 
fiither worthy to be oanoniBed and rOaied into the 
number of taints. BeeonU Workt, p. 137* 

RELE. To roll ; to spread. 

RELEASE. To take out of pawn. The Bride, 
by Nabbes, 4to. 1640, sig. F. iv. 

RELEBE. A fine paid by a tenant at his ad- 
mission to a copyhold. 

RELEET. A crossing of roads. East. 

RELEF. Remainder; what is left. It occurs 
in Pr. Parv. p. 101, as refiue. 



Hebad gsder thenl^of hcfsi, 
Therwlth the fulde twelve lepei. 
C^norMundi, MS. OM. Trim. Ca$Uab, f. 84. 

Sere baacatee foUe heo gadendca 

Of raU^r after mete. MS. iMud. 108, £ L 

RELENT. To melt. Pakgrme. 

RELES. Taste, or relish. 

RELESSEN. To forgive. {A.*N.) 

RELBVAINTHES. The revenue derived from 
relieft, fines, payable by a tenant on the 
death of Ids ancestor. Sometimes, re- 
mainders. 

For I eee not any greate Ughtlywod that any 
good eumme will comm in tyl after ChristmM, aad 
then no more then the rnlnotofJhet, iHidof llcfor I 
have made mention, wlUche it no gseale metier. 

8Ut9 Papers, L 848. 

RELEVE. To restore ; to rally. (A.-N.) 
RELICK.SUNDAT. A name given to the third 

Sunday after Midsummer day. 
RELIEZ. Proceed ; follow. 

Tliane relpet the renkei of the loimde table 
Por to ryotte the wode ther the duka tettea. 

Merta Arthwa, MS. lAneeln, f.73. 

RELIGION. A conscientious scruple. 
RELIGIOUS. A monk. {A^N.) Hence rOi- 

giountSj the clergy. 
RELING. Crumbling with age. 
RELLY. A coarse sieve. EoMt. 
RELUME. To Ught again. ShaJL 
RELY. To polish. Colet. 
REMAILE. Rhyming ; verse ? . 

A derk of Ynglaad 

In hif ramaUe thus redei. 

Jf5.H«r2. 4106, f. 906. 

REMANETH. An account of all the stuff that 

remained unspent. {Lat.) 
REMBLE. To move or remove. Line. 
REME. (1) To make room. {A^S.) 

(2) A realm. Pr. Pant. 

Pray we that Lord is Lord of alle. 
To save oar kyng his rsme ryal. 
And let never mysehlp uppon him lUle^ 
Ne iklsc tnytoure him to betcay 1 

MS» JVuMM 308. f. flSk. 

(3) To cry out, or moan. 

The gailers that him scholde yene^ 
Whan hii herde him thus remm, 
Thef, cherl, sride that on tho. 
Now beth the llf-dawes y-do ! 

BffMS ^ Baattoum, p. 63. 

(4) Rheum. There is a receipt for ** hede stop- 
ped with reme" in MS. Line 1 281. 

(5) To froth, as liquor does. 
REMEDY. A half.hoUday. Wintim. 
REMEDYLESSE. Without a remedy. 

Thus wdle y wote y am r— le^r fa ** ^ 

Fat me no tiiyng may oomforte nor amende. 

Jf& Cantab. Pf. L «, f. ISl. 

REMELANT. Remainder. It is preserved in 

the Northern provincialism remUnff. 
REMEMBER. To remind. North. It often 

occurs in old plays. 
REMEMORAUNCE. Remembrance. 
Nowe menne it caU by all nm aa n r a m neat 
Constantyne noble, wher to dwell be dJd ettdyne. 

HM^dpng'a Chnmtela, t. SO. 

REMENAUNTE. The remainder. (A.~N.y 



BBN 



677 



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Hmr to lUk of the rtmamtmde, 
He halte bo worde of eotaunuite. 

OBwer, JfS: Aw. AaM%, IM, f . 43. 

Asforallefbyngctthatfbloir^nfem them to my 

copejf tawhfdw b wretyn • rwmmmmtU lyketo this 

fane^ werko. Wmrk¥mfh'9 Cknmkh, p. 1. 

KEMENB. (1) To bring buck i«;aiii. 

This goode idiip I may rammt, 

Vtrmetk MS, 
(2) To remember ; to remind. 

Of love y echelle hem lo nmmg. 

That thoa tdialt knowe i^hat they mene. 

GoiMT, MS, Ac. Jntif. IH f. 40. 

REMETIC. A remedy. Warw, 

REMINOB. Making a noue. 

TbcB to me appeared Mlchdl, 
A«d bade me traTayle nerer a deale. 
And layde for remmg* nor praien All 
That gcauntemenot to aeeke. 

Chetttr Piap*, ii. 74. 

SEMISSAILS. Oris ; leavinga. (J.~N,) 

The best moieeUj have this fai remembnrance, 
Holetotfalsdf alwaydonotapplye; 
Part with thi felawe, for that h curtasie t 
Lade not thI trcndioiire with many remtoialto, 
And firo Uakncs alway kepe till naOes. 

I^dgaitf9 Slant Vmr mi Mtnmm, MS, 

WtLkWHT. Bemainder. 

Gere some to pore menys haode, 

And wkh the remkuoni store thy lande. 

MS, Oamtab, Ff. IL 88. f. 810. 

REMLET. Arenmant. Deffon, 

REMM/LN. To beat. YorJt9h. 

REMMAND. To disperse. North, 

REMMON. To remove. York$h. 

REMORDE. (1) To lieel remorse. (J.'N.) 

(2) To rebuke, or find fault with. 

REMOBSE. Pity; compassion. 

REMOWN, Sane as iZemiM, q. Y. 

REMUCE. Croas ; il].tempeied. Jkwm. 

REMUB. To remove. (A^N.) 

RENABLB. LoqoMimia. North. 

REN ABLY. Tolerably ^ reasonably. {J,^N.) 
Porthther com on redl reke» 
That rsaaWMe kouthe Frensch speke. 

jBfve* qf Hamioun, p. 100. 

RENASSHIN6. Left unexplained by Douoe in 
Archaeology xviL 293, but a martingale is 
being described, and there is no doubt it 
means the violent jerking of the horse's head ; 
(from reniittA, furious?) 
RENATBD. Renewed. (Lot.) 

Sttche a pemycloos fable aad fiodon, being not 

ODcly BtraiiDge and manreykms, but also prodigious 

sui unnaturall, to feyne a dead man to be rmated 

sod newely borne agayne. Halt, Hemy FJl. f. SS. 

RENAT. To refuse ; to deny. 

With swiwd he shal hemseWen wrdce. 
Or do hem Cristendome renup, 

Ckffwor Mtmdi, MS, (ML THn, CotUab, f. 183. 
That made him God to remaif. 
And to forsake hk owne lay. 
Ouraar MwM, MS, GbK. IWn. CmUab. f . M. 
RENCH. To rinse. North. 
BENCKY. Large and boisterous. 
RBNCOUNTBB. To meet. Spemer. 
RENMR. (1) To melt, as lard, Ac. Line. 
(2) To repeat a lesson. 



I 



(3) To give the flnishing coat of plaster to a 
walL Eaat. 

4) To separate ; to disperse. North. 

5) A confession. (6) To confess. 
RENDLES. Rennet for cheese. 
RENE. (1) To deny. Heame. 
(2) To rein, or tie up. 

RENEG. To announce or eall a suit at some 

games at cards. Detfon, 
RENEGATE. An aposUte. (A,.N,) Still in 

use, aceording to Brodcett 
RENEGE. To deny ; to renounce. 

Shall I rtnegB I made them then i 
Shall I denye my cunning foomle I 

Minmrfor MaffUtrateBf p. 113. 
RENEULED. Renewed. {a.-S,) 
RENEWYNG. Produce. 

And also gyf to God part of your rmtwirng. 
And than alle cncreoe wyll be thcrof ensewyog. 

MS, Laud, 410, f. 4S. 
RENGAILE. Ranks. Heame, 
RENGE. (1) A rank, or row. Rengeet steps of a 
ladder, stUl in use pronounced range, 
Trumpettes blew In the prese, 
Lordyi stond on rm^tt 
Ladycs lay over and beheld. 

Ttrrmt ^ FartvgtU^ p. 40. 

(2) To arrange, or 8el in order. 
RBNK.(l)Aman;aknight. (J,^S.) 
Whenne the rtnke* gan mete, 
Thay were fellkl undlr fete. 

MS, JJneolH A, i, 17. f. 184. 
Thorgh the rmku gane thay ride, 
Thir doghty knyghtls of pride. 

MS. IMuotn A. 1. 17, f. 188. 

(2) A rank. Nominale MS. 

RENKY. Rank, as weeds, Ac. North, 

RENLESSE. Rennet. Pahgraee, It occurs in 

a vocabulary in MS. Coll. Jes. Ozon. 28. 
RENLETH. Mixed together. List of old words 
prefixed to Batman uppon Bartholome, 1582. 
RENNE. (1) To snatch, or pult. {J.-S.) 
Thai take geese, capons, andhenne. 
And alle that ever the! may with renne, 

MS, Cdntab, Ff. t. 48, f. 40. 
(2) To ran. {J.-S.) 
That shortly to ride that nobill prynce was redy. 
By Pomfrett castle he paste his enmys notwith- 

stondyng i 
Marques Mountlgew of that passage was verrey bevy, 
Wyth the prynce he dnrtte not mete, but ther lay 

the momyng : 
His tresone in hys mynde bifore done was rennyng, 
Supposyng that Kyng Bdwarde remembryd it also : 
Wherefore, good Lorde, evermore thy wOle be doo I 

MS.BibURsg.llli.xy, 
RENNING. Rennet. Baret. 
RENNISH. Furious ; passionate. JVbr^A. 
RENOME. Renowned. Paltgnwe. 
RENOVELAUNCB. A renewing. {J,^N.) 
RENT. (1) To tear, or rend. (^.-5.) 
(2) Interest of money. Eaet, 
RENTY. Neat ; well-shaped. North, 
RENVERST. Reversed. (Fr.) 

Then from him reft his shield, and it rsnecref, 
And blotted out his armes with fslshood blent ; 
And himselfe taalRild, and his armes unherst. 

Sptnttf't FaerU Ijueena, V. iii. 37. 

REOUSE. To inraise, or commend. North, 



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678 



RER 



REP. (1) Reaped. Enex, 
(2) A jade, or lean hone. 
REPAIRS. To return ; to resort. A substan- 
tive, resort, in the following passage : 
Which* if my Sone and myn owen eyre. 
That fai hire braito ichAlle hate his rtpa^re, 

I^dgate, MS, flbe. jintiq, 134, f. 1. 

REPAISE. To appease one. (^.-M) 
REPARE. The haunt of a hare. 
« REPAREL. Apparel; clothing. 

WUhin hymselfe, by hys deligent travel. 
To amy hy« garden vith noUbll repanL 

AthmoWa Theat. CKem. Brit. 1669, p. 214. 

REPARELLE. To repair. 

He that schalle bygge this dteeagayne salle hafe 
thre vlrtoriet, and whenne he hase getene thie vic- 
tories, he ealle onane oome and repartU« this cltee, 
and blgge it agayne also wele als ever it was. 

M&UneolHk.L 17, f. I). 

REPASSE. A common term used by jugglers, 
alluded to in Kind-Hart's Dieame, 1592. 

REPAYRE. A carrier of sea-fish. 

REPE. A handful, as of corn, &c. 

REPEAL. To recall. Shai. ** RepeU caUyng 
agayne, repel^" Palsgrave. 

REPENDE. 

Thane rf che stedes rtpendn, and rascfaes one armes. 
Mcrte Jrthwn, MS. Uneotn, f. 75. 

REPILLE.STOCK. A kind of rod or staff used 

for beating flax. 
REPLENISH. To revive. Pabgrave. 
REPLET. Repletion. Chaueer. 
REPOLONE. Said of a horse that gaUops 

straight forwards and back again. 
REPON. Moving force ; momentum. 
REPOSANCE. Repose. HalL 
REPPLE. A long walking staff as tall or taller 

than the bearer. CAeth. 
REPRESSE. Suppression ; repressing. 
REPREVE. To reprove. (j.-N.) 

Cokwoldes no mour I wyll repreoe. 
For I ame ane, and aske no levew 

MS.A»hmole61,t.6l. 
REPREVINGE. A reproof. 

And there it lylLede him to suflye many f«pr»> 
vingM and scomas for us. 

MaundevW* TravU, p. 1. 

REPRIME. To grumble at anything. 
REPRISE. (I) A right of relief. 
(2) Blame ; reproach. {A.'N.) 

That alle the world ne may sufflae 
To staunchc of pride the rtpri$9. 

Oower, MS. Soc. Antiq. 134, f. 80. 
REPROOF. Confutation. Shak. 
REPRY. To reprieve. Huioet 
REPUGN. To fight against. (Lai.) 
REPULDE. Ripped up? 

And smote Gye wyth envye. 

And repuUie hys bee and hys'chynne. 

And of hys chelce all the slLynnew 

MS. Oantab. Ft. ii.38, f. fl09. 
REPUNGE. To vex, or goad. (Lot.) 
I am the king of Persia, 
A large and fertU soil : 
The Egiptians against us repungt. 
As verlets slave and vile. 

King ChmMMi, p. S64i 

REPURVEAUNCB. Provision. 



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The good luiyjt syre Dcgrivavace, 
He had y-roade nqmnwaimce 
For al hys reHenaunoe. 
RBRAGE. Arrears, or debt (^..JV:) 
That alle the ryehe salle repcnte that to Rome iangrs 
Or tlie rarmg9 be requit of rentea that he daymcs. 
Morte jtrikwr9, MS. linceto. f. 71. 

RERD. Roaring; noise. " He him kneu wel 
by his rerde;' RcUq. Antiq. ii. 274. 

RERE. (1) To raise. (jr.-&) 

(2) Moderately flexible ; firm, but not too hard, 
as applied to meat, &c. 

RE RE-BANKET. A second course of sweets or 
desserts after dinner. Pabgrme. It is made 
synonymous with rere-supper in Leigh's 
Romane Eniperours, 1637, p. 92. 

REREBRACE. Armour for the back of the 
arm. {A.-N.) 
Bristes the rm^raee with the bronde ryche. 

Mortt Arthmte, MS. Uneoln, f. 80, 

REREBRAKE. Probably the projection put on 
the crupper to prevent the horseman being 
poshed over the horse's tail by the thrust of a 
lance, as was often the case in a tournament. 
Meyrick, 

REREDEMAIN. A back-handed stroke. 

1 shall with a rtrtdemiaifna so make them re- 
bounde to our commen enemye that caUeth hym- 
selfe kynge, that the beste stopper that he hath at 
tenyce shal not well stoppe without a faulte. 

Hda, Riduiri HI. f. 11. 

RERE-DORS. Some part of armour. 
Ane hole brest-plate, with a rere-dors 
Behynde shet, or elles on the syde. 

CfaHedst MS 

RERE.DORTOUR. Ajakes. 

If any suster in the ren-dortonr, otherwyiecallyd 
the house of eaemente, behave her unwomanly or 
unrellgiously, aehewynge any parte bare that 
nedeth not, whyle they stondeorsytte then. 

MS,^4nmi9it 146. 

REREDOSSE. (1) An open fire-hearth. Har. 
rison says, p. 212, ** now have we manie chim- 
nies, and yet our tenderlings complained of 
rheumes, catarhs, and poses; then had we 
none but reredassea, and our heads did 
never ake." 

(2) This word in general signifies the screen of 
stone or wood at an altar, but it is occa. 
sionally applied to the tapestry hanging at the 
back of it. 

RERE-MOUSE. A bat We9t. '*Ve^erHlio, 

a reremouse or batte," Elyot, ed. 1559. 
RERE-SUPPER. A late supper after the ordi- 
nary meal so called, taken ** generallie when 
it was time to go to rest," Harrison, p. 170. 
Palsgrave mentions ** the rere-supper, or ban- 
ket where men syt downe to diynke and eate 
agayne after their meate,'' Aoolastna, 1540. 
Pegge gives re-^n^tperf a second tapper. 
Laenc. 

My stomak acoordeth to every meete. 
Save nr«$omper* I leftise last I sorfette. 

PUnefFmWtmm, p. laS. 
Than is he redy In the wey 
My rere-apper for to make. 

OoMwr, MS. Ac. jbuig. IM. ^, ujt. 



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679 



RES 



RES. Violence ; impetus ; quick pace. 
That 1 ful ofte, in tudie a ret. 
Am werye of myn owen lyf. 

G9wer, MS, Soe, Aiiiiq, 134, f. S2. 

He wolle rape hym on a rMst 
Mylddy to the holy londe. 

MS. Harl, SSfiS, f. 118. 

Wlftenoe the! were war of MoitM, 
Tbd fley5e away al in a re*. 

Ctsraor Mundl, M& ColL TVte. Cantab, f. 41. 

RESALGAR. Ratsbane. 

Notwithstao<Uiig« I must need* aay that our chi- 
mrgioiu and abo ferrets do find both arsanicke and 
retalgar to be lo tharpe, hotte» and buroing things, 
as when they minister the same to any part of the 
body, they axe forced to alay the sharpenesse thereof. 

TopMir* BeatU, IWJ» P> 4S0. 

RESAYVE. Torecdve. (^.-JV.) 
To Weatmynstnr the kyng be water did gUde, 
Worahypftilly reMyvM with procession in frett, 
Rem^vid with reverence, his dewte not denye, 
Thecardinall uppon his hede the cxowne did sett; 
The septure In his honde wlthowte Interrupdone 

or lett, 
Thcnne to Seyn Edwardes shryne the prynce did goo. 
Thus In every thyng the wille of Ood is doo ! 

MS. RUa. Reg. 17 D. xv. 
MekiUe cmnforthe it raaeikiirveff of oure Lorde 
no)te anely inwardly in his prev4 sulMtaoce be 
the Tertu of the anehede to oure Lorde. 

MS. Uncoln A. i. 17, f. 8S0. 

RESCEN. Rushes. Exmoor. 

RESCHOWE. To rescue. (^.-A\) 

RESCOUS. Rescue. {A.-N.) 

RESE. (1) A boost. R. de Brmme. 

(2) To raise, or stir up. 

RESELL. To put away ; to refute. (A.^N.) 

RESEMBLABLB. Like. 

For roan of soule rctonabille. 
Is to an aungelle reeemblable. 

Cower, MS, Soe. Anttq. 134, f. 37. 
RESENT. To smell of. Drayton. 
RESET. To receive. 

And je bit make, and that me greves, 
A den toraset inne theves. 

Cmreor Mundi, MS. Coll. TWn. Cantab, t. 91. 

RESH. Fresh ; recent. Eaat. 

RESHES. Wire-rush, a weed. Yorkah. 

RESIANS. Inhabitants ; residents. 

RESIGNS. A deer was called a heri-reaigne 
when he had quite left off growing. 

RESILE. To spring back. (Lat.) 

If the Quene wold herafter reeUe and goo back 
from that, she semeth nowe to be contented with, 
Ushuld not be in her power soo to doo. 

State Papere, i. 343. 

RESILVATION. A retrogression. {Lat.) 

There Is, as phlsldans saye, and as we also fjmd, 
double the perell in the reeUoaeUm that was In the 
lyrstesyeknes. Hall, Edward V. f. 11. 

RESIN-BEAM. A beam in a xoof. 
RESINING. Resignation. 
RESNABTL. Reasonable. 

KIlys a moo he were unabille, 

Aa a bestys of kynd ; 
Better mon ys made remoAyl, 

Good and evyl to have in his roynd. 

MB, Douce 902, f . S. 

RESOLUTION. Conyiction ; assurance. 



RESOLVE. (I) To dissolve, or melt. 

Take aqua vite. gonime ot Arabik, and ^er- 
nesse, of Iche iliche meche, and let him stonde tyl 
the gomme be reeolvyd. 

MS. in Mr, Pettigreu^epoeeeetion, xr. Cent. 

(2) To convince ; to assure ; to satisfy. Very 

common in old plays. " Resolve the prin- 

cesse we must speake with her," Troubles of 

Qneene Elizabeth, 1639, sig. B. L 

RESON. Arose. 

He Uewe hys horne in that tyde, 
Hertys reeon on eche a syde. 

MS. Cantab, Ff . ii 38, f. 64. 

RESOUN. Speech ; discourse. (/t.-M.) 
Then seid the kyng in his rewn, 
Who so were In agode town 
This wold hs oosted dere. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. t. 48, f. 50. 
RESPASSE. The raspberry. Herrick. Tnsser 

has regpe^ p. 4, ed. 1812. 
RESPECT. To postpone. {Lat,) 

As touching the musters of all the soldiours 

upon the shore, we have reepoaed the ttme tyll 

this tyme for lacke of money. State Aqwr«, i. 838. 

RESPECTIVE. RespectfuL It has sometimes 

the meaning of retpectable. 

The same day, at night, my servant returned from 
Clare, and brought me word of the fkir and re- 
epectioe receipt, both of my lines and the carcanet, 
and how bountifully himself had been rewarded be- 
fore his departure thence. MS. Marl, 646. 

RESPECTLESS. Careless ; regardless. 
RESPICE. (1) Respect. {A.'N.) Chaucer has 

reapitCf perhaps for rupiee, 
(2) A wine. Rltson, iii. 176. 
RESPITEN. To excuse. {A.'N,) 
RESPLENDE. To shine. Lydgate. 
RESPONDE. (1) An answer. {A.^N,) 
(2) " A half pillar or pier, in middle-age archi- 
tecture, attached to a widl to support an arch," 
Oxf. Gloss. Arch. p. 306. <* ^««ponsorttti», 
Anglice a responde," Nominale MS. 
RESSAUNT. An ogecmoulding. 
RESSE. Qu. Onhisresse. SeeAev. 
Thehundtsat the dere gunne baye t 
That herde the geant ther he laye. 
And Tepid hym of his reeee, 

MS. Ut.eoln A. 1. 17, f. 140. 

RESSET. A place of refuge; an abode. 
{A.'N.) In hunting, a resting place for those 
who followed the chase on foot. 

I shal 50U aske sum reecet, 

Wei I woot I shal joo get. 

Curmr Mundi, MS. Coll. Trin.Cantab. f. .13. 

REST. (1) To conclude upon anything. At 
primero, to set up rest meant to stand up 
upon one's cards. Nares thinks our first 
meaning metaphorical from the second, but I 
much question it. 

(2^ To roast. Somertet. 

(3; A wrest by which the strings of harps and 
instruments are drawn up. 

(4) A support for the ancient musket. It con- 
sisted of a pole of tough wood, with an iron 
spike at the end to fix it in the ground, and 
a semicircular piece of iron at the top to rest 
the musket on. The soldier carried it by 
strings futened over the shoulder. 



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(5^ To Arrest. PmkffrmM* 

(6) Th€ wood on which the eoultcr of a plough 
ia fixed. MS. Luiad. 560, f. 45. 

RESTAR. One who arrests. 

RESTATED. Stopped ; driven back. 

RESTITUE. To restore, or restitute. 

RESULTANCE. Rebound. {Lat.) 

For I confeMe thmt power which worlu io me 
Is Imt a week rtmUtmn took from thee. 

RESVERIE. Madness. 

In thoee timee to have had en taiTentive and en- 
quiring Witt wee aoounted rfvrie : which censure 
the fanMNU Dr. William Harvey oould not cecape 
for hit admirable dlacorery of the circulation of the 
blood t he told me hlmaelf that upon his publishing 
that booke, he fell in his practise extremely. 

itfubny** WUuMre, Ro^ Soe. MS. p. 6. 

RBSYN. Arose. 

The knygbtei rmgn on every syde. 
Bothe more and laaae. 

JKS. Ctmtab» Pf. U. 88, f. 98. 

RBT. To soak in water, as In seasoning tim- 
ber, hemp, ftc. Ea»t. It occurs in Pr. 
Parv. of the ^leenth centnry. 

RETALIATION. Return. {Ut.) 

First, I will shew you the antiquity of these ma- 
nors. SeooDdly, I will a little dbcust the ancient 
honour of this manor ot Lavcnham. Thirdly, I will 
give you a touch what respects you are likely to find 
fh>m me ; aad founhly« what rettUiation I expect 
again flrom you. Jf & HmrL 646L 

RBTAUNT. Repetition of a taunt 

He dyd not onelye f^rste delaye me, and aAer- 
waxde denay me, but gave me suche unkynde 
woordes, wyth suche tauates and retaimtet, ye, in 
maner chccke and cheeke mate to the uttermooste 
profe of my pacicnce. Hall, RiOtard 111, f. 10. 

RETCH. To Stretch, or reach. Var.dial <<I 
retche with a weapen or with my haade, je 
attauu" Palsgrave. 
RETCHLESS. Reckless. SJtelt<m. 
RETCHUP. Truth. Somerset. 
RETEN. Garrison ; followers. {A,'N.) 
Syre Degrlvaunt ys whom went. 
And aftyr bys rti«n icnt. ^ Degrtvma, 930. 
RETENAUNCE. Retinue. 

That he with alle his rttenaune*. 
He myjte Boujt defende his iyf. 

Gower, MS. Soe. Antiq. 131, f.Tl. 

RETHERNE-TOUNGE. The herb buglos. See 

a list in'MS. Sloane 5, 1 3. 
RETHOR. Arhetorkaaa. (J.-N.) 
RETIRE. A retreat in war. Shak. 
RETOUR. Retire. (A-N.) 

Scho ladde fram hour to boor. 
And dede here meni make rtlaur. 

Tk* Anyn Sagei, 438. 
RETOURTE. To return. 

5if tbey retourte ajen by Jeruialem. 

L^dgtUe, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f.84. 

RETRICLE. 

Othersome againe hold the contrary, assuring us 
upon their owne experience, that not exceeding 
their due quantity, they may be taken with other 
eoxrectorles, to serve as a retrieU to transport them 
to the plaee affected, so that you lee either side 
luUh hie strength and reasons. 

TopnlVt Serpenta, 1608, p. 90. 



RETRIEVE. To recover game after it has been 

once sprung. Bhme, 
RETTE. To impute ; to ascribe. 
RETURNS. The terminations of the drip. 

stone of a window or door. Oxf. (H. Arch. 
REUELICH. SorrowfhL (^.-&) 

For to hem com a menanger, 

Andgrethem with re n s l ie* elMra. 

JrOomi^ omiMmKntp. UH. 
REUL. TobeuBTuly. North. 
REUME. The tide. NominaleMS. 
REUMED. Spoken ot (A.^S.) 
REURTHE. Pity. (A.^S.) 
REUZE. To extol highly. JVbr/A. 
REVAIDE. 

By that the meme was sayde. 

The haulle was ryally arrayed ; 

The erle thane had reeoyrfe. 

And In liert was lyghte. 

Jf&IAMelii A. i. 17, f.U3. 
REVE. (1) A baUiir. 

In aundent time, ahnost every manor had hia 
rsve, whoee anthorltle was, not only to levle the 
lords rents, to set to worke his servaunts, aad to 
htuband bis demeasnes to his best pfoflt aad eoas- 
modltie ! but abo to goveme his teoaata in peaoe. 
and to leade them fborth to war, when neccssltie so 
required. I^Ni6ar«ls^« FnvmbulaHom, lOS, p. 484. 

(2) To pull or tear the thatch or covering from a 
house. Westm. 

(3) To bereave ; to take by force. 

Where we shall robbe, where we shall reee. 
Where we shall bete and byade. 

JIbUa Hoed, i. 4. 

REVEL. An anniversary festival to comme- 

morate the dedication of a church ; a wake. 
REYELLE. A rivulet. 

In that depe valay ware teec si e growaad, *of vhilka 
the ftiiyte and the lefes ware wooder savory in the 
Ustynge, and reeciles of water faice and dere. 

Jf& LinealH A. i. 17, f. 38. 

REVEL-MEDE. A meadow between Bicester 
and Wendlebury, at the mowing of which dif- 
ferent kinds of rural sports were formerly 
practised, and a kind of har held. See Dun- 
kin's History of Bicester, 1816, p. 269. 

REVELOUR. A reveller. 

REVELRIE. Pleasure. Chaucer. 

REVEL-ROUT. A roaring revel. (Pr.) 

REVELS. The broken threads cast away by 
women at their needlework. 

REVEL-TWINE. A fine twine. Weef. 

REVENGEMENT. Revenge. Shak. 

REVENYS. Ravens. Holme, 1688. 

REVERB. To rcTerberate. ShaJt. 

REVERE. A river. (A.'S.) 

REVERENCE. A native woman of Devon in 
describing something not peculiarly delicate, 
apologized with the phrase, " saving your re- 
verence." Thia is not nnoommon in the coun- 
try, ** saving yourpreseaoe" being sometimee 
substituted. It occurs in Shakespeare, Romeo 
and Juliet, i. 4, and is of great antiquity as an 
apologetic expression, being found in Maun- 
devile's Travds, p. 185. 

REVERS. Contrary. {A.-N.) 

REVERSE. (1) To overturn. (A.^N.) 



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(S)T1ttbiiideB of Along. Wui. 
REVERSION. What is left at table. 
REATERSUT. Trimmed. So^tom. 
REVERT. To turn back. (^.-JV.) 
REVSRTSE. Robbery ; plunder. 

Bot I iett fbr my gentryie 

To do svylkc rwveryt. 

MS, Umeoln A. i. 17, f. 13S. 

RSVESCHYD. Clothed. 

Tbc lyyachop rvfWMAird hym In liolyncs> 
And ban that Uenyd body to an autere. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. U. 9B, f. 4?. 
He mwcfed him on fab manefe« 
And lo went to the autere. 
CtamrMundi, MS. CM. IVbi. Canl«b. f.ae. 
Twey preBtes watou r0«y«f*«d* at burr byddyng. 

Cknm, ruodun. p. 131. 

REVESTRY. A yestibole or apartment in a 

cfaarch where the priest revested himself, i. e. 

pat on the sacred garments. Hence the term 

REYETTE. To strike back or again. 
BEYIE. At oaids, to vie (q. y.) again. 

Hee cworea as beftve hee bad done, that then he 
left him, and nw him npt since; she Tied and rteied 
othea to the oontrary that it was not so. 

HowUy* Bearchfar Montg, 1609. 

RSW. (1) To regret, or abie anythiog. 
Robyn, he seid, thou art tnre, 
I-wia H shalle the never rmQ, 
Thou shalt have thy mcde. 

MS. QmtcA. Ff. V.48, (.Kt. 

(2) The shady side of a street. Jkvon, 

REWALL. TogOTera. Lyd§ate. 

RE WALT. To give up, or smrrender. 

REWARD. (1) Regard; respect. (^.-M) 

5if thoa wll asale hit, gif it an hownde that If 
baaio abowte a hyoche of lawte, and anon he wil 
leve her, and take no more reiMinte than he were 
sphiyed ; and if thou geve It to the bicche, it Is won- 
dun but scbe wex wood. 

MS, in Mr. Pettigrew** poueuUm, xv. Cent 

(2) To stand to one's reward, i. e. to be depend- 
ent upon him, or his reward or countenance. 
North. 

(3) *' A reward or good reward, a good colour 
or ruddiness in the face, used about Sheffield 
in Torksh.'' Ray's Engluh Words, 1674, p. 38. 
The word seems to' be no longer known. 

(4) A dessert, or course of fruit ot pastry after 
the meats are removed. It seems, however, 
to be apt^ied to a course of roast meat in the 
Ord. and Reg. p. 55. 

REWDEN-HAT. A straw hat. WaL 
REWE. (1) To pity, or regret. (J.-S.) 
The stewardys lyfe ys lome« 
There was fewe that rewifd theron. 

MS, Cantab. Pf. iL 88, f. 74. 
(2) Row ; order ; rule. 

And so he goth bi r9W9 and kuaaeth hem ever- 
rich on, 
Seththe he cam Into Xgypte nas he so bUthe man. 

MS,Bait.eSi,t,lQ, 
RBWBL. (1) Rule. (^.-5.) 
(2) Pitiful ; compassionate. 
REWIN. A raven. Nominale MS. 
RBWINCL Pity. (j^.-S.) It occurs in MS. 
Ck>tton. Vespas. D. viL Ps. Antiq. 



REWLE. To rule, or command. {A.-S.) 
Hgwljft before the ryche of the rounde taMe, 
Asaignes ilke a contree to certayne lordes. 

Morte Arthure, MS. Lincoln, f . 61 . 

REWLY. Tranquil ; quiet. 

REX. To play rex, i. e. to handle roughly, to 

overthrow, to act despotically. 
REXEN. (1) Rushes. fFett. 
(2) To infedt, as with itch, smallpox, or any in- 
fectious disorder. Kent. 
REY. To dress, or dean. Var, dial, 
REYES. Dances. Chaucer. 
REYP. Robbery. 

For maisterfull and violent thefte or rtiff by 

night or dale, and for aeereC stealing, wherewith is 

Joyned eyther bodUle hurt of men, women, or 

children. Mlforttn Fmpen, p. 233. 

REYKED. Cracked. 

Ropes fulie redyly then mfJtad in sunder. 

Jr& CMT. CaUgk A. ii. f. 10». 
REYN. The river Rhine. 
REYNE. Ran. 

And from his eyaen the salte terls refne, 
Liche as hee wolde drowne hlmselfe of newe. 

l^dgate, MS. Soe, Antiq. 134, f. 5. 

REYNGENED, Reined up. 

At the haulle-dora he r^^gtatd hla atede^ 
And one fote in he 5ede. 

MS. Unooin A. 1. 17, f. IML 

REZZLE. To wheeze. Nttrth. 
RE5TE. Right. 

Fals wreche, quod he, that presumes to telle 
thyng of tliat en to come, re^ta ala thou were a 
prophete, and knewe the prevat^of hevene. 

MS.UneolnK.l.\'J,t.\. 

RHE. The course of water, and the overflow- 
ing of it. ** Even to this dale in Essex," ob- 
serves Harrison, p. 46, ''I have oft observed 
that when the lower grounds by rage of water 
have beene overflowen, the people beholding 
the same have said, AUUona rhe, as if they 
should have said. All is now a river.*' This ob- 
servation is copied by Stowe. 
RHENOISTER. A rhinoceros. 
RHEUM. Spleen ; caprice. Hence rheumatie, 

choleric, splenetic. 
RHEUMATIZ. Rheumatism. Far. dial 
RHIME. To talk nonsense. Devon. 
RHIME-RO YAL. A peculiar sort of verse con- 
sisting of ten lines. 
RHODOSTAUROTIC. Rosicrucian. 
RIAL. An English gold coin, worth about fif- 
teen shillings. 
RIALLE. (1) Royal ; noble. 

A ryaUtffeste the Knyghte let make. 

So worschypftilly on Crystymas day. 
Of lordyf and ladyee that wolde hyt take« 
And knyghtys that were of gode array. 

MB. Cantab. Ff. il. 38, f. 46. 

(2) The mother of liquor. 
RIALTE. Royalty ; noble conduct. 

Therfore that lady feyre and gente, 
Wyth them wolde sche asscnte 

A Justyng for to crye ; 
And at that Justyng sduille hyt bee, 
Whoso evyr wynneth the gree 

Schalle wedde bur wyth lyett^ 

MS. Cantab, FC U. 38, L 7&. 



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RIAME. A framework, or skeleton ; the liga- 
ment of anything. Wett, 
RIB. (1) A wife. North, 

(2) The bar of a fire-grate. North, 

(3) The common water-eress. East, 
{4) An instrument for dressing flax. 
(5) A scraper or rasp for bread. 
RIBAUD. A profligate low person. (^.-A'.) 

The word was properly applied to a particular 
class in society, the lowest sort of retainers 
of the nobility, who were employed in all kinds 
of disgraceful actions. See Wright's Political 
Songs, p. 369. Hence riiaudrie, low profli- 
gate talk; ribmuUmrt a teller of low tales. 
Shakespeare has ribaudred, obscene, filthy. 
The BryUnt, ai the boke wye. 
Off diverse thinges thel nuute ther leyi ; 
Sam thei made of herpynget, 
And lome of other diTene thingei ; 
Some of werre and fome off wo. 
Some of myrthyt and joy also. 
Some of trechery and some off gyle, 
Some of happys that felle lome whyle. 
And aome be of rybaw<by, 
And many there ben off fary. 

MS. A$hmoU 61* xr. Cent. 

RIB-BASTE. To beat seyerely. 
RIBBINS. Carriage reins. Midx, 
RIBBLE-RABBLE. Base disorderly people; 

also, idle indecent talk. North, 
RIBBLE-ROW. A list of rabble. 
Thia witch a riftMe-roto rdieanes. 
Of tcanry names in scurvy versca. 

Cotton** Works, 1734, p. Iia 

RIBE. To rend ; to tear. North. 
RIBIBE. A kind of fiddle. «* nh«2a,arybybe," 
Nominale MS. *' Tho ratton rybybyd," L e. 
played on the ribibe, Rdiq. Antiq. i. 81. 
Vitula may have interchangfed with vetula, 
and hence we have the term applied to an old 
woman, as in Chaucer, Skelton, and Ben 
Jonson. 

Harpe and fldul both thel fimde, 

The getom and also the sautry. 
The lute and the ribibe both gangmd. 
And alle roaner of mynatralcy. 

MS, Cantab, Fll ▼• 48, f. )19. 

RIBIBLE. A smaU ribibe. " Rote, ribible," 
Squyr of Lowe Degr^, I07I. 

RIBINET. A chaflinch. 

RIB-LINE. To coast along. 

RIBROAST. A sound beating. 

Such a peece of fllching is as punishable with 
rUrtMUl among the tume-spits at Pie Ctnrner. 

Maroeeut Extatieut, 1595. 

RIBS. Bindings in hedges. Kent, 

RIBSKIN. " Theyrrybskyn andtheyr spyndell,'* 
Skelton, i. 104. The term probably means 
some piece of leather used or worn in flax- 
dressing. Palsgrave mentions a rt6 for flax. 
" Petliatla^ Anglice a rybschyn; nedrydaj idem 
est," Nominale MS. 

RIC. A call to pigs. Wetf, 

RICE. (1) A turning- wheel for yam. *' A rice 
to winde yam on,*' Howell. 

(2) Small wood, or the tops of trees ; brushwood. 
This appears to be a cormption of the old 



word rite, q. v., and not the modem tenn, at 
Holloway has it. 

RICE-BALKING. A mode of ploughing. 

RICH. To enrich. ShaJt. 

RICHARD-SWART. A dictionary. So Taylor 
has it in his Motto, i2mo. 1622, introd. 
Riehard^Sfunry is a commom jocular term. 
A country lad, having been reproved for calling 
persons by their nicknames, being sent to 
borrow ^a dictionary, asked for a Richard^ 
Snory, 

RICHE. (1) A kingdom. {A,-S,) '<Cominde 
thi riehe" Reliq. Antiq. i. 42. 

(2) To go ; to prepare ; to dress ; to march. 
Gloss, to Syr Gawayne. 

RICHELLE. Incense. Pr,Parv, 

RICHELY. Nobly. (^.-&) 

RICHEN. To become rich. {A,-N,) 

RICHESSE. Wealth; riches. (^.-iV.) 

RICK. (1) An ankle. South, Occasionally a 
verb, to sprain the ankle. 
A stack of hay, &c Var, diaL 
To scold ; to make a noise. Lane. 

RICK-CLOTH. A krge canvas sheet put over 
an unfinished stack. 

RICKLE. (1) A heap, or bundle. NortK 

(2) To make a rattling noise. 

RICKNEST. Arickyani South. 

RICKY. Masterly. Eiut. 

RID. (1) To get rid of. Var. diaL ** Willing, 
ness rids way," Shakespeare. // rids iwU; it 
goes on fast, a North country phrase. Shake- 
speare also has rid, destroyed, got rid oL 

(2) To finish, or complete. 

(3) To dear anything of litter ; to remove, or 
take away. Var. dud. To rid the stomach, 
to vomit, a North country phrase. 

(4) To empty, or clear ground. 

(5) To part, or interpose. Lant. 

(6) A hollow place where anything is secreted. 
North. 

RIDDE. To release ; to rescue. 
RIDDELED. PUiited. Tyrwhitt, «<RydeUd 

gownes and rokettis," Reliq. Antiq. L 41. 
RIDDELS. Curtains ; bed-curtains. 

That waa a merrolle thynge 

To se the riddeU hynge 

With many red golde rynge 

That tbame up bare. 

MS. Uneoln A. i. 17, t, 136. 

Was there no pride of ooTerlite, 

Curteyn, ridiMe* ny tapite. 

Curmw Mundit MS. Colt. THti, Cantab, f. 70. 

RIDDENER. To chatter. lAne. 

RIDDER. A large sieve used for sifting wheat 

in a bam. Oxon. 
RIDDLE. (1) To riddle, or dam a hole in Imen 

or woollen, to fill it up by working it cross 

and cross. This meaning of the word is given 

by Urry, in his MS. notes to Ray. 

(2) A coarse wire sieve. Var. dtak " Rydel 
of com densyng,'* Pr. Parv. •* Go and'teU 
your granny to turn her milk through a riddle^ 
and not schede it." 

(3) To perforate with shot, so as to nsemble a 
sieve, or riddle. 



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(4) The ring to which the neck-rope of an 
animal in a stable is fastened. 

RIDDLE-CAKES. Thick, sour, oaten cakes, 
which differ little firom that which is called 
hand-hoven-bread, having but little leaTen, 
and being kneaded stiffer. North. 
RIDDLED. Wrinkled. {j4..N.) 
RIDDLER. A dealer in wool Line, 
RIDDLE- WALL. A wall made up with split 

sticks worked across each other. Kent. 
RIDE. (1) A saddle-horse. Noff. 

(2) To rob ; to ride out on horseback for the 
purpose of robbing. North, 

(3) To ride grubf to be out of humour, to sulk 
and pout. 

^4) A little stream. Hante, 

(5) Futoo. An old cant term. 

(6) To be made angry. West, 

i7) To move, rive, or part asunder. 
8) To be carted for a bawd. " I can but ride,'' 
Masainger, iv. 54. 

(9) To proceed. Gawayne. 

(10) A hazle-rod. 
RIDEABLE. Passable with horses. 

For at this very time there was a man that used 
to trade to Hartlepool weekly, and who had many 
years known when the water was rUmtble, and yet 
he ventured to as I did, and he and his horse were 
both drowned at the very time when I lay sick. 

UHer'* JuioMoffraj^t/t p. 45. 

RIDER. (1) A moss-trooper. North, 

(2) A rock protruding into a vein. 

(3) Eight sheaves of com put up together to 
defend them from the weather. Cheeh, 

(4) A Dutch coin, worth about twenty-seven 
shillings, so called because it had the figure 
of a man on horseback on one of its sides. 

RIDES. The iron hinges fixed on a gate, by 
means of which the gate is hung on the hooks 
in the post, and which enable it to swing or 
ride. Sussex, 

RIDGE-BAND. That part of the harness which 
goes over the saddle on a horse's rig or back, 
and being listened on both sides, supports the 
shafts of the cart It is sometimes called a 
ridgert and occasionally ridge-stay. Cotgrave 
has, " SurseOst a broad and great band or 
thong of strong leather, &c. fastened on either 
side of a thill, and bearing upon the pad or 
saddle of the thill-horse : about London it is 
called the ridge-rope," Kennett has it rui^tf- 
wUh, as a Cheshire word. 

RIDGIL-BACK. A high back; a back having 
a rise or ridge in the middle. 

RIDGLING. A refuse sheep ; one selected out 
of a flock on account of disease, &c. 

RID-HOUSE. To remove all the furniture from 
a house. Far. dial, 

RIDICULOUS. This is used in a veiy different 
sense in some counties from its original mean- 
ing. Something very indecent and improper 
B understood by it ; as, any violent attack 
upon a woman's chastity is called ''very 
ridiettknu behaviour '" a very disorderly, and 
ill-conducted house, is alsocalled a ^ridicukna 



cne. 



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RIDING. (1) A third partof acottnty,adivi«io& 
peculiar to Yorkshire. 

(2) A road cut in a wood. North. 

(3) An encounter. Robson. 

(4) Riding of the witehf a popular phrase for the 
nightmare, still in use. 

(5) A royal procession into the city of London. 
Chaucer, Cant. T. 4375. 

RIDING-HAG. The nightmare. 

RIDING-KNOT. A running knot. 
Then anon Jocyan, yn hyeng. 
Made on hur gyrduU a Amott-ryrfyn^. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. 11. 38, f. 117. 

RIDING-RHYMES. Couplet rhymes. 

RIDING-ROD. A riding-stick. 

RIDING-SPEAR. A javelin. Palsgrave. 

RIDING-STOCKINGS. Large worsted stock- 
ings without feet, used instead of gaiters. 

RIDING-THE-PAIR. The steward of a court 
baron attended by the tenants through the 
town, proclaiming a fair. 

RIDING-TIME. See Ride (5). 

The hares haveth no seson of hure love, that as I 
sayde is clepid rpdifng-tyme, tot In every moneth of 
the jeer ne shal not be that some ne be with kyndles. 

MS. Bodl. 046. 

RIDLESS. Unavailing. Sielton. 

RIDLING. A riddle. North, 

RIDLINGLY. M'ith riddles > 

Though poetry, indeed, be such a sin. 

As, I think, that brings dearth, and Spaniards in t 

Though like the pestilence, and old fsshlon'd love. 

Ridlingly it catch men, and doth remove 

Never, till It be starv'd out, yet their state 

Is poor, disarm'd, like Papiste, not worth hate. 

Dtmnt't Poems, p. 181. 

RIDMAS. Holy- cross day. JDevon. 

RIDOUR. Great hardness, as of iron. 

RIDS. The rtt& arc out, L e. the sky is very 
bright at sunrise, or sunset. Dorset, 

RIE. (1) Fun; merriment. 

(2) The raised border on the top of a stocking. 

(3) To sieve com. North. 
RIFE. (1) Plundering. Lydgate, 
"^^ To thrust through. {A,-S,) 

Abounding; prevalent. North. It is a 
common archaism. Its original proper mean- 
ing is, openly known, manifest, common. 
There is a brief how many sports are life. 
Make choice of which your highness will see first. 

A Mids. Vighfa Dream, v. 1, fol. edit. 
4) Ready ; quick to learn. Cumb, 
h) A salt-water pond. South, 

(6) Infections. North. 

RIFF. (1) The belly ; the bowels. {A,'S.) 
Then came his good sword forth to aet his part. 
Which pierc'd skin, ribs, and r{i^, and rove her 

heart. 
The head (his trophy) Arom the trunk he cuts. 
And with It back unto the shore he struts. 

Legend qfOj^tain Jonsn, 

2) Speedily. Cov. Myst. p. 4. 

*3) A garment. {A,'S,) " I have neither ryff 

nor ruff,'' Sharp's Cov. Myst. p. 224. 
RIFFE. To cut down? 

Than the renkes renownd of the rownd table 
Buff^ and ruyssches downe renayede wreches. 

Morte Arthure, MS. Uneoln, f. 84. 



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RIFF-EilFF. (1) Sport i fiu. 

(2) Rublriih ; reftiie. It ii ooramoiily applied 
to a low crowd, or mob. 

It it not Cioeroct toBgw that cam pwrce thdr 
wtmaux to wound the body, nor ArchJmadtii pricket, 
and lines, and chdee, and triasglee, and rhomhua, 
and riffihragh, that hath any force to drWe them 
hacke. Co§mm*s8eho0l0i^Jbute, 1579. 

UFLE. (1) A bent stick standing on the bat of 

the handle of a scythe. 
(2) To raffle. See Brand, L 160. '* A rifling, 
or a kind of game wherein he that in casting 
doth throw moat on the dyoe takes up all the 
monye that is layd downe/' Nomendator, 
1585, p. 293. 
RIFLEB. A hawk that seLzes the feathen of 

a bird instead of the body. 
RIFLOWR. A robber, or plonderer. 
RIcha asannit riflowr, 
Povcre nanab pnrveyowr« 
Old mannU somcnowr, 
Prowd mannls nlrowr. 

tUaq,Jntiq.ii,M. 

RTFLT. Espedally? 

With kcnettet kene, that wel couthe cries oonae, 
I hlede to holte, with honterca hcnde ; 
So mfiif on rufge rooo and rachet ronnea 
That in lannde under lynde me leete to lende. 

JWff. .^Miff.ii.7. 
RIFT. (1) To belch. Var.diaL 

(2) To deaTC ground ; to plough. When mould 
turns up in lumps, it is said in linoolnshire 
to rift. 

The wytall like the double.haad thoa ahall In tai- 

tnieflnd. 
Yet it It fatter, and tayle that hath no end much 

thicker it. 
At bigge at crooked hand it wonted flpr to whid 
The haft and helve of djgging-tpade the earth that 

ffi/te. TopteWg Hi$tort0 x^f SerpenU, p. S33. 

(3) A cleft, or crack. Weai. " Clyft or ryfle," 
Pr. Parv. p. 81. 

(4) A pole, or staff. 

RIFTER. (1) A blow on the ribs. 

(2) Rotten wood powdered. i>evoii. 

RIO. (I) A ridge or elevated part in a ploughed 
field, upon which the sheaves of com are 
arranged after being cut and bound up in har- 
vest. North and Saat. See Warton's Hist. 
Bug. Poet. ed. 1840, u. 484 ; and Sherwen's 
Introduction to an Examination, 1809, p. 11. 
A pair of ribbed stockings are yet said to be 
knit or woven in rifft and furrows. The mo«t 
elevated piece of timber in the angle or roof 
of a house is called the rigging-tree in the 
North of England. 

They toke therttedyi with ther tpunet* 
They prekyd over ruggu and forowi. 

MS. OmUab, Ff . iL 88, f. 179. 

(2) A wanton. North. '^Ibolishhariots, broad 
hipt rigs,'' Florio, p. 97. 

Wantook It a drab I 
For the nonee the It an old rigi 
But at tn miu my itaigert are at good at alive twtg 
Mariagt^WUtmm* ¥FMom0,lgJ9, 

(3) The bade North, The printed edition reads 
ridif9'bone in the following passage : 



And teide to the pepla whanoe thai comyaafeK. 
my lefte fyagyr it grettet than my fiidryt vyisge. 
Wlmbeium'a Sermon, U88, Jf& HoMom 97. p. H- 
The ttede riggt undyr hyro bratte. 
That he to groande felle that tyde. 

MS.Har{.mai,t.llZ. 
Some he bieketh ther neck anon. 
And of tome the nfgboom, 

MS, CnU^ Ff. tt. 31, C M0. 
A knight he toke with the cggo> 
That him daf heved and r^gg9, 

JrthmrmndMtrUnt p. UL 

r4)AfroUc. Var.dUd. 

(5) To get over or through the fence of a field. 

South. 
^6) To ruck, or rumple. Oxoik, 
(jS A rib in a stocking. Boat, 

(8) To IV ou/, to dress. Var.diai^ To run* rig, 
to banter any one. 

(9) A tub for new dder. 

(10) To make free with. 

(11) To ridepick^uback. North. 

(12) To run and tumble about. 

(13) A strong blast of wind. Cheah. 
RIGADOON. A French dance. 

Whote dancing dogt. In rigadooiu excel; 
And whote the puppet-thew, that bean the beU. 

PeltfrPimiar, i.317. 

RIGATT. A smaU channel out of a stream 
made by the rain. North. Perhaps firom 
riget, a groove in a mullion for the glass. 

RIGENALE. OriginaL 

RIGGED. (I) Sour; musty. Doraat. 

(2) Said of a sheep when Uod upon ita rig or 
back. North. 

RIGGEN. The ridge of a house. Sometimes» 
the thatch. North. To ride the riggen, to 
be very intimate. 

RIGGER. Lead half melted. Salop. 

RIGGING.STONES. Slates. NortK 

RIGGING-TREE. SeeJ2^(l). 

RIGGISH. Wanton. ShaJt. 

RIG60T. An imperfect ram, or any other aaa- 
mal half castrated. North. ** Rk^ is the 
male of any beast who has been bat hatf gelt, 
that is, only one stone taken away ; others add 
that also to be a ridgil, whose stones neiver 
came down, but lie in Us reins," Blount. 

RIGHT. (1) To do right, see Do (4). 

(2) Haa a right, ought. Bygoodright%,\\iifa^\ 
to be so. Var. diaL 

(3) To put in order. Boat. 

(4) Rightly ; exactly ; completely. 

(5) Good ; true. Sir Perceval, 5. 

(6) The following curious example is given by 
Urry, in his MS. notes to Ray :— « Pnj Mr. 
Wright, take care and write me these thre 
words distinguishably right, that I or aome 
other Northern man doe not miiit*ki> them all 
for rite.** 

RIGHT-DOWN. Downri^t. BaO. 
RIGHTS. To tear, or oat. JMoom. 
RIGHT-FORTH. Direct ; straight. 
RIGHTFUL, Juat;tnie. (i3.) 
RIGHTLE. To set to rights ; to pot things in 

their proper plaoaa. Xinei 
RIGHT-NAUGHT-WORTH. WorOileas. 



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KIOHT-ON. Downright ; tioleutly ; entirely ; 
poathrely; stnigfat forward. Eiffhi-out, di- 
rectly, tmintermptedly, completely. 
RIGHT-SHARP. In one's senses. Line, 
RIGHT.SU)£. To right-tide a matter, often 
means to set it right, whether it be a matter 
of acooont or otberwiae. 
RIGUT-UP. (1) «* He makes too many ri§kt^ 
t^Wy" said oif a labourer, who, from laziness, 
makes too many rests by standhig upright. 
(2) Tetchy, easily offiended. Eagt 
RIGHT.UP.AND.DOWN. In a dead calm the 
wind is said to be " right-up-trnd-dowH^ that 
is, no way at alL /. ^ Wight. 
RIGHTWISE. Righteous. 

And the foxm of hit rtghtwUe mikfaig It praent 
vlth their childet's children. Jtecen'* Workt, p. 421. 
^r thoir take liede to el wIckidiNaM, 

Lord, who tchal It natteyoe i 
For be the htwe of f yyitp faw ew, 

Endelet thanne mn al oura peyne i 
But evere we hope to thin goodoese. 

That whanne thou ichalt this werde afreyne. 
With merqr *ad with inylden«s«e 
Thin ryjtftal thow fchalt refteyne. 

HamptMa Paraphnut o/ Ptahm, MS* 
RIGHTWISHBD. Made righteous. {A,'S.) 
RIGLETS. Flat, thin, square pieces of wood, 
as the pieces tbst are intended to make the 
frames for small pctures before they are 
moulded are called riglets. " A riglet, auula 
plana et quadra,^* Coles. 
RIGMAROLE. A continued, confused, uncon- 
nected discourse or recital of dreumstances ; 
a lon g unm eaning list of anything. 
R1GMUTT0N. A wanton wench. Dewm. 
RIGOL. Adrcle. (/to/.) 
RIGOLAGE. Wantonness; extravagance. 
In ryot and in Hgolagt 
Spende mony her joutlis and her age^ 

Curtor Mundi, MS, QUI. Trim. Ctertefr.f. I. 
RIG-RUFF. A thick dead skin covering over a 

seabornloer. North. 
RIGSBY. A wanton. North. 
RIGWELTED. Same as Rigged (2). 
RIKB. (1) Ridi. Sir Tristrem, p. 203. 
And than thoa may be lekur to ipede. 
To Wynne that place that yt lo tyke. 

MS, Qmtab. Ff. 11. 38, f. 31. 

(2) A kingdom. (^.-5.) 

Lorerd God I jef us lere, 
Adam ant ne yi wyf Eve, 
To faren of thii lothe wyke* 
To the bUite of herene ryke, 

Hmmtwing «/ HeU, p. fi5. 

(3) To govern ; to mle. ( ji,'S,) 
luKILi. Incense. 

And thay ware lyke loters or olyre treeiMt. and 
oat of tbame thaie lane rpk^U and fyne bawme. 

JI8.L<fwtlnA.LI7,f.9llL 

RILE. To disturb; to vex. Sa$t. 

RILLE. A woman's rail, q. v. 

RILLET. Asmali stream or rivulet. See Har- 
rison's Eng^d, p. 54. 

RILTS. The baiberry fruit 

RIM. (1) To remove. Ghuo, 

(2) The nembnoM InekMiB^ the Intestines. 
StiUiBMOr 



(3) A rabble, or crowd. {A.^) 
RIME. (1) A margin, or edge. (A.'S.) 

Ood yeve hur gode tyme 

UnduT Uie wode rpme. 

Ma. CemM. Ff. U. M, 1 190 
(2) A hoar-frost far. dial 

Fro Heren fel so greet plenc^. 
As a rym&'/Htgt oa to w. 
CkcrMT JCvnA, MS. CM. THn. Qmtab. t. 4t. 

RIMER. A tool used for enlarging screw-holes 

in metal. 
RIME-STOCK. A wooden calendar. 
RIMEYED. Ck)mposed la rhyme. 
RIMOURES. Rhymers ; poets. They are men- 

tioned as unfit to be chosen knights in Vege- 

dns, MS. Douoe 291, f. 10. 
RIMPLE. A wrinkle. Satt. It occurs in 

Chancer and Lydgate. 
RIMS. The steps of a ladder. North, 
RIMTHE. Space ; room ; leisure. 
RIN. (1) Brine. Notf. 

(2) To run. Retiq. Antiq. i. 74. 

(3) A small stream. {A,»S.) 

Out of the south-est parte of the lald mountayne 
ipringeth and descendeth a lytle r^. 

MS. Qftton. Ctlig. B. viU. 

RIKD. (1) Frozen to death. North. 
(2) To melt tallow or &t Line. 
RINDB. (1) To destroy. 
(2) A thicket ; a small wood. 

RINDEL. (1) A rivulet (^..&) A gutter is 

still so called in Lancashire. 
(2) A sieve for com. North. 
RIND-SPINDLE. The mill rynd is a strong 
piece of iron inserted in the hole in the oentro 
of the upper and moving miU-stone. The 
spindle which passes through the nether mill- 
stone being moved by the machinery, and 
being itself, where it enters the driver, of a 
square form, and fitted to a cavity of the samd 
shape, the upper mill-stone, the rynd, and the 
driver, all move round with the spindle. 
RINE. (1) Rind, or bark. 

He lykkyd hym tyUe he itanke. 
Than he began and konne hym thanke 

To make a pytt of iton, 
And to berye hym waf hys purpoi. 
And Kraped on hym bothe tjfne and moMe» 
And fro hym nevyr woldegone. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. U. 88, f. fS. 

(2) To touch, or feeL North, 

(3) The skin of a person. Line. 

RINER. A toucher. It is used at the game of 
quoits. A riner is when the quoit touches the 
peg or mark. A whaver is when it rests upon 
the peg and hangs over, and consequently 
vrins the cast. " To shed rinen vrith a wha- 
ver** is a proveririal expression in Ray, and 
means, to surpass anytldug skilful or adroit 
by something still more so. Jfilbraham. 

RING. (1) To sound. (^.-S.) 

(2) A row. Kent* 

(3) That part which encircles the month of a 
cannon. HoweU. 

(4) To surround. Somertet. It occun in 
Dekker's Knights Conjuring, p. 49. 



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Let ui all* «bowte hym fyng^f 
And harde strokys on hym dynfiw 

Jf5. Omtmb. Pf. U. as, H 90. 

(5) A circular ptrteire. Ztnc. 
RINGS. (1) The bordoc, or trimmiDg of my 
article of female dress, Eoit, 

!2) A tub for carrying water. Kemt, 
3) A large heap of underwood. 

RINOEINS. CkMZM flour. £»/. 

RING-FENCE. A property situated compactly 
together is said to be in a ring-fence. 

RING-FINGER. The finger on which the ring 
is phu»d in marriage. The Romish Church 
encouraged the notion of immediate inter- 
course between the heart and the ring-finger. 
In the Hereford, York, and Salisbury Missals, 
the mystical ring is directed first to be pat on 
the thumb, then upon the first, then upon 
the second, and lastly, on the third finger, 
where it is to remain, quia m iOo digito est 
qutbdam vena proeedem 9uque ad cor, 

Ai for the ring-finger* which Is m called, because 
eommonly a ring it worn on It, eq>eclaUy on the left 
hand, the phytltian* and anatomtou give the reason 
of it, because In the finger there is a sinew very 
tender and small that reaches to the heart { where- 
fore It ought to wear a ring as a crown for its dignity. 
But besides obtenre, that In the ceremonies of mar- 
riage, they first put the matrimonial ring on the 
thumb, whence they take it, and put it on every one 
till they come to this, where It is left. Whence 
some who stood (as Durand in his Rational of Olvlne 
Offices) to discourse on these ceremonies, say it is 
done because that finger answers to the heart, which 
Is the seat of love and the afibctions. Others say, 
because it is dedicated to the sun, and that most 
rings are of gold, a mettal which is also dedicated 
to it : so that by this sympathy it r^oyces the heart. 

Sanden^ CMroma»^f 1652. 

RING-HEAD. An engine used in stretching 
woollen cloth. Blount, 

RINGLE. A little ring. Ea$i, Tusserhasit 
u a verb, ed. 1812, p. 22, to put ringles into 
the snouts of hogs. Ringledf made of small 
rings. 

RINGLEADER. The person who opens a ball. 
The word occurs in this sense in Hollyband's 
Dictionarie, 1593. 

RINGLED. Mairied. SujffbU. 

RINGMAN. The third finger of the left hand, 
on which the marriage ring is placed, and is 
vulgarly believed to communicate by a nerve 
directly with the heart. 

RINGS. Women's pattens. North. 

RING-TAW. A game at marbles. A ring is 
made into which each boy ppts a certain num- 
ber of marbles. The taw is then thrown in 
by each in turn, who wins u many as he can 
strike out, a fine being made on those who 
leave the taw in the ring. 

RING-THE-JACK. See Collar (4). 

RING- WALK. The track of a stag. 

RINISH. Wild; unruly; rude. North. 

RINK. (1) A ring, or circle. Derb. 

(2) A man. Reliq. Antiq. i. 78. 

RINKIN. A fox. Sufoli. 

RINNARS. Runners; frequenters. 



And fle flvrs fWmi beiy tungget as byttsc «s gaO, 
And ryisfum tohowsls whergood ale is. 

MS. Laud, m, lis. 
RINT. To rinse clothes. North. 
RIOTE. (1) A rabbit. 

What rache that renneth to a oon3^g yn any tyme, 
hym aughte to be ascryed, saynge to hym loude, 
War, ryale, war 1 for noon other wylde beest )n 
Ingdonde is called ryefe saf the conyng aknly. 

Jf&Aorf(.546. 

(2) A company or body of men. 
And I may se the Rom«ynes that are so ryche haldene, 
Arayede in theire rietef on a rounde fdde. 

MorU Arthurs, MS. Uneoln, L SJ. 

RIP. (1) Blr. Jennings explains it " a vulgar, old, 
unchaste woman," and adds, " hence most 
probably the origin of Demirep." But the 
word rya is applied to men and boys, and even 
to animals, if they appear to be lean half- 
starved, or otherwise ill-conditioned ; deminp 
is a contraction of demi-repute, and means s 
female who has only a sort of half reputation ; 
not however a vulgar, or an old woman, hot 
generally a young and fashionable demirep, 
a demirep of quality. WUtt. 

(2) An oval flat piece of wicker-woric on which 
the lines are coiled. HartlqfooL 

(3^ To reap. Kemi. 

(4) To be very violent. Ea»t. 

(5) 7b rip 191, to bring old grievances to recollec- 
tion. ' Var, dial 

(6^ To rate, or chide. We9t. 
{!) To rob ; to plunder. North. 

(8) News ; a fi^sh report. Cumb. 

(9) A whetstone for a scythe, line, " Bipe, 
riffle, vel ripple, a short wooden dagger with 
which the mowers smooth their scythes sfter 
they have used the coarse whetstone,'' MS. 
Devon Glossary. 

(10) A pannier, or basket used far carrying fish. 
Hence r^tpers. 

A stlrte til him with hb Hppt, 
And bigan the flsh to kippe. Haseb*. 893. 
RIPE. (1) To cleanse. North. 

The young men answered never a word, 

They were dum as a stane ; 
In the thick wood the bc^ar fled. 
E'er they Hped their een. 

Robin Hoodt i. 112. 

(2) To examine strictly. (^.-5.) 

His Hlghnes delyvered me the boke of his mM 
wil in many pointes refourmed, wherin His Gnce 
riped me. State PaperM, 1. 295. 

(3) A bank. See Harrison, p. 240. Still in use 
in Kent and Sussex. 

Whereof the prindpall is within a buttshoote of 
the right ripe of the river that there eometh downs. 

UUmft Itimeranr, ITBB^iv. HO. 



North. Ready, 



Ci) To r^ tfp, to destroy. 

(5) Pre^iient; abounding. 
Piers Ploughman, p. 100. 

(6) To ripen. Still in use. 

(7) To grow old ; to have one's manners hsbi- 
tuated by age. 

(8^ To ask, or inquire after. North. 

(9) Learned ; clever. Devon. 

(10) To break up rough ground. North. 

(11) To investigate thoroughly. Ymri$h. 



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RIPE-MBN. Harrest-men ; reapers. 

RIPIfiR. A robber. Durham. 

RIPING. SipiHffimdfearinff,fpia^oiLUi9Ldi»' 

solute way. North. 
RIFLE. To tell falsehoods. Durham. 
RIPPERS. Persons who carried fish from the 

coast to inland towns. See Brome's Trayels, 

ed. 1700, p. 274. 
RIPPING. Great. Somenet. 
RIPPLE. (1) To clean flax. Far. diai. It oc- 

cnn in Howell, 1660| sect. 50. 

(2) A small coppice. Herrf, 

(3) To scratch slightly, yorih. 
RIPPLES. The rails of a waggon. 
RIQUILANT. Nimble : quick. 
RIS. Arise I Imperat. (J,-S.) 

RISE. (1) A twig, or branch. <A.-S.) Still found 
in some dialects. Ri»e'y>oodf small wood cut 
for hedging. JRite-diAef a hedge made of 
boughs and twigs. 

Anone he lokyd hym beayde^ 

And My synty ]ad«t on palfenjrs lyde, 

Gentyll and gay as bryd on >yM, 

Not a man among them l-wyie, 

Bot every lady a faukon here. 

And lydene on huntyng be a ryrere. 

MS. Athmole 61, zt. Cent. 
Heyle, rooee on tifte ' keyle, lyllye I 
Heyle, temelyeat and iwettest sarour. 

jr& Cantab. Ff. U. 38, f. 4. 

(2) To raise. Var. dial 

(3) Rite 191, goodfeOow, a term for the game of 
leyd-coQ. 

(4) Reggio, in Calabria. 
RISER. (1) A pea^stick. Warw. 
(2) One who creates rebellion. 
RISH. (1) Swiftly ; direcUy. South. 

(2) A rush. Also, to gather rushes. 

TI10U5 ^^ ftvayle hem noujt a ri4$he. 

Qower, MS. 80c. Aniiq. 134, f. 61. 

(3) A sickle. Nominale MS. 

RISING. (1) A man working above his head in 
the roof is said to be rising. 

(2) A small abscess, or boU. Wett. 

(3) Yeast. Suffolk. It occurs in Lilly's Mother 
Bombie, ed. 1632, sig. A. viL 

RISP. (1) The green straw of growing peas or 
potatoes. Suffolk. 

(2^ To make a noise. North. 

(3) A bush, or branch ; a twig. 

RISSE. Risen. Of constant occurrence in our 
old dramatists. Riz is stUl a common vul- 
garism, very much used in London. 

RISTE. (1) To tear ; to rend. 

(2) To rest. Lydgate. 

R^gne In my realtee, and rytte whenne me lykes. 
By the reyrere of Reone halde my rounde table. 

Morie Arthut9t MS. Ltneotn, t. 07. 

(3) Fierce ; furious. Yorkih. 

(4) Any kind of rise. East. 
(SS Arose ; risen. (A.-S.) 
(6) Rust. Nominale MS. 
RIT. (1} Rideth. (A.^3.) 

BeTca an hakenal bettrit. 
And in hia wci forth Arit. 

Bevea c/ Hamfown, p. 51. 



Styfly to the kynge he ty«. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. li. 98. f.f47* 

(2J To swallow greedily. North. 

(3) To dry hemp or flax. Kent. 

RITHE. A small stream, usually one occasioned 

by heavy rain. South. 
RITHENE. Frankincense. 
RITHES. Stalks of potatoes. North. 
RITLING. The least or youngest of a Utter of 

pigs. Var. dial 
RITTE. To tear ; to break. 

And when that lady gane hyr wake, 
Sche cryed and grete noys gane make. 
And wrong ther hondea with drery modc^ 
And crachyd hyr vysage all on Mode ; 
Hyre ryche robyt ache all tp-rptte. 
And was ravyaed out of hyr w jtte. 

MS.A*fuiioie9l,xr, Cent. 
Thus thas nnkct in rewthe ritH* theire brenyes. 

Morte Arthurs, MS, lAneoln, f. 99. 

RITTLE. To snore ; to wheeze. Exmoor. 
RIVAGE. Shore, or border. 

JhonVIoount Narbon, Vtee-admirallofFraunce, 
had brought the whole navy to the rivagt and shore 
a^Joyiiyng to the tonne. Hatt, Henrw K f. 21. 

RIVAILE. A harbour. (A..N.) 

And they in sotheoomen to the nrvaUle 
At Suncourt, an havene of gret renoun. 

MS.Digb^9S0. 
RIVAL. An associate. Shal. 
RIVAYE. 

Bot now hym lyste noght playe. 
To hunt ne to ryvape / 
For Maydyne Myldor, that may, 
Hiscaris arecalde. 

MS. Lttiente A. 1. 17, f. Idf. 
I aalle never ryvaife, ne racches un-cowpylle. 
At roo ne rayne dere that rynnes appone erthe. 

Morte Arthure, MS. Uncoln, f. 9S. 

RIVE. (1) A rake. Nominale MS. 

To belch. Line. 

Amorous. /. Wight. 
(4J To split ; to fall asunder. (A.-S.) 
(5) To eat ravenously. North. 

6) The sea-shore. (Lat.) 

7) To arrive at ; to land. 

That ichc, lef and dere, 
On ionde am rioed here. 

MS. Utud. 106. f. 220. 
Forweried roocheaftir here traxraille. 
They caste to Hoe jif it wolde availle. 
Hem to refrelsshe and disporte in joye 
Upon the boundes of the Ionde of Troye. 

MS. Digh^ 230 
Vn Egypt forthe sche nn>tfth». 

MS. Cantab. Ff. U. 38, f. 68. 

RI^LIN. Wrinkled. (A.^S.) . 
Hire chekis ben with teris wet, 
And ryvelpn as an empty skyn, 
Hengande doun unto the chyn. 

Goto«r, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 49. 

RIVELING. A rough shoe formerly worn by 
the Scots, and hence the term was jocularly 
applied to them. 
RIVELY. EspeciaUy ? 

^it may we noghtebc assoylede of the trespas bot 
of oure beschope, or of hym that base his powere, 
for swylke caas es ryeefy reservede tlUe hyme-selvene. 

M8. Lincoln A. L 17, f. S16. 



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RIVEN. Very bad tempered. Line, 
RIVERET. A small river. "Brookes and 

riverets/' Harrison's Britaine, p. 54. 
RIYERING. Hawking by the river side ; flying 

the hawks at river-fowl. 
RIVET. The roe of a fish. 
RIVETS. Bearded wheat. Ea$t 
RI VI NOS. Refuse of com. 
RIVO. An exdamation used by bacchanalians 

at their revels. 

RIX. A reed. Exmoar. 

RIXT. Qnarrelsome. Devon, 

RIZOME. The head of the oat. Cheah. ** A 
plume, or bell, or bunch of oats, and such 
other com as does not grow in an ear,'' 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 

RIZZERS. Small poles for confining faggots 
when used for inclosing yards, and also being 
split for scouring splints in daubing. EoMt, 

RIZZLB. (1) To creep, as ivy, &c GUme, 

( 2) To warm ; to roast imperfiectly. Cmmb, 

RUT. Addressed ; prepared. Otntayne. 

RI3TLECHE. To govern. ffULITerw, 

RO. Peace ; quietness. 

Th«te had he nouther reo ne rette* 
But forthe he wentevyn Waste. 

MS. Harl, 2358, f. 189. 

The chylde had nodur reite ne ro. 
For thoght how he myjt come hur to. 

MS, Cantab, Ff. U. 38. f. 90. 

ROACH. A rash, or thick scorbutic emption 

on the skin* Caimw. 
ROAD. (1) An inroad. 

(2) To jostle one off the road by riding against 
him. Boat 

(3) Same aa Coeiskut, q. v. 

R0ADIN6. The act of running races on the 

road with teams. Norf, 
ROADLING. Delirious. Comw, 
ROADSTER. A horse fitted for the road. 
ROAKY. (1) Hazy ; misty. Line. It occurs 
twice in this sense in Pr. Parv. " RoJky or 
my8ty,n«^tiAwiw/' and previously, "Mysty 
or rooky aa the eyre.** Grose lUso has it, 
spelt rooty, and Shakespeare uses the term 
in a fine passage in Macbeth, iiL 2. ** Rook^ a 
steam or vapour ; rooky , misty or dark with 
steam and vapour," Kennett *s Glossary, MS. 
Lansd. 1033. 
(2) Hoarse. North, 
ROAN. (1) The town of Rouen. 
(2) A clump of whins. NorthMmb. 
ROAPY. Viscous ; glutinous. South, 
ROARER. A broken-winded horse. • 

ROARING. Fast; quick. Var.dial, 
ROARING-BOYS. The riotous blades of Ben 
Jonson's time, who took delight in annoying 
quiet people. At one period, their pranks in 
London were carried to an alarming extent. 
They were sometimes called roarers, 
England salutes him with the general Joys 
Of court and country; knights, squires, fools, 

and boys 
tn every town rejoice at his arrival, 
The townsmen where he comes their wives do 
swlve all. 



And bid th«B think on Jonas amidst tblsgloe. 
In hope to get sueh rtmring &<ve as he. 

Legmdo/ Captain JotUB, ISB» 

ROARING-MEG. A kind of humming-top. 
ROAST. (1) To rule the rooit^ a phrase mean 
ing, to take the lead. 

Jlu>n, duke of Burgoyn, which ruiad fa«rMf,uiu* 
governed both kyng Charles the Frenche kyng, 
and his whole realme. 

HaiTt Union, 1648. Hen, tV. t. 30 

(2) To ridicule any one severely. 

ROATING. Coarse, rank, as grass. 

ROB. Jam; fruit jelly. Boat. 

RO B A. Wanton ; whore ; bona roba. 

ROBBLE. An instrument used for stirring 
dough in an oven. West, 

ROBBLT. Faulty. A mining term. 

ROBBRESS. A female robber. 

ROB-DAVY. Methe^in. 

ROBERD. A chafllnch. 

ROBERDSMEN. A gang of hnrlesa vagabonds, 
rife in the fourteenth century. They are 
mentioned in Piers Ploughman, there caUed 
Roberdet knavee, 

ROBERT. The herb stork-bill. 

ROBERYCH. Rubric. Gov. Myst p. 277. 

ROBIN. Robai'rm^in'the'kedge, bindweed. 
Robin Hoo^e hatband, the common club 
moss. Robin in the hote, lychnis aylvestris. 

ROBINET. The code of a clstem. 

ROBIN-GOOD-FELLOW. A kind of merry 
sprite, whose character and achievements are 
recorded in the well-known ballad "From 
Oberon in Fairy Land." The earliest mention 
of him occurs in a MS. tale of the thirteenth 
century, printed in Wright's Latin Stories, 
p. 38. Reginald Scot, who published his 
* Discoverie of Witchcraft' in 1564, has several 
curious notices of Robin GoodfeUow. ** There 
go as manic tales," says he, " upon Hudgin in 
some parts of Germanic,- or there did m Eny^ 
land qf Robin Gooe^ellowe." Elsewhere he 
says, " and know you this by the waie, that 
heretofore Robin GoodfeUow and Hob^ohblin 
were as terrible, and also as credible to the 
people, as hags and witches be now; and, in 
truUi, they that mainteine walking spirits 
have no reason to denie Robin Goodfidkw, 
if^Nm whom there hath gone a» manie and aa 
credible talea aa i^on tHtehea, saving that it 
hath not pleased the translators of the Bibk. 
to call spirits by the name of Robin Good- 
fellow." The cheslip or wooifloose was called 
Robin Goodfelio^a kmae, *' Cheetelypp- 
worme, otherwvse called Robyugodfelowe his 
lowse, tylua," Uuloet, 1552. 

ROBIN-GRAY. A bonnet. North. 

ROBINHOOD. The red campion. Weat. 

ROBIN-HOOD. « Many talk of Robin Hood, 
that never shot in his bow," aa old inoverii 
found in Walker's Proverbs, 1672, p. 5I». "To 
sell Robin Hood's pennyworths," is spoken of 
things sold under half their value. See RiU 
son's Introd. to Robin Hood, p. xc. The num- 
ber of extravagant tales about this celebrated 
archer was so great, that his name became 



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proforbul for any improbable story. See 
norio,p. 70 ; Holinsbed'i England, p. 69. 

Many man spekyth wyth wondieng 

Of Rotyyn Hode, and of hit bow, 

Whych never ihot therin I trow. 

Aahmot«^» Tkeat, Chem. Brit, 1652, p. 175. 

ROBIN.RUDDOCK. A redbreast. West, 
ROBLET. A large chicken. Ea$t. 
ROBRISH. (1) A rubric. (2) Rubbish. ** Ro. 
brisshe of a boke, ruiriehe" Palsgrave. 
" Robrisshe of stones, pkutraM, foumiture" 
ibid. It occurs in Hawes. 
ROCCILLO. Adoak. Xorth, 
ROCHE. (1) A rock. Pabgrave. Refuse gritty 
stone is still so called. 
This ichip whiche wenda his balpe a croch^ 
Dtof alle to pecit on the roehe, 

Gvwer, MS. 8oe. Antiq, 134, f. 91. 

(2) A kind of wine, perhaps Rochelle. *'Rynische 
wyne and Rochdle," Morte Arthure, MS. 
Lincoln, f. 55. 

And erer idio drewe thame the wyne. 
Bathe the Aodte and the Ryne 

MS, Uneoln A. 1. 17* f. 138. 

ROCHERE. An>ck. 

He wolde not forgete In no manere 
The tresure in the hye roehere. 
Thai they fonde betwene them twoo. 

jr& Cantab. Ff. U. 38. f. 210. 

ROCHESTER-EARTH. A name for saltpetre. 

ROCHET. (1) A little bine cloth doak. Devon. 
Perhaps the same as the following : — '* Supe- 
rior vntu muUerufHt Anglice a rochet," MS. 
Bibl. R^. 12 B. i. f. 12. " Instita, a rochyt,'* 
Nominale MS. The bishop's rochet is a linen 
vest worn under a satin robe. " Rochet a sur- 
plys, roehet" Palsgrave. 

(2) The piper fish. Nominale MS. 

ROCHLIS. The rattle. Herrf. 

RO€K« (1) A kind of very hard cheese made 
from skknmed milk, and used in Hampshire. 
In satirical allusion to its hardness, it is said 
to be used to make pins to fasten gates. 

(2) A distaff held in the hand from which the 
thread was spun by twirling a ball below. 

In the old time, ic. Edw. 6, &c. they used to 
■plnn with rodtt: in Staffordshire, Ate. they use them 
•till. Aubre9*» WUts, Rtufal Soe. MS. p. 868. 

What, shall a woman with a nkke drive thee away i 
Fye on thee, traitor, now I tremble for tene. 

Digb^ Mv9teHe$, p. 11. 

(3) A young hedgehog. Somenet. 
ROCKED. Bad; false; impure. "That rocked 

reball," Chester Plays, i. 161. 
ROCKEL. A woman's cloak. Devon. 
ROCKER. (1) A nurse. 

(2) The long handle of the bellows in a smithes 
forge, wluch is drawn down to raise the 
moving-board oi the bellows. The cross staff 
upon which it is fastened is called the rock- 
staff. Far. dial 

(3) A long wicker sieve used in dressing beans, 
&c Bed$, 

ROCKET. (1) A doak without a cape, the same 
aa Itoeketf q. ▼. Mr. Fairholt describes it " a 
close upper garment," London Pageants, p. 
207. It ocean in Palsgrave. 
II. 



(2) A portion. Suffolk. 

ROCKING. Walking with alternate tideway 
motion. Nbrthamptonth. 

ROCKING.PAN. In the allom works at Whitby 
in Yorkshire, the allom, after it is shotten and 
crystallized on the sides of the cooler, is 
scraped and washed, and put into the rocking" 
pan, and there melted. Kennett, MS. 

ROCKLED. Rash and forward. Norih. 

ROCKLEY. '' Prove at the partynge, quod 
Rockley,'' Palsgrave. 

ROCKY. Tipsy, far. dial. 

RODE. (1) To spawn. Sufolk. 

(2) A company of horsemen. 

(3) Complexion. (j^.-S.) 

(4) A harbour for ships. 

(5) Togo to rode means, late at night or early in 
the morning, to go out to shoot wild-fowl 
which pass over head on the wing. 

RODED. Lean mingled with fat. Weet. 
RODEDE. Rotted. Neame. 
RODE-LAND. Land which has been cleared 

or grubbed up; land lately reclaimed and 

brought into cultivation. 
RODE-NET. A sort of bird-net. 
RODOK. A chaffinch. FrigeUa, Nominale 

MS. Or is it the redbreast ? 
RODOMONT. A boaster. This term is derived 

from the name of a famous hero in Ariosto so 

called. Hence Rhodomontade. 
RODS-GOLD. The marygold. 
RODY. Ruddy ; red. {A.-S.) 

That chylde waa fulle welle dyghte, 
Gentylle of body and of rody bryghte. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. IL 38, f. 144. 

ROE.DOE. A young female hind. 
ROENDE. Round. Reliq. Antiq. iL 109. 
ROET. Pasture ground. Berks. 
ROFE. Tore. {A.-S.) 

Hyre turkotte slere he rq/k of thenne. 
And laydto, by thli je salle me kenoe, 
Whenne je se me by lyghte. 

MS. Uneoin A. 1. 17, f. 104. 
ROFFE. A roof. See Aboffe. 
ROFOAM. The waist. Devon. 
ROGE. (1) 

Fye, harlote I fye, hounde ! 
Fye on thee, thou taynted doge I 
What I laye thou still in that stonde. 
And let that lotlnger go on the roge f 

ChMter Pkva, U. 94. 

(2) To tramp, as beggars, &c. 

ROGER. (1) The ram is so called by the shep- 
herds in most parts of England. See Collins' 
Miscellanies, 1742, p. 116. 

(2) A rogue. A cant term. 

(3) Roger of the buttery, a goose. 
ROGERIAN. A wig. HalL 
ROGER'S-BLAST. A sudden and local motion 

of the air, no otherwise perceptible but by its 
whirling up the dust on a dry road in perfectly 
calm weather, somewhat in the manner of a 
water-spout. Forby. 

ROGGAN. A rocking-stone. North. 

ROGGE. To shake. (^..^.) Brockett has 
roggle in this sense. 

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1I« romede. be nrtd«» that rogywde allc tbe erthc, 
80 ruydly berappyd at to ryot hymselTene. 

MmiU Arthurs, MS, lAnfoln, f. Gl. 
So hard Rofyn rcgudhlM roil, 
That he smot with hit choutep 

Ajayiu the marbyatone. 
Of thatdynt thai had gret doute, 
hi that letyn ther aboute. 
Fore thai herd hit edhon. 

M8. Douce 809, xr. Cent 
The croice, the crownne, the tpere bete bowne 
That Jheiu ruggede and rente. 
The naylct ruyde lalle the conclude 
With thyne awene argument I 

JfS. LUuolnA* U 17. f.SlS. 

ROGHB. Rough. 

Roghe he was at a ichepe. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. ii. 38, f. 101. 

ROGUTE. Recked; cared. {j4,-S.) 
He roghte not what woman he toke, 
So lytylle he tett by hyt spouie-hede. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. iL 36, f. 48. 
Syr Befyie wat to wery for-fkghte. 
That of hyt lyfe rof^te he noghte. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. ii. 36, f. 106. 

R06HTLESSE. Reckless ; careless. 

Dreding ye were of my woot roghileMe 
That wat to me a grevout beviueue. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. I. 6, f. 116. 
ROGLRE. Rough. 

ROGUE. A professed beggar. Also as Roge (2). 
** Raunging, roguing about/' Cotgrave in y. 
Divaffue. 
ROGUE. HOUSE. A prison. North. 
ROIGNOUS. Scabby ; rough. (^..^:) 
ROIL. (1) A Flemish horse. Mr. Dyce seems at 
fault in Skelton, ii. 379. 

(2) To romp ; to disturb ; to trouble ; to vex ; to 
perplex, or fittigue. North. ** Were woont 
to rome and roiti in clusters," Stanihurst's Ire- 
land, p. 21, where it means to rove about, as 
in Reliq. Antiq. iL 175. 

(3) A great awkward hoyden. ** A big ungainly 
slammakin,'' MS. Deron GL 

ROILY. To traduce ; to backbite. West, 
ROIST. To bully ; to riot. " They ruffle and 

roist it out," Harrison's England, p. 149. 

" Soister, to be rude, to ramp about," MS. 

Lansd. 1033. Roisterer f a swaggerer, is still 

in use in the North of England. 
ROISTON-CROW. A species of crow, called 

by Ray comix emerea JrugUega, ed. 1674, 

p. 83. It is mentioned by Cotgrave. 
ROIT. To walk about idly. 
ROKE. (1) Mist ; steam. Var. dial. 

(2) To shake ; to rolL Still in use, to shake or 
stir liquids. Also, to cleanse armour by rolling 
it in a barrel of sand. 

Were thay wighte, were thay woke, 

AUe that he tlUe ttroke. 

He made thalre bodies to roke. Peretvai, 1375. 

(3) A scratch. Yorksh. 

(4) A vein of ore. North, 

(5) The rook at chess. 

After chec for the roke ware fore the mate. 
For 5if the fondmeot be Iklte, the werke mott nede 
fUle. MS. Douet 80i, f. 4. 

ROKT. The same as Roaky^ q. v. 



ROLL. A large heavy wooden roller tar break- 
ing clods. North, 

ROLLE. (1) To enroL (j4.^N.) 

(2) " Antim, the heare of a woman that is layed 
over hir forheade; gentilwomen dyd lately 
call them their roUeSj** Elyot, ed. 1559. At 
one time they were much worn in Ireland. 
See Holinshed, Chron. Ireland, p. 134. 

ROLLEKY. Rough ; uneven. East, 

ROLLER. A bundle of reed. Used proverbially, 
e. g. as weak as a rawlerf or as easily thrown 
down as a bundle of reed set on an end. 

ROLLE Y. A large kind of sledge drawn by a 
horse, used in coal mines. North. 

ROLLICK. To romp about recklessly ; to gad 
idly ; to roll. f'ar. diaL 

ROLLIPOKE. Coarse hempen cloth. East. 

ROLLOP. This word was heard between Ips- 
wich and Bury in the phrase, " There they 
come roUoppin along," and was applied to the 
hasty, noisy approach of horsemen, com- 
pounded perhaps of romp and gallop. 

ROLLS. Books in roUsj those which have a row 
of gold on the edges of the cover. 

ROLY-POLY. (1) A pudding made in round 
layers, with preserves or treacle between. Far, 
dial Taylor mentions it. 

(2) A low, vulgar person. Line. 

(3) A game played with a certain number of 
pins and a ball, resembling half a cricket balL 
It is played thus. One pin is placed in the 
centre, the rest (with the exception of one 
called the jack) are placed in a circle round it ; 
the jack is placed about a foot or so from the 
circle, in a line with one in the eircle and the 
one in the centre. The centre one is called 
the king, the one between that and jack the 
queen. The king counts for three, qoeen two, 
and each of the otner pins for one each, ex- 
cept jack. The art of the game lies in bowl- 
ing down all the pins except jack, for if jack 
is bowled down, the player has just so many 
deducted from his former score as would hsTe 
been added if he had not struck the jack. 
Holloway, pp. 142-3. This game was formerly 
called half-bowl, and was prohibited by 
a statute of Edward lY. 

ROMAGE. To set a ship to rights ; to dear the 
hold of goods ; to remove things in it from one 
place to another. 

ROMANCE. (1) The French language. 

(2) To Ue. Var. dial. 

ROMASING. Wonderful; romantic West. 

ROMAUNT. A romance. {A.^N.) Still in 
use in Suffolk as a verb, to exaggerate or ex- 
ceed the truth. 

ROMB. To shiver with cold. 

ROM BEL. A rumbling noise ; a rumour. 

ROM.BOUSE. Wine. A cant term, given in 
Dekker's Belman, 1616. 

ROME, ri) The expressbn of « the Soke of 
Rome, sometimes found in old romances, is 
a travesty of the old phrase the Rpmam, i^ch 
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in which zaott of the old romances wore ori- 
ginally written. 
He that KhaUe woid lodM a wwj, 
Yt were nede for h jm to ptmy 

That JediB bym fchold saTe. 
Yt yt in (A# boke nf Rume, 
Ther waa no knyght of Kyntendome 

That Joniey dunt crave. Tbrma i^f Portugal, p. 6. 

(2) ** Rome was not bnilt in a day/' is a proverb 
in common nse to excite perseverance. It is 
found in the French Alphabet, 1615. 

(3) To growl ; to roar. 

He comanded that thay tulde take a 50Dge dain»> 
•ene, and nakkene hir, and sett hir biforo hym, and 
thay did aoo ; and onane he ranne apone hir romifaud, 
as he hadd bene wodd. M8. Uneoln A. 1. 17* f. 37. 

(4) Place ; situation ; office. 

(5) Broad; spacious. {A.-S.) 

Jhetu that made the pianettes t{J, 
And all the worlde nndur hevyn. 
And made thyt worlde wyde and rome. 

H& Cantab, Pt. tt. 38, f. 100. 

(6) To walk aboat. (j4,-S,) Hence, sometimes, 
to depart from. 

As he rmneyd all abowte* 

He lokyd on a tf>wre withowte. 

MS. Cantab, Ft, 11. 38, f. 148. 

(7) A space. (^.-5.) 

That the Sarsyns yn a rome 
At that tyme were overcome. 

MS, Cantab, Ff. 11. 38, f. 101. 

(8) In space or length ? 

The geaant «aa wonder itrong, 

Rfimt thretti fote long. JteMt of Hsmfown, p. 73. 

ROIIB-BOWSE. Wine. Dekier, 

ROME-MORT. A qneen. A cant term. 

ROMKIN. A drinking^sup. 

ROMMLE. To apeak low or secretly. 

ROMMOCK. To romp boisteroasly. 

ROMNAY. A kind of Spanish wine. 

Larkyt in hot schow, ladyi for to pykt 
Gooddxynk therto, lyeyui and fyne, 
Blwct of allmayne, ronMap and wyin. 

R$liq. Antiq, li. 30. 

ROMPSTAL. A rude girl WetL 
ROMULIK. Abundantly; plentifully. 
ROMVILE. London. Dekker, 1616. 
RON. ConTeraation ; treatise. (J.-S,) 

The loate rcsun of alle this ron 

Sal be of fair ooncepdon. 

MS, cotton, Vtspat, A. ill. f.9. 

RONCB. To romp about. North, 

RONCLED. Wrinkled. {J.^S.) 
Whoso that yow beholdyth well, and seyth 
Your nme/ed fkce and your rawe eyen tweyne, 
Your shrunkyn lyppis and your gowuldyn tethe. 
How may he lyre fico dystrcsse and payne ? 

MS. Fair/as 16. 

BOND. The same as Foolen, q. ▼. 
RONDURE. Roundness. {Fr.) 
RONE. (1) Rained. (^.-5.) 

(2) To protect ; to comfort. 

(3) Rouen in Normandy. 

(4) The roe of a fish. Xorlh. ** The roan of 
fish, pitcium ova" Coles. 

RONETTE. Round; circular. 

RONEZ. Thickets; brushwood. Oatoayne, 

RONO. The step of a ladder. Var.dial, '<A 



ronge of a tre or ledder, tealare" MS. Diet. 
A. D. 1540. 
RONGE. To bite ; to gnaw. W€9t, 
RONGENE. Rung. {A.-S.) 

He hade morthirede this mylde be myddaye war 

fvfijfene, 
Withowttyne mercy one molde, not watte it ment. 
Mnrte Jrthur0, MS, Lincoln, f. 03. 

RONK-RIPE. Quite ripe. Cheth. 

RONNER. A sort of coarse cloth. 

RONNING. Rennet. " Ronnyng of chese, 
nutisffue" Palsgrave. 

RONT. 

But downe they burst the windows for ayre, and 
there was no little boot to bid nmt ; shee was nine 
or ten dayes ere she recorei^d that fit on my know- 
ledge. Armin't Nett of Ninnie», 1908. 

RONYON. A mangy animal. (/•>.) 

ROO. Rough. Devon, 

ROOD. The cross, or crudfix. (A.-S,) Rood- 
beantf the beam supporting the rood. Rood- 
dooTt a door leading out of the church near 
the altar. 

On Saynt Mathies day thapoetulle, the xxiiij. day 
of February, Sonday, did the bisshop of Rochester 
preclie at PoUes Cros, and had standyng afore hym 
alle his sermon tyme the pictur of the rvode of graett 
in Rent, that had byn many yerls in the abbey of 
Boxley in Kent, and was gretely sought with piU 
gryms, and when he had made an ende of his ser- 
mon, the pictor was toorn alle to peoes. 

MS. Cotton, Votpao, A. xxv. 

ROOD>LOFT. A gallery, or platform, over the 
screen, at the entrance of the chancel, upon 
which was the rood or cross, with images. 
See Grindal's Remains, p. 154. 
ROODY. Rank in growth. North, 
ROOFE. SpUt. 

So harde togedur they drofe, 
ThatSer Befyse schylde roo/e, 

MS, Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 184. 

ROOFING. The ridge-cap of thatched roofs. 

Norf, 
ROOK. (1 ) To huddle together. West, 

(2) A crow-bar. Sakp, 

(3) A cheat, or sharper. Rookery y a place oi re- 
sort for sharpers. 

Gramercies watt mets mesters and the rest. 
His smock -stain'd dames will ha a game at chest. 
And sweare to me thi knights be not turned knaves, 
Thy rookot tume flesh-crowes or devouring slaves. 
MS, Poenu in Dr, Biitt'o Pooteooion, xvil. Cent. 
Your city blades are cann\ngjrookeo, 
How rarely you collogue him I 

Sottgo of the Lon^n Prentieet, p. 91. 

(4) To thrust the fingers in the mouth, said of 
children. Oxon, 

ROOKERY. A disturbance ; a scolding. 

ROOKY. Same as Roahff q. v. 

ROOL. To ruffle ; to rumple. North, 

ROOM. (1) Dandruff. Somerset, 

(2) Place. In such phrases as, " Room for my 
Lord," it is equivalent to give place to, make 
way for. 

ROOMER. To go or put roomer, to tack about 
before the wind. An old sea term, very incor- 
rectly explained *' a very large ship" by Ash 
and others. It occurs in Bourne's Inventions 



BOP 



692 



ROS 



or DetiMt, 1578 ; Harrington's Nogs An- 
tiqnn, iL 233; Apoloniiu and SiUa, ap. 
Collier's Shak. lib. p. 32 ; Taylor, quoted in 
Hunter on the Tempest, p. 46. 

Yet did the muter by all meanes uny, 
To ttean out reoiiMr, or to keepe aloofe. 
Barringt«n*M tr. «f OHmndo Furio$o, 1501, p. 343. 
Hereupon the dlieharged herself from the Towne 
of Taryflh, and when wether lerred agreyng with 
the maiater for her paMag e, heraelf with her daugh- 
ter repaired aborde the barke, whkh beyng put to 
■aa, wai forced by the extremltie of a contrary winde, 
to put themielree romw for the eafetie of their Uvee, 
to a deane contrary place. JUche'e FBtnwell, 1A81. 
Rowte, quoth the ihlp agalnetthe rocks ; roomer 
cry I in the cocke ; my Lord wept for the company, 
I laught to comfort him. Trag^dg 9f Ha^fm^n, 1631. 

KOOMTH. Room. Drayitm, 
ROONE. Vermilion. This term has been 
wrongly explained by all the glossarists. 
Y ichalle yeve the a nobylle stede, 
Alao redd asony reone. 

MS, Cantab, Ft, U. 38, f. 6S. 

ROORT. Roared. Lane, 

ROOP. (I) A haUoa. far. dial 

(2) A hoarseness. North, A sort of hoarseness 

in fowls is so called. 
ROOSELING. Sloping down. Ssmoor, 
ROOST. To drive. Devon. 
ROOST-COCK. The common cock. Devon, 

See the example under Porpentme, 
ROOT. (1) A rut Gloue, 
(2) To turn up the ground, as hogs do with their 

noses. Lane, 

!S) Gross amount ; sum totaL 
4) To rot. Somerset 

I roott he scyde* fro the bocm, 
Jheau Cryste, what schall y done I 

MS, Contab. Ff. 11. 38, f. 114. 

ROOTAGE. Extirpation. 
ROOTER. A rough attack. North, 
ROOTLE. To root up, as swine. Bedt, 
ROOTY. Rank, u grass. Yorieh, 
ROOVE. To dry meat in a chimney, or over a 

kiln. Glome, 
ROOZE. To shed ; to scatter. Comw, 
ROP. Reaped. {A.-S.) 
ROPE. (1) A word formerly taught to parrots. 

A rope for a parrot was a common prox^Mal 

expression. 

!2^ A dwarf. Somerset, 
3) To tether, u a horse. Notf, 

(4) A measure of twenty feet. Devon, 

(5) A bundle of twigs laid over a gutter instead 
of a plank. Devon, 

ROPE-PULLING. The ancient custom of rope- 
pulling is always strictly observed in Ludlow 
on ShroTe Tuesday. At about four o'clock in 
the afternoon the rope is given out from the 
Town-hall by the Mayor, on whom this im- 
portant duty by right devolves. Immediately 
on the rope being let down from a window, 
an indescribable struggle and trial of strength 
commences between the denizens of the dif- 
ferent wards, which is not concluded without 
an obstinate contention. There are afterwards | 



ordinaries at the various inns, and pleasure and 
conviviality are the order of the day. 

ROPER. (1) A rope-maker. 

(2) A crafty fellow ; a rogue. 

ROPE-RIPE. Fit for hanging, a phrase applied 
to anything very wicked. " A rope-ripe-rogue 
ripe for the rope, or deserving the rope," 
Howell's Lex. Tet. 1660. 

ROPERY. Roguery. Shak, 

ROPES. The entrails. West, "The ropes 
in the smsll guttes," Palsgrave. " Almost 
confined at present to the guts of woodcocks, 
which are often dressed with the ropes in 
them," MS. Devon Gl. 

ROPY. Wine or other liquor is said to be ropy^ 
when thick and coagulated. Line, Bread is 
said to be ropy when in warm dose weather 
a sort of second fermentation takes place after 
baking. Var, dioL 

RORDE. Sound; noise; roar. 

RORE. (1) Dew. {Lat,} Jiorid,dtwy, Marlowe, 
ilL 364 ; Hawkins, iii. 151. 

(2) Trouble ; stir ; noise. Hence, periiaps, the 
name of roaring-hoys, 

(3) To barter, or exchange merchandize. ** Roo- 
ryne or chaungyne on chailare for another," 
I^. Parv. p. 71. 

RORY-TORY. Having a mixture of gay coloun; 
showy; dashing. Devon, 

ROSARY. A rose-bush. SkeUon. 

ROSE. (1) The rose was a symbol of secrecy 
among the ancients, and from henoe is said to 
be derived the adage " under the rose*' when 
a secret is to be kept, and used with great 
propriety on privy seals, which came into use 
about the middle of the twelfth century. 
Snelling's Coins, p. 2. 

(2) When the upper part of a quarry or well falls 
in, it is said to rose m. 

(3) To drop, or fall, said of seed or com when 
over-ripe. Somerset, 

(4) The erysipelas. 

(5) A knot of ribands, frequently worn in the 
ear, on the shoe, &c 

(6) To praise. Still in use. 

(7) The top of the spout of a watering-pot, per- 
forated for the purpose of distributing the 
water ; the top of a leaden pipe, perforated in 
a similar manner, to prevent leaves or rubbish 
from entering a water-butt. 

ROSEE. An ancient confection, composed 

chiefly of mOk, dates, spices, &c. 
ROSEMARYNE. Rosemary. 

Tak of rewe a grete qwantite, and sawge balfe als 
mekille* and roMmanrfie the same quantitee. 

MS. Unc, Med, f. S83. 

ROSEMARY-STONES. Friable stones of a 
deep yellow colour found amongst the fattest 
marles about Audley, co. Staff, and used by 
the painters. Kennett, MS. 

ROSE-NOBLE. A gold coin, stamped with a 
rose, worth sixteen shillings. 

ROSER. A rose-bush. {A,-N.) 

ROSE-RYAL. A gold coin fbrmeriy worth 
thirty shillings, but it rose three shOlings in 



ROT 



G9d 



ROU 



Tihie in the mgn of James I. See SneUing's 
Coinf , p. 24. 
ROSE.TARD. A place where rotes grow. Pab- 

ROSIAR. A rose-tree. {A.-N.) 

The knyghte and his iqwyere 

Ristcd undlr a nuere 

TlUe the day wez dere, 

Undrone and mare. MS. LUuoln A. 1. 17, f. 133. 
ROSIL. Kosin. East **Jio9ma, rosyle," 

Nominale MS. xr. Cent. 
ROSILLY. Said of sandy and gritty soU, like 
roain. Eatt, Harrison, p. Ill, mentions 
roaeUie mould. 
ROSIN-END. A shoemaker's thread. North, 
ROSINNED. Tipsy. Craven. 
ROS-LAND. Heathy land. Ea»t. 
ROSPE. To belch. 
ROSS. (1) The refuse of plants. 
(2) A morass. Herrf. 
ROSSEL. (1) To heat ; to roast. North. 
(2) To kick sererdy. Sakp. 
ROSELLED. (1) Decayed. North. 

(2) 

Throwea lowonde rede Khelde he niachede hym tone. 

That the nttdde spere to his herte rynnee. 

Morie Arthurt, MS. Uneoln, t, 83. 

ROSSHETON. Roshed. 

They roidkafofi ajeynne the wall of ston. 

Chnm, VHodun. p. 183. 

ROST. To turn boast to rost, L e. to torn from 

swaggering to humility. 
ROSTER. A roBt-iron, an iron grate used in 
roasting; a gridiron. Nominale MS. "Lay 
hom on arostynge yme, and roste hom/' Ord. 
and Regulations, p. 451. 
ROSTLE. To ripen. LaiM. 
ROSY. Healthy. Hens, when they commence 
la3ring, and their combs look red and healthy, 
are said to be rosy. 
HOT. (1) Qreat nonsense. We$t. 
(2) A body of six soldiers. 
ROTA-MEN. A name given to certahi poli- 
ticians during the Commonwealth, who sug- 
gested that a third part of the parliament 
^ould go out by rotation. 
ROTE. (1) A kind of cymbal, said to be the same 
as the hurdy-gurdy. ** Dulcimers or dowble 
harpe called a roote, barbitot" Huloet, 1552. 
He tau5te hire til iche was certen 
or harpe, ofcitole, and of rote. 

Cower, MS. Soe. Antiq, 134, f. 834. 
Wele to playe one a rotte. 
To syng many newe note. 
And of harpyng, wele I wote, 
He wane the pryie aye. MS. LineolnA, L 17* 1. 130. 
A root. (A.'S.) 

Practice. {A.'N.) Also a Tcrb, to practise, 
to repeat by rote. 
(4) Writing ; record. 

Men say yn olde rou, 

A womans bolt ys sane ichote. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ii. SB, f. 108. 
ROTEN. Rotten. Chaucer. 

Myn sowle hath soflhid in his word, 

la Ood myn ^>ost hath had his trust. 
For fynne it sdiarp as knyris ord, 
Unakitb hem lame that leryn In lust. 



Therfore, Jhera, myn lovely Lord, 
When I am rofyn, rub of the nut, 

Br 1 be broujt wlthlnne schippys bord. 
To sayle Into the dale of dust. 

Hampoh'* Paraphnue ^f the Ptalme, MS. 

ROT-GUT. Bad smaU beer. 

Beer-a' bumble — 
'Twool bust yar guts, afore t'al make ye tumble. 
ROTHER. (1) The rudder of a ship. (A.-S.) 
And thus putte every man out other. 
The schipof love hath loste his rather. 

Cower, US. Soe, Antiq, 134, f. 77. 
Alle ys the toon with the touther. 
As a shyppe that ys turned with the rother. 

MS.Mmrl, 1701, f. 31. 

(2) A homed beast. ''In Herefordshire the 
dung of such beasts is still called rother eoyl,** 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. According to 
Sharp's MS. Glossary, the word is current 
in WarwickshirCi andne adds that the beast- 
market at Stratford-on-ATon is called the 
rother market. '* It is the pasture lards the 
rother's sides," Shakespeare ; the old editions 
reading brother^a. For this emendation we 
are indebted to Mr. Singer, and is exceedingly 
ingenious, although it must at the same time 
be admitted that sense can be made of it as 
it stands in the originaL " Bueerum pacuSf an 
hearde of rother beastes," Elyot, ed. 1559. 

(3) Name of a river ? 

Drof of hors and gyl of flsch. 
So hat my lemman war je ys ; 
Water of rother and Taymys brother. 
So hat my lemman In non other. 

MS. Douee »7, f . 77- 

(4) A sailor. Nominale MS. 
ROTOURE. A pkyer on the rote. 

3yf thou ever with Jogeloure, 
With hasadoure or with rotottre, 
Hauntyit Uveme. If 5. Harl, 1701, f. 7. 

He It a persone, she thynkethe, of fair figure, 

A yong retow, redy to hlr pleasler. 

l0dgte*e Minor Poeme, p. 3S. 

ROTTLE-PENNT. The herb yellow-rattle. 
ROTYNG. Root. 

Jess^, he seide, of his rotifng 

Certeynly a jerde shal spring. 
Cureor Mwtdi, MS. ColL IHn. COntab. f. 58. 
ROU. Cold ; bleak ; damp. North. 
ROUGHED. (1) Wrinkled. Northumb. 

(2) Beer is said to be rouehed when it acquires 
a tartness. MS. Devon Gl. 

ROUDGE. A rough coarse cloth. 
ROUGE. To gnaw ; to devour. Somerset. 
ROUGH. (1) To make rough, applied to horses' 

shoes when they are made rough to prevent 

them slipping in frosty weather. 
(2^ A wood, or copse. Salop, 

(3) Luxuriant, as grass. North. 

Up she rose ageyn the roughe. 

With soreftille hert and care Inonghe, 

Care(\ille of blood and bone \ 
She sye it myght no better be. 
She kuelid down uppon her kne. 

And thankid Ood and Seynt John. 

Torrma of Portugai, p. 79^ 

(5) To trump one's adversary's curd at the game 
of wlust. 



ROU 



694 



ROU 



ROUGH^ANDLB. A torch, or Unk. 

KOUGH-CAST. A composition of sand, grit, 
and mortar, used for walls. &c. 

ROUGHED. Streaked; speckled. Dewm, 

ROUGH-LEAF. The true leaf of a plant, in 
distinction from its seed leaves. West, 

ROUGH-MUSIC. A discordant din of sticks, 
pans, and a heterogeneous collection of instru- 
ments, a species of entertainment which takes 
place when a woman has been beaten by her 
hustiand. It is got up principally by boys, 
who parade the Tillage accompanied by the 
musical band, in which nearly all take a part, 
and the performance concludes with burning 
the eiiigy of the oflfender, which has been car- 
ried in procession. A curious notion is uni- 
versally prevalent, that if the rough music is 
not continued for three successive nights, all 
the boys participating in these means of pass- 
ing a public censure can be banished from the 
village for a limited period by the homo dr- 

ROUGHNESS. Plenty ; store. Cwmb, 
ROUGH-RIDER. One who breaks in horses. 
ROUGH-SETTER. A mason who only did 

rough coarse work, as walls, &c. 
ROU(m.SPUN. Rude; unpolished; blunt. 
ROUGHT. 

Invidis the therd woniid yt, 

A wyckkyd gnawer or TCBym or gowt, 
He yi a wyckyd wound I gnt, 

Ther he hadk power to reyne or rottght, 

MS. Cantab. Ft. L 6. 
ROUK. (1) A large number. North. 
(2) To wander. (3) To be restless. 
ROUKE. To lie dose. (^.-5.) 

The! tbu] for thunt the hedet coulee 
Of adders that doth aboutc hem nmkn. 
As cbilde that sittith In moders lappe, 
And soukith whan him liklth the pappe. 

MS.Jddit, 11305, f.97. 
ROULE. To roll ; to run easily. 
ROUMER. Wider. Chaucer, 
ROUNCEVAL. Large; strong. Coles makes 
mention of Rounceval pease ; and he has also, 
" a rounsival, virago" 
ROUNCIE. (1) Acommon hackney horse. Some- 
times, a horse of any kind. 

Befyae sadelyd hys rountf/. 
The bore he thoght to hunty. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 100. 
Syr Befyae lepyd on hys rown^r. 
And wyth hym hys ooayn ser Tarry. 

- MS, Cantab. Ft. Ii. 30. f. ISO. 

(2) A vulgar coarse woman. 

ROUND. (1) A turret or tower of a circular 
form ; a room or closet within such a turret. 
TTiUsotL 

^2) To counsel secratly; to rowne, or whisper. 
It is of common occurrence under this form. 

(3) A kind of dance. ** The round danse, or 
the dansing of the rounds," Nomenclator, 
1585, p. 299. There was a sort of song or 
ballad also so called. 

(4) To round the head, to cut the hair round. 
Sound deaUng, plain honest dealing. Round 



mm, a considerable imn. Rmmd mtdtfuare, 

everywhere. 
(5) A toast ata drinking revel ; a health to pats 

round. 
(6)FuU;large. North, 

(7) Certain soldiers, whose office it vraa to go 
roumf and inspect the sentinels, watches, and 
advanced guard, were called gentlemen of the 
round. 

(8) Plain in speaking. Oxon. " A round 
answer," Holinshed's England, i. 10. 

(9) A regiment, or troop. 

(10) A globular pebble. Devon. 

( 1 1 ) An animal's rump. Var, dioL 

(12) A kind of target. 
ROUND-DOCK. The common mallow. 
ROUNDEL. (1) Anything round, as a circle, a 

trencher, &c " A roundell to set dishes on 
for soiling the tablecloth," Baret, 1580. 

(2) The midriff. Somerset. 

(3) A roundelay, or catch. 
ROUNDELET. A rundlet for wine. 
ROUNDERS. A boy's game at balls. 
ROUND-FROOK. A gaberdine, or upper gar- 

ment, worn by the rustics. For. dial 
ROUNDGE. A great noise ; a violent push or 

stroke. Northumb. 
ROUNDHEAD. A puritan, so caUed because 
the hair was cut in a close circular fashion. 
And ere their butter *gan to coddle, 
A bullet chumd l*th RtmndhaadM noddle. 

Men Miradea^ 1696. p. 4& 

ROUNDLY. Plainly ; evidently ; vehemently ; 

quickly. Also, severely, ''^lle make them 

come off and on roundly,** Nabbes* Bride, 

1640, sig. G. ii 

ROUND-ROBIN. A small pancake. JDewm. 

ROUNDS. Fh^^ent of statues in paintings 

were termed rounds. 
ROUND-SHAVING. A reprimand. West. 
R0UND.TA6. A chUdren's game, at which 

they all stand in a ring. Devon. 
ROUND.TILTH. Sowing a round^tiUh is sow. 
ing land continuously without any fallow. 
Kent. 
ROUNE. To whisper. Sometimes for speech 
or song in general. (A.S.) It is occasion- 
ally used in its primitive sense, to counsel or 
consult. 

Somer is comeo with love to toune» 
With bloitnie and with brides rowne. 

Reliq. Antiq. L 241. 
Lenten ys Come with love to tonne. 
With blosmen ant with briddes rmtne. 

Ritmm'9 Ancient Songt, ed. 1829, i.63. 
On hys knees he sette hym downe 
With the prest for to roune. 

MS. Hart. 1701, f. BX 

ROUNGE. (1) A wheelbarrow. 
(2) To nip, or cut. (J.-N.) 

For ever on hem y rmtnge and gnawe. 
And hindir hem alle that ever y may. 

GoMw, MS. Soe.Jnh^ IM, f. 64. 
ROUNSEPICK. Same as Rampiek, q. v. 
ROUN-TREE. The mountain-ash. North. 
ROUP. A filthy boil on the rompa of &vi«. 
BaUeg. 



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696 



ROW 



BOUPB. Outer; ; lukieiitatlon. 
ROUS. Boasting. North, 

N« tie Bat proude, thoghe thou wtf 1 doiu» 
Yn Uiyn herte to makta rotu. 

Ma, Harl, 1701, f. 34. 
Thou maytt nat excuse the with rev*. 
And ley al the worlde so dous. 

M& Harl. 1701. f. 10. 

ROUS-ABOUT. Big; unwieldy. Wett Also, 

a restless fidgetty person. 
ROUSE. (1) To shake and flutter. A term in 

ancient hawking. 

(2) To turn out Tar. dial 

(3) A full glass ; a bumper. Very common in 
old plays. 

(4) Noise ; intemperate mirth. Dewm. 
ROUSEN. A report. Devon. 

ROUSER. A great falsehood. A routing lie, 
from routing^ great, excessive. '* A rousing 
lye, mendacium tnagniflcum*^ Coles. 
ROUSING. Rough; shaggy. Devon, 
ROUST. To rouse, or disturb. GUmc. 
ROUTE. (1) A company. North, Also a verb, 
to assemble in a company. 

Is this flomre amonkcs weed ? 
A faire lilly for so fowie a roiofe. 

MS, CoU. 8. Jchan, Cantab. 0. 14. 
When hur fadur was dede, 
Moehe warre began to sprede 

Yn hur lande alle abowte ; 
Therfore sche ys gevyn to rede. 
To take a lorde to rewle and to lede 
Hot londe wyth hys rowte. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. it. S8, f. 75. 
(2) Recked; cared. {A.-S.) 

The wolf in the pntte stod, 

Aflngret so that he tcs wod ; 

1-nou he cursede thiU thider him tiroate ; 

The vox ther of luitle route, 

Reliq, Aniiq, ii. 877. 

(3) 

And EageUe alle bryghte schalle fly alle ahowyte. 

And helpe the frome there haudcs, that er so hygthe 

of rouTte. Reliq. Antiq. 11. 12. 

(4) To snore. " Dormendo ionare, Anglice to 
rowtyn/' MS. BibLReg. 12 B. i. f. 88. Also, 
to roar or bellow, as animals ; to hollow. 

(5) Great or violent stir. Devon. 

To makerewtte into Rome with ryotous knyghtes 
Within a sevenyghte daye with sex score helmes. 

Merte Arthure, MS. lAnooln, f. 57. 

(6) Coarse grass. East. 

7) To belch. Palsgrave, 1530. 

8) Crepo ; pedo. Coles' Lat Diet. 
ROUTED. If an animal strays and is pounded, 

it remains, when unclaimed, three sunsets 
and three sumisings in the pound or pinfold, 
afterwards it is taken to the rout (or green) 
yard, till the owner can be found, and is then 
said to be routed. This term is used in the 
neighbourhood of Homcastle more particu- 
larly than elsewhere, and it is no uncommon 
thing to see in the provincial papers adver- 
tisements beginning thus, routed at — 2 pigs, 
&C. Line. 

ROUTH. (1) Plenty; abundance. North. 

(2) Roughf as shaggy hair, &c. 

ROUTHB. Compassion ; pity. {A.,S.) 



i 



But lehe hadde o defante of slouthe 
Towardis loTe, and that was routhe. 

Ootoer, MS, Boo, AiUiq, 134, f. 111. 
O, bliifulla Lorde, have on this mater routhe I 

I^dgttte, MS. See, Antiq. 134, f. S. 
ROUTOUS. Riotous ; noisy. North, 
ROUT-OUT. (1) A Saturday pie. Comw. 
(2) To seek o^ hunt very narrowly for any per- 
son or thing. Var. dial, 
ROVE. (1) A scab. SufoU. 
(2) To shoot an arrow with an elevation, not 

point blank. ^ 
(3^ A mode of ploughing. £agt. 

(4) To shrug ; to stir up. 

With his scholder he gan row, 

Arthour and Merlin, p. 73. 

(5) To deave,or cut. 

His brand and his brade sehelde al Uody be roeene s 
Was never oure semliche kynge so sorowfulle in herte. 

Mwrte Arihure, MS, Luuoln, t. 94. 

ROVER. An archer. Jonton, 

ROVERS. Arrows shot with a certain degree 
of elevation, generally at 45^ There were 
marks on the target also so called. " Shooting 
still at rovers," Clobery's Divine Glimpses, 
1659, p. 4. Jiumting at rovers^ having too 
much liberty. 

ROVERTED. Returned to life. {Lot,) 

ROW. (1) A hedge. Var, dioL 
2J To look for. Herrf, 

3) A riot ; a disturbance. Var, dial 

4) To rake, or stir about. North, 
ROW-CLOTH. A folding doak, made of a 

kind of warm but coarse cloth completely 
dressed after weaving. 
ROWD. The finscale flst. Suffolk. 
ROWDLE. To move gently. Oxon. 
ROWE. (1) Rushed. 

Upon agen the nadder rotoe, 
And breide awei his right browe. 

Betfee o/Hamtoun, p. 61. 

(2) Rough. Rough-cast is still called row-eatt 
in many places. 

He was wonderliche struDg, 
Rome thrett< fete long t 
His herd was bothe gret and roire, 
A space of a fot betwene is browe 1 

Beeee of Hamtoun, p. 91. 

I had better bee hanged in a withle, or in a cow- 

taile, then be a row/boted Scot, for thei are ever 

fare and fase. BuUeMa Dialogue, 1573, p. 3. 

Bot It was blacker 

Than another, and wel rower.Arthour and Merlin, ^.98. 

(3) A red ray of light. " The rowis red of 
Phebus light,'' Chaucer. 

ROWELL. The circular wheel of a spur; a 
spur ; anything circular. {A.-N.) 
The rowelle whas rede golde with ryalle stonys, 
Raylide with reched and rubyes i-newe. 

Morte Arthure, MS. lAneoht, t, 87* 

ROWENS. After-grass. Suffolk. 
ROWET. Old withered grass. South, 
ROWL. A wake, or fair. Bxmoor. 
ROWLAND. See Oliver (2). 

But to have a Roirland to resist an Oliver, he 
sent solempne ambassadors to the ky ng of Englande, 
offeryng hym hys doughter in mariage. 

HaU, Henry VI, t.9i. 



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ROWLAND-HO. A ChristmM gune. 
ROWNEY. Thin, oneTen, as cloth; having 
Borae threads stouter than others. Eoit, 
" Rowy or stricky, as some stafl^ are/* HowelL 
ROVORGIN. An organ. Nortkumb, 
ROWS. The galleries, ranges, or walking places, 
raised and covered over, having shops on both 
sides, along the public streets in Chester. 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 
ROWTH. A root. Yorksh, 
RO^VTY. Rank, said of grass. It occurs in 

lIarrison*s Britaine, pp. 110, 221. 
ROW. UP. To devour. Cvmb, 
R0W3E. Rough. (^.-5.) 

Ilyt body is awey dwyned, 
And fore grete cold al to-schend. 
Hys herd wat both blake and r»tr5e, 
And to hys gyrdcU sted it drewje ; 
He cane telle off grete care 
The suffyxe x. wynter and more. 

M8, JthmoU 61 » xv. Cent 
He shal do the tee be r04f^e. 
And also to be smethe l^nowje. 
Cunor Mundi, MS, ColU Trin. CmUab. f. 138. 

ROXALL. To wrestle. I, rf Wight. 

ROXT. Rotten; decayed; applied to apples 

and pears. We»t, 
ROY. (1) A king. {A.-N,) 

In the kalendca of Maye this case es befkllene 
The roif ryalle renownde with his rownde uble. 

Morte Arthurt, MS. Lincoln, f.78' 

(2) To swagger ; to boast ; to indulge in convivial 
mirth. North. 

ROYAL-MERCHANT. In the thirteenth cen. 
tury the Venetians were masters of the sea ; 
the Sanudos, the Justiniani, the Griraaldi, &c. 
all merchants, erected principalities in several 
places of the Archipelago, which their de- 
scendants enjoyed for many generations, and 
thereby became truly and properly royal mer^ 
chants f which, indeed, was the title gene- 
rally given them all over Europe. Warburton. 
The phrase occurs in old plays. 

ROYALS. (1) Taxes. Stmth. 

(2) Gold pieces worth fifteen shillings. 

ROYATOUR. A dissipated sharper. 

ROYNiSH. Mangy; scabby. {Fr.) MeUpho- 
rically, mean, low, base. ** The sloven and 
the careless man, the roynuh nothing nice," 
Tusser, p. 289. " The roynish clown," the 
base clown, Shakespeare. " Such a roinuh 
rannel,'* Harvey, 1593. Mr. Hunter imagines 
it to mean obtnuwe, troublesome, in Shake- 
speare, on a misinterpretation of a single 
passage. Parkinson, speaking of plants suit- 
able for borders for flower-beds, says of the 
germander, that on account of its disposition 
to spread itself, it must be taken up and new 
set once in three or four years, '' or else it 
will grow too roynish and troublesome." Roy- 
nish here means coarse; and troublesome iB 
used in a somewhat peculiar sense. 

ROYSTER. An inventory. Yorhsh. 

R^YTHER. The svne as Roister, to behave 
turbulently; to make noise and confusion. 
Yorksh. SeeJioist. 

ROZIM. A quaint saying. West. 



RUB. (I) Any anevenneat d VBohct. Meta- 
phorically, an imperfection. The term was 
much used at bowls. " Like a bowle that 
runneth in a smooth allie without anie m^,'* 
Stanihurst, p. 18. To rub, to touch another 
ball or the jack. 

(2) A sand-stone for a scythe. " The rub or 
brickie stone which husbandmen doo occupie 
in the whetting of their sithes," Harrison, 
p. 235. Still in use. 

(3) To do work hastily. 

(4) A slight reproof. Var. dioL 
RUBBACROCK. A filthy slattern. West. 
RUBBAGE. Rubbuh. Var. dial. 
RUBBELL. Refuse of mason's work, broken 

stones, &c *' Cttmentitius, made of masons 
woorke, or of morter, or of r»£6«tf and broken 
stones,*' Elyot, ed. 1559. " Gary away m^MT 
or broken of olde decayed houses," Huloet, 
1552. It is explained in the Herefordshire 
Glossary, p. 88, " a mixture of stones and 
earth in a quarry ;" and the term is now ap- 
plied to various sorts of gritty rubbish. " Rub- 
ble, as morter and broken stones of old build- 
ings," Baret, 1580. 

RUBBER. (1) Same as Rub (2). 

(2) An instrument used for cleaning various 
parts of the dress. 

(3) A limited series of games by which the 
stakes are reckoned. " Rubbers at bowls," 
Poor Robin's Visions, 1677, p. 132. 

RUBBERS. At bowls, are two bowls that nib 
or touch each other. 

RUBIFY. To make red. It occurs in Ash- 
mole's Theai Ghem. Brit. 1652, p. 188. 
Shakespeare has m^floiit, red. 

RUBINS. Rubies. (y/.-iV.) 

RUBOWRE. Redness. {A.-N.) 

RUBRIGK. Redochie. 

The same in sheeps milke wlih ruhridte and mA 
pitch, drunke every day or eaten to your meate, 
helpeth the ptlskke, and obstructions. Anatoliiu 
approved beane meale sifted and sod with haru 
marrow to be given to a horse which stalteth blood 
for tliree dates together. 

3V|M0ir« BmtU, \tffl, P* lS2i 

RUCK. (1) To repent. Unc. 

(2) A heap. Also a verb, to gather together in 
heaps. Far. dial *' There in another ntcile," 
Drayton*s Poems, p. 5. 

(3) To crease linen. Also a substantive, a fold, 
plait, or crease. Far, diaL 

(4) To go about gossiping, line, 

(5) A rut in a road. Heref. 

(6) A small heifer. Somerset. 

(7) To huddle together. Chesh. 

(8) A gigantic bird, the same with the rock of 
the Arabian tales. 

(9) To squat, or crouch down. North. Palmer^ 
has ruckee, to cower, to stoop, to sqnat. 

But now they rudcen In hireneste, 
And resten as hem liken beste. 

Goirer, MS. Boe, Jntiq. 1«, f- "^ 
Thai sal for thryste the hefed sowke 
Of the neddyr that on thaimc sal nwke, 

Hampole, MS. Bmm, p. !»- 



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RUO 



RUCKET. To niUe. Oroii. 

RUCKING. A hen ii caUed a ruckmff hen, 
when ihe wanta to lit, probably from the 
ooise she makes at that time. Line. 

RUCKLE. (1) To rumple. See ^uek (3). 

(2) A struggle. Kent. 
RUCKLING. The least of a brood. 
RUCKSES. Racks. North. 

RUCKSTIR. To stir about ; to make a great 

stir or fuss. Warw, 
RUCTION. An uproar. We»im. 
RUD.*(l) Ruddle for sheep. Nwtk. 
(2; A reed. Somenet. 

(3) A materia] for garters. 

(4) To rub ; to polish. Dewm. 
RUPDE. Complexion. {A.-S.) 
RUDDER. (1) A sieve. Dor$et. 
(2) Copulation. Somertet. 
RUDDERISH. Passionate ; hasty. Weii. 
RUDDLE. (1) Red. The red ochre with which 

sheep are marked is called ruddle. 
Hit skin» like blushes whi<A adorn 
The bofcnn of the rliing morn, 
AIloTer ruddU k, and from 
Hie flaming eyes quick glaneet eome. 

Bakt^t Poems, 1697* p. 11« 

(2) To make a fence of split sticks plaited 
across one another. Kent. 

RUDDLE.WATTLE. A hurdle made of smaU 

hazle rodSf interwoven. Kent. 
RUDDOCK. (1) The redbreast. (^.-5.) See a 

list in Harrison's England, p. 223. 

(2) Red ruddoekSf gold coin. 

(3) A kind of apple. Howell. 
RUDDOCKS. The fibrous parts of tallow which 

will not melt. North. 

RUDESBT. A mde person. Shak. 

RUDGE. A partridge. Comw. 

RUDGE-TIE. A chain lying over the ridge- 
tree to hold up the shafts of a waggon or 
cart Dorset. 

RUDGE-WASH. Kersey cloth made of fleece- 
wool, worked as it comes from the sheep's 
back, and not deansed after it is shorn. 

RUDLE.(l) A riddle. Yorksh. 

(2) A beverage composed of warm beer and gin, 
sugar, and lemon peel. 

RUD-STAKE. The piece of wood to which an 
ox in his stall is ti<^. Durham, 

RUDY. Rude. Su$tejF. 

RUE. (I) To siere com. Devon, 

(2) A young goat. Somerset. 

RUE.BARGAIN. A bad bargain. When a 
man withdraws his banns of marriage, he con- 
siden it a rue^argam. North. 

RUEL-BONE. Is mentioned by Chaucer, and 
in the following passage, as the material of a 
saddle. It is not, of course, to be thence sup- 
posed that ruel-bone was commonly or eyen 
actually used for that purpose, both instances 
occurring in romance poems. In the Tnma- 
ment of Tottenham, Tibbe'a garland is de- 
scribed as **fulle of ruelle bones," which 
another copy alters to roundebonye. In the 
roDumce of Rembrun, p. 458, the coping of a 



wall is mentioned aa made "of iio nnm/,that 
Bchon swithe brighte." 

Hir iadille waa of rewjrtte borne, 
Semely was that eight to ae, 
Stifly tette with predoua stone, 
Compaate aboute with crapotd. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. v. 48^ f. 116. 

RUELLES. Wrinkles. 

RUFF. (1) A roof. Var.diaL / 

(2) Said when a hawk hits her prey, but does 
not fix it 

(3) An old game at cards. '* At trump or ndl*' 
Plorio, p. 39. These were not, however, the 
same game. At ruff ** the greatest sorte of 
the sute carrieth away the game," Peele, i. 
211, note. RuJ^ was also a term for a court- 
card. To ruff, to trump at cards, Florio, 
p. 452, in Y. Ronfure. 

(4) A kind of frill, formerly much worn by both 
sexes. The hand-ruff as a ruff adjoined to 
the wristbandof the shirt 

(5) The height, or extremity. 

(6) Rough. PaUgrme. 

And when th'<irt wearteof thy keeping sheepe, 

Upon a lovely downe, to pleaie thy minde, 
lie give thee fine ntUfft-ybofetf doTca to keeper 
And prelie pldgeona of another kiode. 
7%tf Affectwnaie Sh«pheard, 1804. 

RUFFATORY. A rude boisterous boy, fond of 
horse-play, knocking and shoving his play- 
fellow s about at all risks. 

RUFFET. Furze. Dorset. 

RUFFIAN. The devil A cant term. 

RUFFIAN'S.HALL. " So that part of Smith- 
field was antiently called, which is now the 
horse-market, where tryals of skill were plaid 
by ordinary ruffianly people with sword and 
buckler," Blount, p. 562. 

RUFFINER. Arufilan. North. 

RUFFLE. (1) To draw into pUdta. The 
ruffle of a boot was the top when turned down 
and scalloped, or in a manner plaited. 

HU crisping and frisling irons must be used ; his 
bald head with a rufUttg periwig Aimiihed. 

J%9 two LttHcai^tro Lovert, 1640, p. MS. 

(2) To swagger, or bully. Hence ruffier^ a swag- 
gerer, in reality a coward. 

Are yea billing i what* my man Lob 

Is become a Jolly n^ffler f 
You are billing, you I I must be faine 

To be a snuffler. 

UaHaffe of Witt qpd WUdome, 1579. 

(3) A tumult ; a bustle ; discord. 
RUFFMANS. Woods, or bushes. A cant term, 

occurring in Dekker'i Belman, 1616. 
RUFF-PECK. Bacon. A cant term. 
RUFF-TREE. The roof-beam of a house. 
RUFO. Rueful. Lane. 
RUFTER-HOOD. Among fidconers, a plain 

leather hood, large and open behind, to be 

worn by a hawk when she is first drawn. 
RUFULLICHE. Ruefully. (A.-S.) 
RUG. (1) Same as Rogget q. v. 
(2) Snug ; warm. Devon, 
RUGE. (1) To wrinkle. Somerset. 
(2) To slide down a declivity ; to sweep away 

quickly. Devon, 



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BU06B. The bade. SeeJU^r. 

To bere ane bok at b«or« ruggm. 
And aa« itaf tn heora hood. 

jr& Lnd. 108, r. 195. 
The koyght to the bore ys gon, 
And devyth hym be the ru gg e bom, 

its, Cantab, Ft, U. 98, f. 06. 

RUGGLE. (1) ** To rugigU about," a tenn used 
in Kent by old people and invalids, and ap- 
pears to imply walking and getting about ; a 
lame person would say, ** Vm troubled to 
m^le about" Kent. 

(2) To play the hurdy-gurdy. 

(3) A child's rattle. Dewm, 
RUGGT. Rough. Chaucer. 
RUID. Strong ; violent. 

JlwW Mmet M aa ake with niidede tydee. 

Mortt Jrtkuro, MS. linepiii, f. 65. 

RUIN. A woodman's term, signifying a pole 
of four fislla standing. At the first fall, it is 
a plant or wicket; at the second, a white 
pole ; at the third, a black pole ; and at the 
fourth, a mm. 
RUINATED. Reduced to ruin. Far. dial It 

is also an archaism. 
RUISS. To drive away. Dewm. 
RULE. (I) Tumultuous frolicsome conduct ; a 
rough or lively sport. '* Now I will go see 
what rule they keep, none m tumuUMm ibo" 
Coles. The primitive meaning is behaviour. 
(2) To foil out, said of corn or any grain over- 
ripe. Somertet. 
it) To swap, or barter. Devon. 
4 ) To sit in strange postures. Weoi. 
RULE-STONE. 

5e, then leyd the r$wl&-Hone, 
If ayiter hath many fone ; 
And 5e wold Jieipe at bit iiede« 
My mayster ichuld the better tpedoj 
Bot whatsoever je brage our boete. 
My mayit« 5et ihaU reule the roite. 

M8,Mhmtiam. 
RULY. RuefoL (J.-N.) 

Whifn] I gaa my-eelve awake, 

Rulif chore I gaoe to inake« 

Fore I law a lembly tyjt t 

To- went me come a gentyll knyjt, 

Wele i-armyd at all ryjht. 

And bad I ichuld upon hyjeng, 

Come ipeke with hyi lord the kyng. 

MS. AthmoU 61, xv.Cent. 

RUM. (1) Odd ; queer. Var. dial 

(2) Old-fashioned rubbish. Devon. 

RUM-BARGE. Warm drink. Yorieh. Pro- 
bably corrupted from Bambuzet q. v. 

RUMBELOW. A very favorite burden to an 
ancient sea^song. The burden of the Corn- 
wall forry-day song is, " With halantow rum- 
below." 

RUMBULLION. A great tumult. Devon. 

RUM BUR. A run iM^bre leaping. Cumb. 

RUMBUSTICAL. Boisterous. Rum^mpiioui 
is also used. Var, dial. 

RUM-DUKE. An odd grotesque figure. 

RUM-KIN. A tailless fowl. 

RUMMAGE. Lumber ; rubbish. Weti, 

RUMMEL-GUMSHON. Wit; sense. 



RUMMEN. To move or tumble an^ thiiiga 

out of their place. YoritJL 
RUMMBT. Dandruff. Comw. 
RUMMLE. To rumble. North. 
RUMMUETON. To whisper ; to matter. 
RUMNEY. Budge for. iA.-N.) 
RUMP. To turn the back to one. 

RUMP-AND-STUMP. Entirely; completely. 
Unc, 

RUMPED. Acrid ;rancid. Devon. 

RUMPLE. A large debt, contracted by Uttle 
and little. 'Twill come to a rumple, or 
breaking, at last. Somertet. 

RUMPLED-SKEIN. Anything which U in 
great confusion. Wett. 

RUMPUS. A noise ; an uproar. Far. dial 

RUMSTICH. The game of mawe. {Germ.) 

RUN. (1) To sew sUgbtly. Var, dial To run 
stockings, to dam or mend them. 

(2) 7b nm a r»7, to play a trick. To run to- 
gether^ to grow like one another. To 



upon DIM, to assail him. 7b ran afatnat^ to 
Mlumniate. 7b give one the run if hie teeth, 
to maintain him. 7b run counter, to go con- 
trary to our wishes, a phrase borrowed from 
the chase. 7b run down, to abuse, to depre- 
date. 7b run on the hirt, to run about kUy. 
7b run thin, to go from a bargain. 

(3) To guess ; to suppose. North, 

(4) To hazard ; to run a hazard. 
RUNAGATE. A runaway. Kent. 
RUNAWAY-CROP. A thin or bad crop of eon 

or turnips. /. of Wight. 
RUNCH. Wild mustard, or radish. Runek- 

baUe, dried charlock. Cun^. 
RUNDEL. (1) A moat with water in it. Some- 

times, a small stream. 

(2) A hollow pollard tree. Weet, It here seems 
to mean a young tree. 

The little rvn^M In ihrowdes, whldi are cone to 
their fbll growth (which wiU be about eighteai 
yeares.) Jw^ray*' f^Utt^ MS. Baaml Soe. 

RUNE. A water-course. Somerwet. 

RUNG. (1) A staff. Norih. 

{2) Ringed, as sows are. 

(3) To run or go ? 

Ai for lalt water to become fieih by peroolatioQ 
through land, 'tli a vain and frivoloui opinion now 
exploded, for the dliiolved lalt being incorporated 
with the water, will rung along with It, and pan 
thorough as well ai fireih water. 

AubtrowU WUU, MS. Baaal Am. p. 107. 

RUNGE. A long tub. Lane. Ray explains it 
ja flasket. 

RUNISH. Violent ; fierce ; rough. 

EUNKLE. To crease; to wrinkle. North, 
RunkyUe occurs in Nominale MS. 

RUNNABLY. Currently ; smoothly. Soot, 

RUNNEL. Same as Rundel, q. y. 

RUNNER. An upper millstone. 

And lomtimci whirling, on an open hill. 
The rmind-flat runner In a roaring mill. 

RUNNING. (1) Rennet. Devon. 
(2) ConaecntlTely. Var. dial 



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(3) Moveable. ''Am]iiungca]npe,"Sta]iihiini's 
Ireland, p. 56. 

RUNPIING-BOYS. Jockeys; boys who rode 
the king's ndng horses. 

RUNNING-BULL. A string of iron, an inch 
or more in diameter, fixed on a cross-bar in 
the front of the harrow, reaching almost, but 
not quite, from side to side. 

RUNNING-nXTER. A fitter's deputy. 

RUNNING-LEATHER. His shoes are made 
of running leather, L e. he is given to ramb- 
ling about. A yery common phrase. 

RUNNING-POITRAL. A breast leather. 

RUNNING.SHOES. Pumps. 

RUNNULUS. Rennet. Herrf, 

RUN-OUT. To grow, or sprout Devon. 

RUNT. (1) The rump. North. 

(2) An ox. ** A yongue ntti/, steere, or heafer," 
Florio, p. 63. The term is applied in con* 
tempt to an old woman, and was formerly said 
of a rough rude person of either sex. Brockett 
calla it, a jocular designation for a person of 
strong though low stature. *' A dwarf," Tim 
Bobbin GL '* An old runt, vefu/^," Coles. 

(3) The stump of underwood. Also, the dead 
stump of a tree. Var, diai. Also, the stem of 
a plant. 

RUN-TO-SEED. Enceinte. Var. dial. 

RUNTY. (1) Surly ; rude. Ea$t 

(2) Dwarfish ; litUe. Yorkwk. 

RURD. Noise ; clamour. Gawayne. 

RURFIN. A ringleader. Somertet. 

RUSCHE. To dash or throw down. 

And teyne ryde in by Rodc, that rynnet lo faire. 
And of alle hii ryche OMteUet ntfeA« doube the 
wanes. Morte Arthun, MS. lAneoln, t. 67. 

RUSE. (1) To slide down a dedivity with a 
ruBtUng noise. Devon. 

(2) To extoL See Ruytand. 

RUSH. (1) A small patch of underwood ; a dis- 
ease in cattle. Nortkumb. 

(2) A feast, or merry .making. North. 

(3) ** The rush, weeke, or match, that main- 
teineth the light in the lampe," Baret's Al- 
▼earie,foL Lond. 1580, R. 481. 

RUSH-BEARING. The wake or day of a 
church's dedication is, in the West Riding of 
Yorkshire, called a rush-bearing, from the cir- 
cumstance of carrying rushes to adorn the 
church. Kennett, MS. 

RUSH-BUCKLER. A swash-buckler. 

RUSHIN. A tub of butter. 

RUSHING. A refreshment. North. 

RUSH-RING. A custom extremely hurtful to 
the interests of morality appears anciently to 
have prevailed, both in England and other 
countries, of marrying with a rush ring; 
chiefly practised, however, by designing men, 
for the purpose of debaucl^ng their mistresses, 
who sometimes were so infatuated as to be- 
lieve that this mock ceremony was a real 
marriage. Brtmd. 

RUSINGES. Boastinga. 

And of this fUie giomda tpi|ag is srobis and 



bflyiyctt iUts pwphstyti, pmunpcyoBS, 
fiilae rtt^fngm, blufcmyei and idandiryngti. 

MS. UnotUk A. 1. 17» f. 881. 
RUSKES. Roots. Robwn. 
RUSPICE. A kind of red wine. 
RUSSE. A Russian. 
RUSSBL. Akind of satin. 
RUSSETING. Coarse cloth of a dingy brown 
colour. Hence the term was applied to a 
clownish person, one dothed in russet. 
He mutt chaung* hJa rm$$tMiig 

For Mtin and tUke, 
And he mutt weare no iLnitn ihlrt 
That la not white as milk*. 
To come of a well borne famiUau 

TarHon*9 Hvn»-loa4» nf fbolat. 
RUST. (1) To roost. PaUgrave. 
(2) The mildew of wheat. Devon. 
RUST-BALLS. Yellow lumps of iron ore found 
among chalk near Foulmire, in Cambridgeshire. 
RUST-BURN. The plant restharrow. North. 
RUSTICOAT. A countrified person. 
RUSTILER. A raft. {A.-N.) 
RUSTY. (1) Filthy. Ru9tyne§, filthiness, oc 

curs in Gov. Myst. p. 47. 
(2) Restive ; unruly. Far. dial 
RUSTY-FUSTY-DUSTY. Excessively dirty; 
begrimed with dust and filth. 
Then from the butchers we bought lamb and sheep, 
Becre ftom the ale-house, and a broome to sweepe 
Our cottage, that for want of use was musty* 
And moet ezticmely nutif^utif'diutp. 

Th^hr^s W»U», 1630, II. 24. 

RUT. (1) To be maris appetens. 

Thel slceth and hurteth and flghteth with aythcr 
other, whan thel beth in rvtt«, that is to say, In hare 
love. MS. Bodl, M6. 

(2) To keep a rut ; L e. to be meddling and do- 
ing mischief. Kemi* 

3) The dashing of the waves. Cheth. 

4) To throw ; to project ; to Cast. 
RUTE. " He rutei it, Cheth., spoken (tf a duld, 

he cries fiercely, i. e. he rowts it, he bellows," 
Ray's English Words, 1674, p. 39. The word 
appears to be now obsolete. 
RUTHE. Pity; compassion. (^.-5.) 
RUTSELE. To sHp, or sUde. (Dut.) 
RUTTEN. (1) To snore. (^.-5.) 
(2) A stick used in beating up porridge or batter. 

Yorkth. 
RUTTER. (1) A directory to show the proper 
course of a vesseL 

I, Mr. Awdrlan Gilbert, and John Davis, went by 
appointment to Mr. Secretary to Mr. Beale his 
howse, where onely we four were secret, and we 
made Mr. Secretarie privle of tho N. W. passage, 
and all charts and mfters were agreed nppon In 
generall. Dr. Dmf* Diar^, p. 18. 

(2) Properly, a rider or trooper, from the Ger. 
man ; but the term was usually applied to a 
fine, dashing, boasting gallant ; one so fashion- 
able as to speak much in foreign languages. 

Some authors have compared it to a ruttm^a cod- 
piece, but I like not the allusion so well, by reason 
the tyings have no correspondence ; his mouth is 
aUwaies mumbling, as if hee were at his mattens ; 
and Us beard is bristled here and there llkea sow. 

Lo^i fnf MUtrU, MM. 



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BUTTINO-TIME. Hme of copulation. 

They have but one braunch growing out of the 
■tern of their home, which it not bigger then a nuns 
linger, and for thit cause, in the ruttinf^hm^, when 
they Joyne with their flemalca, they eatiiy overcome 
the vulgar hart, with hli btaDched and forlied 
h<Mmet. T&pmW* n«r>n«f«d Bnst$, 1607« P* US* 

RUTTLE. Tonttle. Var.dmL 
Then was rmrt^ngt In Rome, and rubbynge of helmet. 

jr& CbM. CnUg. A.li. f. 111. 

RUTTLINO. A rattling in the thrott is the 
gnrgling sound occasioned by difficulty in 
respiration. Souih. 

RUWET. A small trumpet. "Ruet, eonttc/' 
MS. Dictionary, dated 1540. 

RUTSAND. Exulting ; bouting. North. 

Connynge ea that makes a man of gude noghte 
m^softd hyme of hit rcghtewytnet, hot lorowand of 
hU tynnya. JCS. Uneoln A. i. 17* f. IM. 

RUZURE. The sliding down of a hedge, mound 
of earth, bank, or bidlding. Detfon, 

RUZZOM. An ear of corn. Yorktk, 

RU5E. Rye. Wright's PoL Songs, p. 152. 

RYE. A disease in hawks which causes the 
head to swelL 

RTNGSED. Cleansed ; renovated. This occurs 
in MS. Bib. Reg. 12 B. i. f. 75. 

RTNT. ** Rynt ye, by your leave, stand hand- 
somly ; as, rynt you, witch, quoth Besse Locket 
to her mother," Ray's Words, ed. 1674, p. 39. 
The older form of this word is arotn/ (q. v.) 
and its proper explanation is of so much im- 
portance, that I am tempted to gite the fol- 
lowing extract from a MS. communication 
transmitted to me by a native of Lancashire. 
'* The word romt is, or was thirty years ago, 
a common Lancashire provincialism. I have 
heard it used, scores and scores of times, in a 
sense I will presently state. But first as to its 
orthography ; if I had never seen the word, 
and been asked to spell it from hearing it 
pronounced, I should certainly have written 



rojm/, for though to a soathern the sound 
would be much more like rynf, yet one accus- 
tomed to the dialect would know that the o was 
not altogether lost, any more thau it is in 
roifol, loyal, boy, which are pronounced in a 
somewhat similar way ; the lost o to me has 
no difllculty in being distinguished as incor- 
porated in the force given to the pronuncia- 
tion of the r. Now as to the sense in which 
the word is applied, I must premise that in 
the part of the country in which I was bom, 
it is usual (except in the summer season) to 
milk the cows in what is called a shippon ; 
these shippons have what are called boottt 
(stalls similar to those in a stable, only wider, 
and the sides are lower) ; each boost accom- 
modates iwo cows. When the milkmaid 
comes with her pail and stool, it frequently 
happens that the cow is standing dose to the 
right hand division or partition cl the boost, so 
tlut no space is left for her to plant her milk- 
ingstool; sometimes the cow obstinately resists 
gentle means used to induce her to move 
aside towards the left, when the milkmaid, 
losing her temper, uses the expression roynt 
to, accompanied with a push against the side 
of the cow's rump, to force her to make the 
movement required. When used as a ' house- 
hold' word, which it sometimes, though sel- 
dom, is, it denotes an angry and insulting 
mode of saying, ' stand aside, get out of my 
way,' or rather ' out of my gait.' This is 
the sense in which the proverb above ^ven 
includes the expression." 

Boucher, in v. Aroint, asserts that he has 
heard the word in Cheshire, but it was not 
always confined to that county. In Thores- 
by's letter to Ray, 1703, 1 find ** HymdtOy used 
to cows to make them give way and atand in 
their stalls or booyses." This sufficiently 
confirms the explanation above given. 



SA. (1) A large tub, or soe. " A saa or tebbe, 
fma," MS. Diet A. D. 1540. 
(2) A term in fencing ? 

And aa for tingle rapier, he valuea Monaieur with 
hia «a, mi, as little aaJaclc-puddiDg doea a custard. 

Ppor RiubWt VUUnu, 1877* P* 15. 

SAA6. Urine. Dorget. 

SABATINES. Steel coverings for the feet; 

sometimes, slippers or clogs. 
SABBED. Wet; saturated. Su$nx. 
SABRAS. Salve ; plaster. 
SAC-FRIARS. A fraternity of friars ; theyiiafret 

aaeeati. Areh. iii. 129. They wore a coarse 

upper garment called $tteeu», 
SACHBLLES. SmaU sacks. {A,'N,) 
SACHEVEREL. The iron door or blower to 

the mouth of a stove. 
SACK. (1) To get the tack, to be turned off, or 

dismissed, a common expression with servants. 

Sack muleeam road, a horse road. 



(2) Sherry. The term was also given to any 
Spanish white wine. '* Spanish wines, called 
eaeke," Ord. and Reg. p. 300. A Malaga 
sweet wine was termed Cknutry naeJk, The 
term must not be confused with what is now 
termed tack, an entirely different wine. 

(3) A loose upper garment ; a kind of surtout 
See Sae-fiiare. It was generally made of 
coarse materials, but Ben Jonson, IL 465, 
mentions *' the finest loose sacks the Udlea use 
to be put in." Compare Peele,iii. 88, ** Frump- 
ton's wench in the frieze eacke," misprinted 
Mcake. " A sack, in Yorkshire, a shirt," 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 

SACK-BUT. A bass trumpet 

SACK-CIDER. A drink composed partly of 
sack and partly of cider. 

SACKERSON. A frunous bear kept at Paris 
Garden in Shakespeare's tiooe. It » fre- 
quently mentioned by writers o€ that period. 



SAD 



701 



SAG 



SACKL£. To saunter about Lkke, 
SACKLESS. Innocent ; faultless ; weak ; sim- 
ple ; foolish. North, 
SACK-POSSET. Was formerly eaten on the 
evening of the wedding-dav, just before the 
company retired. 

And then they did foot it an<l tost it. 

Till the cook brought In the saik-poMet, 

The br1de-p7e wai brought forth, 

A thiof of mickle worth. 

And to all. At the bed-side. 

Took leaTC of Arthur and his bride. 

Sung of Arthur qfBradltif, 
T» moke a taek-poMet. ^ 
Take tvo quarts of pure good cream, a quarter of 
a pound of the best almonds, stamp them in the 
cream and boil amber and musk therein ; then take 
a pint of sack in a baton, and set it on a chafing- 
diifa till it be blood warm t then take the yolks of 
twelve «gga» with four wbitca, and beat them Tery 
well together; and $o put the cggt into the sack, 
and make it good and hot ; let the cream cool a little 
before you put it into the sack ; then stir all together 
over the coals, till it be as thick as you would hare 
it; Ifyou take some amber and musk, and grind it 
small with sugar, and strew it on the top of the pos- 
set. It will give it a most delicate and pleasant tast. 
A TViM Gentlewoman** DeHght, 1676, p. 10. 

SACK-WHEY. Wine-whey. Devon. 
SACRAMENT. An oath. (Lai,) 
SACRARYB. A sacred place. (A.-N.) 
Godchetthy wombe for his hiAitacle, 
And halowid It so dene in every coste. 
To make it aaeranfe for Ills owen gooit. 

Ufdgate, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 37. 

SACRE. (1) To consecrate. (jf.-N.) 
(2) A sacred solemnity. Chaucer. 
SaCRE AR. a receptacle for relics. 
SACRETTES. Small hawks ? A kind of birds 
mentioned in Maundevile's Travels, 1839, p. 
238. SeeSaker{l). 
SACRING. " Sacryng of the masse, $aerementy" 
Palsgrave. Sacrtng-bettf the small bell rung 
at different parts of the service during mass. 
SAD. (1) Serious ; discreet ; sober. 

He set hym up and sawe their biside 
A ead man, in whom is no pride. 
Right a discrete confessour, as I trow. 
His name was called Sir John Doclow. 

MS. Rawl. C. 86. 

(2) Heavy ; applied to br$ad when the dough, 
through bad yeast or from not having been 
well kneaded, does not rise properly. North. 
" Sad breadi^ffiut graviSf* Coles. 

(3) A deep dark colour. North. " Sadde colour" 
oocun in Palsgrave. 

(4) Heavy, solid, close, firm, said of iron, stone, 
&c North. " Sad or hard, «>/«/«#," Pr. 
Parv. MS. HarL22I. 

SAD-BAB. VeryiU. Var.diaL 

SADDEN. To harden ; e. g. when, after a long 
frost, the roads by the thaw become very soft 
and miry, and, subsequently, drier and harder, 
they are said in the latter case to tadden, or 
to be saddened. Line. 

SADDER. ** Fagot of sadder and rounde 
styckes, eottret/* Palsgrave. 

SADDLE. To impute to. Var. dial. 



SADDLB-BACKED. Low backed. Stmtk. 

SADDLE-TREE. The arson of a saddle. 

S ADDUED. Settled ; made firm, as some tim- 
ber is by standing. 

SADE. To satiate. Weet. ** To sade, doy 
tatio," Coles* Lat. Diet in v. 

SAD-IRONS. Smoothing-irons. Sttiff. 

SADNESS. Gravity ; seriousness. 

SAFE. (1) Sure ; certain. Var. dial. 

(2) To secure ; to make safe. Shak. 

(3) To assuage ; to alleviate. Gawayne. 
SAFE-CONDUCT. A security or protection 

given by the prince under the broad seal, or 
by any other person in authority, most com- 
monly for a stranger's quiet coming in and 
passing out of the realm. Blount, 

SAFE-GUARD. A ridmg skirt ; a large outer 
petticoat worn by females when riding, to 
protect them from the dirt. Var. dial. " A 
kind of aray or attire reaching from the navill 
downe to the feete, like a womans sofegard, 
or a bakers," Nomendator, 1585, p. 167. 

SAFFL Acatchpole. (JtaL) 

SAFFLE. Dull; sad; melancholy. Lmc. 

SAFFRON. To tinge with safifron. 

i^AFT. Safety. Nvrth. 

SAG. (1) To hang down heavily, as oppressed 
by weight. North. 

Sir Rowland Russet-ooat, tbelx dad, goes sagging 
ererie day in his round gasooynes of white cotton. 

Pieree Peniteeae, lB»i. 

(2) To subside, as water. Kent. 

3) To decline in health. East. 

^aS To crease, or wrinkle. 

^5) A kind of reed. Somerset. 

SAGE. A saw. North. 

SAGE-CHEESE. A cheese provided at an 
accouchement. IFarw. 

SAGER. A lawyer. Yorish. 

SAGGARD. The rough vessel in which all 
crockery, fine or coarse, is placed when taken 
to the oven for firing. Stt^f. 

SAGH. Saw. Yorksh. 

SAGHE. Language ; speech. It occurs in MS. 
Cotton. Vespas. D. vii. 

SAGHETYLLE. To be reconciled. (A..S.) 

1 salle hym surelye ensure that aa/fhettfUe salle we never. 

Are we sadlye assemble by ourfselfene ones. 

Morte Arthure, MS. Uneoln, f. B6. 

Alle the werld travelles to brynge thame to hande 

alle that thame nedls, so that thay may with more 

ryst better serve Oodde, and with thaire haly dedis 

MMghetefjfttge make bytwyx God and mane. 

MS, Uneoln A. 1 17, t, 839. 
What manerand with what thing 
May I gete thi eaupeiffng. 

Cureor Mundi, MS. CoU. Trin, Catttab, f.6. 

SAGINATION. Fattening. (Lat.) 

There r«-malne yet of this discourse of oxen two 
other necessary tractats, the one natural! and the 
other morral* That which is natural contayns the 
several uses of their particular parts s and first for 
their flesh, which is held singular for norishment, 
for which cause, after their labour which bringeth 
leannesse, they use to put them by for aaginatUm, or 
[as it is sayd] in English for feeding, which in all 
countries hath a severall manner or custom. 

3VfiMir« F<nu^Feoted BeatU, p. 81. 



8A1 



702 



8AL 



SACULKDOB. A croM-bar to a gate. Ent 
SAID. Wearied ; tired ; quieted. North, 
SAID-SAW. A proyerb. Pakgrav. 
SAIE. Saw. CkoMcer. 
SAILS. ToassaiL (^.-M) 
SAILING.WARE. Canvass doth. 
SAILLB. To leap. (^.-JV.) Henoe aasAwrt, 

leapers, danoert. 
SAILS. The wings of a hawk. 
SAIL- WOUND. Twisted in the manner of 

windmill sails. Bcdt. 
SAIM. (1) Lard ; lat. Var, dial 

Tak the rate of honlue, and stamp it, aod fry it 
in a panne with awyne atyaM, and wryng it owte, 
and do it in hoittes. MS. Line. M«<L f. S95. 

For rankelyng. Take the inarow aod the gresse 
of a male twyne, that is for to say the taifme, and 
fky et togedur, and iay therto, and it schal be hole. 
MS. in Mr. PttHgrw^t pottetiion, xv Cent. f. 11« 
Sate barrelling up the droppings of her nose, in 
steed of oyle, to soi^m wool withall, and would not 
adrenture to spit without halfe a deaen of porren- 
geia at her elbow. Nath** Pimrc§ Psfuit/«M«, IfiOS. 
(2) A crack in crodcery. Unc, 
SAIN. Said. StiUinuse. 
SAIND. A message. North, 
SAINE. (I) Seen. Chaucer. 
(2) To bless ; to sanctify. 

Smale stanes of the see mifnede thou thare, 

And thay wane saphiis for sothe was naneswylke 

seao. MS. UneuUi A. i. 17, f< 832. 

SAINT. ( 1 ) Cent, a game at cards. Lord North, 

in 1578, notes £sing fifteen shillings "at 

aom//' ArchsBologia, xiz. 297. 

Tut, be hath cards for any kind of gamei 
Priinero, taunt, or whatsoeyer name. 

Rawlandt* Humors OrdinarU, n. d. 
At what game sliaU we play, at sunt, at primero, 
at trumpe i Ths French Alphabet, 1615, p. 148. 

2) A dncture, or girdle. 

3) Savni Cuthberft duck, the dder duck. Saint 
Jokn*9 nutf a double nut. Saint Mary't nut, 
a triple nut. 

(4) Same as Samite, q. ▼. 

SAINT-JOHN. See Borowe. 

StosMs broaten, the erth s^oke, and dede folk ganne 

awake t 
That this Is ioth In holy boke, SaimtJone to horow I 

take. 
With an O and an I. Seimt Jane I take to horw* 
Marie and Cristes passione us help a sorow. Amen. 

MS.AehmoleAht.lM. 

SAINT-MONDAT. Monday is so called by 
some of the London mechanics, who often 
make that day a holiday. 

SAINTOUR. A cenUur ? See p. 335, coL 1. 

SAINT'S-BELL. The smaU bell of a church 
which called to prayer and other offices. 

Her tongue Is the eloper of the deTil*s eaantO'boU, 
that rings all into oonf usioa ; it runs round like a 
wheel, one spoak after another, and makes more 
noise and jangling than country steeples on the fifth 
ofNoTcrober. 

Poor R'lbWe True Oiaraeter ef a Scold, 1678, p. 4. 

SAIR-TEMS. Hard labour attended with dis- 
conraging circumstances. Northumb. Cor- 
rupted £rom eore timee ? 

SAIRY. Poor; helpless. North. 



\ 



SAKE. (1) A ]and.q[iiiiig. Wnt. 

(2) Strife; contention. (^.-^.) 

Nai. queth Josian, at that aeike 
Ncfweft naachel his hered akew 

henee f^Bamiatm, p. 118. 

(3) Reason ; cause. JD«mm. 

(4) Guilt ; sin. (^.-'9.) 

S3rnne and wike, shame and strif. 
That now orer al the world is rif 

Curevr Afwmf <, MS. Cell. Trim. Oautub. f. 6. 
For5y ve me that I dud 50U take 
Into boodes withouten eake. 
Cureor Jfimdl, MS. Coll. Trim, Cumiab. f. 32. 

(5) To forsake. Still in use. 

forsche eakyth owre biy. 

MS. Otntab, Ff. U. 38 f. 38. 

(6) To kill. {J.^S.) 
SAKELET. A Uttle sack, or bag. 

SAKER. (1) The peregrine hawk. " Sacre a 

hauke, M«r0,'' Palsgrave. 
(2) A piece of ordnance of three inches and a 
half bore, wdght of shot five pounds and a 
half. According to Harrison, p. 198, the 
weight of the saker was 1500 lbs. 

We cam to Netley by the Oallion, whom we 
hayled with half a dosen eacret, and she us with as 
many. MS. AddU. 3006. 

The cannon, blunderbuss, and eaker. 
He was th' inventOT of and maker. 

Hudibrae, I. U. 355. 

SAKERINGE. The sacrament. 
SALAMANDER. A large poker; a circular 

iron plate used for culinary purposes. 
SALAMON. The mass. Dekker's Lanthome 

andCandle-Light, 1620, sig. C. iii. 
SALANDINE. The calcedony. {A.'N.) 
SALD. Given; sold. {J.^S.) 

SALE. (1) Hall. 

Some thay semUed in eale. 
Bathe kyiiges and cardeaale. 

M8. Umeoin A. 1. 17, f. 136. 
When he had tolde this tale 
To that semely in eaJe, 
He hade wordn at wale. Fereeval, 1586. 

(2) To glad ; to content. (A.-N.) 

And as thesDowe ttom Jublter do«th fiille 
Thorowe the force of Sagittarius bowe. 
And Zepherus doeth the flouresM/tf 
On white blossomes when she doeth Mowe. 

I^dgate, MS. AOtmoU 39, f. 35. 

(3) To sen. Octovian, 1909. 

(4) The iron or wooden part of the collar of a 
cart-horse. East. 

(5) To tet to eale, to offer to any one. True 
Tragedy of Richard III. p. 23. *' To set to 
sale, vefuUem habere,** Coles. 

Fayre lordings, if you list to heere 
A mery jest your mindes to dieere. 
Then harken to this mery tale. 
Was nerer meryer eet to eaU. 

The MUner ^Ablngton, n.d. 
SALERE. (1) A salt-sdler. Pr. Parv. 
(2) A solere or upper chamber. 

They tokea basyn with watur dere. 
And they went up ynto a ealere. 
And sett up a candulle bryghte 
Ovyr the pyes cage fiille ryghte. 

MS. Cantab, Ff . \L 38, f . 198. 

SALES. The upright stakes of a hurdle. 



SAL 



703 



SAL 



SALBT. A light hdmet. (^.-JV:) "Saletof 
haraesse, taStde,** Palsgrave. 
There wm ahotyng of goDnys and trotn plente. 
There wti thowtyng and crying that the vrthe did 

quake; 
There waa hewyng of hamee, pet^. waa to aee. 
For fere of that Ikay many man did shake ! 
There wi« trenelyng and turayng, thnyre woo did 

wake; 
There ma hewyng of helmettes and •alettes alao. 
Hit plcsld God that season It shulde be soo. 

MS. Bibl, Reg, 1 7 D. xt. 

He never tawght his to weare nowther sword ne eaOetif 

But lo preche abrode withowt staflTe, acrypp. or walett. 

Balers Kynge Johan, p. 5S. 

SALEWE. To salute. {A..N.) 

Wiche on hir fete gunnen streit to ^mmi 
To Tbesalie, and mUwe there the kyng. 

JC& JMf^ir 830. 

SALE-WORTH. Ready for sale. 
SALFE. To save. 

Thou MtU^ thi saules sare. 

MS. Uneotn A. i. 17. f. S8S. 

SALGHE. A sallow, or willow. ** A salghe or 
saly, salts," MS. Diet. A. D. 1540. 

SALIED. Danced. Becon, p. 373. 

SALISBURY.PLAIN. Aubrey, Royal Soc. MS. 
p. 173, gives the following Wiltshire proverb : 

Salisbury Plafai, 
Never without a thief or twain. 
SALK. The swipple or shorter part of a thrash- 
ing flail. YorkMh, 
{ SALLE. (1) SouL Nominale MS. 

To thi awyn eaUe be never on-kynd. 

MS. Uneoln A. i. 17, f. 58. 
(2) ShalL still in common use. Brockett 
caUs it a vulgarism. 

That he scholde qwyte hym that dyntf 
That he of his handes hynte ; 
Salle never this traveUe be tynt. Percetral, 91. 
SALLET. A salad. HaU. 
SALLIS. Hog's.lard. Gloue. 
SALLOT. Shall not. North. 
SALLT. (1) A sallow, or willow. Wut 
Who that byldeth his howse all of m/m. 
And prikketh a blynde horsse over the folowet, 
Andiufbreth his wif to soke many haloe, 
God sende hym the blisse of everlasting galoa. 

JUttq. Antiq. i. 933. 

(2) To move, or run from side to side ; to pitch 
forward. Var. dial, 

(3) A tottering situation. Siutes. 

(4) The serving, or pluHy part of a bell-rope. 
Batchelor, p. 142. 

SALLY.WITHY. A vriUow. Wilts. 
SALME. To sing psahns. It occurs in MS. 

Cotton. Yespas. D. vii. 
SALMON-GUNDY. Apples, onions, veal, or 

cliicken, and pickled herrings, minced fine, 

and eaten with oil and vinegar. Hence a 

nickname for a cook. 
SALMON-SPRINT. A young salmon. North. 

Minsheu and Coles have salmon-pele. 
SALSE. Sauce; seasoning. 
SALSER. A salt-cellar. {Lat.) 
SALSTER. A dealer in salt. 
SALSUTTER. A kind of small fi^h, like a 

roach, but stouter in the body. West. 



SALT. (1) Maris appetens. Alto, a leap in a 
similar sense. North. 

Then they grow eaU and begin to be proud t yet 
in ancient time, for the more ennobling of their 
race of doggct, they did not iufRnr them to engender 
till the male were foure yeare old, and the female 
three: tm then would the whelpes proove more 
stronge and lively. Tupaett* Bmete, 1007, p. 139. 

(2) At the ancient long dinner-table a large salt 
was placed in the middle, those sitting at the 
upper end being above the salt, and were the 
superior guests ; the others were below the 
salt. This custom is often metaphorically 
referred to. 

There is another sort worse then these, that 
never utter anything of their owne, butget JesU by 
heart, and rob bookes and men of prettie tales, and 
yet hope for this to have a roome a6«m theMlt, 

E»0a^4te btf ComwaOpae, 1638, no. 13. 

(3) A salt-cellar, far. dial. "Salts of pure 
beaten gold," Middleton,.v. 491. 

(4) Pointed language. '* She speaks with salt,'' 
Citye Match, 1639, p. 15. " Salt, a pleasaunt 
and merrie word that maketh folks to laugh, 
and sometime pricketh," Baret, 1580. 

SALT-GAT. Same u Cat (l). 

SALT-OOTE. Asalt-pit. Nominale MS. See 

Harrison's England, p. 240. 
SALT-EEL. A game something like hide and 
find. The name of Salt eel may have been 
given it from one of the points of the game, 
which is to baste the runaway individual whom 
you may overtake aU the way home with your 
handkerchief twisted hard for that purpose. 
&zi/-ee/ implies, on board ship, a rope's ending, 
and on shore, an equivalent process. ** Yeow 
shall have salt eel for supper,'' is an emphatic 
threat, referring to the back rather than to 
to the belly. Moor. 
S ALT-6EM. A kind of crystal salt 
SALTIMBANGO. A mountebank. 
SALT-KIT. A salt-box. North. 
SALT-PIE. (1) A box for salt. (2) A building 

of that form. North. 
SALTS. Marshes near the sea flooded by the 

tides. Sussex. 
SALT-STOLE. Some kind of dish. ** Fereu- 

lum, a salt stole," Nominale MS. 
SALT-WAJER. A salvager ; one employed on 
the sea coast by the lord of a manor to see 
to his rights of salvage, wreck, or waif. Suff. 
SALT-WEED.. Toad-rush. Suffolk. 
SALUE. To salute, or greet. (J.^N.) 
Launcelott forth wendys he 
Unto the chambyr to the quene. 
And sette hym downe upon his kne. 
And ealue* there that lady shene. 

MS. Hart. 9259, f. 87. 
Heyle, talujfng oi seyntys in hevene. 

If jr. Cantab. Ft. ii. 38, f. 5. 
SALUST. Saluted. Gawayne. 
SALUTARY. 

Hervcl je not of this makyng, 

I me excuse, hit ys not y, * 
Hit ys Ooddus worde' and his tediyng. 
That he ta5t a Molutary. 

MS, Douce 309, xv. Cent. 
SALUTE. According to Hall, foL 43, Henry Y. 



SAM 



704 



SAN 



in fail aghth year, " ctnied a nen ooyne to 
be made called the tahUe, wherin wer the 
annes of Fraance, and the armes of England 
and Frannoe quarterly.*' 
SALVAGE. Savage; cruel. 

And yf 56 wittc what I am. 
And oute of what linage I cam, 
3e wolde not beioaolvafv. 

Goie«r, M& Soe, jintiq, IM, f. f40. 

SALVE. To aave. It occurs in the Triall of 

Wits, 4to. 1604, p. 217. 
It uyf htc ml90 hyme of lore that Munde was nevcre. 

Mort€ Jrthure, MS, Uncolm, f. 63. 

SAM. (1) To skim. North, 

(2) To cttidle milk. North. 

(3) To put things in order. Lane, 

(4) To collect together. North. It is an ar- 
chaism. See Samned. 

(5) To stand warn for one, is to be answerable for 
him, to be his surety. 

SAMARE. The skirt of a mantna. 
SAMBUKE. A kind of harp. (la/.) 
SAMBUS. A saddle cloth. Warton. 
ammmbm€» of the nme threde. 
That wroght waf in the heytheo thede. 

MS. Hart. 8852, f. 115. 

SAMCAST. Two ridges ploughed together. 

Cutnb. 
SAMCLOTH. A sampler. There was also a 

sort of jacket so called. 
SAME. (1) In $ame, together. (J.^S.) 
They teyde, « God be at yowre game !" 
He leyde, « Welcome alle mmt I" 
He lete hymwlfe then be gylyd. 
They leyde, " Syr, y« hyt thy wylle 
To come and spekc owre kyng tylle, 
Wyth wordys meke and mylde ?*' 

MS, Cantab. Ft, li. 38, f. 78. 
That they myghte botbe in tama 
Wende to ther teodur, the Pope of Rome. 

MS. Cantab, Ft, il. 38, f. 848. 
Whan theieoetes gan aamm glyde. 
Withe Tois and hydoua hornyi sownc. 

MS, Hart, 8238, f. 113. 

(2) Shame ; wickedness. {A,'S,) 

And than thou tale me ani tama, 
Ne shal I the nouift Uame. MS, Digb» 88. 
SAME KILL. So much ; as long as. 
SAMEL. Gritty; sandy. North, 
SAMELIKE. Similarly. North. 

And darkeden there In that den al that day longe, 
Slepten wel cwetly »amH togadere. 

Wiliiam and Me W§rwo(f, p. 67. 

SAMENAND. Gathering together. It occurs 

in MS. Cotton. Vespas. D. 'vii. 
SAMI. Watery ; soft. Beds. 
SAMITE. A very rich silk, sometimes inter- 
woven with gold or silver thread. 

Or was ther any velvet cremetjm ? 
Or was ther any mtmUt or satin ? 

Ufdgati, MS, Soe, AnHq. 134, f. 85. 
The maydeu Is redy for to ryde 
In a fulle ryehe aparaylmente 
Offaaniyncgrene with mykylle prydc. 
That wroght was in the oryente, 

MS, HmrU 8258, f. 111. 

SAMMARON-CLOTH. A cloth between flaxen 
and hempen, finer than one, and coarser than 
the other. 



SAMMEN.BRICKS. Half-burnt bricks. Ent. 

SAMMODITHU. Tell me how you do. Nwf, 
** The form of greeting or saluting among the 
common people in Norfolk and Suffolk, and 
seems to signifie as mu<di as, So maist thou 
thrive," Kennett, MS. 

SAMMY. (1) A fooL Far. dial 

(2) A short stride, giving an nnfiiir advantage in 
the game of leap-frog. 

(3) Close; clammy; heavy; generally said of 
bread. Sakp. 

SAMNED. Assembled together. 
Erlet, kinges, lasse and more. 
And flftene kingca wetMtmned there. 

Bevet nf Hamtoun, p. 67. 
Alle were they »ampnede appone a daye. 
With grete solace and mekille playe. 

MS. Uneoln A. 1. 17, f. 100. 

SAM-OPE. Half open. Dewm. 

SAMPERE. Samphire. Elyot, 1559. 

SAMPLARIE. Type ; first copy. {A,.N.) 

SAMPLARS. Young trees left for standera 
upon the cutting down of under- wood. Oxon. 

SAMPLETH. A sampler. North. 

SAMPSON. A drink made of brandy, cider, 
sugar, and a little water. Comw. 

SAMPSON'S-POSTS. A mouse-trap, so formed 
that the little animal when caught is crushed 
to death. The name is also given to a kind 
of notched post. See Harrison, p. 185. 

SAM-SODDEN. Sodden, or coddled, applied to 
meat not dressed enough. Dwwet. 

SAM-SODE. Half sewed, speaking of an igno- 
rant person, half witted, stupid. 

SANAPPUS. Hand-napkins. ** Mmmtergimm, 
a sanope,'' Nominale MS. 



Towdius of Eyiyssham, 
Whyfth as the seeya fam^ 
Sanapfut of the same. 
Thus servyd thel ware. 

Sir Dagravant, 1887. 

SANCEBELL. A Saint's-beU, q. v. 

And with a trice trusse up thy life in the string 
ot thy mncabeU. Nash't Pierce PmmUema, IMS. 

SANCITED. Ordained ; ratified. 
SANCOME. A quagmire. Yorkih. 
SANCTIMONY. HoUness. (Lot.) 
SAND. Sound. North, 
SAND-BLIND. Nearly bUnd. It is the trans- 

Ution of berbte in HoUyband's Dictionarie, 

4to. 1593. Still in use. 
SANDED. Short-sighted. North, 
SANDENER. Red ochre. 

Take powder of ooperose, and of eamdemer, of 

eytber y>liche moche 1m wey5t, and medle hem 

welle togedyr, and do hem In tlie woundc. 

MS, Med, R$c. XT. Cent. 
SANDERS. Sandal wood. 
SAND-GALLS. Same as GaBs, q. v. 
SANDGATE-RATTLE. A quick and violent 

stamping in vulgar dancing. North* 
SANDISMENE. Messengers. {A.-S.) 
Thou sees that the emperour es angerde a lyttiUe, 
Yt semes be his eandiemene that he es sore grevede. 

Morte Arthure, MS, Uneetm, f. d& 

SAND-TOT. A sand-hill. Somerwet. 
SANDWEED. Common spnrrey. Noff, 



SAB 



705 



SAR 



SANDY-BREAD. Gritty bre^; bread made 
of meal insufficieBtly sifted. 

SANE. A medical compodtioii, described in 
MS Line. Med. £ 308. 

SANG. (\)Bymy taiuff a North coantry excla- 
mation of reveiige, or defiance. F^om par 
ia MMffue Dieu. Sang it it, indeed it is. 

(2) A handful of com. Devoth 

(3) A song. North, 

Seatffia faireof Mloouth ryme, 
Eagliich, Frenscb, and Latyne. 

MS. Mkmol€ 00, f. A. 

SANGAREE. Rack panch. Hence it is used 

as a term for a drunken bout. 
SAN6INARIE. The herb milfoil 
SANGING.EATHER. The large dragon-fly. 
SANGLANT. Sanguinary. (/V.) 
SANGRAYLE. The holy vessel out of which 
the last Passover was eaten. 

The knightit of the table round. 
The Moigratfle whan they had sought. 

MS, Hart. 82B8, f. 88. 
SANGRE. Singing. 

SANGRONIE. Bloed-red colour. SangtMne^ 
a peiBon of that colour. ** Sanguine in grain/' 
Harrison's England, p. 160. 

Off the «Bj>gt(i«fi« alao it is a tynge, 

To be d«muer,ryght curtet, and benlgne. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. i. 6, f. 140. 

SANK. (1) A great quantity. Cumd. 

(2) Blood. {J..N.) 

SANNOCE. To cry bitterly. Sarmy is also in 

use. Easi. 
SANS. Without (Ft.) 
SANT. Providence. (^.-A) 

Thay thanked Ood of hit muU, 
Alle the totber lyde. 

MS. Uneoln A. i. 17, f. 134. 

SANZACK. The governor of a city. 
SAP. (1 ) Ale, Sh^. 

(2) To drench. Yorkth. Sappy drinking, pro- 
tracted and excessive drinking. 

(3) To put a sop or toast into liquor. Kennett, 
MS. Lansd. 1033. 

SAPE. Soap. Nominate MS. 

SAP-HEAD. A blockhead. Craven. Several 

glossaries have atgaeulL 
SAP.WHISTLE. A whistle made of a twig in 

sap when the bark will peel off. 
SAPY. (1) Moist; sodden. Weit. 
(2) Sickly. (3) Foolish. Var. dial 
SAR. To serve ; to earn. We9t. 
SARADYN. The sardine stone. 

Some wete of fafewra and lome of mrad^t 
And gome were emrodyi fyne. 

MB. QwitaA. Ff. li. 38, f. 8S1. 

SARCE. (1) Vegetables. Euew. 

(2) A amaU hair sieve. *' Sarce for spyce, «<»/' 

Palsgrave. 
SARCELS. The extreme pinion feathers in a 

hawk's wing. Holme. 
SARD. Fntuo. ** Go teach your grandam to 

tonf, a Nottingham proverb/' Howell, p. 17. 
SARE. Withered ; dry. In old writers it is 

tear. It is well though not generally known, 

that ash when green makes good firewood ; 
II. 



and, contrary to all other perhaps, is bad for 
that purpose when dry. This is kept in mind 
by the following verse : 
Bum aah>wood green, 'tis a flie for a queen ; 
Bum ash-wood tare, 'twool make a man swaie. 

(2) Tender; rotten. Kent. 

(3J Much ; very ; greatly. North. 

(i) Melancholy ; bad ; severe. North. 

SARE-BANED.' Stingy; unkind. Yorkth. 

SARESBURY. Salisbury. (Lai.) 

SAREY. Poor; pitiable. Ctunb. 

SARFIT. A table-cloth. Devon. 

SARGENT. A sergeant. Lydgaie. 

SARGON. The fish gUthead. 

SARK. (1) A shirt, or shift. North. It occurs 
in Nominale MS. xv. Cent. 

(2) A porridge-pot. Yorkeh. 

SARKLE. To harrow, or rake. <'To aarkle, 
earriref tarcutare** Coles. "To sarkle, to 
harrow, or rake over agune," Florio, p. 444. 

SARLINISH. A kind of silk. Skmner, 

SARMONDE. A sermon. Var. dial 

Your Lordships poore orator was commyng from 
the cathedrall church of Sarum, about the houer of 
aleaven of the clocke in the foore nowne» flrcnn the 
•anaonde, Chaneenf BiiU, Ff. 10, No. A3. 

SARN. A sort of oath. Salop. 
SARNICK. (1) Inanimate. Eatt. 
(2) A small quantity. Stufolk. 
SARPE. A girdle. *' With a riche earpe and 
garter," Rutland Papers, p. 4. *' Sarpys of 
gold about their quarters," Morte d' Arthur, iL 
414. It also occurs in HalL 
SARPELERE. (1) A coarse packcloth made of 
hemp. Gloue, See Lydgate, p. 204, and 
Tyrwhitt's Gloss, in v. " Segeetre, a sarplar 
or canvas to wrap up wares," Coles. 
(2) " A sarplar of wool, a pocket or half a 
sack of wool ; in Scotland a eerpliath, which 
contains eighty stone," Kennett MS. 
SARRA. To serve. North. 
SARRAD. Sewed. Yorkth. 
SARRANT. A servant. Somenet. 
SARRE. Sorer; more sore. (J.-S.) 
SARRELICHE. Closely. {Fr.) 

The knave taught her way sikerliche. 
Thai riden wel tarrelidte. 

Arttumr and MerUn, p. S90. 
It was nede for Cleodalis 
Stode on fot, and mani of his 
Aboute him stode sarrelieh4. 

Arthour and Merlin, p. 294. 

SARS-A-MINE. A moderated and good-hu- 
moured sort of imprecation. East. 

SARSENS. Round bolder stones. Wi^9. 

SARSIN. A Saracen. I'alsgrave. 

SARSNET. A thin sUght kind of Bilk. *' Sarsenet 
sylke, tqfetae,** Palsgrave. 

But, quoth he, there is no reason why Maries 
smocke shoulde be of mrenet, seeing Joseph's 
breeches were not of silke. 

Mar-Pretat^t X^^le, p. 68. 

SART. Soft; softly. Devon. 

SARTIES. Certainly ; indeed. North. Appa- 

rently a corruption of the old word eertee, 
SARTIN. Certain. Far. dioL 

45 



SAU 



706 



8AU 



SARTRIN. A kind of hoe. 

SARVER. Aicattleloraitable, 

SART-MAN. An expressioii of pity* 

S AS ARARA. A oomiption of eertiorm^ « kind 

of legal writ Far, dioL 
SASIN. A reaping-hook. Dewm, 
SASSE. A lock in a river. 
SASSIFAX. The meadow saxifrage. 
SASSLE. Sleepy; drowsy. Somer$$i» 
SAT. (1) Became. (^.-iV.) 

Cbotyn of Ood for to stynte oure •tryf* 
Of all wommen by hlnelUB alione, 
Wherfora it mC not hir to crie and grone. 

I^dgaie, MS. AihmoU 39, t Bi, 

(2) Opposed. (J,'S,) 

SATE. Soffc. DoneL Henoe M/^ofl; a soft- 
head, or silly fellow. 

SATER. Saturday. 

SATES. Quickset. Salop. 

SATiSFYINGLY. Contentedly. 

A long tlmo before this, my wife and mywlf wtre 
admitted into the church at Kipping, with which 
we walked mH^f^Uigtif many years. 

lAiter^t JutoUogrofti^t p. 60. 

SATLE. To fsll ; to hang down ; to subside ; 
to sag. Yorkih. 

SATLED. Shackled; embarrassed. 

SATTEN. The name of a dog. 

SATTET. Quiet; settled. Lane. 

SATTIE. Matted together. Nortkumk. 

SATTLE. To settle. North. 

Wharefore hafand reward and compaasione of 
oure dbenc, we beteke jow that fe late oure prayeret 
Mttelt4i in ;our hert, and helpe tot to tuocour u& ik>w 
at oure nede. JfS. Li$»eoln A. 1. 17t f. 80. 

SATTY. A kind of frigate. 
SATURDAY-STOP. A space of time in which 

of old it was not lawful to take salmons in 

Scotland and the North of England ; that is, 

from evensong on Saturday till sun-riung on 

Monday. Bhunt. 
SAUCE. (1) Impertinence. Var. diaL Also a 

verb, to be saucy, to abuse. 
(2) To box the ears. Torktk. 
{3) To garnish ; to adorn. Devon. 
(4) To serve the same saooe, i. e. to treat in the 

same fashion. 

After him another came unto her, and served her 

with the same aawee .• then a third : at last she 

began to wax warie. 
The Man in the Moont teUtng Strange Fortunet, 1609. 
SAUCE-BOX. A saucy fellow, rar. dial In 

old English we have eauetUng. 
SAUCE-JACK. An impudent fellow. Glflbid 

apparently was unacquainted with the term. 

See Massinger, ii. 182. 

Nor Jacke of Dorer, that grand-Jury Jacke ; 

Nor Jadce Sawctf the worst knave amongst the pack. 

But of the Jacke of Jackes, great Jacke a Lent, 

To write his worthy acts is my hitent. 

TavUn*9 WorkMt 1(K30, i. 113. 

SAUCE-MADAME. A dish in ancient cookery, 
d»<icribed in the Ord. and Reg. p. 432. 

SAUCEPAK. To have the saucepan on the fire, 
L e. to be ready to scold. 

SAUCER-EYES. liTge prominent eyes. 



{ 



SAUCY. Dirty; untidy. Wmi. f 

SAUF. (l)Sa«fi (ii..iV:) 

The icbelde of Palbw gan embrace. 

With which* he ooverethMt^Thia Aoe. 

Quutm^ MS. 50e. JjKig. Ui, f . 41. 

2) To save. MS. Cott. Vesp. D. viL 

'3) The willow, or sallow. Yorkek. 
SAUFY. Wet, as land is. North, 
SAUGH. The saUow wiUow. North. 
SAUGHTE. Peace; quietness. 

They send it hyme sothely for mmglkte of the pople, 

Sekerly at that sesone with certayne knyghtea. 

Jforte Arihwe, MS. Uneoin, f . 64. 

SAUL. (1) To beat. Yorkeh. 

(2) The solid substance in the inside of a covered 
button. North. 

(3) A kind of moth. North, 
SAULCERY. The dqwrtment in thfl loyal 

household which provided the saooes. 
S AULT. To assault ; to aUack. Palegrmoe, 
SAUM. To walk lazily; to go dreaming on ; 

to repeat anything too often. Var. dioL 
SAUMBER. A covering for the arm. 
Helme, and brim, and haubetjoun, 
&wm6«rv, qulsseis, and aketoun. 

Arthaur and MerUn, p. 111. 

SAUMPLE. An example. 

By alle gode taufupU men may see 
That very God ys in f«rme of brede. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 47. 
SAUNCE-BELL. A sacring-belL See Saering. 
Now what is love I will the tell. 
It Is the fountaine and the well. 
Where pleasure and repentance dwdl; 
It Is perhaps, the •aneing-beU, 
That rings all into heaven or heU. 
And this Is love, as I heare tell. 

He^wootT* Rape e/LKereos, 1. S. 
SAUNDRES. Sandal wood. SandaU, albi^ et 

rubeij et citrini, MS. Sloane 5,f. 10. 
SAUNDRIS. Slanders. 

I may stonde in thDke rowe, 
Amonge hem that eemndrie use. 

GMoer, MS. See. Amtiq, 194, C 74. 

SAUN-FAIL. Without fsil. {A.-N.) 
And went to Londen eaun fiM, 
Where the king, Sir Arthour, 
Was aftmg with grcCt] honour. 

Arthemr ani MerUth p. 196. 

SAUNT. To disappear ; to vanish. North. 
SAUNTER-WHEEL. A wheel which works 

facewise from a spur-wheel. Weet, 
SAUR. Urine from the cow-house. North, 
Hence Bour-poot, A stinking puddle. ** Saur- 
pool, graveolene" Coles. 
SAURIN. Vinegar. Cumb, 
SAUSEFLEMED. Having- red spots or scabs 
on the face. A medicine that " helith tawte- 
flemed vysagyes" is mentioned in a MS. of 
the XV. Cent, in Mr, Pettigrew's possession. 
It would appear from Arch. xxx. 412, to have 
sometimes engendered scabs. 
SAUT. At peace ; at friendship ? 
Help, dame Sirith, if thou maut. 
To make me with the suetlng eaut. 
And Ich wUle gevethe gift ful stark, 
Moni a pound and noBl a narke. 

Writhe AMCm Lit. p. 8. 



SA^ 



707 



SCA 



8AUTB. (1) To jump. (J.-N.) 
(2) To Msult. (3) An taaanlt. 

Johne and If och and Wylte Soathlok, 

For aothe M I yow lay, 
Thir stew oura men upon ouze waiUs, 
And wawttite us every ilay. 

jr& Cantab. Ft y. 48, f. 130. 
For ofte tymys men talkcn of here trevaylc, 
BoCheof Mwiyt and alaoof batayle. 

JreMmologIa, nL 48. 

SAUTER. The Psalter. (J,-N.) 
SAU5T. Peue. (j4..S.) 

Thai ahul him take and dene to de^ c 

Withoateo any aawjr. 

Cmmr Mmmii, MM. CoU, XWn. QmttUK f. 93. 

SAVE. (1) The herb sage. {Lai.) 

(2) To house hmy or eom. Dewm. 

SAVE-ALL. (1) A kind of candlestick formerly 
nsed for hnrning the ends of candles. ^ A 
sort of candlestick eontrnred to make the ends 
of candles nadul ; metaphorioe, a Tory stingy 
Mow/* MS. Denron 6L 

(2) A cUld's pinafore. Carmo, 

SAVE6UASD. A wardrobe. Dtwm, 

SAYELICK. The excrescence on the briar, so 
cslled becanae it is supposed by boys when 
worn about the arm to be an effectnid charm 
against floggping. 

SAVELOYS. Large sausages. 

SAVEBIENT. Safety; protection. {A.-N.) 
Sare him fram ciimberment. 
And him ogahi bring In moemtnu 

On </ WarwOte, p. 134. 

SAVERE. Saviour. 

This ilko maydeo good and mylde 
Modirshal ben of a childe. 
Of hir ihal com monnet SaiMre. 

Cww Mun4i, MS. OalU Trhu Cantab, t 66. 

SAVERLY. By saying. Tuner, 
SAVERS: The boys' cry of hahe$ ! 
SAYERTH. Savoureth. 

Tharfoie hyt wyadom hyi owne rede 

anmih hyt yn wyne and brede. 

M8. Hart. 17V1* f. 06. 

SAVETE. Safety. {A..N.) 

SAVIARDE. A kind of jacket, worn towards 

the end of the seventeenth century. 
SAVOREN. To savour; to taste. {A.-N.) 
SAVOUR. Knowledge. {A.^N.) 
SAVOUROUS. Sweet ; pleasant. 
SAWCE. To make salt. 
SAWCISTRE. A kind of sausage. '' Lynke or 

sawcistre," Pr. Parv. p. 306. " A sawsyrlyng," 

Nominale MS. 
SAWDE. Hire; pay. {A.-N.) 

1 woileordeyn that everyche of you ichalle hare 

thirty ml. men of armcs for tlie whiche I idul paye 

their mwia for thre yere. MB. DigbVt 185. 

SAWDERS. Soldiers. 

They nyled orcr the lalt fee with mtwdert manye. 

MS. Qttt, CaHg. A. ii. f. 111. 

SAWE. Speech ; discourse. (A.-S.) 
Then was that herd a earful man. 
And never lo scry as he was than, 
When he iierd that «awe. 

MM. Cantab, Ff. v. 48, f. 55. 

BAWL. Drink; liquor. Nwih. 

SAWNDER. Alexander. 



SAWNDEVBRE. Sandever. 

Anoynt the keved thcrwlth ylk daye til he be 
hale, bot schafe the bede at the btvynnynge, and 
gare It blade, and powdere the scalles with jauti- 
daaera. MS. Uneotn A. i. 17, f. S89. 

SAWNEY. (1) Liquor. Yori$JL 

(2) A silly feUow. Var. dial. 

(3) Lucky ; fortunate. North. 
SAWSE. To carve a tench. 
SAWSTIRE. A sausage. Nominale MS. 
SAWrTER.CRAWN. AsiUyfeUow. 

SAX. (1) A knife. Line. ** Nymeth soure saxes," 

Robert Glouc. Chron. p. 125. 
(2) A satchel ; a small sack. 
SAY. (1) Saw. (if..5.) 

To a clyOi of ston than rydyth hee. 
And satf the bore come fro the see. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 65. 
Thenne thd My that bare the! were. 
In welthe and Joye that were clad ere. 

Curtor Mundi, MM. ColL THn. Cantab, f . A. 

(2) The same as Auay (4). 

I bequeth mi body to Uie colde seler, 
I wolde that a lady toke the tap of me. 

Pf>{ 9uek0, p. 4. 

(3) A delicate seige, or woollen doth. *' Saye 
dothe, serge/* Pslsgrave. 

(4) To try ; to try on ; to assay. As a sub- 
stantive, a trial, a taste, a sample. 

(5) An opinion. Var. dial 

(6) Give us something to say, i. e. give us a 
toast. Kent. 

(7) Influence ; sway. North. 

(8) To say nay, L e. to deny. Forby explains it, 
to refuse, to forbid. 

(9) Song ; speech. Paiigraw. 
(10^&ly<^ft/,fBStofit. SufffMs. 
(11) Saint. Oawagne. 
SAYMENT. 

Torrent sayd, so mot I the. 
And other mipment wolle I bee 
Ore 1 take ordor of koyght. 

Tbrrent of Portugal ^ p. 3. 

SAY-NAY. A lamprey. Lane. 

SAYNE. Saint. '< Sayne Johan the Evaunge- 

list," MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 231. 
SAYSLANG. A long pole ; a stang. It occurs 
in Hollyband's Dictionarie, 1593. Also spelt 
eayetanfff which is perhaps the correct form 
SAY-SO. A mere nominid advantage. 
SAYSTE. Sawcat. (A.-S.) 

Ther dwellytb a yeauQt Id a foreste, 
SocheooB thou oevyr taysie are. 

MS. Cantab. Pf. il. X,t 64. 
SAY5ERDE. A sail-yard. Translated by an- 
tenna in MS. Dictionary, A.D. 1540. 
SCAB. An ape ; a baboon. Metaphorically, a 
poor worthless fellow. 
This kinde of flattery makes a whore take state, 
Orowa pocky pround, and In such port doth beare 

her. 
That such poors teabt as I must not come neere hei. 

Tartor'9 WorkM, 1630, ii. 111. 

SCABBARD. A mangy scabby person. 
SCABLINES. Chippings of stone. North. 
SCABRIDGE. The plant scabious. 
SCABY. Stingy; shabby. North. 
SCACE. Scarce. Lydgate. 



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SCAD. (1) Shed. MS. Devon Gloss. 
And nyeth to day is veaim «dhad 
In holy chirche of temporiUe, 
Whlche medeleth with the tpiritolte. 

Gowtr, M& Soe. Anttq. lU, f. 84. 

S2) A carcase ; a dead body. 
3> The wild black plum. Suuex. 

SCADDING.OF.PE AS. A custom in the North 
of boiling the common gray peas in the shell, 
and eating them with butter and salt, first 
shelling them ; a bean, shell and all, is put 
into one of the pea-pods ; whosoever gets this 
bean is to be first married. Generally called a 
Scalding of Peas, The company usually pelt 
each other with the pods. It is therefore 
called in the South Peas and Sport, 

SCADDLE. (1) Thievish, generally in a petty 
way only ; used in contempt. Kent. 

(2) Confusion ; mischief. North, 

(3) Timid ; bashful ; shy. Yorksh. 
SCADE. Severed. Gatoayne. 
SCADWYS. Shadows; shady places. Loca 

umbroaa in sihis, AngUce schadwys, MS. Bib. 
Reg. 12 B. L f. 18. 

SCAFE. To run up and down ; to wander ; to 
lea<f a scampish vagabondly life : thus they 
say, " An't ye ashamed of yesen, $ea/ing up 
and down about the country.'' Line. 

SCAFFEL. A small spade or skuppet used in 
draining, and in out.hawlingor feying narrow 
bottomed ditches. It differs from a spade in 
not tapering toward the edge, and in having 
its sides slightly turned up. It has a cot for 
the handle like a scuppit. I never heard the 
word but in Suffolk, nor saw it but in Tusser. 
Moor's Suffolk Words, p. 352. 

SCAFFERON. Part of the ancient caparison- 
ment of a horse, mentioned in Hall's Union, 
1548, Hen. IV. f. 12. 

SCAFFLE. To scramble. Somerset. 

SCAFFLING. An eel. Chesh. 

SCAGE. To throw a stick. Yorksh, 

SCAGGLE. Fearful ; timid. North, 

SCAGGT. Rough ; shaggy. GUme. 

SCAIT. To have a diarrhoea. Devon, 

SCAITHFUL. Given to breaking pasture. Also, 
liable to be run over by stock ; as open fields, 
Ac. Norfolk, 

SCALADO. A scaling of walls. 
Yet all their Ulke fa huUnado, 
Strong arnuuU>« hot Motado, 

TaiflM't Dogged Warren p. 899. 

SCALBEGRES. Herba Cristofori. List of 

plants in MS. Sloane 5, f. 5. 
SCALD. (1) Scabby, particularly in the head. 
Hence used for mean, shabby, disgusting. A 
person infected with htes venerea was said to 
be scalded. 

other newt I am adTertlaed of, that a tealef trivial 
lying pamphlet b given out to be of my doing. 

PtsretPenOeMe, Id92. 

(2) A multitude. East. 

(3) A patch in a barley field scorched and 
vrithered np. Bast, 

(4) To scorch. Norf, 
SCALD.CREAM. Cream raised by heat. West, 



SCALDING. PartiaL Oxon. 
SCALDRAG. One who boils rags. 

For to be a laundrea imports onely to wash or 
dresse lawne, which is as much impeachment as to 
cal a Justice of the peace, a beadle ; a dyer» a temU- 
ragge / or a fishmonger, a seller of gubbins. 

Ta^lar, ed. 1630, il. IdS. 

SCALE. (1) To spread; to disperse abroad. 
North, The term is an archaism. It is found 
in Hall, Richard III. f. 15, <« sodenly sealed 
and departed." The word occors in Corio- 
lanus, i. I, but is there a misprint for sialef 
as distinctly proved by Gifford,and still more 
elaborately in Dyce's Remarks, p. 158. The 
observations of Brockett on this passage^ 
which he quite misiinderstands, lead me to 
observe that, with a few trifling exceptions, 
the very worst annotations on Shakespeare 
have proceeded from the compilers of provin* 
cial glossaries, to whom the philological sto. 
dent would be more deeply indebted if they 
would confine themselves to the correct ex. 
planation of words in actual use, vrithout en. 
tering into' subjects that require a distinct 
range of reading and study. 

(2) To weigh as in scales. ** A scaTd pottle," a 
pottle of the right measure. 

Plague, not for a tcaVd pottle of wine. 

Th9 Hwett Wkor0, L I. 

(3) To throw at fruit on trees, as apples, wal- 
nuts, &c. South. 

(4^ To change. Dorset. 

(5) A very steep hill. North, 

(6) To beat. YorJtsh. 

(7 ) To stir the fire. North, 

(8) A drinking-^up. Somerset, 
SCALE.DISH. A milk-skimmer. North. 
SCALE-IN. To plough in with a shaDow fur. 

row. Norf, 

SCALES. The outermost cuts of a piece of 
timber with the bark on, not thick enough to 
be called planks. Deton* 

SCALIS-MALIS. Cadiz. Skelton, ii. 195. 

SCALL. A scale, or scab. (J.-S,) 

SCALLAGE. A lich-gate. West, 

SCALLARD. A scald-head. 

SCALLEWORT. Centrum galli. List of herbs 
in MS. Sloane 5, f. 4. 

SCALLIONS. A good beating. North. 

SCALLOPS. An awkward girl. 

SCALOUN. A shilling. Octovian, 1313. 

SCALY. Mean ; stingy. Far, dial In some places 
it means mischievous, thievishly inclined. 

SCAM. A spot, or stain. North, 

SCAMBLE. To scramble ; to shift. " Scam- 
blingly, catch that catch may," Cotgrave. 

Thus siihe I have in my voyage suflf^ed wncke 
with Ulisses, and wringlng-wett JcamMetf with lift 
to the shore, stand from mee, Nausical, with all thy 
traine, till I wipe the blot fh>m my forhead, and 
with sweete springs wash away the salt froth that 
cleaves to my soule. Gotfon** Sehoole of jtlmse, 1529. 

SCAMBLED. Defeated ; balked. West. 

SCAMBLING. Sprawling. Herrf, 

SCAMBLING-DATS. Di^ in Lent, when no 
regular meals were provided, but every one 
scrambled and shifted for himself as he eonld. 



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SCAMB. To hurt, or iDJnre. 

SCAMELS. This word, which occurs in the 
Tempest, and is most probably a misprinti has 
baffled all annotators on Shakespeare. Sra- 
meU is the generally received reading, but 
cannot be correct on account of the quantity 
of the first syllable. Mr. Dyce coigectures 
MianieU, but surely a trisyllable cannot be 
right. Keadf/owiefr, and we may perhaps 
have the true word. "A stannel, /tmum- 
euhu," Coles. If I recollect rightly, this 
was one of the conjectures proposed by 
Theobald. 

SCAMINE . The scammony. 

SCAMP. A great rascal. Far. dial 

SCAN. Tosooif; to scold. Dewm. 

SCANDAL-BROTH. Tea. Var. diaL 

SCANDRET. A drunkard. Wore, I give this 
word on the authority of an anonymous 
correspondent. 

SCANT. Scarce ; insufficient. Also an adverb, 
as in the following passage: 

And whan thei wll flghte, thai wille ichokkeo 

hem togldrc in a plomp ; that jit there be SO.flOO 

meo, mem ichalle not wenen that there be toant 

10,000. MaundniltTt Travel*, p. 258. 

For mine owne part, I live not in such want 

But that I eaie and ileepe, though co3rne be «eanr. 

TlqflorV Worlut, 1830, lU 118. 

SCANTELOUN. A carpenter's measure. See 
Romaunt of the Rose, 7114. 
Do we wel and make a tour 
With squyre and seanMoun so even. 

Curaor Mundi, MS. Coll, Trin, Cantab, f. 14. 

Soft, Bcr, tejd the dtantyll^on, 

1 trow jour thryft be wele ny done ; 

Ever to crewyll thou arte in word. 

And 5et thou arte not worth a tord : 

Fore all the gode that thou gete myght. 

He wyll $pend it on a nyght. 

MS, Athmolt 61, Xf. Cent. 
SCANTISH. Scarce. North. 
SCANTITY. Insufficiency. East. 
SCANTLE. To become scanty. 

The chines of beefe in great houses are teaniled 
to buie chains of gold i and the aUnes that was wont 
to releeve the poore, is husbanded Iwtter to buy 
new rebatoes. Lodgt^s WiC* Miterie, Jfi96. 

SCANTLING. A portion of anything, generally 
meant as a specimen. " Scantlon of a clothe," 
Palsgrave. The size to which joiners intend 
to cut their stuff is called the tcantling, 

SCAPE. (1) A misdemeanour. 

(2) To escape. (A.'S.) 

Johan toke the munkes horse be the hed. 

For sothe as I yow say ; 
So did Much, the Iltulle page; 
For he shulde not tcape away. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. V. 48, f. 189. 
zl. he had channged for ood, 
Tlicr shaped but two away. 

MS, Cantab, Pf. li. 38, f. 74. 

(3) A trick, shift, or evasion. 
SCAPE-GALLOWS. A bad fellow, one who has 

narrowly escaped the gallows. Scape-grace, 
a hair-brained fellow. Scape-thrifty a thrift- 
less £bUow. 



OfTfldlers, pedlers, (kyle scape slaves. 
Of tiockers, turuecoates, toepot knavtt. 
Of theifes and aeapHhrifta many a one. 
With bounsing Besse and Jolly Joane, 
Of idle boyee and Journeymen, 
And vagrants that the country runn. 

MS. HarL I8S1, f. 98. 

SCAPE LLAR. A narrow piece of cloth worn by 
monks over the rest of their dress, reaching 
almost to the feet. " Skapplers and cootes," 
Skelton's Works, iL 420. 

SCAPLOREY. Ascapulary. 

SCAPPLE. To rough-hew, generally applied to 
stones. See Craven Gl. U. 101. 

SCAR. (1) Exposed to. Sutaex. 

CiS To scare, or frighten. Line, 

(3; A scarecrow. PaUgraoe, 

(4) A bare and broken place on the side of a 
mountain, or in the high bank of a river. 
North, Ray explains it " the cliff of a rock, 
or a naked rock on the dry land," and thinks 
it is the origin of the name of Scarborough 
The definitions here given do not, however 
quite convey the ancient meaning of tear, 
which must be interpreted ^precipiee, "Verie 
deepe tcarrie rockes," Harrison's Britaine, 
p. 93. Scarry, full of precipices. Craven 
Glossary, ii. 102. ** A scar, cliff, mons pra- 
rtip/tw,*' Coles. The passage in Shakespeare, 
'' men make ropes in such a scarre," is difficult 
of explanation ; but the old text, obscure as it 
is, is certainly to be preferred to any emenda- 
tion yet proposed. Mr. Knight's explanation 
is nearly as difficult as the text, and although, 
as he remarks, Shakespeare is accustomed to 
ihe use of strong metaphorical expressions, yet 
we may fairly doubt whether, in the whole 
range of his plays, such an unnatural and 
forced construction is adopted as in the 
passage printed with Mr. Knight's punctu- 
ation. Looking fully at the context, I would 
explain it thus. Diana, at the moment of 
uttering thi^ speech, is on the point of pretend- 
ing to yield to Bertram's wishes ; she has com- 
bated his assurances of sincerity in the vows 
of love, but apparently struck with the urgency 
of his arguments, she says, / eee that men 
make ropet in such a scarre, that wt^U for- 
sake ourselves / I see that men make reasons 
to assist their views even in such a barren diffi- 
cult subject, that we will desert ourselves, and 
yield to them. Then comes the result, " Give 
me that ring ;" and no further solicitation is 
necessary on Bertram's part, who wins " a 
heaven on earth," by producing arguments 
for a course which no proper reasons could 
justify, in short, by making '' ropes in such a 



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scarre. 

He loked abowte ; thanne was he warre 
Of an ermytage undir a tkvrm. 

MS. Lincoln A. 1. 17. f. 183. 
Marry, even heaved over the tearrt and sent a- 
swimming toward Burtholme, hb oid habitation, if 
it l>ee not intercepted by some seale, sharke, stur- 
geon, or such like. Huffhtan, 1631 « 

(5) A shred, or piece. North, 



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SCARAB. A beetle. {Lot,) 

With lecret eontemplatlon doth eontemoe th« 
baje mlndt oTiuch u, mfth the aeoraft llye, de> 
llghteth only to live \n dung and mire. 

Cr«en0*$ Fbmc/omacAia, 1005, f. 1, 

SCARAMOUCH. The name of a famous Italian 
posture-master, who in the year 1673 came 
to act here in England, from whom all those 
persons that perform feats of agility, and are 
dressed in particular Spanish habits, bear that 
as a common name. Dyche, 

SCARBABE. A scarecrow. "And, like a 
tearbabe, make him take his legs," Wily Be- 
guiled, ap. Hawkins, iii. 329. 

SCARBOROUGH. Searborougk Irittcrtf, no 
leisure at all, Stanihurst's Ireland, p. 23. 
Searianmffk warning^ no warning, or a very 
brief one. 

SCARBOT. A kind of beetle. 

SCAR.BUGGB. A bugbear. 

For alnae is no tMr^uggt, and wee ihall one day 
flnde it lo. Den^t Pathurapf p. 345. 

SCARCE. .(1) To sieve. Also, a sieve. 

Tak hert-hofne, and brynne iti and bete It to 
powdir, and «Mrce it thorow a temrt, and uee it Ilk 
daye to tboa be hale. M8. lAnooin A. 1. 17* f* 899. 

(2) Sparing; stingy. (^.-iV.) 

(3) To make one's self scarce, L e. to go away. 
A common phrase. 

SCARD. A shard, or fragment. York$h, 
SCARE. (I) To spend ; to consume. Si^oUt, 
(2) Lean ; scraggy ; scanty. Eatt. 
(3^ A cur to drive away pigs, &c 

(4) " I've got the tcwre of hun," I have frightened 
him so as to force him to do or prevent his 
doing anything. We also say, *' I have put 
the icare upon him.'' Etut. 

(5) WUd; timid; shy. North. 

SCARE- A -JOB. A phrase implying that the 
job will be nearly finished, and tantamount to 
theexpression ** making it look foolish." £»«^dr. 

SCARE-BRAKE. A stick from a hedge ? Thorns' 
Anecdotes and Trad. p. 27. 

8CARET.R00T. The herb skirwort 

SCARP. A silken ornament hung loosely upon 
any part of a lady's dress* tied on by a knight, 
and worn at a mark of her fovour. To scarf , 
to wear loose, like a scarf; to cover or ban- 
dage up. 

SCAR-FIRE. An alarm of fire. 

SCARinED. Frightened. Var. dial 

SCARIOT. Judas Iscariot. 

SCARL. A scarecrow, or bugbear. 

SCARMISHE. A skirmish; a battle. (^.-iV.) 

SCARMONY. A kind of spice. 

SCARN. Dung of cattle. North. 

SCARN-BEK. A dung-bee. Wettm, 

SCARNT-HOUGHS. A dirty drab. Wettm. 

SCARPED. Dried up, or parched, at when in 
fever the skin becomes diy and hard, it is said 
to be Mcmped, Qu. a corruption of searfedf 
scarf being the outer skin. Lmc, 

SC/VRPIN. A scorpion. *< Scorpio, Anglioe a 
scarpyn," Nominale MS. f. 7. 

SCARSE. To go away ; to disperse. 



Tht wyndyaloniM began to 



TheioBBt arieta, tiie wedlr dereib. 

GoMMT, Jf& 8oe,Jntlq, 134, f. MB. 
SCARSTEE. Scarcity. (^.-M) 
And eke to me it is a grete penaimoe^ 
Syth ryme in Englyseh hath tudi Morrtee. 

MS. QmMb. Ft. L 9, f. 07. 
Aadof gtaceletebeno rt i etf . 
Good lady, that aite of gnce weile. 

LfdgmU, Ma. Am jtntiq. 134, f. 19. 
SCART. To scratch. North. 
SCARTERS. The dugs of a cow. Lme. 
SCARTOCCIOflL Coven ; folds of paper. 
SCARVE. A contrivance for taking fiah. 
SCARVISH. Bright; dear. Devon. 
SCARYWHIFT. Askew. Somertet. 
SCASSENES. Scaraty. Pr. Pmro. 
SCAT. (1) A passing shower. Devom. 
When Haldon hath a hat. 
Let Keatoo beware of a afcaf , 

OldDtwotuhinPrtmert. 

(2) To dash ; to burst; to slap. fFett. Also 
a substantive, a blow. 

3) Scared. Euex. 

4) Broken ; ruined. Contw. 

5) A continuance. ^e»/« 

(6) Go away ! Get along I North. 
SCATCH.(1) A horse's bit. (Fr.) 
(2) A hedge of dry branches. 
SCATCH-PAWED. Left-handed. Amt. 
SCATE. (1) Diminution ; il^uiy. 
Make hit long and lacge yHMw, wlthoute ony Mate. 

Chrtm. FUorfiM. p. 98. 

(2) A light-heeled wench. North. 

(3) To have a diarrhoea. Glouc. 

SCATHE. Harm; loas; damage. (A..S.) 
** One doth the scathe and another hath the 
scorn," North Country proverb. 

That, god Wilekln, me reweth thi scathe, 
Houre Loverd sende the help rathe ! 

MS. Digbf 88L 
I hi5t the jisturday leven fhyllyng. 
Have brok it wel to thI dothyqg. 
Hit wil do the no akathe, 

MS. Canlmb. Ft. ▼. 40, f. A8. 

SCATHEFUL. Destructive; pemicioiM. 
SCATHERED. Said of feet ingrimed by 

water and small coals getting into the shoes. 

Northumb. 
SCATLOB. Loss; harm; pnjudice. North. 
SCATTE. ri) Money. (2) Tar. (A.^S.) 
SCATTERBRAINED. Giddy. North, 
SCATTT. Showery. South. 
SCAU. A fig. Nortfmmb. 
SCAUBfT. Clear; bright; gloaay. North. 

This diiFersfrDm the meaning ^vettliyKennett, 

who says *' any imperfect disagreeable colonr 

is said to be scawmy, or of a scawmey ooloor." 
SCAUP. (1) A bare thin soiL Yorkth. Also, 

a lean scraggy person. 
(2) Head ; skull ; scalp. YorktK 
SCAUT. (1) To push violently. Wett. 
(2) The pole attached to the axle of a waggon, 

and let down to prevent its rnnniag back 

while ascending a hill. 
SCAVEL. Voracious; groedy. North. '•Scavel, 

avidugf vorax" Coles. 



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SCAVEL-AN-GOW. ConAued talking. Cormo. 
SCAVERNICK. A hare. Comw. 
SCAYILONES. Drawers ; pantaloons. StrutL 
SCAW. The elder tree. Comw. 
SCAWBERK. A scabbard. 

In the mydde off a book iche heelde a swerd. 
Other teawberk hadde sche noon. 

MS, Cott. Tiber. A. tU. f. 40. 
BIside that treiour lay a drag oun, 
And theron lay a tweid broun. 
The tdtauberk eomly oom. Gy of Warwike, p. 348. 
SCED. The parting of the hair on a person's 

head. Nominale MS. xv. Cent. 
SCEDE. To spilL Lane, 
SCELEROUS. Wicked. (Lai.) 

Kyoga Richard by thk abominable and eeeUreut 
act, thinkyng hymtrife wM relevyd bothe of feare 
and thoo^C, woulda not have it kept counsail. 

UaU, iUcterd HI. f. 4. 

SCELLUM. A thief. A cant term. 
But if adniDkard be unpledg'd a kan. 
Drawee out his knife, and basely stabs a man. 
To niune away the rascall shall have scope ; 
None holds him, but all cry. Lope, «ee2/vf», lope I 

Ta^Utr't W»rkn, 1680, ii. 1S3. 

SCENT. A descent South. 

SCH. For many or most words beginning vnth 

9ch^ see under th. 
SCHADONS. Young bees. North. 
SCHALE. A scale; a ladder. 

Sithcn thou of Jacob arte tho ryjte aehale. 
The wey of lyf, the laddlr of holynesse. 

L»dgat«, MS. Soc. JnUq. 134, f. 28. 

SCHAMELLE. A camel. " Camelut, Anglice 
a schameUe/' Nominale MS. 

SCHEFT. The anncel-weight. 

SCHEKINE. A chicken. " PuUut, Anglice a 
schekyne/' Nominale MS. 

SCHELL. To overturn. JJnc. 

SCHEME. A party of pleasure. 

SCHERCHE. Church. Sevyn Sages, 1823. 

SCHESELLE. A chisel. Nominale MS. 

SCHISMS. Frivolous excuses. East. 

SCHISM.SHOP. A dissenting chapel. 

SCHOAT. A kneading trough. Kent. 

SCHOCHE. To suspect. WiU. Werw. 

SCHOOL. (1) To put back the can, as a horse 
when provoked. Var. diaL 

(2) A shoal of fish, probably a corruption of the 
word shoal. Unc. 

SCHOOLING. Education. Var. dial 

SCHOOL-STREET. The university. Oxon. 

SCHOUR. Battle; conflict. 

The good Due of Glouceitrie in the sesoo 
Of the parlement at Bury be>ng. 
Was pnt to detb ; and ay sith gret mornyng 
Hath ben in Ingeland with many a scharp tefuur. 

MS. Bibl. Soe. Jntiq. 101, f. && 

SCHRE^^ARD. A ribald; a rascal. 
SCHROUGE. To press; tomb. West. 
SCHYE. The sky. 

I woowld I had the nymheU wynges 
Of mylk-whyte dove that clyps In trAjw. 

MS. Mhmole 48. 
SCHTLDEN. To bring forth a child. This 
occurs in MS. Bib. Reg. 12 B. i. f. 60. ^'Puer, 
Anglice a schyle." Nominale MS. 
8CIBNT. Learned. Ijjfdgate. 



I SCIMMINGER. A piece of counteilieit money 

of base metal rubbed over or cased with silver. 

Kent. 
SCIND. To wash. Durham. 
SCINDARIZE. To break to pieces. Ashmole's 

Theat. Chem. Brit. 1652, p. 415. 
SCINK. A newt; a lizard. 
SCIRTLE. Hasty; wild; changeable. 
SCITTLE. Skittish. Kent. 
SCITTURN. A shrewd turn. Hants. 
SCL. For many words commencing with set, 

see under sL 
SCLATYRE. To be negligent. 

Bclatyre thy clothys bothe ichort and syde, 
Passyng all mennes syse. 

MS. Cuntab. Ft. ii. 38, f. 15 

SCLAU. To scratch, or claw. Comw. 

SCLAUNDRE. Slander. (^.-iV.) 

SCLEEZ Y. Said of doth, when the threads are 

irregular and uneven. Devon. 
SCLENT. Gtided? 

A fote ynto the erthe hyt eelente. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 113. 

SCLT5E. Discreet ; cunning. 

The knyghtcrs rydyn on horsys hye. 
With wordes myld, feyre, and sdirje. 

MS. Jthmole 61, f. 3. 

SCLOWED. Scratched. Devon. 

SCOAD. To scatter, or throw abroad any loose 

earth, as mole-hills, &c. Devon. 
SCOANES. Stones; pavement. Comw. 
SCOBY. A chaffinch. Yorksh. 
SCOCHONS. Scutcheons. (J.'N.) <'Schochen 
a badge, eseuisson,** Palsgrave. 

The tcoehenug of many kny5t 

Of gold and qrpnis was i-dy^U 

Brode besauntus and bryjt. Argrnnnf, 1481. 

SCOCKERD. Sappy, as timber. East. 

SCODE. To scatter. Comw. 

SCODIRDE. Whizzed along ? 

The schafte •eod^frde and schott in the schire bycme« 

And soughte thorowowte the schelde, and In the 

schalke rystez. Jforfa Arthure, MS. Lincoln, f . 78. 

SCOG. To brag; to boast. West. 

SCOIL. Rubbish ; the head of a quarry before 

the strata appear. Devon. 
SCOLAIE. To attend school ; to study. 
SCOLDING-STOOL. A cucking-stool. Mr. 
Wright discovered the following entries in a 
MS. register at Southampton, dated 1540 : 
Costes doon In makyng of the teoold^gatooU : 

Furste, paid for j. pcoe ty mbre boughte of Robert 
Orcbiere for the same stole, xd. 

For carriage of the same fro Hille to the west 
hoI1e,iiUd. 

Item, for sawing of the same piece in iy. peces, 
Tiijtf. 

Item, for iij. boltes and ij. pinnesof iron for the 
same stoole, vld. 

Item, for the whedee to convey the said stole by 
commandement of the meyre, V^. iiijd. 

Item, paid to Robert Orcherd for the makyng of 
the said stoole and whcelis, for iiJ. days laboure to 
Urn and his man,zd. the day, summa ^. vjd. 
Summa zj. viijd. ob. 

SCOLE. A weighing-scale. Pr. Parv. 
SCOLLOP. To notch ; to indent West, 



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SCOLOPENDRA. A yenomous serpent. Meta- 
phorically used for a courtesan. 
SCOMBRE. Stercoro. 

AlK) whan thei may noht tcombrei then taketh 
the rote of a cawlworte, and putle it ya oylle d'oIyf« 
and put It yn hi« foundement. MS. BodL A46. 

SCOME. To skim. S^omyne, Pr. Parv. 

And do hit thane ageyne overe the fyre» and 
seome hit welle thane, and do hit In boxun. 

MS. Mtd, Rm. XT. Cent. 

SCOMERFARE. 

And with thit noyse, and with thia crie» 
Out of a barge fsate by, 
Whichehid was thereon teomer/lurtt 
Mentterten out. Cower, ed. 15M, f. 181. 

SCOMFETE. To discomfit. 

The Almayns be teoun^/Ht 
Wytbowte any more lett. 

MS. Canfb. Ff. ii. 38, f. 157. 
And yf yowre knyght happyn too 
To be tewvn^tyd or be tloo, 

0« hyt wylle be may. 
He wylle put hym yn yowre wylle. 
To make yowre pees, aa hyt y» skylle, 
Wythowtyn more delay. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 98, f. 77* 
And ipedde ryft well all his Jouroay, 
And soon\flBde his eomyea and droff hem oujt. 

Chnn. Vilodun, p. 96. 
After thit batalle and teun^e. 

Arthourand Merlin, p. S30. 
And when the deerel herd hym thui say, 
AU aetm^et he vanyuchet away. 

Hampola, MS. Bowm, p. 73> 
And jlf tu goiste to batayl this orisone say. 
And thow neschaltnojt YteseowJU^ that day. 

MS. Hart. 2869, f. 96. 

SCOMFISH. To discomfit; to oppress with 
heat ; to stifle. North. Apparently connected 
with scon^ete. 
SCOMOWR. A cook's skimmer. 
SCOMTHER. To scorch severely. Cun^. 
SCONCE. (1) A blockhouse; a small fort. 
Except thy head, which, like a«ilronc« or fort. 
Is barracado'd strong, lest wiu retort. 

Ttt^lor't Workes, 1630, ii. 7A. 

(2) The pavement. Comw. 

(3) A lantern ; originally a light used for sacred 
purposes. " A sconse, or Uttle lanteme," 
Baret, 1580. In the North of England the 
term is given to a kind of candlestick, with a 
tin back, hung against the wall. 

(4) To conduct a jocular warfare of words ; to 
carry on good-humoured raillery. North. 

(5) The head. A cant term. " A head, a pa^, 
a note, a skonce" Florio, p. 82. 

(6) A screen. Cumb. Brockett says, ^* a seat 
at one side of the fire-place in the old large 
open chimney ; a short partition near the fire 
upon which all the bright utensils in a cottage 
are suspended." In Beaumont and Fletcher, 
iii. 102, it seems to mean some sort of stall 
on which switches were to be displayed. 

(7) "To sconce, to eat more than another, 
Wmton; to sconce, to impose a pecuniary 
mulct, Oxon" Kennett, MS. To sconce at 
Oxford, was to pat a person's name in the 
College buttery books by way of fine. 

SCONFIT. Discomfiture? 



Jotian lalln a eastel 

And scgh that tewfit everich del. 

B«99M 9f HomtotM, p. 37* 

SCONS. Cakes of barley-meal. Vumb. 

SCOOP. (1) A shovel used by maltsters. The 

term is generally applied to an instmment 

used for scooping out anything. 

(2) The neck and breast of mutton cut as one 

joint. Devon. 
SCOOSE. To discourse with. SomerteL 
SCOOT. Anangle,orcomer,generallyacomered 

portion of a field. Var. dial. 
SCOOTER. A syringe, or squirt. To go like 

scooter, i. e. very quick. Bast. 
SCOP. The scalp ; the head. 

If I get a knop upon the bare »e«p. 
Thou canst as well shite as shoote. 

Ji06ifi HeMl« H. 32. 

SCOPE. A kind of basin with a handle used 
for lading water. Lane. 

SCOPE-LAW. A space given to one in running 
a race. Donet. 

SCOPIOUS. Spacious ; ample. 

SCOPPE. Scoop ; leap. {A.-S.) 

SCOPPERIL. A plaything with children, being 
a mould button with a hole in it, through 
which a piece of wood or quill is put for the 
purpose of spinning like a tetotum. Line. 
Metaphorically, a nimble child. Kennett has, 
" a scoppering or scopperell, a Uttle sort of 
spinning top for boys to set up between the 
middle finger and thumb." The term occurs 
in a MS. Dictionary dated 1540. 

SCORE. (1) Twenty yards. This was a common 
term in ancient archery and gimnery. 

(2) Twenty pounds weight. Wett. 

(3) The core of an apple. Glouc. 

(4) A mark, or notch. Var. diaL 

And for the hire of two horses to Weybridge, to 
survey the timber, ISd. t and Ifd. paid divers men, 
for raising and turning the timber there to see tlie 
tcortt ; and 12tf. for the expenses of the acoomptant 
and his servant, and their two horses there. 

Jrehtfologia, xxtv. 904. 

(5) To beat so as to mark the skin, a common 
term in Devon. 

Of the yeerde somtyme I stood in awe. 
To be tcocryd, that was al my dreede. 

I^fdgat^a Minor Foem; p. 235. 

SCOREL. A squineL Pr. Parv. 

SCORER. A scout ; a scourer. 

The kynge, bcinge at Notyngham, and or he 
came there, sent the acorert al abowte the contries 
adjoynynge, to aspie and serche yf any gaderyngs 
were in any place agaynst hym. 

Arrival tf King Bdmard IV.p. 7. 

SCORING. According to Marshall, the Norfolk 
ploughmen have a singular expedient to pre- 
vent the soil when moist from turning up in 
whole glossy furrows, which they term tcorinff; 
for which purpose they tie a piece of strong 
rope-yarn round the plate or mould-board, 
which, by this means, is prevented from act- 
ing as a trowel upon the soiL See his Rural 
Economy of Norfolk, L 139. 

SCORK. The core of an apple. Sakp. 

SCORSE. To exchange. It is the tnumUtion 



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of ehmtffer in HoUyband'g Dictionarie, 1593, 

and is still in use. 
SCORT-ABOUT. To disturb ; to injure. Warw. 
SCORTB. Scorn ; derision. 
SCOTCH. (1) To stop the wheel of a coach or 

iraggott with a stone, &c. Var, diaL 

(2) To cat slightly ; to mince. Hence, metapho- 
rically, to spare, to refrain. 

For when they come to giving onto holy and ne* 
oenerle uses, then they wiU sticke at a pennief and 
Motfefc at a groat» and erery thing it too much. 

Dent's Pathtea^, p. 74. 

(3) Out qfaU scotch, excessively. 

(4) To amerce ; the same as to dock in other 
counties ; thus, when a labourer has not done 
work in quantity or quality to satisfy his mas- 
ter, the latter will say, ** I'll scotch you for 
this." Line. 

SCOTCH-AND-ENGLISH. In Cumberland the 
game cipriafmer^t base is sometimes so called, 
in allusion probably to the border wars. 

SCOTCH.FIDDLE. A fiddle thus played:— 
the fore-finger iarthe fiddlestick, which plays 
between the thumb and fingers of the other 
hand. North. 

SCOTCH-FOG. A kind of misty rain. There 
Js an old saying that " a Scotch-fog will wet 
an Englishman through." 

SCOTCH-HOP. The game of hop-scotch. It 
is mentioned in Clarke's Phraseologia Puerilis, 
1655, p. 322. Moor calls it 5co^cA-Ao^. 

SCOTE. (1^ A prop. /. Wight. 

(2) A dragstafr. Glouc. 

(3) To plough up. Herrf. 

SCOTH. To clothe, or cover up. 

SCOTOMT. A dizziness in the head. 

SCOTS. Scotch cattle. North. 

SCOTTERING. A custom among boys of burn- 
ing a bundle of pease-straw at the end of har- 
vest. " In Herefordshire, boys at the latter 
end of harvest use to burn a wad of pease in 
the straw, which they call a tcoitering, and eat 
the pease being so parched,'* Blount. 

SCOTTLB. To cut badly, raggedly. "How 

you have tcotttediYiaX leather ;" " the beef was 

«eo//feif shamefully." WiUt. 
SCOTTLES. An amusement vrith boys, who 

pelt each other with the stubble of wheat 

pulled up with the earth about the roots. 

This is called " playing at $cottle8.** Suffolk. 
SCOUB. A rod sharpened at both ends used in 

thatching. Northumb. 
SCOUL. To bum fiercely ; to look red, generally 

said of the sky. Devon. 
SCOUP. To leap at prey. Palsgrave. 
SCOUR. (1) To scour a hedge, to deepen the 

ditch, and to breast up the hedge with the soil 

taken out. North. 

(2) A shallow, gravelly part of a river. Warw. 

(3) To dean out pomls, &c. East. 
li) A scourging, or beating. 

^5) A noise ; a. tumult. Somerset. 
SCOURGE. To sweep with a besom. Kent. 
SCOURGE-METTLE. The instrument with 
which a boy whips his top. " Every night I 



dream I am a town-top, and that I am whipt 
up and down with the scourge stick of love, 
and the metal of affection," Grim the Collier 
of Croydon, ap. Dodsley, xL 206. 
SCOURING. (1) A beating. North. It occurs 
in Nabbes' Bride, 1640, sig. H. iv,and earUer 
in the Prompt. Parv. 

(2) A difficult affair. Yorish. 

(3) A diarrhoea. P'ar. dioL 
SCOURING-STICK. A stick used in deaning 

the barrel of a gun. 
SCOUT. (1) A high rock. Lane. 

(2) A college errand boy. Oxon. 

(3) A watchman. A cant term. Tusser baa 
scoutwatchy ed. 1812, p. xxv. 

(4) A small division of laind. ffest. 
SCOUTH. 

Aad he get teouth to wield his tree, 

I fear you'll both be paid. WMn Hood, i. 100. 

SCOUTHER. An uproar ; a confusion. North. 

SCOUT-WATCH. A spy. See Scout (3). 

SCOVE. To run fast. East. 

SCOVEL. A baker's manikin. 

SCOVE N. The neck of lamb. Somerset. 

SCOVING. "Scoving is shoving the barley 

forward in order for binding," MS. Devon. Gl. 
SCOVY. Uneven. Devon. " Scovy wool, 

wool of various colours not dudy mixt in 

combing or scribbling, but stred^y," MS. 

Devonshire Glossary. 
SCOWDER. A bustle ; a confusion. North. 
SCOWULE. A showl, or shovel 
SCOY. Thin, poor, generally applied to silks 

or stulft. Comvf. 
SC05IES. Scourges. 

The her of his hed ii si to-drawe, 
The body with wdjim al to-flawe. 

MS. AddiU 11307. f. 48. 

SCRAB. (1) The crab-apple. North. 

(2) To scratch, or claw. East. 

SCRABBED-EGGS. A lenten dish, composed 
of eggs boiled hard, chopped and mixed with 
a seasoning of butter, sdt. and pepper. 

SCRABBLE. (1) To scramble. Somerset. 

(2) To scratch with the nails. Line. 

SCRADGE. To dress and trim a fen-bank, in 
order to prepare it the better to resist an ap- 
prehended overflow. All loose materials 
within reach are raked together ; and such 
additions as are to be had are procured, and 
so applied, as to heighten and strengthen the 
upper part on the side next to the flood. 
Forby's East Anglia, 11. 290. 

SCRAFFISCH. The cray-fish. 

SCRAFFLE. To scramble ; to struggle ; also, 
to wrangle or quarrel. 

SCRAG. (1) A ghost. North. 

(2) Offal ; remnants. Yorksh. 

(3) A crooked forked branch. West. 

(4) A lean, thin person. Devon. The adjective 
ecraggy is common everywhere. 

SCRAGGED. Hanged. A cant term. 
SCRAGGLE. To scramble. Dorset. 
SCRAM. Distorted; awkward. Also, be- 
numbed with cold. West. 



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SCRAMB. To pun, or nke together with the 

handi. Torith, 
8CRAMBBD. Deprifed of the ose of some 

limb by a neryons contractioii ofthemuBCles. 

SCRAMMISHBS. Scntches. W€9t 
SCRAMP. To catch at ; to sntteh. North. 
SCRAN. (1) A bag. mit9, 
(2) Victuals ; food. North. 
SCRANCH. To scratch. Emt. 
SCRANCHUM. Crisp gingerbread. North. 
SCRANNEL. A lean person. Lone. 
SCRANNY. Thin ; meagre. Tar. dial 
SCRANS. Scraps; refuse. Donet, 
SCR.\NT. To scorch. Somemt. 
SCRAP. (1) To scratch. East, *' To scrappe 

as a henne dose/' MS. Dictionary, 1540. 
(2) A plan, or scheme. 
SCRAPE. (1) To shaye badly. Tor. dial 

(2) To bow, or make obeisance. 
SCRAPB-GOOD. A miserly fellow. 
SCRAPER. A bad fiddler. For. tUaL 
SCRAPPLE. To grub about. Oxon. 
SCRAPS. As weU as in the common sense, 

this word is in Suffolk particularly descripti?e 
of the small pieces of fat pork remaining after 
the operation of boiling, for the purpose cd 
extracting the lard for store for domestic use. 
Moor's Suffolk Words, p. 334. 
SCRAPT. Slightly frozen. Devon. 
SCRAT. (1) To scratch. (2) Scratched. ^«t/. 
Od the wgv then u!ta y. 
And he MTOlfiHl me ftille ▼ylemly. 

MS. Cmntab. Ft. U. 86, f. Itt. 
And ylkane tkroile othyr ia th« Uct, 
And t]uiir«aw«n ilMcheof tyre and nee. 

Hampole, MS. Bowet, p. 215. 
And tcratt^ hur rysage alle with Mood, 
ADd cryed owt m iche were wode. 

MS. Camab. Ff. IL 38, t. 1S9. 

[3) A swaggerer; a bully. 
r4^ The itch. Sakp. 

[6) A miserly fellow. Weat. 

(6) An hermaphrodite. North. *'A scrat, 
hermaphroditut" Coles. 

(7) Nearly worn out. North, 

(8) A rack for pigs. Bedt. 

SCRATCH. The stone which forms the stratum 

immediately under the soil. Line. 
SCRATCH-CRADLE. A game played by cross- 

ing thread or string between the two hands 

in a peculiar manner. 
SCRATCHED. Slightly frozen. Devon. 
SCRATCHINGS. The remainder of the &t, 

after it has been melted down into lard. Wore. 
SCRATE. An old woman. 
SCRATTLE. To scratch. Var.diaL 
SCRAUK. To scratch. YorJtih. 
SCRAWF. Refuse. West. 
SCRAWL. (1) To crawl. West. "To scraU, 

stir, motito," Coles' Lat Diet 

(2) The young of the dog-crab, or a bastard sort 
of crab itself. Line. 

(3) Any things which haye been thrown about 
in a disorderly confused manner are said in 
Hampshire to be eerawled. 



SCRAWLING. Slight ; bmbl Ber^, 
SCRAWLT. Thin, as com. Derb. 
SCRAWMT. Awkwardly tall } thin aad tm- 

gainly ; said of one, who is all legs and wings 

like a giblet pie. Line. 
SCRAWN. To clamber np. North, 
SCREAK. To creak, as a door, &o. 
SCREDB. Shroud; dress. Weher, 
SCREE. (1) A coarse sieye. North. 

(2) A predpioe ; a scar. Ctanh. 

(3) To hollow out loudly. Line. 
SCREECH. (1) The swift. West. 

(2) The missel thrush. Var. dial The term 
was anciently applied to the sereedi-owl. 
*' Strix, Anghce a schrych," Nominale MS. 
SCREECH-OWL. The swift. /. Wiffht. 
SCREECHY. L e. Scratchy, applied to land, 
when the serateh or rock is coyered with a 
yery thin layer of earth. Line. 
SCREED. (1) Ayoided. Dorset. 
'2) A narrow slip of land. Line. 
dS The border of a cap. Var. dial 
4) Scrip. Deeon. 
(5) A rent, shred, or fragment North. 
SCREEDLE. To scrune oyer the embers, to 
hoyer oyer them, coyering them yrith one's 
coats as with a screen. Deeon. 
SCREENED. Sifted. North. A seroon is a 

high standing sieye for cleansing com. 
SCREES. Small stones or pebbles. North. 
SCREET. (1) Half a quarter of a sheet of paper. 

East. 
(2) Flexible ; supple. 
SCREEVE. To run with corrupt matter, as a 

wo und, a corpse, Ac Lane. 
SCREFFE. The sheriff. 

Whan Robcn yato the hall cam. 

The ten^ tone he met. 
The potter cowed of oorteyseyy 
And ioae the tor^ff^ he gret. 

JfjAtm fibml. I. Ml 

SCHEIE. (1) To shriek; to scream. Yorksh. 
(2) The peep of day. North. 
SCRETE. Slight ; supple ; limber. 
SCREW. (1) A mUer. Var. dial 

(2) To haye the stomach-ache. 

(3) A courtesan. A cant term. 
SCREW-BOX. A kind of sheU-fish. 
SCREWDY. To crowd. Beds. 
SCRIBBLE. To card wooL Devon. 
SCRIBBLE-SCROBBLE. ScribbUng. North. 
SCRIBE. To write ; to make msrks with instru- 
ments, as carpenters. North. 

SCRIDE. To stride. Somerset. 

SCRIGG'D. Forced ; squeezed out North- 

amptonsh. 
SCRIGGINS. Apples left on a tree after the 

ingathering. Glouc. 
SCRIGGLB. To writhe ; to struggle. East. 
SCRIKE. A scream. North. Alsoayerb, to 
shriek ; to scream. 

Which lye in torments, yet die not. 
With manie wofUU fcrifte*. MS. ^whtmoh SOIL 
The deerels ay amang on thaime id etrykey 
And the syafai thareirith ay erye and eltyAe. 

>, MS. JSowes, p. 814. 



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SCRIM. To cnnh ; to bruise. /. rf WIffki. 
SCRIMED. ShriTdled up. Jkvom, 
SCRIMER. Alencer. (fV.) 
SCRIMMAGE. (1) A ikirmish $ bat now ued 
for a genera] row. Var, diaL 
Pryace Onflbr at this tkr^mage tor all hit pifdm 
Fled full fast* and lowght no gyde. 

MS. iMtudowM 908, f. la 
(2) A mean dwarfish person. We9t, 
SCRIMMITY. Stingy ; dose. West. 
SCRIMP. To spaie; to pinch. Vmt. dhL 

Hence icrimpiion, a small pittance. 
SCRIN. A small vein of ore. Derd, 
SCRINGE. To shrink ; to cringe. For. dud. 
SCRINKT. Screwed. Comw. 
SCRINT. To scorch or singe, applied generally 
to those substances that shrink together a 
good deal in burning, as leather, parchment, 
silk, woollen, the hair, &c Somerset. 
SCRIP. A list ; a slip of writing ; a writing. 

Script occurs in Chancer. 
SCRIPTURES. Writings ; books. {A.-N,) 
SCRIT. A writing; a deed. 

A 9erU of coveuaunt l-mad ther was 
Bytwene me and 3athanas. M3,AddU,\\affJt{M, 
He dyde on hys clothjs astyte. 
And to Seynt Jhone he wrote a dnyte. 

MS. Harl, 1701, f. 46. 

SCRITCH. To shriek. Devon, The thrush 

is called a tcritch from its noise. 
SCRITHE. To writhe about. 
SCRITTICK. A mite of money. South, 
SCRIVE. (1) To describe. Pahgrtne, 
(2) To shriek ; to scream. North, 
SCRIVENER. A writing-master. Scrivetnet, 

writers, transcribers. \a,-N.) 
SCRIVING-IRON. An instrument used for 

numbering trees for sale. 
SCROBBLE. To scramble. Wett, 
SCROFF. Refuse of wood. Dwnet, 
SCROG. A stunted bush. North. Scroggy^ 

abounding in underwood. " The wey toward 

the dt^ was stony, thorny, and tcroggy^** Gesta 

Romanorum, p. 18. " Scrogt^ blackthorn," 

Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 
SCROGGLINGS. The small worthless apples 

which are left hanging on the trees after the 

crop has been gathered. Wore. 
SCROGGY. Twisted; stunted. EoMt. 
SCROG-LEGS. Bandy legs. Noif. 
SCROME. To walk awkwardly. North, 
SCROOBY-GRASS. Scurvy-grass. North. 
SCROODGE. A crush. North. 
SCROOP. Dry scales, or scabs. Lane. 
SCROOP. To creak. West. 
SCROUGE. To crowd ; to squeeze. Var. dial 
SCROW. (1) To work hard. North. 

i 2) Uproar; confusion. Yorksh. 
3) Cross ; angry ; surly. WiltM. Ray giTes it 
as a Sussex word. At Manchester I heard an 
ugly woman described as looking seroio, appa- 
rently without any reference to the temper. 
(4) A roll, €ft scrolL Pakgrane. 

He la ao pallid that he may not grow, 
Coimtyrfetid in a llgur and payntM In a tervw. 

MS. Laud. 416, f. 53. 



SCROWL. To broil, or nnL Devon. 
SCROW-ROW. An uproar. NoHh. 
SCROYLE. A mangy fdJkiw. A term of con* 
tempt used by Shakespeare and Jonson. 
Then upon Sabbath dayea the «or0|rla bonnes. 
With moft unhallowed handa, to weed up ainaea. 

THglM** WorJut, 1630, iU. 11. 

SCRUB. A mean fdlow. /or. dial, 

SCRUBB. To get rid of. Devon. 

SCRUBBADO. The itch. A cant term. 

SCRUBBED. Squalid ; mean ; shabby. 

SCRUCE. A truce at pUy. Eatt, 

SCRUDDY. Short ; dwarfish. North. 

SCRUDE. To rub. 

SCRUDGE. A courtesan. Devon. 

SCRUFF. ** A kind of fud which poor people, 
when firing is dear, gather up at ebbing water 
in the bottom of the Thames about London, 
and consists of coal, little sticks, coddo-shds, 
and the like," Blount. 

SCRUGGLE. To struggle. Palegraoe. 

SCRUMP. (1) Crisp. South. 

(2) To craunch. Somerset. 

(3) To double up. Devon. 
SCRUMSHUS. Stingy. S^ff6Ut. 
SCRUNCH. To craunch. Far. diai, 
SCRUNCHLIN. A small green shrivelled ap- 

pie stunted in its growth. Weet. 
SCRUNT. An overworn wig, besom, &C 
SCRUNTY. Short; stunted. North. 
SCRUPULOUS. Doubtful 
SCRUSE. A truce. Si^foH. 
SCRUSH. A bandy, or club. Devon. 
SCRUTCHELL. Refuse of wood. Snetex. 
SCRUTHING-BAG. A coarse bag through 

which dder is strained. Weet* 
SCRY. A flock of wUd fowL 
SCRYE. To descry. North, 

I knewe never nume ao wya. 

That couth telle the aerriae, 

Ne «erye the metyi of prya 

Was tervyd in that lale. Degremnt, I880L 

SCRYLE. Couch-grass. Weet. 
SCRYYED. Emitted purulent matter. Still in 
use in Lancashire. See Sereeve, 

Hia woundia *enn>ed and stille he lay. 

MS. HarL SSS9, f. 91. 

SCUCH. Ahan^ng-shelf. See Withals' Diction- 

arie, ed. 1608, p. 136. 
SCUD. (1> To spin. Devon. 
2^ To dean with saliva. Yorksh. 

3) A slight rapid shower. Var. dial. 

4) A scab. Devon. 

(5) A scud of larks is a small number, less than 

a flock. Oxon. 
SCUDDER-OF-FLAMB. Same as S^mT (3). 
SCUDDICK. Anything of very small value ; 

of the smallest worth. North. 
SCUE. Shade ; shadow. Dunebn, 
SCUFF. (1) Or sert^at the neck, is the back 

part of the neck ; it Is generally used when 

a person seizes another by that part. North. 
(2) To shufHe in walking. West. 
SCUFFIN. Same as Fruggan (1). 
SCUFFLE. (1) A linen garment worn by chil. 

dren to keep their dothes clean ; a pinafore ; 



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a ootne apron worn by servants when doing 
dirty worlc. Sunes. 

i 2) A garden hoe. Salop, 
3) To scuflie out one's shoes, to lack them out 
as if always at football. fFett. 

SCUFFLER. A sort of plough, with a share 
somewhat like an arrow-head, drawn by a horse 
betwixt the ridges where turnips have been 
drilled, to root out the weeds; thus acting 
like a Dutch hoe, but on a larger scale. Line. 

SCUFPLINGS. Refuse of wood. East, 

SCUFTER. To bustle; to hurry. Cumb, 

SCUG.(l) To hide; to take shelter. North. As 
a substantive, a place of shelter. 

(2) The declivity of a hiU. YorJtih. 

(d) A squirrel. Hamptk, 

SCLTGGERY. Secrecy. Yorith, 

SCULK. (1) An impure person. (J.-S.) 

(2) A company of foxes. 

SCULL. (1) A shoal. Generally of fishes, but 
LUly mentions ** a scul of phesants," ed. 1632, 
stg. X. xii " SkuUes of heirings," Holinshed, 
Hist. Scot p. 139. 

Into y« town of Roehell, thej taj, Ood hath sent 
ft skull of flih for their relief, u he did mirkculoutly 
when H. y 9^ besieged IL MS Harl, 388. 

(2) To scold. Devon, 

SCULSH. Rubbish, but most generally used 
with reference to the unwholesome things 
children delight to eat, lollipop, &c. Kent, 

SCULVERING. Low ; sculking. Line, 

SCUM. (1) To mow. Suffolk. 

(2) To strike any one on the mouth. 

SCUMBER. To dung. A hunting term, ap- 
plied properly to foxes. It is frequently writ- 
ten $eummer,MB in Florio, p. 72. 
But he that gainet the glory here. 
Must »eumber ftirtheat, . . . .most elear. 

MuMorum DOieim, 1686, p. 6. 

SCUM-FELLOW. A very low person. 
SCUMMER. (1) Wonder. Somerset. 

(2) To daub, or smear. Wett. Also, ventrem 
exonerare. " A skummering of a dog," Florio, 
p. 475, in V. Sehinehimurra, 

(3) A fire-shoveL Yorksh, 

SCUN. (1) To reproach in a public manner, with 
a view of exposing to contempt or shame. 
Somerset, 

(2) To throw a stone. North. 

(3) To shun ; to avoid. Devon. 
SCUN>fER. (1) To loathe ; to shun. North. 
(2) To notice ; to observe. Northumb. 
SCUKNING. A disease of the heart. 
SCUPPER'D. Spoken of leaves of trees that 

are turned black, and crumpled up with frost 
or blight. A Herefordshire word, according 
to Urry's MS. additions to Ray. 
SCUPPIT. A shovel, or spade, of uniform width, 
the sides turned a little inward. A spade 
tapers toward the cutting edge. The tiller 
handles too differ, the scuppit having merely 
a cot on the top of the tiller, and the spade 
having the top of its tiller perforated, which 
is called an eye tiller. The scuppit is some- 
times used for digging as well as the spade,but 
is not so suitable for flag or strong land. Moor, 



SCUR. To move haatUy. Yorksh. 

SCURE. To secure. South, 

SCUREL. A rabbit. " StrflyrtOw, MeureUut^ 
scurelle," Nominate MS. 

SCURGE. A whip for a top. 

SCURRAN-TOP. A peculiar kind of top for- 
meriy used at a game called scurran-meggy, 
which was much in vognein Cumberland during 
the last century. MS. Glossary in my pos- 
session. 

SCURRICK. A small piece. Yoriah. West. 
Sometimes eeuddick, and perhaps more gene- 
rally eeritticky an atom. 

SCURRIFUNGE. To lash tightly. Also, coire 
camaliter. Devon, 

SCURRY. (1) To scour in pursuit. East. 

(2) To hasten away. Var. dial 

SCURVY-ALE. 

But to oondude thb drinking alye tale, 
We had a tort of ale called wtcrty ale. 

Ta^lm's Wcrkm, 1698, i. ISS. 

SCUSE. To excose. Var, dial. 

SCUT. (1) The taU of a hare or rabbit. The 

hare itself was also so called. Also, to dodk 

an animal's tail. Still in use. 
(2) Short, as a garment, 8cc. 
SCUTCH. (1) Couch grass. Weet. 

(2) To strike or beat slightly. YorJteh. 
has scutcVdy whipped. 

(3) To cleanse flax. Wore. 
SCUTCHELL. A long dark passage. 
SCUTCHEON. A key-stone. " A eeutehevn 

in the middest of a vaute, where all the course 

of the carved stones or timber doth resort," 

Hollyband's Dictionarie, 1593. 
SCUTE. (1) A scute was declared to be worth 

half a noble by a proclamation of Henry V., 

printed in Hall, f. 37. " Scute^ a present of 

money," Devonshire Glossary. 
(2) A reward ; a gift. Dorset, 
SCUTLIN. A small apple pasty ; a taffata tart. 

Winton. 
SCUTTER. To have a diarrhcea. North. 
SCUTTLE. (1) To walk fast. Line, 

(2) A small piece of wood, pointed at both 
ends, used at a game like trap-balL Cheah. 

(3) A shallow basket or wicker bowl, much in 
use in the bam, and in other departments of 
husbandry. " A scuttle^ dosser, basket to 
canie on the backe," Cotgrave in v. Hotte. 

(4) A dish, or wooden platter. 
SCUTTLES. The hatches of a ship at whidi 

the goods are let down. 
SCUTTY. Short in stature. Yorksh. 
SCUTTY-WREN. The wren. West. 
SCWON. Shone; gUttered. 
In a cloud off blewe, 
Hytdid never remewe 

The spere ; 
But evere in one 
Bryght hyl »ewtm 

Streroeyt dere; MS. Cnttah. Ff. i . 6. 
SCY. A scythe. Cumb. 
SE. A seat ; a kingdom. {A.-N,) 

And ryjte forthwith the aungelle Urieth oottjt. 
But helde his wcy firom the $99 of glorye. 

t^figaU, MS. Soe. Antiq, 134. p. L 



SEA 



717 



SEA 



Undir the foot of moinit ll«nbr^. 
There he cheei to lette hJs m. 

Otrmtr Mundt, M& CoU, THn. CbntoA. f. 18. 

SEA. A Urge namber or quantity of anything. 
Sus9ex. 

SEA.ADDER. The pipe-fish. Comuf, 

SEA-BEANS. Small black pebbles. Detxm, 

SEADLE. Visible ; to be seen. 

SEA-BOTTLE. Many of the species of the sea- 
wrack, OTfkcuSf are called tea-bottle$t in con- 
sequence of the stalks having round or oval 
vesicles or pods in them ; the pod itself. 

SEA-CROW. A cormorant. South. 

SEAKY. Boggy; wet. Salop. 

SEAL. Part of horse armour. 

SEALE. (1) The sallow. Yorish, 

(2) A fiimace for boiling salt. 

SE.ALED-DOVE. A dove with the eyelids 
sown up, in which state she rises perpendicu- 
larly till her strength is quite exhausted, and 
then falls down lifeless. 
Thy windows all are shut In thiidark eave; 
Thy eyes clos'd up ; and when, like »mled do90, 
Thou fain wouUst flutter upward, light to have. 
This flesh to thee united wUl not move. 
But draws thee back* and clips thy soaring wings* 
Or at thy lofti'st pitch thee downward flings. 

Oobery't Dioine Gtimptet, 1659, p. f5. 

SEAM. (1) A horse-load of wood. Ray gives 
this as a Sussex word, but it seems to have 
fallen out of use in that county. See, however, 
Marshall's Rural Economy of the West of 
England, i. 398, who gives it as a West Devon- 
shire word. 

(2) A strata of coal. North, 

(3) Lard. North. " Cold meatfryed with hogs 
9eame" Cotgrave in v. Gramoute. " Seme for 
to frye with, $eyn depowrreauy* Palsgrave. 

(A) A quarter of an acre. Also, a quarter of com. 

South and East. 
(5) A horse-load. Comw. 
SEA-MALL. A bird thus described by Holme, 

" The bill white, but yellow towards the tip, 

bending towards the point ; the feet of a pale 

green, claws black." 
SEAM-RENT. Ragged; very shabby. As a 

verb, to unsew or make ragged. 
SEAMS. The marks of the smallpox. 
SEAM-SBT. A shoemaker's instrument for 

smoothing the seams of boots and shoes. 
SEAN. (1) A sort of net lAnc. Polwhele de- 

scribes it a pilchard net, and a very large net 

nsed in Hampshire for catching mackerel and 

herrings is so called. ** Sean, or seyn, a great 

and very long fish net," HoweU. 
(2) Soon. North. 
SEA-NAG. A ship. Wettm. 
SEA-FINK. The phint thrift YorJssh. 
SEA-PYE. The oyster catcher. Drayton. 
SEAR. (1) The yellow betwixt the beak and the 

eyes of a hawk. Bemers. 

(2) Dry ; withered. *' Scare and saplesse leaves," 
DeUcer's Kni^t's Conjuring, p. 53. 

Whereas her fVesh flourishing prime would brook 
in to be Imbraced l>y thy seers and saplesse armes. 
Th4 Two Laneathin Lonrtt 1640, p. 98. 

(3) The touchhole of a pistol. Heuce used 



metaphorically for the pudendum mnUebre. 
Light qfthe aeart is, of course, equivalent to 
light-heeled, loose in character. Tiekte of the 
tear, wanton, immodest. The commentators 
have never yet satisfactorily explained a 
passage in Hamlet, ii. 2, "the clown shall 
make those laugh, whose lungs are tickled o' 
the «er«," L e., those whose lungs are wanton, 
or excited to • laughter by coarse ribaldry. 
That this is the correct explanation there can- 
not, I imagine, be the slightest doubt. ** Dis- 
covering the moods and humors of the vul- 
gar sort to be so loose and tickle of the eearct*' 
Howard's Defensative, 1620, ap. Douce, ii. 
230. These senses of the word have never 
before been developed. 

Even as a pistole that is ready charged and bent, 
will flie off by and by, if a man do but touch the 
Mart. Lambarde'* Ptrambulation, 1596, p.4M. 

She that to fayre, lusty, and yonge. 
And can comon in tennes wyth fyled tonge. 
And wyll abyde whysperynge in the eare, 
Thynke ye her tayie is not lyght itf the teart. 

Conumtnt Secretary and J«iow*if€, a.d. 

SEARCBR. A fine sieve ; a strainer. 

SEARCH. (1) A tent, orprt>be. 

(2) To penetrate. Var. dioL 

SEARCHERS. Persons appointed to examine 
corpses, and report the cause of death. 

SEARCHING. Keen ; piercing. Var.didL 

SEARSINGS. Siftings ; cleansings. 

When your three aeartinga be done after my lore. 
Then breake the stone as you did before. 

jMtmoie'a Thaat. CAam. BrU. 16M, p. 406. 

SEARY. Thin, or worn. Detfon. 

SEASON. (1) To seize or pounce on anything as 
a hawk does. 

(2) " Admiesuray seasoning of a cow, and cover- 
]mge of a mare," Eliote's Dictionarie, 1559. 

SEAT. (1) The summit of a mountain. 

(2) A number or nest of eggs ; on which they 
eet poultry. Thus they say : " TU give you a 
seat of eggs." '* I found in the stable, &c., a 
seat of eggs I did not expect." Une. 

SEATER. A piece of doth worn so thin, as to 
be almost in a hole, is said to be <' all in a 
sealer" North. 

SEAT-RCtf)S. Hazel tvrigs. Salop. 

SEAU. Awater-pail. North. 

SEAVE. A gown. Somerset. 

SEA-VELE. A seal. 

Theseacalfe, in like manner, which our contry- 
menfor brevity sake cat aseele, other more largely 
name a sea «e/e, maketh a spoile of fishes betweene 
rockes and banckes, but It is not accounted in the 
catalogue or number of our English dogs, notwith- 
standing we call it by the name of a sea dog or a sea- 
calfe. Topnttt Fowr-Fboted Bso«r«, 1607, p> 171' 

SEAVES. Rushes. Far. diaL "A scavc, a 
rush that is drawn thro' in dripping or 
other grease, which in ordinary houses in the 
North they light up and burn instead of a 
candle," Kenttett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 
SEA-WARE. Sea-weed. Northumd. 
SEAWL. Wet stuff. Lane. 
SEAWSE. To strike a penon over the ftoe. 
Lane. 



SEE 



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8EG. 



SKAWTBRTBD. Aitnpidfeltoir. Ume. 
8BCAT0UR. An executor. 
Then !• he • Inytovr, 
Foie he tnistys tohte Meefour, 
He Khiild hit MMile locour. MS, Dtmet 909, f . t. 
WyM moB if tbott art, of thi god 

Take part or thou heoK wyndei 
For If thou leve thl part in thi teatw ward* 
Thi part noD part at iMt end. JMI««4nlig. 1.SI4. 
SECCLELBD. Sickened. WULWtrw. 
8ECHAN. Snchaone. {A,'S,) 
SBCHE. To seek. {A.-S,) 

By dereworthy Ood, tayd Robyn, 

To Mcht all Englond tborowe. 
Yet founde I never to my pay, 

A moch better borowe." RxMn Rood, i. 13. 
SBCHETH. Visits. Weber. 
SECK. (1) Such. North. 
A sadc Still in use. 
To seek. Yorkah, 
SECKERLT. As usuaL North. 
SBCKET. A term of contempt, addressed gene- 
rally to a child. Xtiic. 
SBCKIN6. Canvas for sacks. North, 
SECONDS. Second-rate floor. Far. dial 
SECRBE. Secret. (A.^N.) 
SBCRBT-HOUSE. A country-seat 
SECT. (1) Sex. Very common. 
f2JAsuit. (A..N.) 

(3) A small hammer, sharp on one end of the 
iron part, used in chipping large stones, &e. 

SBCTURB. An executor. Patt^rmfe, 

That that corned in the teeturm hondei. 

M8» Bawl. XY. Cent. 

SECURE. Sore *, certain ; positiTe. 

SEDE. To produce seed. (A.-S.) 

SEDEKINE. A sub-dean. 

SED6BLY-CURSB. A horrible imprecation, 
thus given by Howell, — "the devil run 
through thee booted and spurred with a scythe 
on his back." 

SB DIKE. A sen-ditch, or sea^water creek. 

SEDLBD. Lulled to sleep. 

SBDOCKB. The herb brank-ursine. 

SBDOW. The fish aurata. « Avrat^f Anglioe 
a sedow," Nominale MS. 

SEDULL. A schedule. 

Yea, If I ahould gather up all inooveniencet in 
heape, I should not be satitfied with a •eduB, but 
write a whole volume. Don Simonidu, 2d Part, 1084. 

SBDYR. Cider. Pron^i. Parv. 

SEE. (1) Saw. IsumbFSa, 604. 

The nativity aoeosdlnff to our modern authon, is 
one of the beat that ever I *e«, but aooording to our 
method It li a very evil one* and yet I do beleiTe 
there is not one artist in 40 can give any reason for 
bis death at that time, or why he should dye of a 
consumptloiw seeing the ascendant is no ways 
afllictfid. MUkofft Mmrrew qf jittrologw, p. 64. 

(2) The sea. (A.-S.) 

(S) To make a see of it, L e., to be able to see. 
Ojeon. 

(4) To look on ; to protect. • 

Now God you save, our queen, madam. 
And Christ you mm and *ee / 
Here you have chosen a new true love. 
And you will have none of me. 

BaOadtfairJUImgar, 



(5) 7b see ^ile dmi, to get tipay. 7b see /ile 

baci qfaafthinff, to get rid of it 
SEECH. A land-spring. Che$h. 
SEED. Saw. Var.diaL 
SEED-BIRD. The water-wagtaiL North. 
SEED-COD. A seed-lij), or basket out of which 

seed-corn is sown. For. ditU. " Saiieubim, 

a sedelyppe,'' Nominale MS. 
SBEDNESS. Seed-time. Yoriih. Called mm&s^ 

in Herefordshire. 
SEEDS. Young graaaea; land newly laid to 

grass. Siqf. 
SEEDSMAN. A foreman on a £um, whose 

duty it is to sow the com. South. 
SEEDT. Poor and miserable-looking. The term 

is used by Goldsmith. 
SEEING-GLASS. A looking-glass. North. 
SEEK. (1) To seek, i. e., at a loss. 
(2) To starch clothes. Someroet. 
SEEKING-RAKB. A smaU-tooihed rake. 
SEEL. (1) See Seakd-Dooe. 
(2) Good fortune ; happiness. (A.-S.) 
Mow doghty, now in dowte. 
Now in sorow, now in asale. 

ir& Qmtab. Ff. tf. SB, f. 2& 

rS) To wainscot. Harrison, p. 187. 

(4) A sieTe. Lane. 

SEELEN. Seldom. Lane. 

SEELS. The wooden exterior of the collar of a 

cart-harness. Ea$t. 
SEELT. Simple; silly; harmless. {A.-S.) 
SEEM. To think, suppose, imagine. ** I teem 

'til a terrable longsome time." Devon. 
SEEMET. Seemly. Colee. 
SEEN. (1) A cow's teat. Kent. 
(2) Experienced ; skilled. ** Excellentlie wene 

in the Greeke and Latine toongs," Harrison's 

Britaine, p. 23. 
SEER. (1) Sure. North. 
(2) An overlooker. Somermt. 
SEERGTNG. A searching ; an examination. 
SEE-SAW. A land of swing, formed of a plank 

on a fulcrum. 
SEEST. Seett thou me is apparently a game at 

the dice or tables. 

Wonder it is to see how the Fr«>dimea juggle 

with this phantasticall lawe, folowyng the cnfly 

hasarders, which use a play called seasf thou me, or 

MMf thou me not. Hall, Henrjf V. f . 4. 

SEE-TRB. Cloth worn till it is threadbare, i.e., 

see-through. North. 
SEEVY-CAP. A cap made of rushes. 
SEFYNT. Seventh. {A.-S.) 

The M(f^nt heven, as sey the story. 
Is paradys after purgatory. 

MS.Athmal0 6l,(.8X 

SEG. (1) A castrated bulL North. 
(2) To totter ; to give way. See Sag. 
SBGE. (1) A seat. {A..S.) 

One solte oegn was he sett* 
Amonge grete lordes at the mete. 

And servede of many rldie brede. 
The chylde was sett with grete honowre 
Bytwixe the kynge and the empennire. 
His mete thay gane hym adirede. 

Oetatian, lAme^tn MS. 



8B1 



719 



SBL 



A ««• WM ordeyntdlbr Imbi tim 
To bdioldt aUe the pfpryti 
Of dut holy Sacxsment. 

JT&BoK. 1701, f.66. 

OnioltoMifW wMwheaett. 

its: Gomteft. Ff. H. 38, f. 80. 

t2) A Jakes. MS. Anind. 249, f. 88. It was 
used for $tooi in all senses of that word, even 
the dirtiest, as in the Tempest, iL 2. ^^Latrhuif 
a siege or jakes," Elyot, ed. 1559. 

(3) A man ; a knight. (A.-S. ) 

And whan the betelle enjoined. 
With ipexes ferisly they foynede. 
There myght no tegn be enaoynd. 
That fiMght in the flkld. Dggrevanti 975. 
To the Mnalour Petyr a landesmane et oommyne, 
And saide, tyr, lekyrly 50ur mmv> ere luppryitide. 
M9rte Arthure, M8* Uneoln, f. 68. 

(4) To hesi^e. R. de firunne MS. 
SEGET. A subject. {J.-N,) 

SEGGB. (1) The sedge. It occurs in a list of 
plants in MS. Sk)ane 5, f. 2. 

(2) The hedge-spaiTOW. Devon, 

SEGGON. A poor labourer, in contempt. 
Tosser, p. 260. Segger occun as a term of 
reproach in Chester Plays, iL 51. Seg-hnid, 
a blockhead. Craven Gloss. Segiiie, a term 
applied to a young person who is ove r gro wn 
and greedy. 

SEGGRUMS. Ragwort. Yorkah, 

SEGG Y. Hard, as skin is. Cumb, ** A wound 
with a callous skin over it is said to be 
segg'd," Kennett, MS. 

SEGHB. Saw. Isnmbras, 17, 259. 

SEGREGATE. To separate. (Lai,) 

Such ner'er came at all forward to better them- 
aelves, neither by reputatkms for ▼ertues whldi they 
were carelcne to pouc«e, nor for desire they had to 
purge or Mgi -B gut * themtelvet tmai the loft vices they 
were flxst infected withall. 

Kenelwwth Flsrlr«, 1504, p. 10. 

SEGS. Sedges. See Segge (1). 

SEHID. Said? 

Maifter, shall I tellen more ? 
5e, quad the vox, al thou mostsugg^ 
Other eika-wer thou mostabugge* 
Oo«lp, quod the wolf, forjef hit me« 
leh habbe ofte tkid qued bi the. 
Men selde, that thou on thine live 
Miaferdest mid mine wive. 

ReUq. JmH^ tL S78. 
SEDS. (1) To telL (^.-5.) 

Oo Ml thl faduT he it to blame. 
That lie f or gode doie me Bchame. 

MS, Oantotu Ft. v. 48, f. «. 
(2) Togo; to arrive. 
SEIVE. A reed, or bosh. 
SEIGH. (1) A sieve. Lme. 
(2) To sag down heavily. North, 
SEI6N. Seven. Lane, 
SEIGNORIE. Power; dominion. (^.-5.) 
SEILINGE. Assault; attack. 

And in the first of that teiflinge 
Thai slowen michel hethen genge. 

Arthour and Merlin, p. 305. 

SEINDE. Singed. (A.-S,) 
SEINE. To sign. Lydgaie, 
SEINT. (1) A saint. (A.^K,) 



That pryact It pcroeyvid and heist H pane and goo. 

That was to Cryst hia creature he did call. 

To oure Lady and to Saynt George, and other 

•eyntea moo; 
Then iodenly uppooe hit knct the prynce did lUl, 
Beseehyng the good Lorde and his aegntea alle 
His ryght hym to sende and defendehym of his foo. 
And said, ever, good Lorde, thy wille be doo t 

MB, BibL Reg. 17 D. xv. 

(2) A girdle. (A.^N,) " Seynt of a gyrdeU, 
tinu" Palsgrave. 

A Mfnt of silke whiche sche ther hadde 
Sche knitte, and to hlretelfesche ladde. 

Oaufer, MS, Soe, Antiq. 134, f. 108. 

SEINTUARIB. A sanctuary. (A..N,) 
SEINURYE. Lordship. 

Thogh Ood have 5eTe hym the teynwm; 
He 5af hym no leve to do robborye. 

lf& ifarf. 1701. f. 15. 
SEITE. Sight. See Gtwgt, 
SEIT.HOUSB. A dwelling.house. 
SEIYE. Adwarf-rush. Cumb, 
SEIZIN. Possession. Still in common use as 
a law term, applied to property. 
Hit is the calsere shal be thin. 
Of him shal thou aoone have Mityii. 

Cwmr MunOi, MS, CM, THn, CtuUtb, f, 81. 

SEIZLING. A young carp. 
SEK. (1) A sack. (2) Sackcloth. 

(3) A second. Batchelor, p. 144. 
SEKE. Sick; ill. (A,-S.) 
SEKERE. Secure ; certain. 

As teken as bred ys made of floure, 

Smelle theme in sesyne with thy nese. 
The swetness of that savoure 

Shalle geve the lysena to ly ve in ease. 

MS. Cantab. PL i. 6. 
Or we wyll the walles liepe. 
The MAyrf^or may we slepe. 

MS. Cautab, Ft, ii. 38, f. 161. 
SEKERINGE. A securing. 

That thay shalle make me a aekerffnge 
A trews to holde us bytwene. 

M5.ttirl. S85fi,f. U4. 
SEKERSTEINB. A sacristan. 
SEKESTE. Most iU or sick. 

Of povre mene that myghte Ule goo, 
Thay tuke inne welle a sexty or moo. 
Of thame Uiat tekute were. 

Inimbnu, 580. 

SEKILMAN. An invalid. 

SBKKE. " Fyl the bag,">anarg. gloss. 

The whylca the exeditours tekke. 

Of the soule they ne rekke. 

MS, HaH, 1781, f. 41. 

SEKUR. Certain. 

He sejde, Befyse, thou scbalt dye anon. 
For gekwr wesehall the sloon. 

Jf& Cantab, Ff. ii. 38, f. 184. 
SBL. Self. North, 

SELADYNES. Chalcedonies. Otneayne, 
SELCOUTH. Strange; wonderful; uncommon. 
(A,-S,) &£toti/A«Ar; wonderful, MS. Cotton. 
Yespas. D. vii. " Selkow or seddam seyne," 
Pr. Parv. MS.^ Harl. 221. 
SELDE. Seldom. (A.-S,) 

Yet ever in on my dwdlynge If with thee. 
For M/df or never I parte oute of thy sight. 

l^iXgatt, mt, JbhmU9 88, f . 88. 



SEL 



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SELDEN. Sddom. ** Seiden i-seize is sone 
for^ete^' is the burden of a song in the Vernon 
MS. corresponding to the well-known proverb, 
'* out of sight, out of mind" The following 
stanza in a copy of the Cuckowe and the 
Nightingale appears not to have been printed. 
It follows 1. 200 of Urry, p. 545. 
Wyth swkhe a lord wille 1 never be, 
For he ys Uynde and may oothyng tee. 
And whome he hit he not or whome he faUitht 
And In hys courte ful telden trouth avaylyth. 
So dyvene and wo wilful ys he. 

MS. Oantttb. Ff. 1. 6, f. 19. 

SELE. (1) A yoke for cattle. 

(2) Fortunate? (A.-S,) 

(3) Season; time. {AS.) Still in use in 
the Eastern counties. 

A servant letting himself, asked his master <• If 
he would stand SMte und meaht'* it was, perhaps, 
for harvefit,and I understand the question to mean, 
would he promise the usual time for rest and re- 
freshment, as weir as for the commencement and 
cessation of daily labour. The aeel* referring, 
perhaps, more especially, to the leveners and fones. 
If the query was to a tradesman, say a bricklayer, 
it would probably refer to what is usually allowed 
in the way of rest and food. ** I dont know much 
of her, only Just to give her the M«f of the day.** 
Th^t is, " good morning" or '• good evening." 

Moor's St0[M MS. 

Lorde, thoght the clerk, now whom 

^yjt y fynde thys yche tele 

To whom y my5t selle Pers wele* 

MS, Hari, 1701, f. 38. 

SBLEN. ToseaL (^.-&) 
SELERE. A cellar. 

There was his food and his norlsehynge pure 

Sothfast MUr0 of his sustinaunce. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. U. 38, f. 19. 

SELERELLE. A visor, or mask. 
SELF. Self; same. {J.-S.) This is the ob- 
jective case. Sehetf plur. 
SELF-BLACK. The natural colour, not dyed. 
SELF-HEAL. The herb pimpernel. 
SELFISH. Self-conceited. Herrf. 
SELFUNED. United to itself. 
SELF-WILDNESS. Obstinacy. 
SE LION. A short piece of land in arable ridges 
and furrows, of uncertain quantity. It is 
sometimes defined to be a ridge of land lying 
between two furrows. See Carlisle's Account 
of Charities, p. 305. ** A selion, ridge of land, 
porcQf'* Coles. 
SELK. Such. (A.-S.) 

For al the world ne woldi nout 
That ieh were to chapitre 1-brout, 

For none ««/*« werkes. M8. Digbg 86. 
That ne shal nevere be. 
That I shal don telk falset^. 

On bedde ne on flore. MS. Digbif 86. 
SELL. (1) A saddle. (Fr.) 
And turning to that place, in which whyleare 
He left his loftie steed with golden m{/. 
And goodly gorgeous barbes, him found not theare. 
Spenset't Faerie Queeme, II. ii. 11. 
[2^ A porpoise. Northumb. 
f 3) An unexpected failure. Var. tUoL 

(4) A celL Chaucer. 
XD. Sold. iMuf. 



SELLENGER'S-ROUND. St Leger's round. 

a favorite old country dance. 
SELLICH. Sweet; mild. {AS.) 
Love is les, love is lef, love is longinge ; 
Love is fol, love is fast, love la frowringe ; 
Love is ullieh an thing, woee shal ooth singe. 
Love b wele, love is wo, love is geddede ; 
Love is lif, love is deth, love may hous fede. 

Wrigkfe Aneedota lAtentriOt p. 96. 

SELLING. " Ckytrmda, the play called seUing 
of peares, or how many plums for a penie,'' 
Nomenclator, 1585, p. 298. 
SELLY. Wonderfully. {AS.) 
Sikurly I telle the here, 
Thou shal hit bye ful aeiiv dere. 

Ctinar Muttdi, MS. Coll. Trin, CaeOeb. f.8. 

SELMS. Gate rails. Northumb. 
SELN. Self. Unc. 
SELOURE. The canopy of a bed. 
Hlr bed was of asure. 
With a chekir eeUmre. 

MS. Unnln A. i. 17. f. 136. 
SELT. (1) Sold. N&rth. 
(2) Chance; uncertainty. Che$h. "Selt,ea«itt; 
it's but a selt whether,/or/tf/or/it}ia aeeidU" 
Coles' Latin Diet. 
SELTHE. Advantage; benefit. {AS.) 
Nim in with the to Denemark bathe. 
And do thou nouth onfrest this fare, 
Lith and eeithe felawes are. HaoeUdt, 1338. 

SEL.TIMES. Seldom. Somerset. 
SELVYN. Self; same. {AS.) 
Netheles the eelryn messe 
Ys nother the wurse ne the lesse. 

MS. HarL 1701, f. 16. 

SELWYLLY. Self-wUled. Pr. Parv. 

SELY. " Sely or fearfull,/Mio«rtf«M','* Palsgrave. 
" Sely wretched, metehantf** Ibidl 

SELYBLE. Easy; comfortoble. 

SELYNES. Happiness. (A.-S.) 
We wrecches willefuly forsake 
The eelgnea that never shal slake. 
Curaor Muudi, MS. ColL Trim. Osn/cft. f. 141. 

SEM. (1) Needlework. 

(2) To think. Devon. 

SEMANT. Slender. North. 

SEMANZE. Glue; mortar. North. 

SEMBLABLE. Likeness. {A..N.) 

Thus every thing drawethe to his eemUable. 

L^dgaU, MS. AehmoU 89» f . 18. 

SEMBLABLY. Similarly. 

Semblabl^ cold is that love, yea, rather it is no 
love, which containeth not in it the virtue and 
strength of working. B«c^*e FTarfcs, p. 38l 

SEMBLANDE. (1) Appearance. {A..N.) 
And yef her may devyse bryght and shyne 
Weme Aiirer thane the quene, 
In maykyng, aembUtunt and hewe. 
They wold quy te hyme gode and true. 

MS.MliMrLC.$S. 
(2) Behaviour. {A.-N.) 

The kynge behelde the quene mylde^ 
And sawe that sehe was wyth chylde. 

Then made he glad eemland. 
Twenty tymys he dud bur kysse. 
Then made they game and blysse. 
And he toke hur be the hande. 

MS. Chnlok FC a.aQ» f. 7S. 

SSMELAND. Appeanmce. (A.^N.) 



SBN 



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Uj» body, bys Tyngte, ydi ways 
Of MiNcfami, he senyd curtayt. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. ii. 38, f. 944. 

SBMELE. Comely. [Assembled ?] 
Here comyth the kyng of Ysnelle 
Wyth mony a mao temeU. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. IL 38, f. 00. 

S£MEL£D£. Assembled. {A.-S,) 

Thane the wiMtofo the sale, 

Kyog and cardynale. 

And the emperoure ryale. Sir Degrevant, 1841. 
SEMELICHE. Seemly ; comely. {A..S,) 
SEMEN. To seem; to appear; to resemble. 

Occasionally, to look. (A.-S.) 
SEMENAUNT. Ck)meline8s. {a,.N.) 

Semenaunt U a wonder thing. 

It begylyt bothe kny5t and kyng. 

And makit maydenys of love longyng j 
I wame 50U of that gyle. Retiq. Ankq, il. 166. 
SEMENDE. Seemingly. 

So that §€mend« of lyjte they werke 

The dedJs, whiche were Inwarde derke. 

Goccer, MS. Soc. Antig. 134, f. 48. 

SEMENE. Cbance. (^.-A) 

Thuae whelput that burken on the so snelle, 
Withlnne hur moder body by semens. 

Chron, Fl/orfttff . p. 5K. 

SEMICOPE. A half cloak. Chaucer. 
SEMINARY. A seminary priest; an English 

popish priest educated abroad. 
SEMINGE. Resembling. (A..S.) 
SEMISOUN. A low or broken tone. 
SEMLY. An assembly ; a crowd. 
SEMMENT. Soft ; silky. North. 
SEMMIT. Limber; supple. North. 
SEMOTED. Separated ; removed. 

Is it enough if I pray with my mind, the heart 
being semeted from mundane affairs and worldly 
businesses. B9con*s Works, p. 138. 

SEMPLE. Common ; low. North. 
SEMPSTER. A sempstress. HalL 
SEMY. Brisk ; active. 

SEMY-VIF. Half aUve, i. e. half dead. U..N.) 
SEN. (1) Since. North, 

And after nobull kyng Arthour 
JLyved and dyjed with honour, 
Aa many hath don smne, 

MS. AOimoU 61, f. 68. 

(2) To say. Salop, 

(3) Self, as myMii, &c. North, 
SENAS. Senate. Kyng AUsaunder, 1477. 
SENBY. Sign ; likelihood ; appearance. 
SENCB. Properly. South, 
SBNCERE. A censer. 

And with eocenoe caste in the aenean. 
He dede worschipe unto the autere. 

Lifdgat«, MS. Soc, Antiq. 134, f. 16. 

SENCHE. To offer or place before. 
And sett htr bi him on the benche. 
Win and piment be dede *enehe. 

Artkour and MmUn, p. 87. 

SENCION. The common groundsel. 

For to takefyteho with My Aontfy*.— Take groundla 
walle that ys oenehion, and hold yt yn thi handes, yn 
the water, and alle fysche wyile gaddar theretoo. 

Reliq. Antig. i. 384. 

SEND. To go to tend, to accompany any one 
on the road. To come $endf to go to meet. 

II. 



I SEND ALL. Same as Cendal, q. v. 

And the duke of Surrey that dale high marshall 
of England eotred into the listes with a great com- 
pany of men apareled in silke wndall embrodered 
with silver both richely and curiously. 

Hair* Union, 1548. 

SENE. (1) To see. Isumbras, 749. 
He is cum to aske iiij. pounde; 
Goo and fech it in a stounde. 
The sothe that I may sene. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f. A3. 
(2; An assembly of scholars. 
SENEK. Seneca. Chawxr, 
SENENE. Seen. (JI..S.) 

The pament was as dene as hit byfore was, 
And no thyng aenene that there was do. 

Oiron, Vilodun. p. 74 

SENEYE. To change, said of a corpse; to 

warp, said of wood. Che$h. 
SENFY. Sign ; appearance. North, 
SENG. Shelter ; shade. Yorkth. 
SENGILLY. Continually. 

Bot I am tengilli/ here with sex sum of knyghtes ; 

I beseke low, syr, that we may sounde passe. 

Morto Arthure, MS, Lineolnt f. 38. 

SENGLES. The claws of a hawk. 
SEN-GREEN. The house-leek. ''Howsleke 

herbe, or tengrenCf* Prompt. Parv. p. 251. 
SENNE. Sin. {A.-S.) 

Her havest thou, sone, mikcl tenne. 

LoTcrd, for his suete nome, 

Lete the therfore luven no thome I 

MS, Digb^ 86. 

SENNET. (1) A particuhir set of notes on the 

trumpet or cornet. 
(2) Seven-night, or week. North. 
SENNETH. Mustard-seed. Baber. 
SENOWRYE. A senate. Pr.Parv. 
SENOYS. The people of Sienna. 
SENSE. (1) To understand. West, 
(2) Notensef poor, not good. East, 
SENSEN. To incense. See Maundevile's 
Travels, p. 174 ; and Hollyband's Dictionarie, 
1593, in V. Enceruer, 
SENSINE. Since then. Cumb. 
SENSTERE. A sempstress. 
SENT. (1) Assent ; agreement. 
Many armys were tynt. 
That were never at the tent 
To come to that tournament, 
To do swylke dedis. 

MS. Lifieo/n A. i. I7, f. 134. 

(2) Commanded. 
SENTAWSTEN. St. Austin. 

Thunow Goddes heipe and Sentawtden, 

The spere anon he toke to hym. 

Torrent qf Portugal, p. 4« 

SENTENCE. Meaning. 
SENTHURY. 

I wil grant hym blcthely 
Of al my landes the tenthurjf, 

Guy of Warwick, MiddlehUl MS. 
SENTINE. A kennel. (Lat.) 
SENYES. Signs, referring to the system the 
monks had of talking with their fingers. 
Dedyst thu never know the maner of owr Mnj/e* f 

Bti^t Kynge JiOum, p. 97 

SEN5E. Synod. 

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722 



SBR 



SBP. Sheep. (A.-S.) 

Hare her twenti thUiiig. 
ThU Ich jeve the to medlng, 

To baggen the tep and twin. MS. IMgbi^ 88. 

SEPT. AraiUng. Briliim. 
SEPULTURE. A grave. (A.-N.) 
SEQUACIS. PoUowew. 

They abuse theymeself, and also othlr thlre «•- 
ftMcU, gheylng credence to »uch ai wrigten of aflfec- 
cion, lering the trouth that wai In deede. 

Htame'a Fragnunt, p. S8B. 

SEQUENCE. Regular order; succession. Se- 
quent, following ; a follower. 
SEQUESTER. Separation. Shak. 
SER. Sure. Const. Freemas. 602. 
SERE. (1) The tame as Sear, q. v. 
(2) Several; many; each. It is still in use In 
the Northern counties. 

Hys handys he suAird, for thy lake. 
Thus to be bored with nay let mt*. 

MS, Caniab. Ff. 11. 88, f. 48. 

Hero Is levere for to here 
Romaoncei. many and »er§» 

MS. A9hmal9 00* f . 4. 

To gsyr yow kene and knaw me clere, 
I shall yow eehew iasampyllee mts. 

Oq^t Jbteerpta Jntiqua, p. 107. 
Bot also in many other eoroforthes and savoars, 
swettnes, and wondirAiUe felynges one tere maners. 

MS. Uncotn A. i. 17, f. 820. 
Now hafe 5e here a gray the lessowne. 
Of Mere maters that je solde leere. 

HampoU, MS. Bowet, p. 3. 

(5) Safe ? 

And thankyd God ofte-sythe 
That sehc sawe hur lorde so dere 
Comyn home bothe hoole and eere, 

MS. Caniab. Ff. ii. 88, f. 889. 

(4) The claw of a bird of prey. 

SERELOPES. Severally ; by themselves. (A.-S.) 
It occurs in Piers Ploughman. 

SERE-MONTH. August. Aubrey. 

SERENE. The unwholesome air or damp of 
the evening. (/V*.) 

SEREPE. Sirop. Nominale MS. 

SEREW. A disease in a horse thus described 
byTopsell, 1607, p. 431: 

A eerew is a foule soraunce ; it is like a splent, but 
it is a little longer, and Is most commonly on the 
ouulde of the forelegge, as the splint is on the in- 
side. The cure is thus. Take two spoonefuls of 
strong wine- vinegar, and one spoonefiill of good 
sallet-oyle, mingle them together, and every room- 
ing bestow one houre in rubbing the sorance with it 
altogether downeward til It be gone, which will not 
belong In going. 

SEREWE. Sorrow. {A.-S.) 

Bote if hoe wende hire mod. 
For eerewa mon ich wakese wod. 

MS. Digfv 86. 

SERF-BORW. Surety ; pledge, (A.-S.) 
Slthe fsy that y owe to the, • 
Therof shal 1 me eerf-b^rw be. 

HaveMe, IWI' 

SERFULLICHB. Sorrowfiilly. l^dgate. 
SERGE. (1) To search. 



!2) A sieve, or colander. 
3) A 



wax taper. 



And twitfae Mfe a]w> 5* singe, 
With eergee and with candelsbrlft. 
Ctireor Mundi, MS. ColL THii. Caniab. 1. 186. 
SERGEANT. (1) A sheriffs officer. 
The eeriaant I before the )«ylor name» 
Because he is the dog that hunts the garnet 
He worries it and brings it to the toyle, 
And then the Jaylor lives upon the spoyle. 

T^lm't Warke»» 16W, iU. 10. 

(2) A soldier ; a squire, an attendant on a person 

of rank ; a royal servant. (A.-N.) 

Be sekeie of this eergeaunt, he has me sore grevcde ; 
I faghte noghte wyth syche a freke this fy rteae wyniyrs. 

Morte Jrthwre, MS. Uneeln, f. 85. 

SERICON. The flowers of rinc. 

Mr. E. K. at ntae of the clok aftemone aent for 
me to his laboratory over the gate to ae how he dis- 
tilled eeriam, according as in tyme past and of late 
he hard of me out of RipUy. Dr. Detfe D*o>», p. 86. 
SERIE. A series. (A.-N.) 
SERIOUSLY. Seriatim. 

Thus pioceding to the letters, to abeve yow 
Grace summarily, for rehersing everything eeri- 
tmelp, I shal over long molcate your Grace. 

State Papere, i !98. 

SERIS. The skin about the 1^ and feet of a 

hawk. Bemen. 
SERJOUR. A searcher ; one who searches. 

SERKIN. 

Storis also of terkifn thyngis. 
Of prince, prelatis, and of kyngia ; 
Sangis faire of seloouih ryme, 
Englisch, Frenach, and Latyne. 

MS.AtkmeUa,t»S 

SERKTLL. A circle. 

A eerkpU of golde that wolde nogfatn 
With an c. pownde of golde be boghte. 

MS. CoHt^. Ff. li. 88, 1 170. 
SERMUN. To speak ; to discourse. 
Seynt Jhone to Troyle bygan to < 
Wyth ensamplesof gode resun. 

MS. Hari. 170l> f. 48. 

SERONE. A barrel or package of soap. 
SERPELL. Wild thyme. 
SERPENT ART. A kind of stiU. 

Do therto a galun of good reed wyne, and let hym 
stonde so al nyyt, and siepe tyl the morow, and 
thanne distlUe him thotow a eerpentarie. 

MS. in Mr. Pettigreu^*p«ne*Hen, xv. Cent. 
SERPENTINE. (1) A kind of cannon. 

As the eerpenHne pouder Is quickly kindled, and 
quickly out, so the salamander stone once set on 
fire can never be quenched. 

Oreentfe Gwpdoniue, U8S. 

(2) Pertaining to the serpent. 

The bytter galle pleynly to enehace 
Of the venym callid eerpenti^ne. 

Legate, MS. AAmoU S8, f. 6- 

SERPET. A wicker or rush basket. "Aserpct, 

corbie ecirpeus,** Coles. 
SERPIGO. A kind of tetter, or dry eruption 

on the skin. Shak. 
SERRE. To join closely. (Fr.) 
SERRY. Idiotic ; mean. Line, 
SERTAN. Certain ; certainly. 
The porter rose anon eertan 

As sone as he herd Johne calle i 
Lltul Johne was redy with a swerd. 
And bare hym to thewalle. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. v. 48, C. IIL 



SES 



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SBT 



Thus teyt th« boke •ertnnSg; 
God, that !■ both gode and bend, 
Gyff fou grace that je may mend. 
And bryog ut alle unto his blysse. 
That nerer fro ua ftchall mysse ! MS. A$hmoU 61. 
SERTE. 
We hafe bene thy towdeoun this lex jere and more ; 
We forsake the to daye be writ of owre lorde. 

Jforte Arthwr9» MS, lAneoln, f. 84. 

SERTLE. To snrpriM; to Startle. Eate^e, 
SERTTES. Certainly ; surely. 

StrtUa, yf I hym slepyng ilooe, 

MaaAiUa ded were y t none. 

Torrent of Portugal, p. 7. 

SERXJKDEL. The eaves of a house. 
SSRVAGE. Bondage ; slavery. {A.-N.) 

The otbere he puCte in presoun, and solde hem to 

avrwvtf, ao for o peny. MaumtnW* TraoeU, p. 83. 
SERVANT. A lover. The corresponding term 

nwtreu is still retained. 
SERVE. (1) To earn. We$t. 



(2^ To impregnate. Berkt. 
(o) To relieve a beggar. Ik 
(4) To feed animals. Var. dial 



A lady of the West country gave a great enter- 
tafaunent to moat of the gentlemen thereabout, and 
among othen to Sir Walter Raleigh. This lady, 
though otherwlM a stately dame, was a notable 
housewife, and in the morning early she called to 
one of her maids, and asked her If the pigs were 
•erved. Sir Walter Raleigh's chamber joioed the 
lady's, so that be heard her. A little before break- 
faat, the lady coming down in great sute Into a 
toom ftill of gentleioenj as soon as Sir Walter 
Raleigh set his eyes upon her, he said. Madam, are 
the pigs aorosdf The lady answered, You know 
beat whether or no you have had your bieakfsst. 

Th0 WUtw Alarum, n. d. 

(5) To deserve. Oawayne, 
jia, quod syr Gawayne, so roe God heipe, 
I gyfe the grace and graont, thofe thou hafe grefe 
aarMde. Mvrte Artkure, MS. Lbuoln, f . 80. 

SERVES. Service. 

And make joure self sogettys to be 
To hem that owyn 50W serwe, 

jr& fieri. 1701, f. 8. 

SSRVELLE. 

TUIe adyflb the sqwyere come sone, 
A sees a knyghte hewand hym one. 
And with swerde tervelie, 

MS, Lbwoln A. i 17, f. 141. 

SERVICE. (1) Allowance of food. 

Now the best time to feede them in the winter is 
about the cock-crowing, and afterward in the morn- 
ing twy-Iight, and soone after that let them drinke: 
in the summer let them have their first meate in the 
morning, and their second Mrvice at noone, and then 
drinke after that second meate or eating, and their 
third meate before erening againe, and so let them 
drfaake the second time. TojmelPt Beagtt, 1607, p. 81. 
(2) The first stroke ei a ball at the game of 

tennis. 
SERVICES. Bold and daring actions, an an- 
cient military term. 
SERVIOUS. Obeeqnions. Pr, Parv, 
SERVOILE. The wild honeysuckle. 
SES. Cessation. 

Of swiche bataile nas no m* 
To the night fram amemorwe. 

ArUtimr and Merlin, p. 399. 



SESE. (1) To cease ; to make to cease. 

Mesagers to him send in hast. 
Fore wele he west hit was bot wast 
Hem to withstond in hon^ way ; 
Andprayd hym to mm of his outrage. 
And take Kateryn to mareage, 
Al Frawnce to him schuld do homage. 
And croune him kyng afftyr his day. 

MS.D(me«90a,t99, 
They te^d not tylle hyt was nyghte. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. 11. 38, f. 76. 

(2) To give seizin to. 

I gyf the my doghtur be thehande. 
And *e»e the In alle my lande. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. 11. 38, f. S47. 

(3) To seat, or place. 

In Tyberyus tyme, the trewe emperour, 
Syr Scaar hjfmself MMrf in Rome. 

MS. Oatt, Calif. A. ii. f. 109. 

(4) To seize. 

Thow sulde his oeptre have Mtede, and syttyne 

aboune. 
Fore reverence and realtee of Rome the noUe. 

MorteArthure, MS, Lincoln, t, 68. 

SESKAR. A small Scotch coin. 

SESOURS. Scissors; candle-nippers. 

SESS. Invitation to a dog to eat something, 

perhaps smell to it first. Ihrgei, 
SESSING. An assessment. Pahgraoe. 
SESSIONS. (1) A difficult job. NortK 
(2) Possessions ; property. 
SESSLE. To change seats very often. 
SESS-POOL. A receptacle for filth; a kind of 

reservoir for drains. 
SESSY. Cease. (Fr.) The word teat is used 

by Marston apparently in the same sense. 
SESTIANS. Sestiana mala. A kind of apple 

mentioned in Rider's Dictionarie, 1640. 
SE-STOERRE. Sea-sUr. {A..S,) 
Heyl, levedy, so-otoerre brylft, 
Oodes moder, edy wyht. 
May den ever vurst and late. 

Reliq, Antiq. IL 898. 
SESTRON. A cistern. Percy, 
SET. (1) To hire ; to let. Var, dial. Also a 
substantive, a lease or grant. 

For to save hym lu his ryght 
My goodes beth sette and solde. 

Robin Hood, i. II. 
(2) A game, as at whist, &c Also a verb, to 

win the game. East. 
(3^ Astounded. East. 

(4) To set byy to treat with consideration. " For 
connynge they set not by," Interlude of the 
iiij. Elements, n. d. To set store by^ to set 
value upon. A set-downj a rebuke. To set 
at, to put a price on anything. To set %^ a 
side, to become partners in a game at cards. 
A set-to, an attack, or onset. Hard set, in a 
difficulty. To set on, to put yeast to wort. A 
dead set, a combined scheme against any one. 
Set fast, confined. Set off, to go. Set out, a 
commencement or beginning. To set vp, to 
be refractory ; to oppose ; to be raised above 
one's merits. To set qf, to reduce a reck- 
oning by striking off too heavy charges. 

(5) Disposal. North. 

(6) To push ; to propel. Newe. 



SET 



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!7) To protect ; to accompany. York$h. 
8) A young plant ; a shoot. 

(9) Set the hare's head to the goose-giblet, i. e., 
tit for tat. 

(10) A gambrel. Yorish. 

(1 1) To settle ; to bind. Var. dial, 

( 12) To place to account, (^f .-5.) 

(13) The Deity is mentioned in the Towneley 
Mysteries^pp. 97, 118, aa He that " sett alle 
on seven/' i.e.y set or appointed everything 
in seven days. A similar phrase at p. 85 is not 
so evident. It is explained in the glossary, 
" to set things in, to pat them in order," but 
it evidently implies in some cases an exactly 
opposite meaning, to set in confusion, to rush 
to battle, as in the following examples. ** 7b 
$et the sttven, to agree upon the time and 
place of meeting previous to some expedition," 
West, and Cumb. Dial. p. 390. These phrases 
may be connected vrith esch other. Be this 
as it may, hence is certainly derived the 
phrase to be at tixet and geveru, to be in great 
confusion. Herod, in his anger at the Wise 
Men, %ays, — 

Boe be thay past me by, by Miihowne in heven, 
I tlulle, and that la hy, «#f aiUwt aesand ««iwn / 
Trow ye a kyng ai I wyll tuftethaym to neveo 
Any to have mattry bot mywlf AiUe even. 

Tvwnale^ M^UrHw, p. 148. 
Thua he Mttn on tewent with hi« tekyre knyghttet. 
Jforie jirthure, MS. Uncotn, f. 76. 
The duk swore by gret God of heveae, 
Wold my hort so f vcoe, 
yet wold / *9tt all one Mven 

flbr My]dor the awet I Drgrerant, 1279. 
Old OdcomlM odnesse makes not thee uneven. 
Nor carelesly set all ot «ir and seven, 

TB^Ior'e Wmrkee, 1630. li. 71. 

SETE. A city. (A,.S.) 

There ys a gyant of gret rcnowne. 
He dystrowythe bothe eetl and towyn. 

Twrent t^f Portugal, p. S9, 

SETEWALE. The herb valerian. 
Fykes, relsyn, dates, 
Almaund rys, pomnic>gamates, 
Kane! and eeteweJe, 

Gy tf Wturwike, p. 481. 

SETH. (1) Since. {A,-S,) 

Never eeih we wedyd ware. 
Therefore I make full mekyll care ; 
Bot now we must peT[t]e a-two, 
Do thou the best, fore I must go. 

MS, AMhmole 61, xv. Cent. 
(2) A scythe. Nominale MS. 
SETHE. To boil. {A..S.) 
SET-HEDOE. A quickset hedge. £att, 
SETILLE. Seat. {A,.S,) 

Fowles of heven er prowde inow that wald heghe 
thalre eetUle aboven alle other fesxhe of the se. 

MS, OM. Eton, 10, f. 13. 
Apon the eet^l of hys mi^est^ 
That day sal alle men before hym be. 

HampolSt MS. Bowee, p. 180. 

SBTLINGS. Saplings. 

For such as be yet in0rm and weak, and newly 
planted In the religion of Christ, and have Ukcn no 
sure root in the same, are easily moved as young 
tetUngt, BeeonU Worke^p. 18. 



SETNESSE. A decree. He€me. 

SET-OPE. Anything by means of which a gate 
or door is set or kept open. 

SETS. The plaito of ruffs. 

SET-SPEECH. A speech carefully prepare<l 
and studied before it is delivered in pabUc 

SETTE. Ruled. Scott. 

SETTEN.ON. Short in growth. North, 

SETTER. (1) To cut the dew-lap of an ox or 
cow, into which helleboraster, called setter- 
work, being put, an issue is made for ill-hu- 
mours to vent themselves. North, 

(2) An accuser. Coles. 

SETTER.GRASS. The herb bear's-foot. York$h. 
Spelt tetyrgrite in Nominale MS. 

SETTER-OUT. An editor, or author. 

SETTING. The west, so called because the 
quarter of the setting sun. 

SETTING-DOWN. Said of a hawk when pat 
into the mew. Gent. Rec. ii. 63. 

SETTING-PIN. A dibble. GUmc. "DebbyU 
or settyng stycke," Huloet, 1552. 

SETTING-STICK. A stick psed for making 
the plaits or sets of ruffs. 

SETTLE. (1) To foil in price. Zinc. 

(2) A long seat, generally one with a long back 
to it. North, It is an archaism. See SeiUle, 

SETTLE-BED. A folding bed. 

SETTLE-STONES. Stones at the edge of a 
gutter in a cow-house. North, 

SEU. Suit. Heante, 

SEUGH. A wet ditch; a drain. North. 
" The towne sinke, the common sew," Nomen- 
clator, 1585, p. 391. 

SEUNE. Seven. Cumb, 

SEUREMENT. Security, generally used in the 
legal sense. {A,'N.) 

SEURETEE. Certainty. {J,.N.) 

SEVEN-NIGHT. A week. This word oocora 
in The French Alphabet, 1615, p. 18. 
He levyth not ood eeeenpghte. 

MS, Cantmb. Ft. li. 98, f. 63. 

SEVEN-YEAR. *' Has been a vUe thief this 
seven year,*' Shakespeare. It was a proverbial 
expression for a long time, 
O, the body of a Gorge, 
I wold 1 had them heare ; 
In faith, I wold chope them, 
Thay ware not so hack thb «e«en ye«re ' 

Mortage of Witt and Whdome, 1*79. 
I can then thanke Sensuall Apetyle : 
That is the best daunce without a pype 
That I saw this eetfem yere. 

Interlude of the Ftiur BlemenU, B. d. 

SEVERALS. Portions of common assigned for 
a term to a particular proprietor, the other 
commoners waiving for the time their right 
of common over them. See Hunter on 
Shakespeare, L 267. 

S EVERY. A division or compartment of a 
vaulted ceiling. «* Severous of a howse," MS. 
Dictionary, 1540. 

SEW. (1) Same as Assue, q. v. 

(2) Sowed. iMte. 

(3) To wipe the beak, a term in ancient hawking 
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(4) A kind of pottage. ** Sadduleres in sew, 
Beliq. Antiq. i. 81. 

The flocche, whan it was so to-heif»» 
Sche taketh and roaketh therof a Mice. 

Gowtr, MS, Soe. Jntiq. 134, f. 164. 

(5) To ooze out. SufoUt. 

(6) To drain land. A covered drain or wet 
ditch is caUed a sew. Var. dioL 

(7) To mourn ; to lament. Kennett. 
SEWANT. The plaice. Northumb. 
SBWE. (1) To assay meat at Uble. " I sewe 

at meate,^tf tatUj* Palsgrave. 

(2) To follow. {A.'S,) 

In wyntur. In the depe anowe, 

On every tide the wii me trace ; 

Be my tteppya they wil me knove, 

And MtMfi me fro place to place. 

M& Cantab. Ft. t. 48, f. 110. 
Syr, he aeyde, y come ryghte nowe. 
Go before, y wylle *ew9 yow. 

M8. Cantab. Ff. li. 38, f. 154. 

(3) To make suit for a thing. 

SEW ELL. A scarecrow, which generally con- 
sisted of feathers tied to a string to prevent 
deer from breaking ground, by frightening 
them. The term is metaphorically used in a 
passage quoted by Nares, in v. SheweUet, 
who entbrety misunderstands it. 

SEWENT. Even; regular. Wett. Coles has 
it in the sense of convenient, fit. 

SEWER. The officer who set and removed the 
dishes, tasted them, &c. 

SEWSTER. A sempstress. Somerset. The 
term occurs in the Pr. Parv. 

SEXESTEN. A sexton. 

The 9ex0Mttn went welle than. 
That he had be a wode nan. 

Ma. Cantab. Ff . U. 38, f. S40. 

SEXTART. A pint and a half. It varied in 
measure in different countries. 

Then must the quantity be two drams of cai- 
toreum,one Mrftuy of honey and oyle, and the like 
quantity of water, bnt in the fit it helpelh with 
vineger by imelling to It. It helpeth the paisie, 
taken with rew or wine, lod in rew, go also all heart 
trembling, ache in the stomack. and quaking of the 
ainewei. TojMtf/rr BmsU, 1607, P 49. 

SEXTE. Sixth. Perceval, 248. 

SEXTIPARTITE. In six pans. 

They not onely made an iodenture aejtipartUe 
•ealsd wyth their seides and signed with their bandes. 

Haira Ufitoi, 1648. 

SEXTBY. A sacristy, or vestry. 

SEY. A skimming cUsh. WetL 

SEYLSNDE. Sailing. 

And thus by schip forth seylitnde. 

Hire and hire childe to Rome he broujte. 

Cower, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 69. 

SEYNE. Sodden, or boiled. 

SEYNOWRES. Noblemen. {A.-N.) 

Salle he ncTer iownde see his »«ifnowr«9 in Rome, 
Ne altt in the assemble in syghte wyth his feri«. 

Mort« Arthure, MS, lAneotn, f. 70. 

SEYNTWARE. A sanctuary. 

And uche wonde that thel there bare. 
He spered hem in her ssy n ftt w r*. 

CMrmrMundi, MS. Coll. Trin. Cantab, t. 43. 
And intrcde into Seynt Edes aej/ntwarife. 

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SEYPER. A drunkard. Cumb. 
SHAAD. A meadow. 

SHAB. The itch in animals. West. In old 
English, a scab. ** He shrapeth on is shabbes,' 
Wright's Pol. Songs, p. 239. Shabby, mangy, 
itchy, Palmer, p. 80. 
Alle that ben sore and thabbtd eke with synne. 
Rather with plt^ thanne with reddure wynne. 

Lifdgate, MS. Soe, Antiq. 134, f. 8S. 

SHABBAROON. a mean shabby fellow. 

SHABU3FF. To abscond. North. 

SHAB-RAO. A mean beggarly person. 

SHAB-WATER. A water generally prepared 
with tobacco, and sometimes with the addition 
of some mercurial, to cure the ehab. 

SHACK. (1) To rove about As a substantive, 
an idle worthless vagabond. Var, dial 

(2) In Norfolk and Suffolk, liberty of winter 
pasturage, the lords of manors having the 
privilege to feed their sheep at pleasure upon 
their tenants' lands during the six winter 
months. Also a custom in Norfolk to have 
common for hogs, from the end of harvest till 
seed-time, in all men's grounds ; whence to 
ffo at Mhuck in that county signifies as much 
as to go at large. Diet. Ruet. 

(3) The grain left after harvest and gleaning ; 
fallen mast or acorns. East. Tusser^has the 
phrase shaei'time. 

(4) To shed, or shake out. far. dial. 
SH ACK-A-BACK. An idle vagabond. 
SHACKATORY. A hound. 

No ahaekatory comes ueere him : if hee mice gel 
the start, hee'sgone, and you gone too. 

The Wandering Jew. 

SHACKED. Rough ; shaggy. West. " Their 
haire is shacked,*^ Harrison, p. 41. 

SHACKELY. To shake out, or scatter, as hay 
from a waggon. *' How ut do schakel§ 
about !" Devon. 

SHACKET. A small cart-load. North. 

SHACK-FORK. A wooden fork for shaking 
straw off the bam floor. Yorksh. " A schak- 
forke, paetinatum," MS. Diet. 1540. For 
pastinum 7 Kennett explains it, " a fork of 
wood which threshers use to shake up the 
straw withaU that all the com may fall out 
from amongst it." 

SHACK-HOLE. A hollow in the ground which 
receives the surface water. Craven Gl.iL 111. 

SHACKLE. (1) The wrist. North. 

(2) A twisted band, generally made of rushes or 
straw. Somerset. 

(3) An iron loop moving on a bolt. 

(4) Stubble. Herrf. 

The cure is thus : let him blood of his two 
breast vaines, of his two shackle ▼ains, and of his 
two vaines above the cronets of his Iiinder hooves; 
if the vaines wil bleed, take from them three pints 
at least, if they wil not bleed, then open his neck 
vain and take so much from thence. Save the 
bIo«d. and let one stand by and stir it as he bleeds, 
Ie«t it gtait into lumps. 

TapeOfa Beaete, 1007, P* 4lOO. 

SHACKLK HAMMED. Bow-legged. 

SH AC Kl. K-N ET. The flue net. North. 

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SHACKLING. Idle; loitcriug. If^ar.dud. 

SHACKLOCKS. Locks for fcttcre. 
And taldt hit mwi bring out the five-fold twut. 
Hit ihacklet. rt«*l«**. hampert. gf^m. and dialii«. 
Brounu't BHUmnia'i PattwrmU, i. IW* 

SHAD. (1) Overdid ; excelled. Xanc. 

(2) Separated ; shaded. Heame. 

SHADANDB. Shedding ; scattering. 

The fchafte schoderede and schotte in the lAlre beryne, 

That the tehadandt blode over his tchanke rynnyt. 

Uortt Arthmn, MS. Unealm, f . ». 

SHADBRID. A minnow. 
SHADE. (1) A sheath. SuffbUt, 

(2) The same as Shards q. ▼. 

(3) A shed. (4) To shed. North. 

(5) « Diicrimen, the schade of the hede, No. 
minale MS. inter membra homani corpims. 
It means the parting of the hair on the head. 

(6) Shed; flowed. Gttwayne. 

SHADEL. A water-gate ; a gate for ttoppmg 
water used in mill-streams. 

SHADOW. (I) Same as 5«ie-^r«c«, q. ▼. 

(2) An uninvited guest, (l^t.) 

SHAFF. (1) Chaflf. (A.-S.) 

(2) Nonsense; stupid talk. Nmrik. 

SHAPFERONS. Chaifrons, or champfirains. 

SHAFFLES. A bungler. Yorkah. 

SHAFFLING. (1) Indolent. (2) An awkward 
and insignificant person. North. 

SHAFT. (1) The handle of anything. A broom- 
stick is a bewm ahqft, and the use of the wwrd 
is extended to the handle of a spoon or fork, 

&c. Xtnc.' . ^-^ _- 

(2) Creature. (^.-5.) The copy m MS. Ves- 
pas. A. iii, f. 4, reads " wit tuin maner o 

For he wolde he that Kyng of craft. 
Woncheped with two maner tkvft. 

Crtor Mundi, MS. CoU. Trim. Qintalk.t. 3. 

(3) An arrow ; a spear. Paligrave. 

(4) A maypole. 

(5) A lead-mine, or coal-pit. North. 

(6) A net for catching birds. 
SHAFTED. Set; sank. Gawayne. 
SHAFTMAN. A measure taken from the top 

of the extended thumb to the utmost part of 
the palm, and generally considered as half a 
foot. (A.-S.) " A shafman, shafinij, or 
shaftment. the measure of the fist with the 
thumb set up," Ray's English words, ed. 
1674, p. 40. Florio, p. 414, gives it a parti- 
cular meaning, « a certaine rate of cloth that 
is given above measure, which drapers call a 
handfull or thaft-man." 

The caatelle of the dere schelde he kerfct In aoodyre. 

Into the ichuldyre of the ichalke a «*q/h«w«ta large. 

JTorte Arthvar9t MS. lAneoln, t. 97. 

SHAG. (1) Rough hMT. Dewm. 

(2) A slice of bread. Cumb. ^ , , 

(3) A kind of cloth, used for linmg of cloaks, 
church hassocks, &c. Silk thag is occaaon- 
ally mentioned. 

(4) To shake, or jog. 

(5) The same as Shack, q. v. 

(6) A cormorant Somth. Hence the phrase, as 
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(7) To slink away. Gbme. 
SHAGAPENTER. A shoulder of pork roasted, 

with the blade-bone cut into it. Jkwi^ 
SHAGEBUSH. (1) A sackbut 
(2) A barquebuss, or hand-gun. *< Schagfousshe 

a gonne, haequebutte" Pigrave. 
SHAG-FOAL. A sort of ghost or spectre, which 
under this appearance is thought by the com- 
mon people to haunt different parts of the 
county. Lmc. 
SHAG-HAT. A sort of hat made very long in 

the down. North, 
SH AG-RAG. A mean beggariy feBow. " Gner- 
Uuet, somewhat like our tha^rag, a by-word 
for a beggerlie souldior," Cotgrave. 

A ieunrle »hagfu^9 gentleman new oome out rf 
the North, a punie, a fireshman, come up hither to 
leane fiuhioos and leeke to expell me. 

Krehangt Wan of the Second Hand, 1615. 
For plainneoe li deapbde, and honcttle 
li fellow Otakemgr with shnpUdtie. 

Beof* Certaine Pieeet ^ftMi Age, 1C16. 
The ektMkrag riiag-haird erae, whoae boundlet nlBdi 
Xnat he rappUde with shifting or by Health. 

Tk^hr'e VrmUa, ed. 16N, p. 7. 

SHAIL. To walk crookedly. " I thayle with 

the fete, JemiretaiUe dm pMU;' Palsgiwe. 

StiU in use, Forby, 294. Shaikr, a cripple. 

See further in £Me (4). 
SHAKE. (1) To dance. OriginaHy, to go at s 

great rate, to move r«pidly. {A.-S) 

(2) lb Mhake the elbow, to play at dice. To 
ehake a fall, to vnestle. No great ikeiOt 
nothing extraordinary. 

(3) A crack in wood. North, Hence Muy, 
full of cracks. 

4) A fissure in the earth. J>erb, 

5) Futuo. This seems to be the ancient form 
of ehag, given by Grose. « Laeeivui, AngUoe 
a schakere," Nominale MS. 

(6) To brag, or boast. 

SHAKE-BAG. A large game-cock. 

SHAKEBUCKLER. A swashbuckler ; a bmiv. 

SHAKE-CAP. A North country gamu. 

SHAKEN. Paltry; mean; poor. Shaken- 
brained, disordered in mind. North. 

SHAKES. (1) A bad chancer. North. 

(2) Applied sometimes te quick action, lu 

^ doit in a brace of ehakee." Eaet. "Thei 
wente a nobull scbakke," at a great rit«, 
Hunttyng of the Hare, 96. " Schokk« m 
with a schakke," Morte Arthure, MS. urn- 
coin, f. 72. 

SHAKING. (1) The ague. North. 

A» to the nature of our Wiltshire sheep, n^«- 
Uvely they are not subject to the rtaWnf , wblcn ik 
Dorsetshire sheep are. ^, 

(2) Shaking of the eheete, an old country dance, 
frequently mentioned wUh a double entendre 
by our old dramatists. 

Besldea. there are many pretty Pro^o*"'^ 
dances, as the kissing dance, the cushto dance, i^ 
awaking of the sheet*, and such like, irhfch are im- 
portant instrumeiUall causes whereby the rt»i"» 

hath both elyenU and custome. 

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SHAKING-NAUGHT. Worthies. 
SHAKY. Feeble; weak. Var. dioL 
SHALDER. (1) A kind of slate. 

(2) To giive way ; to tumble down. 

(3) A broad flat rash. 

SHALE. (1) A husk. ** The shailef or stalkes of 
hempe," HoUyband's Dictionaiie, 1593. Also 
a^ib, to husk or shell, as peas, &c. 
And mony ^Utlut he tj^e falle from hurt heyje tbo. 

Chron, VUodun, p. 188. 
His coloure kepynfe ever In oone by kynde. 
And doth his pipines in the tehtUia bynde. 

L^dgate, MS. Soe, jkOiq. 134, f . 18. 

(2) An earthen pan. SomerteL 

(3) Loose ore or substance from a mine or qoarry ; 
alum ore. North, 

(4) " Proper to the feet, in with the heels and 
out with the toes," Hallamsh. GI. p. 121. 
"SagratOer, to shale, or straddle with the feet 
or legs,'' Cotgrave. See ShaiL ** To drag 
the feet heavily," Craven Gl. 

(5) To give way, or slide down. 
SHALKE. (1) Chalk. 

Tho^he a faire champayne undyr ttAaOte hyllis. 
The kyng fkaystei arfurth otct the fresche stiandes. 
Mmtt Arthftrt, MS. Uneotn, f. 66. 

(2) A man ; a soldier. {A,-S.) 

Thaae the aehmtket sdiarpelye scheftys theire hoxBei, 
To sehewcn them semly in theire scheene wedes. 

Mortt Artltun, MS, Uneotn, t. 79. 

(3) Armoor for the shoulder ? 

Semblcs one the sowdeours, and settys theire dyntys* 

Thourghe the seheldys so schene tehalkes they towche. 

Morte jirthure, MS. Uneoln, f. 92. 

SHALL. AshoaL Dewm. 

SHALLIGO. Scanty, thin, applied todieas. Ihnet 

SHALLOP. A two-masted vessel. 

The very flower and prime of the Spanish army, 
fai ftmrscore ponts or long-bottomed boats and 
tihmliopa, before Stavenisse, a little island in Zea- 
land, some of the tkaUnpt then running on ground, 
and the fleet of the United Provinces setting upon 
them, divers endeavoured to escape, who were slain 
or drowned. MS. Hart. 646. 

SHALLOW. The finscale fish. Eatt. 
SUALLT-WALLY. A term of contempt. North. 
SHALM. (1) To shriek. Sufoli. 
(2) The tapestry of a bed. 
SHALMIE. A psaltery. Chaucer. 
SHAM. (1) Shame; bad conduct Sham^- 

stemtf not one. North. 
(2) To blush with shame. 
SHAMBLE. (1) To disperse. Eoit. 
(2) To walk awkwardly. Metaphorically, to be 

unsteady in conduct. Var. diaL 
SHAMBLES. The frame of wood that hangs 

over a shaft-horse in a cart. Oxon. 
SHAMEFAST. Modest. PaUgraoe. 
8HAMERAGS. Shamrocks. 

Whilst all the Hibernian Icemcs, in multitudes. 
Did feast irVhOkaiMraga stew'd in usquebagh. 

Taiflor't Worket, 1630, ii. 4. 

SHAMES. Amode of exclamation. What the 

shames ! i. e. are you not ashamed ? 
SHAMES-DEDE. A death of shame. 
Therefore at hym thay hade envy ; 
A toraament than did thay crye, 
Tbay tbogbte to do hym quede. 

And «dtom«9-d«ds with-alle. /•Mm5nM,61S. 



SHAMEW. Same as Chammer, q. y. 

SHAMMING-ABRAHAM. An odd phrase, 
common among soldiers and sailors, used 
when they counterfeit sickness or infirmity. 
It was probably derived from the Abraham 
men of Shakespeare's time, described in King 
Lear. See Abraham-Men. 

SHAMMOCKS. A bad going hone. 

SHAMNEL. A masculine woman. Gloue. 

SHAMS. Gaiters. Unc. 

SHAN. (I) Bashful ; confused. North. '* Shan, 
pudor, verecundia" Coles. 

(2) To turn out the toes. Yorkth. 

(3) Wild; said of cattle when inclined to 
run ; sometimes also, I believe, of a profligate 
spendthrift. Line. 

SHANDERT-DAN. A kind of small cart or 

trap, generally without springs. 
SHANDLICHE. VUeness; baseness. (A.-S.) 
No for Merlin the gode clerk. 
That can so michel sehanaliehe werk. 

Arthow and Merlin, p. Ifi9. 

SHANDT. (1) Shabby ; untidy. Dor$et. 

(2) Mild; gentle. North. 

(3) Wild ; unsteady. Yorkth. 
SHANGY. A riot, or row. North. 
SHANK. (1) The projecting point of a hill, 

joining it with the plain. North. 

(2) The spoke of awheel. Deffon. 

(3) Dusk ; twilight Yorkth. 

(4) The upright part of a candlestick. ** The 
ahanke of a candlesticke betweene the nose 
and the foote,'' Baret, 1580. 

(5) The tunnel of a chimney. 
SHANKS. (I) Slates. Durham. 

(2^ Pur from the legs of animals. ** Schanke of 
Douge,/ottmire de cvmettet,** Palsgrave. 

Also at the goynge up of llaster Chaunceller into 
the Lollars tower, we have good proofe that there 
laye on the stockes a gowne eyther of murrey or 
crhnosyn in grayn fkmred with *htmk«§. 

Hall, iUtuv Fill. t. 51. 

SHANK'S-NAG. On foot. Var. diaL 
SHANNA. Shall not. North. 
SHANNY. WUd ; foolish. East. 
SHANTEGOS. Half-bricks. Far. dial 
SHANTY. Smart; gay; showy. Var. dial. 

SHAPE. (1) To begm ; to commence. North. 
Also, to teU a tale. 
A mess ; a litter. DewM. 
A dress of disguise. A very common term 
in old plays. 

(4) The A.-S. gesceapn, verenda, pudenda. 
*' Count, a womans shappe, eon," Palsgrave. 
Still in common use in I^colnshire, used es- 
pecially in the case of infants and children. 
'* The shape of a mare,'' Elyot in v. Bippo- 
manee. See Chester Plays, i. 29. 
Bochas rehersith of wjHm many oone. 
Which to her husbondls were contrarious ; 
Among alle other he wrytyth of oone, 
Semeramis hir name, of levyng vicious, 
Quene of Assirie,heca1Iyth hir thuij 
Which wold no man in eny wyse denye. 
But wyth her crokid thap encreoe and multeply. 

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(5) A portrait, or picture. Dewm, 

(6) Formed; figured. {J.-S,) 

Thy eouDcellere •chalte be an ape, 
And In a dothyng ye ichalle be tehape* 

MS, Caniub, Ff. U. 38, f.Ml. 

SHAPES. A iight.Uced girL 

SUAPI NG.KNIFE. A shoemaker's paring-knife. 

Palsgrave, 
SHAPLY. Fit; comely. {^,^S.) 
Conetant In vertu» flemer of malyce, 
Trewof your worde, of wordy s mesurablei 
Benigne and gracius, al voyd of vycc, 
Humbll of iperyt, ditcrcyt and honourable, 
AAap/>and fay re, jocundeandameabiile. 

MS, Fairjku 16. 
He U noujt thapty for to wy ve 
Id erthe amonge the wymmen here. 

Gower, MS, Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 81. 
SHAPPEROON. 

Her thapperoonstf her perriwlgs and tiret. 
Are rellques whkh thit fiatt'ry much admires ; 
RebatoM, matke, her butk and buik-point too, 
Al things to which mad men must homage doe. 

7bWi»r'« Worket, 1630, il. 111. 

SHAPPERS. Makers; creators. 

But she kunne the poyntes of crystenyng, 
Ne beleTeth nat on these shappen, 

MS. HarL 1701, t6i. 
SHAPS. Oato without the grain. North. 
SHARCHE. To search. " ^tmor, to be schar- 

chyd," Vocabulary, MS. x^ Cent. 
SHARD. (1) A piece of broken pottery ; a frag- 
ment of stone or any brittle substance, yar. 
dioL " Sbardes of marble wherewith they 
used to playster theyr walles," Elyot in v. 
Cruata, 
(2) An opening in a wood. Yorksh, 
(3^ The shell or hard outward covering of insects. 
North. The scales of an animal ** The 
shard-borne beetle/' the beetle borne on by 
its shard, Shakespeare. Some are of opinion 
that Shakespeare here means shard-born, bom 
in a shard, or dung, and Harrison, p. 229, 
calls the beetle the turdbug. 
For longe tyme it so befelle. 
That with his twerd, and with his ipere. 
He might not the serpent dere ; 
He was so »herded all aboute. 
It held all edge toole withoute. 

Gowtr, ed. 1654, f. 103. 
M) A notch. Far. dial. 

(5) Cow dung. North. ** Sharde and dunge/' 
Elyot in v. Bonamt, ed. 1559. 

(6) A gap in a fence, rar. dial. According to 
Stanihurst, p. 11, it was so called in his time 
by the inhabitants of Fingal. ** Nethe stylle 
ne sherd," Lydgate, p. 114. 

(7) To take a shard, 1. e. to take a cup too much, 
to get tipsy. Devon. 

SHARE. (1) To cut. (J.-S.) 

The beste stedes that the! hade 
By thescholders he them seharde, 
He was never so hard y-stade 

flbr wele ne for wo ! D^^evant 1630. 
As the prett hyt braX, the aungel hyt thare. 

MS. Hari. 1701, f. 66. 
Hur skarlet sieve he «e/kare of then. 
He seyde, lady, be thys ye shalle me ken. 

MS. Cantab. Ff . 11. 38, f. R». 



(2) A crop of grass. Somerset* 

(3) The sycamore tree. Wett. 

(4) A vile woman. Dewm. 

(5) To ridicule any one. Line. 

(6) The pubes of a man. {A.-S.) 

Sychone se I never ere 
Stoodynge opone $chare. 

MS. Pvrkiapmk 10. 

SHAREVIL. A garden fork. Sakp. 

SHARGE. Futuo. North. 

SHARHOG. A yearling sheep. North. 

SHARK. (1) To swindle ; to defraud. Shak. 
Also a substantive, a thief, or swindler. Grose 
gives it as an Exmoor word. Shark-guO, 
tharier, one who preys on simpletona. 
These thieves doe rob im with our owne good will. 
And have dame Naturals warrant for it still ; 
Sometimes these aharkt doe worke each others wrack. 
The ravening belly often robs the backe. 

Taylor't Workn, li. II7. 
The owle-cyd sharker* spied him how he felt 
To flnde a post ; his meaning soone they smelt. 

Scoft Pftilom^ehie, 1616. 

(2) A notch. GloHC. 

S HARM. To make a confused chattering noise. 
Sharminfft a confased noise, a din, a buzzing, 
such as is made by chattering or unruly chil- 
dren, Moor's Suffolk Words, p. 339. 
And though thei tharme and crye. I care not a myght. 
But with my sbarpesworde tber rlbbes I shall strake. 

Digby MysteriMt p. YO. 

SHARN. Cow dung. North. A cockchafer 

is called a iharn'bug in Sussex. 
SHARNEBUDE. A beetle. Kennett gives it as 
a Kent word for a black beetle. 

Lyke to the shamebtidM kynde. 
Of whose nature this I fynde. 
That in the hotest of the day. 
Whan comen is the mery Hay, 
He spret his wynge, and up he fleeth. 

Ciwtr, MS. BodU S94, f. 29. 

SHARP. (1) Cold ; frosty. Var. dial 
(2) The shaft of a cart. West. 
r3) Pungent in taste. {A.-S.) 

(4) Quick ; active. Var. dial It ocean in Pr. 
Parv. MS. HarL 221. 

(5) A sword. 

I detire that a chalice be made of my great «Aa>7)r, 
and ofibred to our Lady in the Lady Chapel at 
Tewksbury. Tesf . Vetutt. p. 240. 

SH ARPING-CORN. " Is a customary g^ of 
com, which, at every Christmas, the fanners 
in some parts of England give to their smith 
for sharping their plough-irons, harrow-tines, 
and such like, and exceeds not half a bushel 
for a plough-land," Blount. 

SHARPLYNGS. Nails. "Item, for sharpfyngs 
for nalyng of gressys, j. d." Croft's Ezcerpta 
Antiqua, p. 19. 

SHARPS. The refuse of flour ; sometimea, an 
inferior sort of flour. 

SHARPSET. Very hungry, far. dial 

And so I thinke that if anle were so dkorpe wr as 
to eat firied flies, butterd bees, stued snallcs, either 
on Fridale or Sundaie, he ooold not be therefore 
indicted of hanlte treason. 

Stanihurgft lre/«juf, 15IM% p. 19. 



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SHARTHB. 

Tbaae wanne It hate In a tehttrtht, and anoynte 
the gowte bi the fire, aod do to ofte, and it wlile eae 
inekilleb MS. Uneoln, Med, f. 306. 

SHASI100NS. A sort of stiff leathers tied 
round the small of the leg to make the boots 
look smooth and in shape. Gknte. 

SHASOR. A wine-cooler. 

SHATERANDE. Dashing. Gawayne, 

SHATTED. Bespattered. Dwon. 

SHATTER. (1) To sprinkle. Kent, 

(2) A number, or quantity. South, 

(3) Harebrained ; giddy. North, 

(4) To scatter about. Dorset, Hence 9hatteryf 
loose, not compact. 

SHATTER^PATE. A giddy, weak fellow, 
SHATY. To chastise. R. de Brunne. 
SHAUL. (1) Shallow, far, dial 

(2) A small washing-tub| made hollow, and 
without staves. Kent, 

(3) To cast the first teeth. Weit, 

(4) A wooden shovel without a handle, used for 
the purpose of putting com into a winnowing 
machine. Sustex. 

(5) Salve for bruises. Devon, 

(6) To dispute ; to wrangle. Line, 
SHAVE. A small coppice. Kent. 
SHAVELDER. A fellow who goes wandering 

idly about like a vagabond. 
SHAVELING. A friar, in contempt. 

John preached to al men repentance of forin«r 
miadoing, and Becket proclaimed to hii ^uieeiingt 
Immunltie of condlgne puiiishmeut, even in a case 
of moat wicked murthcrlng. 

Lambarde^s Perambulationt 1596i p. 498. 
SHAVER. A cunninff shaver, a subtle fellow ; 

a young shaver , a boy. 
SHAVES. Shafts. West. 
SHAVING. Anything very small. 
SHAW. (1) To scold sharply. West, 
(2) A thicket. This word is often explained a 
small wood, and in the glossary toSyrGawayne, 
a grove, or wood. In early English writers 
it has usually the meaning I have assigned i^ 
it, but the other senses are also employed. 
"Under the shawe of the wood," Morte 
d' Arthur, i. 374. Still in use in the provinces. 
He that come forthermail es tlayne 
In that schawe schene. 

M8, Uneoln A. i. 17, f. 137. 
That sange in the tetone in the schene tchaweg 
So la we in the lawndes so lykand notes. 

Mart* Arthur*, MS. Lincoln, t. 81. 
It thoujte hire fayre and teyde, here 
I wol abide undir the schawe. 

Gower, MS. Soe. Antig, 134. f. 111. 
In tomer when the ahawes be iheyne, 

And levet be large and long. 
Hit is fulle mery in feyre foreste 
To here the foulys foog. 

Jf^. Cantab. Ff. v. 48. f. 19S. 
Levere is the wrenne, 
Abouten the aehowa renne. 
Than the fithel draut. 
Other the floute craf . 

RtUq. AntUi. il. 107. 

(3) To rub the skin o^ by fHction, Still in use. 
(Swed.) 



SHAWE. To show. 

We have jou tolde the soUie lawe 
Of al that we have leve to •hawa. 
Cursor MundU MS. Coii. Trin. Cantab, f.llJL 

SHAW.FOWL. An artificial bird, made for 
fowlers to shoot at. Diet, Rust. 

SHAWM. A shalm ; a sort of pipe resembling 
a hautboy. Arch, xxiii. 44. 

SHaWNTY. Showy; flashy. Norf, 

SHAWS. The tops of turnips, &c. Lane. 

SHAY. (1) A chaise. Shay-lad, a post-boy. 

(2) A light colour. Kent, 

SHAZZAASING. An awkward person. Devon. 

SHE. Her. West. 

SHE AD. (1) To slope regularly. Chesh. 

(2) A rough pole of wood. Kent, Harrison, 
p. 193, mentions *'sheadB for poles." Stieed^ 
wood, rough poles. 

SHEAF. A bundle of arrows. Drayton, p. 29, 
mentions ** a sheafe arrow." 

SHEAL. (1) To sheU peas, &c. 

(2) A temporary summer hut. 

SHEAR. (1) To gnaw, or eat off; to tear with 
the teeth. See Palsgrave, and Thoms' Anecd. 
and Traditions, p. 27. 

Bat this must be wrought under the earth in the 
caves, dennes, or ftirrowes, made of purpose, which 
is to be performed two manner of waics, one by pla- 
cing the gin in some perch of wood, so as that assoone 
as the beast is taken by the necke. It may presently 
fly up and hang him, for otherwise with his teeth 
hee will theare it asunder and escape away alive. 

7topM/r« DMwto, 1W7, p. 8S5. 

(2) A sheath for scissors. West. 

(3^ To reap. Var, dial, 

(4) A crop of grass, &c. Devon. 

SHEAR-GRASS. A species of sedge. 

SHEAR-HOG. A ram or wether after the 
first shearing is so called. Midi. C, 

SHEARING. A sheep only once shorn. 

SHEARING-KNIFE. A thatcher's tool used 
for shearing the roof. Yorksh, 

SHEARMAN. " Scherman, tondeur,*" Palsgrave. 
** Schermannes pooIe, preche a drops,*' Ibid. 
" Tondeur de drops, a shearman or cloth- 
worker/' Cotgrave. 

SHEAT. A young hog. South, '* Oorret, a 
little sheat," Cotgrave. 

SHEATH. (1) The prepuce of an animal 

(2) The piece of timber which holds the beam 
and throck together. 

(3) A fountain of salt water. 
SHEAVE. .To bind com. Midi. C. 
SHED. (1 ) The parting of the hair. " La greve 

de moun eherf, the schod of my eved,'' MS. 
Arund. 220, f. 297. " Discrimen, the seed of 
the hede," Nominale MS. " The deviding or 
shedding of a womans haire of hir head," 
Florio, p. 483. StiU used in the North, to 
divide, to separate. Compare Kyng Alisaun- 
der, 48, shedynges, Bodl. MS. 
In heed he had a th«ed bifom. 
As Nasarenus han there thei are bom. 

Cursor Mundi, MS. Coll. Trin. Cantab f. 119. 

(2) Mingere. Devon. 

(3) Difference. Lane. 



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Devom. 
Lane. 

Ea$t. It ocean as 



(4) To spilL Still in use. Sekedegf ponn, oc- 
ean in Syr Gftwayne. 

5) The handle of a paiL 

6) To Buipass ; to ezeeL 

7) Surprised. Yorkth. 

8) The sheath of a knife, 
a verb in the Pr. PazT. 

(9) The slope of a hill. <' Schedde of an hjVi, 
iertre*^ Palsgnye. 

(10) A tub for cream. lAne, 
SHEDELE. A channel of water. 
SHEDER. A female sheep. Line, 
SHEEDIN6S. The seventeen kirks or parishes 

in the Isle of Man are divided into six parts, 
which are there caU*d sheedingf, every sheed- 
ing comprehending three kirks or parishes, 
except one which has only two. Kennett, MS. 

SHEELY. The chaffinch. North. 

SHEEN-NET. A large drag-net. 

SHEENSTRADS. Spatterdashes. Dewm. 

SHEEP-BITER. A thief. A cant term. The 

word is played upon in the following passage : 

A lepalchre to seaflah and others in ponds, moates, 

and rlTers t a sharp thMpe-biUr, and a maTYeilous 

mutten-monger, a gorbelly button. 

Mum <N tkg JfooiM. 1009. 

SHEEP-CRATCH. A frame of wood on which 

sheep are laid. North. 
SHEEP-GATE. (1) A right of stray for one 

sheep. Craven Gloss, ii. 1 1 7. 
(2) A hurdle with ban. Kent. 
SHEEP-KILLING. The herb pennywort. 
SHEEP.RAIK. A sheep-walk. North. 
SHEEFS-EYE. A wanton look. For. dial 

"Affectionate winke, a sheepes eye," Cotgrave. 
SHEEP'S-FOOT. A kind of hammer, the 

handle of which is made of iron, and has a 

claw at the end. Hence its name. 
SHEEFS-SLITE. Sheep's pasture, or walk. 

Dortet. 
SHEEP-WASH. A festival in the North. See 

Brand's Pop. Antiq. ed. 1841, ii. 20. 

A seed-cake at fastens t and a lusty cheese-cake at 

our ahetpe-wu^. 

Hie 3%0O iMncaMre Lovert, 104O> p. 19. 
SHEER. (1) Sharp ; cold. Ghue. 

(2) Clear ; transparent ; pure. The more an- 
cient form is there. Forby has it, " bright 
red, shining with inflammation." 

(3) Absolute ; mere ; pure. Var. dial 
4^ BritUe. East. 
5 ) Quick ; at once. Var. 4wL 



\ 

(6^ A fishing spear. Suuex, 
(7) Odd ; singular. North. 
SHEER-THURSDAY. Mamidy Thursday. 
SHEESENS. Hen. Donet. 
SHEET. To shoot down, as water. 
SHEETED-COW. A cow having a white band 

like a sheet round her body. 
SHEEVE. A pulley, a small wheel driven by a 

belt or rope. Northumb, 
SHE-FAMILUR. A kept mistress. 
SHEFE. A shive of bread. This form of the 

word occun in Nominale MS. 
SHEFFE. Thirty gads of steeL 
SHEFTE. To shift about. 



Thus they jcA^ftm fore sdiotys one thaa scMre stnoMlyB. 

MorU Jrtimn, MS. Ltecote, f. 91. 
SHEIT. To shoot. 

The biashop, for his absolucyim t 
The priste, the clerk, for her syDgyng swetc : 
Knyghtisand squyen, for arrays and rcoouns 
Yomen and gtome, for thay styfly theyt* 

MS. Fairjhx Mw 

SHEKILS. Ague, or trembling. " He is in the 

ehekyb" Towneley Myst. p. 99. 
SHEKIR. The game of chess. 
SHELD. (1) A shield. {A.-S.) 

(2) Shallow. Still in use. 

Wade thel muste, the water was jdtaU 
By every syde the wyld fdd. 

MS. AOmoU O, f . S: 

(3) Spotted ; variegated. Cofat. 

(4) Shoal ; coast. Weber. 
SHELDAPPLE. The chaffinch. "A chaffinch, 

a sheld appel," Nomenclator, 1585, p. 58. 
SHELDER. Shovelling earth downwards to 
give a bank or elevation a greater slope is 
caUed «Ae&l0rtfi^ it .S^^. 
SHELF. On the eheff, said of ladies when too 

old to get married. 
SHELL. (1) An inner coffin. Var. tOoL 
(2) The hard homy part of the neck of a hc^, 
kept for the purpose of being manufacturnl 
into brawn. It is when so manuftctnred called 
the "homy part" by the paitakers of that 
edible. Eaet. 
SHELLED. Piebald. Sa»t. 
SHELLET. A sort of imperfect or rotten slate. 

Detfon. 
SHELL-FIRE. The phosphorescence some- 
times exhibited in fsrm-yards, &c., firom de- 
cayed straw, &c. or touchwood. Kent. 
SHELLS. Money. A cant term. 
SHELLY. An ait in a river. West. 
SHELTROUNE. A regiment of soldiers. 

Thaoe s«diotte owtte of the schawe «dkUfro«mie many. 
With soharpe wapynes of ware schotaiade at one*. 

Morte Jbrthure, MS. UnaUn, f. 7S. 
How he schal have for knowynge and wyi bujjt 
ot all perelUs and harmes that Il5tliche mowe bUkOe 
in 9ehettrome» or batalles. 

Vegeeku, MS. Douct 291, f. 5. 
Aforeyage hem by ^teltnmn in batayle. 
By felle mallee this fayre iambe to assayle. 

L^dgate^ MS. Soe. Antiq, 134, f. 14. 
Heyle, Mkeltrun sebouris to sheide I 
Heyle* bryghtoee vryv sdiynyng I 

MS. Cmmb. FL1L»,LA. 

SHELTY. A Shetland pony. North. 

SHELVE. (1) Totnm manure, &c.,from a cart, 

by raising its front part and causing it to lie 

obliquely. Sussex. 

(2) To remove the surface of land with a shoveL 

SufoUt. 
SHELVIKGS. The rails of a waggon. 
SHELVINO-STONE. A blue tile or slate for 
covering the roofs of houses, so called from 
the position in which it hangs. 
SHEMERIN6. A glimmering. {J.-&) 
SHEMEW. Same as Chammer, q. v. 

The admyraU was in a goune of doch of silver 
raysed, fUrred with ryobe mbies, and al fals company 
almost were tai a new fasslon ganncatf called a 



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themete, whldi was In eflbct a foime cut fai the 
middle. Hall, Hetn^ VUh t, «. 

SHENCHK. To poor OQt ; to drink. 
Aad halt taveme for to «dkMiclk« 
That drynke, whiche maketh the herte brenne. 
Gowtr, MSU Soe. AmOq, IM, f. 81. 

SHENDE. (1) To mar, or destroy. (A.^S.) 
Thrt tfam priocTpaly a nan doth mare, 

Murthyr, theft, and avoutr^ ; 
Thai wyl joo «dhend ore je be ware* 
Be thai done never so prevely. 

MS.Douet30i,tl. 

(2) To defend. Browne uses it in this sente, 
and it occurs in Palsgrave. " And sing his 
praise that thendeth David's £une/' Peele, 
iL33. 

(3) To forhid. (4) To punish. 
(5) To dirty one's clothes. 
SHENDSHIP. Ruin ; punishment. 
SHENE. Bright ; shining. (^.-5.) 
SHENK. A dish used for taking the cream off 

milL. Yoriih, 
SHENKE. Same as Shenche, q. t. 
SHENLON. Glossed by /wer. 
Al thus eld me for-dede. 
Thus he toggith ute mi ted« 

And drawith ham on rewe ; 

Y ne mai no more of love done. 

Mi piUioc piaseth on mi schone, 

(Jch MlkenAm me bischrewe. 

IitHf.AntlqALm. 

SHENT. (1) Abashed ; confounded. 
Sorely ^tent wi' this rebolie. 

Sorely sheiu was the helre of Linne ; 
His heart, I wis, was near to brast 
With guUt and sorrowe, shame and sinaek 

t%4 Heir €f Umne, 
(2) ** I shent one, I blame hym for a faulte," 
Palagraye, 1530. 
The tender girle, spoil'd of her rlrgln shame. 

Yet tot that slnnenoravisher was Ount; 
Blacfce ia my inke, more blacke was her defame, 
Nona to revenge, scarce any to lament. 

Dragon's Poems, p. 93. 

SHEPEN. Same as Shippen, q. ▼. 

SHEPHERD. The long-legged spider. 

SHEPHERD'S-POUCHES. Clover broom-rape. 

SHEPHERD'S-SUN.DIAL. The scarlet pim- 
pemel. S^folk. 

SHEPPECK. Ahay.fbrk. GUmc, 

SHEPSTER. A sheep-shearer. Palagrtne, 

SHEPSTERT. A starUng. North. 

SUERDBL. Skinned; scaled. 

He was so eeherdel Me aboute. 
It helde alle egge-tool wlthoute. 

Coteer, MS, Soe* Antiq, 134, f. ISO. 

SHERE. (1) To run aground, as a ship does. An 

andent sea term. 
(2) To cut ; to slash ; to carve. 

Him thou5te his fadir her com there, 
There his elleven bretheren were. 

Cunor Mundl, M8. Coil. Trin. Cemtab. f.S6. 
Thorowe schddys they schotte, and aeherde thorowe 

males, 
Botheacfterv thorowe schoulders a scliaft-monde large. 
Morte ArthHte, MS, JJneoln, f. 80. 
Tbefong knyghte ser Antore, 
Thai byinn hir did acAcre. 

MS. UtuolH A. i. 17. f. ISO. 



Sharpe schndailng of adkota, aftarta^of mailer 

jr&il«ftmole44,f.46. 

(3) Countenance ; mien. Gmoojfne, 
SHERE-GRASS. A kind of aedge. 
SHERENKENE. Shrank. 

So they edurenkene fore sehotta of the adiarppo 

azowes« 
That all the scbeltrone schoute and sdioderide at 

ones. Morte Arthure, MS, JAneoUt, f, 7A> 

SHEREWARDE. Shrew, ffeame. 
.SHEREWDHED. Cursedness. ij4,-S,) 
And for his e^erewdhad. Sir Berard, 
Themperour hath made him his steward. 

Gy 4^ Warwike, p. 3;0. 
SHEREWE. A sheriff. Lydgate. 
SHERI7FED. When in an evening there is an 
unusual blush of red or yellow in the clouds 
they say, " How sherifed the sky is to night : 
we shall have wind, &c." Has this any fdln- 
sion to the battle of Sheriihnuir, just before 
which the old folks will tell you there were 
such appearances in the heavens ? Line. 
SHERIFPS-MAN. The seven-coloured linnet. 
SHERIFF*S.POSTS. Posts were usually set up 
at the doors of sheriff on which the royal pro- 
clamations were fixed. It was usual to remain 
uncovered while reading them. 
SHERK. (1) To shrug. (2) To cheat. North, 
SHERN. A vessel into which the cream is 
taken up from the milkpans before it is made 
butter. Devon, 
SHERRY. Toscnlkaway. Var.diaL 
SHERRY- MOOR. A fright North. From the 
battle of Sheriffe-muir, where all was bloody 
uproar, and confusion. 
SHESELL. Gravel. Nominale MS. 
SHET. (1) Running water. i7e90ii. 
(2^ Shall. Somertet, 
(3; Slipped down. 

Burlond to f^ghte was bowne, 
Hys fote edtett and he felle downe. 

MS. Canlmb. Ft, II. », f. 81. 

(4) Shut; closed. 

Here slouibe broufte it so aboute, 
Fro him that they ben eehei withoute. 

Oower, MS, Soe, Antig. 134, f. 104. 

SHETAR. An archer. Prompt, Parv, 
SHETE. (1) To shoot. (^.-S.) 

I durst mete hym with a stone. 
And glf hym lere to «dk«fe. 

MS, Omteb. Ff. ▼. 48, f.48. 
(2) To fling down. Devon, 
SHETH. A partition of a field. 
SHEU. Nonsense ! An interjection. 
SHEUD. Showed. (J.-S,) 
As the prynoe passid to Londone, God shewid ryghte 
Secrett thyng to hym, tokyne of Tictory, 
In presence of the same prynce, byGoddus power and 

myjte. 
And ymage wiche was closid, brake opyn sodenly : 
God feheud hym this comforte fai the Abbey of Deyntri, 
Because he achnlde be stidfast In wele and in woo ; 
Tlie ymage was of Saynte Anne, God wolde it shulde 

be so. M8, JHbU Reg, 17 D. xr. 

SHEVERIDE. Shivered; splintered. 
Thourghe the seheldyssoachene schalkes they towche. 
With schafles ee h eweride scfaorte of thas sehene taunces. 

Jferfe JrOmre, MS. Ltocefn, f. 88. 



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SHEWDS. Hoftks of oats. North. 
SHEWER. (1) An example. (2) A witness. 
SHEWING. A warning; a prophecy. 
SHIBBAND8. Shoestrings. Yorkth. 

SHICKLE. Fickle? 

Pardon to erave of tottish multitude. 
That laucie giddle>headed monster rude. 
Who knowet not when ought well it. or amis, 
or shallowe«AieM« bralne a token Is. 

Honovre Aeademl«t toU Loud. 1610. 

SHICK-SHACK-DAY. A term for the 29th 

of May, or Royal Oak Day. Surrey. 
SHIDE. (1) A billet of wood ; a thin board ; a 
block of wood. Still in use. " Teduia, schyde 
of wode,'* Norolnale MS. " Schyde of wode» 
buehe, moule de bueheg/* Palsgrave. 
And made upon the derke uyfte, 
Of gret Mchtdi* and of blokkb, 
Gretfyre a5en thegrete roekis. 

Goioer, MS, Soe.JnHq. 134, f. 91. 
Hewen $chid«a and oorven ston, 
And laiden foundament anon. 

Aritumr and Merlin, p. 21. 

(2) To shell peas, beans, &c. 
SllIDER. (1) A shiver. Also, to shiver. 
And hewen on with gret powers. 
On tchidtr so doth this carpenters. 

Arthourand Merlin, p. SS4. 
Faste they smote then togedur. 
That ther sperys can to edipder. 

MS. Qmtab. Ff . it 38, f. 156. 

(2) A shrew ; a scold. 

SHIEL. A shepherd's cottage or hut. Con- 
nected with thieldf shelter. 
SHIELD-BOARD. Part of a plough, somewhat 

resembling a shield. We9t, 
SHIELD-BONES. Blade-bones. North. 
Some of bis bones In Warwickeyett 

Within the castle there doe lye : 
One of hit theeld'bonse to this day 
Hangs In the dtye of Corentrye. 

The Legend nfSb" Guy. 

SHIFE. The wheel of a pulley. 

SHIFT. (1) To divide. Stutes, A division of 

land among oo-heirs is called a thtfting. It 

is an archaism, and occurs in Chaucer. Hence, 

to deal the cards. 
f 2) To chance ; to risk. Lmc, 
\Z) To remove one's dwelling. Var, dial 
.4) To be changeable. North, 
\h) To shift hinuelft to change his dress. To 

thifl for hinuelff to provide for himsell 
(6) A change of linen. Var. dial. 
SHIFTE. To move about. (^.-5.) 
And so they sehyfte and schove ; he sehotte to the erthe. 

Morte Arthwe, MS. Uneoln, f. 93. 

SHIFTEN. (1) To change linen. East. 

(2) To shift stitches from one pin to another in 

knitting. East, 
SHIFTENING. A change of linen. 
SHIFTER. (1) A cozener. " A shifter whome 
they call a cunny-catcher.*' Withals, ed. 1608, 
p. 263. Shiftyt cunning, artful, Craven Gl. 
iL 11 7. In use in the North. 
And let those M^srr their owne judges be 
If they have not bin arrant thieves to me. 

Ttt^hr'e Workee, 1630, li. 189. 

(2) A saperintendent. North, 



SHIFTS. Parts of a fiurm allotted for the recep. 

tion of stock or crops. Notf. 
SHIGGED. Ruined; beggared. North. 
SHIGING. Flinging; shaking; dashing. 
He come eehygjfnge ayene, 
And of hys folk was fyene. 
And fond nevere one slayne, 

Ne worse be a pere. Degrewtntt 34.V 
SHILBOARDS. The boards or external radii 
fixed to the rim of an undershot water-wheel, 
the projecting levers by means of which the 
water tarns the wheel. Their length corre- 
sponds with the breadth of the wheel-rim. and 
they are in general about a foot long. 
SHILDE. To shield. God shilde, God shield, 
or forbid! {A.-S.) &rAtili2er, protector, MS. 
Cotton. Vespas. D. vii. 
SHILDER. The shoulder. Lane. 
SKILL. (I) To shell. North. " Crakkync, or 

schyllen nothys," Pr. Parv. p. 100. 
(2) Shrill in sound. Not an error, as asserted 
by Conybeare. It is a verb in Sevyn Sages, 
1380. See Thornton Rom. p. 31 1. 
Then had syr Egyllamowre don to dedd 
A grete herte, and tan the hedd. 
The pryoe he bicwe tvWeeehyUe ! 

J^gftunoMr. 300. 
The kyng come to the chamber to the quene. 
And before hym knyjtes tenne, 
And wepte and seyd with grete pyt^. 
My kift wyff, what ayles the ? 
Thou that hast be so stylle. 
Why cryest thou wonder eeh^iie 9 

MS. AehmoleBl, xv. CenL 

SHILLA. A stony beach. Cumb. 
SHILLARD. A shilling's worth. Devon. In 

some counties, a shilSncher. 
SHILLIN. Shelled oats. Cratfen. 
SHILLY-SHALLY. Irresolute. Var. dial This 

phrase was originally Shall I? Shall If 

There's no delay, they ne're stand ekalt IthaU I, 

Hermogenes with Dallila doth dally. 

Tavlor*e Workee, 1630. ill. 3. 

SHILSTONES. Slates for roofing. Dewnu 

They are called also shillinff'Stones. 
SHILT. Beaten down ? 

A! his folk so was eehilt. 
And never on ther nas split. 
• Arthaur mnd Merlin, p. 78. 

SHIM. (1) A horse-hoe for cleaning the ground 

between rows of beans or of hops. Sussex. 
(2) It seems. Wilts. 

(2) The shimm, or rase downe the face of a horse, 
or strake down the face. More's MS. Addi- 
tions to Ray's North Country Words. 
(i) Appearance. West. 
(5) A clear bright white. Chesh. 
SHIMBLE. Loose; unconnected. West. 
SHIMMER. To glitter ; to shine, rar. dial 
Ray spells it shimpery ed. 1674, p. 76. 
The little wlndowe dim and darke 

Was hung with ivy, brere, and yew« ; 
No ehimmmingwxmi here ever shone s 
No halesome breeie here ever blew. 

The Oeir^fLimne. 

SHIMPER. (1) To simmer. East. 
(2) A smaU shdf of sand, or other rising bank in 
the channel of a river, Surr. 



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SHQf. (1) To carve a chevin. 

(2) To tramp at cards. North, 

(3) ShalL Shuma, shaU not. We^t, 
SHINBAWDE. Armour for the shins ? 
That the ichadande blode ovez his schanke ryonyf , 
And ichewedA one his Mht/nbawdt that wa« schire bur- 

nette. Morte Arthure, MS. IdneolH, f. 93. 

SHINDEK. To shiyer in pieces. 

SHINDLE. The thin deft stone out of which 

they cat slates. 
SHINDY. A disturbance. Var.dial A thine 

is also frequently used. 
SHINE. (1) Every thme^ every one. Wett, 

(2) Entirely ; utterly. Somerset, 

(3) light ; brightness ; lustre. 

I to my chlmney'i thine 

Brought him, ai love profenes. 
And chaTd his hands with mine. 

And dry'd his droping tresses. 

Herriek's Work*, i. SS. 

SHINER. (1) A clever feUow. North. 

(2) A guinea. A cant term. 

SHIN- FEAST. A good fire. North, 

SHINGLE. To hammer iron. Wett, " At 
the iron works they roll a sow into the fire, 
and mdt off a piece call'd a loop, which they 
take out with their shingling tongues, and 
beating it first vrith iron sledges, hammer it 
gently till the cinder and dross is beat off, 
and then they hammer it thicker and stronger 
till they bring it to a bloom, which is a four 
square mass of about thre^ foot long ; this 
operation they call shingling the loop," 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033, f. 363. 

SHINGLES. Wooden tiles made of oak, used 
for roofis, steeples, &c. and still used in some 
counties. There are several church steeples 
in Sussex covered with shingles. " Shyngles, 
hyllyng of an house,*' Palsgrave. ** Shyngled 
ship," ship made of planks, Piers Ploughman, 
p. 168. It occurs in Nominale MS. 
Flureo cakes beth the sehlngies alle. 
Of cherche* cloister, boure, and halle. 

Cocaggn0f op, VTttrton, 1. 8. 

SHINGLY. Abounding in loose gravel, as the 
beach on the sea-shore. Susaes, 

SHINK. A skimming-dish. Derb, 

SHINLOCK. The herb rocket. 

SHINNER. " Neather stockins or shifiners" 
Florio, p. 74. " An hose, a nether stocke, a 
thinner" Nomcnclator, 1585, p. 167. 

SHINNEY. A boy's game played with knobbed 
aticks and a knur, called also Bandy and 
Hocky. The object of the contending parties 
is to drive the knur oyer a line and vrithin a 
certain marked out space called the goal. If 
the knar is driven over the line or rather side 
of the inclosed space, it is called a bye. 
North. 

SHINS. Jgainet the shine, unwiUingly. To 
break om^t shine, to be in a hurry. 

SHIN-SPLINTS. Pieces of wood placed on the 
legs of persons who break stones for roads. 

SHIP. (1) Sheep. West. 

(2) A censer. " Acerra, a schyp for censse," 
Nominale MS. xv. Cent. " A ship, such as 



was used in the church to pat frankincense in," 

Baret, 1580. 
(3) At Namptwych, Droitwych, &c. the vessel 

whereinto the brine is by troughs conveyed 

from the brine pit is called the ship, Kennett, 

MS.Lansd. 1033, f. 363. 
SHIPE. A shovel for cuUing turf. 
SHIPLET. A small ship. Harrison, p. 65. 
SHIP-LORD. The owner of a ship. 
SHIPMAN. A mariner; the master of a barge. 

{A,.S,) 
SHIPMAN'S-CARD. " Shypmanscarde,car/tf," 

Palsgrave. See Macbeth, i. 3. 
SHIPPEN. A stall, stable, or shed. {A.'S.) 

A cow-house is still so called. North, 
Whi is not thl Ubie sett in thi cow-stalle. 
And whl etist thou not in thi shittun as wele as In 
thin halle > Jf^. Digbif 4) , f . 8. 

SHIP-SPY. A telescope used on the coast. 

SHIR. The cherry-tree. North. 

SHIRE. (1) Thin; scanty. Northumb. "Shyre- 

nesse, thynnesse, delievre" Palsgrave ; ** shyre 

nat thycke, deUe," ibid. 

(2) Clear; bright ; shining. 

Had lifte awey the grare stone, 
That clothed was as snow thire. 
Curwr Muttdi, MS, CoU. Trin, Cantab, f 106. 
Thou seest stykkes that are smale, 
They branne fyrst feyre and «Ajrre. 

MS. HarU 1701, f. 82. 
The bordoure of hit bacenett he brlstes In sondlre. 
That the sehirs rede blode over his breoe rynnys. 

MorU Arthure, MS. Lincoln, f . 97. 
Yhit moght it noght sleeken it ne abate. 
No mare than a droope of watyr tchtrro, 
Yf alle Rome brynned, moght sleeken that fyrc. 

Hampole, MS. Bowes, p. 194. 

(3) An egg that has not a tread in it is called 
a shire, a clear egg. Line. 

(4) To pour off a liquor so as to leave the sedi- 
ment. Northumb, 

(5) Direct ; immediately. North. 
SHIRE-MAN. Any man who had not the good 

fortune to be bom in one of the sister coun- 
ties, or in Essex. He is a sort of foreigner to 
us ; and to our ears, which are acutely sensible 
of any violation of the beauty of our phrase- 
ology, and the music of our pronunciation, 
his speech soon bewrays him. " Aye, I knew 
he must be a shere^man by his tongue/' 
Forby, p. 296. 

SHIRE-WAY. A bridle-way. South. 

SHIRK. To slink from anything. Hence 
shirky, deceitful. South, 

SHIRL. (1) Shrill. Palsffraoe. Still in use, 
according to Moor, p. 515. " Shryked shyrly," 
Morte d'Arthur, ii. 350. 

(2) To slide. Northumb. 

(3) To cut with shears. Yorish. 

(4) To romp about rudely. Devon. 
SHIRL-COCK. The missel-thrush. According 

to Lower, the Derbyshire pronunciation is 
shriU'Coek. 
SHIRPING. " Buffa, the dispisyng blaste of 
the mouthe that we call shirpynff," Thomas's 
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SHIRRBVE. A sheriff. 

Erles of Yngbinde with arehen y-new* ; 
ScMrmn telMiTply tdilftys the comouns. 

Morf Jrtkmn, MS. UnoHn, t. 61. 

SHIRT. The inmoflt of the three membrenei 
which enwrap a womb-lodged infant. See 
CotgraTC, in ▼. Agneliere. 
shirt-band. The wristband of a shirt 
SHIRY. Sharp and cutting ; applied to grass, 
which is consequently not good herbage. A 
plantation in the parish of Nettleham is so 
called, because the herbage of the a4Joining 
field is of that kind. Line. 
SHIT. Shut up; inclosed. 

And alle the richeaae of ipirituaUe icience 
tn hire were m*« and cloeid eke also. 

L^dgate, MS. Soe, j4nHq, 134, f. 3. 

SHITABED. ThedandeUon. WUtt, 
SHITESTICKS. A mean miserly fellow. Also 

called ihiieragt. See Florio, p. 72. 
SHITFIRB. A hector, or bully. 
SHITSAC. Anoak^pple. JFilts. 
SHITTELNESS. <* Shyttelnesse, wtriableU;' 

Palsgrave. " Shyttell nat constant, variable,'* 

ibid. *' The vaine shittlenesse of an uncon- 

stant head," Baret, 1580. 
SHITTER. To have the diarrhoea. North, 
SHITTILWIKS. A shuttlecock. It oocors in 

Honour in his Perfection, 4to. 1624. 
SHITTLE. The bar of a door. 
SHITTLE-BRAINBD. Giddy ; thoughtless. 
SHITTLE-C0MB4IHAW. A North country 

exclamation, expressing contempt. Brockett 

huihitiletideef 
SHITTLECOMESHITES. Idle stories ; trifles. 

It occurs in Coles, translated by qfanuB, 
SHITTLES. Buns such as are given to school 

children on certain days. JtiUland, 
SHIVE. (1) A small iron wedge, which fSsstens 

the bolt of a window-shutter. East, 

(2) A slice of any edible, generally said of bread. 
Var. dial ** Take shives of bred tosted,** 
Warner, p. 85. To cut a shive out of a person's 
loaf, i. e. to follow his example. I^iver is 
also common for a small slice, slip, &c. 

RuasluB laith that the rootca of reed, being atampt 
and mingled with hony, will draw out any thome, 
or 9hio€r i and ao wUl inailea, as he aaiUi, being 
stampt and wrought with ftesh butter ; and If the 
place be swollen, he saith It la good to molDfielt 
with hogs grease and hony, which wll asswage any 
new swelling that eommeUi by stripe or otherwise. 

2VpM«*« BeaaU, \WI, p.4Sl. 

A man shall not find a thev of it to fetch fire In, 
or to take water out of the pit. 

Bacon** fVcrkt, p. 4fl9. 

(3) A thin wooden bung used by brewers to stop 
their casks very close with. « 

SHIVER. The wheel of a pulley. 
SHIVES. The refuse of flax or hemp. 
SHOAD. Loose stones of tin mixed with the 

earth, indicating a mine. Cbmw, 
SHOAD-STON E. A small stone or fragment of 

ore made smooth by the action of the water 

passing over it. 
SHOARD. To take a shoard, L e. to drink a 

cup too much. Eaemoor. 



SHOARS. Stakes set at adisttaee to shoar or 

bear up toils or nets in hunting. 
SHOAT. A young pig. CAm*. It is a term 

of contempt said of a young person. 
SHOBIL. A shoveL Nominale MS. 
SHOCK. (1) To sponge. Norf, 

(2) Twelve sheaves of com. North. 

(3) To butt, as rams do. 

(4) A rough-coated dog. « My little shock.'' 
Nabbes' Bride, 1640, sig. H. 

SHOCKER. A bad character. 

SHOD. (1) Shed, or spilt. Dewm, 

(2) Covered ; overwhelmed. (A,-S.) 

SHODE. (1) To divide the hair. 

But with no crafte of combis brode. 
They myjte hire hore lokkis M>Aorf e. 

Gowert MS. Soe. Aniiq. 134, f. 49- 

(2) Shod ; having shoes on. {A.'S.) 

Hoeyd and sehodt he was ryghte. 
He semyd wele to be a knyghte. 

MS. Qmtab. Pf . IL 38, £. 174. 

(3) 

Hem bituen a gret acAmfo, 

Of gravel and ertbe al so. 

Arthmtr ami MtrUtt^ p. SS 

SHODEREDE. Quivered. 

The sdiaAe Mhodcrede and schotte in the achire brryne. 

MorU Arthur*, MS. liacote, f . iB. 

SHOD-SHOVEL. A wooden shovel, shod at 
its extremity with iron. 

SHOE. (1) 7b tread the thoet straight, to be up. 
right in conduct. To tread the shoe awry, to 
fall away from the paths of virtue. " A wo- 
man to play false, enter a man more then 
she ought, or tread her sbooe awry," Cot. 
grave. Compare Heywood*s Edward IV. p. 
148. To shoe the eobler, to give a quick and 
peculiar movement vrith the fore-foot when 
sliding on the iceT Shoemaker^e pride, the 
creaking of shoes. 7b ehoe thegooae,to be tipsy. 

r2)She. North. 

(3) Over shews over butes, equivalent to, ** one 
may as well be hanged for a sheep as for a 
lamb,'' implying that the speaker has made 
up his mind to sit a little later, partaker in 
another bottle or bowl, &c 

Ev'n so seem'd 1 amidst the guarded troope 
Of gold-lac'd actors, yet all could not droope 
My fixed mind, for where true courage roots. 
The proverb sayes. Once oeer theon, o*r Utota, 

Toy 101*9 Worket, 1630, ii. 145. 

SHOEING-HORN. Metaphorically, anything 
which helps to draw something on ; an in- 
ducement. 

SHOEING.THE-COLT. A quaint phrase for 
the social exaction of a fine, on the introduc- 
tion of an associate to any new office. If he 
meet his companions at a periodical dinner, a 
bottle of wine, or a- bowl of puucb, in a cer- 
tain rank of life, is a common fine on the 
cott's health being drank. *' Paing his footen*' 
is an equivalent phrase and practice. Moor. 

SHOEMAKERS'-STOCKS. Tight shoes. 

SHOE-THE-MARE. A Christmas apart 
Of blind-man-bnft, and of the care 
That young men have to ahsuM the mars, 

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SHOFB. (1) Poahed- (^.-&) 
(2) ShtTed Shape, pr. edit. 

I «dk<t/k Syr Oandere a crowne, 
WlMD ire mette laste yn twuyle. 

MS. Cantob. Ff.ii.38,f. 106. 
SHOG. (l)Toshake;tojog. PaUgraoe. "To 
rocke, shake, shog, wag up and downe/' Cot- 
ginTe. " The gee was tchoggid with wawis," 
Widif, p. 18. Brockett has thoggle. 
(2) To slink away. Wett, 
SHOKE. ShoM>k. {A,'S,) 

For the dynt that he tuke« 
Oute of ladille he tehoke. 
Who so the lothe wille luke. Pmreoal, 694. 
SHOKKE. To rush ; to snatch up. 
Hf ichodirde and ichrenkyt, and schoutes bott lyttlUa, 
Bott 9dufkke* hi scharpely Id his achene wedya. 

Mart* Arthure, MS, UnMn, f.97> 

SHOLD. Shallow. Prompt, Parv. 

SHOLDRON. Shoulders. Weber, 

SHOLE. Shallow. This word is given by 

Urry, in his MS. additions to Ray. 
SHOLT. An Iceland shaggy dog. Eatt. 

Besides thei« alao we have «Jbott» or cun daUie 
brought oat of ladand* and mudi made of among 
ns bkatiM of th^ir aawoinaiie and quarrelliBg. 

HMTimufM Englamd, p. 831. 

SHOMB. Confiuion. (^..&} 
Whciina he to hit lorde come. 
The lettre aone he hym some. 
And sayde, AUe goae to tehome I 
And vent oo hia way. MS. Uneoln A. L 17» f* 130. 
SHOMGNES. Shame. (^..5.) 
SHOMMAKY. Slovenly ; dirty. 
SHOMMOCKS. Shoes. Warw. 
SHOMORE. A skimmer. •" S^mmaiorhtm, 

Anglice a schomore/' Nominale MS. 
SHONDB. Dishonour. (A.-S.) 

The to ale with scheme and icKonde, 
And for to wynne agsyn hys londe. 

jr& Cantab, Ft. U. 88, f. 116. 

SHONDEN. To shun. (^.-5.) 

Al dal thou mijt nnderstonden, 

And thl mirour bl-foren the sen« 
Wat is to don, wat is to thonden. 
And wat to hoklen, and wat to flen. 

MS. IMgb^W. 

SHONE. (1) Shoes. A knight who conquered 
in combat was said to witme his thone, 
Owthyr achalle he sle me some. 
Or on hym y schalle tvprme my aehone. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. IL 38, f . 79. 
Tryamowre sparyd hym noght. 
But evyr in hys hert he thoght. 
To day was y nuked knyght ! 
Owthyr schalle he sle me sone. 
Or on hym y schalle w^nne my tehont, 
Thorow the grace of God Almyght I 

MS. Cantab. Ff. IL 38, f. 79* 
it es an harde thyng for to saye 

Of doghety dedls that base bene done, 
Of felle feghtynges and batelles sere. 
And how that thir knyghtia hase uwim thair»ehon€, 

MS. IMteein A. 1. 17. C 149L 

(2) To shun, or eseape. 

Fior the drade that ya to come 

Of the dome, thatnomanmay adkeiM. 

MS. Canimb. Ff. 11. 38, f. 43. 

SHONBD. Ashamed. It occurs in MS. Cotton. 
Vespas. D. vii, icktmed. 



SHONK. Hearty; healthy. West. 
SHONTE. Remained ; ddayed ? 
Qwene alle wasichyppede that scbolde, they acAmmfe 

no lengere, 
Bot Tentelde theme tyte as the tyde rynnei. 

Morte Arthure, MS, Uneoln, f. 61. 

SHONTO. A donkey. /. Wight. 
SHOO. (1) A shovel ; a spade. Lane. 
(2) A word used for driving away poultry. " To 
cry ekooe, shooe, as women do to their hens/' 
Florio, p. 477. Forby has ekoo, to scare birds. 
SHOODS. Hulls of oats. North. 
SHOOFEDDE. Shoved. (J.-S.) 
Brennynge brymstooe and lede many a baielle fkiUe, 
They eM/Wcto hit downne ryjte as sbyre watnr. 

MS. Cbtt. Caiig. A. 11. f. llfi. 

SHOOF.FORK. A fork with two long tines and 
a long stale for pitching shooves of com into 
the loading waggon at harvest, or off it into 
the stack. It is the same or nearly the same 
as pitchfork. SufoUk. 

SHOOK. (1) To shrug. Yorkeh. 

(2) Split, as wood is by shrinking. 

SUOOL. (1) A shovel North. " Shoole lor 
shoovell/' Stanihurst's Ireland, ed. 1586, p. 9. 

(2) To saunter about. Etut. 

(3) To beg. Far. dial 

SHOOLER. An idle, lazy fellow. Sutses. 
SHOORT. To shift for a living. Exm. 
SHOOT. (1) To have a diarrhoea. 

(2) To select out the worst cattle to prevent 
them from injuring the drove. 

(3) To shoot the hri£je, a phrase formerly used 
by watermen to signify going through London- 
bridge at the turning of the tide. 7b ehooi 
compass, to shoot wide of the mark. 

(4) The game of shovel-board. 

(5) The crick in the neck. 

(^S A narrow steep lane. /. Wight. 
CjS The woof in weaving. Denom^ 
(8) A spout for rain-water. South. 
SHOOTHRED. A shoemaker's thread. It is 
the translation of ehegros in Hollyband's 
Dictionarie, 1593. 
SHOOTY. Coming up regularly in the rows, 

as potatoes, 6cc. Sakp. 
SHOOVEN. A calf or colt is said to be shoovin, 
when parting with its early teeth; trees 
putting forth their leaves are also shoown. 
SHOPE. Made; created; shaped. (A-S.) 
Al that ever God Aope to be, 
Shal come and fyjtajensthe. 

MB. Hart, 1701, f. S0. 
He tchop his regne to divyde 
To knyites, whiche him hadde serrid. 

OoccFsr, If 8. Soc. Anti^. 134, f.3B. 
May, by Hym that me made, 

And aAive both sonne and mone, 
Fynde a better borowe, sayd Robyn, 

Or monygetcst thou none. Robin Hood, 1. 18. 

SHORE. (1) A poet used with hurdles in folding 

sheep. Dorset. 
{T\ To threaten. North. 

He thoghte to wyrke by the Uwe, 
And by no nother scAort. 

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(4) Sheared; cut. (^..&) Still in use in 
Snffolk, according to Moor, p. 345. " His 
scarlet mantell than shore he/' Syr Isenbras, 
127. See Chaucer, Cant. T. 1 3958. 

(5) A sewer. Still in use in Deyon. 
She in pUJne termes unto the world doth tell, 
Whores are the hackneys which men ride to hell« 
And by comparisons she truely makes 

A whore worse then a common shore or Jakes. 

Taylm'9 Worket, 1630, IL 106. 

SUORBDITCH. The most successful of the 
l.ondon archers was called the Duke ofSkore^ 
diichf a mock title, frequently said in ridicule. 
The sixteenth article in the Poore Man's 
Petidon to the Kinge, 1603, is, " Good king, 
make not good Lord of Lincoln Duke of Shor- 
ditche, for he is a Ac" 
SHORE-POST. A buttress. 
SHORER. The share, or male puhes. 
SHORING. Awry; aslant Eaet. 
SHORLING. A shaveling, or priest. 
SHORRY. A Urge stick on which hedgers 

carry £^;gots. O^fom, 
SHORT. (1) Wide of themark,atechnical phrase 

In archery. Still in use. 
(8) Light and crisp. Cakes and biscuits are 
laid to eat tkort. 
Peevish ; angry. Var. duO, 
The short and long of it, i. e. the absolute 
truth in few vrords. 

The ^Mrt and the long ort Is , she's an ugly crea- 
ture, make of her what thou can'st. 

Heywoo^t Lom'« Mtstrett, p. 03. 
Yf ye will nedys know at thort and longw. 
It is evyn a womaos tounge, 
For that Is ever sterynge. 

Ittteriude of the Four ElemenU, n. d. 
(5) Small; portable. Somenet, 
SHORT-CAKES. Rich sweet cakes which 
break thort^ such as the Cumbrian peasants 
present to their sweethearts at fairs. M'^estm, 
tmd Cvmb, Dial " Alice Shortcake," Shake- 
speare, Merry Wives, i. 1. 
SHORTENING. Anything put into flour to 
make the cakes short. A man who is easi^ 
put in a passion is said to have had too much 
shortening put into him. 
SHORT-HEELED. Unchaste. 
SHORTLY. Quickly; peevishly. 
A ferly strife fel them betwoae. 

As they wait bi the wey ; 
Litulle Johne seid he had won ▼. «. 
And Rohyn Hode seld tchortly nay. 

M8. Cantab, Ff. v. 48, f. 1S6. 

SHORT-OF-PUFP. Short-winded. Zinc. 

SHORTS. Coarse flour. The term is also ap- 
plied to the refuse of com. Far. dial. 

SHORT-START. A kind of apple, mentioned 
by Cotgrave in v. Carpendu, 

SHORT-WAISTED. Angrj' ; tetchy. A stage- 
coachman (a Suffolk man) lost a passenger by 
misconduct, and was at odds with himself; 
another (a countryman) said, " he is very short- 
waisted, when anything puts him out." 

SHOSHINGS. Aslant; sloping. East, 

SHOST. Shouldest? 



Hire lord she wile theder aeiidea 
For the love for to schende 

With lite meini; 
Tharaboute thow Mdtott be souse, 
And thow schelt after wedde to spooie 

To thin amy. Beoet of Hamtoun, p. 7- 
SHOT. (1) A kind of trout. West. 

(2) Turned out rapidly, now especially applied 
to shooting out a waggon load by tilting it. 
" Rubbish may be shot here," is a very com- 
mon notice in plots of ground where the owner 
requires rubble for any purpose. 

Peroevelle sayde hafe it he wolde« 
And eehott owtt alle the golde ; 
Righte there appone the falre molde 

The ryng owte glade. Perceval, 2114. 

(3) A foot-soldier who carried fire-arms. The 
term is still applied to a shooter. He is a 
good shot, 1. e. a good marksman. 

(4) A reckoning at an inn. This word must now 
be considered a provincialism, although lately 
in good use. 

f 5) Firm ; stable ; secure. 

(6^ A young pig. Far. dioL 

(7) A handful of hemp. Kent. 

SHOT-CLOG. A simple foolish person, a dog 
on the company, but who was tolerated because 
he paid the shot or reckoning for the whole of 
the company. Ben Jonson uses the tenn. 

Drawer, take your plate. For the xedconing there's 
some of their cloaks ; I will be no ahot-iog to such. 

jimendefbr Ladiee, p. 51. 

SHOTER. (1) The yew-tree. (J.-S.) 
(2) A little bark, or pinnace. 
SHOT-FLAGON. The host's pot, given where 
the guests have drank above a shilling's worth 
of ale. Derb. 
SHOT-ICE. A sheet of ice. North. 
SHOT-NET. A mackerel net. Kent. 
SHOT-POT. A fellow that spends so much in 
an ale-house that he is entitled to the land- 
lord's pot or shot-flagon. Gloue, 
SHOTS. The refuse of cattle taken out of a 

drove. Craven, 
SHOTSHIPE. An assembly .of persons who 
pay pecuniary contributions. (/i.-S.) 
Deus I quoth Ubbe, hwatmay this be ? 
Betere is 1 go miself, and se : 
Hwether he sitten nou and wesseylcn. 
Or of ani ehatehipe to-dey le. Bavelok, 2009. 

SHOTT. (1) A Stitch in the side. 

(2) A nook, an angle, a field, a plot of land. 
See Carlisle's Account of Charities, p. 305. 

SHOTTEN. (1) Shall not. West. 

(2) Sour, curdled, as milk. 

SHOTTEN-HERRING. A gutted herring, dried 
for keeping. Metaphorically, a lean meagre 
fellow, a term of contempt "Thou art a 
shotten-herring Jackalent Spanyard," Nabbes' 
Bride, 1640, sig. G. u. 

This man Is as wise as a wood-oock. his wit's ina 
oonaumption, his conceit is as lanck as a ehotten- 
herring. Optiek GUme efBumm, lfla», p. S?. 

Though they, like Gotten harringe are to see. 
Yet such tali souldleis of their teeth they be. 
That two of them, like greedie oormorantSy 
Deronzes moro then size honest protestanta. 

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SHOTTBS. A1TOW8; darts; any miasiles 

hiirled with a projective power. (J,^S.) 
SHOTTLES. Q,uasi 9hutAolet ? Bars or ndU 

which paa&ing through morticed holes in posts 

may he removed at pleasure. Line. 
SHOT-WINDOW. Explained hy Ritson, a 

window that opens and shuts. 

Alyc« opened a 9hot window. 

And loked all aboat. 

She was ware of the Justice and ihirife bothe, 

Wyth a ftall great route. Ancient Popular Voetrp, p. 8. 
SHOUFFED. Shoved; pushed. 

And wbenne the Hacedyni and the Grekei lawe 

Alexander entir Into the citee, they tetumjBM to the 

wallet all at anes, and clambe OTer. 

MS. LtneUm A. 1. 17i f* 6. 
SHOUGH. A shock-dog ; a shog. 
SHOULDER. A young hidy who has on. 

fortunately listened to the persuasions of the 

other sex, is said to have a tifp qfthethoulder. 
SHOULDER.CI.APPER. Ahailiff. 

A iMi^.fHfliid, a tMrnUdtr-Happtr, one that eounter* 

The paasaget of alleys, creaks, and narrow landa. 

Comedy ofRrror*^ iv. 2. 

SHOULDER-SPIKE. A long iron spike used 
for supporting shelves against a waU. Wett. 
SHOULERE. The bird shoveller. 
SIIOUPE. Shaped ; prepared, 
within fyhene dayes his flete es assemblede, 
And thaBehesdhMfpehym to chlppe, and schownes 
no lengere. Merte Arihme, MSU lAneotn, f. 91. 
SHOUPS. The hips. North, 
SHOtTRE. (1) To SGOur ; to ride quick. fTeber. 
(2) Aoonilict. 

For now Is he h<ddea noujt in stonrir. 
But he con lore paramooris. 

Cttrear Mwidi, MS, CoU, THn, Qmtab. 1. 1. 

SHOUT. (1) A hill. Yorish. 

(2) A small boat, nearly flat-bottomed and very 

light, used for passing over the drains in 

various parts of the county : when broader and 

larger it is used for shooting wild ducks in the 

marshes, and is then called a gunning shout 

lAnc. The term shoutemen has some con- 

nexion with this, although the boats used for 

carrying timber could not have been very light. 

Out of which 74«. 6d. paid to divers msriners, called 

ahoutemen, for the carriage of 74 loads of timber 

from the wood of Wildwode, carried fk'omWeybridge 

to the manor of the SaToye, by the river Thames, 

carriage at ISd. a load. Arehmologta, xxiv. 304. 

And l^om two boats forfeited anew in this year, 

of which one dung-boat, called a ahowtt, nothing 

here, because not yet appraised, but remalning^in the 

cnatody of the acoomptant of waM and estray^ 

Arehmtlogia, xx1^909. 

SHOUTHBR. The shoulder. Shouther.fellow, 

a oompaoion in any manual labour requiring 

more than one person's exertions. 
SHOVE. (1) To germmote; to shoot. Also, to 

cast the first teeth. Ea»t, 
(2) To put the loose com into heaps for the 

oonvenienoe of being taken up. Suatex, 
SHOVELARDE. A shovel. 
SHOVBL-BOARD. A trivial game very com- 

mon Sn former days, and not yet laid aside. 

A shiSiiig or other smooth coin was placed on 
II. 



the extreme edge of the shovel-botrd, and 
propelled towards a mark by a smart stroke 
with the palm of the hand. It is mentioned 
under various names, according to the coin 
employed, as shove-groat, &c. The game of 
shove-halfpenny is mentioned in the Times of 
April 25th, 1845, as then played by the lower 
orders. It is called ahooyts in the Hallam- 
shire Glossary, p. 121. 

Bowles, ahooe-groate, tennis, no game comes amis, 
His purse a nurse for anybody is. 

Taiflor't Motto, 12mo. Lond. 1638. 
Taylor, the water-poet, says that ** Edw. shil- 
lings fbr the most part are used at shoove- 
boord," and he thus describes the complaint 
of one of them : 

You see my face is beardlesse, smooth, and plaine. 
Because my soveraigne was a child, 'tis knowne, 
Whenas he did put on the English crowne. 
But had my stamp beene bearded, as with haire. 
Long before this it had beene worne out bare ; 
For why i With me the unthrifts every day 
With my face downwards do at shove-board play : 
That had I had a beard, you may suppose 
Th' had worne it off, as they have done my nose. 

7\iy tor's Worses, ed. 1630, i. 69. 

SHOVELL. The bird shoveller, mentioned in 
Hollyband's Dictionarie, 1593, where it is the 
translation of tm c«M//ter. Perhaps sAor«^- 
fotede is having feet like shoveUs. 
Sehoo^le-foUdB was that scbalke, and schaylande 

hyme semyde. 
With schankes unschaply achowande togedyrs. 

Mwte ArthurOf MS. Lincoln, f.66. 

SHOW. (1) To push, or shove. East. 

(2) To show a fiii pair of heels, i. e. to run away 

very quickly, far. dial. 
SHOWEL. A blind for a cow's eye, made of 

wood. South. 
SHOWER. Used in the I. of Wight for rain, 

though it may last many hours, or even a 

whole dav 
SHOW-FIGHT. To be willing to fight. 
SHOW-HACKLE. To be wiUing to fight. /. tf 

Wight. 
SHOWHE. A jackdaw. Prompt. Part. 
SHOWL. A shovel. Var. dial " Tribtda, 

Anglice a scbowle,'' Nominale MS. 
Who'll dig hisgiave? 
I, said the owl, with my spade and «Aoi«/, 
And I'll dig his grave. The Death t^Coek Robin. 

SHOW.OFF. To commence. Also, to exhibit 

finely befoie others. Var. dial, 
SHOWRLY. Surely. See Middleton, iii. 636. 

Jennings has shower, sure. 
SHOWS. Prints ; pictures. Devon. 
SHRADDES. Shards, or coppices. 

Whan shaws beene sheene, and ehraddes full fayre. 

And leaves both large and longe. Robin Hood, 1. llfi. 
SHRAP-TIDE. Shrovetide. Palsgrave, 
SHRAGERS. Coarse metal pots made of marl, 

in which wares are baked. Staf, 
SHRAGGES. Rags ; patches ; slips. Our second 

example refers to a ^ged hood. 

with flatte ferthynget the f^ke was floreschede aUe 
over; 

Many schredys and eehraggee at his skyrttes hynges. 
Mnrte Artfiuro^ MS. lAncrttn^ f. SO. 

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A Md hod on hir heved, shmgU al of ihiidUi 
With a ridie Kibaii fold be-gon. 

jr& Arund, OM, Arm. 27> f. ISO. 

SStlUAGS. The ends of sticks, of the hirchen 
twigs in ft broom ; or of whins or fiuze. " Yftr 
brum owt ta ha' fine shrags.'* This was said 
to a man about to dress recently thrashed 
barley for market. The clippings of live 
fences. Moor. " Hoke to hcv wyth woode, 
or wkragffynffe," Pr. Parv. p. 242. " To shrag 
trees, arborttputare" Baret, 1580. 

SHRAIL. A light rail, or any very slight fence, 
more to warn persons from breaking through 
it than for real protection. East. 

SHRAMMED. Benumbed with cold. Wett 

SHRANK. Sunk ; pierced. Gattayne. 

SHRAP.(l) A thicket. Devon. 

(2) A snare for birds ; a place prepared and 
baited with com or chaff for the purpose of 
catching birds. 

He busies hinuelfe In setting silver lime twlgi to 
entangle young gentlemen, and casting foorth silken 
shrapt to catch woodcocks. 

Nash's Pieres PennUsste, IBM. 

SHRAPE. (1) To scrape. (A.-S.) 

Herly in the morowe to shrapifn in the vale. 
To f ynde my dyner amonge the wormcs smale. * 

l^dgats*» Uinsr Pmhw* p 184. 
(2) To scold. Suuex. 
SHRAVEL. Dry faggot wood. SufoUf. 
SHRAVBY. A loose subsoil, something between 

clay and sand. Suttex. 
SHRED. (1) To cut off the smaller branches of 
a tree ; to cut the twigs from a pole when cut 
down. Eatt. It occurs in the Pr. Parr. 
(2) To cut into shreds. West. " To morsell, 
to mince, or sAred in peeces," Florio, p. 2. 
Metaphorically, to ruin or plunder any one. 

iS\ To spread manure. South. 
4) A tailor. A cant term. 
SHREDE. (1) Clothed. AJso, to clothe. (A.-S.) 
Beves of is palfrei alighte. 
And seftreds the palmer as a knighte. 

Beves of Hamtoun^ p 80. 

In a kirtel of silk he gan him «eAr«f«, 
Into chaumber wel sone he jede. 

0$ nf Wanctke, p. 4. 

(2) To cut through. (A.-S.) 

Thoflfe my sehouldlre be sehr^de, and my schelde 

thyrUede« 
And the wlelde<tf myne arme werkkes a lltUIle. 

Msirts Arthurs, MS. Uncoint f. 81 . 

(3) Covered up. (A.-S.) 

It ware worthy to be sOtrsds and sdirynede in golde, 
For !t et sakles of synne, sa heipe me oure Lorde. 

Marts Arthurs, MS. UhcoIh, f. 95. 
Schyre scheldus they sdirsde. 
Many dowghty was dede, 
Ryche maylus wexen rede. Dsgrevant, 293. 
SHRED-PIES. Mince-pies. Tusser, p. 73. 
SHREFE. A sheriff. Paltgrave. 

The pro vcrbe sales, hee that will sweare will lie, 
He that will lie will steale by conscquency : 
Swearers are lyers, lyere most are thieves. 
Or God heIpe Jaylors and true undsr-shrievss. 

3Mor'« Wit and Mirth, p. 189. 
SHREG. To lop trees. Somerset. 
SHRBNKBDE. Pierced through. 



Schalkei he ichredc tfaurghe, and seh rsmk w d s may tea . 
Baneres he bare downe, bryttmede scheldes. 

Mvrts Arthurs, MS. Lineeln, f. 78. 

SHREW. (1) A screw. Somerset. 

(2) A scold. In earlier writers it often signified 
a wicked person of either sex, one malkions 
or badly disposed. 

(3) To curse. (A.-S.) 

(4) The field mouse. North. 
SHREWD. Malicious ; badly-disposed. 
SHRICHE. To shriek. (A.-S.) 

And the maid, al for-drede. 
Bigan to schrichsn an to grede. 

Stories and Blanch^fiow, 4S4. 

SHRICK. To shriek, a term formerly applied 

to the badger*s noise at rutting time. 

SHRIDE. To hew or lop wood. Jennings 

has shride, to cut off wood from the sides of 

trees, to cut off wood from trees genenUy. 

" Uooke to hewe wode, or schrydynge,'' Pr. 

Pary. p. 242. 

SHRIEVY. Having threads withdrawn. Stissex. 

SHRIFT. Confession. (^.-5.) Shrifte-ftder, 

a frither confessor. 
SHRIGHT. Shrieked. (A.-S.) 
It was the tyme when soyle 

With foggie deaw was dight, 
But lately fklne ; and throwded foule 
In shadie bushes shright. 

TurbtaU^s Oeid, ISCJ, f. 60- 

Thou ichalt be mordrid in this atede I 
Thb mayden tfao for fenschrihte^ 

Qswer, MS. the. Antiq. 134, f. 138. 

SHRIKE. (1) The lesser butcher-bird, so called 
by Turner, according to Ray, ed. 1674, p. 83, 

(2) To shriek. Palsgrave. 

SHRIMMED. Chilled. Cormtf. 

SHRINE. A charnel-house. This sense of the 
word occurs in HoUyband's Dictionaries 1593, 
as well as the ordinary meaning. 

SHRIP. To rate, or chide. Kent. 

SHRITE. The missel-thrush. South. 

SHRIVE. (1) To confess. (A.-S.) 

(2) To regard ; to praise. 

(3) To prune trees. Kent. 
SHROCKLED. WUhered. Keni. 
SHROCROP. The shrew-mouse. D&rset. 
SHROE. A shrew. Peele, i. 49. 
SHROF. Shrived. See Cqf. 
SHROGGS. Shrubs; thorns; briars. 

They cutt them down two summer shroggs. 
That grew both under a breere. 

Robfji Hood, i. 190. 

SHROMP. A black worm, common in horse- 
dung. Var. dioL 

SHROOD. To trim or lop trees. Glouc. 

A fellow in North Wales, shrowdh%g of a tree, fell 
down on his head, and his bralne fVactnicd, and lay 
for dead. Aubreys fFUtshirs, MS. Ashmels. 

SHROUD. To gather together, as beaato do 
for warmth. Palsgrave. 

SHROUDED. Concealed, covered, screened, 
sheltered, overgrown, shaded. *' In the two 
latter senses I lately heard this speech, en- 
forcing the argument for the thickly planting 
of apple trees. — See how the cottagers trees 
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heuCf** Moor*8 Snff. MS. Chaucer uses the 
yerb uhrttudej to hide. 

SHROUDES. Clothes. (^..&) 

SH ROVE. To be merry ; probably derived from 
the sports and amusements of Shrovetide. 
" One that loveth to shrove ever and make 
good cheere," Florio, p. 59. Shrove-Prenticetf 
a phrase which has never been correctly ex- 
plained, was a name g:iven to a set of ruffianly 
fellows, who took upon them at Shrovetide 
the name of London Prentices, and in that 
character invaded houses of ill-fame. 

More cruel I then Mhrove-prtntiee*, when they« 
Drank In a brothell house, are bid to pay. 

DavenatWt Madagiuear, 1948, p. 88. 

SITROVE-CAKES. Small cakes made to give 
children on Shrovetide. 

SHROVERS. Children who go from house to 
house at Shrovetide singing for cakes. 

SHROVE-TUESDAY. Perhaps the foUowing 
account of Shrove-Tuesday by Taylor, the 
Water Poet, is one of the most curious and 
illustrative that could be produced in explana- 
tion of the numerous allusions in early writers 
to the feasting and sports in vogue on that 
day. " Welcome merry Shrovetide," Shake- 
speare, 2 Henry IV. v. 3. 

Alwayes before Lent there comet wadUng a fat 
groase bunten-gutted groome, called Shrove-Tuet- 
day, one whose manners shewet that he is better fed 
then taught : and indeed he is the onely monster for 
feedJng amongst all the dayes of the yeere, for he 
deroures more flesh In foureteene hourcs, then this 
whole Ungdome dolh(or at the leastshould doe)in slxe 
weckeaaften such boyling and broylIng,such roasting 
and toasting, such stewing and brewhag, such baking, 
fhyinga mlndng, cutting, carving, devouring, and 
gorbeJlyed gurmondiiing, that a man would thinke 
people did take in two months provision at once into 
their panaches, or that they did ballast theit bellies 
with meate for a voyage to Constantinople or to the 
West Indies. Moreover, it is a goodly sight to see 
how the oookes in great men*s kltchlns doe flry in 
their masters suet, and sweat in their owne grease, 
that If ever a cooke be worth the eating it is when 
Shrovc-Tuesday is in towne, for he is so stued and 
larded, roasted, basted, and almost over roasted, that 
a nan may eate the rawest bit of him and never take 
a surfet. lo a word, they are that day extreme 
cholerScke, and too hot for any man to meddle with, 
being roonarchs of the marow-bones, marquesses 
of the mutton, lords high regents ot the spit and 
the kettle, barons of the gridiron, and sole comman- 
ders of the frylngpan. And all this hurly burly is 
for no other purpose but to stop the mouth of this 
land-wheale Shrove-Tuesday. At whose entrance 
In the morning all the whole kingdome is in quiet, 
but by that time the riocke strikes eleven, which (by 
the heipe of a knavbh sexton) is commonly before 
nine, then there is a bell rung, cald The Pancake 
BeU, the sound whereof makes thousands of people 
distracted, and forgelfull either of manner or hu- 
manitie ; Then there is a thing cald wheaten flowre 
which tlie sulphory necromanticlie cookes doe mingle 
with water, «gges, spice, and other tragicall magicall 
inehantments, and then they put it by little and 
little into a frying-pan of boyling suet, where it 
make* a confused disroall hissing (like the Leamean 
saakes in the reeds of Acheron, Stix or Phlegeton) 
UBtill at last by the skill of the cooke, It is trans- 



ftonn'd into the fonne of a flap-jack, which in our 
translation it cald a pancake, which ominous incan- 
tation the ignorant people doe devoure very greedily 
(having for the most part well dined before :) but 
they have no sooner swallowed that sweet candyed 
balte, but straight their wits forsake them, and they 
runne starke mad, assembling in routs and throngs 
Bumberlesse of ungovemed numbers, with uncivill 
civill commotions. Then Tim Tatters (a most 
valiant villalne) with an enslgne made of a piece of 
a bakers mawkln flxt upon a brooroe-stalfe, be dls- 
plaies his dreadfull colours, and calling the ragged 
regiment together, makes an illiterate oration, stuft 
with most plentiful! want of discretion : the conclu- 
sion whereof is, that somewhat they will doe, but 
what they know not. Un till at last comes marching 
up another troope of tatterdemalians proclayroing 
wars against no matter who, so they may be doing. 
Then these youths arm'd with cudgels, stones, 
hammers, rules, trowels, and hand-sawes, put play- 
houses to the sacke, and bawdy houses to the spoyle, 
in the quarrell breaking a thousand quarrels <of 
glaase I roeane) making ambitious brickbats breake 
their neckes, tumbling trova the tops of lofty chim- 
nies, terribly nntyling houses, ripping up the bowels 
of feather-beds, to the inriching of uphobtcrs, the 
profit of plaisterers, and dirt-dawbers, the gaine of 
glasiers, Joyners, carpenters, tylers, and bricklayers. 
And which Is worse, to the contempt of Justice t 
for what availes It for a oonstable with an army of 
reverend rusty bill- men to command peace to these 
beasts, for they with their pockets instead ofpl&tols, 
well char'd with stone-shot, discharge against the 
image of authority whole volleyes as thicke as hayle, 
which robustious repulse puts the better sort to the 
worser part, making the band of unscowred halber- 
diers retyre faster then ever they came on, and shew 
exceeding discretion in proving tall men of their 
heeles. Thus by the unmanerly manect of Shrove- 
Tuesday constables are baffled, liawds are bang'd, 
punckes are plllag'd, panders are plagued, and the 
chlefe commanders of these valourous villiacoes, for 
their reward for all this confusion, doe In conclusion 
purchase the inheritance of a Jayle, to the commo- 
dity of Jaylors, and discommodity to themselves, 
with a fearefuU expectation that Tlburne shall 
stoppe their throats, and the hangman take posses- 
sion of their coates, or that some beadle In bloody 
characters shall imprint their faults on their shoul- 
ders. So much for Shrove-Tuesday, Jacke-a- Lents 
Gentleman Usher, these have beene his humours in 
former times, but 1 have some better hope of refor- 
mation in him hereafter, and indeed I wrote this 
before hit commlng this yeere 1617. not knowing 
how bee would behave himselfe ; but tottering be- 
twixt despalre and hope, I leave him. 

Taylor's WorkcM, 1690, i. 114-5. 

SHROVY. Shabby. Var, dial, 

SHROWDS. Places under ground, as the bur- 
rows of animals, vaults, &c. " Into the walks 
and shrowda of wild beasts," Harrison, p. 205. 
« A shrowdes or lyke buildinge under the 
grounde/' Elyot, in v. JpogtButn, ed. 1559. 
The crypt of a church was sometimes so called. 
Shrowedf sheltered, Arch. xi. 224. 
To schewe his ly5te In e.'ery shrowed aud sliade. 

Ufdgatt, MS, 5oc. Antiq. 134, f. 23. 

SHRUB. To reduce to poverty by winning a 
person's whole ^tock, a term used at play 
Somerset, 

SHRUCK. Shrieked. Suffolk, 

SHRUDDE. Clothed. {A.-S.) 



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leh the vedde wel and tkrwdd$ the ; 
And thoQ wyth eyiyl drlnkeit to me. 
And wyth tpere ityngett me. Raliq* Aniiq. IL 06. 
SHRUFP. Light rubbish wood ; any short dry 
ituff used for fiieL Var.dial, The term tchrof 
in Depos. Ric II. p, 13, may perhaps be con- 
nected with this. 
SHRUMP. To shrug ; to shrink. Wett. 
SHRUMPSED. Beaten, in games. Devon. 
SHRUMP - SHOULDERED. Hump-backed. 

Wett Also used in Surrey. 
SHRUPE. To hem in ; to inclose. 
SHUCK. (1) To shake. Suuex. 

(2) A caU to pigs. Donet, 

(3) A sheU, or covering; a husk, or pod. 
For. dioL 

SHUCKEN. To shuffle. Dtftms. 

SHUCKISH. Unpleasant; unsettled; show- 
ery, generally applied to the weather. Sutaex. 

SHUCKLE. To chuckle. It occurs several times 
in Florio, pp. 109, 215, 441. 

SHUCKLED. Growing beans are said to be 
9huekl'd when beaten down by hail or wind. 

SHUCK-TROT. A slow jog-trot. Eaat. 

SHUCKY. Deceitful. Lme, 

SHUDDB. (1) To shed ; to falL 

(2) A hut, shed, or hovel. 

SHUDDER. To shiver, rar, dial 

SHUF. To shy, as horses do. Oxon. 

SHUG. (1) Menacing. Devon, 

(2) To writhe the body forward and backward, 
or from side to side, so as to produce friction 
against one's clothes, as those who have the 
itch. Somerfet. Palsgrave has it, to jog or shake. 

(3^ To shrug ; to scratch. South. 

(4) A slow shaking trot. Norf. 
SHUGGY-SHOW. A swing. North. 
SIIULDEN. Should. (A.-S.) 

What is the cause, alias ! quod sche. 
My fadir that I ee tehutden be 
Bed and destroyed in sucbe a wise ? 

Gower, MS. Soc, Antiq, 134, f. 50. 

SHULDERE. Rocky ; craggy. 

SHULDIR. A shoulder. {A.-S.) 
He was mdiille mane and lange, 
WithssAv/cMrr brode and armes strange. 

Uumbnu, 14. 

SHULL. A spade, or shovel. North, 

SHULL-BANE. The shoulder-bone. North. 

SHULVE. AshoveL Eaat. 

SHUN. To push ; to shove. South. <* Go shun, 
as they say in Sussex, trudo" Coles. 

S HUNCH. The same as Shun, q. v. 

SHUNDER. Slander; scandal. 

SHUNNISH. To treat unkindly, often appUed 
to the improper treatment of children. Suseex. 

SHUNTE. (1) To delay; to put oflf. 
Sdiape us an ansuere, and jeAvnre yow no lengere, 
That we may schifte at the schorte, and schewe to 
my lorde. Morte Artkmn, MS, Lincoln, t. 67. 

(2) To shun ; to move from. North. 

Then I drew me down Into a dale, whereas the dumb 

deer 
Did shiver for a shower i hut I Mhunted from a f^eyke : 
For I would no wight in this world wist who I were, 
B«t little John Nobody, that dare not once speake. 

Uttle John Ncbod^, c. IftSa 



(3)Toshy,orstart Wt 

(4) To sKp down, as earth. North, 

SHUPPARE. Maker; creator. {A-S.) 

SHUPPICK. A hay-fork. Weat. 

SHURDE. Dressed. Gawayme. 

SHURET. A shift. Devon. 

SHURL. To trim the ends of the nedc-feathers 
of a fighl Ing-cock. North, 

SHURNE. Cacare. This U given aa a WUtshire 
word in MS. Lansd. 1033, f. 2. 

SHURTY. To bustle about. Dewm, 

SHUT. (1) To weld iron. Weat. 

(2) A riddance. To get ahut, to get rid of any- 
thing. rar.dioL 

(3} A narrow street. Weat. 

(4) An accession of water in a river, as from 
rain, floods, &c Weat. 

(5) To do ; to manage. Kent, 

(6) To join ; to agree. Doraet, 

(7) 7b ahut t^f, to stop. Var. dial 

(8) To be extravagant. North. 
SHUTFUL. Extravagant. North, 
SHUTHER. To shiver with cold. Lme. 
SHUT-OUT. To leave off ploughing, to un- 
hook the horses. Beda. 

SHUTS. Stout wooden poles. Warw. 
SlIUTTANCE. Riddance. North, 
SUUTTEN-SATURDAY. The Saturday in 
Passion Week, the day on which our Saviour's 
body lay inclosed in the tomb. 
SHUTTER. Sa.mt tA Shunte, q.Y. 
SHUTTING. Covering up, applied to a table 

quite covered with dishes or eatables, &c. 
SHUTTING-IN. The evening. Eaat. 
SHUTTLE. Slippery ; sUding. Weat. 
But nowe the fletynge Ancyes fon4e» 

And eke the slumU wyttci; 
The mad desyrea of women now* 
Theyr rage in fblysh fyu. 

Hermaphrcditm and BabmmcU, U65. 

SHUTTLES AG. When a man is husky from 
phlegm in his throat, he is said to have '* swal- 
lowed a ahuttlebag." 
SHUTTLE-BOARD. A shuttlecock. Norths 
SHUTTLE-HEADED. Foolish ; rude. 

Nor can you deeme them thuule-headed fdlowcs. 
Who for the Lord are so exceeding aealoui. 

MS. Amms, temp. Chafles I. 
SHY. (1) To fling. Var. dial 

(2) To start, said of a horse. 

(3) The same as Shrail, q. v. 

(4) Keen ; piercing ; bold ; sharp. North. 

(5) To avoid a person. South. 

SIB. Relation ; companion. (A.-S.) Still in 
use in Lincolnshire. He is m& to us, L e., he 
is ray cousin. " Sib'd, a-kin ; no sole sib'd, 
nothing a-kin : no more sib*d then sieve and 
riddle, that grew both in a wood together. 
Prov. Cheah, Syb, or sybbe is an ancient 
Saxon word, signifying kindred, alliance, affi- 
nity," Ray's Words, ed. 1674, p. 40. 
I sett 50 w here a soveraynge, asceote 5if |owe lykys. 
That es me tytb, my systersone, sir Mordredehym- 
selvene. JftMte Arthur; M&. Lincoln, f. 60. 

SI BBS. Related; allied. (A.-S.) 



SIC 



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What man that wrye a gode firende, 
Tbou) he were r^t tibbe at my kynde^ 
He were worthy gret ihame. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f. 50. 
I bneke jow, syr, at my spbbe lorde. 
That 58 wille for charyti cheese 50W another. 

Mart* Arthure, MS. Lincoln, t. 60. 

SIBBERIDGE. The banns of matrimony. It 
is often called sibrit, which would lead as to 
suppose it was connected with sibredef q. v., 
and the latter was the more ancient and cor- 
rect form. ** Sybrede, baima" Pr. Pary. This 
word has been for a length dT thne peculiar to 
the Eastern counties, more especially Suffolk. 
Sir Thomas Browne refers it to Norfolk, and 
Ray to Suffolk. Miyor Moor deriyes it from 
the beginning of the banns as they used to be 
published in Latin, si guts teiveret. Ray's 
derivation firom A.-S. Hb appears to me to 
be mnch more probable. 
SIBILACIONS. Hissings igrowlings. (Lai.) 
SIfilLE-SAGE. The Queen of Sheba. 
Sone after that verrayment 
Tho SibUe Sage to Jerusalem went 
To heren of Salamones wit. 

MS. Trin. Coll. Oxon. 67, art. 2. 

SIBLATOUR. One who hisses. (Lat.) "An 
hisser, or a ndlatour" Gesta Komanorum, 
p. 116. It occurs in Lydgate. 
SIBMAN. A relative. (^.-5.) It is the trans- 
lation of qffmii in Nominale MS. SUmeue^ 
relationship. 

David thou were bore of my kjrn. 
For thi godnesse art thou myn, 
More for thi godnesse 
Then for eny 9ibneata. " 

Harrmoing qf Hell, p. 87> 

SIBREDE. Relationship ; kindred. It is some- 
times a substantive. (J.-S.) 

Jheau brother called was he, 
For tibredt, worshepoand beauts. 
Cvrtor Mundi, MS. ColL THn. Cantab, t 79. 
For every man it schulde drede, 
And namelidie In his tibreio, 

Gower, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. S30. 
Bot I forsake this gate, so me Oode helpe ! 
. And sothely aUe ^fbraijfne bot thyselfe one. 

Morte Arthwre, MS. Linoofn, f. 96. 

SIC. AcaUtopigs. North. 
8ICATB. Dry. (Lot.) 

Reads not in spight, but take delight 

In this, whiche onoe was prose ; 
Whose watered plants scarse Moate were. 
Till he this same did close. 

GauJfrido and Bamardo, 1570. 

SICE. (1) Sixpence. A cant term. 
(2) A gutter, or drain. Somerset. Grose has 
sick, a small stream or rilL It is from the 
A.-S. aieh. 
SICH. (1) Such. Var, dial. 

And In the courte 1 have $ieh a frende, 
I shalbe servyd or I wende, 
Withowt any delay. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. V. 48, f. 46. 
Scho that was his lady 
Mighte be fliUe sary. 
That lorae hade Heht a body. 

p0rce«af, IfiO. 
(2) A wicked fellow. Devon, 



SICK. IntrayaiL North. 
SICKER. The same as SiheTf q. y. 
SICK-FEATHERS. The young ungrown fea^ 

thers at the time of moulting. Devon, 
SICKINGE. Sighing ; lamenting. 
SICKNESS. The plague was formerly termed 

for distinction's sake the sickness, 
SICLATOUN. A kind of rich stuff. 
There was mony gonfanoun, 
Of gold, sendel, and aiclatotm, 

Kjfng AlUaunder, 1964. 

SICLB. A sbekeL " A side, being an olde 
Persian coyne, and seemeth to be ninepense 
in value of our monie," Nomendator, 1585, 
p. 330. It occurs also in Howell. 
SICUR. Secure ; certain. 

With me thel lefte alle theire thyng. 
That I am stcur of theire comyng. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 40, f. 48. 

SID. Saw. West. 
SIDDER. Wider. (A.-S.) 
SIDDOW. Vulgarly xidtfoM;. Peas which be- 
come soft by boiUng are said to be siddow. 
Gloue. 
SIDE. (1 J Ix>ng ; iraUing. North, *' Used as 
in Skinner*s time, e. g. *< I do not like side 
frocks for little girls.'' I had thought this 
word obsolete, till two or three months ago I 
heard it used by an old lady, who numbers 
between 70 or 80 years," MS. Glossary of 
Lincolnshire Words, by the Rev. J. Adcock. 
His berde was side with myche hare» 
On his heede his hatt he bare. 

Cursor Mundi, MS. Colt. Trin, Cantab, t. S3. 
Hevedys tyfed wyih grete pryde. 
With heer and homes jyrfe. 

MS, HarU 1701, f. «. 

(2) To carve a haddock. 

(3) To take the part of another. 

^4) To equal ; to stand in equal place. 

(5) To decide ; to settle ; to coincide ; to set 
things aside, or out of the way. North, 

(6) Rough ; rude. Devon. 

SIDE. BOARDS. The rails of a cart. 
SIDE-BOX. Aseed.lepe. South. 
SIDE-COATS. The long trailing coats or frocks 

worn by young children. 
SIDE-LANDS. The outside parts of a ploughed 

field, adjoining the hedges, mnnii^ parallel 

with the lands or ridges. South. 
SIDE-LANIELS. Hopples for horses. 
SIDE-LAY. In hunting, a fresh set of hounds 

to be laid in on the scent. 
SIDE-LIKE. Suchlike. North. 
SIDELINE. Evenly in rows. Devon, Its 

correct and ancient meanhig is slanting, 
SIDE LING. The slope of a hill. South. 
SIDELINGS. Ashmt ; sideways. East. 
And tifdiyngu of the segge the syghte had he rechide. 

Morte Arthure, MS. LifieoJfi, f. 64. 

SIDELONG. To fetter as a preventive from 
straying, or breaking pasture, by chaining a 
fore and a hind foot of the same side together. 
Yorksh. 

SIDEMEN. Assistants to the churchwardens. 
See Harrison's England, p. 163. The same 
as Questmenf q, v. 



SIG 



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SIDENANDIS. Aslant ; on one side. 
SIDENESS. Length. Paltgrave. 
SIDER. An orderly person. Lane. 

SIDERE. 

For hit wu brijt and ful fayre tre, 
Hen my5t hit fulle fere te ; 
That Mode in erth wa« tifdert gode» 
For hit shulde not rote as hit stode. 

MS. Cantab, Pf. ▼.48, f.Sl. 

SUE-SHEAR. On all sides. Percy, 
SIDE-WAVERS. The beams in the roof of a 

bouse wbich form tbe angle of the roof. See 

Thoresby's Letter to Ray, 1703, in v. Bawks, 
SIDE-WIPE. An indirect censure. 
SIDE-WISE. Breadthwise. North. 
SIDGOREN. This term was given to a part of 

the dress about tbe bosom. 
SIDITHERUM. A creeping, slow-moUoned 

person. line. 
SIDLE. (1) To go sideways ; to saunter idly 

about in no particular direction, yar, dial 
(2) To sit down gently. J>ewm. 
SIDNESS. Seed-time. Weii. 
SIDRON. A citron. 
SIDY. Surly ; moody. Suuex, This word 

was given by Ray in 1674, but I do not know 

whether it be still in use. 
SIE. (1) A drop. Also, to drop. North, 

(2) To pull, or stretch. York$h. 

(3) Saw. Chaucer, 

(4) To strain milk. Palagrave, It is still in 

use in Derbyshire. 
Sometime lit was of cloth in graioc, 

*Tis now but a •igh-^tmi as you may see. 
It will neither hold out winde nor raine ; 
And lie have a new cloake about mee. 

Pttrcy'« JUN«iMt» p. 5S. 

SIEGE. (1) A company of herons. 
(2) The same as Sege, q. v. 
SIELE. To vault. Elyot,1559. 
SIENE. Since. 

I salle 50W telle als trewe a tale 

Als erer was herde by nyghte or daye ; 
And the maste mervelle, for-owttyne naye. 
That ever was herde by-fore or iy«N«. 

US. Lincoln A. 1. 17, f. 140. 

SIESIN. Teast; barm. Kent. 

SIESTA. The rest usually taken about noon 

in hot countries, as in Spain. 
SIETHES. A kind of chives. 
SIEVER. All the fish caught in one tide. EoMt 

Sutaex. 
SIEVES. Chives ; a small kind of onion. It 

is so spelt in Hollyband's Dictionaiie, 1593. 
SIFE. To sigh. Somerset, Carr has n^in 

the Craven Glossary, ii. 124. 
SI FFLEMENT. Whistling. 
SIG. Urine. South, 
SIGALDRY. (1) Deceit ; trick. (2) To deceive ; 

to act by a stratagem, or unlawfiilly. 
Jocephe, take hym then to thee. 
And burye hym wher thy wii be. 
But look thou make no tigaldrvt 
To rayie him up agayne. CA««ferP/ajf«,ii.69. 

There was a wyoche and made a bagge, 

A bely of lethyr, a greteswagge ; 

She ngaldJTfd so thys bagge bely. 

That hyt 5ede and soke mennys ky. Jrs.iiiaW.I701,f.4. 



SIGGER. To leak. Cornm. 
SIGGETH. Says. (^.-5.) 

And sigietk Merlin wil hem abid* 

In the forest here biside. 

Arthow aad JbrHii, (^ 73. 

SIGH. To become larger. North, 
SIGHT. (1) A great quantity, rar, dioL 

Where Is so great a strength of money, 1. where 
Is so huge a *i/K*^ of mony. 

PatMgrav^* Aeola»tu9, 154t. 

(2) The perforation in a helmet through which 
the wearer looked. 

(3) Sighed. Speneer, 

Than syr Dcgrerraunt tifght. 

And byheld the hevene up-an hyght, 

Jhesus, save me in my ryght. 

And Mar^ me spede ! Sir DtgrmtaM, 209. 

(4) To cite ; to quote. 

SIGHTLESS. (1) Invisible. (2) Unsightly. 
SIGHTS. (1) Eyes. Somertet, 
(2) Spectacles. Var, dial 
SIGHTSOME. Sightly. More, 
SIGHTY. Glittering; shining. 
SIGINNES. 

Let them leame, let them learn* sim|de tiginmm 

as they are, that the Apoitle speaketh in thia plaee 

of eodesiastlcall ftmetions. 

Mar-Pr*lanrs Epitome, p. 43. 
SIGN. To intend ; to design. South, 
SIGNE. To appoint. {J.-N.) 
SIGN-HILL. A slight eminence on the sea 

bank, on which a tall pole is set up for the 

purpose of making signs to vessels out at sea. 

Line. 
SIGNIFER. The zodiac. {Lat.) 
SIGNIFIAUNCE. Signification. (A,-N.) 
SIGNIFICATION. Importance. Var, dial 
SIGNIORIZE. To govern, or bear rule. 
SIGNIORY. Government ; dominion ; domain, 

or lordship ; seniority. 
SIGN-TREE. A beam in the roof of a house. 

See Thoresby's Letter to Ray, 1703, in v. 

Bawkt. Still in use. 
SIGNWYNARYE. A bloodstone. 

I will to my eldest son and heir, Edward Montagu, 

my great ring with a tignw/fnaiye in it. whidi my 

father gave me, that remaineth In my study at 

Brlgstock. Tut, Pelusr. p. 743. 

SIGOLLE. The cycle. 

As for divers other purposes, to caste therin In 

metalle the tigoUe of any plannet» when he Is stronge 

In the heavens. MS, Athmott 240. 

SIGRIM. (I) The herb segrum. 

Tak ifgrfftM^ waybrede, columbyne, and sile 
thamme thorow a dathe, and qwete flour, and tem- 
per Ulle It be thikke. ftf5. Uneoln A. L 17, f. SOni 

(2) A name for the fox. 

For he thoute mid soumme ginne. 
Him self houp bhnge, thcne wolf therinne. 
Quod the vox. Wo is nou there ? 
Ich wene hit Is tigrlm that ich here. 

RMq. ArUiq, U. 974. 

SIH. Saw. See Ogne, 
SIKE. (1) Sach. North, 

Hir pa'fray was of dappulle gray, 

Slkt on se I never noo. 
As dose the sune on somers day 
The cumly lady hirselfe schooe. 

MS. Cwtak, Ft, V. 48, f. 1 1< 



SIL 



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SIM 



(2) To sigh. StiU in use. 

Y/ that the feende hymtelf wolde have a make, 
Va none to hym m lyka as ye allone. 
He that yow lelth, and M^k^ for your sake, 
1 pxay to CKkI that evcre he ^yktf and grone. 

MS. Fairfax 16. 
The lady tykyd and sayde, alias I 
Into the worlde that sche was wroght 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 46. 

(3) A sick person. North. 

(4) A gutter; a stream. North, 
SIK£R. Secure ; safe. North. 

I am *iker and I bilere 

That none yvel schal thi fadre greve. 

ITS. Addit. 10036, f. 2. 
Ac arst ye schul me make tiker^ 
IVith me held in ereri biker. 

ArthouT andMerHn, p. 9U6. 
That schlp had a ftil sUrer nuut. 
And a sayl strong and large. Femon MS. 
SIKERDE. Assured. \A.'S.) 
SIKERLYE. Certainly; surely. 
Thou arte here, tifJcwlye, 
Thys churche to robbe with felonye 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ti. 38, f. 840. 

SIKERNESSE. Security. {A.-S.) 
SIKIS. A scythe. Nominale MS. 
SILD. Seldom. Tor Selde. 
SILDE. A shed. Stowe. 
SILE. (1) To strain ; to skim. North. 

Take a handeful of sauge, and stampe it, and 
temper It with hate ale, and sythene jyte it thorowe 
a hate eiathe. MS. Uneoln A. L 17, f« 881. 

Do therto gnd wyne, and stepe alle togidre, and 
drinke the licoure tiltd thorgh a clothe v. dayes 
mome and evene. 

MS. in Mr. PetHgreur't potMstion, xv. Cent. 

(2) To sink ; to drop ; to make to sink, or settle ; 
to flow ; to rain. North. 

Many balde garte he lyle 
With the dynt of his spexe. 

MS, lAneoin A. i. 17, f* 131. 
And thane syghaade he salde with yplande terys. 
We are with Saraienes besett appooesere halfes. 
Morte Arihwrt, MS. Uneoln, f . 93. 

(3) Filth; sediment. North. 

(4) To hoil gently ; to simmer. North. 
SILED. Canopied. 

An the tente within was «^l9d wyth clothe of 
golde and blewe velvet, and all the blewe velvet was 
cmbrowdered with H. K. of fyne golde. 

HaU» H»nry VIU. t. 32. 

SILENCED. Ministers prohibited from preach- 
ing were said to be Jtiienced. 

SILERIC. Adorned with carving. 

SILGREEN. The houseleek. Weit. 

SILING-DISH. A milk-strainer. North. 

SILKER. A court-card. Somerset. 

SILK-SHAG. A fine kind of shag cloth. 
Flower-poudred mantles, and embroidered gowns 
Of grass-green Mk-^tag, and the gawdie pride 
Of all her Jewels and her Jems beside. 

Dw JBor^M, p.641. 

SILL. (1) A Step. Oxon. 

(2) The young of a herring. North, 

(3) A seat, or throne. 

The precyouse stones semly to see appone agiUe. 

MS, Uneoln A. i. 17, f. 238. 

(4 ) The shaft of a vehicle. North, Sill-horse, 
the shaft horse. 



(5) A stratum of coal. Staff. 

(6) To swell, or puff up. 
SILLER. (1) Silver. North. 

(2) A covering of tapestry, in the fonn of a ca- 
nopy for a bed, altar, &c. 
The kynge hymeselfene es sette and certayne lordes 
Undyre a ti^lurt of sylke, sawghte at the burdes. 

Morte Arthure, MS. Lincoln, f. 87« 

SILLY. Sickly ; weakly. North. 
SILLYBAUK. A sillabub. Line. 
SILLY-BOLD. Impertinently forward. 

SILLY-CORNES. 

And I will looke babbles In your eyes, and picke 
tiUy-come* out of your toes. 

The Two Lancashire Loeere, 1640, p. 19. 

SILLY-HEW. A child's caul. Durham. 
SILT. Sediment ; ooze. East. 

I suppose it to be the silt of the water, which the 
wfaid and the water brought together. 

Attltre^* wots. Royal Soe. MS. p. 86D. 

SILT-UP. To obstruct the course of a stream, 
or the free passage of boats upon it, by a large 
accumulation of sand. 
SILVER-CHAIN. The white laburnum. 
SILVERLINGS. Coins ; pieces of money. 
SILVER-SPOON. To be bom with a silver 

spoon in one*s mouth, i. e. to be very rich. 
SILYNG. Tapestry. 

The Frenche kyng caused the lorde of Countay to 

stande secretly behynde a eUyng or a hangyng in his 

chamber. Hail, Edward I V. f. 48. 

SIM. To seem ; to think. West, 

SIMATHIN. Liking ; partiality. Detfm, *'A 

sinmiathing, something of an inclination, some 

tendency towards love, a sneaking kindness," 

MS. Devon Gloss. 

SIMBLING-CAKES. Currant cakes eaten in 

Lancashire on Midlent Sunday. 
SIME. A frame of straw used for setting pans 

on. North. 
SIMEN. A sahnon. North. 
SIMILLITT. A likeness. HaU. 
SIMINACION. Breeding. (Lat.) 
Thus thay enduring in lust and deiyte. 
The sprectes of tham gat that were gyauntes tyte. 
With the nature of thcmeselves and eyminacion, 
Thay wer brought forthe by there ymaginacion. 

MS. Lantdowne 806, f. 8. 

SIMKIN. A siUy fellow. South. 

SIMLIN. A kind of fine cake intended for 
toasts. Somerset. 

SIMMIT. Smooth. North. 

SIMNEL. A kind of rich cake, generally 
made in a three-cornered form. The term is 
applied in Salop to a plum-cake with a raised 
crust. 

SIMPER. To simmer. East. " The creame 
of simpering milke,'^ Florio, p. 189. 

SIMPER-DE-COCKET. An affected mealy- 
mouthed girl. Cotgrave. " A simper-de- 
cocket, coquinejfantastieay" Howell, 1660. 

SIMPHANGLE. A musical instrument. 
Yn harpe, yn thabour and tymphar.gle, 
Wursdiepe God yn troumpcs and sautre. 

MS. Harl. 1701, f. 38. 

SIMPHONER. A musician. 

SIMPLE. (1) Weak ; Infirm, applied to the old 
and sickly. Salop. 



SIN 



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(2) Of little filue ; metn. 

SIMPLBS. He wants catting for the simples, 

said of one doing a foolish action. ** He must 

go to Battersea, to be cat for the simples," 

Old Proverb. 
SIMPLE.SIMON. An idiot. ** Simon Sack- 

egg sold his wife for an addle dadc-egg.** 
SIMPLESSE. SimpUcity. (^.-N.) 
SIMPSON. Groundsel. Eatt, 
SIMULACRE. An image. (Lat.) 
SIMULAR. Counterfeited. SkaJt. 
SIN. (1) To stand. EtuL 

(2) Since. Still in use. 
SINALD. A signaL Greene, 
SINAMONE. Cinnamon. (J.-N.) 
SINCANTER. An old worn-out person. 
SIND. To wash down ; to rinse ; to empty oat ; 

to quench thirst. North, 
SINDER. To settle or separate the lees or 

dr^s. KefU, 
SINDERLIK. Separately. {A.-S.) 
SINDY. Soft in speech. Devon, 

SINE. (1) Afterwards. North. 

His Dobille swerde he dnwes «ifne. 
And fAughte with that wylde iwyne. 

MS, Uneoln A. i. 17, f. HI. 
And «yn« go to the UiTcni bouie. 
And buy both wine and ale. 

AoMn Hood, i. 109. 

(2^ To strain. North, 

(3) To leave off milking a cow. 
SIN-EATERS. It was an ancient custom at 

funerals to hire poor people, who were to take 
upon them the sins of the deceased. 

Within the memory of our fathers, in Shropshire, 
fai those viilaget adjoyning to Wales, when a person 
dyed, there was notice given to an old sire, (for so 
they called him,) who presently repaired to the 
place where the deceased lay, and stf.od before the 
door of the house, when some of the family came 
out and furnished him with a cricket, on which he 
sat down facing the door. Then they gave him a 
groat, which he put in his pocket ; a crust of bread, 
whicli he eat ; and a full bowle of ale, which he 
drank offat a draught. After this he got up from 
the cricket and pronounced, with a composed ges- 
ture, the ea»e and r«tt Htf the eoul departed, for which 
he would jMwn hie own eeul. This I had fn^m the 
Ingenious John Aubrey, Esq., who made a collection 
of curious observations, which I have seen, and is 
now remaining in the hands of Mr. Churchill, the 
bookseller. How can a man think otherwise of 
this, than tliat it proceeded ttom the ancient 
heathens ? Bagford, up. Brand, ii. U2. 

SINEDE. Assigned. 

And on the Saturday he es/nede the grounde 
To the chyveteynys abovle that cyt^ roande. 

Areheeel^giat rxi. S3. 

SI NET. The zenith. Chaucer, 

SINEWAYS. Sundry ways. Cumb, 

SINEWEY. Mustard seed. << As hath the 
corn ofsynewey," Ge8taRom.p. 36. 

SINEY. The bUdder-nut tree. It is the trans- 
lation of baguenaudier in Hollyband's Dic- 
tionarie, 1593. 

SINFAN. To perform a symphony. 

SINGEL. Roof of a house. 



Arthour smot on hem sauo fsile. 
So on the «<Mge< do the halle. 

Jjrikomr mnd Jferlte, p. tlS. 

SINGERIES. Apish tricks. Skmner. 

SINGING-BREAD. The roond cakes or wafers 
intended for the consecrated host in the 
eacharistic sacrament. See DaTies' Rites, ed. 

1672, p. 2. 

Item, I bequethe to the same chirch a little 

round cof^n of sylver, closed In e^fngpng-bred, and 

not the hoste. Tett, Veimi, p. StS. 

SINGING-HINNY. A rich kneaded cake, a 

great favorite with pitmen. North. It has 

currants and butter in it, and is baked over 

the fire on a girdle. 
SINGING.MEN. Choristers. 
SINGLE. (1) Pore; genuine; disinterested; 

plain ; sincere ; nnreserved. 

(2) Weak; feeble; silly. " My mmgle state of 
man,*' Shakespeare. Smgle beer, wedL beer; 
double beer, atrong beer. 

(3) A handful of the gleanings of oom tied up. 
North, 

(4) An animal's tail, properly applied to that of 
the buck. See Hunting, sect. 12. 

SINGLE-GUSS. The phtnt orchis. Wett. 

SINGLE-MONEY. Small coins. 

SINGLERE. A wild boar. 

Boyes In the subarbis bourdene fulle h^he 
At a bare eyng^ere that to the bente rynnys. 

MorU Jrthure, MS, Lbtedn, t. 8S. 

SINGLE-STICK. A well-known play with 
staves, which consists in attempts to bring 
blood from your adversary's head, when he 
who first effects it is pronounced victor. It is 
sometimes called backsword, 
SINGLET. An unlined waistcoat Derb. When 

double or lined it is termed a doublet. 
SINGLE-TEN. A tenth card. North. A term 

used generally at the game of whist. 
SINGLETON. A silly fellow. West, 
SINGLE-WOMAN. A whore. « Syngle wo- 
man a harlot, putayn," Palsgrave. 
SING-SMALL. Equivalent to must be content 

with less than appearances promised. Buejp. 
SING-SONG. A drawling song. Far, dial 
I tell the foole, whatever thoa be. 
That made this fyne eing-eong of me. 

Thou art a rymtng sott ; 
Thy very lynes doe the betray. 
Thy barren witt makes all men ay 
'Tis some reballiovs Scott. 

SuOslini^t Regd^ to a UM, MS, 
SINGULAR. (1) Single; lonely. Norf. 
(2) Choice. Shah. ** Proper or syngoler, e»- 
yww," Palsgrave, adj. ** Syngaler or pure^ 
absotu, exguM$, tmffuler" ibid. 
SINGULF. A sigh. S^fenaer. 
SINGULL. A dngle, or hor8e.g]ith. 
SINIFY. To signify. North. 
SINISTRAL. Smister. 

They gather their eMetral opinion, aa I hear say, 
of St. Paul to the Hebrews. Beeon'e mrrke, p. ». 
SINK. To work a mine deeper. Derb. 
SINK- A-PACE. Cinque-pace, q. y. Simeopaee, 

Gaulfrido andBamardo, 1570. 
SINK-DIRT. Gutter mud. fjomx 



SIR 



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SIS 



SINKEB. A eesipool ; uted in the aeigfaboiir- 

hoocLof SpOsby. Xtiic. 
SINK-HOLE. A hole for dirty water to run 

through. South. 
SINKS ANKER. A term of contempt. 
SINK-STONE. A perforated hollowed atone at 

the top of a sink. For. diaL 
SINNEN. A sinew. Siimer-growni haying the 

sinews contracted. North. 
SINN£T£. A kind of cloth. 
SINNOWED. Gaily ornamented. SnmoWf a 

woman very finely dressed. 

Wberflat she woot in her fathered youthfulnefse 
to looke with aminble eye on her gray breiwt, and 
hertpecUcd side saylct, all sinnowed with silTer 

quilln^ and to drive whole armies of fearfull foules 

brfore her to her mavter't table. 

Nash't Pierce PennUesM, J502. 
SIN.STNE. Since that time. North. 
SINTER. " Synter of masonry," Palsgrave. 

It occurs in the Pr. Parv. translated by ctnc- 

iornm, MS. HarL 221. 
SINUM. '• Synom a vessel], faueOe,'* Pals- 

grave, 1530, subst. f. 64. 
SIPE. To drain or drip, as liquor does through 

a cask, tap, &c. which is defective or not 

tight. Lme. 
SIPPETS. Small thin pieces of bread mixed 

with milk or broth, ^mih. 
SIPPLE. To sip up; to drink. " They did 

bat 9^le up,'' Yorkshire Ale, 1697, p. 7. 

BrockeU has firpk, p. 269, ed. 1829. 
SIPRES. Same aa Ci>ros9, q. v. *< Sipres or 

bonegraces that women use to weare one their 

faces or foreheads to keepe them from the 

the sunne,'' Florio, p. 590. 
SI-QUIS. If any one. (Lat) Advertisements 

or bills thus commenced formerly, and hence 

the name ottiguutef was often given to them. 

** A siqois, or publick note, cry public^ ou 

eeduk," Howell. 
SIR. (1) A gentleman. ShaJt. 
(2) Applied to priests and curates ; it was a 

scholastic title, the translation of dominutf 

giyen to a person who had taken his first de- 
gree in the university. 
SIRE. A breed, or sort, as a good $ire of pigs, 

or of cabbages, &c. Eaat. 
SIR-HARRT. AclosestooL East. 
SIR-JOHN. A priest. 

with much adoe and great difflcultle obteined 

that a poore ehapell, lerved with a ilngle Sir John, 

and destitute both of font and churchyard, might 

reokaiaa nandfaif hi the place. 

LamhardP* PerttmbulaHon, 1506, p. 817* 

SIR.JOHN.BARLETCORN. A jocular name 

for ale, which ia made of barley. 
SIROINE. A khid of soft salve for wounds, 

mentioned in MS. Med. Lincoln, f. 310. 
SIRPLE. The same as 5^le, q. v. 
SIRRAH. In old plays this term is frequently 

addressed to women. 
SIRRAP. A hard blow. Deffm. 
SIR-REVERENCE. A corruption of the phrase 

taoe reverence, which was said as a kind of 

apology before the utterance of anythuig that 



might be considered objeetioBable, but often 
simply aa an apology in speaking to a superior. 
" Sa-reverenoe, $ai9a revereniia, saving regard 
or respect ; aa usuid word, but miscalled eit' 
reverence by the vulgar," Blount's Glosso- 
g^raphia, ed. 1681, p. 572. Compare a cu- 
rious passage in the Yorkshire Ale, 1697, p. 
12. The term vras also applied to human 
ordure, and is still used in that sense. 
A worthy knight there 1b of ancient fame. 
And iweet Sir Rnertnee men doe call his name ; 
By whose Industrious pollde and wit. 
There's many things well tane were else unlit ; 
If to a foule discourse thou hast pretence. 
Before thy foule words name Sir Reverence/ 
Thy heastiy tale most pleasantly will slip. 
And gaine thee praise wlien thou desenr*st the whip 
There's nothing vile that can be done or spoke. 
But must be covered with Sir Reverence doake. 
His ancient pedigree whoever seekea. 
Shall finde he^ sprung from 'roongat the gallant 

Greekes, 
Was Ajax squire, great champion to god Man t 
Pray God, S*r Reverence, blesse your worships ( ). 

TayUu'e W^kee, 1630, lit. 96. 
A puppie licks Manneia's lippa, the sense 

I grant, a dog may kls. eir reverence. 

Pletcher'e Poeme, p. 10. 
But the old proverbe ne^ will be forgot, 
A lechers love Is, like eir reverence, hot. 

TauUn^e Wmrhee, 1630, a lOOl. 

SIRUP. A poor ha'purth of sirup, i. e. a poor 

weak creature. Suffolk. 
SIS. (1) The cast of six, the highest throw upon 

the (tie. {A,.N.) 
(2) Cicely, a common name for a girl. 

The plowman that in tiroes past was contented in 
russet, must now adaiet have his doublet of the 
fashion, with wide cuts, his garters of fine silke of 
Granado, to meet liis SU on Sunday. 

lA»dg«fe WUe MIeerie, UN. 
SISE. (1) The assizes. Paltgrave. 
Thes letters kepte I tyll the eise. 
My llbertie to enterprise. MS. Aehmole 808. 

(2) A wax-taper. " Syse waxe candell, bougee,' 
Palsgrave, 1530, subst. f. 64. 

(3) A lesson, or task. North. 
SISERARA. A hard blow. Eaet. 
SISKIN. A greenfinch. It is the translation 

oii breant in HoUyband's Dictionarie, 1593. 
SISOUR. A person deputed to hold assizes. 
Now of the eytthe wyl wespeke, 
That fab e^eoure nee moete to breke. 

MS.HarUmi,f.lB. 
What shul we sey of thys dytours, 
Thys fkls men that beyn eyeoure. 

MS, Um-L 1701, f. 9. 
Ley hande on booke, the eyeour take none hede. 
For every thing drawethe to his semblable. 

MS. Aehmole 69, t. 20. 

SISS. (1) To hiss. Line. Hence sisting, a 
hissing serpent. '* Sibihit ett ffenue serpentu, 
Anglice a syssyng," MS. Bibl. Reg. 12 B. L 
f. 12, written about 1400. 

(2) A huge fat woman. Devon. 

SISSLE. A thistle. Suseex. 

SIST. Secst. (J.-S.) 
Vol at dal thou eiet with thin eien 
Hon this world wend, and ou men deicn. MS. Digby 80. 



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SISTER. A sewster. 
SISTERII4G. A cutern, o. reservoir. 
SISTER-LAW. A nster-in-law. Weit. 
SISTER-SONE. Nephew. (.^.-5'.) 

And we are sUt«r-sone» two. 

And ay thir of ut othir tlo, 

He that Itfea wiUe be f ulle wo 

That ever waa he made. Peretval, 1441. 

SIT. (1) To endure 

Was never knyghte that he fande, 
In France ne in Scotlande, 
Mighte Htt a strakeof hi« hande 
One his atyffstede. 

MS, Uneoln A. 1. 17> f* 130. 
(2) To rit a woman, to keep the night-courtship 
(q. ▼.) with a girl. To tU eggs, to remain a 
guest an unreasonable time. To tit oUf said 
of milk when it bums in the pan. 7b tit irtj 
to adhere firmly to anything. 
SITE. (1) Disgrace ; shame. " Sorowe and 
tyte;* MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 236. 
Now alle-weldand Oodo that wyrscheppes u» alle, 
Oiff the sorowe and tyte^ sotte there thow lygges. 

Morte Arthwt, MS* Uneoln, f. 64. 

(2) A scythe. Nominale MS. 

SIT-FAST. A kind of hard swelling on a horse's 

back. Cotgrave, 
SITH. (1) Since. North. 

The kyng aeyde, What may thyt mene? 
Y trowe Syr Roger and the quene 

Be comen to thya londe. 
For nevyr ryth they went y-wy«, 
Sawe y Syr Roger hounde or thys. 
That yt wondur tytband I 

MS, Caniah, Ff. 11. 38, f. 74. 

(2) Time. (i^.-A) 

Than the cokwoldes wer ftillblythe, 
And thankyd God a c. ttfth, 

MS, AthmoUtl, t 61. 

(3) Way ; journey. 

SITHCUNDMAN. The head or chief of a town 

or parish. Colet. {J,S,) 
SITHE. (1) To sigh. East 
(2) To strain or purify liquor. 
SITHE-CRADLE. A rack of wood fastened to 
a scythe for carrying the mowed barley clean 
into the swath. Kennetti p. 42. 
SITHEN. Smce. (J.-S,) Sithenee is often 
used by later writers. 

I bade felowes to my dynere. 
And tUhen thel wll not cum here ; 
A develle have who that reche. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ▼. 48» f. 49. 

SITHERS. Scissors. North. 
SITHY-HANGERS. A cow's teats. Stmertet. 
SIT-STILL-NEST. Merda. Lane. 
SITTAND. Suitable ; becoming. 

A hundrethe pondis worthe of londe 
Of rent wele tittande. 

MS. Uneoln A. L M, f. 130. 
He sa]U5ede that sorowfUlle with ^tande wordei. 
And flraynes aftyre the fende fairely thereaftyre. 
Morte Arthure, MS. Uneoln, f.63. 

SITTEN-ON. Stunted in stature. 

SITTING. A space in the pew of a church suf- 
ficient fur one person. 

SITTING.CLOTH. A kind of garment, the 
same as ttrigium in Ducange. 



SITTINGS. Statute fairs for serranis held m 

some parts of the North. 
SI-VA. A cry to honnds. Malstre of the Game, 

MS. Bodl. 546, xt. Cent. 
SIVE. (1) To foUow. (J.-N.) 

Who that the Tida woldeeschyre. 
He mot by leione thanne «f ae* 

GecMT, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. «. 
And bowe unto thyne heate and siee 
Humility, and that y towc. 

Goteer, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, t.SB, 
The forme bothe and the matcre. 
As now noendtt thou schalt here. 

Gotoer, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 84. 

(2) To sieve. Also, a sieve. 

And caating foorth tilken ahrapa, to cmtch wood- 
cocks, or In vving of muck-hiilt and ahop-dust, 
whereof he will boult a whole cart load to g tin a 
bow'd plnne. Nash's Pierce PennUeue, 159:2. 

(3) A scythe. South. 
SIYEDES. Refuse of bran. 
SIVELLE. CivU. 

Therin he sped hym right welle 
Of the maiater of lawe epveUe. 

MS. Oifiled. Ff. V.48, f. 74. 

SIX. A cup of six, i. e. a cup of beer sold at six 

shillings a barrel. 
SIXES-AND-SEYENS. The true origin of this 

phrase has been given in v. Set (13). 
SIX-LOVE. A term at whist, signifying tix to 

none in scoring. 
SIX-STRINGED-WHIP. A popular name for 

the statute of the six articles which passed in 

I54I. See lingard, ed. 1844, vi. 293. 
SIZE. (1) Six. Lane. 

(2) '* A size/' says Minshen, '< is a portion of 
bread or drinke, it is a furthing which schol- 
lers in Cambridge have at the buttery ; it is 
noted with the letter S.*' See also EUis's 
Literary Letters, p. 178. The word now 
means anything had by the students at dinner 
over and above the usual commons. 

(3) Assizes. Still in use. 

Our drowning scap'd, more danger was ensuing, 
'Twas eize time there, and hanging was a brewing. 

Tttvlor'e Warkee, 1630, ii. 14. 

(4) One third of an inch, a term much used by 
shoemakers. 

SIZELY. Proud; coy. North. 

SIZER. (I) A thin piece of brass with a round 
hole in it wherein they try to see whether a 
cast bullet is perfectly round. 

(2) A student at Cambridge whose expenses for 
living are partially provided by the college, 
originally a servitor, as serving one of the fel- 
lows. Each fellow of a college had one 
servitor allotted to him. 

SIZING. (1) Yeast. This term occurs in Lilly's 
Mother Bombie, ed. 1632, sig. Aa. viL 

(2) Weaver's size. North. 

(3) A game at cards called " Jack running for 
mustard,^' is generally called " Jack running 
for eiiing." The cards are placed so that by 
touching the first pair, all the rest must of 
course fall diagonally, in the form of upright 
wedges. Kent. 

SIZLE. To saunter about. North. 



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SIZT. Gloey; sticky. South, 
SIZZEN. To hiss. North. 
SIZZLB. The half hiss, half sigh of an animal ; 
of an owly for instance. Also the effervescence 
of brisk beer, &c. through a cork; or the 
alarming hissing of lightning very near one. 
Ray says tiiat yeast is called sizzing from the 
soand of the working beer. Since this was 
written I heard the word thus used, — " If we 
heen^t rain in another week we shall be all 
fizzled up.*' This evidently meant burnt up, 
as it was spoken in a season of fearful aridity. 
Moor's Suffolk Words, p. 351. 
SIZZUP. A hard blow. North. 
SI3AND. Sighing. (A.^S.) 
F«r in frithe as I can fare, 

Mjrielfe mriond allone, 
X herd the mournyng of an hare 1 
Thus delflilly she made her mone. 

US. Ouifaft. rf. T. 48, f. 100. 
SI3E. Saw. (A.^S.) 

Thus wen sche come the lady nyje. 
Then toke sche better hede, and ^0 
The womman was ryjt fayre off face, 
AUethou5 here lackyd other grace. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. i. 6, f. 7. 
And so blfeUe, as y cam nyje, 
Oute of my boot whanne he me jyjtf. 

Gower, MS. Soc. ArUiq. 134, f. 90. 

S13TE. Sight. (A..S.) 
The kyng comfortid the quene and other ladyes eke, 
His swete babis ftill tendurly he did kys ; 
The yonge prynce he behelde and in hit armys did 

here. 
Thus his bale tumyd hym to blls : 
Aftur sorow, Joy the course of the worlde Is, 
The «i}«B of his babIs relesld parte of his woo. 
Thus the wUIe of Ood in every thyng is doo. 

MS.BiM. Reg. 17 D.%r. 

SI53ED. Sighed. SeeSiiund. 

And nontr^jed that al men mythte wel se. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. i. 6, f. 143. 
SKAALIN6. A lean-to or out-office with roof 
asloop, appendant to a higher building. Hant. 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 
SKACHES. " GraUator, he that goeth on styltes 
or skachet,** Elyote's Dictionaxie, 1559. 
" Scatches, graOa;' Coles' Lat. Diet. 
Away with boates and rodder, 
Farewell both bootes and skatdke*. 

Dugdale't InUtanklng, 1602, p. 391. 

SKADE. Harm ; mischief. Sitfsex, 

SKAPE. Awkward. Unc. * 

SKAFPAUT. A scaffold ; a wooden tower ; a 

raised stage. {A.-N) 
SKAG. An accidental blow, particularly of the 

heel of the shoe, so as to tear either the 

clothes or the flesh; any slight wound or 

rent. Somerset. 
SKAIN. (1) A crooked sword, or scimitar, used 

formerly by the Irish. 

Duryng this siege arrWed at Harflew the Lord of 

Kylmaine in Irdjind, with a band of xvj. hundreth 

Iryshmen, armed In mayle with dartes andcXrajmev, 

sfter the maser ot their countrey. 

HtdU Henry V, f. 28. 

(2) A scarf for the head. 
SKAITH. Hurt; harm. North. 



And as he was betwixt them past. 

They leapt upon him baith : 
The one his pyke>staff gripped fast. 

They feared for Its ekaith. RfMn Hood, i.lOH. 

SKALES. A game mentioned by Wager in his 
play called, "The longer thou Livest, the more 
Foole thou art." Some suppose it to be the 
same as Sioyiet, q. v. See a mention in 
Clarke's Phraseologia, 1655, p. 254, and ano- 
ther in Florio's New World of Words, 1611, 
p. 19, from which latter it seems to have been 
a game like nine-pins, and the game of skit- 
tles is still so called in Devon. 

SKALK. This word has not yet been ex* 
plained. Other copies of the ballad preserved 
in MS. HarL 372, f. 114, and Strype's Memo- 
rials of Cranmer, 1694, App. p. 138, agree in 
the reading here given. 
Its meet for every man on this matter to talk. 
And the glorious gospel ghostly to have in mind : 
It it sothe said, that sect but much unseemly ekaUe, 
As boyes babble in books, that in scripture are blind. 

Perey* Reliquee, p. 1201 

SKALLE. (1) A scald head. 

(2) A drinkmg cup ; a goblet It is more gene- 
rally written $kayle or $kail. 

SKANSKBACK. Easily distinguishable ; having 
some special mark. Yorkth. 

SKARNES. Terrors. 

SKASE. To run ; to hurry. Comw. 

SKASI3AGER. The hot seed of a vnld vine. It 
occurs in MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 280. 

SKATHY. Ravenous ; mischievous. 

SKAYELL. A kind of spade. Tuuer. 

SKAWER. A jurat. 

Rccompenee of the same shall bo given, and the 
harms amended to him that is so wronged, accord- 
ing to the discretion of the bayliff and the ekuwer. 
Dugdale^e Hietory of Imhankingt 1062, p. 97. 

SKAYNEY. Long; lanky. Dorset. 

SKEAR. Gravel ; pebbles. North. 

SKEEL. (l)Apail. North. 

(2) To shell peas, beans, &c Westm. 

SKEELING. The inner part of a ham or 
garret, where the slope of the roof cornea. 
South. 

SKEEMISH. Delicate. Also, given to schem- 
ing, manceuvring, covetous. IVest. 

SKEEN. A sword. (A.-S.) 

SKEER. (1) The place where cockles an» 
gathered. West, and Cumb. Dial. p. 386. 

(2) To mow lightly over : applied to pastuies 
which have been summer-eaten, never tn mea- 
dows. In a neuter sense, to move along 
quickly, and slightly touching. Hence, from 
its mode of flight, is derived sheer-devil. 

(3) " To sheer the esse" is to clear the grate, 
separating the ashes from the live coals. Chesh, 
See Ray's English Words, 1674, p. 17. 

SKEER-DEVIL. The swift. Somerset. 
SKEERINGS. Hay made from the bad parts of 

pasture land. West. 
SKEG. (1) The stump of a branch ; also, a rent 

in a piece of cloth, such as would be made by 

a skeg. Heref. In the following passage it 

mejins a peg of wood. 



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Which u the owner (for h } use) did weare, 
A Bftyle or teeg by chance hi* breerii did tean. 

Ta^or't Workm, ]<»>, U. 119. 

(2) A wild plum. Northampt •* A sloe, a «*<y, 

a buUeis/' Florio, p. 515. 
SKEGGER. A salmon. 
SKEKE. A contest. 

And with wkekM and widi iight. 
The wayes loked w«to aplight. 

Jrtktur tmd MtrUtt^ pw I9f. 
With I. and E. fttUa wUre thou ha. 
That thyne executuzt 

Of the ne wiUe rekke, but tUkk and Aekkt 
FuUe baidely in thl bourca. 

MS. UneUn A. i. 17* f. 813. 

SKEKIE. Shy ; frightened. Nortkumb. 
SKELDER. To swindle. '* If tkeldring ML not 

to decay, thou shalt flourish," Hawkins, 

Origin of the English Drama, iiL 119. 
SKELINGTON. A skeleton. JTett. 
SKELK. To shrink. Said of wood. 
SKELL. A shell. North. 
SKELL.BOOSE. Explained by Carr, the head 

of the stalls of cattle. 
SKELLED. Anything twisted or warped out 

of a flat or straight form into that of a curve, 

9JteU, or shell. North, 
SKELLERED. Warped ; made crooked. Skei- 

ier^brainedf disordered in mind. North. 
SKELLY. (1) Thin and light. Une. 
(2) To squint, to look awry. North, 
SKELMS. Long poles made use of in harvest 

time to carry cocks of hay on by hand, where 

the distance is small and draught horses 

scarce. Gloue. 
SKELP. (1) A blow. North, " In payn of a 

skelp," Towneley Mysteries, p. 95. 
[2) To kick severely. East. 
r3) To leap awkwardly. Cheth. 
[i) To move rapidly. To skip or run with great 

strides, or in a bounding manner. North. 
SKELPER. Anything very large. Groie has 

skefyhiff, full, bursting, very hurge. 
SKELT. Rumour ; report. North. 
SKELTER. Order as to arrangement, or conifi- 

/ton as to body. North. 
SKELTON. A skeleton. West. «A skelton 

or a notamie,'* Cotgrave in v. Eechelette. 
SKELVE. To incline ; spoken of a pot or pan 

that has slipped from its upright position; 

thus they say, *' It's all shelved to aside and 
• run over." Line. 
SKEMMEL. Alongformor stooL North. It 

is, of course, from the A.-S. 
SKEN. To squint. North. 
SKENSMADAM. A mock dish set upon the 

table for show. Cumb. 
SKE NT. To have the diarrhoea, said only of ani. 

mals. Somerset. Hence, perhaps, skemter, an 

animal which will not fatten. 
SKEP. A basket made of rushes or straw. A 

beehive is called a bee-akep. yar, diaL 
Sumwliat lane ua M thi tktp ; 
I ihal jott lena, aeide Joiep. 
Curaor Mundi» MS. CM. THn. Cantab, t. 30. 

SKEPE. A fishing vessel. North. 



SKER. To slide; to skate. North. 
SKERE. (1 ) Clear ; free. Also a verb, to escape 
from, to get clear of. 

And thon mighteat bring roe her on. 
The and thine aonca y achal lete gon 
Fram priaoiA quite and tlure. 

Gp of Warwikef p. 900. 

TIm nijtingale iaon In noa»e» 
TIttt wol ihilden hem firom shome* 

Of «kathe hoe weie hem «/fcer« .• 
The threatelook hem kepeth ay. 
He ceith bl ni3te and eke bl day 

That hy beth fendcs i-fere. 

Btfif. AMti^ L MI. 

(2) To drive or scare away. 

SKERLET. Scarlet. 

In tkerltt kyrtells over one. 
The ookwoldes s^yn ererydion, 
Redy nnfco the danayi^. 

MB. AihiMteei, f. 61. 

SKERRE. SeeS!nir(4). 
SKERRY. Slaty, as coals. Derb. 
SKESE. To run or frisk about. Cormp. 
SKET. (1) Part ; region. {A.^S.) 
(2) Soon; quickly ; immeduitely. 

Themperur aakede him what a het ; 
Gerard, a sede, alae tket. 

Beteg «/ BamUomt, p. lOB. 
In wiche parlement he hete 
Hen ichuld him bring the children aftsfa. 

jtrthtmr and MerliH, p. 12. 

SKETCH. A latch. North. 

SKEUL. To look askant. Kent. 

SKEW. (1) Aslope. Si^olk. Also, to cast on 
one side. ** Skew your eie towards the mar- 
gent," Stanihurst, p. 17. 

(2) A cup. A cant term. Dekker^s Lanthome 
and Candle-Light, 1620, sig. Ciii. 

(3) The sky. MS. Cott. Vesp. D. vu. 

(4) Thick drizzling rain, which lasts only for a 
short time. Comw. 

(5) " To skue or chamfret, viz. to slope the edge 
of a stone, as masons doe in windowes, &c., 
for the gaining of light,'' Cotgrave. 

(6) The tail of a bird. 

(7) A kind of rude-frishioned boat, mentioned in 
Harrison's Britaine, pp. 5, 43. 

(8) To shy, as ahorse. Var. dial. 
9) To throw violently. North. 
10^ To skewer. Somerset. 

11) A piebald horse. Chesh. Applied to a 

kitten in Skelton's Works, i. 99. 
(12) A projection. Yorksh. Also a verb» to toss 

or throw up. 
SKEW-BALD. Piebald. Var. dial. 

The skewed horses, by myne intente. 
The which into the south parte wente, 
I maye well licken veramente 
To Jewes and panyroes eke. 

Chester Pla^, ii. 142. 

SKEW.BOGLISH. Said, but not very com- 

monly, of a shying horse. Line. 
SKEWE. To fall away ; to escape. 

The welkyn wanned anooe and the watur atctvaCA. 

MS. Cott. Calig. A.U. f. 109. 

SKE W-THE-DEW. A ^layfboted penon. 
SKEWTING. Sloping. East. 
SKEW.WHIFT. Aslant ; slanting. Wett. 



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SKBWY. Askew. SomertH. 

SKETJL To lean to one side ; to omrtam a 
cart. North. 

SEEYL-BEAST. The partition of cattle-^talls. 

SKEYLD. Particolonred. Yoritth, 

SKEYSE. To ran away. Comw. 

SKIBBS. Squibs. This appears to be the mean- 
ing of the term in Brit. BibL L 541. 

SKICE. To play and frolic about ; to run quickly 
and slily. Stmih. 

SKICER. A lamb which runs itself to death 
from excess of energy. We9t. 

SKID. (1) To affix a hook to the wheel of a wag- 
gon to preTent it descending too rapidly down 
a hill. Var, dioL Ray says, ** rotam suffla- 
minare, with an iron hook fastned to the 
axis to keep it fiova. turning round upon the 
descent of a steep hill." 

(2) A timber- cart ; a sledge. 

SKIDDEY-COCK. A water-raU. Wmt. 

SKIDER. A skate. Nwihumb. 

SKID-PAN. The shoe with which the wheel of 
a carriage is locked, f^'ar, diaL 

SRIB. (1) A doud. (J.-S,) 

(2) If the 9hffidb we thali catch ktrkt, a reply 
to any one who broaches a wild or improbable 
hypoUieais. 

SKIEL. A beer-oooler. JVUtf. 

SKIERETH. Escapeth. In the fhrst of these 
passages, the MS. in the Ubrary of the Society 
of Antiquaries reads tkeerethy i. 64. 
And thus ful oft hliseif ache »kiereth» 
And it al war of had-I-wbt. 

Gowert MS* Bodh 994. 
That he the wordis laase or more 
Of bis enebaanteineatne hereth* 
And In this wise himselfe he«M«r«rA. 

Gower, MS. Boe. AnUq. 134, f. 41. 

SKIFF. (1) Distorted; awkward. West. 

(2) To remove one's residence. North. 

SKIFF-DISH. An instrument used for forcmg 
down the brims of a hat 

SKIFFER. A low shallow tub. Line. 

SKIFF-HANDED. Inexpert in using the hands 
— ^unable to cast anything in a straight di- 
rection. North. 

SKIFT. To shift, or remove. North. 

SKIFTE. To appoint ; to ordain. (A.-S.) Also, 
occasionally, a substantive. 

And therfore grete Godd wolde so wisely skifte 
alle thynges, that whenne a mane fulle of felkitee, 
thurghe his heghe pride, wille nojte knawe his 
makere tn the heghte of pride into the pitte of 
mekenes and lawnes he roone be plungede. 

MS. Uncoin A. 1. 17> f. 81. 

SKILE. (1) To separate ; to divide. The people 
are said to be tkiUng out of town when the 
assizes are over. Jhmelm. 
(2) An iron slice used for skimming the grease off 

broth. North. 
SKILL. (1) Reason. (J.-S.) 

And If that thou me tellcst tkil, 

I thai don after thi wil. MS, THgby 86. 

When the prince hade hyro beholde. 

He jede and latehym where he wolde. 

As dtiUt and reson is. 

MS. CatUab. Ft. v. 48, f. 50. 



Sche ieyde, Lordynges, lo God me save. 
He that me wan he schalle me hare I 

Ye wot wele yowre crye was so I 
The lordys assentyd wele ther tylle. 
For Bche leyde nothyng but tk^lle. 
And that sche wolde no moo. 

MS. Qmtttb. Ft. U. 38, f. 77* 
(2) To know ; to understand. StiU in use in the 

North of England. 
(3} To hull oats. Devon, 
(4) To signify ; to make a difference. ** It skiUs 

not/' Shakespeare. 
SKILLET. A small pot of iron or copper or 

brass, with a long handle. 
SKILLUN. An outhouse ; a kind of pantiy ; a 

penthouse ; a shed. South. 
SIlILL Y. Water in which meat has been boiled, 
thickened with oatmeal. A word, I believe, 
of modem growth. Line. 
SKILTY-BOOTS. Half-boots. Dorset. 
SKILYINGS. a wooden frame to fix on the 
top of a cart in order to widen and extend its 
size ; the rails of a cart. 
SKIM. (1) To mow. Far. dial. 
(2) To makeanything to fly swiftly but smoothly. 

Var. diaL 
SKIMBLE-SKAMBLE. Rambling; uncon- 
nected. This phrase occurs in 1 Henry lY.iii. 1 
I meet one, thinking for my due to speake, 
He with evasions doth my purpose breake. 
And asks what newes I heare from France or Spain, 
Or where I was In the last showre of raine : 
Or when the court remooves, or what's a doeke. 
Or Where's the wind, or some such windy mocke ; 
With such fine selfnble-teemble, spittcr-spattar. 
As puts me cleane besides the money matter. 

Ifay/orV IVwket, IfiSO, ii. 801 

SKIME. (1) To look at a person in an under- 
neath way, the head being held down. Line. 

(2) A ray of light. Yorksh. 

SKIMISH. Squeamish. Devon. 

SKIMMER. To frisk about. East. 

SKIMMERING. Shining ; an extreme degree 
of cleanliness. Durham. 

SKIMMINGTON. "To ride," or "ridmg 
Skimmington," is, according to Grose, a ludi- 
crous cavalcade in ridicule of a man beaten by 
his wife : it consists of a man riding behind a 
woman with his face to the horse's tail, hold- 
ing a distaff in his hand, at which he seems to 
work, the woman all the while beating him 
with a ladle. A smock displayed on a staff is 
carried before them, as an emblematical stand- 
ard, denoting female superiority : they are ac- 
companied by what is called rough music, 
that is, frying-pans, buirs-homs, marrow- 
bones and cleavers, &c. — a procession ad- 
mirably described by Butler in his " Hudi- 
bras." According to Jennings, the custom is 
still in vogue in Somerset. 

SKIMPING. Scanty, said of dress when cut 
too short or narrow for the person. South. 

SKIMPS. The scales and refuse of flax de- 
tached in dressing it. Somerset. 
SKINCH. To give scant measure : to nip and 
squeeze and pinch and pare, so as to effect a 
sa\ing. Unc. 



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SKINCHING. Narrow-minled. Umc. 

SKIN-COAT. To cany one's skin-cott, i. e. to 
beat him very severely. 

SKIN-FLINT. A miser. Var.diaL 

SKINGY. (1) Stingy. Unc. 

(2) Cold, nipping, as applied to the weather. 
SufoUt, 

SKINK. (1) In a family the person latest at 
breakfast is called the siHnk, or the tkmkerf 
and some domestic office is imposed or threat- 
ened for the day, such as ringing the bell, 
patting coal on the fire ; or, in other cases, 
drawing the beer for the family. 

(2) To fill the glass ; to drink ; to serve or pour 
oat liqaor. Nortk, The term occnrs in our 
old dramatists. "Shed, skinked, poured forth," 
Florio, p. 518, ed. 1611. 

Untill hee falls asleepe he skink9 and drlnkc9» 
And then like to a bore he winkea and ttinket. 

Ttti/iot't Worket, 1630, lii. fi. 

(3) To spy, or peer about. Eoit. 
SKINKER. A t^>ster ; a drawer. Aquarina is 

called a tkinker in Du Bartas, p. 33. 
But no fear afflrighta deep drinkers. 
There I tow'd It with my skinkert. 

BarfuUfif*4 Journal. 

SKINLET. Thin Skin. Florio, p. 135. 
SKINNER. A dealer in skins. **PeU^ui, 

skynner," Nominale MS. xv. Cent. 
SKINNY. (1) Lean. (2) Miserly. South. 
SKIP. (1) The same as Skep, q. v. 
(2) A small wooden or metal utensil used for 

taking up yeast. Sustex, 
SKIP-BOY. A ship-boy ; a boy who is attend- 
ant on the captain of a ship. 
SKIP-JACK. (1) The merrythonght of a fowl, 

made into a little toy by a twisted thread and 

small piece of stick. 
(2) A dandy puppyish fellow. . " A dwarfe, 

dandiprat, little skip-jacke," Cotgrave in v. 

Nimbot. 
SKIP-KENNEL. A footboy. 
SKIPPER. (1) A bam. A cant term. Dekker^s 

Lanthome and Candle-Light, 1620, aig. 

C. iii. Grose has the term. 
(2) The master of a ship. 

Watt doth retoume the tkippert tale. 

And hearh-wives courtesle. 
To him that left his sisters mayde 
About the countrle. 
MS. Poem* in Dr, Bliu't po$MMion, temp. James 1. 

SKIPPET. A small round wooden vessel with 
a long handle, used for lading water into 
troughs, &c., allied in Leicestershire a lade- 
gaun. Line. 

SKIR. To graze, skim, or touch lightly; to 
jerk. Somertet. 

SKIRB. Loose ; open ; thin. Lane. 

SKIRGAL1ARD. A wild, gay, dissipated fel- 
low ? See Skelton's Works, ii. 218. 

SKIRL. (1) To shrivel up. East 

(2) To scream ; to shriek. North, 

(3) To slide. York$h, 

SKIRME. To fence ; to skirmish. It occurs in 

Wright's Seven Sages, p. 91. 
SKIRR. To scour the oountrv. Shah, 



SKIRRET. Thewater-parsnip. Thefidlowiog 
is a receipt to make tkvrret-pie : 

Take a quarter of a peek of skinretsblandisd sad 
sliced, season them with three nutm^ and u 
ounce of ctunaraoo, and three ounces of sugsr, and 
ten quartered dates, and the marrow of three booa 
routed in yolks of eggs, and one quarter of a pound 
of ringo roots, and preserved lettuce, sliced lemon, 
four blades of mace* three or four brsnchesof pre* 
served barberries, and half a pound of butter ; tbea 
let it stand one hour in the oven : then put s etu- 
die made of white wine, verjuloe, butter and sugar; 
put it into the pie when it comes out of theovea. 
A TWiff Gentletvoman** Deligkt, 1676. p.I}k. 

SCIRROCK. A scrap ; a fragment ; anything of 
very small value. North. 

SKIRT. To throw water with a syringe: to 
squirt. Somenet. 

SKIRTER. A syringe, or squirt 

SKIRTING. (1) The diaphragm of cattle. A 
term used by butchers. Somenet. 

(2) A sort of half-ploughing,preparatory to beat- 
burning. Devon. 

SKIRTS. To sit upon any one's skirts, i. e.to 
meditate revenge upon him. This phrase oc- 
curs in several old plays, but I do not recoUect 
to have seen it anywhere explained. TarltoD, 
the celebrated clown, told his audience the 
reason why he had cut off the skirts of his 
mantle was that no one should be able to sit 
upon them. Cf. Stanihurat, p. 26. 
Crosse me not, Lixa, nether be so perte, 
For if thou dost ru gU upon (Ay tkirte. 

The Abortive (tfaniile Bowrt, 16SQ. 

SKISE. Torun&st. I. Wight. 

SKISTE. To order ; to arrange. 

Scathylle Scottlande by skylle he sftyal^ as bym 

iyky». 

And Wales of were he wane at hys wille. 

Morte Arthure, MS. UnmtnJ.O. 
SKIT. (1) To slide. Somenet. 

(2) A scud of rain. Dewm. 

(3) The diarrhasa in animals. Line. The term 
occurs in the Pr. Parv. 

^4) A satirical reflection. Var. dial 

(5) Hasty ; precipitate. 

SKITE. Merdis aspergere. Far. dial Perhaps 

more commonly tkitter. 
SKITLY. Small; diminutive. Weet. 
SKITTER. A countryman who was leading me 

up a steep hill, when we came to a phice 

which was inaccessible, said, ** We had better 

skitter under here, and it won't be so steep." 

Kent. 
SKITTER.BOOTS. Half boots, laced in (toni. 

Called also skittervamps. /. of Wight. 
SKITTER.BRAINED. Giddv; thoughtless. 

North. 
SKITTERING. Slight ; flimsy. Devon. 
SKITTER-Wrr. A foolish, giddy, harebrained 

fellow. Chesh. 
SKITTLE. To cut ; to hack. West. 
SKITTY. A moor-hen. Somerset. 
SKIVE. (I) To pare the thicker parts of hides 

previously to tanning them. 
(2) To turn up the eyes. Line. 
SKIVER. A skewer. Skiver-wood^ doywood, 

of which skewers are made. West. 



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SKIWTNKIN. Awr^; crooked. Etui, 
SKIZZLE. A marble ta\r. East. 
SKLEIRE. An iron for curling hair. 
SKLEM. To steal slyly. Herrf. 
SKLISTE. A flat instrument ^ith an upright 

handle, generally made of tin. 

Sprede a Ijn dowte on a bord. and this plaster 

theron, and mak H thynne with a ^Ui^e, and do it 

on the hevede alle hate. 

MS, Jf«d. Hm. Uneeltu f. S81. 

SKOGGER. The leg of an old stocking, used 
as a kind of gaiter in snow-tiroe. North. • 

SKOLYON. A scullion. Pahtgrave. 

SKOMFET. Discomfited- See Scomfete. 

If thoa Mile goo to batelle, saye this orysone de- 
Totely and enterely one the cioys of thi twerde, and 
girde the therwith, and here this orysone with the 
appone the, and thou salle noghte be slayne nor 
tkamJH. M& Uneoln A. i. 17, f. 176. 

SKOOL. The cry along the coast when the her- 
rings appear first for the season. 

SKOPPOLOIT. Play, romps, froUcking. "What 
ha made yeow sa long ?" ** Why I ha bin 
hayin a game a siqppoloit along i th' man 
Jenkins i th' chatch yahd.*' This word is much 
used in Ipswich, and is also pronounced sJtop- 
polot. Whence can it have come } A school- 
mistress chid a child for skqppohittn : but she 
did not mean playing truant, or traaant, as we 
cailit Scope, to loiter, has been surmised as a 
possible source. East. 

SKORCLE. To scorch. Skorke occurs in an 
early vocabulary in my possession, and also in 
Archaeologia, xxx. 413. 

SKORPHILLYS. Scrofulous. 

SKOTE. A prop. L Wight. 

SKOTTEFERS. Shooters ; archers. {A.-S.) 
Diflcoveriaof schotte-mene and skyrmys a lyttille, 
Skayns thaire tkott^erg, and theire skowtte waches. 
Morte Artfture, MS. Lincoln, f. 79. 

SKOULKERY. Skulking ; lurking. 

Lokeje akyste it so, that us no skathe lympe. 
For na skomfltoure in skoulkerp is skomfite ever. 
Mortt Arthure, MS. Uncoin, f. 70. 

SKOUT. The auk is so called in Northumber- 
land. See Pennant's Tour in Scotland, ed. 
1790,1.48. 
SKOVE. A sheaf of com. IFest. 
SKOWER. To be shackled. 
SKOWK. To skulk. Cotgrave. 
SKOWREGHIDE. Scourged. 

Eftirwarde thou was skourreghide sare. 

MS. Uneoln A. i. 17, (' 190. 

SKOWTE. 

With me ye xall ron in rowte. 
My consell to take for a tkowte, 

Dighy Mptteriet, p. 79. 

SKOYLES. A game played with pins, alluded to 

in Kind Hart's Dreame, 1592. 
SKOYMOSE. Squeamish. 

Thow art not skoymtfe thy fantasy for to tell. 

Bai^t Kynge Jofian, p. 11. 

SKRAUM. To grope about. Yorksh. 
SRRED. To stride. Somerset. 
SKREEK. To creak. North. 

The soile of the parke was so exceeding barren 



that it did beare a gray mosse, like that of an oU 
parke pale, which tkr^ekns as one walkeson it, and 
putU ones teeth on edge. Aubre^t MS, VFUUt P* 71. 
SKREENGED. Squeezed. North. 
SKRENT. To bmrn; to scorch. West. 
SKR1LE. Small underwood. South. 
SKRITHE. A shriek; a scream. 

Whenne that it was abowte mydnyghte* 
Byjonde the water he herde a tkrytke, 
Fuile lowde one heghte he herde it cry. 
And askede heipe over (ixMe rewfully. 

MS. Uneoln A. 1. 17, f. 125. 
SKRUSSLE. Thecracklinofpork. East. 
SKRY. A coarse sicTC for com. 
SKRYTCHE-HEULE. A screech-owl. Pals- 

grave, without the French synonyme. 
SKUE. Same as Skew, q. y. 
SKUFF. A precipice. North. 
SKUT. To crouch down. Kent. 
SKUTCHINEAL. Cochineal. North. 
SKUTY. Smart ; clean ; brisk. East. 
SKWYNECY. Thequinsey. 

Som for gletony sail have emang 
The Skwyneejff that evil swa Strang. 

John do Wagohy, p. 11 

SKY. (1) To look, or peep. Suffolk. 

(2) To shy, as horses do. 

SKYBY. Shy ; reluctant ; averse. Yorksh. 

SUL To slay, or kill. 

Any conynges here to ato. 

And with the trespas away to ga. 

MS. Cantab. ¥f. v. 49, f. 40. 

SLAB. (1) The wryneck. North. 

(2) A bricklayer's boy. East. 

(3) Foot pavement. Line. 
(i) Slabby ; adhesive. Shak. 

(5) The outer cut of a tree when sawn up Into 
planks, rar. dial. 

(6) A puddle ; a wet place. North. Perhaps, 
in the following passage, it may mean a slab of 
foot pavement. 

The Grounde of Artes who hatha well tredd. 
And noted well the slyppery stoMet. 

Recwdii'9 Cootie of Knowtodgo, IfiM. 

(7) In Cornwall, when the melted tin is cast 
into oblong square pieces in a mould made of 
moor-stone, the lesser pieces they call slabs, 
and the greater blocks. Kennett, MS. 

SLABBARD. ** Slabbarde, morostu, tardus," 

Prompt. Parv. MS. Harl. 221, f. 156. 
SLABBER. (1) To soil, or dirty. West. 
Till neere unto the haven where Sandwitch stands. 
We were enclosed with most dangerous sand*. 
There were we sows*d and alabberd, wash'd and dash'd, 
And graveird, that It made us halfe abash'd. 

Taylor's Dlseooery by Sea, p. S9. 
(2) To eat up greedily. 
SLABBY. Sloppy; dirty. 

This threatning is to travellers that go 
lAtng Journeys ; elabby rain they'l have, or snow. 
A Bookftir Boy* and Girht 1686, p IS. 
SLACHE. To loiter. Yorksh. 
SLACK. (1) The low ground. North. 

They took the gallows flrom the elaek. 

They set It In the glen. 
They hang'd the proud sheriff on that, 
Heleas'd their own three men. 

Robin Hood, ii. UC. 



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(8) Cod ndnMd lotcry tmaH pieees. The lide 
of a HMmntain where the ro^ has cnunhled 
and fidlen down in an oblique dbection is 
called a slack. 
3) Mingere. Wore. 

^4) To cool in water. North. 

(5) Underdone ; tlaei^-haked, spoken of bread ; 
slack done, meat underdone. Kent. Slack- 
oven, an oven which bakes slowlj. 

(6) To put off; to procrastinate. 

(7) A long pool in a streamy river. 

(8) Dull ; low ; depressed ; laay. Slack-deed, 
depression of trade. Far. dUiL 

SLACKE. Slow. (^..&) 

SLACKEN. To fall in price. Slacimg, want 

or deficiency of anything. 
SLACKET. Slight ;sUm. Comw. 
SLACK-TRACE. An untidy woman. Line. 

In some places, slacJtumtrans. 
SLACK-WATER. A deficiency of water* by 
which the machinery of mills erected on 
streams is deprived of its proper action. 
SLADDERY. Wet and dirty. North. 
SLADE. (1) A valley; a ravine; a plain. Brockett 
says its present meaning is ** a breadth of 
green sward in ploughed land, or in planta- 
tions." I have heard the term in Northamp- 
tonshire applied to a flat {nece of grass, and to 
a border of grass round a ploughed field. The 
first meaning (a valley) is given in the Here- 
fbrdahire Gloss, p. 94 ; but Moor describes it 
** a small open hanging wood/' See Morte 
d'Arthur, i. 161, 176, 192 ; British Bibl. i. 154 ; 
Gy of Warwike, p. 120. 

Sezty slongeDe io a §lmde of ileghe in«De of annn. 
MoittArthmr«t MS. Uneoln, t. 84. 
It had bene better of William a Trent 

To bare bene abed with (orrove. 
Than to be that day in the greenwood tiade. 
To meet with Little Johns arrowe. 

Robin Hood, 1.118. 
Whenne we were put fro Paradise 
Into this like wrecched tlude. 

Cunor MundU MS. Coll. Trin. Cantab* f. 8. 
And how he climbeth up the bankis. 
And faileth into tladia depe. 

Gower, MS. She. Antlq. 134, f. HI. 
But when he came to Bamesdale, 
Great heaviness there hee hadd. 
For he found tow of his owne fellow^ 
Were slaine both in a riade. 

Hobin Hood and Gup of CMMrnt. 

(2) A sled, or sledge. Also, to carry on a sledge ; 
to drag on the ground. 

SLADE.pOWN. To draw back part of the 
mould into the interfurrow, with the plough 
dragging, or slading upon its side. Norf. 

SLADERING-DRAG. A smaU drag, or car- 
riage, or sledge, without wheels, and diding on 
the ground, drawn by one horse. Chesh. 

SLAG. (1) Refuse of lead, or other ores. It is 
sometimes applied to coal. Slag-pigs, small 
flat pigs of lead of an inferior quality. " At 
the silver mills in Cardiganshire the cinders or 
refuse of the litharge, which remain after the 
first boiling of the mine, are call'd slags, which 
are beat small with great stamps lifted up by 



a wheel moved by water; ao the droas of tin 

in Cornwall is called the riag / so likewise the 
slag or refuse of melted iron," Kennett, HS. 

(2) The black slat, which lies commonly above 
the coal in sinking their pits in Flintshire, is 
called the «%. Ibid. MS. 

(3) Miry and slippery. Pr. Parv. 
SLAGER. To slacken. West. 
SLAGHT. Hung up ; put away ? 

When we ooeae and sltttfn in same, 
I shalJe tech the a game* 
• I can hit wcl Ije rote ; 

Then shal thou se my slyng ^aghe. 
And of the best take us a draght. 
And drynk weile right be note. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ▼. 48, f. 49. 
SLAGS. Sloes. Westm. 
SLAIF. A shallow dish. North. 
SLAIGH. The aloe. Lane. 
SLAIN. Smut in com. Cum6. 
SLAINT. To bring forth young, implied to co«is 

and mares. Kent. 
SLAIR. To walk slovenly. North. 
SLAIRG. Mud. Northumb. 
SLAISTER. (1) To beat severely. North. 
(2) To do anytlung awkwardly. Yorksh, 
SLAIT. (1) An accustomed run for sheep ; hence 
the place to which a person is accustomed is 
called slait. West. 
(2) To slake quicklime. Devon. 
SLAKE. (1) A deep ditch ; a ravine. 
He laf slawe in a ttak 
flbrty score on a pak, 
Wyd opene one here bake. Sir Degmant, 9m. 

(2) To quench ; to subside. North. 

Whenne that here paynys ridkyd was. 
And sche hadde passyd that hydous pas. 

Here nose barst on bloode ; 
Sche was unblemeichyd flbot and hand, 
Tliat saw; the lordys off thelande. 

And thankyd God on rode. 

Hnmance of MheUton, 

(3) To lick, e. g. plates or dishes badly washed 
and not well dried are said to be slaked o^rer. 
It is also vulgarly used, I believe, in the sense 
of to kiss. Line. 

4) To put out the tongue. Lane. 

5) To fail ; to desist. {A.-S.) 

6) Leisure ; opportunity. Notf. 

7) An accumulation of mud or slime, particu- 
larly in a river. Cumb. 

8) A gentle light stroke. North. 

9) To smear ; to bedaub. Yorksh. 

10) Very small coals. North. 

11) To go silently. Weber. 

12) To untie ; to 'loosen. (^.-5.) 

13) Soft, as mud, dirt, &c. Dunelm. 
SLALE. Violent ; inflamed. North. 
SLAM. (1) To beat. North. 

(2) A kind of game. It is also a term at whist, 
used when one party wins a game before the 
other has gained a trick. 

At post and paire,or tiam, Tom Tuck would play 
This Christmas, but his want wherewith sayes nay. 

HarrUH^t Workt, li. M. 

(3) The side ; to go up the slam of the hill is to 
go up obliquely. Dorset, 



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(4) To throw £ut, violently, tt a door ; to fling 
down. Var, diaJL 
A kind of mnsde. SmUlu 
Tall and lean. North. 

SLAM-BANG. With great violence. IFet/. 

SLAMRIN. A female sloven. Perhaps «Aim- 
maekt or tlammerHn is in more general use. 
llenct slammaei, to walk slovenly, to do any- 
thing awkwardly. 

SLAMMING. Large ;hig. Wett 

SLAMPAMBES. To cnt a person of the slam- 
pamhes, or to give him the slampamhes, i. e. 
to beat him by stratagem, to circumvent or 
conquer any one. It occurs in an old play 
quoted by Nares, who was nnable to explain 
the phrase. 

The townemnen bdog pinched at the heart that 
oneraacall in luch Kornefull wiie should give them 
the tiampmmet not lo mudb veleng the tlendernene 
of the loMe » the ritameftilneste of the folle. 

Stanihvnf* Dmerlpiion ^Irtland, p. 85. 

SLAMTRASH.. A great sloven. Yorkih. 

SLANE. Sloes. Devon. 

SLANG. (1) Apparently some kind of ordnance, 
mentioned in Arch. xi. 439. 

(2) A long narrow piece of land, sometimes 
caned skmiei. Wett 

SLANGAM. An awkward lout. << A tall and 
duUfjoNpam, that hath no making to his height, 
nor wit to his making ; also, one that being 
sent on an errand is long in returning," Cot- 
grave, in Y. Longi». 

SLANK. (1) Slim ; slender. North. 

(2) A slope, or declivity. Kent. 

SLANS. Sloes. Wett. 

SLANT. To exaggerate. North. "To mock, 
or lie, or dissemble,'* Kennett MS. 

SLANT-VEIN. One vein of ore crossing an- 
other at an acute angle. North. 
SLANT. A slattern. Weit. 
SLAP. (1) Suddenly. North. 

(2) To spill liquor. All of a slap, i. e. very 
sloppy. Yorkth. 

(3) 7\f $lap upf to eat quickly, to lick up food. 
Still inuae. 

(4) The same as Slab (5). 

(5) To loU out the tongue. North. 

(6) A gap. Somerset. 

SLAP-BANG. Violently ; headlong. Sb^-eUuh 
is also used in the same sense. 

SLAP-DASH. A cheap mode of colouring rooms 
by dashhiff them with a brush in imitation of 
paper. North. In masonry, rough-cast. 

SLAPE. (1) Soft; slippery; smooth. Hence, 
metaphorically, crafty. North. Slape hawing 
by haw binks, i. e. slippery holding by a hall 
bench. Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 

(2) Sleep. Sevyn Sages, 929. 

SLAPE-ALE. Plain ale as opposed to ale medi- 
cated with wormwood or scurvy grass, or 
mixed with any other liquor. Skinner says 
this is a Lincolnshire word. 

SLAPE-FACE. A soft-spoken, mealy-mouthed 
hypocrite. Line. 

SLAPEL. A large lump. Suites. 
II. 



jSLAPER. The stump of a tree. Noff. 

SLAPING. Walking about a house with dirty 
shoes and wet dripping clothes. Oonon. 

SLAPPING. Very Urge. Var.diaL 

SLAPPY. Not baked enough. Si^olk. 

SLAP*SAUCE. A parasite. Mintheu. 

SLAP-SHGES. Shoes with loose soles. 

SLARE. (1) A hint; an indirect reproach. Line. 

(2) To smear, to mark with dirt here and there ; 
thus when a floor has been imperfectly washed 
it vriU be said, '* They've stared it sadly." 

SLART. (1) To splash with dirt. Yorieh. In 
Herefordshire, to stain. 

(2) Used as a substantive, to mean a quantity ; 
thus one maiket woman vnll say to another, 
" You've got a pretty good start of butter this 
welk." Used as a verb, to signify to taunt by 
insinuations, e. g. *' If you've anything to say, 
out with it, and don't start in that way." Line. 

SLARY. Bedaubed. East. 

SLASH. (1) A cut, or gash. YorJtsh. 

(2) The same as Pleachy q. v. 

SLASHING. Gay ; wild. Var. dial, 

SLASHY. Wet and dirty. North. 

SLAT. (1) To strike ; to slap ; to throw or cast 
down violently or carelessly. Var. dial. 
*' Slatted his brains out," Webster, iy. 99. A 
slat in the fisce, i. e. a reproach. 

(2^ To split, or crack. West. 

(3; A spot, or stain. Yorish. 

(4) An iron heater used for smoothing linen 
after washing. Somerset. 

(5) To set on ; to incite. North. 

(6) A share. Bailey. 

(7) A sUte. North. " Sklat or slat stone," 
Prompt. Parv. MS. Harl. 221 . 

SLAT- AXE. A mattock with a short axe end. 

Devon. 
SLATCHIN. Untidy. Cumh. 
SLATE. (1) A valley? 

Certayn, the laid the knyght, 
That thdft I law to nyght 
Here Beside a tiate. 

Torrent qf Portugal^ p. 70. 

(2) To ridicule. Var. dial. This is probably 
derived from our fifth meaning. 

(3) A sheet. An old cant term, occurring fn 
Dekker's Belman of London, 1608. 

(4) A woman is said to be slated, when her pet- 
ticoat fslls below her govm. 

(5) To bait animals. ** Bay of bor, of bole 
sl«tyng»" Kyng Alisaunder, 200. " To slate 
a beast is to hound a dog at him," Yorkshire 
Ale, p. 115, ed. 1697. 

(6) To be angry, or wroth. 

Theapottille says that Ood thaim hatys. 
And over alle other with thaim jdattf*. 

R. de Brutme, MS. Bowea, p. 05. 

(7) A pod or husk, of peas, &c. Hants. 
SLATHER. To slip, or slide. Chesh. 
SLATS. (1) Cross pieces used in the hurdles of 

the Midland counties. 
(2) Dark blue ooze, rather hard, left dry by the 

ebb of the sea. S%i^. 
SLATTER. To waste; or rather, perhaps, not 

to make a proper and due use of anything ; 

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that they lay, ** take ctre, or youll Httiter it 
■11 away f and when the weather is nntettled, 
10 that the work of the turn n intermpted, 
the farmer wUl say to his men, " I fear we 
shall have a tlatttrmg time ctf it." Also, to 
he negligent and slovenly. 

SLATTBA-DE.POUCH. An ancient dance, 
mentioned in an old play in MS. BodL 30. 
Oayton alludes to it as a boy's exercise. 

SLATTBRINS. Belies. Imc, 

SLATTERY. Wet; dirty. Var.dial. 

SLATY. Miry, or muddy. 

SLAUGHMESSES. A kind of sword ? 

Bwida tiMM, we have the fierce Biabftiiden and 
strong Almaina wyth long pykes and cuttyog 
tiaugfutusmt* HaU, Hin«y F. f. 15. 

SLAUGHTER. A great alteration involving 

some destruction, e. g. applied to the thorough 

repair and renovation of an old mansion. 

EaMex. 

SLAUM. To smear. Leic. 

SLAUSE. To strain liquor. '* Colo, to sclause 

ale," MS. Gloss, xv. Cent. 
SLAVEINE. A pUgrim's mantle. (J,-N,) 
** Smrubarda^ Anglice a sdavene," Nominale 
MS. in my possession. 

He coTyrde hyt face wyth hyt «iaMirfM« 
That Tyrrye ichulde not knowe hys peyne. 

MS, Cantab, Ff. 11. 38, f. SaS. 
Many wente Clement agayne» 
A Mklavtm was hyt wede. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38» f.88. 

SLAVERING CLOTH. Aslobhering-bib. <<SUi. 

veryng clothe for chyldren," Palsgrave. 
SLA WEN. A large piece. Su$tes, 
SLAWE. Slain. (^..&) 

I wolde not that, layd Robyn, 

Johan, that thou were tUnoe, 
For all the golde In mcry Englond, 
Though it lay now on a rawe. 

RMn Hood. 1. 54. 
SLAWTH. Sloth. Proust, Ptnrv. 
SLAWTYR. Slaughter. Pron^t, Pan. 
SLAY. (1) Anything that moves on a pivot, as 
the part of the loom that is pulled by the hand 
among the threads. North, 
(2) In cutting slop, the wood is laid in regular 
rows, all one way, for the convenience of tying 
up ; these are cidled dayt. 
(S) As willingly. ** I would 9Uty do it as not." 
Somenet. 

(4) Coarse wooL Devon. Perhaps from ttmft 
that part of a loom with which the work is 
dosed. " The slay of a weavers loome having 
teeth like a combe," Nomendator, p. 253. 

(5) A lane or way cut through a whin, or broom, 
or other cover, for the purpose of admitting 
a vehide to recdve and convey away the £sg. 
gots or cuttings ; or for admitting a range of 
haynets to catch rabbits, hunted from side to 
side of the cover by dogs ; or for gunners to 
place themsdves in, to dioot or dsy them as 
they dart across. Moor, 

8LAY.WATTLE. A kind of hurdle, made with 

narrow boards. Kent, 
SLAZY. Of flimsy texture* BoiU 



SLB. To kill; to slay. (.!..&) 
Grot bourde it wold be, 
Offthem to oleo twoo or thre, 
I swcre the, be Seynt Gyle. 

jr&Ctetfab.FC:f.4B,f.« 

SLEA. To dry or wither, spoken of com ex- 
posed to sun or wind before it ii gathered or 
bound. Cheth. 

SLEAK. The same as Slake, q. v. 

SLEAM. To dumber. Lane. 

SLEAVE. To tear down. Herrf. 

SLEAVE-SILK. The soft floss-silk uMd for 
weaving. " Sleave or raw silke," Florio, p. 57. 
See Nares, in v. 

SLECK. (1) To cooL North. 

(2) To quench; to assuage; to extinguish. 
North. "Candeldekennid,"Apol.LolLp.l9. 

(3) Small pit cod. Yorkeh. 

(4) To make smooth. Pabfrave. '** I dede, 
I make paper smothe with a sleke stone, je 

fou glMMoU ; yon muste slecke your psper if 
yon wyll write Greke wdl,'* Ibid. 

SLECKING. WeakUquor. North. 

SLED. (1) A sledge North, ** A tmeke or 
sled with low whedes," Florio, p. 37. *' TVoAa, 
a ded," Nominde MS. " Dray or sletde 
whych goeth without whdes,'* Hdoet, 1552. 
" Slede to drawe a thyng upon,'' Psligrsve. 

(2) To walk awkwardly. Yorkth, Hence, an 
old blind person. SUd-Jumgh, one who waUa 
badly or lamdy. 

(3) A sledge hammer. 
SLEDS. A valley. Ueame. 
SLEDGE. To shift off. DunebH. 
SLEDGER. The lower stone in the hopper of • 

milL Var. dioL 
SLEDIR. SUppery. {J..S.) 

For thanne he leseth hb lusty wtye 
With dronkeechipe, and wot not wUdcr 
To goo, the weyes ben so t2adir. 

GoMwr, MS, Soe. Jniiq. i34,C 17»> 
The plsnk that oo the brygfe wai, 
Wat as oferit^ a« any glaa. 

MS. ArLVm,tii. 

SLEECH. (1) To dip up water. NoHh. 
(2) Mud or sea-sand used as manure. Thetedi- 
ment deponted by the sea in the river Rother 
is called sleech. Suteex, Kennett has «fi/eA, 
"slime or mud thrown up in the desnsing 
of ponds or ditches," MS. Lansd. 1033. 
And I will ffoe galtber wlweht, 
Thosblppe for to eaulko and pyeheu 

Cke$t«rPU^,lVI' 

SLEEKED. Smooth. «A kind of tleeked 
pastdxKNTd to write upon, and may bee blotted 
out agdne,'' Florio, p. 86. 

SLEEKER. An iron instrument used for drain- 
ing the skins that are taken from the tanpit 

SLEEP. A limb is sdd to go to deep when be- 
numbed from bdng too long in one position. 
** My fotheys adepe," Nominale MS. 

SLEEP.AWAT. An idiomatic phrase signi^i^ 
anaduddecay. Dewm, 

SLEEPER. (1) A mshlight. Ea»U 

(2) The stump of a tree cut off short* and left in 
the ground. Norf, 



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(S) A beam of wood wbich rapports lomething, 

as rails, &c Var, dud, 
(4) Grains of barley which do not vegetate when 
undergoing the process of malting are called 
tletpen, Salop. Antiq. p. 569. 
SLEEP.WORT. Lettuce. Cferard, 
SLEEPY. Tasteless ; insipid ; generally said of 

fruit half rotten. Var. dial 
SLEEPT-HEAD. An idle, sleepy person. 
SLEEK. One who slays. (A.-S.) 
SLEET. (1) Cow-dung. Yorkth. 
(2) Aslant ; oblique. iV. Parv. 
SLEEVE. (1) A narrow channel. 
(2) To split ; to cleave. North. 
SLEEVE.HAND. The cuff attached to a 

sleeve ; the wristband of a shirL 
SLEEVELESS. Useless ; unprofitable. "Syr- 
HIS, thynke not lonke, and y schall telle yow 
a sieveUs reson,'' Reliq. Antiq. i. 83. 
If all th«w fliiile, a begger-woman may 
A swaet kyve letter to her hands conray ; 
Or a neat iaundresse or a hearbwife can 
Carry a 9ieeveU$t0 message now and than. 

Tawlor't FForAras, 163U.il. 111. 
SLEEZT. The same as Slazy, q. v. ** Sleaie 
Hnnenf so calld becaus brought from the pro- 
vince of Silesia, or as the Germans call it 
Schiena^ wher the capital city Breslaw is 
znaintaind by this manufacture, which is the 
chief if not the only merchandize of that 
place," Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 
SLEFT. Slashed. Somenei, 
SLEIDED. Raw, untwisted, as silk. 
SLEI6HLT. Cunningly. (A,.S.) 
SLEIGHSTER. Slaughter. 
TheHbro so M ther ware 
That litel was sene her sletgfuter ther. 

Arthour and M«rlln, p. 226. 

SLEIGHT. (1) Contrivance. (^.-&) Still in 

use, signifying judgment, calculation. 
(2) Smooth, as a board, &c. 
SLSINT. Slipped ; pushed. 
SLEITH. Contrivance ; cunning. Also, occa- 
sionally, stratagem, deceit. {A,-S,) 

Wliat, wenest thou Him that knoweth alle 
To disseyre with thy «M<A{y wile. 

Ufdgate, MS, 8oe, Jntig, 134, f.23. 

SLEKKYN. Slacken. (J.-S.) 

So brennande fire that laate ay« 
That n<Ayn tbyngeitaMriiiyn may. 

M& HarU 2S60, f. 71. 
SLEN. To slope. Somerset. 
SLSNCH. (1) Part of a cow which Ues close to 

the brisket. Wett. 
(2^ To quench one's thirst South. 
{Z) To hunt privately, as dogs do to steal their 

food. North. 
(4) To cut one ade of a hedge, and leave the 

other untouched. Cheth. 
SLSNT. (1) To tear ; to rend. JOoraet. 

(2) A deep puddle ; any small pit in a common 
or plain. S^folk. 

(3) To slope ; to glide. " It elented doune to 
the erthe/' Morte d'Aithur, iL 281. It is the 
part. pa. in DuBartas, p. 7. 

(4) A JMty or sarcaam. 
SLEPB To drag. {Fkm.) 



SLBPING. A sleep, or slumber. (A.-S,) 

SLEPIR. Slippery. 

If reehes to the fdle, festenoghte one thame thy 
herte, for thay are (kylande and noghte lastande ay, 
and tlejtir als ane eele, that whenne mene wenys he 
base hym fsste, als fantome he fra hyme glyddys, 
and tynys hym for ay. MS, Lincoln A. 1. 17, f. 244. 

SLEPLE. To sleep gently. (J.-S.) 

SLERRIB. A sparerib of pork. fFest. 

SLETCH. To cease ; to stop. /. Wight. 

SLETE. To slete a dog, says Ray, is to set him 
at anything, as swine, sheep, &c North. 

SLETTEN. SUd ; fell Weber. 

SLEUTH. (I) The track of any animal. Hence 
sleuth'hmmdf a term for the bloodhound. 

There is a law also among the borderers in time 
of peace, that whoso dcnicth entrance or sute of a 
tleuthhoundin pursuit made after fellons and stolen 
goods, shall be holden as accessarie unto the theft, 
or taken for the selfe theefe. 

Holifuksd, DeaeHpti»n ^Scotland, p. 14. 
The second kind Is called in Scotland a sluth- 
hound, being a little greater then the hunting hound, 
and in colour for the most part browne. or sandy- 
spotted. The sence of smelling is so quicke in these 
that they can follow the footesteps of theevs, and 
pursue them with violence untill they overtake 
them ; and if the theef take the water, they east in 
themselves also, and swim to the other side, where 
they find out agalne afresh their former labor, until! 
they find the thing they seeke for : for this is com- 
mon In the borders of England and Scotland, where 
the people were wont to live mueh upon thc^ and 
if the dog brought his leader unto any house, where 
they may not be suflVed to eome in, they take it for 
granted that there is both the stoUen goods and the 
theef also hidden. 

Top»elf9 Four-Foottd Beattt, 1607, p* 149. 

(2) A herd of bears. This term occurs in the 

Booke of Hunting, 1586. 
SLE UTHE. Sloth ; idleness. (A.-S.) 
SLEUTYNG. Shooting ; leUing fly. Gawayne. 
SLEVE. To cleave ; to spUt. (A.-S.) 
For thsire cotis ware al to-revyne. 
And thaire lymmes in sondlr tlevme, 

MS. Uneoln A. L 17, t. ISO. 

SLEW. (1) To turn round. 
A kind of sieve. 
To get intoxicated. Yorhsh. 
SliE WER. To give way ; to fall down. 
SLEY. A weaver's instrument that strikes the 

wog close to the warp. Kermett. 
SLE3ELY. Silly ; cunningly. 

In Paradis he made him rest. 
And He^tly slepe on him he kest. 

Curaor MundU MS. CoU. THn, Cantab. 1 99. 

SLIBBER-SLABBER. ^Very careless. 

SLICE. (1) A fire shovel ; a broad short-handled 
firepan for wood fires. Dorset. ** A slice, 
of the shape of the ace of spades, a sort of 
firepan, flat and plain, without any edges 
turn'd up by the sides," MS. Gloss. 

(2) Said of a hawk *' when she mewteth a good 
distance from her," Gen. Rec. ii. 63. 

(3) " An instrument of the kitchen to tume 
meate that is fried," Elyot, in v. Spatha, ed. 
1559. It occurs in Palsgrave. The slice is 
still used for many purposes, particularly for 
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puL It i> described in Tim Bobbin, *< a thin 
bit of wood to ttir meat in pots/' 
8LICH. The same as Sleeeh (2). 
SLICHEN. Smooth. Lane. 
SLICIL (1) Smooth. Tor. dial. 

The mole's a creature Tery smooth and tUdft 
She digs V th* dirt, but 'twUl not on her stick. 

A Bookjbr Bo^amd GirU, 1686, p. 96. 

(2) Clear; entirely, ^e*/. 

(3) To comb the hair. Sustex. 

(4) The down of rabbits. Ea$t, 

(5) A blow, or slap. Ojnm. 

SLICKEN. Smooth. Der6. 

SLICKENSIDES. A species of mineral sub- 
stance found in some mines, the effects of 
which arc terrific. A blow with a hammer, a 
stroke or scratch with a miner's pick, are suf- 
ficient to blast asunder the massive rocks to 
which it is found attached. 

The mines in Byamcdge are Tery deep, and the 
New-engine mine I have heard sUted as being the 
deepcat in Derbyshire. Among the number In the 
edge is the Hay-clilT, a mine distinguished for having 
contained in great abundance of that extraordinary 
phenomenon In the mineral world provlncially called 
tliekenHdeg. It is a species of gelena, and Is well 
known amongst mineralogists. This mine once had 
It In singular quantity and quality. One writer 
says, •* The stroke is immediately succeeded by a 
crackling noise, accompanied with a noise not un- 
like the mingled hum of a swarm of bees ; shortly 
afterwards an explosion follows, so loud and appal- 
ling that even the miners, though a hardy race of 
men, and little accustomed to fear, turn pale and 
tremble at the shock." Of the nature of thU mine- 
ral, and Its terrible power, there luve been a many 
tnit quite unsatisfactory solutions. Whitdiurst, in 
his work on the formation of the earth, thus men- 
tions its wonderful power:—" In the year 1797, an 
explosion took place at the Hay-ciilT mine, Eyam, 
liy the power of slickensides. Two hundred bar- 
rels of materials were blown out at one blast, each 
barrel conUining SBOlbs. weight. During the ex- 
plosion the earth shook as by an earthquake." A 
person of the name of Hlgginbotham once but nar- 
rowly escaped with life, by striking incautiously 
this subsUnce in the above mine. Experienced 
miners can, however, wmk where it greatly abounds 
without much danger. It is also known by the 
name of <* cracking-whole.** 

fFood'e Detolation of K^am. 

SLICKLER. An idle loiterer. Devon. 

SLICK-STONE. " Slyckestone, lute a papier, 
Hee" Palsgraye. Kennett mentions the slick- 
stone for smoothing linen cloths. Slekyttoney 
Pr. Parv. MS. Harl. 221, f. 156. 

SLID. A North country oath. It occurs twice 
in Twelfth Night, iiL 4. 

SLIDDER. (1) To sUde. (2) SUppery. SM. 
dery is common in the second sense. '* Slyder, 
ffUttanl/" Palsgrave. Slidery, MS. Arundel. 
220, f. 300. 

SLIDE. A sledge. Midi. C. 

SLIDE-BUTT. A dung sledge. Dewm. 

SLIDE-GROAT. A game played with coins, 
the same as shoye-groat. See Donee's Illust. 
i. 454 ; Brand's Pop. Antiq. ii. 259 ; Armin's 
Nest of Ninnies, 1608, ed« Collier, p. 28. 



t 



SLIDERS. Beams usedfor the support of shafts 
in mines. North. 

SLIDING. SUppery. Chaaeer. 

SLIER. To look sly upon, but with some evil 
design. Gbmc. 

SLIFFE. A sleeve. Hooper. 

SLIFT. (1) The fleshy part of the leg of beef, 
part of the round. EomL 

(2) A slip, or cutting. Suffolk. 

SLIFTER. A crack, or crevice. Lane. It 
occurs as a verb in Marston. 

The liver dryed with parsely, and three walnuts 
densed from the pill and put into hony, is marveU- 
ous good for one that is liver sicke ; the ashes of it 
mixt with oyie, Uketh away wens; and the ashes 
of the liver, and the flesh is good against the chap- 
ping, clefts, or tUften in the body, which ooaie by 
cold : but Diosoorides, whom I rather follow, aCtri- 
buteth both these vertuca to the ashce of the hoofe. 

SLIGHT. (1) Contrivance; artifice. 
(2) A contracted form of the ancient phrase ^ 
this Ught. 

3) A trifling matter. Weei. 

4) Slighting ; contemptuous. 

(5) To slake lime. Detfon. 

(6) To smooth or iron linen. 

(7) To throw, or cast quickly. 
SLIGHTEN. To slight. Jonwn. 
SLIGHTY. SUm ; weak. Eatt. 
SLIKE. (1) Such ; such like. (A.-S.) 

Crlste was of a maydene borne. 
And dyed for thame on afjrXrtf a tree. 
To brynge thame owte of my post& 

MS. Unnin A. i. Vt, f- U9L 
I have herd say men suld Uke of twa thingea, 
Slik as he fynt. or taka/Or as he briagcs ; 
But specially I pray the, host ful deere. 
Get us som mete and dr3rnk, and roak us chcere. 

WrigMa AneeMa UUrarim, p. ». 

Whethurthydayes, Lord, bea^^fire 
As mennes dayes that dwdlen here. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ii. 98, f. IflL 

(2) To make sleek, or smooth. (J.-S.) Also 
an adjective, smooth, or sleek. " With bent 
browis both smothe and slike,'* Romaunt of 
the Rose, 542. 

(3) To rend asunder ; to cleave. 

(4) To slide. " On the mayle slikes," Antnrs of 
Arther, xlviii. 6. 

SLIKKER. Smooth and hard. " Slykker as 
paper that is sleked or suche lyke, afym/* 
Palsgrave, adject. 1 95. 

SLIM. (1) Distorted, or worthless; sly. Also, 
a worthless fellow. Var. dial. 

(2) To do any work in a careless or deoeptiTe 
manner. Sutaex. 

(3) Slender ; thin ; sUght. East. Also, a thin, 
tall youth. 

(4) Sly; cunning; crafty. Var.diaL 
SLIMBER. To he at ease. Gloue, 
SLIME. A hawk slimeth '< when she mewteth 

without droping." Gent Rec. iL 63. 
SLIMMY. Of slight texture. North. Forby 

has sUnulachet, of very thin texture, loose and 

flaccid. East Anglia, p. 307. 
SLIMST. Idle, lazy, dawdling. 5SMSJes#, the 



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SQperUtive of this word, which is in use about 
Woodbridg«. Moor*8 Sufolk MS. 
SLINCH. To sneak away. Drniehn, 
SUNG. (1) To moTe qnickly. Var. dial It 

has also the same meaning as SHnchy q. ▼. 
(2) To cast, or throw. Also, tobring forth yonng 

prematurely. Suatex. 
Hit hand slcppid and slode o-clante one the mayles, 
And the tother slely tfynget hym undlre. 

Morle Arthurt, MS, Uncoln, f. 03. 

SLINGE. (1) To sneak; to skulk about in a 

state of idleness. North, 
(2) A blow. Syr Gawayne. 
SLINGER. (1) One who steals cloth, yam, or 

the like from clothiers, with a view to its 

being worked up or finished. 
(2) A person who used a sling. PjflaidabUuta^ 

a slynger, Nominale MS. 
SLIN6BT. A. narrow slip of ground. 
SUNK. (1) To sneak off. Also, a sneakingi 

thievish fellow. North, 

(2) A small piece of wet meadow land. /. of 
Wight, 

(3) A calf prematurely brought forth is so 
termed ; the leather into which the skin is 
made, being softer and tougher than other 
leather, is used by shoemakers to bind with. 

(4) Slim ; slender. Suffolk, 
SUN-POLE. A simpleton. Devon, 

SLIP. (1) *« At the potteries in Staffordshire, the 
earths or clays of looser and more friable 
texture being mixed with water, they make 
into a consistence thinner than syrup, so that 
being put into a bucket, it will run out through 
a quill ; this they call «^, and is the sub- 
stance wherewith they paint their wares, which 
from its several colours is calld the orange 
sUp, the white tlip, the red sl^,** Kennett MS. 

(2) To creep. ** Why come, how you do «&/^ 
along/' applied to a person moving very slow 
and lazily. Var. dial, 

(3) An outside covering, as a pillow-*/^, for a 
pillow-case. Also a child's pinafore. This 
word was formerly used in general for a scab- 
bard, sheath, &c. and the miJcer of such things 
was called a tl^itper, a term that has now 
become obsolete. In the parish register of 
Hexham, co. Northumberland, is this entry, 
" William, son of William Hutchinson, tword 
slqier, bur. Nov. 1688." Chron. Mirab. p. 156. 

(4) A narrow passage between two buildings. 
W. Wyrc. 192. There is a passage so called 
on the south side of Worcester cathedraL 

(5) A young pig. Comw. 

(6) A noose, especially applied to that by which 
a greyhound is kept before it is allowed to 
attft for the game. 

(7) A counterfeit coin, consisting of brass washed 
over with silver. 

rs) Clay ready for the potter. 
[9) To cast a foal prematurely. 
,10) A butterfly. Somerset, 
SLIPCOAT-CHEESE. Was thus made : 

Tnka five qtiarU of new milk Arom the cow, and 
one quart nii water, and one tpoonftil of runnet. 



and stir It together, and let It stand till it doth oome % 
then lay your dieeadoth into the Tate, and take up 
your curd as fut ai you can, without breaking, and 
put it to your vate, and let the whey loak out 
itwlf, when you have taken It all up, lay a cloth on 
the top of it and one pound weight for one hour, 
then lay two pound weight for an hour more; then 
take him out of the vate, and let him lie two or three 
houn, and then calt him on both sldee ; when he 
Is salt enough, take a clean cloth and wipe him dry, 
then let him lie a day or a night, then put nettles 
under and upon hlro, and change them <»ce a day, 
the cheese will come to his eating in eight or nine 
days. The Hotuwnfift Oracle, ed. 1697, p> 14. 

SLIP-DOWN. Old milk slightly curdled. 

SLIPE. To uncover the roof of a buUding ; to 
take away the outside covering from anythinf^ 
''Take the whyte of lekus, elgpe hem and 
shrede hem small," Forme of Cuiy, p. 15. 

SLIP-ON. To slip on clothes, i. e. to put them 
on very hurriedly and loosely. Var, dial, 

SLIPPER. (1) Slippery. Pabgrave. 

Yf they were men, your faithfulnesse might hap 
to suffice, but ehlldhod muste bee maintained by 
mennes autoritle,and eiipper you the underprompted 
with elder eounsaill. HaU, Eiwar4 V, f. 9. 

(2) A skidpan. Wore, 

SLIPPER-SLOPPER. Slip-shod. Som^rtet, 

SLIPPERY-WHELPS. Drop dumpUngs. Suff, 

SLIPPID. Slender. Smttx, 

SLIPPY. (1) Very quick. Var, dial 

(2) Slippery. Still in use. 

SLIP-SHAUL. Applied to nuts when so ripe, 
that they easily slip out of the husks. 

SLIP-SHOE. A very loose shoe, so worn as to 
hang loosely about the foot. 

He weares his apparel by leave of the peoples 
ignorance, for If every customer could challenge hia 
owne remnant, hee would be stript naked. He 
needs not use the corn-cutter, for theelip-^oe favours 
him. Stej^eiur Eteapee and CharaeterSf 1610, p. 421. 

SLIP-SLOP. Thin mud, &c. North, 

SLIPSTRING. A knavish fellow. See Lilly, 
ed. 1632, sig. Aa. v; Hawkins, iii. 39. It is 
an adjective in the following passage : 
Another should have spoke us twobetweene. 
But like a meacher hee^s not to be seeoe. 
Hee^s ninne away even in the very nick 
Of thisdayes businesse t such a Mppetring trick 
As never Ull now befell us heeretofore. 
Nor shall, I hope, befall us any more. 

MS. Bright 170, f. 1. 

SLIR. To slip ; to slide. North. 

SLIRRUP. To lap up any liquid with a noise. 

Suttex, 
SLISSE. An instrument like a large sledge, used 

before carts were adopted in agriculture. It 

is still used in turf bogs where there are few 

obstructions. North, 
SLIT. (1) A crack or cleft in the breast of £at 

cattle. MidLC. 

(2) To cut through ; to cleave. (j^.^SJ) 

(3) The pudendum muliebre. North. 

The king was wondred out of wltt. 
And toke the messenger bi the »lit. 

Arthour and MerUn, p. Z4. 

(5) To thrust back the lock of a door without 
the key. Sussex, 



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SUT-COTE. AMordiiigtoStnrtt,ed.Pliii€li^, 
ii. 260, a oote open in the front. 

SLITE. The herb cidanram. 

SLITHER. To sUde ; to slip. Vkr, dkd. Jen- 
nings has »&iter, Glossary, p. 70. 

SLITHERING. Slow; indolent; procrasti- 
nating ; deceitfuL Line, 

SLITIN. Worn out ; wearied. 

SLITTERT. The same as Chg gw m, q. ▼. 

SLIVE. (1) To ineak ; to sknlk ; to proceed in 
a sly way; to ereep; to idle away time. 
North. 

(2) To cat, or slice off anything. Also, a slip or 
slice, a chip. {J,-S,) 

Sithe thai drowe broodet of Mtei, 
And hewe togedre hud and vd. 

And ddda dcntea rlTe, 
And laidan on with twatdai den» 
Hdm and adield that itroufe were 

Thai gonne hem al ((hkM im. 

Gy 0/ WmnoOt^t p. 471. 

(3) To slide down suddenly. " I slyre downe, I 
fall downe sodaynly,^ eauie,** PaUgrane, 

(4) To dress carelessly. Cwmb, A garment 
rumpled up abont any part of the person is 
said to be MBved, 

SLIYE-ANDREW. A good4lnr.nothing feUow. 

SLIVEN. Slid; glided down. The term was 
oAen applied to dress. Carr has MUoimg^ har- 
ing the brim or edge tamed down. 

SLIVER. (1) A splinter; a slice ; a slip ; a small 
piece of anything. {A.^S,) 

(2) A small wooden instrament osed for spin- 
ning yam in the West of Eng^d. Arch. 
xxU. 271. 

(3) A short slop worn by bankers or navigators. 
ZiMC. It was formerly called a sUtnnff, The 
tlwing was exceedingly capadoos and wide. 

(4) A lock of combed wooL 
SLIVERLY. Canning; deceitful. Xine. 
SLIVING. (1) See Siher (3). 

(2) Idle ; 1^ ; wicked. North. 

(3) A blow ? Anturs of Arther, xItuL 5. Per- 
haps from A.-S. slifan, to cleave. 

SLIZE. To look sly. WUtM. 

SLO. To slay. {A.'S.) 

SLOACH. To drink heavily. NoHkaimb. 

SLOB. (1) The star fish. North, 

(2) The same as Slabf q. t. 

SLOBBER. (1) Untidy ; wet. We»t. 

Thomu Davis used to lace them np for her. She 
was very untidy in her dress ; ^1 of a Mbber, 

Th« Time*, July SSth, 1843. 

(2) To eat spoon meat in a filthy manner, allow- 
ing portions of it to ran down over the chin. 

SLOBBERER. (1) A slovenly farmer. Norf. 

(2) A jobbing tailor. Var. dial 

SLOBBERING-BIB. A bib tied under a child's 
chin round the neck when very young to keep 
the piasfore clean. 

SLOBBERY. Wet ; sloppy. Shot. 

SLOB-FURROWING. A particular method of 
ploughing. Norf. 

SLOCK. (I) Loose. Siuteaf. 

(2) To entice; to steal. JFeMt. "To slock, vox 
apud Dnmnonioe usitatis^ima, blandis et 



anbdolis verbis aervosa domSms peUioae, sat 
malis artibns in frandem dominoram sUicere," 
MS. Devon. Glossary. 
SLOCKEN. To slake; to qoench. Also, to 
soffocate in mud, and perhaps at times to 
drown simply. If a person shoold have bees 
sufifbcated by getting into a bog or msnh he 
would be said to have been thekemd: sad 
the term was applied to a dronken msn, wbo 
had perished in a ditch or ranning stream. 

Line. 
That bottell swet» which aerred at theOnt 
To keep the life, but not to tlotkm tiursL 

Dm Bartaf , p. SO. 

SLOCKET. To convey things privately out d 
the house, applied to a servant. Beri$. 

SLOCKING-STONE. A ridi and temptiog 
stone of ore. Comw. 

SLOCKSEY. Slovenly. Sum$€t. 

SLOCKSTER. (1) To vraste. ^rmertet. 

(2) One that slocks or entioeth away men'i 
servants. Blount, p. 597. 

SLOD. (1) A short cake baked before the bread 

goes into the oven. St^olk. 
(2)SUd. (^.-5.) 

LaunfU dyjte hyi coarser, 
Wlthoute itnave other squycr* 
He rood with lytylle prydet 
Hys hors »lod and fell yn the fen, 
Wherfore hym setvnede many men, 
Abowte hym fer and wyde. 

Ilttutraiioiu of Fahy Mgthdogt, p. 9. 

(3) To wade through mire, &c East. 
SLODDER. Slush, or wet mud. Wat. 
SLODE. (1) SUt ; spUt ; dipt. 

The Elridge knlgbte, he pricked Us staed ; 

Syr Cauline bold abode t 
Then either shooke his tnistye speare. 
And the Umber these two chfidien bare 

Soe soone in sunder «lode. 

Sir Gsvlintf, ap. Percy, p. 12- 

(2) The track of cart-wheels. Lane. 

SLOFF. To eat slovenly and gienfily. Wmt. 

It occurs in Pr. Parv. Sli^gFyn. 
SLOG. To lag behind. 
SLOGARDIE. Sloth. {J.-S.) 
SLOGGER. To be slovenly or tardy. Siof^- 

ing, negl^pent in dress. North. 
SLOGHE. A bog ; a muddy pit. 

For hys company was alle gon, 
xl. he had chaunfed for oon, 

Ther skaped but two away ; 
The quene was aferde to be scheote, 
Tyl iche sye that they were wents^ 
And passyd owt of the Hogh. 

MS. Qmlmb. Ft U. 18, r.73. 
Or of the pitte, or of the alogfu. 
If thou5te him thanne good y-nowc 

GoHW, MS. Soe. Anti§. Ul» f. H- 

SLOMAX. Very untidy. Weot. 
SLOMBERINGES. Slumberings. (A..S.) 
SLOMERANDE. Slumbering. (^.-5.) 

And seett thaire mynde AiUy in Godd withowttcM 
oessynge, whare so thay walke or dwcUe or speke, 
tlomerande and slepande. 

MS. liiMafa A. 1. 17. t SK. 

SLOMMAKIN. Slovenly ; loose ; untidy ; £rtj; 
unwieldy. For. dial 



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SLOMOWBB. Shunber. (J.-S.) 
And fbre slewthe of alomowre on a ticpe fiUlie* 
Bot be KM aftyre mydnyghte aUe hie mode ctaangede. 
MoiU Jrthmn, M8, Uneoln, f. 87> 
SLON. SI7. Cumi. 
SLONB. (1) The doe. Wmt. Browne mes it for 

the pioial, sloes. 
(2)To8lty. {J.-S,) 

I hade catelle ; now have I mm 1 

Thay take my bertle and don tham tbme, 

MS. OuUab. Ff. ▼. 48, 1 47. 

SL0N6ENE. Rang or cast down. 
He iware by mekiUe Goddci payne, 
Bot if thoQ brynge the coupe agaynei 
With my dart thou salle be ilayne, 
And donguu of thi mere. Perceval, 878* 

SLONKE. TodeTournp. -{Fiem.) 
SLOO. (1) The inner bony prominence from the 
quick put of a cow's horn, which bleeds when 
broken. Weet, 

(2) To sUy ; to kilL (^..5.) 

Thedoujtur thoujtanodur thyng. 
Hlr fiiduT for to «foo. 

MS, Cantab, Ft. v. 48, f. 45. 

(3) The same as Shghe, q. t. 

And moche ichame we hyt do. 
And caste hyt In a fowie sbo. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. iL 38, f. 35. 

SLOOM. A gentle sleep. Sttxnny, dull, slow, 

inactive. North. 
SLOON. Slain; killed. {A.^S.) 

With my fadur I have done foly, 
Thre childuT I had hym by. 
And I have hem alle «<oon. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. ▼. 48, f. 48. 
SLOOP. To change. VFUte, 
SLOP. (1) A smock-frock; any kind of onter 
garmeot made of linen. ** Sloj^, a night- 
gowne, robe de nmt,'* Palsgrave. The term 
was also applied to a kind of cloak or mantle. 
Stmtt, ii. 211, quotes a MS. which says, <'a 
sloppe is a mourning cassocke for ladies and 
gentlewomen, not open before." 

Ich will put on my best white ^oppe. 
And Ich will weare my yellow hose. 

MslUmata, 1811. 
r21 To wet or dirty. W€9t. 

(3) Underwood. Suffolk. 

(4) A summer boot or buskin, much worn in the 
fifteenth century. 

(5) A pocket Lane. 

(6) To bend, as wood, &c. North. 

(7) The step of a ladder or gate, &c 
SLOPE. To defraud. Norih. 

SLOPED. Decayed with wet, rotteo, applied 

to potatoes and pease. Doraet. 
SLOP-HOSE. " Payre of sloppe hoses, £r«ie//6« 

a nuainier" Palsgrave. 
SLOPPER. Loose, not fixed, applied to solid 

bodies. Somerwt. 
SLOPPETY. A slut. Lime. 
SLOPPY. Loose I slovenly. North, 
SLOPS. Large wide breeches. 

If they can walke about their wealthy thopps 
In lober gownes and very hansome ehppe, 

Stephent^ Saeaifee and Charaetere, 1815, p. 8. 

SLOP-SELLER. A person who sells all sorts of 
olddothes. Var.diaL 



SLOP-WASH. A small intermediate washing 

in large families. Var. dial. 
SLORE. (1) To grasp. Lane. 
(2) Dirt ; miry earth. North. ** Sloore, I&mm," 

Nominale MS. xv. Cent. 
SLORP. To sob heavily ; to eat greedily and 

unmannerly. North. 
SLORRIED. Bedaubed. Wett. 

Though you lie In the dark, Oorriei with the 

bishop's black oosl dust TfMpoe» Work*, p. S83L 
SLORRY. A blind worm. Kent. 
SLOSH. Dirty wet mud. Var. diaL 
SLOT. (1) A young bullock. North. 

(2) The clasp or fastening of a door. " A >cltt, 
a slott," Nommale MS. " Slotte of a dore, 
loeguet" Palsgrave. Still in use in the North, 
applied to a bolt of almost any kind. 

(3) A castle ; a fort. 

Thou paydst for building of a ^ot. 
That wrought thine owne decay. 

Rieh^t AUarme to England, 1578. 

(4) The print or mark of a deer's foot upon the 
ground. Gent. Rec. ii. 78. 

Swiftly pursue the tlote of this huge deer, 
And Touie him from his mighty layer here. 

Hewanfe BrittUh PHneee, 1889, p. 110. 

(5) A hollow tack in a cap, or other part of the 
dress. Line. 

(6^ To cut, or slash. Northmnb. 

(7) A small piece. Butchen call the tongue of 
pork a tht, and a small quantity of ale is 
called a slot of ale. North. 

(8) A wide ditch. Devon. 

(9) Wet sticky clay. Line. 

SLOTCH. (1) A sloven. To shteh about, md 

of shoes, &c. when slovenly or slipshod. 
(2) A greedy down. Lane. It is also defined, 

a great ugly person. 
SLOTE. (1) The pit of the stomach. 

Thourghe the bren^ and the breste, with his bryghte 

wapyne, 
O-slante doune fro the elote he slyttes at ones. 

Morte Jrthure, MS. Unooln, t. Tf» 

(2) The step of a ladder, or gate. 

SLOTER. To stab. Midjc. 

SLOTE S. The under pieces which keep the 
bottom of the cart together. 

SLOTH. The same as Sloffhe, q. v. 

SLOTTEN. Divided. Cheeh. 

SLOTTER. Filth; nastiness. Also, to dirty, 
to bespatter with mud, &c. Var, diaL 
** Sloturburgge, cenulentue" Pr. Parv. 
Than awght the sawle of synfulle wlthinne 
Be full fowle, that es al alotyrd thar in synne. 

Hamp(de, MS. Bowet, p. ?& 

SLOTTISH. Bad ; wicked ; slovenly. 

SLOTTIT. To walk slipshod. West. 

SLOUCH. A lazy fellow; a rough ungainly 
person. Also a verb, to walk about in an idle 
manner. ** Slowch, a lazy lubber, who has 
nothing tight about him, with his stockings 
about his heels, his clothes unbuttouM, and 
his hat flapping about his ears," MS. Gloss. 
** Thou filthie fine slouch," Promos and Cas- 
sandra, p. 47. 

SLOUCHED-HAT. Now, one that has lost 
its form and proper texture ; originally, a hat 



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the rose of wbioh wu untied, end the brima 

tkmeked oyer the face. Hunter. 
SL0UDRIN6. Clanuy ; loutish. Dwm. 
SLOUGH. (1) A husk. Nwrih, 

(2) KiUed ; slew. {A.^S,) 

How there Uy the Shottyadie knygbt. 
That Quene Oenure with poyson^low^. 

MS, Hot/. ttfiS, f . 86. 

(3) The cast skin of a snake. Also, the skin of 
any animal. The slough of a snake was for- 
merly used by labourers for a hatband. 

Takes piece of the tlomgh of an adder, and tye It 
to the wrong elde of the finger that ii prkkt with a 
thome, it will open the orifice that you may 
pluck it forth. 

Aubrtg*a WUtM, Ro^ &>e. MS. p. 164. 

Thenne goth this neddre and not blan. 
In thli «to«5« Sathan thenne waa. 

OMTior Mufuf i, MS, Coll JVin. OwiHak f . A. 
Then ihall ye slit the ^ough where the hart lieth. 
And take away the hearet flrom It and flyeth. 

The Book« of Huntiitgt 1A86. 

(4) The slime of snakes. Lane. 
SLOUGHER. TosUde. Dewm. 
SLOUGH-SILYER. A certain rent paid to the 

castle of Wigmore, and is in lieu of certain 
days' work in harvest, heretofore reserved to 
the lord from his tenants. Blount. 

SLOUM. To slumber. Yorith. 

SLOUNGE. An idle fellow. North. 

SLOVEN. (1) Divided. North. 

(2) A knave ; a rascaL 

SLOVEN-WOOD. Southernwood. Ea»t. 

SLOW. (1) To make slow ; to slacken. ** It 
sloweth age,'' Stanihurst, p. 13. 

(2) A sluggard. (J.^S.) 

Lothe to bedde and lothefro bedde, men achalle 
know the aloto. MS. Donee, 6S. 

(3) Dull, as the edge of a weapon. 
SLOW-BACK. A sluggard. Devon. 
SLOWDY. A dirty sloven. Yorkth. 
SLOWE. a) A moth. (J.^S.) 

(2) A sloghe, q. v. Thornton Rom. p. 246. 
SLOWEN. Slew, pi. (^.-&) 
That were cured in Crist, that they on crosae elotven. 

MS. Oott. CaUg. A. ii. f. 111. 

SLOWNES. Sloth. {A.-S.) 

Sktumet ys a curtyd thjrng. 

For hyt yt ever wery of weel doyng. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ii. X, t. fi. 
SLOW.WORM. Ablind.worm. Var. dial 
SLOX. To waste ; to pilfer. Wilts. 
SLUB. Wet and loose mud. Susees. Forby 
says, ** thick mire, in which there is some 
danger of sticking fast." 
SLUBBER. (1) To beat up. The following 
passage is in the Northern dialect. 

And we will ga to the dawnea, and tbtbber up a 
aOlibub. Th€ Two LaneasMre Looor*, 1640, p. 19. 

(2) To do anything slovenly. " He doth but 
fumble or slubber over the lesson he playes," 
Cotgrave in v. Brouitter. 

(3) To smear ; to dirty, or defile. '' Sloubberde 
with wepyng, espUmri" Palsgrave. 
Detracting vastalt that will vomit eplght 

At what they know not, and will look asquint 
On things of worth ; what ere has most worth in't 



They tMber most with gall : in all that's eviU 
They'll goe as far, and be as like the devill. 

BritiOi BIUiogmph0r, 11. 33*. 

(4) To dress wool. North. 

(5) Any viscous substance. Yorkth. 
SLUBBERDEGULLION. A paltry dirty wretch. 

Quoth she, although thou hast deeerv'd. 
Base tlubherdaguUkm, to be ierv*d 
As thou did'flt vow to deal with mc. 
If thou had'st got the victory. 

HtfrflbrM, 1. Ui. t86L 

Who so is sped is matcht with a woouui. 
He may weep without the help of an onyon. 
He's an oxe and an atfe, and a atvbbtrdtgumom. 

Mumtrum Delielm, 16B6, p. 79. 

SLUBBERER. A mischievous meddling per. 
son ; a turbulent man. This word oocurs in 
Mollyband's Dictionarie, 1593. 

SLUCK.A.BED. A sluggard. West. Cot- 
grave has slug-a-bed^ in v. Dormart. 

SLUD. Wet mud. For. dioL 

SLUDDER. To eat slovenly. North. 

SLUDGE. The same as Shid^ q. t. 

SLUER. To slide down. Deoon. 

SLUG. (1) To be negUgent. Yorhsh. 

(2) A slup which sails badly. 

(3) To lay late in bed. Far. dial 
SLUGGARDY.GUISE. The habit of a slug. 

V gard. West. 

Sluggardy-gulse ; 
Loth to go to bed. 
And loth to rise. 

SLUGGY. Sluggish. (J.-S.) 

SLUG-HORN. A short and ill-formed horn of 
an animal of the ox kind, turned downwards^ 
and appearing to have been stunted in its 
growth. Perluips it may have been contemptu- 
ously named thus, from some fancied resem- 
blance to that common reptile called the slug, 
the snail without a shelL Forby. 

SLUG-HOUNDS. A breed of dogs possessed 
by James I, probably bloodhounds or the 
Scotch wolf-dog. See Sir H. Dryden's Tvirici, 
p. 59, 4to. 1844. 

SLUMBRY. Sleepy. Pdlsgraoe. 

SLUMP. Wet boggy earth ; vret mud. Also, 
to slip down into slump. Var. dud. 

SLUNK. Grose tells us, as a superstition, thai 
*' a shmk or abortive calf buried in the high- 
way over which cattle frequently pass, will 
greatly prevent that misfortune happeniag to 
cows. This is commonly practised in Suffolk.^ 

SLUNKEN. Lean ; shriveUed. North. 

SLUR. (I) Thin washy mud. East. 

(2) To slip a die out of the box so as not to let 
it turn, a method of cheating formerly fin 
vogue among gamblers. 

SLUR-BOW. A kind of bow, probably one 
furnished with a barrel, through a slit in which 
the string slided when the trigger was puDed. 
Meyrick, ii. 279. 

SLURRUP. To swallow greedily. East. 

SLURRY. (1) To dirty, or smear. North. 

(2) To do anything inefficiently. 

SLUSH. (1) Wet mud; any wet dirt, Ftgnra- 
tive!y, anything dirty, f'ar, dial. 



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[2) To woiIe ctrelesdy. Yori$k. 

[3} WasteloL Narih, 

U) To Blop ; to spilL Var, dUO. 

f5) Poor or diaeased cattle. North. 

[6) A dninken fellow. Nnpc, 

SLUSH.BUCKET. A great drinker. Nifrth. 

SLU T. An apron. Lmc. 

SLUTTY. Dirty. North, 

For if thou ^e a gret lorde drynke In a 9lyii^ 
eoppe and foole, ware the drynke never sa gude, hym 
wolde wlate withe aUe, and byd do it awaye. 

MS. Uncoln A. i. 17, f. OS. 

SLWNE. Sloth ; indolence. 
SLY-BOOTS. AslyfeUow. Var. dial 

Tbe froseaird the Uiy one wreral timee, but in 
vain I there was no such thing as itirring him, though 
the Mtf-booU heard well enough all the while. 

Adventure* qfAbdaUa, 1789* p. 32. 
SLTBOM. Cunning. Comw. 
SLYGHE. Cunning, L e. built with exceasiye 
ingenuity and contrivanoe. 

And theryn was a towre fulle elpghe. 
That was bothe stronge and hyghe. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. 11. 38, f. 141. 

SMACK. (1) A slap ; a sounding blow ; a hit 
with the open hand. Var. died. 

(2) Suddenly ; sharply. We»t. 

(3) To come or go against anything with great 
force. JSiter. 

(4) The mizen sail of a ship. 
SMACKER. To kiss. Florio, p. 51. 
SMACK-SMOOTH. In a reckless way ; regard. 

kss of consequences. When a person acts in 
this way, he is said to go at a thing tmaek- 
tmooth. lame. It sometimes means, quietly ; 
pleasantly. Carr explains it " leyel.'' 
SMALB. (1) The form of a hare. Eaat. 
(2) SmalL StiUinuse. 

Lette to emale they done hyt bteke. 
And in here teth hyt do stdLe. 

MB. Cott. amid. A. 11. f. 190. 

SMALISH. Rather smalL {A.-S.) 
SMALL. ( 1 ) Low and soft, as the voice. '* Speaks 
small like a woman," Merry Wives of Wind- 
sor, L 1. Also, low, as the water of ariyer, &c. 
And than the company answered all 
With voices sweet en tuned, and so email, 

Chaucer^e Fkmre and the Let^/^, 180. 

(2) Young. North. 

(3) The stock of a pillar. 

(4) Poor, weak, said of liquor. 
SMALLAGE. Water parsley. 

amaiJage, balme, germander, basell, and lilly, 
The plnke, the flower-de-luce, and dafflwiilly. 

Heywoofe Marriage Trtumphe» 1613< 

SMALLUMS. Small quantities. North. 

SMALLY. Very smsll ; UtUe. Yorkth. 

Not MMlfy fortunate did he thinke himselfe to 
have found this nnluckie receptakle, making unto 
himselfe a false Joy of that sower subjleet, which was 
the cause of heavie sorrow unto others. 

Hemoure AeademAe, 1610, p. S. 

SMARADGE. A kind of emerald. 

SMARRY. A woman's smock. Domt. 

SMART. (1) Considerable. WUtM. 

(2) In good health. Herrf. 

(3) To undergo ; to injure. Bnex. 



(4) Quick; hasty; swift. Uic. 

The prynoe of Jerusalem and his btolfaarf 
Everiche of hem ran to othar, 

amertei^ in thefeld; 
Though AntonyHygryflnn yonger were. 
His brother l>obertus he can down berei 

Sir Torent stode and beheld. 

Terrewti^Funugait p. 104. 

(5) Well or finely dressed, far. dial 
SMARTISH. Considerable. Far. dial 
SMARTLE. To waste away. NortK ** To 

smartle away, diwgHt,** Coles. 

SMARTWEED. The herb arsmart. Notf. 

SMASH. (1) To break in pieces ; to crush ; to 
shiver. Also, a blow or fall by which any- 
thing is broken. Var. dial 

(2) A bankruptcy. South. 

SMASHER. (1) A pitman. North. 

'2) Anything yery large. Var. dial 

3) A small gooseberry pie. Newe. 

4) A passer of counterfeit coin. Var. diaL 
SMASHING. Wnd;gay. Var. dial 
SMATCH. A taste, twang, or flavour. 
SMATTER. To intermeddle. Cole9. 
SMAW. Small. North. 

SMAWM. To smear. JDonet. 

SMAY. To refuse. Saicp. 

SMEAGRE. Thin ; lean ; meagre. BoMt. 

SMEATH. (1) The smew, Mergw albelhuj one 
of the birds of the fens. 

(2) A large open level. Eatt. 

SMECEN. To taste ; to smack. (^.-5.) 

SMECTYMNUUS. A dub of five parhamen- 
tary holders-forth, mentioned in Hudibras. 
See also Wright's PoUtical Ballads, p. 230. 
" About the beginning of the Long Parliament, 
in the year 1641, five ministers wrote a book 
against episcopacy and the Common Prayer, 
in behalf of the Presbyterian government, to 
which they all subscribed their names, being 
Stephen Marshal, Edmund Calamy, Tho. 
Young, Matth. Newcomen, and Will. Spurs- 
tow ; the first letters whereof make this word 
Smeetymmauy and from thence they and their 
followers were called Smectymnuans," Blount, 
p. 597-8, ed. 1681. 

SMEDES. Flour. (J.-S.) The <' smedes of 
barly*' occur in a receipt in MS. Line Med. 
f. 305, XV. Cent. 

SMEDME. MeaL Dunekm. 

SMEDUM. Dust. Wett. 

SMEECH. (1) A stench. Devon. Smydk oc- 
curs in an early MS. quoted in Wright's Essay 
on Purgatory, p. 144. ** Smeech, to make 
a stink with the snuff of a candle,*' MS. 
Devon Glossary in my possession. 

(2) Obscurity in the air, arising from smoke, 
fog, or dust. South and West. 

SMEEGY. Meat, perhaps other things, in a 
state between taint and sweetness. A poor 
sick woman said, " I sent for a bit k meat, but 
'twas so tmeegy I coudn't eat it." Moor'e 
SuffoUs MS. GUmary. 

SMEETER. A sdmetar. << Put up your 
smeeter,'* Dekker, ap. Hawkins, iii. 163. 

SMEETH. To smooth. North. 



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SMEKB. To Hatter. (Flem.) 

SMBKID. Smoky. (^.-5.) 

SwartoMMfcyd imetliflttnuitaryd with imoke 
Dryveme to deth wyth den of here dyntes ; 
Swech noyi oo nyghtei ne herd men nerere, 
Wbat kaBTtiMcry and dateryng of knockat. 

Reliq. Antiq. i. MO. 

SMELLERS. Cat's whiskers. JFeMi. 

SMELL-FEAST. A parasite. HowelL 

SMELLING-CHBTE. An orchard, or garden. 
Dekker's Lanthome and Candle-light, 1620, 
sig. C. iiL In another place, however, he ex- 
plains it a note, 

SMELL-SMOCK. *' MnUerarhu, one giren to 
lore women, a smellsmocke,'' Nomenclator, 
1585, p. 528. " BriffoiOe, a noteable smel- 
smodce, or muttonmnngar, a canning solicitor 
of a wench," Cotgrave. 
Tbii theame of imoclia ii Tary large aad widc» 
And might (in ^nmt) be ftirtlMr ampUilde \ 
But I, dilnka heat a a paady end to make, 
Leat for a aaMf-MiiMlre aome should me mlatake. 

Tflylaf^« Wvrkm, 1690, U. 187. 

SMELT. (1) The sparUng. North. 

(2) Used metaphorically by onr early writenfor 

a gull or simpleton. 
SMBL5BNB. Odoriferous. (A.^S,) 
SMERB. (1) 

At Uie fUrmeite bruche that he food. 

He lep in, and over he wond. 

Tho he was inne, miera he lou. 

And ther of he hadde gome i-nou. 

Ksttq. Antiq. IL 87*. 

(2) Grease. {A,.S.) 

And strong clout lether hem to cloat. 
And •mere to amere hem al about 

Arthfitmrmnd MerUm, p. M. 

SMEREWORTH. The round birthwort, or the 

herb meroury. PkUi^t, 
SMBRI. A woman's shijft. .fiedr. 
SMBRM. Swarm. Hooper's Early Wiitings, 

p. 568, but probably an error. 
SMERTE. (1) To smart ; to suffer pain. 
(2) Quidt ; fsist. Sometimes the adyerb, as in 
Syr Gowghter, 389. 

The twynhorde tdce owt « knyfe tmart. 
And smote the boor to the herte. 

MS. Cantab, Ff . 11. 38, U ISl. 
Smertltf then she callis a kna^e, 
Ful he hopeth wher I sitte ; 
He cumeth stalkyng behynde me with a stafe* 
Ful wel he troweth me to hitte. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. T. 48; H 110. 
SMETB. A blow. (^.-5.) 

Then Quore f eUe, as ye may weU, 
That was of Befyse a gode mute. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 123. 

SMETEN. Smote; struck. {J.-S.) 
When Gye hym felyd smaten 8ore« 
To jylde hyt hym he was yore. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. IBA. 

SMETH. A medidne or physical ointment to 

take away hair. Blount, p. 598. 
SMBTHB. Smooth. {J..S.) 
The furthe day dial blowe a wynd so longe ao hit durea. 
Castles a^oun faUeth, bothe hallea ant buraa t 
The hulleamaketh evene tmatha wyth the dales s 
Hym y telle a ioTerd that thua oon bete balea. 

MS. Bart. 8253, f. AT. 



SMBTHTMBNB. Smiths. (A.^S,) 
Bot ab the knyghte want thorow a law*. 
SmtUkimuna then hcvde he blawe. /« 
SMEUSB. A ban's track. Far.HttL 
SMICKER. Smirking; amorous. Applied to 
men, finical, effeminate. <* SmUUttriaigj neat 
gay, pleasant," Kennett, MS. 

The amith seeing wlut a tmUker wench the coll- 
iers wifis was, and what a Jealous foole ahce had to 
her husband, sorrowed at the good fortune Ot the 
cobler, that heluul so falre a wife, and wished that 
hee oould finde meanes to hare sudi a one his ft-leod. 

OMar ^ Oanterturte, 1608. 

SMICKET. A smock. Var.duU. 

SMIDDY. A blacksmith's smithy. Smiddy- 

ffUMt the refuse from the smiddy. North. 
SMID-MEAL. A coarse sort of meal. Wettnu 
SMIE. A kind of small fish. ** In Essex u a 

fysshe called a amie, whyche, if he be longe 

kept, will turne to water," Elyot in t. Jphytu 
SMILE. To ferment, as beer, &c. North. 
SMILT. The spleen of an animal. 
SMIRCH. To daub ; to smear. Still in use in 

Herefordshire. 
SMIRK. (1) To smile with a self-satisfied air. 

Sndrkle u sometimes heard. 
(2) Neat ; trim. Oxou, 
SMIT. (1) Infection. North. <« He proTodth 

al to the smit of CsUing," Apology for the 

Lollards, p. 70. 

(2) To mark sheep. YorJtah. 

(3) Smiteth ; cutteth. {A.-S.) Also a substan- 
tive, a cut, as in this psssage. 

Tryamowre on the hedd he hytt. 
He had gevyn hym an erylle sm tftt. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. U. 88, f. tl. 

(4) Marked ; adoroed. Lmc. 

(5) To mar ; to destroy. Devon. 

(6) Pleasure ; recreation. 

SMITCH. Dirt, but generally applied to smoke 

or dust. Weet. 
SMITE. A small portion ; a mite. 
SMITER. (1) The assistant blacksmith who 
smitee the hot iron on the stithy or anvil once 
with the bout-hammer^ or heavy mall, to every 
two blows of the smaller hand-hammer struck 
by the smith. Hence applied generally to one 
who does anything in an energetic manner. 
(2) A sdmetar. ** It is my simiter, which I by 
constraction often studying to bee compen- 
dious, call my amiter" Lilly's Endimion, ed. 
1632, sig. B. viiL 
Hia faud tmttar thrioe aloft he shakes. 
And fh>wn8 ; the sea and ship and canvass quakea ; 
Then from the hatches he descends, and stepC 
Into liis cabin, drank agaln» and slept. 

Legend ^ Captain Janet, 1689. 

SMITHE. To forge, as a smith. (^..;SL) 
SMITHEN. To scatter meal on the board be- 
fore baking oat*cakea. North. 
SMITHER. (1) Light small rain. Saei. 
(2) Light ; active ? 

Gavan was sm^Jker and smerte> 
Owte of bis steroppuB he sterta. 

Anture(^Arther,%Ml. 10. 
SMITHERS. Fragments; atoms. Line. 
SMITHUM. The smallest sort oflead(Nre beaten 



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into dutt, finelj sifted, tad ttrewed upon 
earthen vesaels to give them a gloss, is called 
tmUkmrn in Staffordshire. Near Lawton Park 
they distingaish their lead ore into three 
kinds, round ore, small ore, and tmithmm. 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 

SMITS. Particles of soot O^mmm. 

SMITTLE. Infectious. Abo, to infsct. The 
affective mmittknff is also used. 

SMITY. The snuff of a candle. BetU. 

SMOCK. A woman's shift Also the «^ worn 
by men, with this fvther difference, that it is 
in the latter case ¥rom over all, instead of 
under all, as in the £mrmer. 

SMOCK.PACED. Beaidless. Far.diaL 

SMOCK-FROCK. A coarse linen shirt worn 
OTcr the coat by farm-labourers. 

SMOCK-MULL. A com-miU ; a windmiU stand- 
ing solely on a wooden basis. East. 

SMOCK-RACE. A race run by women for the 
prize of a fine smock. North. 

SMOGB. To smudge, or smear. 

Kepe thyn hondci, fayr and wd. 
From tomle mogifngt of thy towel ; 
Theran thou tdult not thy new myte, 
Ny at the mete thy totho thou pyke. 

QmttUmiiont e/ Jf«iOfMy, 744. 

SMOKE. (1) To find any one out ; to discover 
anything meant to be kept secret. 

The two free-booten, ieeing themielvct tmoakd, 
told their third brother he leemd to be a gentleman 
and a boone companion ; they prayed him therefore 
to lit downe with silence, and ttthenoe dinner was 
not yet ready, hee should heare all. 
D9kkei'0 LanthomemdCandle'UglU, 1890, sig. F. W. 

(2) To abuse a jienon. Devon. 

(3) Was fbmierly, and is still oocaaionaUy, ap- 
plied to any steam orvapour. 

(4) To beat sever^y. North. 

SMOKER. (1) At Preston, before the passing of 
the Reform Bill in 1832, every person who 
had a cottage with a chimney, and used the 
latter, had a vote, and was called a smoker. 

(2) An old smoker, i. e. one who is well ezpe- 
pcrienced in any matters. For. dioL 

SMOKING-STICK. A firebrand. 

SMOLDER. To suffocate. Palsgrave. 

SMOLT. (1) The young of the sahnon. 

(2) Smooth and shining. Sussex, 

(3) Mild. Syr Oawayne. 

SMOOR. (1) To smooth ; to pat West. 
(2) To smear, or daub. Northumb. 
SMOOT. (1) A narrow passage. Line. 
(2) To enter, or pass through with some degree 

of difiiculty. North, 
Cd) Smooth. Tim Bobbin GL 
SMOOTH. To iron linen. Tor. dioL 
SMOOTHERT. The same as lAneM, q. v. 
SMOOT-HOLE. A hole in a hedge made by a 

hare or similar animal. North, 
SMOOTH-SHAN. The smooth blenny. 
SMOPPLE. BriUle ; crisp. North. 
SMORE. (1) To abound; to swarm. Also a 

sobst. a crowd or swarm. Bast. 
(2) To smother. North. 



Soma brains cmt-bet ; some in the guts wore gof'd i 
Some dying vomit bloud, and some were Mior'd. 

Dm Bona$, Bitt&rp ^ JuiWh p.Stf* 
So bewrapped them and entangled them, kepyug 
donae by forca the fetherbed and pUlowes hafda 
unto their moutbes, that within awhile they smared 
and etyflad them. BM, Rkhmrd UI. t. S. 

(3) To smear, or dirty. 
SMORTE. To e^ioy one's sell 
SMOT. Rushed; hastened. (J.-S.) 
SMOTCH. To stain ; to blot Notf. 
SMOTHER. To daub, or smear. Somerset. 
Hence the term in cookery, rabbits smothered 
with onions. Chancer has smoterUeh, smutty, 
dirty, Cant T. 3961. 
SMOTLEY. Pleasanay. Sitson. 

SMOTTER. 

We wyll have eonsynge Bane also. 
And two or thre proper wenchis mo, 
Ryght feyr and tmttttr of face. 

Int0rlud€ qftke Uii, BttmmUa, n. d. 
SMOUCH. (1) A loud kiss. rar. dUO. ** Come 
smack me, 1 long for a smooch," Promos and 
Cassandra, p. 47. 
(2) A low-crowned hat. Devon. 
SMOUCHER. A kiss. North. 
SMOULT. Hot ; sultry. Kent. 
SMOURTE. Smarted. Heame. 
SMOUS. A Jew. S^fbUt. 
SMOUSE. (1) To fondle. Lme. 
(2) The same as Muse (2). 
SMOUT. To work by-work, when oat of OQii« 

stant employment. 
SMOW. To smirk. North. 

SMOYLE. To smile? 

Thy Joumey mates began to nMyle 
When they thy sleightes did smelL 

Tyrbe9W9 Ovid, 1lkl7, f. ML 

SMUCKLE. To smuggle goods. 
SMUDGE. (1) To stifle. North. 

(2) To smear ; to soiL Var. dioL 

(3) To laugh. Newe. 

SMUDGY. Hot or close, e. g. the fire is so 
large that it makes the room feel quite hot 
and smvdgy. The same perhaps as smothery. 
Line. 
SMUG. (1) Neat; spruce. Also, to dress 
vrith neatness, to trim. North. 
Thou mayst succeed Ganymede In his place. 
And unsuspected smug the Thund'rer's fseew 
O happy she sh^ climbe thy tender bed. 
And make thee man first for a aaaiden-head I 

FUfdter'fAMaw, p. 74* 

(2) A neat handy fellow. 

A twutg ot Vulcan's forging trader 
Besmoak'd with sea^oole Are, 
The rarest man to helpe a horse. 
That carmen could desire. 

Rowland^* Knave i^f Clubbt, 1611. 

SMUGGING. Games had their peculiar times 
or seasons, and when any game was out, as it 
was termed, it was lawful to steal the thing 
played with. This was called smugginfft >nd 
it was expressed by the boys in a doggrel, tiz. 
Tops are in, spin 'em agin ; 
Tops are out, mugging about. 

Hone** SMTwDav BoSk, L tfS 

SMULY. Demure-looking. North. 



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SMUR. Smill mUty nin. Sa$t, 
SMUSH. (1) To smoulder. Norikumd. 
(2) Fine ; gay ; smart JDerb* 
SHUT. Among the signs of oosl above ground 
they look for a tmnit i. e. a friable black 
earth, whidi they look on as a certain indica- 
tion of coal beneath. Siqf. Kennett, MS. 
SMUTCH. Stain ; smut ; dirt 

And when thou dott to lupper coaie« 
Thou shall Bit In a distaut rooin» 
That my mantle take no tmuteh 
Prom thy courser garments touch. 

Flttcher** Poems, p, 101. 

SMUTCHIN. Snuff. HoweH 
SMUTTY. Obscene; indecent. 

We may take notice that there are no tamttp songs 
to their plays, in which the Englbh are extremely 
scandalous. 
0»ttl«r^« 8hwt rUw t/lh0 RngiUh Strngt, ie9e, p. 24. 

SMUYTHE. Smooth. '* Smuythe, hvit,*' 

Diet AngL MS. circa A. D. 1500. 
SNAAR. Greedy. Cwnb, 
SNABBLE. (1) To rifle ; to plunder ; to kilL 
(2) To eat greedily. Donei, 
SNACB. Snnffof a candle. Euex. 
SNACH. (I) To pierce. (Dut) 
(2) A gin, snare, or trap. 
SNACK. (I) A share. To go snacks, L e. to 

divide anything between persons. Far, dial 

(2) Provisions. South, It is often used in the 
sense of a taste of provisions. 

(3) To snatch. North, It occurs in the Dial. 
Great. Moral p. 99. 

(4) A dried fungus. Gloue. 

SNAFFLE. (1) To steal ; to cheat Var. dial 

[2) To speak through the nose. Lme* 

rS) To talk nonsensically. Boat, 

[4) To saunter along. Cumh. 

SNAFFLED. Beaten down by wind or hail, ap- 
plied to ripe corn. Eaat. 

SNAG. (1) The common snaiL Stmex. (A,'S,) 

(2) To trim ; to cut off the twigs and small 
branches from a tree or pole, &c. To mag 
out, is to trim the rods, &c. after the under- 
wood is cut, and prepare them for being made 
into hurdles, &c The tool is called a tnaff' 
per, which is a simple bill-hook without the 
usual edge on the back. 

fS) A handle to a pot. Derby. 

h) A tooth standing alone. Wett, 

[b) A small kind of sloe, the fruit of the black- 
thorn. South, Florio has, ** S^nno, a sloe- 
tree, a black-thome, a snag-tree." Tea is called 
tnag-water in the West Si England. 

(6) A lump on a tree where a branch has been 
cut off. North. ** Knurs, knobs, tnagM, or 
bunches in^rees," Florio, p. 162. <* A snagg, 
vel snugg, a hard wooden ball, commonly 
some gnurre, knobb, or knott of a tree, which 
they (boys) make use of at the play of bandy 
instead of a ball," MS. Devon GL 

(7) To tease incessantly. Wett. 

(8) A violent scold. Somertet. 
SNAGGLE. To nibble. Kent. 
SNAGGLE-TOOTH. A tooth growing out irre- 
gularly fh>m the others. Weet. 



SNAG-GRET. A sort of sand that often lies In 
deep rivers, and is fhll of little sheOs; one 
load chF which, for the manuring of land, is 
counted as good as three loads of dung. Did. 
Suet. 

SNAGGY. Full of snags, or bunches, as lopped 
trees. Metaphorically, snappish, cross, ill- 
tempered. Line. 

SNAICH. A thief in a candle. Noff. 

SNAIL. (1) A slug. Kent. 

(2) A military engine used in ancient warfsre, 
thus described : 

They hadde also all manere gfnnm and geCtes 
that nedAil is taking or seging of costel or ot eitee, 
as sna^t9»t that was noujt elies but holw paryaes 
and tagetls, undlr the whiche. men, when thei 
foujten, were heled ftom schot and castynge, aa the 
snayl is in his housj therfore they cicpid hem 
snayles. Fegeehu, MS. Douet 291, f. 47. 

SN AIL-COD. The same as Snag-gret, q. v. 

SNAIL-HORN. A snaU-shelL North. 

SNAIL-HORNED. Having short down-hang- 
ing horns, vnth blunt points and somewhat 
bent in the usual form of the snaiL Spoken 
of cattle. Noff. 

SNAILS. A profane oath, corrupted from Hie 
naile, referring to the nails of our Saviour at 
the Crucifixion. 

SNAIL'S-TROT. To wslk a enaiTe trot, i. e. 
to walk slowly. Sometimes, snaO's-gallop. 

SNAKE. A poor wretch, a term of reproach. 
It occurs in early writers. 

SNAKE-BIRD. The wryneck. 

SNAKE-BONE-BANDSTRINGS. Bandstrings 
ornamented at the ends with large tassels. 

SNAKE.SPIT. Cuckoo spittie. Suf. 

SNAKES-STANG. The dragon-fly. Var.diaL 

SNAKE-STONES. FossU sheU-fish, resembling 
snakes coiled up, found at Whitby. 

SNAP. (1) A lad, or servant, generally nsed 
in an ironical sense. Yorkeh. 

(2) The same as Snack, q. v. 

(3) A small round piece of gingerbread, made 
very crisp. North. 

(4) To do anything hastily. Eaet. To snap the 
eye, i e. to wink. 

(5) A small piece of anything. " A snap,,^««. 
tuium," Coles. 

SNAP-APPLB. (1) A mirth-exciting frolic, in 
which catching, or rather not catching, an 
apple in your mouth, while twirling on a stick 
suspended on its centre, with a candle at the 
other end of it, is the jet of the sport Bob- 
cherry is, I believe, nearly the same. Moor. 

(2) The long fir cone. Oxwu 

SNAP-DRAGON. A domestic amusement among 
young folks in winter. Raisins are put into 
a large dish with brandy, which is set fire 
to. The party stand round the table, and 
boldly snap out and eat the blazing plums. 
This must be done quickly and boldly, leaving 
it optional whether you bum your fingers or 
your mouth. A little salt fiung into the weak- 
ened fiame heightens the sport, by giving a very 
cadaverous aspect to the countenance; and has 
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thefiqnor being drank. Nans, und&t /Ufh- 
dragoHf describes the sport similarly, and 
gives several quotations from Shakespeare and 
othersi showing its great antiquity. Moor. 
The original meaning of snap-dragon was a 
dtf^-^MT. " A disguised or uglie picture to 
make children afraid, as wee say, a nugi' 
dragon^ a turke, a bng-bearey" Florio, p. 298, 
ed. 1611. 
SNAPE. (I) To pine ; to wither. Leaves by a 
sudden blight are snaped ; anything exposed 
too suddenly to the fire ii wniqted, A step- 
mother inapet her step-children-in-law of 
their meat North. 

(2) To check ; to chide. £me. 

(3) A pert youth. North. 

(4) To snub. Line. 

(5) A spring in arable ground. Devon. 

(6) A woodcock. Somenei. 

SNAPHAIiCE. A spring lock to a gnu, or 
pistol. It differed from the modern firelock 
in the hammer not forming the covering of 
the pan. The term was sometimes applied 
to the instrument itself, as in the Archeologia, 
xxviii. 139. 

SNAPING-POLB. A strong fishing-rod, gene- 
rally made of one piece of wood. 

SNAPLE. To nip, as frost does. W^. 

SNAPPER. (1) A woodpecker. 

(2) To stumble. North. " 1 snapper as a horse 
dothe that tryppeth,/e trippetie" Palsgrave. 

SNAPPERS. Waspish persons that answer 
crossly or peevishly, &c. ; also playthings for 
children, made of bone, or bits of board, thin, 
hard wood, to put between their fingers, and 
to make a noise hke a drum. Dyehe. 

SNAPPING-TONGS. A game at forfeits. There 
are seats in the room for all but one, and 
when the tongs are sna|>ped all run to sit 
down, the one that fails paying a forfeit. 

SNAP.SACK. A wallet, or knapsack. 

And neks the eotrailt* maket the belly swell, 
Like Satan's *nap-mdt phind'red out of hell. 

CUbtT^M DMm Glimp$§t, 1090, p. 80. 

SNAPSEN. Aspen. /. Wiffht. 

SNAPY. Wet; marshy. J)or$ei. 

SNAR. To snarL ** I snarre as a dogge doth 
under a doore whan he sheweth his tethe ; 
take hede of your dogge, alwayes as I come 
by he snarreth at me," Palsgrave. 

SNARE. The gut or string stretched tightly 
across the lower head of a drum. Somer$ei. 

SNARL. (1) A quaireL Somerset. 

(2) A snare. Also a verb, to ensnare, to entan- 
gle, to strangle. North. "TondBeorsnarle, 
as overtwisted thread,'' Cotgrave. Snarl- 
imfi, a veiy intricate one. 

AH other things being but marU» to Intangle 
hfiiMstie, and to cast us headlong into much miserie, 

T%« Pra»»§ t^NUhing, 1585. 
l<ay In wiUt to marU him in his sermons, calum- 
niate his most godly doctrine. B«eon'« WvrJu, p. M. 

SNARREL. A hard knot. Cumb. 
SNARSTED. Scorned ; defied. Si»ffolk. 
SNARTLT. Severely; sharply. Gitwayne. 



SNASTB. The snuff of a candle. Also a verb, 

to snuff a candle. Eaet, 
SNASTY. Cross; snappish. Suffolk. 
SNATCH. (1) The same as Snaek, q. v. 

(2) A brief meeting. A snatch and away, i. e. 
gone directly. West. 

(3) A hasp, or clasp. Somerset. 
SNATCH-APPLE. A game similar to bob- 

dierry, but played with an apple. 
SNATCH-HOOD. A boy's game, mentioned in 

a statute of Edward IIL's time. 
SNATCH-PASTY. A greedy feUow. 
SNATHE. To prune trees. North. 
SNATTED. Snub-nosed. 
SNATTLE. ToUnger;todelay. Yorksh. 
SNATTOCKS. Scraps ; fragments. 
SNAUGHT. Snatched up. (^.-5.) 
Thence to England. whearemaiifM water of the rose, 
Muske, civet, amber, also did Inclose. 

MS.BUa.R0r.l7B.XT. 
Wheare Danus, like a sodalne stoopinge kite* 
Up MMM^ a Venice glasse In surging flight. 

LttH^g IWlon's IViMqM^. 

SNAWK. To smell. North. 

SNAZE. To prone trees. Yorish. 

SNE AD. The handle of a scythe. West. 

SNEAK. To smell. North. 

SNE AK-BILL. ** A chichifaee, micher, sneake- 
billf wretched fellow, one out of whose nose 
hunger drops," Cotgrave. 

SNEAKER. AsmallbowL Midx. 

SNEAKSBY. A mean-spirited fellow. «A 
meacocke, milkesop, sneaJksiief worthlesse 
fellow," Cotgrave. 

SNEAP. To snub; to browbeat; to cheek. 
Still in common use. Also to nip, as sfugte, 
q. V. See Ray and Nares. 

SNEATH. The same as Snead, q. v. 

SNECK. (1) That part of the iron fastening of a 
door which is raised by moving the latch. To 
sneci a door, is to latch it. North. The 
sneck-baud is a string festened to the latch, 
passing through a hole in the door for the 
purpose of dnwing it up from the outside. 
** Pessuhtmi a snek ; mastiffa, a snekband," 
Nominale MS. " Latche or snekke, clitoriumf 
vel pessula," Pr. Parv. p. 283. " PetfuAini, 
dicitur sera Ugnea qua hosihtm peUUur cum 
seraturt dieitur a peUo^ a lyteke, or latche, or 
a snecke, or a barre of a dore," Ortus Yocab. 
If I cud tell wheay's cutt our band fira'th tntdc. 
Next time they come Ise mack them Jet the heck. 

A YorkOiire Dialogue, 1007, p. 40. 

(2) A piece of land jutting into an adjoining 
field, or intersecting it. North. 

SNECK-DRAWN. Mean; stingy. North. 

SNECKET. ** Loguet d*une Aiiw, the ktch or 
snecket of a doore," Cotgrave. 

SNECK-SNARL. To entangle. North. 

SNED. (1) To prune ; to lop. North. 

(2) To catch. Hartlepool. 

SNEDDER. Slender ; thin. Ihmelm. 

SNEE. (1) To abound ; to swarm. North. 

(2) To sneeze. Somerset, 

SNSERING-MATCH. A grinning match. The 
competition of two or more clowns endea* 



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mniag to suiiMn eaeli other in mildiig ugly 
frees for a prize or wtger, of whidi matches 
we had many in the mnl fttes given at the 
dote of the revolutionary war. f onfty. 
8NSEZE. Snuff. Ltme. Sneeze-hom, a sort 

of snuff-box made of an animal's horn. 
SNEEZER. A severe blow. St^oUt, 
8NE0. To push with the horns. North, 
SNEKE. A cold in the head, « Siteke, pose, 

Hme," Palsgrave, 1530. 
SNELE. A snaiL MS. Diet c. 1500. 
SNELL. (1) Quickly. Perceval, 2170. 

He prekcde Into the feld tho tvM mmO*. 

Ckron, VUodwu p. 9. 

(2) Sharp; keen; pierdng. Citmb. Also a 
verb, to pierce as air, &c. 

Teche hem alle to be war aad me^ 
That they oonne sej the wordea weL 

J». Cott. Claud. A. tt. f. 1S8. 

(S) A short thick stick about four inches long 
called a eat, with which schoolboys play at a 
game termed eat and dog, 

SNER. To snort Still in use. 

SNERE. To sneak off. (keon. 

SNERPLB. Toshrivdup. North. 

SNERT. To sneer; to ridicule. Line, 

SNEUL. A poor sneaking fellow. 

SNEULS. The internal lining of a sheep's nos- 
trils. North. 

SNEUZE. A noose. North. 

SNEVER. Slender ; smooth. North, 

Peepe here and peepe there, aw the wide dale If 
but «n«Mr to them. 

Tk$ Two Lanetuhin hm>9r$, 1640, p. 18. 

8NEVIL. AsnaiL North. 

8NEVIN0. Sneaking. Dtton. 

SNEW. Snowed. Var, dial 

SNEW-SKf N. A leathern apron used by a spin- 
ner to rub the wheel with. North, ** Snw- 
tkjnnt,pemeudia, ne^rida,** MS.Dict. c. 1500. 

8NIB. A snub, or reproach. Snibhef to re- 
proach, occurs in old writers. Smbbid, rebuked ; 
tnibbmff, blame, MS. Cotton. Vespas. D. vii. 
AnyftAytf of my flrendyi aach techechys for t'amende, 
Made deflte ere lyat nat to them attende. 

l^igai»*» Minor Foomt, p. 8S6. 

8NIBBLE-N0SE. Nasus muoosus. Deoon. A 

cutted snibble-nose, L e. a miser. 
SNICK. A notch; a cut North. 
SNICKER. (1) A glandered horse. 

(2) To laugh inwardly. Suuex. 

(3) The low noise made by a mare to call her foal 
to her side. Bait. 

SNICKBR-SNEB. A Uurge dasp-knifo. Norf, 

SNICKET. ** One that pincheth all to nought,'* 
Hunter's Hallamsh. Gloss, p. 123. 

SNICKLE. To tie a noose or running knot, 
generally spiled to snaring hares. Var. dial. 
Marlowe uses the term in a similar manner, 
applied to strangling a person. 

8NICK-UP. An old phrase of contempt, equi- 
valent to go and be hanged / Forby says it is 
still in use, and explidos it, begone, away 
with yon ! 

8NICKUP8. Slight ailments. EaH. 

8NICKT. A small field. Somereet, 



SNIDDLB. Long coarse grass, ffett. Aoeoid- 
ing to Pegge, stubble is also so osUed. 

SNIDGB. To hang upon a person. Lane. 

SNIESTY. Scornful; impudent JVor^A 

SNIFFLE. To snuff up, as children do when the 
nose is AiU from a cold. Var. dial 

SNIFT. (1) A moment Lane. 
Sleet ; slight snow. North. 
The same as Sniffle, q. v. Sn^er is also used 
in the same sense. 
From apyttyuge and tntftyngo kcpe the alfo, 
By privy avoydans let hyt go. 

Omtttitutiamo ^ Mo mn ij , 711. 

SNIFTERING. Shui&ing ; sneaking. Lane 
SNIG. ^1) A small eel. North. 

(2) To cut, or chop off. SotUh. 

(3) To drag heavy substances along the ground 
without a sledge. North, 

(4) Close and private. Deeon. 
SNIGGER. To jeer ; to sneer. Eatt, 
SNIGGLE. (1) At marbles, to shuffle the hand 

forwards unfairly. Devon. 
(2) To catch eds by pushing a worm with a 
straight needle attached to a string into any 
hole where they are likdy to be found. 
SNILB. AsnaU. Yorksh. 

Tak the rede tnyle that crepis houselet, tncl lethe 
it in water, and gedir the fktt that eomcfef thame. 

U8,Un*,M9iA.m. 

SNIP. A small piece. North, 

SNIPS. A low sort (tf a brisk unmeaning an- 

swer, implying a degree of impertinence in the 

question ; though it mostly centres wholly in 

the reply. " What were you saying r Snipe. 

The Scottish has an^e, a sarcasm ; m^, tart 

in speech. Moor. 
SNIPE.KNAVE. A worthless fellow. <<A snipe- 

knave, so called because two of them sre worth 

but one snipe," Cotgrave. 
SNIPPER-SNAPPER. Small, insignificant, 

generally applied to a young lad. 

Having ended hie discourse, this seMnln« gntile 

tnippor-onapiMr vanisht, so did the rout of thenon- 

sensicall deluding ttar-gasera, and I lefl nl.tne. 

Poor Robit^s PitioM, W!t ^ l<. 

SNIPPET. A very smaU bit. HM. Forby has 
en^fpoeh, another form of the same word. 

SNIPPY. Mean; stingy. Var.dioL 

SNIPS. Shares. South. 

SNIRL. Toshrivdup. North. 

SNIRP. To pine; to wither. Cnmi. Thiaisper* 
haps the same word as' enurpe, which oocioa 
in a poem of the fourteenth century printed in 
Reliq. Antiq. li. 211, "I snurpe, I anobbe,! 
sndpe on snoote." 

SNIRRELS. The nostrils. Northumb, 

SNIRT. A wheeze; a suppressed laagfa. North 
** In the snirt of a cat," at once. 

SNISETY. Saucy. Craven. 

SNISH. Snuff. Gkme. 

SNITCH. (I) To twitch. Somenet. 

(2) To confine by tying up; and hence, in allusion 
to the operation, to castrate. Line. 

SNITCHEL. The piece of wood by which the 
superfluous oats are swept off the measure. 



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SNTTB. (1) ToUofw the note. See MS. Sloue 
1622, t 104. *'Moueh^t myted, wiped," 
Cotgrftve. To suite, in falconry, to wipe the 
beak after feeding. It meant generally, to re- 
moTe any dirty •nperfliiity. 
(2) The snipe. ** Ibis, a snyte," Nominale MS. 
Still in nse. " A snipe or snite, a bird lesse 
than a woodcocke/' Baret, 1580. 

Al oon to the a Auclon and a kyghte* 

As goode an howle as a popiogaye, 

A downgbillA doke as deynt^ as a m»ghte, 

L^dffut^a Minor Potma, p. 19S. 
SNITERAND. Drifting. 
For the mgUrawl snaue. that snaypely horn snellus. 

Antura of Arther, Tli. 4. 

SNITHE. (1) Sharp, cold, cutting, applied to 
the wind. North, 

Letts spang out geaCcs, It it vaiTa nMh», 
And Ise (laid, wife, It wiU be frost bellTe. 

A Yorkthiro DkOoguo, 14B7, p. <7« 

(2) To abound, or swarm. lAnc, 
SNITING-IRON. A pair of snnflfinrs. 
SNIVEL. To cry, or whine. Var.dial. Snivel- 

ard, one who speaks through his nose. 
SNIVEL-NOSE. A niggardly fellow. 
SNIVELY-SLAVERY. Florio has, ** Bioeeoldso, 

snotty, sniTely-slavery," ed. 1611, p. 61. 
SNIVY. Parsimonious. North, 
SNIZY. Cold. CwaUf. 
SNOACH. TosnifSe. Var, dial 
SNOB. (1) To sob violently. SnobHngm, violent 

sobbings, Widif, ed. Baber, gl. 
(2) A journeyman shoemaker. Si^oli. 
(3> A vulgar ignorant person. For. dioL 

i4) Mucus nasL Somerset, 
5) The long membranous appendage to the beak 
of a cock turkey. fVeet. 

SNOCK. A hard blow. West, 

SNOD. (1) Smooth. (2) Demure. North. 

SNODDEN. To make smooth. Yorksh, 

SNOFF. The eye of an apple. West, 

SNOFFER. A sweetheart. Somerset, 

SNOG. To shiyer ; to shake. 

SNOGLY. Neatly ; tidily. North. 

SNOG-MALT. Malt smooth, with few combs 
or tails. Wheat ears are said to be snod 
when they have no beards or awns. Ken- 
nett,MS. Lansd. 1033. 

SNOKE. To ferret out; to pry into. North. 
Snoke-home, Towndey Myst. p. 68, a sneak- 
ing fellow. 

SNOOD. (1) A fiUet, or riband. (2) A smaU 
hair line used by fishermen. North, 

SNOOK. (1) To Ue hidden. North. 

(2) To smell ; to search oat. Lmc, It occurs in 
the firrt sense in Pr. Parv. ** Nicto, to snoke 
as honndes dooth," Ortus Voeab. 

(3) To lean the head forward in walking. 
Var.diaL 

SNOOL. (1) Alow, sneaking, dishonest fellow. 

North. 
(2) To smear anything by rubbing the nose and 

mouth over it. West. 
SNOOZE. A brief slumber. Var.diaL 
SNOOZLINO. Nestling. Line. 
SNOP. To eat off, as cattle do the young shoots 



of hedges, trees, &c. ; a eormption porhapi of 
snqf or snap, or of kiiap, the head of anything. 
Moor*8 Suffolk MS. 
SNORSE. A small comer of land. 
SNORT. To laugh loudly. YorJksh, 
SNORTER. The wheatear. Dorset. 
SNOT. (!) The snuff of a candle. North. 
(2) An insignificant fellow. Far, diaL 
(3; Neat ; handsome. North, 
SNOTCH. (1) A notch ; a knot. A#ott. 
(2) To speak through the nose. West, 
SNOTER-GOB. The same as Aioi (5). 
SNOTH. Mucus nasi. Pr. Parv, 
SNOTTER. To cry ; to snirel. North. 

And throw abroad thy spurious tnotttrUa, 
Upon thatpuft-up lump of balmy froth. 

Ben Jfonmm?» VForko, if. 018. 

SNOTTER-CLOUT. A pocket-handkerchief. 

North, 
SNOTTY. Mean;paltiy. Far. diaL 
SNOTTY-DOG. A blubbering lad. Netee. 
SNOUL. A snuOl quantity. East and South, 

Forby says " a short thick cut from the crusty 

part of a loaf or a cheese." 
SNOUP. A blow on the bead. Gbme. 
SNOUT. To snub. Dorset. 

SNOUTBAND. A person who rudely intermpta 
the conyersation of a party. 

SNOUTBANDS. The iron round clog soles. 

SNOUT-HOLE. The same as Muse (2). 

SNOW-BALL. The Guelder rose. Var.diaL 

SNOW-BONES. Remnants of snow left after a 
thaw. North. 

SNOWL. The head. Somerset. 

snow-storm, a continued snow, so long 
as it lies on the ground. North. 

SNOWT-FAIRE. Fair in feature? The term 
occurs in Hall's Satires, p. 77. 

For he supposing that hungrle soldknrs would be 
contented to accept anie oouitesie, he procured a 
yoong harlot, who was somewhat enowt'fttire, to go 
to the castell, pretending some Ix^urie to have beene 
doone to hlr, and to humble hirselfe to the capteins 
dCTOtion. Holinshedt Chron. Ireland, p. 178. 

SNOWT-WEARS. Great dams or wears upon a 

river. Kennett, MS. 
SNUB. To check; to rebuke; to treat with 

coDtempt. Var. diaL 
SNUB-NOSED. Short-nosed. Var. diaL 
SNUCH. The same as Snudge, q. t. 
SNUCK. TosmelL Notf. 
SNUDDLE. To nestle. North. 
SNUDE. A fillet, or hair-lace. 

Yaw, Jantlcwoman. with the saffron mude, you 

shall know that I am Master Camillus. 

The Two Lancathiro Looort, 1640, p. 18. 

SNUDGE. (1) To move along, being snugly 
wrapped up. See Forby, p. 314. It means 
rather to move about pensively, to sneak slily 
about. Var. dial. 
(2) A mean or miserly person. Also a verb, to 
scrape together, to be miserly. 

The drudges and tnudgu of this world may very 
fitly be compared to a kings sumpter-horse. 

Dent^* Pathway, p. flS. 



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Ottr Botker Earth, yommi with wodmbs pride, 
Peredving Ocraid to be beauties Judge, 

And that hlr treasure it not unespide. 
Of hlr fiaire flowriDg brata she la no tnudg^, 

Vertes pr^fU0d to Gtrant* Herbal. 

Scrapynge and mudgyngt without ony cease. 
Ever ooveytynge, the mynde hath no pease. 

Hye Wow to tho SpyttoU Hou», n. d. 

SN UDGE-SNOWT. A low dirty fcUow. 
SNUE. To sneer at any one. North, 
SNUFF. (1) " To spite, to anger, to take a mat- 
ter in tmife" Hollj^and's Dictionarie, 1593. 
We now have the phrase " up to snuff/' im- 
plying great acuteness or penetration. 
The broad-fae'd jcaU that other men put on you. 
You take for favours well bcatoWd upon you. 
In sport they give you many a pleasant cufft, 
Yet no mans lines but mine you take in *n%iffb. 

Tabor's Imugh tmd bo Fat, p. 09. 

Took ffiH^and posted up to heaven again. 
As to a high court of appeal, to bee 
Reveng'd on men for this indlgnitie. 

FlotChtr'M Poemt, p. 184. 

And whereas if in «iit#and distaste you may fling 

away Aram such ro it\/beta, a little patience and good 

WOTds may do your business, and send you away 

with what you come for. 

jt Cap qf QroM Hairo Jbr a Qrom Hood, 1688, p. 1 13. 

SNUFFERS. (1) Small open dishes for holding 
snuff, sometimes made of silver. They were 
also called snuff-dishes. The latter term was 
likewise applied to small receptaclesfor placing 
snuffers in. 

(2) Snuffers for the nose, L e. nostrils. 

SNUFFKIN. A small muff used hy ladies in 
cold weather. ** One of their snuffkins or 
muffes, called so in times past when they used 
to play with it for feare of being out of coun- 
tenance,'' Cotgrave in ▼. Contenanee, See 
also in ▼. Grace, Manehon. ** A snufkin that 
women use, b<mnegraeefnumekonj" HowelL 

SNUFFLING. Low ; mean ; sneaking. 

SNUFF-PEPPER. To take offence. 

SNUFT. *' A snuft or smoky paper, papier 
hruslanttfianeux" HowelL 

SNUFTER. To snort. See Smiri. 

SNUG. Tight ; handsome. Lane. 

SNUGGERY. A snug little place. 

SNUGGLE. To nestle. East. 

SNURLD. Swelled ; applied to the udder of a 
cow when swelled with milk immediately 
after calving. Beds. 

SNURLE. A cold in the head. S^i^oa. 

SNURLES. Nostrils. North. 

SNURT. To snort Cotgrave has, *' E^ro'u^i 
snurted or snnftered." Also, to turn up the 
nose in contempt. 

One murU tolmoco* as his noae were made 
A perfUm'd Jakeafor all scurrilities. 

Tho Minto qfDeJbrmMoM, 1000. 

SNUSEIN. A delicate mor9eau. East. 
SNUZZLE. To cuddle. Var.dial 
SNY. (1) A number, or quantity. North, 
(2^ To stow together. North. 

(3) To scorn ; to sneer at Lane. 
r4)Tocut iFlem.) 



Let ftdchion, potax, lannee, or halbert cry, 
With Flemings-knives either to steake or * 
ru meet thee naked to the very skin. 
And stab with pen-knives Caesars wounds therdn. 
RotolatHtt Knave <ifClubbo, 1611. 

SNYT. 

At the lame insunte time, their fell a small aqrl 
or snow/ which by vyolence of the wynd was driven 
Into the faces of them which were of Kyng Henries 
parte, so that their sight was somwhat blemeahed 
and miuished. Hall, Hmrv VI. f. 100. 

SO. (1) A large tub, holding from twenty to 
thirty gallons, and carried by two men on a 
stang or pole is called a eo. Lime. The spell- 
ing by the municipal authorities is toa. " Soo 
a vessell, eotie," Palsgrave. '* A soo, soe, sow, 
saw, a tub with two ears to carry on a stang 
or coul-staff. Bor. So in Bedfordshire, what 
we call a eoul and a coul^te^g^, they call a 
90W and a wwstamg" Kennett, MS. 
Hwan he havede eten inow, 
Heluun to the welle, water up drow. 
And Aide the a michel «o. HaoeUikt 933. 

(2) As ; SO. {A.-S,) 

Alias i thi lovceum eyghen to 
Loketh so man doth on his fo. 

Sir Orpheo, ed. Laing, 74. 

(3) Pregnant Okme. She is how comte you 
90, i. e. enfeinte. 

(4) Thereabouts. Var. dial 

(5) Saw. Robson, p. 77. 
SOA. Be still. Yorksh. 
SOAK. (1) A Und-spring. West. 
{2) To sit lazily over the lire. Dewm, 

(3) To bake thoroughly. East. In some ooim- 
ties, to become dry. 

SOAKING-DOE. A barren doe, that going 
over the year is fat, when other does have 
fawns. North. 

SOAKY. Effeminate. Devon. 

SOAL. (1) A dirty pond. Kent. 

(2) In coal pits and mines, especiaUy in Somerset- 
shire, the bottom of the work is called the 
soaL Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 

SO AM. (1) A short rope used to pull the tram 
in a coal mine. North, 

(2) A horse-load. West. 

(3) A trace used in ploughing, generally made 
of iron. North. 

SOAMY. Moist and warm. Yorksh. 

SOAP. A small taste or quantity of any liquid ; 

a sup. North. 
SOAP-TO. To exchange. Craven. 
SOARE. A deer in its fourth year. See 

Harrison's Descr. England, p. 226. 
SOB. (1) To frighten. Line. 
(2) To sop, or sock up. St^otk. Perhaps soi 

in the old copies of the Comedy of Errors, iv. 

3, means sop. 
SOBBED. Soaked with wet IFarw. 
SOBBLE. To beat severely. North. 
SOBER. Was formerly applied to moderation 

in eating as well as diinlang. 
SOBERTE. Sobriety; seriousness. 
For al the day than wyl they be 
Before liere maysters yn ooberti. 

MS. Harl. 1701, f. 48. 



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Also what es pacyaice and dennai, rightwyanet, 
diaatrt^, and soMrU, and iwylke other. 

M& Litu»lH A. 1. 17, f.297. 
SOBRBSAULT. A rammerset. (Fr.) <« Saubre- 

tmtU, a sobresault/' Cotgrave. 
SOCAGE. An ancient tenure by which the 
tenants were obliged to cultivate the lands of 
their lord. See Lambarde's Perambulation, 
1596, p. 529. 
SOCCATED. Put into sockets. 

Standing upon two whyte marble colvms or pillen, 
•oecoud In two foote^tf ppe of black marble« well 
polished. ArefUBologia, x. 404. 

SOCCHETRE. A woodlouse. 

For the stone, take soeehttres, that ie a worme 
with many feete, that ben under stones on walles, 
that woUen whan they be touchid make hemielf 
rounde ; and wassh hem dene, Stc. 

MS. Med. Ree, xv. Cent. 
SOCE. Friends ; companions. A fanner would 
address his workpeople in this way. SomeneL 
SOCIATION. Companionship. {LaL) 
All naked is their conversation. 
And arme in arme theyr wHation, 

Loves Owle, 1585. 
SOCK. (1) The drainage of a farmyard. Hence 
$oci'pUf the receptacle of such drainage. 

(2) A heavy fall of rain. East. 

(3) A ploughshare. " Socke of a plough, soc 
de la cherue," Palsgrave, f. 65. 

SOCKET.PIKLE. A kind of iron hook. 
SOCKETS. Large pieces of plate armour, 
sometimes put on the side of the saddle at 
tournaments, through which the legs were 
thrust, that they might protect the thighs. 
Meyriek, 
SOCKHEAD. A stupid fcDow. Simex. 
SOCKIE. A sloven. Nortkumb, 
SOCK-LAMB. A pet lamb. Sussex. 
SOCKY. Moist, as ground is. East. 
SOCOUR. Succour ; help. SocourabiU, help- 
ing, assistant. (AS.) 

Thane syr PerccTelle the wight 
Bare downe the blakc knyght ; 
Thane was the lady so bright 

HU best Bocour In telde. Percmai, I9fiO. 
Frendly and al passyng of Aranchyse, 
Relever to the pore and toeourabiti 
Ben ye, and werry foo to ooveytise. 

MS. Fairfax, 16. 

SODBANK. By this elegant expression the 
fishermen of Skegness and the adjoining 
villages on the coast, designate a species of 
the mirage, which in fine calm weather is 
seen by them in perfection. On these occa- 
sions, the sea u lUce glass : and the horizon is 
bounded, as it were, by a high dark wall, upon 
which may be seen, highly magnified, every 
object on the water. Line. 

SODDEN. Boiled. Sometimes sodde. 

Also they saye that all manor ilesshe and fytshe 
is better rostecl thvatoden, and if they be eodent to 
broyle on a grydeyron, or on the coles', and they 
ben the more holaomer. 

The Comjnet of Ptholomeut, n. d. 

SODDEN.WHEAT. Thesameas/Vumen/y^q.v. 
SODDER. To boil slowly. North. 
SODDY. Heavy : sad. North. 
rr. 



SODEKTN. Asnbdeacon. (A.^N.) 

And also with Seynt Elmiston when he dede dweller 
Ordour of eodekyn forsothe he hade. 

Chrm. VUodun. p. 6. 
SODENE. A subdean. (A.-N.) 
Executours and eodenea, 
Somonoura and hlr lemmannes. 

Piera Plovghnum, p. 903. 

SODENLY. Suddenly. (A.-S.) 

How todenlif that tym he was coropellid to perte 

To the felde of Bamet with his enmys to fyghte ; 

God lett never prynce be so hery In his herte 

As Kynge Edwarde was all that hole nyjte f 

And aftur that shone a ster over hishede Aill bryjte. 

The syght of the wlrhe made his enmys woo ! 

Yt was a tokyn of victory, Goddis will was boo ! 

MS. BiN. Reg. 17 D. xv. 
For he that casteth hym to do a dede. 
More penannce he mote have ncde. 
Then he that doth hyt eodenlyche. 
And afterward hym reweth myche. 

MS. Cott. aaud. A. ii. f. 146. 

SODGER. (1) A soldier. Var. dial. " A soger 

of the arm^," Chronicon Mirab. p. 109. 
(2) The shell fish whelk. East. 
SODS. (1) A canvas or coarse packsaddle 

stuffed with straw. North. 
(2) Small nails. Somerset. 
SOFFERE. To suflTer; to permit. 
S(iff'ere hem to make no here. 
But ay to be in here prayere. 

MS. 0>tt. aaud. A.lut. 190. 
SOFT. (1) Silly ; foolish, far. dial. Its ancient^ 
meaning was effeminate. 

(2) Moist, mild, said of the weather. North. 
In the following passage it means warm. 
The weather is said to be soft when likely to 
rain, and rain-water is called soft-waterj whilst 
spring- water is distinguished as hard. 

In asomer seson, 

Whan »nfte was thesonne. 

Piere PUntghmmn, p. 1. 

(3) Gently ; easily. The word is common in 
old plays, introduced as an ejaculation in cases 
of small surprise, a sudden change in the 
conversation, &c. " Soft, softe, the chylde is 
aslepe, tout beUementy le^fant est endonny*^ 
Palsgrave, verb. f. 142. 

Why, how now ! how, what wight is this 

On home we now have hit } 
Softe^ let me se : this same h he, 

Ye, truly, this is Wit ! 

Mariage ef Witt and WUdome, 1579. 

SOFTEN. To thaw. North. 

SOFT-LAE S. Bays formed by the waves in the 

softer parts of the cliffs. Hartlepool. 
SOFTNET. A foolish fellow. North. 
SOG. (1) A blow. West. 
(2) A quagmire. Devon. Land saturated with 

water is said to be sogged. 
SO-GATES. In such a manner. {A.'S.) 
SOGER. A sea-insect that takes possession of 

the shell of another fish. /. of Wight. 
SOGET. A subject. (A.-N.) 

Kes me, leroan, and love me. 

And f thi soget wil i-be. SevjfH Sages, 458 

SOGGIE. Full of flesh. Northumb. 
SOGGY. Wet ; moist ; swampy. We%t. Jon^ 

49 



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SOL 



I 



son mentioiiB " this green and topffjf mnlti- 
tnde/* ii. 120. 
SOGU. A dumber. Devon. 
SOGHTE. Paidhqmageto. Maton, 
SO-HOW. A cry in hunting, when the hare 
was found. " Sohowc, the hare ys fownde, 
boema, Iqmt est inventut;* Pr. Parv. The 
phrase was also used in hawking. " A so-hoc 
to make a hawk stoop to the lure," HowcU. 
When they loken tuwiiid me, 

I loke atyde, I lurke fuUe lowe; 
The furtt man that roe may tee, 
Anon he cryea, «o hMott «o huwt ! 

MS, C^tad. Ff. T. 48, f. 100. 

SOHUTE. Sought. 

The thural him dede more wo. 
Then hevede rather his hounger do. 
Over al he ede and sohuU / 
On aventure hit wilt him brohute 
To one putte wea water Inne, 
That wea 1-maked mid grete glnne. 

Rtf/if . JMiq. ii. 873. 

SOIGNE. Care, (^.-iV.) 

SOIL. (1) To assoil. Palsgrave, 

(2) A rafter for a house. North, 
3) The fry of the coal-fish. Cumh, 
4t) To strain liquor. Yorkeh, 
5) To feed cattle with mown grass, or other 
green food. Var, dial Forby says, ** to 
ntten completely.*' 

In the ainrlng time give your younger horiwa 
bulliroung for many daiea together, for that will not 
onely matie them fat, but al<o purge their belliet ; 
tat thla purgation it moat necessary for horsses, 
which is called waling* *nd ought to continue ten 
daics together, without any other meat, giving them 
the eleventh day a little barly. and so forward to 
the fourteeneth ; after which day, continue them in 
that diet ten dales longer, and then bring them 
forth to exercise a little, and when as they sweat, 
annolnt them with oyle, and if the weather bee 
colde, keepea fire in the sUble ; and you must re- 
member when- the horsse beginneth to purge, that 
he be kept from barley and drinke, and give him 
greene meat, orbullimung, wherof that Ubest that 
groweth neare the sea-side. 

2bpMU'« Fuur-Fuoted Beattt, 1607, p. 390. 

(6) To take soil, a term in ancient hunting for 

taking water. 
When Remond left her, Remond then unkinde, 
Fida went downe the dale toseeke the hinde, 
And found her Uking scvto withtai a flood. 

Brown^t BrUamniaft PaUoraU, p, 84. 

(7) To explain or resoWe a doubt. 
SOILET. Be quiet ; go off quickly. Yorkeh. 
SOILING. "A soiling, a great opening oi* 

gaping of the earth, as it were a deepenesse 
without bottome," Baret, 1580. 
SOILS. Window sills. Moxon. 
SOILURE. Defilement. Shak. 
SOILYNESS. Filthiness. Paltgrave, 
SO-INS. In such a manner. East, 
SOITY. Dirty; dark with dirt. 

His helme apponehis hered was aeCt, 
And bothe fkille totftg were. 

MS, Uneoln A. i. 17. f. IM. 

SOJOUR. Stay ; abode. {J.-N,) 

SO JURNAUNT. An entertainer ; the host 

SOKE. A privilege, lordship, franchise ; land 



held by socage. PkiOv^, Holloway exiJaas 
soke, an exclusive privilege daimed by millers 
of grinding all com which is used withm the 
manor or township wherein their mills stand. 
North, Originally from A-S. soe, whence is 
derived the Law-Latin word wea, a liberty 
or franchise of holding a court, and exercising 
other jurisdiction over the socmen or soccage 
tenants within the extent of such an honor or 
manor. See Kennett, p. 134. 

SOKELING. A suckling, as a suckling plant, a 
young animal, &c. Palsgrave, 

SOKEN. (1) A toll. (^.-5.) 

Gret fo*en had this metier, out of doute. 
With whete and malt, of al the lond aboute. 

Wrighft Aneedma JJteraria, p. 86. 

(2) A district held by tenure of socage. {J.-S.) 
In the counuy hard was wc 
That in ottr*o*«ii shrews should be. 

Blounfa Law Diet, In ▼. Rime. 

SOKER. Help ; assistance. Also, to help, to 
succour. " Faveo, to sokcry,'* MS. Vocabu- 
lary, XV. Cent. 

Meche folke of that contre 
Come hether for *oker of me. 

Torrent <^fPm1ugal, p. 39. 

SOKBREL. A child not weaned. 
SOKET. The pointed end of a lance ? 
Gaheriet mett the douke Samlel 
With a lauDce, the toket of stiel. 

Arthout and Mfrlm, p. S6S. 
With a aoket of kene stel, 
Oct later in the scheld he gret. 

Kynf MisavHder, 4415. 

SOKIL-BLOME. This is translated by heusia 

in my copy of the Nominate MS. 
SOKINGLY. Suckingly ; gently. 
SOL. The term given by the ancient alchemists 

to gold. Silver was called luna, 
SOLACE. (1) In the language of printers, a 

penalty or fine. Holme. 
(2) Consolation ; recreation. {A,'N,) Solaeiovs, 
aflbrding recreation. 

Then dwellyd they bothe in fere, 
Wyth alle maner dcynteys that were dere, 
Wyth »Uu on every syde. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. ii.98, f. 82. 

Oil blleft in court atte mete 
Him to play and totaucL 

O^ Hf Wearwike, p. UI. 

Hit was a game of gret tolas. 

Hit comford alle that ever ther was, 

Therof thai were noght sade. 

MS, Cantab, Ft. ▼. 48, f. 50. 

All that wyll of sola* lere, 
Herkyns sow, andje schall here. 

MS, Aatunols 61, f. 59. 

Bke Joun Maandcvyle, knyth of Yngkxid, after 

his labour made a book ful boUkImu onto his nacyoo. 

MS, Bodl. 4S3, f. 355. 

SOLDADO. A soldier. (Span,) 
SOLDIER. (1) To bully ; to hector. East, 
(2) The sea-tortoise. Topsell, 1608. 
SOLDIER'S-THIGH. An empty pocket. 
SOLD-UP. When a man has become bankrupt 
or insolvent, he is said to be sold vp, Var, dial, 
SOLE. (1) A pond. Kent, 
(2) The floor of an oven. Line, In building, 



SOL 



771 



SOM 



the lowest part of anything. See Davies' 
Rites, ed. 1672, p. 44. 

(3) A collar of wood, put round the neck of 
cattle to confine them to the stelch. *< A 
bowe about a beestes necke/' Palsgraye. 

(4) To handle rudely ; to haul or piiU ; to pull 
one's ears. Devon, 

(5) A stake such as is driven into ground to fasten 
up hurdles to. WcmU 

(6) •* To sole a bowl, probe et rite emiUere 
glohum" Coles' Lat. Diet. 

(7) The seat or bottom of a mine, applied to 
horizontal veins or lodes. 

SOLEIN. (I) One ; smgle. (2) Sullen. 

(3) A meal for one person. 

SOLEMPNE. Solemn. (^..M) 
Hym that breketh tolempnt vow» 
Or chAwnge hyt wole» sende hym forth now. 

MS. Cott, Claud. A. 11. f. 148. 

SOLENT-SEA. The old name of the narrow 
strait between Hampshire and Isle of Wight. 
SOLER. An upper room, a loft or garret. 
** Soiariumt an upper room, chamber, or gar- 
ret, which in some parts of England is still 
called a sollar," Kennett, p. 134. Till within 
the last few years the term was common in 
leases. *' Body, wher aren thy solerSf thi 
castiesy ant thy toures," W. Mapes, p. 347. 
In a sot^ was In that toun 
A cbilde cast another doun. 
Cwaor Mundi, MS. CoU. Trin, Cantab, f. 70. 
Hastily than went thai all. 
And soght him In' the rnaydens hall. 
In chambers high, es noght at hide. 
And in splcr« on ilka side. 

Ywaine and Gawin, WJ, 

In the side bynethe thou shalt make tol«r«, and 
plada of tbre ehaumbris in the schip. 

W^ck^iff^* SMe, MS. Sodl. 271- 
Hey, ne oten, ne water clere, 
Boute be a kord of a tolert, 

B«ve$ qf Hamtoun, p. 61. 

SOLES. Sills of a window. 
SOLE-TREE. A piece of wood belonging to 
stowces, to draw ore up from the mine. Derb. 
SOLEYNE. One left alone. (^.-iV.) 
To muse in his philoiophye, 
SoUyne withoute companye. 

Gowm; MS. Sue. Antiq. 1S4, f. 92. 

SOLFE. To call over the notes of a tune by 
their proper names. 

Ya, \A God ; thu reddis. and so it Is wel werre. 
1 mlfs and singge after, and is me nevere the nerre ; 
I horle at the notes, and heve hem al of herre. 

Reliq. Antiq. i. S92. 

SOLICIT. To be solicitous. 
SOLID. Grave ; serioas. Var. dial 
SOLINGERE. Conjectured by Mr. Wright to 
be an error for Umngerey and I have scarcely 
any doubt of it, but in the possibility of its 
being genuine in the same sense I give it in- 
sertion. {J.'N.) 

But yet my wltte Is in a were 
Wheither ye shall fynde that toKngere* 

Chetter Pktif*, 1. 100. 

SOLLE. A soul. ^ Jmma, Anglice a soUe," 
US. Vocabulary, XY. Cent. 



f SOLLERETS. Pieces of steel which formed 

part of the armour for the feet. 
SOLLOP. To lollop about. East 
SOLMAS-LOAF. Bread given away to the poor 
on All Souls' Day. North. Mr. Hunter has 
somM'Cake, a sweet cake made on the second 
of November, and always in a triangular form. 
SOLNE. To sing by note. (A.-N.) 
I have be preest and parson 
Passynge thrltty wynter. 
And yet can 1 neyther tolnent synge, 
Ne selntes ly ves rede. 

Piers Ploughman, p. 10^ 

SOLOMONS-SEAL. A plant. ^ 

In the woods about the Devises growes Solomttnt^ 
aeale, also goates-rue, as also that admirable plant 
scilicet llly-convally. 

Aubreys Wilt§, MS. Boi/al Soe. p. 121. 

SOLOTACION. Solitude. 

Nowe selth I am soe solempe. 

And sett in my toUttaeUm. Chatter Plaga, i. 9. 
SOLOWED. Soiled. Prompt. Parv. 

Heere ne nayles never grewe, 

Ne tolawtd clothes ne turned hewe. 

MS. Harl. 1701, f. 61. 

SOLSEKILLE. The pknt solseguium. It is 
mentioned iu MS. Line. Med. f. 283. 

SOLTCH. A heavy fall. Lane. 

SOLUBLE. " Soluble, as one that is oostyfe, 
toUuble," Palsgrave, adj. f. 96. 

SOLVEGE. A term of reproach. Devon. 

SOLWY. SuUied ; defiled. {A.^N.) 

SOLY. -Solely. Park. 

SOMDEL. Somewhat ; in some measure. (A.-S.) 

SOME. (1) Thus used as a termination, two- 
some, threesome, &c. North. 

(2) Applied to figures it means about. Some 
ten, i. e. about ten. West. 

SOMEAT. Something. West. 

SOMEN. Samen ; together. 

SOMER. A sumpter horse. (Fr.) 
Cartes and somert ous beth binome. 
And alle our folk is overcome. 

Arthour and Merlin , p. 101. 

Men chargyd charys and tomert, 
Knyghtys to hon and squyers. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. it. 38, f. 107. 
The monke hath fifty -two men. 

And seven somer* full stronge. 
There rydeth no bysthop In this londe 

So ryally, 1 understond. Robin Hood, i. 30. 
SOMER-CASTELLE. A temporary wooden 
tower on wheels used in ancient sieges, on 
board vessels of war, &c. *' Sommer-castell 
of a shyppe," Palsgrave, subst. f. 65. 
With aomer-eaatello and sowe appone sere halfes. 

Marts Arthurs, MS. Lincoln, t. 85. 

SOMERLAND. Ground that lies fallow all the 
summer. Kent. The term occurs in the 
Prompt. Parv. translated by novate. 
SOMERS. The rails of a cart. " Somers or 

rathes of a wayne or carte," Palsgrave. 
SOMERSAULT. A summerset. " A lepe of a 
tombler, sobersault" Palsgrave. 
First that could make love faces, or could do 
The valters somberstats, or us'd to wooe 
With hoiting gambols, his own bones to break 

Donnas Poems, p. 300 



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SOP 



SOMBTOUR. A sampier^mAB. 

SOME-WHEN. AtBometirae. Souih. 

SOMME. Sum ; azDOunt. (J.-N.) 
Sexty myle on « daye, th« tomma m bolt lyUlUe, 
Tbowe mofte ipede at the spun, and epare noghte 
thi fole. Marte j&thwe, MS, linwln, f . M. 

SOMMERBD. Twrt, *8 ale, &c. WeMt, 
SOMNOUR. A suramoDer, apparitor. 

The thryde tumnamr to thU ryknyuge it deeth, 
and the condidon of deth b this, &c. 

WlmbeUom'a Sermon, 1388, MS. Hatton 67, p. S3. 

SOMONE. To aummon. (J,'N,) 
SOMPNOLBNCE. Drowsiness. 
So that I hope In tuche a wlte 
To love for to ben escutcd 
That I no eomjmolence have usld. 

Cower, MS. See. Antiq* 134. f. Ul. 
The llemnatik la eompruHent and slowe. 
Withe humoungTooarepUt ay habundaund. 

MS. Cantab. FE. i. 6, f. 140. 

SOMURBOYDE. A kind of insect ? " Pole- 

micia, a aomnrboyde/' Nominale MS. 
SONANCB. Sound. Heywood, 
SONAYLIE. Sounding ; loud. 

And of thy love telle me playne, 
If that thy glorye hath be «ofi<qf/i«. 

Gower, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134. f. M. 

SONCIB. Fortunate. It is translated hy fcelue 
in Synonomorum Sylva, 1627, p. 248. It is 
still in use, and idso used in the sense of 
pleasant, agreeable, plump, fat, and cunning. 
SONDAY. Sunday. 

Haat thow eten any Sandajf 
Withowte haly bred > Sey je or nay. 

Jf& Cott. aaud. A. it. f. 144. 

SONDE. (1) Sand. (A.-S.) 
A gode ichypp ther they fonde. 
And aayled over bothe wawe and aonde. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ii. 38, f. Ifi2. 
(2^ A message ; a sending. (J.-S.) ** Thruw 
Godes sonde," MS. Harl. 2398, f. 8. ' 
I am thy forefader, Wylliam of Nonraandye, 
To aae thy welefare here through Goddys eond. 

MS. Lambeth 306, f. 132. 
Sobefelle, thorow Goddit tonde. 
The bisshop that waa of that londe 
Prechid in that cit^ 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ▼. 48, f. 45. 
S«rythe aende he hys eonde 
To alle men of hys londe. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ii. 38, f. 156. 
SONDRELY. Peculiarly. (^.-5'.) 
SONDRINESS. Diyersity. Palsgrave. 
SONE. (1) Soon. (2) A son. {A.'S.) 
And whenne the gospel ys i-done, 
Teche hem eft to knele downe eone^ 

MS. Cott. CieMd. A. 11. f. 130. 

SONGEWARIE. The interpreting of dreams. 

SONGLE. " A handful of leased com after it has 
been tied up." Still used in Herefordshire. 
See a paper by Sir Edmund W. Head, Bart, in 
the Classical Museum, No. 4, p. 55, and 'Wil- 
braham, in t. Sohgow. " €on»pico, to glene 
or els to gadyre songles," Medulla. ** Songal 
or songle, so the poor-people in Herefordshire 
call ahandfull of com gleaned or leazed ; and 
probably may come from the Fr. senile, a 
girth, because, when their hand is full, they 
bind or gird it about with some of the ends of 



the straw, and then begin to gather a new 
one," Blount, p. 600. 
SONIZANCE. Sounding. * Pecle, iiL 148. 

SONKB. Sung. 

And therto of ao good mcaure 
HeaofiA-^, that he the bestea wilde 
Made of hia note tame and mylde. 

Gotcer, MS. See. Antig. 1S4, f. 37. 

SONKEN. Sunk. (//.-5.) 

SONN. To think deeply. Cumb. 

SONNE, The Sim. (A.-S.) 

SONNISH. Like the sun- (J.-S.) 

SONTROSS. A term of reproach. Devon. 

SOO. The same as So, q. v. 

SOODLE. To go unwillingly. North. 

SOOK. A caU for pigs, used when they arc 
called to their food. Devon. 

SOOL. Anything eaten with bread. North. 
Anything used to flavour bread, such as but- 
ter, cheese, &c. is called wwl in Pembroke- 
shire. " T^ter want ye iowtte then aorow," 
Towneley Myst. p. 87. Hence comes sotO, 
q. V. **Edulium, Anglice sowylle," Nomi- 
nale MS. XV. Cent. 

Kam he nevere horn hand bare. 
That he ne brouctebred and «mmI. 

SOOM. (1) To swim. North. 

(2) To drink a long draught, with a sucking 

noise of the mouth. Leie. 
SOON. (1) The evening. West. 
(2) An amulet. Comw. 
SOOND. To swoon ; to faint. Cumb. 
SOONER. A spirit ; a ghost. Dorset, 
SOOP. A sweep. North. 
SOOPERLOIT. Play time ; any time set apart 

for pleasure or recreation. Souih. 
SOOPLE. The heavy end of a flail, the part 

which strikes the com. North. 
SOOR. Mud ; dirt ; filth. 
SOORD. The sword or skin of bacon. 
SOORT. To punish. Somerset. 
SOOTE. Sweet. 

And bathed hem and freisshid hem In the fressh river, 
And drunken watera that were eoete and clere. 

MS. Digbv 830^ 
The grete flilreneaae nought appalre may 
On violettes and on herbea note. 

Ufdgate, MS. Aehmole 39, t S9. 

SOOTERING. Courting. Devon. 

SOOTERKIN. It was fabled in ridicule of the 
Dutch women, that, making ao great use of 
stoves, and often putting them under their 
petticoats, they engendered a kind of animal 
which was called a sooterHn. 

For knavea and fools b*ing near of kin, 
Aa Dutch boora are fa eooterkin. 

Hudibrae, III. Ii. 146. 

SOOTH. Truth. (A.-S.) 

SOOTHFAST. Entirely true. 

SOOTHLE. TowalkUmely. Midi a 

SOO-TRE. A stang, or cowl-staff. 

SOOTY. Foul with soot (A.-S.) 

SOP. (I) A sop in the pan, a piece of bread 
soaked in the dripping under the meat. Var. 
dial. 

(2) A hard blow. Dewm. 



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(3) SoppM9 pf demmfn, itreng;lheiiing dnnghta 

or viands. Robwru 
SOPE. (1) A jot, or small quantity. North. 
** Never a sope," Palsgrave. A sup, or hasty 
repast. '* A sope, a sup or supping, as a sope 
of milk, drink, &c." Kennett MS. 
Tase a joptf in the toure, and taryes no laagere, 
Bot tournes tytte to the kjage, and hym wyth tvnge 
Cdlet. MorU Jrihun, MB, Uneoln, f. 73. 

(2) A silly feUow. Line, 
SOPERE. Supper. Nominate MS. 
In the vay he ftye come there 
A pylgryme aekeynge hys mpere, 

MS. Cantab. Ff. U. 38, f. 156. 

SOPHEME. A sophism. {A.-N.) 

In poisle In so p hemt leaon hydea. 

M8. Cantab. Ff. U. 38, f. 83. 

SOPOSARB. One who guesses. Pr. Parv. 
SOPPE. A company, or body ? 
Sodanly in a iuppe they sett In att ones, 
Foyncs flute att the fore breste vith flawmande iwerdes. 

Mort« Arthwr€, MS. Uneolfif f. 00. 

SOPPER. A state of confusion. North. 
SOPPY. As when mown grass lies in lumps 

upon the field. YorkMh. 
SOPS. (1) Small detached clouds hanging about 

thesidesof a mountain. North, 

(2) Lamps of black-lead. Ctanb. 

(3) Tufts of green grass m the hay, not properly 
dried. North, 

SOPS-AND-ALE. A curious custom prevalent 
at Eastbourne, Sussex, described in Hone's 
Every-day Book, ii. 693. 
SOPS-IN-WINE. Pinks. 

The pinke, the primroM, cowslip, and daAdiUy, 

The hare-bell blue, the crimson cullumbine. 
Sage, lettis, parsley, and the mllke-white lilly. 

The rose and speckled flowre, cald »op»-in-wine. 
Fine pretie king-cups, and the yellow bootes. 
That growes by rivers and by shallow brookes. 

Tht 4f^eti4mate Shepheard, 1504. 

SOR. (1) A wooden tub, used by brewers, or by 
housewives to wash their best glasses in. Line, 
(2) Sorrow. {A..S.) 

Ther was sobbing, siking, and sor, 
Handes wringing, and drawing bi hor. 

Havlok, 234. 

SORANCE. Soreness. 

The moist malady is that which we call the 
glanders ; the dry maladie is an incurable consump- 
tion, which some perhaps would call the mourning 
of the cheine, but not rightlyt as shall well appeare 
unto you hcereafier. The malady of the jo3rnts 
eomprehendeth al grlefea and wnmcet that be in 
the Joyntes. 

Ti>ps9W» Four- Footed Beatts, 1607, p- 341. 
SORB. " Sorbe a kynde of frute, torbe/* Pals- 
grave, 1530. 
SORCATE. A sunsoat. 

To on^arme hym the knyghCe goys, 
In oortyls, Mrootyt, and sdiorte clothys. 

MS, Cantab, Ff. ii. 38* f.70. 

SORDIOUS. Filthy. {Lat,) 

The ashes of earth-wormes duely prepared, 
cleanseth mtrdUmt, stinking and rotten ulcers, con- 
suming and wasting away their hard lippct, or eal- 
loos edges, if it be tempered with tarre and Simbllan 
hooy, as Pliny afflrmeth. Dioscerides saith, that 



the hooy of Sieilia was taken for that of 8fmhlla hi 
his timeu T»p»eW9 HUtorU of. Serpent*, p, 311, 

SORDS. Filth ; fluid refuse. East, 

SORE. (1) A flock of mallards. 

(2) A hawk in her first year was said to be " in 
her ttfre age." Spenser mentions a ioare 
/auleon. The term was occasionally applied 
to the young of other animals. 

(3^ To soar., Chmteer, 

(4; Very ; exceedingly. Var. dial 

(5) Vile ; worthless ; sad. Far, dial 

(6) Grieved. Syr Qawayne, 
SOREGHES. Sorrovrs. {A.-S.) It oocurt in 

MS. Cotton. Vespas. D. vii. 
SORELL. A yoimg buck. Paiagrave, It. is 

properly one in its third year. 
SORE-STILL. Implacable. 
SORFE. A kind of wood, mentioned in Harri- 
son's Descr. of England, p. 212. 
SORFET. Surfeit. 

Telle me, sooe, anon ryght here. 

Hast thow do $orJ^ of mete and drynke ? 

MS. Oott, Claud. A. ii. f. 14S. 

SORGARSHOT. Sacar shot Meyrick, iii. 45. 
SORGER. More sorrowful. Line, 
SORHET. Soreness. Arch. xzx. 413. 
SOROWE. Sorry ; eviL 

He wyll not come yet, sayd the Jnatyoe* 

I dare well undwtake. 
But in aorwve tyme for them all 
The knyght came to the gate. 

AoMfi Hood, i. 18. 

SOROWLES. Without sorrow. Pr, Parv. 

SORPORRED. Cloyed ; surfeited. 

SORREL. Chestnut-coloured, as applied to a 
horse, though not well described by either 
word. The SuflTolk breed of cart-horse is 
uniformly sorrel, and some two score yean 
ago was as uniformly so described — now 
chestnut is sometimes used. " The sorrel 
horse" is not an uncommon sign for an ale- 
house. In Aubrey's Lives, written about 
1680, the word is used in a description of the 
person of Butler, author of Hudibras — ** a 
head of sorrell halre." Moor, p. 376. 

SORROPE. Syrup. '< Soutteries in sorrope,*' 
Reliq. Antiq. i. 85, zv. Cent 

SORROW. Sorrel. South. 

SORRY. A kind of pottage. Holme. 
And blobsterdis In white torri 
Was of a nobuile curry. Bailad nfthe Feett, 

SORT. (1) Set, or company. Very common in 
old books, but now obsolete, except in a few 
counties^ Forby explains it " a great number.'' 

^2) Chance ; lot ; destiny. {A,-N,) 

(3) To approach ; to tend towards. 

Doubt not Castania, 1 my selfe dare absolutely 
promise thee, that thy love shall tort to such happie 
successe, as thou thy selfe doeat seeke for. 

Grotintft Owjfdoniut, 4to. Lond. 1503. 

(4) Rank or degree in life. Sortance, suitable 
degree or rank. 

They liv'd together in godlie oorto, 
Fortie five years with good reporte. 

BpUaph at St. Albatu, A.D. 1613. 

(5) A thing of a sort, a corresponding thing. 
Words of a sort, a quarrel. 



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(6) To suit ; to fit ; to select. Skak, 
SORTELEGYE. Fortiine-teDing. (/V.) 

Oft glled was this brode. 
And yerned bfttaiU al' for wode. 
For Merlins prophf jie, 
And oft for aorteUgye, 

Appendix to Walttr Jfapet, p. 9BH. 

SORT'EM-BILLYORT'EM. A Lancashire game, 

very similar to that known as Hot peas and 

Ifocon. 
SORTIE. " It's MrtU time," i c. time for 

breaking up. This phrase is used by the 

children at High Hoyland, near Bamsley. 
SORTING-CLOTHS. A kind of short cloths, 

with a blue selvage on both sides of the lists, 

made in the Eastern counties. 
SORTS. A person who is not very well is said 

to he out ofiortt, 
SORUGHFUL. Sorrowful. {A.-S.) 
Synful roan, loke up and see 

How reuftilU I hyng on rode. 
And of my penaunos have pitee 

With aortfjpVW herte and drery mode. 

ITS. ^nmde/ fi07*f. !•• 
SORWATORIB. A place of sorrow. Sorwe, 

sorroV, is very common. {A,'S.) 
SCRY. (1) Sorrowful. (^.-5.) 
(2) Bad ; very poor or moderate. 

Thaj me say, as they done use, 

Sory Laten In here wyse. MS, Cott. dmmd. A. ILf. 134. 
SORYPPE. Syrup. Palagrope. 
SORZLE. Any strange mixture. Ea»t. 
S0R3E. Sorrow. (^.-5.) 
SO -SAY. The sake of saying a thing. South. 

<' He said it just for the to-tay,'' 
SOSS. (1) A heavy fall. North. 

(2) A mixed mess of food, a collection of scraps. 
Var, diaL 

(3) To press very hard. Yorish. 

(4) To lap, as a dog. North. 
6) To fail violently. JUnc, 
6) Anything dirty, or muddy. North. Also, 

to go about in the dirt. " Sossing and possing 
in the durt,'' Gammer Gurton's Needle. " Of 
any one that mixes several slops, or makes 
any place wet and dirty, we say in Kent, he 
makes a soss," Kennett MS. 

(7) To pour out. Somerset. 

(8) Direct ; plump down. Line. 

(9) A heavy awkward fellow. " A great, un- 
weldie, long, mishapen, ill-favoured, or ill- 
fashioned, man or woman ; aluske, a slouch ; 
a sosse,** Cotgrave. 

(10) " Sosse or a rewarde for houndes whan 
they have taken their game, huuee" Palsgrave. 

SOSS-BRANGLE. A slatternly wench. South. 

SOSSED. Saturated. Lane. 

SOSSLE. To make a slop. Sussex. 

SOST. Rendered dirty. From Soss (6). 

SOSTREN. Sisters. {A.-S.) 

SOT. AfooL (A.'N.) "Folys and sottys," 
Skelton, i. 183, wrongly explained. 
Of Tristem and of his Uef Isot, 
How he for hire bicom a «or / 
Of Odan and of Amadas, 
How Dydsn dijed for Ennyas. 

M8, AOmah 80j xv. Cent. 



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SOTB. (1) Sweet. {A.^) 

(2) Soot Chaucer, 

(3) Salt North, 

SOTED. Fooled ; besotted. {A,^.) 
SOTH. True. (A.-S) 

Then seld Adam, thou seb eoA. 

Jet I have a morsel for thy toth« 

And ellis I were to bUme. 

If & Camtttb. Ff. V. 48, f. 56. 

SOTHB. Truth. (A.-S.) 

Gye answeryd at that case 
Not as the «o<*« was. 

MS. Cantt^ Tt. U. 38. f- ]« 

SOTHEN. Sodden; boiled. 

And all the salt sawaegb that ben sothsn in Northe- 
folke apon Seytuidaye, be with hus now al owre 
begynnyng, and helpe hus in owre endyng. 

R0Uq. Jntlq. i, 82. 

SOTHER. Truer. (A.^S.) 

An<i the werkmauaoMcr than bee wende 
Have of this werke seyde and proplieeyed. 

I^dgate, MS, Soc. JbUiq, 134, f . 17. 
For with the Lord b fbrjUhesse. 

I have suftyd. Lord, for thin lawe ; 
Unryjt schal thin lawe redresse. 

Was nevere seyd nan aotihers sawe ! 
Therfore whan thow schalt bodyca blesse^ 
And dede men out here dennys dnwe i 
Jhetu that saTcrtst al swetnesse 

Lete neveie the fend owre gostis gnawe. 

Hampal^a ParaphroM f^ the Faalmut JC5. 

SOTHERNE. Southern. {A.'S.) 
SOTHERY. Sweet; savoury, 
SOTHFASTNESS. Truth. (A.^S.) 
For that they lovyd in tothifaateneM, 
In grete travell, and numy wysche 
Of gode menys Ijrvys men schulde here. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. li. 38, t 147. 

SOTHNESS. Truth; reality. (A.-S.) It oc- 
curs in MS. Cott Vespas. D. vii 
SOTH-SAW. Veracity ; true saying. 
SOTIE. Folly. (A.^N.) 

Bygan, as it was afUr sene. 

Of his rnttie, and made him wene 

Hit were a womman that he syje. 

Guwer, MS. Soc. j/ntiq. 134, f. 591 
Than haddest thou the gates stoke 
Frosuche iotyo^ as cometh to Wynne 
Thyne hertis wit, whiche is withinne. 

Gower, MS. Soc Antiq. 134. £.41. 
SOTILE. To apply one's cunning dr penetra- 
tion skilfully. {A.-N.) 
SOTILTEES. Devices made of sugar and paste, 
formerly much used at feasts. They generally 
closed every course. See an ancient bill of 
fare in the Reliq. Antiq. L 88. 
SOTRE. An auditor's office. 
SOTTE. A stoat Somerset. 
SOTTEFER. A drunkard. Devon, 
SOTTEL. Subtle; ingenious. 

O glorius God, how thou haste assigned 

Hertes disceveryd to be stabllsshyd ayeoe ! 

In love of matrimonye thou haste them joynyd ; 

Kyng Ed wanle and the Duke of Claranse gret honour 

to attayne, 
Thay were dysoeveryd be a tottell mesne, 
Sature (?) hath ccMnpellid hem agayne together goo. 
Thus in every thyng, Lorde, thy wiile be doo. 

MS, Biol, Hrg, 17 D. XV. 
SOTTER. To boil gently. Var. dial. 



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SOU 



SOTULARE. A kmd of shoe. {Lot.) 
SOT-WEED. Tobacco. Var, dial. 
SOUCE. The head, feet, and ears of swine 
boiled, and pickled for eating. '<I souce 
meate, I laye it in some tarte thynge, as they 
do brawne or suche lyke/' Palsgrave. It was 
often sold at tripe-shops, and Forby says the 
term is applied to the paiuich of an animal, 
usually sold for dogs' meat. " An hogshead 
of brawne readie wowted** Harrison, p. 222. 
Ah, were we seated io a towet-tub* ahade, 
Orer our heads of tripes a canopie. 

A Quest of Enquirie, 1505. 
A quavCer of tU lambe» and three score eggs, have 
beene but an eatie coUtfon ; and three well larded 
puddlng-pyes he hath at one time put to foyle, 
eighteeoeyardsofblacke-puddings (London measure) 
have suddenly beene imprisoned Id his m>toM-tttb. 

Tapior'g GrttU Eater of Kent, p. 145. 
SOUCH. To sow. Somer$ei, 
SOUCHE. To suspect. {J.-N.) 

Fulle often thynke whiche hem ne tuucheth. 
But only that here hrrte woueheth 
In hindrynge of another wy5te. 

Cower, MS. Soe. Jntiq, 134, f. 40. 
And yf so be myn herte aoucheth. 
That ou5te unto my lady toucheth^i 

Cower, JUS. Soe, Antiq, 134, f. 74. 

SOUDAN. A sultan. SmuUameuet a sultaness, 
the wife of a sultan. 

SOUDED. Consolidated, fastened. (A.'N.) 

SOUDES. Wages; pay. (^...V.) In sowd, 
L e. in hire, Maundevile's Travels, p. 155. 

SOUDLETS. Small bars of iron used for 
holding or securing glass in windows. 

SOUFRECAN. A suffragan. Paltgraoe. 

SOUGH. (1) A buzzing ; a hollow murmur or 
roaring. A Staffordshire labourer said he 
heard a great tough in his ears or head, 
meaning a sound of a peculiar kind, accompa- 
nied with a rushing, buzzing, or singing-like 
noise. Ben Jonson uses the term, and the 
form twauffh is common in early English. 

(2^ The blade of a plough. Chesh, 

(3) Pronounced Suf, An underground drain. 
Winrta, The term is used in local acts of 
parliament ; perhaps in public ones. Sottgh- 
ing tilest draining tiles. Drayton has saugk, a 
channel of water. Kennett, p. 22, explains 
it a wet ditch. 

(4) A brewing tub. Line. 
SOUGHT-TO. SoUdted. 

SOUKE. To suck. {A.-N.) StUl in use in the 
North of England. 

^ef a drope of blod by any cas 
Falle upon the corporas, 
Sowke hyt up anonryjt, 
And be as sory as thou myjt. 

MS, Cotton, Claud. A. il. f. 150. 

SOUKINGE-FERE. A foster-brother. (^.-5.) 
SOUL. (1) To satisfy with food, no doubt de- 
rived from wwel, or tool, q. v. 

(2) The black spongy part adhering to the back 
of a fowl. '* Soule of a capon or gose, ante," 
Palsgrave, subst. f. 65. 

(3) To soil, or dirty ; to stain. 
SOULAGE. SeeSoutage, 



SOUL-CASE. The body. iXorth, 
SOUL-CNUL. The passing bell. Yorkth. Sawl. 
knill, MS. Lansd. 1033, f. 356. 

Ac Ich am therof glad and blithe. 
That thou art nomen in dene lire. 
Thi soul-enul Ich wUe do ringe, 
And masse for thine soule singe. 

Reliq. Antiq, ii. 877* 

SOULDIE. Pav, or wages. (A.-N.) 
SOULED. Endued with a soul. 
SOULE-HELE. Health of the souL 

A nd for eoule-hele y wylle yow teche. • 

MS. Cantab. Ff. iL 38, f. 48. 
SOULES-TURNOIS. SUver coins, "whereof 

ten make a shilling," Harrison, p. 219. 
SOULING. To go a-souling, is to go about as 
boys do, repeating certain rigmarole verses, 
and begging cakes, or money in commutation 
for them, the eve of All Souls' Day. These 
cakes are called Soul-cakes. Wilbraham, 
HVhen the cakes were given, the person who 
received them said to the benefactor, 
God have your saul. 
Bones and all. 

Biounfe Cloasogrephia, ed. IGRl, p. 609. 

SOULMAS-DAY. All Souls' Day. Lejourdet 
mort. Palsgrave, 1530. 

SOUL-SILVER. The whole or a part of the 
wages of a retainer or servant, originally paid 
in food, but afterwards commuted into a 
money payment. 

SOUN. Sound; noise. {A.^N.) 

SOUND. (1) A swoon. This word is very com- 
mon in early English, and is found even as 
late as the last century in the Vicar of Wake- 
field, ch. xi. 

(2) At sound at bells, quite sound. 

Blinde Fortune did so happily contrive, 
That we. ae eound ae belle, did safe arive 
At Dover, where a man did ready stand 
To give me entertainment by the hand. 

TttvUfi'e Workee,\eaO, 11.22. 

(3) " Sounde of a fysshe, cannon," Palsgrave. 
Still in use. 

(4) " I sownde I appartayne or belong, je tens, 
Thys thyng sowndeth to a good purpose, cette 
chose tent a bonne fin," Palsgrave. 

SOUNDE. To make sound ; to heaL 
SOUNDER. A herd of wild swine. Twelve 
make a sounder of wild swine, fifteen a mid- 
dle sounder, and twenty a great sounder. 

That men calleth a trip of a tame swyn is called of 
wylde swyn a eoundres that is to say, 51 f ther be 
passyd v. or vj. togedres. MS. Bodl. 546. 

SOUNDFUL. To prosper. (A.-S.) 

And Icf of him to-dreve noght sal. 
What »wa he dos sal eoundful al. 

MS. Egerton 614, f. I. 

SOUNDLESS. Bottomless, that cannot b^^ 
fathomed or sounded. 

SOUNDLY. Strongly ; severely. 

SOUNE. Sound ; noise. {A.'S,) 
Joly and lyght is your complexlclon, 
That steryn ay and kunne nal stonde still ; 
And eke your tonge hath not forgete his eowne, 
Quyk, sharp, and swyftlsbyt, andlowyd and shlll. 

MS. Fairfiijt It*. 



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SOW 



SOUNSAIS. 

Ac ther wm Bon wwIm of tight 
That him ther knowe mlfht, 
BountaU he wae end leiie. 

C^ </ mineaw, p. 4M. 

SOUP. To satunite ; to soak. Nwrtk. 
SOUPE. Tpsup. {A.'N.) 

And whanne they hadde Mwpid alle. 
The token leve and forth they goo. 

Gower, MS, Soe, jintiq, 134, f. 59. 
SOUPINGS. Spoonmeat. East. 
80UPLE. Supple; pliant (-rf.-V.) Still in 

use in the North of England. 
SOUPLEJACK. A cane. North. 
SOUPY. Wet and swampy. North. 
SOUR. (1) Coarse, said of grass. Line. 
(2) Dai ; filth. Prompt. Parv. 
SOUR-ALE. To mend like sour ale in summer, 

i e. to get worse instead of getting better. 

Var. dioL 
SOUR-AS-SOUR. Very sour. North. 
SOURD. Deaf. North. "A sourd, or deaf 

emerald, which hath a deadish lustre,'' 

Howell, sect. xxyi. 
SOURDE. To rise. {A.-N.) 
SOUR-DOCK. Sorrel. Lane. 
SOUR-DOU. Leaven. {A.-S.) 
SOU RE. Wrongly printed and explained in 

Havelok, 321, "that standeth on the tei 

tourty** instead of, " on the feit ovre,** i. e. on 

the sea shore, A.-S. qfer. It is correctly 

written in the manuscript. 
SOURING. (1) Vinegar. West. 

(2) Dough left in the tub after the oat-cakes are 
baked. North. 

(3) A kind of sour apple. 
SOUR-MILK. Buttermilk. North. 
SOUR-MOLD. The same as Summer-voyf q. y. 
SOURMONCIE. Predominancy. {A.-N.) 
SOURS. (1) Onions. Derb. 

(2) A rise, a rapid ascent ; the source of a stream 
of water. 

SOURS ADEL. Soursadei-reredos occurs in the 
records of the expenses of building the royal 
chapel of St. Stephen's, now the House of 
Commons. The meaning is unknown. 

SOUR- SOP. An ill-natured person. South. 

SOURST. Soused ; drenched. 

Thli little berke of ourt being eowni in evmber- 
some waves, whkh never tried the fomlng maine be- 
fore. Qprtdir Gtaue of HwfiMrv, 1838, p. 161. 

SOUSE. (1) A thump, or blow. North. 

Yf hetawe any men or women devoutlye knele 
For to serve Ood withtheyr prayer, orstande, 
Pryvelye behynde them woulde he steale. 
And geve them a «M9es with hys hande. 

Roberte the Devyll, p. II. 

! 2) A dip in the water. Var. dioL 
3) Down flat ; straight down violently. " He 
fell right down souse." far. dial See the 
seventh meaning. " And souse into the foamy 
main," Webster, iv. 97. 

(4) The ear. StiU in use. 

With MtiM erect, or pendent, winks, or haws ? 
Sniveling \ or the eztention of the jaws ? 

Fltteher'9 Poetiu, p. 903. 



(5) A corbel, in aidiitecture. 

(6) To be diligent. Somerwei. 

(7) <<Dead, as a fowl at aouae," L e. al the 
stroke of another bird descending violently on 
it. So explained by Mr. Dyce, Beamnont and 
Fletcher, viL 278. «* To leape or seaxe greedily 
upon, to souxe doune as a hmnke," Florio, 
p. 48, ed. 1611. 

SOUSE-CROWN. A siUy fellow. South. 
SOUSED-GURNET. That is, pickled gurnet ; 

an old phrase of contempt. 
SOUT. Sought. (A.'S.) 

Dame, to have idi Wllekin «trt. 
For nou have Icfa htn l-brout. Jf& DigbiftS. 
SOUTAGE. Bagging for hops or coarse cloth. 
More's MS. Additions to Ray's North Country 
Words. See Tusser, p. 193. 
SOUTER. Acobler. {A.-S.) 

In a stage playe, the people knowe ryght well that 
he that pkyeth In sowdayne is percase a aomfr, yet 
if one of acquafntaunce perchaunce of Htle nurture 
should call him by his name whyle he atandeth in 
his majestie, one of his tonnentours might fortune 
breake hys head for marryng the plaf . 

HaU^ Bdtvard V. f . M. 
A revette boot trynkele, seyd the m^mr, when he 
boot of is wy0B thombe harde be the elbow, quod 
Jack Strawe. Reiiq. Antiq. i. 84. 

SOUTER-CROWN. A stupid person. Line. 
SOUTHDENE. Asubdean. (A.-N.) 
SOUTHE. Sought. (A.-S.) 
SOUTIL. Subtle. "/Vofofosiia,80util of speche," 

Medulla, zv. Cent. 
SOVE. Seven. Somerset. 
SOVENANCE. Remembiince. (/V-.) 
SOVER. To suffer. 

Vlt MMMT hem say and trust ryght wd this, 
A wycked toage wol alway demeamys. 

MS. CoMMf. Pf . L 6» f. US. 

SOVERAINE. Excellent; in a high degree; 

noble. Sotferainlyt above aU. (A.^N.) 
SOVEREIGN. A gold coin formerly worth ten 

shillings. See Ben Jonson, ii. 205. 
SOVEREYNE. (1) A husband. 

The prestis they gone iiome a|ea. 
And sche goth to hireMverryne. 

Gower, MS. Soe, jlntiq. 194, f. 44. 

(2) A provost, or mayor. {A.-N.) 
And whanne it drowe to the dAy of the dede doynge, 
That40Mre|fffM were semblld, and the schire knyjtis. 

DeporiHon qf Richmrd II. p. SB. 

SOVTSTER. "Sophista, a sovyster," Nomi- 
nale MS. This is among the Nonsima dsgnita" 
twa/n elerieorum, 
SOW. Ahead. Lane. 

SOWDEARS. Soldiers. Properly, hirelings, 
those who received pay. {A.-N.) 
He seyde, y have golde y-nogh plenty 
And Mwdeart wyU come to me. 
Le Bom Vtormtct pf Reme, 403. 

SOWDING. Soldering. Arch. xxx. 413. 
Than thny sayen at the teste. 
How the piler stode In bras. 
And with towdifHg sowdy t fasfce. 
Wrighfe SeoifH Bagm, p. 09 

SOWDLE. To creep. Devon. 

SOW-DRUNK. Beastly drunk. Line. 

SOWDWORT. Columbine. Germrd, 



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SOWE. (1) A blow. Janiieson, in y. Swigk, 
Syr Egyllamowre hyi twerde owt drowe, 
And to the yeant he gafe a nw€» 

MS. Omftfb. Ff. 11. 38, f . 64. 

(2) To BOW. (^..&) (3) To sew. (LaL) 

(4) A woodlouse. Still in use. 

Also geve hym of these mwm that crepe with 
many /ete, and falle cute of howce rovys. Also 
geve hym whyte wonnes that breede betweoe the 
barke and the tre. MS, Lambeth 306, f. 177* 

(5) A term of reproach for a woman. 

(6) An ancient warlike engine, used for baiteiing 
down the walU of towns, &c. 

And he ordeynde other foure hundreth mene for 
to bett doune the walle« with micm of werre, engynet 
and gonnes, and other maner of Instramentez of 
werre. MS. Lincoln A . i . 17, f. 1 1. 

SOWEL. Same as Sool, q. y. 

SOWENS. A Northumberland dish. The 
coarse seeds sifted out of oatmeal are put into 
8 tub, and covered with water, which is allowed 
to stand till it turns sour. A portion of it is 
then taken oat and boiled, and sapped ydth 
milk. It forms a jelly-like substance. Hence 
the proyerb to express an impossibility is, " to 
sap sowena with an elsin." 

SOWERS. Bucks in their fourth year. 

SOWIDE. Strengthened. Sober, 

SOWIN. A thick paste with which weavers 
stiffen their warps. Lane, 

SOW-KILNS. In the county of Durham the 
farmers burn sow-kilm upon the fields in 
which the lime is meant to be laid. They are 
conical or oblong heaps of broken lime, stone, 
and coal, with flues constructed through the 
heap, and closely thatched over with sods. 
A sow of hay is an oblong stack of hay in 
Scotland, and Sir Walter Scott supposes it is 
derived Arom the military engine called the 
tow, above mentioned. 

SOWL: (1) To pull about ; to puU the ears ; to 
seize by the ears. " To sowl one by the ears,'' 
Ray, ed. 1674, p. 44. The word occurs in 
Shakespeare, and is still in use. 

2) To wash ; to duck. Craven, 

3) A suU, or plough. Somertef. 
SOWLE-GKOVE. February. JfiUt, Aubrey 

gives this phrase, but it does not seem to have 
continued in use. 
SOWLERS. Wild oats. 
SOWLOWS. Souls. A broad dialectic pL 
The hydoiu bestyi in that lake . 
Drew nerre the brygge her pray to take ; 
Off towloum that fell of that brygge don^ 
To fwolow hem thei wer ay bon. 

VMont nf Tundale, p. 19. 
SOWLY. Hot; sultry. Oxon. 
SOWMES. (1) Traces used in ploughing, gene- 
rally made of iron. North. 

(2) Sums? 

The senatour of Sutere, wyth aotome* fulle huge, 
Wbas assygnede to that courte be sent of his perea. 

Morte ArthurBf MS, Lfncoln, f. 70. 

SOW-MET. A young female pig. North. 
SOW-METAL. The worst kind of iron. 
SOWNYNGE. Sound. {A.-S,) 

This lood of Caldee Si fulle gret ; and the langage 



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of that contree is more gret ia so&mifngt than It la 
In other parties be^nde the see. 

ManndttW* Trwnb, 1890^ p. lAt. 
SOWRE. 

To the sown of the reke he soghte at the gayneste, 
Sayned hym sekerly with certayne wordes. 

Morf Arthvn, MS. Uneoln, f. 64. 

SOWRED. Sourness. Arch. xxx. 413. 
SOWSTER. A sempstress. North. 
SOWT. The rot in sheep. Westm. 
SOWTHER. To solder. North. 
SOWTHSELERER. A subcelhirer. « Suecel- 

larnu, a sowthselerer," Nominale MS. 
SOWZE. Lumps of unworked metal. 

It Is the manner (right woorshipfull) of such as 
seeke profit by minerall, first to set men on woorke 
to digge and gather the owre ; then by fire to trie 
out the raetall, and to east It Into certelne mde 
lumpes, which they call wwee. 

Lombard^* Purambulatienf ad. 10M. Pief. 
S0W3E. Saw? 

Of that meyn^ lafte he noon. 
At the laste that he wur^t uchon. 
CumrMtindU MS. Cott. THn, Osfifofr. t.9». 
SOYLE. To go away. YorJtth. 
SOYNEDE. Excused. (J.-N,) 

Thare myghte no sydis be Mynedtf 
That faghte in those feldis. 

MS, Lincoln A. 1. 17, f. 131. 

SOYORNE. To sojourn ; to remain. 

Sone on the mome, when hyt was day, « 
The kyng wolde forthe on h js way 

To the londe there Ood was boght ; 
Than begane the qucne to mome. 
For he wolde no Icnger aojfome, 
Prevy sche was in thoght. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. 11. 88, f. 71 . 
SOYT. Sooth ; truth. 

Be mey trowet, thow seys mytt seyde Roben. 

RMn Hood, 1. 85. 

SOYTE. Company ; suite. 
And certane on owre syde, sevene score knyghtes. 
In Mjyfe with thelre soyerayne unsownde are belevede. 

Morte Arthwre, MS. Uneotn, f. IM. 

S05T. Went { departed. Gawayne. 
SPACE. To measure by paces. East. 
SPACEFUL. Extensive; wide. 
SPACE-LEASER. A respite ; a delay. 
SPACK. To speak. North. 
SPACT. Docile ; ingenious. Chesh. 
SPADE. (1) ** To call a spade a spade," a 
phrase applied to giving a person his real cha- 
racter or qualities. Stili in use. 

I am plaine, I must needs call a epade a epade, a 
pope a pope. Mor-PrelaUfe Epitomo, p. 8. 

I thinke it good plaine Bngiish without fteud. 
To call a tpade a apado, a bawd a bawd. 

ni^Uu'e Workoe, 1630, 11. 98. 

^2) A hart in its third year. 

(3) The congealed gam of the eye. 

(4) To breast-plough. Devon, 
SPADE-BIT. The quantity of soU raised by 

one effort of the spade. North. 
SPADE-BONE. Ablade-bone. Var. dial It 

is called in some places the plate-bone. 
SPADE-GRAFT. The depth to which a spade 

will dig, about a foot. Lane, 
SPADIARDS. The labourers or mine-workers 



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in the ttanaariei of Cornwall tre to called 
from their apade, Kennett» MS. Glou. 
SPADO. A sword. (%m., 
SPA6IRICAL. Chemical. 
SPAIB. A red deer in its third year. Aecord- 
ing to Harrison, " the yoong male is called in 
the first yeere a calfe, in the second a hroket, 
the third a spate, the fourth a stagon or stag, 
the fift a great stag, the sixt an har£, and so 
foorth unto his death." 
SPAIN I NG. Summer pasturage for cattle. 
SPAINOLDE. A Spaniard. MS. Harl. 2270, 

f. 190. 
SPAIRB. According to Jamieson, an opening 
in a gown. ** Sparre of a gowne, fente de la 
robe" Palsgrave. "Speyr of a garment, 
ehmieuhim, manubium," Pr. Parv. MS. 
Harl. 221, f. 161. 

Th«ne the comlyche kyng castei In fewtjrre. 
With m ciewelle launce cowpet Aille erene 
Abolme th« sprntfre a ipanne, emange the schonte 
rybbya. McrU Arthure, MS. Uncolr., f. 7'. 

He put hit efte in hte apayertt 
And out he toke hit hool and fere. 
Curmtr Mundi, MS. CoU, Trin, Cantab, f. 37. 
Hit mytani hang be hit Mpaifvt, 
And alway hodit like a frere. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48. f.M. 

SPAITS. Torrents of rain. North. 

SPAK. The spoke of a wheeL Nominale MS. 

SPAKE. Tame. 

Seynt Benet wende he myjt hyt h« tAke, 

For hyt aate by hym go jpoAre. 

1». Harl. 1701. f.Sa 

SPAKELY. Quickly ; speedily. 

The Uode iprente owtte^ and aprede aa the hone 

spryngei, 
And he sproulei fuUe »pakeli/t bot spekea he no nK>re. 
jr«r(e Jrthure, MS. Uncoln, i. 7S. 

SPAKENET. A net for catching crabs. 
SPAKKY. 

Seo wouw tpakky he me spent, 
Udi toth fram other ia trent, 
arerld is of rote. tieHq. Jntiq. IL Sit. 

SPAKLE. Scuiula, Pr. Parv. MS. HarL 221. 
SPALDE. (1) The shoulder. 

Bot thenne said Percy velle one boat, 
Ly atille therin now and roate^ 
I kepe notbynge of thi coste 
Ne noghte of thi tpmldt. Pereevai, 786. 

(2) To splinter, or chip. 
Be thane sperls whare sproungene, tpalddgd ehlppys. 
Mortt Arthurs, MS, JAneoln^ f. 92. 

SPALDING-KNIFE. A knife used for the pur- 
pose of splitting fish. North. 

SPALS. A splinter. North, " Splints, shiven, 
tpale, rivings," Florio, p. 98. ''Spalls or 
broken peeoes of stones that come ofif in hew- 
ing and graving,'^ Nomenclator, p. 411. 

SPALLIARD. A sparrow. Dewm. 

SPALLIER. A labourer in tin-works. 

SPALLING. In mining, breaking np into small 
pieces for the sake of easily separating the 
ore from liie rock, after which it undergoes 
the process of cobbing. 

SPALLS. See Spate. '*To drow vore spalls, 
to throw one's errors and little flaws in one's 
teeth, q[uaBi spalls or chips, which fly ofif from 



the carpenter's axe or woodman's bill," 
Exmoor Glossary, p. 48. 

SPALT. (1) Brittle; tender; liable to break or 
split. A carpenter in worldng a board with a 
plane, if a bit splits away or breaks off, will 
say that it ^»aU$ off. Harrison says, ** of all 
oke growing in England, the parke oke is the 
softest, and far more tpait and brickie than 
the hedge oke." 

(2) Heedless; careless; clnmay; pert; sancy; 
giddy and frail. East. 

SPALTYRE. A psalter. "Here bygynnrs 
Sayne Jerome Spaltyre" MS. Lincoln, 1 258. 

SPAN. (1) To stretch asunder. West, 

(2) To gush out? 

with a roke he brae his hered than. 
That the blod bifom out^jNin. 

Gm of Warurikt, p. 29S. 

(3^ To gripe or pinch. Craten. 

4) The prong of a pitchfork. Weet. 

5) To fetter a horse. Kent. 

6) To span a cart, to put something to stop it. 
Kennett. 

SPAN-BEAM. The great beam that goes from 

side-wall to side-wall in a bam. 
SPANCEL. ''A rope to tie a cows hinder 
legs," Ray, ed. 1674, p. 44. This may be the 
same wonl as spangle in Pr. Parv. translated 
by lorale. " A spaniel, we have in these 
parts no other name but cow-tye," HaBamsh. 
Glossary, p. 123. 

SPAN-COUNTER. A game thus played. One 
throws a counter on the ground, and another 
tries to hit it with his counter, or to get it 
near enough for him to span the space be- 
tween them and touch both the cotmters. In 
' either case, he wins ; if not, his counter re- 
mains where it lay, and becomes a mark for 
the first player, and so alternately till the 
game be won. Strntt, p. 384. '* Jouer au 
tapper, to play at spanne-counter,'* Cotgrave. 
" MegUo at muro, a play among boyes in 
Italia like our span- counter," Fiorio, p. 306. 
He knows who hath sold bis land, and now doth beg 
A license, old Iron, boots, shoos, and egge* , 
Shels to transpoft ; shortly boyes shall not play 
At tpan ecunttr, or blow-poiDt« but shall pay 
Toll to aome courtier. Doim^» Pownu, p. ISl. 

SPANDE. Span ; small measure. Heeurme. 

SPANDREL. The triangular spaces included 
between the arch of a doorway, &c. and a rec- 
tangle formed by the outer mouldings over it. 
The term is idso applied to other similar 
spaces included between arches, &c and 
straight-sided figures surrounding them. Oxf. 
GloHS. Arch. 

SPANE. (1) To wean. Nwth. 

(2) To germinate, as com. Yorlaih. 

SPANES. " The prongs of a peek, a hay-fork. 
or dung-fork, quasi wpvMt from their shar|>. 
ness, or from their shape representing a short 
span, the thumb and little finger somewhat 
extended, or a pair of compasses opened and 
a little extended," MS. Devon Gloss. 

SPAN-FIRE-NEW. Quite new. 

SPANG. (1) To fssten. « To spang horses, or 



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£uten them to the chariot/' Hollyband's 
Dictionaries 1593. 

(2) To throw with violence ; to set forciblj in 
motion. JUne. 

(3) A spangle, ^fetuer. 

(4) A spring ; a jump. North, To spang ones 
geates, i. e. to make haste. 

(5) A span in measure. Line, Brockett has 
tpang^nd-purley-q. a mode resorted to by 
boys of measuring distancesi particularly at 
the game of marbles. 

SPANGED. Variegated. North, 

SPANGEL. A spaniel ; a dog. 

I hadde a tpanget good of pljght, 
I have hit mysde al thys seven-nyght. 

Wrtghtg Seven Sagee, p. 00. 

SPANGER. A Spaniard. Cornw. 

SPAN6ING. Rails laid across brooks to pre- 
Tent cattle going from one pasture to another. 
Devon, 

SPAN.6UTTER. A narrow brick drain in a 
coal mine. Salop. 

SPANG.WHE W. To kill a toad by placing it 
on one end of a lever, and then driving it 
rapidly into the air by a sharp stroke on the 
other end. North. 

SPANIEL. The same aa Spancel, q.v. 

SPANK. (1) A hard slap. Var. dial 

(2) To move energetically. East. 

SPANKER. A man or animal very large, or 
excessively active. Var. dial. 

SPANKER-EEL. The lamprey. North. 

SPANKERS. Gold coins. Devon, 

SPANKING. Large ; lusty ; sprightly ; active ; 
conspicuous ; spruce, or neat. 

SPANKY. Showy ; smart. Var. dial 

SPANNER. An instrument by which the 
wheels of wheel-lock guns and pistols were 
wound up. They were at first simple levers 
with square holes in them. Next a tumscrew 
was added, and lastly, they were united to the 
powder-flasks for smiall priming. MeyricJt, 
The term is still in use, applied to a wrencher, 
a nut screw-driver. 

SPAN-NEW. Quite new. Var. dial. This 
common phrase occurs in Chaucer, and Tyr- 
whitt, who gives an explanation with hesi- 
tation, does not seem to be aware it is stUl 
in general use. 

SPANNIMS. A game at marbles played in the 
eastern parts of England. 

SPANNISHING. The full blow of a flower. 
Romaunt of the Rose, 3633. 

SPAN3ELLE. A spaniel, or dog. 

SPAR. (1) To practise boxing. Metaphorically, 
to disagree. Var. dial. " A sparring blow,'' 
a decisive hit in boxing. 

(2) To shut; to dose; to fiuten. The older 
form of the word is sperre. The bolt of a 
door is called the spar, 

Alie the jatii of Notyngham 

Ha made to be eparred everychone. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. v. 48, f. 127. 

(3) j4-tpar, in a state of opposition. To set the 
leff8 a-tpar, to place them in the form of the 
Yafters of a roof. 



(4) The pointed stick used for fixing the thatclr 
of a roof. Wett, 

{b) %)ar9, rafters. North. 

(6; " The coat or covering of oar or metal. «u 
the vein of metal in silver mines there is a 
white fiuor about the vein which they call 
tpar, and a black which they call bUnds" 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033, f. 388. 

SPARABLES. Shoemakers' naUs. Var. dial. 
Dekker spells the term aparrowbUa, as also 
Wilbraham, p. Ill ; whence it would seem 
that it is derived from the nails being some- 
what in the form of sparrows' bills. 

SPARANDE. Sparing; niggardly. (J.-S.) 

SPARCH. Brittle. East. 

SPARCLE. A spark. StUl in uae. 
Thd ahul le fendes maoy one 
By the spardee outa of fire that gone. 

MS. JddU. 11906, t.M. 
Alio the lanteme in the wynd that sone !• aqueyat, 
Aae eparkle In the le that aone is adreynt, 
Aie Tom in the strem tliat sone is (o-thwitb, 
Aae smoke in the lift that pasaet oure sith. 

HeUq, Antlq.i\,V», 

SPAR-DUST. The dust in wood which is pro- 
duced by insects. East. 
SPARE. (1) To refrain. {A..S,) 

Than spake that byrde so brygbt, 
Thare was hot he and his linyght, 
1 spake with thame this nyghte« 
WhysoldlQwrs^ 

MS. Uneotn A. L 17, f. 137. 

(2) Slow ; kept in reserve. Devon. 

(3) Several ; divers. Gawayne. 
SPARE-BED. A bed not constantly used, kept 

in reserve for visitors. Var. dial. 

SPAR-GADS. Gads or sticks to be split up into 
spars for thatch. West. 

SPAR-HAWK. A sparrowhawk. {jI.-S.) 

SPAR-HOOK. A small hook used for making 
or cutting spars. West, 

SPARING. The commencement of a cock- 
fight, by rising and striking with the heels. 

SPARK. (1) A diamond. The word occurs 
several times in this sense in old plays. 

r2) To splash with dirt. North. 

(3) A gay dashing fellow. 

When Venus is ill placed, she inclines men to be 
eflbminate, timerous, lustful, followers of whcnches, 
rery slugish, and addicted to Idleness, an adulterer, 
incestuous, a fantastick «parXr, spending his moneys 
in ale-houses and taverns among loose ladvious 
people, a meer lasy companion, not careing for wife 
or children if marryed, coveting unlawful beds, 
given much to adultry, not regarding his repu- 
tation or creddit ; if a woman, very impudent in all 
her ways ; colour milky sky. 

Biehojfe Marrow ofJetrdogif, p. 59. 

SPARKE. To gutter. {A,-S.) 

It tparkede and ful brith shon. 
So doth the gode charbucle ston. 
That men mouthe se by the lith 
A peni chesen, so was it brith. 

Havtiok, S144. 

SPARKED. Variegated. Far. dial. 

SPARKLE. To scatter ; to disperse. Still in 
use in the North of England. " I sparkyll 
abroode, 1 sprede thynges asonder ; I sender 



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or I part, whan the towdien of a capHaynebe 
aparkylfyd Bhrtidet what can he do in tyme of 
nede," Palsgrave, 1530, verb, t 367. 
SPARKLING. Claying between the span to 

cover the thatch ot cottages. N&rf, 
SPARKLING-HEAT. « There be several de- 
grees of heat in a smith's forge, according to 
the purpose of their work, 1. A blond red heat. 
2. A white flame heat. 3. A sparkling or 
welding heat, used to weld barrs or pieces of 
iron, i. e. to work them into one another," 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033, f. 388. 
SPARKT. The same as S^ked, q. v. 
SPARKYLDE. Sprinkled. 

The chjidys dothyi, ryche sod gode. 
He bad tpark^tdi with that Mode. 

M8, Oiiite*. Ff. ii. 88, f. 87- 
SPARLIE. Peevish. N&rikumb. 
SPARLING. The smelt. In Wales, the samlet 

is called by this name. 
SPARLIRE. The calf of the leg. See Beves of 
' Hamtonn, p. 90. 

The knyght stnoot with good wylle 

Strokct of thre. 
And the ape hym boot foil ylle 

Thoigh the «paH!irrai Oe«Dei«m3J0. 

SPARPIL. To disperse. See Gerte. 
His nyst has made In his pouere 
Pnmd men to fwrgU from his face. 

MS, Dotces 808, f . 84. 

SPARROWBLES. Same as Sparabim, q. v. 

SPARROWPART. Break of day. Cnnmu 

SPARROW.TONGUE. Knot-grass. Gemrd. 

SPARSE. To disperse ; to scatter. 

SPART. The dwarf rush. North. Ground 
covered with sparts is said to be tptnrty, 

SPARTHE. An aie, or halberd. {J.S.) 
And an ax in his other, a hoge and unmcle, 
A spetoa tpurtKt to expoun In spdle quo so mjrjt. 

Sifr Owoayn and the Gr0H» Kn^t, 800. 

SPARTICLES. Spectacles. WetL 
SPARTO. A kind of fish. 

Certes, such is the force of rope made of the skin 
of this fish, that they will hold at a plange no lesse 
than the Spanish tparto, 

Holiruktd, Deteription ^ SeetUutd, p. 18. 

SPARVER. The canopy or wooden frame at 
the top oi a bed. The term was sometimes 
applied to the bed itself! ** lici department ^ 
a bed of state, or a great ^arver bed, that 
serves onely for shew, or to set out a roome," 
Cotgrave in v. Parement, ** A cauapie or 
sparvier for a bed," Florio, p. 349. Sparvill 
teeter, the canopy of a bed, Unton Invent. 

The thrld chamber being my bedd-«hamber, was 
appardled with riche clothe of tyssne, raised, and a 
grete tparvtr and counterpointe to the same. 

Btaie Paper*, L 830 

SPARWISTUNGGE. The herb sparrow's- 
tongue. See Ardueologia, xxz. 413. 

SPAT. (1) A blow. Kent. 

(2) The cartilaginous substance by which an 
oyster adheres to its shelL Eaet, 

St»ATCH.COCK. A hen just kiUed and quickly 
broiled for any sudden occasion. 

SPATE. A small pond. Dunelm, 

SPATHE. The sheath of an ear of corn. 



SPATS. Gaiters. Cmnb. 
SPATTIiE. (1) To spit ; to slaver. •* Spatyll, 
flame, eraekat" Palsgrave, 1530. 

I spltte, 1 tpatle in spedi, I spome, 
I weme, I lutle, ther-for I mume. 

Reiiq. jtmHq.1i,2U, 

Would to Ood therfore that we were oomc to such 
a detestatioB and loathing of lying, that we would 
even tpaltU at it, and cry fie upon it, and al! that 
use it. Otfi/* Pathwmif, p. IQOl 

(2) "Spatyll an instrument," Palsgrave. A 
board used in turning oat cakes is so termed, 
but the identity is doubtful. Palsgrave per- 
haps meant the slice used by apothecaries for 
spreading their plasters or salves. 

SPAUD. (1) The shoulder. North. ** Jrmm, 
a spawde," Nominale MS. xv. Cent. 

(2) A pen is said to have too much ^Mmd, when 
the two members of its nib or point expand 
too widely when pressed upon the paper. 
Yorkeh. 

(3) To cut up the ground. North. 

(4) To founder, as a ship. 
SPAUL. Spittle ; saliva. 

Another while the well drench'd smoky Jew, 
That stands in his own tpaui abore the shoe. 

HattB P9em»,p.l3. 

SPAUNDRE. In architecture, a spandreL 

SPAUT. A youth. North. 

SPAUT-BONE. The shoulder-bone. Bat. 
Pronounced in the North spaw-bone. 

SPAVE. To castrate an animal. North. 

SPAW. The slit of a pen. North. 

SPAWL. (l) A splinter, as of wood, &c South. 

(2) To scale away, like the surface of a stone. 
Somereet, 

SPAWLS. The branches of a tree; the divi- 
sions of anything. North. 

SPAWN. A term of abuse. 

SPAT. To castrate. Var. dial 

SPEAK. To tpeak at the mouth; that is, to 
speak freely and unconstrained. North. 

SPEAK-HOUSE. The room in a convent in 
which the inmates were allowed to speak 
with their friends. Oxf. Gloss. Arch. p. 273. 

SPEAKS. Same as Skelnu, q. v. 

SPEALL. A spawl or splinter. ** A lath, a 
little boord, a splint or ipeaU of wood or 
stone," Florio, p. 44. ** SpiUOf a pinne, a 
pricke, a sting, a pricking-thome, e^epUl^ 
ibid. p. 523, ed. 1611. 

SPEANED. Newly deUvered. Nortkumb. 

SPEANS. Teats. Kent. 

His necke is short, like a tygers and a lyons, apt 

to bend downeward to his meat ; his bellie is rerie 

large, being unlforme, and next to ktheiatnUs as 

ina wolfe t it hath alsofonrefpeanM to her papa. 

TopaM* Fo«r>Fbered Beast*, 1007, p. 38. 

SPEAR. (1) Goods sold under the spear, ihtii is, 
by public auction. 

(2) A soldier who carried a spear. The tpeare 
were heavy armed cavalry. 

(3) To inquire. See ^itere. 

Yet saw they no man there at whom 
They might the matter tpear. 

JloMn Beetf. i. 1<0. 



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(4) To germinate, as btfley. South, 

(5) The sting of a bee. far, dial 

(6) A blade of grass ; a reed. Kent 
SPBARS. A spire, or steeple. 

The tpeare or steeple of which churehe wm fired 

by lightening, and consumed eren to the itoneworke 

thereof. LamSardt^» Perambulatlont 1506, f. 207. 

SPEAIUGRASS. Couch grass. Sufoli. Har. 

risen applies the term tpearie to coarse grass 

in his Description of Britaine, p. 109. 

SPE AR-STAFF. Fust de lance, Palsgraye. 

SPEAR.STICKS. Pointed sticks, doubled and 

twisted, used for thatching. Demm, 
SPECES. Sorts, or kinds. (i^.-M) 
SPECIAL. Good; exceUent. Var, dial 
SPECIOUSLY. Especially. North, 
SPECK. (1) The sole of a shoe. Also, the fish 
so called. Eaet, 

(2) 

Adica, good cheese and onions ; stuff thy guts 

With tpetk and barley-pudding for digestion. 

Hsyroood** Bnglith 7Vaoeff«r. 

(3) The spoke of a wheel. North. 
SPECKINGS. Large long n^Us. Ea»t, 
SPECKS. Plates of iron nailed upon a plough 

to keep it firom wearing out. Yorkeh, 
SPECS. Spectacles. Far, dial 
SPECULAR. STONE. A kind of transparent 

stone, mentioned in Harrison's Description 

of England, p. 187. 
SPED. (1) To speed. North, 

(2) Went; proceeded. Gawayne. 

(3) Versed in. Dyce, 
SPEDB. To dispatch. (A.-N) 
SPEDEFUL.(1) Effectual. (2) Ready. 
SPEDELYER. More quickly. 

And ofce tpedtltfer spcke ere I jour speche here. 

MS, Out. Calig, A. ii. f. 117. 

SPEECHLESS. Using few words; concise. 

The term constantly occurs in this sense in 

early writers, distinct from the modem syno- 

nyme diamb. See Palsgrave. 
SPEED. (1) A disease amongst young cattle 

common in the autumn. North. 

(2) To destroy; to kill. Marlowe, Speeding, 
place, the place where a wound is hUX. 

(3) Luck ; fortune. " Spede, lucke, encontre" 
Palsgrave. " The queen's speed," Winter's 
Tale, uL 2. 

SPEEKE. ^ A speeke, or sheathing nayle, used 
in shipping," Cotgrave in v. Ettov^, 

SPEEL. (1) The same as SpeaU, q. v. " A spele, 
a small wand, or switch in WestmorL*' 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033, f. 38S. 

(2) To dimb ; to clamber. North. 

SPEER. (1) The chimney-post. Cheeh. 

(2) A screen across the lower end of a hall. Pr, 
Parv, ** Speere in a hall, buffet,*' Palsgrave, 
1530. ** Speer, a shelter in a house, made 
between the door and fire to keep off the 
wind," Holloway, p. 159. 

(3) 

The males in this kind doe onely bears homes, 

and such as do not grow out of the crownes of their 

head, but as it were out of the mi.Mle on either 

alda^ a lltle above the eics, and so bend to the sides. 



They are sharp and fkill of bunches like harts, no 
where smooth but in the tops of the tpeert, and 
where the values run to carry nutriment to their 
whole length, which is covered with a halrye skin : 
they are not so rough at the beginning or at the 
first prosses specially in the for-part as they are in 
the second, for that onely is full of wrlnckles ; from 
the bottom to the middle they growe straight, but 
from thence they are a little recurved. 

3)»jMs/r« Four-Footed BeasU, 1607, p. 327* 

SPEIGHT. A kind of Urge woodpecker. 
" Epiche, a Speight," Cotgrave. 

SPEIN. A shoot 

Pride therefore may verie fitly be compared to 
the crab-stock tpeins, which growe out of the roote 
of the very bnt apple-tree. Dent't Pathtoa^^ p. 36. 

SPEKABILL. Special ; peculiar. 

SPEKE. The spoke of a wheel. North, 

SPEKEN. A small spike. Suffolk, 

SPEKTAKEL. A spying-glass. (la/.) 

SPEL. (1) The same as ^eaU, q. v. 

(2) A tale, or history. {A.-^S.) 

And thow wolt that coone wel. 
Take gode hede on thys tpeL 

MS, Cott. Claud, A. ii. f. 189. 

(3) Liberty. Craven, 

SPELCH. To bruise, as in a mortar ; to split, 

as epelched peae, &e. Pegge, 
SPELDER. (1) To spell. Yorkeh, It is an 
old form. <'To speldyr, syiZodteore," MS. 
Diet, written about the year 1500. 
(2) A splinter, or chip. '' Spelder of woode, 
eeelaty** Palsgrave, 1530. 

The grete schafte that was longe, 
AUe to 9pUduf hit spronge. 

Avowitngt t^ King Arthar, xiii. 6. 

SPELK. A splinter or narrow slip of wood. 
Hence, a very lean person. North, "To 
spelk in Yorkshire, to set a broken bone; 
whence the splints or splinters of wood used 
in binding up of broken bones are calld tpelie. 
In Northumberland, a spelck is any swath, or 
roller, or band," Kennett MS. 

SPELL. (1) The trap employed at the game of 
nurspell, made like that used at trap-ball. 
Line, 

(2) A piece of paper rolled up to serve for the 
purpose of lighting a fire, a pipe, &c. Also 
the transverse pieces of wood at the bottom of 
a chair, which strengthen and keep together 
the legs, are called tpeOe. Line, 

(2) Pleasure ; relaxation. Somereet, 

(3) A turn ; a job. Var. dial 
SPELL-BONE. The small bone of the leg. 
SFELLE. To talk ; to teach. 

To lewed men EngUssbe I tpeOe, 
That undirstondeth what I con telle. 

Cunor Mundif MS. Coll, IHn. Cantab, f. & 
Of an erle y wyll yow telle. 
Of a better may no man speHe / 
And of hys stewarde, bryght of hewe. 
That was bothe gode and trewe. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. ii. 38, f. 147. 

SPELLERS. A speaker. {A,-S,) 
Spcke we of tho spellem bolde. 
Sith we have of this lady tolde. 
CWrwor Mundi, MS, CoU. Trin. Cantab, t, IS/J, 

SPELLERS. '* Etpoie <f tm cerf, the top of a 



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red deerea head ; of a fidlow, the ipeBen" 
Cotgraye. 
S^BLLYCOAT. A ghost North, 
SPJSXiLYNG. AreUtion; atale. {A.'S.) 
As we telle yn own •pMj/ng, 
Faltenea come never to gode endyng. 

MS. Oin/oft. Ff. U. ae, f. 195. 

SPELONKE. A cavern. {A,-N,) 
Monket and inendifuiunU» 
Men by hemiclye, 
In ipeket ind in tpelonk^t, 
Selde ipeken togideres. 

Pien Ploughman, p. 311. 

Than kyag Alezander and CandeobU went furthe 
alle tiiat daye, and come tille a grete tpdunc^ and 
thare thay berbcrde tbame. 

MSn lAmeoln A. i. 17, t. 43. 

SPELT. A splinter. '<Chippea or spelts of 

wood/' Nomenclator, 1585» p. 143. 
SPELT-CORN. Vetches. Devon. 
SPENCE. (1) " Spens a buttrye, de^feneier," 
Palsgrave. ** CWorttun, a spens," Nominale 
MS. The term is still in use in the provinces, 
applied to a safe, a cupboard, a convenient 
place in a house for keeping provisions ; a 
pantry; an eating-room in a farmhouse. 
" Di^pensortttm, a spenyse," Nominale MS. 
Yet I had lev^riheand I 
Where both togyther secretly 
Id some comer in thespenee. 

Interiudg i/M« Uig* XhmmtU, n. d. 

(2) Expense. Palagrate, 
SPEND. (1) To consume ; to destroy. EuL 
Than rode they two togadnr fr-ryght, 
Wyth ieharp sperys and swerdys bryght* 

Thay smote togedur son t 
Thar sperys they tprndj/d and brake schyldys. 
The pecys flewe into the feldys* 
Grete dyntys dud they dele tbore. 

jr& Cantab. Ft, ii. 38, f. 99. 

2) To span with the fingers. E^t* 
^ZS Fastened. Gawayne, 

(4) Tbe skin of a hog. Metapboiically, any 
surface, as sward. Devon. 

(5) To break ground. Comw. 
SPEND-ALL. A spendthrift. *' AUdrga la 

mdnot a spend all, a wast-good," Florio. 
SPENDING-CHSESE. A kind of cheese used 

by farmers for home consumption. Eatt. 
SPENDINGE. Money. (^.-&) 
And gyf them some ipendvnge. 
That them owt of thy londe may bryng. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 88, f. 78. 

SPENDLOW. In felUng wood for hurdles, 
the dead wood is tied in faggots and sold for 
firing. These &ggoto are termed apendhws. 
SPENE. (1) Block up ; stop up. Nearne. 
(2) To spend ; to consume time. 

And spene that day in holynes. 
And leTe aUe othor bysyncs. 

MS. Cott. aaud. A. Ii. f. 188. 
For All of Utternette hit is; 

Fui sore thou mi5t boi agast. 
For after that thou tpenett her amis, 
Leste thou be into helle 1-cast. 

SPENGED. Pied, as cattle. North. 
SPENISB. See ^^>«i« (1). 



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SPE NSERE. A dispenser of provisions. 

The tpmse m and the botillere botbe. 
The kyng with hem was fui wrothe. 

Cunor Mundi, MS. ColL Trim, Cantab, f. 28 
After he was kyng he wedded hure sone. 
His owoe jpencers doujter he was. 

Chran. FUodmn, p. €. 

SPENT. Exhausted. "1626, 14 Dec. Bryan 
Fletham, fisherman, bdnge ^ient, in a cobble/' 
Sharp's Chron. Mirab. p. 28. 

SPER. (1) To prop up; to support Srtll in 
use, according to the Craven Gloss, ii. 158. 

(2) Frail; brittle; fragile. 

SPERAGE. Asparagus. Ray's Diet. Tril. p. 8. 

Eating of Carduus benedictus, of rue, onyons, 

anise seed, garlike, rotten cheese, stalkes of tperage, 

fenell. Ftetditr'* Difference*, 1683, p. 9i. 

SPERE. (1) To ask; to inquire; to seek. 
Still in use in the North of England. *' To 
speer or goe a speering, to enquire and search 
for. Dunelm. And on the borders of Scot- 
land, he that can help to cattle taken away 
by moss-troopers is called titpeerer,** Kennett, 

MS. Lansd. 1033. 

For nothyng that they oowde «p«re. 
They cowde nevyr of hur here. 

MS. Cantab. Ff . ii. 38, f. 75. 
Then was the kyng bocbe biytheand gladd. 
And seyde. For Moradas y am not adrad. 

To batayle when he sehalle wende ! 
Ofte y made men aftur yow to tperg, 
But myght y not of yow here. 
My ryght sehalle thou defende. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. it 38, f. 80. 
And bad them tpeert aftur a man 
That late was oomyn thedur than. 

MS. Cantab. Ffl il. S8, f. 145 
Syr, he seyde, gramercy, nay, 
Efte togedur speke we may, 

Y aske yow but a stede : 
To other londys wylle y aperet 
More of awntuis for to here. 
And whodotbe besteyn dede. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. iL 88, f . 79l 

(2) A sphere. (A.-S.) 

(3) A point. {J.^S.) 

And till the sunne was at mydday opera. 
On golde and sylke and on woUessofte, 
With hir hondes she wolde worche ofte. 

l^dgate, MS. Aihtm. 39. f. & 

(4) Spirit. Sharp's Gov. Myst. p. 120. 
(6) To fasten ; to shut. Pahgrme. 

(6) A spy ; one who spies. 

(7) Spire ; shoot. Hence a stripling. 
SPEREL. A clasp, or fsstening. 
SPERINGE. A fastening. << TiiAme ys a jate or 

a jate with too sperynges/' MS.Glouc.Cath.l9. 

SPERKET. A wooden, hooked, large peg, not 
much curved, to hang saddles, harness, &c. 
on. " Spurgetf' according to Ray, " a tagge, 
or pieoe of wood to hang any thing npon f 
but we always pronounce the k. It is like 
perk, but the latter is supported at both ends, 
for fowls to perch on. Moor, p. 382. 

SPERKLE. The collar-bone. 

SPERME. Seed. {A,-N.) 

SPERN. A buttress, or spur. 

SPERR. To publish banns. Derh. Thi» 
derived from q^re, to ask. 



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SPERSE. TodiBpene. See ^otm. 

Sweete rotes colour In thst riuge falre 
With yvorie b »p«r»t and mingelled. 

BritWi BibHograpfur, L ». 

SPERT. A Budden fit or thought. Eati. 
SPERTE. Spirit. 

Into thy hands, Lord, I committ 
My sperte, which is thy dewe. MS. Ashmole 809. 
SPERYITE R. A keeper of 8parn)w.hawk8 and 

mnsket-hawks. Bemers. 
SPETCH. To patch. Yorksh, 
SPETCHEL-DIKE. A dike made of stones laid 
in horizontal rows with a bed of thin turf be- 
tween each of them. 
SPETOUS. Angry ; spiteful. {j4.-N,) 
Florent thanneadcedehisfadlr Clement 
Whate alle that tpttous noyes thanue meot ? 

MS. Uneoin A. i. I7, f. 103. 
Tborow my nayles« ■ tpetow wounde. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ii. 38, f. 4S. 

SPETTACLE. A spectacle. East 
SPEWRINO. A boarded partition. Bxmoor. 
SPEXT. Speakest. 

Hon that thuncheth he ded ys, 

Newe hous and comfort shal huen his, 

5ef thou with dede mon tpext^^ 

Muche Joie the is next. ^ 

Whoce thunchest himself adreint. 

Of destiirbaunce he bith attint. 

RBlUi.AKtiq.\.9S^ 
SPIAL. A spy. Shak. 
SPICCOTY. Speckled. Somenet. 
SPICE. (1) Sweetmeats; gingerbread; cake; 
any kind of dried fruit. North. 

(2) Species ; kind. {A.'N.) " Spyce,akynde, 
espeee,** Palsgrave, 1530. 

Al that toucfaeth dedly synne 
In any Qifctf that we falle ynne. 

MS. HttH, 1701, f. 1. 
Chydynge comys of hert hy. 
And grett pride and velany. 
And other <p<r8 that mekylle deret. 

R. de Brunne, MS, Bowet, p. 31. 

Here aftirwarde, as undirstonde, 

Thou schalt the tpM» as they stonde. 

Gotver, MS. Soe. Jntiq. 134, f. 61. 

(3) A slight attack of any disorder. South, 
« S^yce qfihe axtt/* Palsgrave, 1530. 

(4) A small stick. North. 

SPICED. Scrupulous. *' Spiced conscience/* 
Chancer. " Under pretence of ^ieed hoU. 
. nesse," tract dated 1594, ap. Todd's Illus- 
trations of (jower, p. 380. 
SPICE-KYEL. Broth with raisins. North. 
SPICE-PLATE. It was formerly the custom to 
take spice with wine, and the plate on which 
the spice was laid was termed the spice-plate. 
SPICER. A grocer. See Manners and House- 
hold Expenses of England, p. 153. 
SPICERY. Spices. 

He went and fett conynges thre 
Alle baken welle in a pa&ty. 
With wel gode t^cerye. 

MS. Cantah. Ft. x, 48, f. 50. 

SPICING. In a holly rod used for the handle 
of a cart-whip, the great thick end is called 
the stunqfy and the small taper end to which 
the lash is tied is called the tpicipg. 



SPICK. (1) A spike. Jlorio, p.98. 
(2) " A spycke of a bacon flycke," Skeiton, L 
106. From A.-S. qjtc, bacon, lardwn. ** Spyk 
of fiesshe, popa," Pr, Parv. ed. 1499. 
SPICK-AND-SPAN-NEW. Quite new. 
Fortune th' audacious doth Juvaze, 
But lets the timidous miscarry. 
Then while the honour thou hast gat 
Is tpidc and *pan new, piping hot. 
Strike her up bravely, thou hadst best, 
And tnist thy fortune with the rest. 

Hudibras, I. iii. 308. 

SPICV-FIZZER. A currant cake. Netpc. 
SPIDDOCK. A spigot. Spiddoek-pot, an 

earthen jar perforated to admit a spiddock. 

Spiddock'pot legt, laige awkward legs. 
For whilst one drop of ale was to be had. 
They quaft and drunk it round about like mad 1 
When all was off, then out they puH'd the tapps. 
And stuck the tpUdoekt finely in their hats. 

The PraUet^ Yorkshire Me, 1697, p. 15. 
SPIDER-CATCHER. A monkey. 
SPIDER-SHANKS. A lanky fellow. North. 
SPIER. A spy ; a scout. It is the translation 

of exphrator in Nominale MS. 
SPIFFLICATE. To dismay ; to confound ; to 

beat severely, far, dial 
SPIGGOT-SUCKER. " Pinteur, a tippler, pot- 
companion, spiggot-sucker," Cotgrave. 
SPIGHT. To spite. Tuner. 
SPIKE. Lavender, rar. dioL ** Pynte 

of spike water," Cunningham^s Rev. Ace. 

p. 35. i^piiir, Barnes' Dorset Gl. 

There growes the gllUflowre, the mynt, the daysie 
Both red and white, the blue-veynd violet ; 

The purple hyaoynth, the epfke to please thee. 
The scarlet dyde carnation bleeding yet. 

The AJ^eetinnate She^eard, 15M. 
SPIKE-AND-DAB. A waU of hurdle-work 

plastered over with mortar. West. 
SPIKE-BIT. A spike-passer. Herrf, 
SPIKE-NAILS. Large long naiU. 
SPIKE-POLE. A kind of rafter. West. 
SPIKING. A large nail. North. The tenn 

occurs in Palsgrave, 1530. 
SPIL. The same as SpeaUy q. v. 
SPILCOCK. A child's whirUgig. 
SPILE. (1) A peg at the end of a cask of liquor. 

Spile-hole, the receptacle for the same. On 

the top it is, as elsewhere, the vent-peg. ^file 

is also a pUe, driven in wet foundations, or in 

embankments. Moor. 

(2) To make a foundation in soft earth by driving 
in spiles or piles. East. 

(3) To carve or cut up birds. 

SPILL. (1) A trial ; an attempt. West. 

(2 ) The stalk of a plant. Devon. 

(3) The spindle of a spinning-wheeL 

(4 ) Quantity ; lot North. 

(5) A small reward or gift. East. 

(6) The spill of a tongue, i. e. a neat's tongue 
without the root. Devon. 

SPILLE. To destroy; to mar; to perish; to 
waste, or throw away. {A.-S.) 
To a wode they wente in hye. 
There the quene schulde passe by. 



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And thcK ttode they M§ ttyltok 
Then had he thoght fedyly 
To have do the queue a Tehmye, 
Vayne he woUe hur j|y<l«. 

MS, Caniab. Ff. li. M, f. 73- 
And jef hyre herte therto frylle* 
Rather thenne the ehylde scholde tpwO^i 
Teche hyre thenne to calle a men 
That in that nede heipe hyre con. 

MS. CWIen. Claud. A. ii. t 1S8. 
Homeer nyjt ooitte he nojt* 
New mete with hym he brojt. 
Wot deChttte woUe he not tpUh, 

MS, Cantab. Ff. ▼. 48, f. 51. 

SPILLINGE. Fftaure. 

SPILLS. Thin ilips of wood or paper, used 

for lighting candies, &c f^ar. dial. 
SPILQUERENE. ** Giraeubum, quidam htdut 

puararum, a spilqnerene/' Reliq. Antiq. i. 9. 
SPILT. SpoUed. Vttr. dioL 
8PILTE. Destroyed ; undone. (A.'S.) 
Then roMiche up and come agayne 
To syr Roger, and fonde hym alayset 

Then had aehe lorow y-nof h I 
AQu ! idie leyde, now am y sptfUt, 
Thyt lUw theft, withowtyn gylte. 
Why dyd he the to tlon } 

MS. Camiab. Ff. li. 38, f . 73. 
When the dewke harde hym so ley. 
Alias, he aeyde, and wele awey ! 
For my men that he «Rrfl«, 
Alle hyt yi myn owne gylte. 

MS. CatUab. Ff. li. 38, f. 154. 

SPILTERS. ** The spilten of a deer's head, tn 

eervt eormuarh apiet siaiUet fiuif daetyli, 

twreuUf'* Coles. 
SPILTH. That which is spot. 
SPILWOOD. Refuse of wood, or wood ^It by 

the sawyers. South. 
SPINCOPPE. A spider. 
SPINDE. A pantry, or larder. (Dut.) 
SPINDLE. (1) The piece of iron which supports 

the rest in a plough. Kent. 

(2) The third swarm of bees from the same hive 
is so called in Warwickshire. 

(3) Growing com is said to tpindle when it first 
shoots up its pointed sheath, previously to the 
deyelopment of the ear. Eagt. 

(4) ** A woman that makes or spins crooked 
spindles, that is, maketh her husband cuckold," 
Florio, p. 177, ed. 1611. 

(5) The same as Newel, q. v. 

8PINDLE.R0DS. Railings. Nart/L 
SPINE. (1) A thorn. 

Thou5 thatroMtatMidiomerbcnfuneiooCe, 
Yltte undemethe ia hid a fuile sharp JiyiM. 

Ufdgat^B Bochas,MS. Batton 2. 
And outeof hem eren y-like procede. 
As doth a llonre oute of the rouj tpsfnt. 

Ufdgats, MS. Soe. jOttiq. 134, 1. 17. 

^2) The green sward. fFett. 

(3) The hide of an animal ; the &t on the sur- 

face of a joint of meat. Detfon. 
SPINEDT. Stout ; muscular. /. Wigkt. 
SPINET. AsmaUwood. {Lot.) 

Dark-ehady Unnet agreed heat with her humour, 

where in Mine private •pitM, conversing with her 



own tbovghts, the used U> dlteoana of theeflbcta of 
her love in this nuumer. 

Tha Ttoa Lanmthira Lomera, 1840, p. 79* 
' SPINETTED. Slit or opened. Naret. 

SPING ARD. A kind of small cannon, 
i SPINOEL. FenneL Somenet. 

SPINK. (1) A chaiBnch. r«r. dioL 
, (2) A spark of fire. North. 

(3) A chink. Hantt. 
iSPINKED. Spotted, ^orkth. 
' SPINNAGE. At Norwich, children who are 
sickly are taken to a woman living in St. Law- 
rence to be cut for a supposed disease called 
the apinnaffe. The woman performs the 
operation on a Monday morning only, and 
charges threepence. On the first visit the wo- 
man cuts the lobe of the right ear with a pair 
of sdssors, and with the blood makes the sign 
of the cross upon the child's forehead. On 
the second Monday she does the same with 
the left ear ; and in some instances it is deemed 
necessary to subject the little sufferers to nine 
operations of tUs ridicuk>us ceremony. 

SPINNEL. A spindle. North. 

SPINNER. A spider. PakgroM. «' Eranye 
or spjmnare," Prompt. Panr. p. 140. 

SPINNEY. A thicket A small plantotion is 
sometimes so called. It occurs in this sense 
in Domesday Book. See Carlisle's Account 
of Charities, p. 306. In Buckinghamshire the 
term is applied to a brook. 
At the last hi a littel dlch he lepci over a apetme. 
Steles out ful stilly hy a strothe raude. 

Sifr Oawaj/n and tha Qrana Knffl, VTQB. 

SPINNICK. A dwarf. Somerset. 

SPINNING-DRONE. The cockchafer. Cormr. 

SPINNING-MONEY. Sixpences. Norf. 

SPINNING-TURN. A spinning.wheeL JTest. 

SPINNY. Thin; small; slender. The term 
occurs several times in Middleton. 

SPINNY-WHY. A child's game at Newcastle, 
nearly the same as Hide-and-seek. 

SPION. A spy. Heywood. 

SPIRACLE. '< A spiracle, a loftie sentence or a 
quickning conceipt." List of old words pre- 
fixed to Batman uppon Bartholome, 1582. 

SPIRE. (1) " Spyre of come, barbe du bte^ 
Palsgrave. " I spyer as come dothe whan it 
begynneth to waxe rype, je eapie,*^ ibid. 

(2) To ask ; to inquire. {A.-S.) 

When Adam dalfe and EvMH ipuie, 

Qo apirat U thou may spede ; 
Where was thanne the pride of maiie» 
That nowe merrct his mede. 

MS. Lincoln A. 1. 17, f. 213. 
In thi jouthe thou salle make thyneendynge,bot 
•firra me nother the tyme oe the houre whenne It 
•dial he, for I vrille on na wyse telle It to the. 

MS. Lincoln A. 1. 17. f. 4. 
My wille, my herte, and alle my wit 
Ben ftiUy sette to harken and ap^ra 
What eny man wol speke of hire. 

Oowar, MS. 9oe. Antig. 134, f. 74. 

(3) A young tree. North. 

(4) A stake. Chaucer. 

SPIRES. Is chiefly applied to the tall specie* 
of sedge which fbrms elastic mounds (invome 



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coimtict eat out and dried for church hassocks) 
in boggy places ; it is likewise used of the tall 
leaves of the common yellow iris, often found 
in wet meadows. Itle qf Wight. 

SPIRIT. The electric fluid. East. 

SPIRIT-PLATE. In melting of iron ore the 
bottom of the fiimace has four stones to make 
a perpendicular square to receive the metal, 
of which four stones or walls, that next the 
bellows is called the tuam or tuiron wall, that 
against it the wind-wall or tpirit^late. 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033» f. 388. 

SPIRITY. Spirited. North. 

SPIRT. Metaphorically, an interval, a brief 
space of time. North. 

SPI RTLE. To sprinkle. Drayton. 

SPIRT- NET. A kind of fishing-net, described 
in Blome's Gent. Rec. ii. 200. 

SPISER- WIFE. A woman who sold spices, and 
generally grocery. Nominale MS. 

SPISS. Firm; thick. (Lat.) " Condetuo, con- 
dense, thicke, spisse,'* Florio, p. 115. 

SPIT. (I) The depth a spmAe goes in digging, 
about a foot. Far. dial. A spade is some- 
times so called. 

2) To lay eggs, said of insects. fFe$t. 

3) Very slight rain. Far. dUU. 

(4) ^t7 and a atride, a phrase meaning a very 
short distance. North. 

(5) A sword. A cant term. 
^6) Injury. Oawayne. 
SPITAL. Set Settle (4). 
SPIT.BENDER. A farmer's wife having a 

roasting pig to sell, will, to enhance its virtues, 
call it by this name, implying that it is so fat, 
plump, and heavy, that your spit shall scarcely 
preserve its straightness under the pressure of 
its weight SufoUt. 

SPIT-BOOTS. Heavy leather gaiters, covering 
the shoe and leg, and fastened by iron clasps 
and screws. Cumb. 

SPIT-DEEP. The depth of a spade. 

SPITE. ** Spyte of his tethe, mauJgre quil en 
ayt,'* Palsgrave, 1530. 

SPITEFUL. Keen; severe. North. 

SPITOUS. The same as Spetout^ q. v. 

SPITTARD. A two-year hart. '< Svhdo, an 
hart havyng horues without tynes, called (aa 
I suppose) a spittare," Elyot, 1559. 

Alio It ii not to be forgotten, that they have 
divert other namet to dinstingulth their yeares and 
countries, as for example : when they begin to have 
honiet, which appeare in the second yeare of their 
age like bodkins without braunches, which are in 
Latine called subulse, they are also called subulones 
for the similitude, and the Germans cal such an one 
spishirts, which in English la called a «p<ftarrf, and 
the Italians corbiati, but the French have no proper 
lunno for this beast that I can Icam until he be a 
three yciaring. 

TopMlTa F<mr-Foot0d Beast*, 1607, p. ISS. 

SPITTER. (1) SUght rain. Var. dial. 

(2) A small tool with a long handle, used for 
cutting up weeds, &c. Weft. 

SPITTLE. (1) A spade. Var. dial. ** Spytyll 
II. 



fbrkys,'' apparently meaning pronged spades, 
are mentioned in Tundale's Visions, p. 24. 

(2) A nasty dirty fellow. Eaet. 

(3) Very spiteful. Somerset. 

(4) A hospital. The term was originally applied 
to a lazar-house, or receptacle for persons 
affected with leprosy, but afterwards to a 
hospital of any kind. According to Gifford, a 
hospital or ^ital was an almshouse, and ^ittle 
a lazar-house ; but this distinction seems to 
be an error. " A spittle, or hospitall for 
poore folkes diseased : a spittle, hospitall, or 
lazarhouse for lepres," Baret's Alvearie, 1580. 
^ittle whore^ a very common whore. 

So shall you thrive by little and little. 
Scape Tyborne, counters, and thejpM/e. 

Songa qf the London Prentieee, p. SS. 

SPITTLE - SERMONS. Sermons preached 
formerly at the Spittle, in a pulpit erected for 
the purpose, and afterwards at Christchurch, 
City, on Easter Monday and Tuesday. Ben 
Jonson alludes to them in his Underwoods, 
ap. Gifford,viii.414. 

SPITTLE-STAFF. A staff of wood four or five 
feet long, shod at the lower end with a wedge 
like a piece of iron, to stub thistles with. The 
use of this implement is much affected in 
small towns by the occupiers of two or three 
acres of pasture land. Line. 

SPIT-TURNER. A boy or dog employed to 
turn the spit for roasting. 

SPLACK-NUCK. A miser. Norf. 

SPLAIDE. Unfolded ; displayed. 

He eplayde his baners f^U grete plent6. 
And herawdys unto that ccte then sente he. 

jfrchewlogia, xxi. 49. 

SPLAIRGE. To splatter. Northumb. 

SPLAITING. Splaiting in the shoulder of a 
horse is thus described by Topsdl : 

This commeth by some dangerous sliding or 
slipping, wherby the shoulder parteth from the 
breast, and so leaves an open rift, not in the skin, 
but in the flesh and filme next under the skin, and 
so he halteth and is not able to goe i you shal per- 
oeive it by trailing his legge after him In his going. 
The cure according to Martin is thus : First put a 
paire of strait pastemes on his fore-feet, keeping him 
stll in the stable without disquieting him. Then 
takeof dialthea one pound, of sallet-oyle one pinte, 
of oyle de bayea halfe a pound, of fresh butter 
halfe a pound ; melt al these things together In a 
pipkin, and annoint the grieved place therwith, and 
also round about the inside of the shoulder, and with- 
in two or three dales after, both that place and all 
the shoulder besides wil swel. Then either prick him 
with a lancet or fleame in al the swelling places, or 
else with some other sharp hot iron, the head whereof 
would be an inch long, to the intent that the cor- 
ruption may run out, and use to annoint it stll with 
the same ointment. But if you see that it wll not 
go away, but swel stil, and gather to a head, then 
lance it where the swelling doth gather most, and is 
soft under the finger, and then taint it with flax dipt 
in this ointment ; take of turpentine and of hoga 
grease of each two ounces, and melt them together, 
renewing the taint twice a day until it be whole. 

HiHorw of Four-rooted Beasts, 1607, p. 306. 

SPLASH. (1) The same as Plash, q. v. 
(2) Smart and gaily dressed. Bast. 

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SPLAT. (1) A row of pins as they are sold in the 
^vper. SomeneU 

All prim, norra blank, 

Norra bUnk, &U prises ! 
A waiter— knife— or aclwis ■heer<— 
A tpiai o' pint— put in, my dear !— 
Whitccbapel nllls 111 tiice. 

BalUid ^f 7Vm Gool. 

(2) To split, or cut up. 

To tjiatt the bore they wente fiille tyte. 
Tlicr was no knyfe that wolde hym byte. 
So harde of hyde was hee. 

Sir Eglamuur e/Jrtois, 490. 

(3) A large spot. Devon, 
SPLAT-FOOTED. Splay-footed. Devon, 
SPLAUDER. To stretch out, said generally of 

the arms or feet. Yorkth. 
SPLAUTCH. To let a soft substance fall 
heavily, applied to its impingement with the 
floor. Nortkumb. 
SPLAVIN. An eruptive blotch. Herrf. 
SPLAWED. Spread out. Nwf. 
SPLAYE. To spread abroad ; to unfold. {A.'N.) 
Hence the term splay-foot, splay-band, spl&y* 
mouth, &c. 

Wonder hygh ther late a krowe, 
Hia whyng es •fla^nn^g* to and ffro. 

MS, cut, Tibtr, A. vii. f . 4S. 

SPLATED-BITCH. A castrated bitch. It u 
a superstition still existing in retired parts of 
the county, that certain persons had the power 
of transforming themselves into the shape of 
different animals, particularly hares, and that 
nothing could have any chance of running 
against them but a tplayedbiteh. Line, 

SPLAYING. SUnting. Oxon, 

SPLEEN. Violent haste. SkaJt. 

SPLEENY. Full of spleen, or anger. 

SPLEET. " Piteem exdortuare^ to spleete out, 
or part alongest the ridge-bone just in the 
midst," Nomenclator, 1585, p. 62. 

SPLENDIDIOUS. Splendid. Drayton, 

SPLENT. (1) A lath. '< Splent for an house, 
laite" Palsgrave. The term is still in use in 
Suffolk. Splents are parts of sticks or poles, 
either whole or split, placed upright in form- 
ing walls, and supported by rizzers (qv) for 
receiving the clay daubing. The term seems 
to have been applied to any small thin piece 
of wood. 

Or wilt thou in a yellow boxen bole, 
Taite with a wooden 9fi«nt the tweet lythe honey ' 

TA« 4ffiict4onat€ Shepheard, 1694. 

(2) In the following passage tplent seems to 
mean a splinter, or chip, or perhaps one of the 
spkntMy q. V. 

On the ichoulder felle the etroke, 
A grete tptente owte hyt smote. 

MS, Cantab, Ft, 11. 38, f. 213. 

(d) A kind of inferior coal. 

SPLENTIDE. 

The spekei was tplentide alle with speltls of silver 
The space of a sperc lenghe springaude f^lle faire. 
Mort9 Arthure, MS. Lincoln, f, 87. 

SPLENTS. In ancient armour, several little 
plates that run over each other, and protected 



the inside of the arm. ** S|toit, hamene for 
thearme, garde de trot" F^sgnve. 

My ooat of Made vdvet furred with marterns, 
with six pair of Alman rivets oomplale, with spJcntt, 
saliets, and all things tlMfcuBto belon^ng. 

T$at. VmuaL p. 658. 

SPLETTE. To spread out flat 
SPLINTED. Supported. Chegman, 
SPLIRT. To spurt out. North. 
SPLIT. (1) 7b make aUaplit, an old phrase im- 
plying great violence of action. 
(2) To betray confidence. Var. dioL 
SPLITTER-SPLATTER. Splashy dkt North, 
S PLOB. To split off pieces of wood. 
SPLOTCH. A splash of dirt. EasL 
SPLUTTER. To talk quickly and indistincUy, 

as if the mouth were full. Var. diaL 
SPO AK. The bar of a ladder. 
SPOAT. SpitUe. Lane. 
SPOCKEN. Spoken. Abr^A. 
SPOCLE. The same as Spole (2). 
SPOFPLE. To make one's self very busy over 

a matter of little consequence. Eaet, 
SPOIL. (1) To cut up a hen. A term in carving, 

given in the Booke of Hunting, 1586. 
(2) To rob. This sense is still in use applied to 

robbing birds' nests. Eaet, 
SPOKE. To put a spoke in one's wheel, L e. to 
say something of him which is calculated to 
injure or impede his success. 
SPOKEN-CH AIN. An appendage of a waggon, 
consisting of a long strong chain, to be fixed 
to the spoke of the wheel, when the team is 
ttaUedf or set fast in a slough. 
SPOKE-SHAVE. (1) A basket for bread. 
(2) A narrow plane used for smoothing the in- 
ner parts of a wheel. ** Spokeshave or a 
plane," Palsgrave, 1530. 
SPOLE. (1) The shoulder. (Fr.) 

sir Andrew he did twarve the tree. 

With right good will he swarved then ; 
Upon his breast did Horsley hitt. 

But the arrow bounded back agen. 
Then Horseiey tpyed a privye place 

With a perfect eye in a secrette part ; 
Under the tpole of hii right arme 
He smote Sir Andrew to the heart. 

Baliad of Sir Andrew BorfMi. 

(2) A small wheel near the distaff in the com- 
mon spinning-wheeL " Spole, a wevers in- 
strument," Palsgrave, subst. f. 66. 
SPOLETT. 

Spendis unsparely that sparede was lange, 
Spedis theme to tpolett with speris i-newe. 

Morte Arthure, MS, Liiteoln, f. 115. 

SPOLLS. Waste wood cut off in making hur- 
dles, &c. East AngUa, 

SPON. A shaving of wood. 

SPONDLES. The joints of the spine. 

We have, siith hee, an example of a woman, which 
was grievously vexed with an itch in the upondlet or 
Joints of the back-bone and reins, which she rubbing 
very vehemently, and rasing theskinne. small mam- 
mocks of stone fel Arom her to the nuanlier of 
eighteen, of the bigncs of dice and colour of piidatcr. 
Oftiek Gla8$9 of Humere, 1630^ p. ISO. 

SPONE. A spoon. (A,^.) 



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SPOMSNE. Spoil ; woveii. 
Bothe hu akyrtlll* om ksfiUle fbr hyta«elT«ne, 
Thatmu^MMMfM in Spayne with fpecyal A byrdei. 
And sythyne garnacht in Grcce Ailte gray Uily togedin. 

Mort0 Arthurs, MS. Unootn, t. 64. 

SPON6. (1) An irreg;u]ar, narrow, projecting 
part of a field, whether planted or in grass. 
If planted, or ronning to underwood, it would 
be called a squeech or qneech. Spinny is an- 
other indefinite word applied, like dangle, 
reed, shaw, &c. to irregular bushy plots or 
pieces of land. Moor. 

(2) To work carelessly. Sttrrey. 

(3) Hot spong, a sudden power of heat from the 
sun emerging from a cloud. Eiut. 

(4) A boggy wet place. Norf, 

SPONGE. One who imposes by taking more 
food, clothing, &c. than he is entitled to. 

Or from the wanton affection, or too profuse ez> 
pence of light miatressci, who make choice of rich 
aenranti to make tpvnget of them. 

Tha TUfo Litneathlre Lavtn, 1640, p. 94, 

SPONG-WATER. A small narrow stream. EmL 
SPONSIBLE. Applied to character, respect- 
able; sometimes for responsible. York. 
SFOOLING-WHEEL. The spole, q. v. " ^oAi, 
a weavers spooling-wheele or quill-tume,'' 
Florio, p. 525, ed. 1611. 
SPOOM. To *< go right before the wind with- 
out any saiL" It was also spelt spoon. 

Tif spoon, or tpooningt la putting a ship right be- 
fore the wind and the wa, without any sail, which 
is eall'd spooning afore, which is commonly done 
when in a great storm a ship is so weak, with age or 
labouring, that they dare not lay her under the sea. 
Sometimes, to make a ship go the steadier, they set 
the foresail, which is eall'd spooning with the Jbre- 
saii. They must be sure of sea-room enough when 
they do this. A Sea-DietUmary, 12mo. Lond. 17<je. 
SPOON. The navel. Yorkth. 
SPOON-MEAT. Broth? soup. Var.dial 
SPOON-PUDDINGS. Same as Drop-dump- 

Ungsj q. ▼. 
SPOORNE. The name of a fiend.' See R. Scot's 
Discoverie of Witchcraft, quoted in Ritson*s 
Essay on Fairies, p. 45. 
SPORE. (1) Spur; prick. {A,-S.) 

He smote the stede wy th the oponf. 
And qiared nother dyke nor forowe. 

MS. Omtob. Ff. il. ae, f. U9. 
Nou thou him knowest and his bounty. 
Lore him wel for charity 
Erermore to thi iyres ende. 
To joye and Uisse then schalt ou wende. 
That he hath ordeyned for ure solace. 
Lord, bring us thidcr for thin grace i 
Thus endeth the «fwre of love, 
God grant us the blisse of herene above. 

Tho Priek of Looo, Vernon MS. 

2) A support to a post. EoMt. 

3) Spared. Cambridgeth. 
SPORGE. (1) To have a lask. 
(2) To dean, or cleanse. (y^.-N.) 
SPORNE. (1) To strike the foot against any- 
thing. Chaucer. 

(2) Shut ; fastened. Yorksh. 

SPORT. Toshow; to exhibit. Var.dial. 

SPORTAR. A fpuzrier, or spur-maker. 



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SPOSAILS. Espousals ; marriage. 

Hennes forward he seyd me, 
Schuld the «pofatl« couthe be^ 
Than schul yeacordi, 
And togider saughten wele an hi. 

Gtf of Wanolko, p. SOI. 

SPOT- To drop ; to sprinkle. Wett. 
SPOTIL. Spittle, 

When thou wolt do awey the lettre, wete a pensel 

with tpotU at with watur, and moist therwlth the 

lettrcs that thou wolt do awey, and then cast the 

powder therupoo, and with thi nail thou maist done 

awey the lettres. Reliq. jintiq. i. 108. 

SPOTTLE. (1) A schedule. Cumb. 

(2) To splash, or dirty. WcmL 

SPOTTY. Run spotty, applied to hops when the 

crops are unequal KeiU. 
SPOUCU. Sappy, as wood. SuffoiJt. 
SPOUNCE. To splash. Somerset. 
SPOUSE. To marry, or espouse. S^owsyng, 
marriage, espousals. {A.-N.) 
Yis, dame, he saide, preciouse, 
Gif thou me helpe, ich wille the opouao, 

Tho Sovyn Sagoo, S666. 
The nyghte was gon, the day was come 
That the opowoyng was done. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. il. 38, f. 117. 

SPOUSEBRECHE. Adultery. 

And the Airst day of his crownyng. 
Into opouool^roeho he felle anon. 

Chron. VUodun. p. 21. 
In thys best ys forbode alle spowobreeho and alle 
flcshelyche dedys towchynge lecherye bytwenc man 
and womman out of spowshude. 

MS. Bumoy 356, p. 86. 
Pof of the lest 1 will now speke. 
For soule-hele 1 wil you tech ( 
l*hynk on man, God wille hym wrcke 
Of hym that is cause of opouoe-broke. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ▼. 4S, f 6& 
SPOUSE-HEDE. State of marriage. See the 

first example quoted under Roghte. 
SPOUT. (1) When a man is in high spirits, 

they say he is in great spout. Berks. 
(2) To put anything up the spout, L e. to place 

it in pawn. Var. dial 
SPRACK. Quick ;liyely; active. West. 
SPRACKLE. To climb. North. 
SPRADDENE. Spread out. 

Bot jit he sprange and sprente, and opraddeno his 

armes, 
And one the spere lenghe spekes, he spekes thlre 
wordes. Morto Arthuro, MS. Lincoln, f . 88. 

SPRAG. (1) The same as Sprack, q. y. 

(2) To prop up. Salop. 

(3) A young salmon. North. 
SPRAGED. Spotted. Devon. 

SPRAI. Sprigs ; boughs ; straw. Heame. 

SPRAID. (1) To sprinkle. East. 

(2) Chopped with cold. Decon. 

SPRAINTING. Dung of the otter. 

And of hares and of conynges he shal seye the! 
croteyeth, that of the fox wagyng, of the grey the 
warderebe, and of othere stynkyng beestys he shal 
clepe it dryt, and that of the otyr he shal clepe it 
oprapntyng. MS. BodL 548. 

SPRALE. To sprawl about Deeon. 
SPRALL. A carp. Hohne,1688. 
SPRANGENE. Made to spring ? 



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60 they tpede at tbc tpourO) they »prtmgtmf§ their* 
honei, 

Hyres theme haken«yef hastyly thereartyre. 

MorU Arihun, MS, Utteoln, f. 08. 
SPRANK. (!) Asprinlding. fFett. 
(2) Original ; clever. I. qf Wight. 
[Z) A crack in wood. Suffolk. 
SPRANKER. A watering-pot. WeiU 
SPRAT-BARLEY. The species of bariey with 

very long beards or awms, or auns. The 

Hordeum vtUgare of Linn. Moor, 
SPRAT. LOON. The small gull. Kent. 
SPRATS. Small wood. Ketmett, 
SPRAT-WEATHER. The dark roky days of 

November and December are called ^frat 

weather, from that being the most favorable 

season for catching sprats. 
SPRAULEDEN. Sprawled. (A.^S,) 
Hwui the children bithwawe 
Leyen and tptauUden In the Mod. 

SPRAWINO. A sweetheart. WiUt, 
SPRAWL. (1) Motion ; movement. Somerset, 
2) To speak in a slow drawling tone ; to pant 

for want of breath. 
SPRAWLS. SmaU branches ; twigs. East, 
SPRAWT. To sprawl and kick. North, 
SPRAY. (1) A twig, or sprig. {J.^.) Binding 

sticks for thatching are called epraye, 

(2) 
The Bretsni blodc thalle nndur IUIe» 

The Brouttut blode thalle wyn the «pray ; 
V^. thousynd Englluhe men, gret and imalle, 
Ther thalle be ilayne that nyght and day 1 

MS. Cantab. Ft. v. 48. f. 121. 

SPRAY-BRICKS— or SPLAY-BRICKS, are 
made with a bevil for reducing the thickness 
of a wall. They are otherwise called set'Off 
bricks. I believe our names are from ditplay, 
though that may not be deemed the most ap- 
propriate term. Moor, 
SPREADER. A stick to keep out the traces 

from the horses' legs. Weet. 
SPREATH. Active; nimble. Wilte, 
SPREATHED. Chopped with cold. Weet, 
SPRECKLED. Spedded. Var.diaL 
SPREDD. 

The marynere let hur on hyi bedd, 
Sche hadd loone aftur a byttur gpredd, 

MS. Qtntab. Ft, U. 38, f. 08. 

SPREE. (1) Spmce; gay. Devon. 
(2) A merry frolic Far. dioL 
SPREINT. Sprinkled. (J,^S.) 

The wych was, at I undentood, 
Spreifmt with dropya off red blood. 

M8, OM. rUelL C. zUl. f. 97. 
SPREMED. Striped. Pegge. 
SPRENT. (1) Leapt. Perceval, 1709. 
To the chambyr dove he tprente. 
And clatpid it with barret twoo. 

MS, Hari. SS5S, f. 109. 
The lady ynto the tchyp wente ; 
XXX. fot« the lyenas aftur tprente, 

MS, Cantttb. Ff. H. 38, f. 85. 
Whenne Florent lawe that iwete wyghte. 
He tprent als any fowk of flyghte, 
No lenger thenne wolde he byde. 

MS, Uncoln A. i. 17> f- 107- 



(2) The steel spring on the bttdc of a cbip kailie 

Nortkmnh, 
(3^ Sprinkled. (//.-5.) 

(4) A spot, or stain. Yorith. 

(5) Sprained. Arch. zxx. 413. 

(6) Shivered ; split Gawayne, 
SPRENTLENDE. Fluttering. 

SprtHitmUt with hire wyngto twc7» 
Aa tche whicJM tdiulde than deyeb 

Omoer, MS, Soe. JnOq. IM, f. 103. 

SPRET. (1) A boatman's pole. " Spiette for 
watermen, /Mcyr," Pal^irave. 

Some hente an oore and tome a tpr^fti 
The lyenat for to meete. 

MS Gmlia6.Ff.iL38.C8&- 
A lang gpnte he bare in hande. 
To ttrenghe hym in the water to ataade. 

MS. Umeotm A. 1. 17» C US. 

(2) A soul, or spirit. " ^trt/iit, a spret," Nomi- 
nale MS. xv. Cent. 

And wicked tpnhu to orybleaad Uake. 
That beay bene to wayte me day and nyghte. 
Let thi name dryve hem owte of tyghte. 

MS. Cantmb, Ft. i. 6, f. ISi. 

SPRETCHED. Cracked ; applied only, as far as 
I know, to eggs, which having been set upon 
are said to become apretehed a day or two 
before the liberation of the chicken is 
effected. Line, 

SPREY. The same as l^nree, q. v. 

SPRIG. (1) A lean lanky feUow. NortJL 

(2) To turn off short. Donet, 

(3) A nail. Var, dud. Men who work in wall 
or mud-work, have to run barrows full of 
earth on planks, perhaps upwards. To prevent 
slips a triangular piece of iron is screwed to 
their shoe-heels, having three points half an 
inch long projecting downwards. These are 
called tprige, 

SPRIGHT. A small wooden arrow used to be 
discharged from a musket. " Sprights, a sort 
of short arrows (formerly used for sea-fight) 
without any other heads save vrood sharpned^ 
which were discharged out of musquets, and 
would pierce through the sides of ships where 
a bullet would not," Blount, p. 606. 

SPRING. (1) Quick ; a young wood ; a young 
tree. Still in nse in SuffoUL The term was 
also applied to a single rod or sprig. 

(2) To dawn. Also, the dawn of day. 

Be that the 00k began to crow. 

The day b^gan to tfnmgi 
The idieref fond the Jaylier ded. 

The oomyn belle nubde he ryag. 

MS, Camtab, Ft. ▼. 48» f. 131. 

(3) A tune. 

(4) The lower part of the fore-quarter of poric, 
divided from the neck. 

(5) To become active or sharp. North, 

(6) To give tokens of calving. Yorieh. 

(7) A snare for hares, birds, &c. 
SPRINGAL. (1) Anandent military engine for 

casting stones and arrows. {J.-N.) 
And turn thai wente to the wal 
With bowet and with tffimgai, 

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Ti|bgelf ^rtfnglmt, and alio eogyne. 
They wrou5t owre men ttaSkt mekyl payne. 

Jb^uBotogUi, zzt.81. 
(2) A youth ; a young lad. 
SPRINGE. To sprinkle. {A.^S.) StiUinnM. 
To spring clothes is to moisten them a little 
previously to ironing. 
SPRINGER. A lad. EtuL 
SPRINGLE. (1) A rod about four feet in length, 

used in tbatohing. Salop. 
(2) A snare for bii^ WeMf, 
SPRINGOW. Nimble ; active. Che$h, 
SPRING-TOOTH-COMB. A smaU toothed 
comb, one that has very fine teeth, and usually 
made of ivory. 
SPRINGY. Elastic. Var.dioL 
SPRINKE. (1) A crack, or flaw. EomL 
(2) To q>rinkle ; to splash. Lme, It occurs in 

the Ord. and Reg. p. 469. 
SPRINKLE. (1) Abmah used by Roman CathoUcs 
tot sprinkling the holy water. '* Ytoput, a spren- 
kyUe ; atpenormmt idem est,'' Nominale MS. 
(2) A number, or quantity. Var, dial, 
SPRINT. A snare for birds. North. 
SPRIT. (1) To sprout ; to grow. Cheth. 
(2) To split. Devon and Comw. 
SPRITE. The woodpecker. East. 
SPRITTEL. A sprout, or twig. 
SPROIL. Liveliness. Devon. 
SPRONG. (1) The stump of a tree or tooth. 
Suseer. It is sometimes pronounced tpronk. 
(2) A prong of a fork, &c. fVest. 
SPRONGE. Spread abroad. (^.-5.) 

Kyng Ardus toke hyi leve and wente, 
Aod ledd with hym hys lady gcnte, 

Home rychely coone they rydet 
AUe hys londe was Aille fayne 
That the qwene wu come ageyn» 
The wovde tfnmge f idle wyde. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. 11. 88, f. 82. 

SPRONGSNE. Shivered in pieces. 

Whene his spere was tpnmgtne, he spede hyme fuUe 

5eme, 
Swappede owtte with a swerde that swykede hym 
oerer. Mort9 Arthun, MS. Uneoin, f. 72* 

SPROT. " Sprotte, a fysshe, esplenc," Palsgrave. 
A sprat, or smelt. 

SPROTES. (1) FragmenU. Small wood or 
sticks for firing is still called eprote^wood. 

And thei breken here speres so rudely, that the 
tronchoiins fleu In sprout and peoes alle aboute the 
halle. MawtdovMt n«Mi«, 1839, p. 238. 

(2) Pimples ; eruptive spots. 

SPROTTLB. To struggle. North. 

SPROUT. To sprout pototoes is to break the 
young sprouts off. North. 

SPROUZE. This strange verb is equivalent to 
stir or rouse up, or ig)rouae the fire. This 
may, probably, be its origin, with an acci- 
dental sibiUant prefixed. Moor'a Suff. MS. 

SPRUCE. (1) Prussian, as Spruce-beer, &c. 

(2) To make the crust of bread brown by heating 
the oven too much. Bed$. 

SPRUG-UP. To dress neatly. Sunex. 

SPRUN. The fore part of a horse's hoof. Also, 
a sharp piece of iron to the sprun, to prevent 
the horse slipping on the ice. 



SPRUNGE. To kick out ; to spurn. Unc. 
SPRUNK. To crack, or split Essex. 
SPRUNKS. 

With Ityars and monks, with their fine tprunkt, 
I make my chiefest prey. Robin Hood, ii. 164. 

SPRUNNY. (1) A sweetheart. Var. dial. 
Where if good Satan lays her on like thee, 
Whipp'd to some purpose will thy iprunnp be. 

Coll%n»*t MiacelUtniet, I'm, p. 111. 
(2) Neat ; spruce. Notf. 
SPRUNT. (1) A convulsive struggle. Warto. 

(2) A stoep road. North. 

(3) Poisoned, said of cattle. Surrey. 
SPRUNTLY. Sprucely. Ben Jonson, v. 105. 
SPRUT. To jerk violently, as with a spasm. 

A violent jerk or sudden movement is called 
a sprut. Su9sex. 
SPRUTTLED. Sprinkled over. Leic. 
SPRUZ. To keep fire at the mouth of an oven 

in order to preserve the heat* 
SPRY. (1) Chapped with cold. West. 
(2) Nimble ; active. Somerset. 
SPRYNGGOLYNG. Sparkling ? 

Toward the lady they come fust rennyng. 

And sette this whele uppon her hede. 

As eny bote yren yt was tpr^ggolpng rede. 

MS. Land. 416, f.7A. 
SPRYNGYNG. In thespryngyng of the mone, 
L e. at the time of the new moon. 

A sybbe maryage thys day hare we made 
In the apryngyng of the mone. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. 11. 38, f. 70. 

SPRY-WOOD. Small wood, spray of the sea 

the foam or firoth of it blown at a distance. 
SPUD. (1) A spittle-staff, q. v. Var. dial 

(2) A baby's hand. Somerset. 

(3) A short dwarfish person. Essex. 

(4) A good legacy. West. 

SPUDDLE. To move about ; to do any trifling 

matter with an air of business. West. 
SPUDGEL. A small kind of trowel or knife; 

also, an instrument to bale out water. South. 
SPUDLEE. To stir or spread abroad the 

embers with a poker. Ejnnoor. 
SPUNDGING. 

On goes she with her holiday partlet, and tpundg. 

Iiij' herself up, went with her husband to church, 

and came Just to the service. 

TttrUon*t Netoet out qf Purgatorie, 1200. 

SPUNK. (1) " S^nk in Herefordshire," says 
Urry, in his MS. notes to Ray, '* is the ex- 
cressency of some tree, of which they make a 
sort of timber to light their pipes vrith." 

(2) Spirit. Var. dial. 

In that snug room where any man of tpunk 
Would find it a haid matter to get drunk. 

Peter Pindar, i. S4ff. 

(3) A spark ; a match. North. 
SPUNKY. Very spirited. Var. dial. 
SPUNT. Spurned. Suffolk. 
SPUR. (1) The root of a tree. North. 
{2) To spread manure. West. 

(3) To prop ; to support. South. The spur of 
a post, a short buttress to support it. 

(4) Time ; leisure. West. 
SPUR-BLIND. Purblind. Latimer. 
SPUR-GALLY. Wretched ; poor. Vor^iet. 



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SPURGE. (1) To ceil with a thio coat of mortar 

between the raften, without laths. Ea»i. 
(2) " I spurge, I dense as wyne or ale dothe in 
the vesscll " Palsgrave. ** I spurge, as a man 
dothe at the foundement after he is deed," 
Palsgrave, verh. f. 370. 

A mouie on a tyme felle Into a, barellc of n«we 
ale. that tpourgidt ande myght not come out. 

GtiMta Awnutfiorvm, p. 403. 
With hU eyen and mouth fayre closed, withoule 
any sUring.gapyng, orftownyng, aiko without any 
dxerelyng or tfurgyng in any place of hit body. 

HaU, Henr^ FUL f. AO. 
I harebeene gathering wolrn halres. 
The madd dogges foamet, and adden eares ; 
The •purging of a deadmant eyes : 
And all since the evening turrc did rise. 

Pere^t Reliqtu; p. M5. 

SPUR-HUNT. Or iptir-hound, a finder, or dog 
that finds and puts up game. 

SPURK. To rise up quickly. Ea»t, 

SPURLING. A cart-rut. Northumb. 

SPURN. (1) A piece of wood inserted at one 
end in the ground, and at the other nailed at 
an angle to a gatepost, for the purpose of 
strengthening or supporting it. lAne. 

(2) To kick. Also, a kick. 

(3) An evil spirit. Dortet. 

SPUR-NAG. 

And like true «|N<r-mv*, strain hardest agalnatthe 
hill ; or, like thunder, tear It there mott, where we 
meet with the iturdiett and most rugged oak. 

A Cap of OVey HairB^ 1688, p. 58. 

SPURN-POINT. An old game mentioned in a 
curious play called Apollo Shroving, 12mo. 
Lond. 1627, p. 49. 

SPURRE. The same as Spere, q. v. 

SPURRIER. A maker of spurs. 

SPURRING. A smelt. North, 

SPURRINGS. The hanns of marriage. 

SPURROW. To ask ; to inquire. Wettm. 

SPUR-ROYAL. A gold coin, worth about fif- 
teen shillings. See Snelling's Coins, p. 24. 

SPURS. (1) The short small twigs projecting a 
few inches from the trunk. East. 

(2) When a young warrior distinguished him- 
self by any martial act he was said to win hit 
apurt, spurs being part of the regular insignia 
of knighthood. 

SPURSHERS. Straight young fir trees. 

SPURTLE. A small stick. North, 

SPUR-WAY. A bridle-road. Eatt. 

SPUTE. Dispute. Oawayne. 

SPUTHER. Squabble. 

When we know all the pretty aputher. 
Betwixt the one houae and the other. 

Rrom^t Songt, 1061, p. 171* 

SPY. The pilot of a yessel. 
SQUAB. (1) An unfledged bird ; the young of an 
animal before the hair appears. South, 

(2) A long seat ; a so£el North, '* A squob to 
sit on, puhmui molUeettui" Coles. 

(3) To squeeze ; to knock ; to beat. Devon, 
SQUAB-PIE. A pie made of fat mutton well 

peppered and salted, with layers of apple, and 
an onion or two. Weat, 
SQUACKBTT. To make any disagreeable noise 



with the mouth. " How Pincher ayiMefo/^ 
about r Su$iex. 
SQUAD. (1) Sloppy dirt. Lhte. 

(2) A group, or company. Somertet. 

(3) An awkward squad, an awkward boy. Per- 
haps from »quad, a small body of recmits 
learning their military exercises. 

SQUAGED. Smeared ? 

For to make clone thp bcko yfpt bo dqfttmtpd «r 
oquagott.—Take a icheryr of old broun bred of the 
cruAimyt, and rub thy boke therwith lore up and 
downe, and y t thai dense yt. Reliq. ^ntiq, 1, 163» 

SQUAGHTE. Shook. 

1 he medwe ofunghto of her dentei » 
The fkir flegh out to spark a fllntee. 

Beoeo ^f Hamtoun, p. 69. 

SQUAIGE. To whip, or beat. East, 

SQUAIL. To throw sticks at cocks. Sguailer, 
the stick thrown. West, Mr. Akerman says 
sqwoiUng is used for throwing, but something 
more is required than merely throwing ; the 
thing thrown must be some material not 
easily managed. Jennings properly says, 
to fling with a stick; and he might have 
added, with a stick sometimes made unequally 
heavy by being loaded with lead at one end. 
Squailing therefore is often very awkwardly 
performed, because the thing thrown cannot 
be well directed ; hence the word squaiUng is 
often used in ridicule, not only of what is 
done awkwardly, but what is untowardly or 
irregularly shaped. " She went up the street 
squailing her arms about, you never saw the 
like :" an ill shaped loaf is a squailing loaf ; 
Brentford is a long squailing town ; and, in 
Wiltshire, Smithfield Market would be called 
a squailing sort of a place. 

SQUAILS. Ninepins. Somerset, 

SQUAIMOUS. Squeamish. Perhaps as et^iM^. 
mous, which I fear is explained wrongly. 

SQUAINE. A herdsman, or servant. 
Hit Is alle the kyngus waren, 
Ther is nouther knyjt ne oqwapno 
That dar do skh a dede. MS. Cmntob, Ff. ▼. 48, f. 49. 

SQUALL. " Obeseau, a young minx or little 
proud squall," Cotgrave. **Tuesun eainar, 
thou art a squall," Hollyband's Dictionarie, 
1593. The term was one of endearment as 
well as of reproach. 

SQU ALLEY. According to Blount, " a note of 
faultines in the making of cloth." 

SQUALLY. A crop of turnips, or of com, 
which is broken by vacant unproductive 
patches, is said to be squally. Norf. 

SQUAMES. Scales. (Lot,) 

SQUANDERED. Dispersed ; e. g. '• His fismily 
are all grown up, and squandered about the 
country;'' L e. settled in diiFerent places. 
fFarw. " And other ventures he hath squan- 
dered abroad,'' Merch. Yen. i. 3. 

SQU AP. (1) To sit down idly. Somerset, 

(2) A blow. Also, to strike. 

SQUARD. A rent in a garment Also, to tear. 
Comw, 

SQUARE. (1) To quarrel ; to chide. Skak. 

(2) To stand aside. Yorksh. 



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(3) To put one's self in an attitude fit for boiing. 
Far, diaL 

(4) To strut ; to swagger about. Dewm. 

(5) Honest ; equitable. " Square dealing" 
SQUABE.DICE. Dice honestly made. 
SQUARELY. Roundly ; excessively. 
SQUARES. (1) There is a common phrasci all 

aquaresy meaning all settled, all right. An in- 
stance of it occurs in the Pickwick Papers, 
p. 434. To break equare9f means to depart 
from the accustomed order. See an instance 
of this latter phrase in Lambarile's Perambu- 
lation, 1596, p. 466. To break no egnares, to 
give no offence, to make no difference. How 
gang squareMj how do ye do ? How go the 
eguareSf how goes on the game, as chess, the 
board being full of squares. 

(2) Broad hoops of iron holding coals in the 
baskets while they are being drawn up from 
the pits. North. 

SQUARKIN. (1) " I squarkyn, I bume the utter 
part of a thyng agaynst the fyer, or roste mete 
unkyndly,year9. This mete is nat rostyd, it 
is squarkynnyd,'' Palsgrave, verb.f. 371. 

(2) To suffocate. Ibid. 

SQUARY. Short and fat. North. 

SQUASH. (1) To splash. Eaet. 

(2) An unripe pod of a pea. 

(3) To squeeze or crush to pieces. West, 
SQUASHY. Soft ; pulpy ; watery. Warw. 
SQUAT. (1) To bruise; to lay flat; to slap. 

South. '* In our Western language equat is a 
bruise," Aubrey's Wilts, Royal Soc. MS. p. 
127. "To squatte, or throwe anie thing 
against the ground," Baret, T. 213. 
And you take me %o near the net again, 
111 give you leare to tquat me. 

Middlittcti'M Work; v. 36. 
(2) To make quiet. Var. dial. 
?3) To splash. North. 

(4) A short stout person. Une. 

(5) To compress. Devon. 

(6) A small separate vein of ore. 

(7) Flat. (8) To make flat. Kent. 
SQUAT-BAT. A piece of wood with a handle 

used to block the wheel while stopping on a 
bill. Sueeex. 
SQU.\TCH. A narrow deft. Somerset. 
SQ UATMORE. The name of a plant. 

Neer or at the salt-worke there growes a plant 
they call squatmorHf and hath wonderfull vertue for 
a squatt ; it hath a roote like a little carrat : I doe 
not heare it la taken notice of by any herbalist. 

Aubrey'tMS. WiU», p. 197. 

SQUATTING-PILLS. Opiate piUs ; pUls cal- 

cnlated to squat or quiet any one. Eatt. 
SQUAWK. To squeak. Var. dial. 
SQUAWKING.THRUSH. The missel-thrush. 

/. Wight. 
SQUAWP. A dirty or peevish child. 
SQUEAK. To creak, as a door, &c. 
SQUEAKED. Spoke. Devon. 
SQUEAL. Infirm ; weak. Devon. 

That he was weak, and ould, and «gfM«a{, 
And leldom made a hearty meal. 

Pettr Pindar, ed. 1794, i.S86. 



SQUEAN. Toiret,a8thehog. 
SQUEECH. The same as Queaeh, q. ▼. 
SQUEEZE. To squeeze. ** Don't squeeze me 
to the wall," don't drive the bugain too 
close. A Gloucestershire phrase. 
SQUELCH. (1) A fall. (2) To falL 

And yet was not the tqnelch wo ginger. 
But that I spialnM my little finger. 

Cbrton'f W<irk9» 1734, p.S42. 
(2) To give a blow in the stomach. North. 
See Middleton, iv. 410. "To squab, squelch, 
collido/* Coles. Also, a blow. 
He was the creara of Breclinock, 
And flower of all the Welsh ; 
But George he did the dragon fell, 
And gave him a plaguy tqueUh. 

S!r. George for England, 8d Part. 
SQUELCH-BUB. An unfledged bird; used 

also for an ignorant youth. Derby. 
SQUELCH-GUTTED. Very fat. South. 
SQUELE. To squall ; to shriek. East. 
Bounden with his swatheling bonde. 
There thoujte him hit lay tqueionde. 

Cursor Mundi, MS. Coll. Trin. Cantab. (. 9. 

SQUELSTRING. Sultry. Devon. 
SQUELTRING. Sweltering. 

The slaughter^ Trojans, tqueltring In their blood. 

Infect the air with their carcasses. 

And are a prey for erery rav'nous bird. 

Tragedif of tacrine, p. 26 

SQUEMOUS. Saucy. Lane. 

SQUENCH. To quench. Var. dial. " Fetche 
pitch and flaxe, and squench it," First Part of 
the Contention, p. 59. 

SQUIB. *< Conndcchia, a kinde of bushy squib,*' 
Florio, ed. 1611, p. 117. 

SQUIB-CRACK. Cracking like a squib ? 
So your rare wit, that's ever at the fuU, 
Lyes in the cave of your rotundious skull, 
Untill your wisedomes pleasure send it forth. 
From East to West, ftom South unto the North, 
With »quib crack lightning, empty hogshead thun- 

dring. 
To male the world with terror and with wondrlng. 

Tatfkn'* Laugh and be Fat, 1630, p. 70. 

SQUICHT. 

But think you Basilisco^^uieMfor that, 
Ev'n as a cow for tickling in the horn ? 

Trage^ ofSoHman and Peraeda, p. 968. 

SQUIDDLED. Cheated ; wheedled. West. 

SQUIDGE. To squeeze. /. Wight. 

SQUIDLETS. Small pieces as of meat or 
cloth. " What use be sich little squidleta as 
that?" Dorset. 

SQUI ERIE. A company of squires. 

SQUIF. A skiff, or small boat. 

SQUIGGLE. To shake about. Essex. 

SQUILLARY. A scullery. Palsgrave. "The 
pourveyours of the buttlarye and pourveyours 
of the squylerey," Ord. and Reg. p. 77. Ser^ 
geavnt'SquyUoure, ibid. p. 81. "All suche 
other as shall long unto the squyllare," Rut- 
land Papers, p. 100. The squiiler's business 
was to wash dishes, &c. 

How ihesquyUr of the kechyn, 
Pers, tlMt hath woned hereyn. 

MS. Hat 1. 1701, f. 39. 

SQUILT. A mark caused by disease. Salop. 



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SQUIMBLB^QUAMBLE. " Griffegnfey by 
hooke or by crooke, 9quimble Mfuambk^ tcam- 
blingly, catch that catch may," Cotgrave. 
SQUINANCY. A quinscy. 

Good Lord, how many Athenian ormtoun hmvc 
wee that counterfaite «vwiMncy for a little ooyne. 

Don Simunidett 9d Part. 1A84. 
If Jupiter be tltniiftcatoc ^ <^* death, It de- 
noteth that hee shall die of a pluritie, of a «fwi- 
fMfiM, or of some hot apoetumations of the Ilrer, or 
of the lungs, or of other sicknesses comming of wind 
or of blood i and that if he be fortunate. 

TK9 Art nf Attrotogit, 164S. 

SQUINANCY-BERRIfiS. Black currants. 
SQUINCH. (1) A quince. Dewm. 

(2) A crack in a floor. Jfegt. 

(3) A small piece of projecting stonework at 
the top of the angle of a tower. 

SQUINCY. A quinsey. 

Shall not we be suspected fbr themurder« 
And choke with a hempen s^tMney. 

JtandoljAV Jealow Loe<r«, 164S, p. M. 

SQUINDER. To smoulder. Ea$t. 
SQUIN-EIES. Squinting eyes. 

Gold can make limping Vulcan walke upright. 

Make tqubt-€iM looke straight. 

He«eto Cko«M« Osed Wifk, 16M. 

SQUINK. To wink. S^foiJt. 
SQUINNY. (1) To squint. Var, dial Shake- 
speare has the term, King Lear, i?. 6. 

2) Lean ; slender. Eatt. 

3) To fret, as a child. Hantt. 
SQUIPPAND. Sweeping. Rohwn, 
SQUIR. (1) To cast away with a jerk. Boys 

tquk- pieces of tile or flat stones across ponds 
or brooks to make what are denominated 
DuckM and drakes. The term is used in the 
Spectator, No. 77, "I saw him squir away 
his watch a considerable way into the 
Thames." 

(2) To whirl round. Stunx, Bailey gives 
iqwirm as a South country word, meaning 
*'to move very nimbly about, spoken of 
an eel." 

SQUIRE. (1) To wait or attend upon. 

(2) J squire qf the body, originally the attend, 
ant on a knight, but the term was afterwards 
applied to a pimp. Squire of dames, a person 
devoted to the fair sex ; also, a pander. A 
pimp or procurer was also termed simply a 
squire. To squire, to pimp, as in the Citye 
Match, 1639, p. 35, " and spoUe your»^irniy 
in the dark." 

(3) " Squyer for a carpentar, esquierre" Pals- 
grave. " Squyer a rule, riglet.** Ibid. 

(4) The neck, for Swire. 
SQUIRILITY. Scurrility. Webster, iii. 28. 
SQUIRM. To wriggle about. South. 
SQUIRREL. A prostitute. 

SQUIRRE L-HUNTING. A curious Derbyshire 
custom. The wakes at Duffield are held on 
the first Sunday after the first of November, 
and on the wakes Monday the young men 
and boys of the village collect together, to the 
number of two or three hundred, and with 
pots^ and kettles, frying-pans, cows' horns, and 
all tK« discordant instrument; uiey can pro- 



cure, proeeed to Kedleston, thmd time 
miles distant, in search of a squiixeL They 
gather themselves louBd the fine oaks and 
elms in the park, and with the noiae of tbdr 
instruments and tiieir loud hallooi aoon tqc- 
ceed in starting one amongst Htm boogbs. 
This they chase firom tree to tree, until aUn- 
ned vrith the noise, and wearied with exertion, 
it falls to the ground, and is captured ; it is 
carried back in triumph to Doflield, and not 
unfirequently undergoes the torment of a 
second hunt in a wood near the village. 
Whether this is the remains of a privilege of 
hunting in the forest of Duffield, possoaed 
by the inhabitants or not, I know not, but 
many unsuccessful attempts have been made 
to stop it, the inhabitants always asserting 
their right to hunt. At the same village the 
old custom of wren hunting is still ob- 
served. See Huntinff'the- Wren, 

SQUIRT. « Squyrte a laxe, fure, Palsgrave, 
subst. f. 66. 

SQUIRTEL. " Sqviyrtyl or swyrtyl, ss^bnt, 
sibilo,'* Prompt. Psrv. MS. HarL 221, f. 162. 

SQUISB. To squeeze. Baret, 1580. 

SQUISH-SQUASH. The noise made by the 
feet in walking over a swampy piece of grcwnd. 
South. 

SQUISHY. Sloppy and dirty. Eatt. 

SQUIT. Small. A word confined in its use. 
"A little squit of a thing" is said dispa- 
ragingly of a somewhat diminutive and not 
pleasing young woman. 

SQUITTER. (1) To squirt. Somerset. 

(2) Corrupt matter. Batman, 1582. 

(3) A lask, or looseness. Var. dial. 
SQUIZZEN. To crush; to rumple. East. Also 

the part. pa. of to squeeze. 
SQULSH. The same as GuJch, q. v. 
SQUOACE. To truck, or exchange. Somerset. 
SQUOAVERAN-CALLAN. A jesting youth. 
SQOB. (1) With a crash. " He throwed him 

down squob." Sussex. 

(2) To squob a bird's nest, to throw sticks or 
stones at it and break the eggs. Oxon. 

(3) Fat and lusty ; plump. 

SQUOBBLE. A term among printers; when the 
letters fall out of a form they say it is 
squobbled. Holme, 1688. 

SQUOLK. A draught of liquor. Essex» 

SQUOLSH. The sound which is produced by 
the fall of soft heavy bodies. Euex. 

SQOT. To spot with dirt. Derb. 

SQUOURGE. To scourge. Palsgrave. 

SQUOZZON. Squeezed. NartA. 

SQUY-BOBBLES. This singular word was 
&mi]iarly used by mine hostess at Felixstow. 
** He'd a bawt the home, but for the lawyer's 

• squi-bobblesy** referring to difficultly or delay 
about title. I know not how fsi the use of 
the word may extend. It seemed expressive 
and easily understood. Moor's Suff. MS, 

SQUYWINNIKEN. Awry i askew. East. 

SQWERYLLE. A squirrel. This form occurs 

. in the Nominale MS. xv. Cent. 



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SRUD. Clothed. (/^.-5.) 

And com into then hailed 

Tber hoe wes tnid with paUe. MS, Digbir 86. 

STA. State. Heame. 

STAB. A hole in the ground in which the 

female rahhit secures her Utter whUe they are 

very young. Sunex. 
STABBING. Stabbing the dice, a system of 

cheating by using a box so contriTed that the 

dice would not turn in it. 
STABBLE. To soil anything by walking on it 

with dirty shoes. HaniM. 
STABILER. " StabulariuSf a stabyler/' Nond- 

nale MS. xv. Cent 
STABLE. To make firm or stable. 
Ry5t to the gyfte of pit« festei. 
And ttablM the hert thare it rettea. 

MS, Harl. 2260, f. 4. 

STABLED. When a rider sinks with his horse 
into a deep hole or bog, he is said to be stabled. 
Oxam. 
STABLISSE. Toesteblish. (^.-N.) 
Til Ood of hii goodneiee 
Gan ttablUse and gtynte. 
And garte the hevene to ttelcie 
And stonden in qulete. 

PUr§ Ploughman, p. 2S. 

STABLYE. Station of huntsmen. Gawayne, 

STABULL. Stable; firm. 

Gye calde forthe the constabull, 

A nobuU man, and of cowncdl stabulU 

MS, Cantab. Ff. il. 38, f. 167. 

STACE. Statiusi the Boman poet. 

STACLA. A term ofcomparison used in Norfolk, 
e. g. that will do like stacia, as drunk as 
8tacia,&c. 

STACK. (1) A chinmey-piece. We$t. 

(2) A flight of stone steps outside a building. 
Gloue. and Her rf. 

STACKBARS. Large hurdles with which hay- 
stacks in the field are generally fenced. Yori$h. 

STACKE. Stuck. {A.-S,) 

STACKER. To reel; to stagger. North, 

STACK-TOMB. A table monument. East, 

STADD. Put; placed. 

Y wylle dyne for love of thee. 
Thou haste byn strongly §tadd, 

MS. Cantab* Ff. iL 38, f . 65 . 

ST ADDLE. (1) The stain left on metal after the 
rust is removed. West, According to Grose, 
"a mark or impression made on anything by 
something lying upon it." 

(2) A support for a stack of com, &c. StaddUng, 
stuff to make a staddle. 

(3) To cover. West, 
STADDLE-ROW. A large row of dried grass 

ready for quiling or carrying. Derby, 
STADDOW. An instrument used by comb- 
makers, mentioned by Holme, iiL 383. 
STADE. (1) A shore or station for ships. This 
word is constantly used at Hastings. ** Stade. 
and statb, a sea-bank or shore, Sax. stathe, 
Uttus, statio namumt whence at Hith in Kent 
the landing-place or sea-side to which the 
boats come up is now caild the stade, and at 
Hoveden in Yorkshire the like landing-pUces 
are termd Hooden stathes" Kennett MS . 



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(2) Placed? 
When they ware siade oo a strenghe, thou snide 

hafe withstondene, 
Bot jif thowe wolde alle my steryne stroye fore the 
nonys. Morte Arthurs, MS. Lineofn f. 79. 

STADELL. The step of a ladder. Kent, 
STADIE. A stadium. 

And with o wynde he wolde renne a ttadie. 

MS. Dlg6y830. 

STADLE. To cut woods in such a manner as to 
leave, at certain distances, young plants to re- 
plenish them. Stadles, young growing trees 
left after cutting underwood. 

It is oommonlie seene that those yoong ttaddtes, 
which we leare standing at one and twentle yeerce 
fall, are usuallie at the next sale cut downe without 
any danger of the statute, and serve for fire bote, 
if it please the owner to bume them. 

Harriton** England, p. 2U. 

STAED. A bank. Oxtm, 
STAFF. (1) Part of a knight's armour, alluded to 
in Warner's Albion's England, xiL 291. 

(2) A measure of nine feet. Devon, 

(3) To scoff at ; to ridicule. Devon. 

4) A pair of fighting-cocks. South. 

5) 7b put down his staff in a place, to take np his 
residence. To keep the stuff in his hand^ to 
retain possession of his property ; to.part tmth 
the staff, to part with his property. Stinff 
hedge, a hedge made of stakes and underwood. 

(6) A stave, or stanza. 

STAFF-HIRD. To have sheep under the care of 

a shepherd. North. 
STAFF-HOOK. A sharp hook fastened to a 
long handle to cut peas and beans, and trim 
hedges. /. of Wight. 
STAFFIER. A lacquey. {Fr.) 

Before the dame, and round about, 
Msreh'd wliifflers and tiaffi^» on foot. 

Hmdibrag, II. ti. 650. 

STAFFLE. To walk about irregularly. North, 

STAFFORD-COURT. He has had a trial in 
Stafford Court, i. e. he has been beaten or ill- 
treated. **Il a est6 aufestin de Martin boston, 
he hath had a triall in Stafford Court, or hath 
received Jacke Drums intertainment," Cot- 
grave. **Brace^sca licenza, as we say Stafford's 
law," Florio, p. 66. 

STAFF-RUSH. The round-headed rush. 

STAFF-SLING. A kind of sling formed with a 
staff. ^ Potraria, /ustibuhim, stafftlynge," 
Nominale MS. " Staffe slyng made of a clyfte 
stycke, ruant," Palsgrave. 

With tarbarelle and with wilde fyre. 
With ata/aynge* and other a tyre. 

MS. Addit. 10036, f. 84. 

Foremeste he sette hys arweblasteres. 
And aftyr that hys good areheres. 
And aftyr hys Mtaff-alyngtm, 
And othir with scheeldes and with speres. 

Kiehard Goer de Hon, 44M. 

STAF-FUL. Quite fulL 

Now ar thay stoken of stume werk »taf-ful her bond. 
;S^ Gawayn and the Grene Knp'^t, 494. 

STAFT. Lost or wasted .> 

Then Uke out the suet that it be not *t^^ftf 
• For that, my fireend, is good for leachcraf t. 

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STAG. (l)AcistratedbulL Far. dial. 

(2) A hart in in fifth year. Mautre of the Game, 

MS.Bodl.546. 
^3) A young horse. Cumb. 
(4) A wren. (5) A cock turkey, killed for eating 

in his second year. Ea^t. 

(6) A romping girl. Yorkth, 

(7) A gander. North. Aubrey gives the follow- 
ing Lancashire proverb : 

He that will have hb fold full 

Must have an old tup. and a young bull ; 

He that will have a full flock 

Must have an old tiagge and a young cock. 

MS. Rnyal Soe. p. 896. 

STAG ART. A hart in its fourth year. Maistreof 

the Game, MS. Bodl. 546. 
STAGE. A step, floor, or stor>'. Palsgrave has, 
" stage, a scafTolde, estage, beffroy." 
Then shall men fetch down offthejf^gv 
All the roaldens of parage. 
And bring hem Into an orchard. 
The faireat of all middelard. 

BUW» Met. Rum. UL 196. 

STAGGARTH. A stack-yard. Une. 
STAGGED. Bogged. Devon. 
STAGGERING. " Staggeryng or leanyng of an 
' house, brafule" Palsgrave. 
STAGGERING-BOB. A very young calf. Cheih. 
STAGGERS. (1) SUggering or violent distress, 

metaphorically from the disease so called. 

Shak. See Nares, in v. 

(2) The giddiness in sheep occasioned by a 
worm in its brain. Dorset. 

(3) Old quick removed from one hedge to an- 
other. Salop. 

STAGGERY. Liable to tremble. Midx. 

STAGGY-WARNER. A boy's game. The boy 
chosen for the stag clasps his hands together, 
and holding them out threatens his compa- 
nions as though pursuing them with horns, 
and a chase ensues, in which the stag endca. 
vours to strike one of them, who then be- 
comes stag in his turn. 

STAG-HEADED. Said of a tree the upper 
branches of which are dead. North. 

STAGING. (I) Scaffolding. Notf. The term 
occurs in Anecdotes and Traditions, p. 37. 

(2) Standing quite upright. Northumb. 

STAGNATE. To astonish utterly. Var. dial. 

STAGNE. A lake. " By the «/<vn« of Genaza- 
reth,** Golden Legend, ed. 1483, f. 82. ^'Duckes 
meate, whiche is a kinde of weades hovering 
above the water in pondes or stangnes, lent 
pahtitrU/' Huloet, 1552. 

STAGON. The male of the red deer in its 
fourth year. See Harrison, p. 226. 

STAID. Of advanced age. Var. dial. 

STAIDLIN. A part of a corn-stack left stand- 
ing. North. 

STAIL. A handle. Var. dial. 

STAIN. (1) To paint. Somerset. 

(2) To outdo, or exceL 

STAINCH. A root Uke liquorice. North. 

STAINCHILS. Door-posts. North. 

STAIR-FOOT. The bottom of the stairs. 

STAITH. An embankment ; a narrow road or 



lane leading over the bank of a river to the 
waterside; a warehouse. The aame as 
Stathe, q. v. 
STAK. A stake; a post. (J.^.) 
He ys a lyoun in feld. 
When he y* spred undur tcheid ! 
Hyg helme ahal be wd tteled. 
That stond thai as afolr. Dagrtvaitt, 1044. 
STAKE. (1) To shut ; to fasten. North, 

(2) Lot, or charge. Devon, 

(3) To block up. 

Then caus'd his ships the river up to stake. 
That none with victual should the town relieve. 

Drapten's Poewu, p. 27. 

(4) In MS. Med. Rec. Lincoln, f. 294, xv. Cent, 
is a receipt for " the staJte in the syde." The 
tightness of the chest, producing difficulty of 
breathing, is called staking at the stomach. 
See Salop. Antiq. p. 576. "The brest with 
the stak,*' Arch. xxx. 413. 

(5) A small anvil standing on a broad iron foot, 
to moveon thewoik-bench at pleasure. Holme 
gives the name to << a great iron for a smith to 
forge iron or steel- work upon." 

STAKE-AND-RICE. A wattled fence 
STAKE-BEETLE. A wooden club to drive 

stakes in. South. 
STAKE-HANG. Sometimes called only a hang. 
A kind of circular hedge made of stakes, forced 
into the sea-shore, and standing about six feet 
above it, for the purpose of catching salmon, 
and other fish. Somerset. 

A koaw'd All about thtetake-hangM 

Tha sAlmon vor ta catdi, 
Tha pitchin an tha dfppia net, 
Tha slime an tha raud-batdi. 

Janningtr Obeervanotu, 1825, p. 141. 

STAKER. To stagger. (J..S.) ** QfensetorM 

that stakereth in redyng, as though he were 

not perfecte in readyng, or readeth otherwise 

than it is written," Elyot, ed. 1559. '< Stak^ 

kerynge on the ground," Morte d'Arthur, 

ii. 52. Still in use in Devon. 

STAKING. Costiveness in cattle. Yorieh, 

STALANE. A stallion. *' Emissaritie, a sta- 

lane," Nominale MS. 
STAL-BOAT. A fishing-boat BlomU. 
STALDER. A pUe of wood. It is the transla- 
tion of chantier de bois in Hollyband's Dic- 
tionarie, 1593. A stalder is the stool on 
which casks are placed. 
STALE. (1) To steal. Also, stolen. 

Alio if ye erer stale eny straynche diild. 
As som women do in divers place. 

MS.Ltmd,AlB,f.&. 
Nodur no man of flesche nor felle, 
Hyt ys a fende stale fro heUe. 

M& Cantab. Ff. U. 38, f. 118. 

(2) A decoy ; a snare. " Stale for fonles takynge," 
Palsgrave. " The lyon never prajeth on the 
mouse, nor faulcons stonpe not to dead «/ales," 
Dorastns and Fawnia, p. 38. " Laie in stale,*' 
L e. in wait, Stanihurst's Descr. Ireland, p. 
21. "A stale or pretence, a firand or deceit,*' 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033, 1 392. 

If it be a solitary beauty you court, which as yet 
Is intemsraia vlrgo, so that none berida take to the 



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■cent, ihe will not long be lo, ftir your attendanoe 
will be but like the fowien «tel«, the appcanmoe of 
which bringi but othen to the net. 

A Cap nfGnif Hairt/or a Green Head, 16B8* p. 96. 

He ordelned certain of his men to gere aieaulte to 

the toune of Guisnef while he stode In a stale to lie 

in waite for the relefe that might come from Calli«. 

Haire Union, 1548, Hen, IF. f. 31. 

(3) A company or band ? '* To keep the stale/' 
Malory's Morte d' Arthur, i. 150. 
With hys stelyne brande he ttrykes of hy* herede. 
And sterites owtte to hys stede, and with his etale 
wendes. Mnrte Arthure^ MS, lAneoln, f. 67* 

{4) A prostitute. A cant term. Our old writers 
use the term in the sense of a auJbftUute for 
another m wiekedueit, npectaUy m adultery, 
as in Middleton, ii. 521, or sometimes as a 
cover for another's guilt. 
And that is all I could do» for before 
I could get earnest of any ones love. 
To whom I made addresee, even she would lay, 
You hare another roistresse, go to her, 
I wil not be her etale. 

The Shephearde Ho^ey, sig. 0. 1. 
Must an husband be made a stale to sinne, or an 
inlet to his o«rne shame ? 

The Two Laneathire Loaere, 1640, p. 21. 

(5) Wanting freshness, formerly applied in this 
sense generally. 

(6) Urine. Still in nse. << Stale, pysse, etcAiy/' 
PahgraTC, 1530, substf. 66. 

(7^ A stalk. Warw. 

(8) To render stale or flat ; to make cheap or 
common. Shak, 

(9) A hurdle. North. 

(10) The round of a ladder. 

(1 1) The confederate of a thief. 

Lives like a gentleman by sMght of hand. 
Can play the foist, the nip, the etale, the stand. 

J^lore Brood of Cormorante, 1630, p. 8. 

(12) To hide away. Somenet, 

(13) ^ 9tale naaidy an old maid. 
STALE-BEER. Strong beer. /. of Wight. 
STALENGE. To compound for anything by 

the year or number. North. 
STAUNGE. Urine. 

Snmme of Alexander knyghtes lykked Irene, 
summe dranke oyle, and summe ware at so grete 
mcflohefe that thay dranke thalre awene etaiynge. 

MS. Lineoin A. i. 17, f. S?. 
STALK. (1) A company of foresters. 

(2) To use a stalking-horse for obtaining wild- 
fowl and game. 

(3) The. leg of a bird. " Oueau trop haut 
aim, whose staulkes (or legs) are too long " 
Cotgrave, in y.Auia. 

(4) A quin, or reed. 

(5) The part of a crossbow from which the ar- 
row is ejected. *' Stalke of a shafte, iiut" 
Palsgraye, 1530, subst. f. 66. 

(6) The upright piece of a ladder ; the principal 
upright in any small monumental erection. 

(7) The stem of a tree. Wett, 
STALKE. To step slowly. {A.-S,) 

And to thebedde heetalketh stille^ 
Where that he wbt was the wife. 
And la his hande a rasour knife 
He bare, with whiche hir throte he cut. 

Goioer, ed. IftM, f . aS. 



STALKER. (1) A fowler. Properly, one who 
used the stalking-horse. North. 

(2) A kind of fishing net. 

STALKING. Wet and miry. GUme. 

STALKING-COAT. A sort of coat worn in 
England in the reign of Henry YIII. 

STALKING-HORSE. A horse real or fictitious, 
by which a fowler screens himself from the 
sight of the game. 

What a slie bussard it is ! A roan can scarce get 
a shoot at him with a eialMng-horee. He has been 
scar'd sure. 

aarke'e Phraeeologta PuerUis, 1650, p. 1S6. 
There is no getting at some fowl without a 
etalking-horee, which must be some old jade trained 
up for that purpose, who will gently, as you would 
hare him, walk up and down in the water which way 
you please, flodding and eating the grass that grows 
therein I behind whose fore-shoulder you are to 
shelter yourself and gun, bending your body down 
low by his side, and keeping his body still full be- 
tween you and the fowl. When you are within 
shot take your level from before the fore-part of 
the horse, giving Are as it were between his neck 
and the water, which is much better shooting than 
under his belly. Now to supply the defect of a 
real etaUcing-horee, which will take up a great deal 
of time to instruct and make fit ftr thU exercise, an 
artificial one may be made of any piece of old can- 
vas, which is to be shap'd in form of a horse, with 
the head bending downwards, as if he grai'd. It 
may be stufibd with any light matter, and sliould be 
painted of the colour of a horse, whereof brown is 
the best ; in the middle let it be fixt to a staff, with 
a sharp iron at the end, to stick into the ground as 
occasion requires, standing fast while you take your 
level s and farther, as it must be very portable, it 
should also be moved, so as It may seem to graae as 
it goes ; neither ought its stature be too high or too 
low, for the one will not hide the body, and the other 
will be apt to Aright the fowl away. But when you 
have so beat the fowl with the etaJking-horee that 
they begin to find your deceit, and will no longer 
endure it, you may stalk with an ox or cow made 
of painted canvu, tiU the etatking-horee be forgot, 
while others again stalk with stags, or red deer, 
formed out of painted eanvas, with the natural 
boms of stags fixed thereon, and the colour so 
lively painted that the fowl cannot discern the 
fallacy. DktionaHum Ruetiemm, 1796. 

STAf jL. (1) To forestall. Jotuon. 

(2) To tire ; to satiate. North. 

{dS To choke. Northumb. 

(4) A temporary hut. Northan^t. 

(5) To set fast, as in mud, Sec 
(6^ A doorless pew in a chnrch. 

(7) A covering for a finger, used to protect it 
when cut or sore. Far. diaL 

(8) A term of contempt. 

So shall you meete with that etatl. 

That woulde my kingdome elaymeand ealL 

Chester PU^e, i. 178. 

(9) To Stan a debt, L e. to forbear it for a time. 
Leycester Corresp. p. 45. 

(10) Place ; seat ; room. StaUe, to sit in place, 
to order. {A.-S.) 

Als he was stoken in that etaO, 
He herd byhind him, in a wall, 
A dor opend fair and wele. 
And tharout come a damysel. 

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And thaak* thcr lord thmt fyttvth on hye. 
Thmt fonMth and etmUe^ the kyngys sm. 

Jf^. Omtaft. Ff. U. n, f. S. 

(1 1) To make, or ordain. StaiUng to th$ rog/ue, 
an old method of admitting into the loeiety 
of canting rogues. 

(12) To fatten. " It ia tyme to stall your oxyn 
that yon entend to sel after Ester," PaUgrave. 

STALLAGE. A wooden trough on which casks 

are placed for working heer. Sut§ap, 
8TALLANT. A stallion. PaltgrfO0. 
STALLING. Making, or ordaining. So ex- 
plained hy Dekker, in his LanUiome and 
Candle-Light, 1620, sig. C. iii. 
STALLING- KE N. A house for receiving stolen 

goods. Dekker, 1612. 
STALLON. A slip from a plant. 
8TALUME. AstalUon. Pakgrave. 
8TALW0RTH. Strong ; stout ; brave. 
Wo had a Inodur they callyd Morsdai, 
Wyth tho tM p or o w te he was, 
A 9Mwmnh man y-nogh. 

M8. Omtmb. Tt. 11. SB, f. 80. 

And thta waud noght hruwll ne ftldande hot Hai- 

•MrtMr lartand. MS, CM. Am. 10. f. ft. 

And arho itrenyde me to «(«/le-fMrrMr* that I 

had no monthe to fpeke, ne no hande to ityrre. 

J». Uneoin A. i. 17, f* 193. 
Aod«tal/iMMtJk0ljr were 10 he wende, 
And lastandely to hyt lyvet ende. 

If & UarL 8M0, f. 18. 

STAM. (1) The stem of a vessel } 

So itowttly the fortterne one the tarn hyttU, 
That ttokket of the i tere-burde itrykkyi in peces. 

MorU Arthurs, MS, Lincoln, f. 91. 
(2) To amaze ; to confound. East. 
STAM-BANG. Plump down. Comw, 
STAMBER. To stammer. 

Curled locks on idiots heads, 

Yeallow as the amber, 
Playes on thoughto as girls with beads, 
When their masse they MtmUm: 

Jrminr* Nttt 4^Ninnie», 1008. 

STAMELu A kind of fine worsted. 

SomeHeaMi weaver, or some butcher's son. 
That scrub'd alate within asleeveleBS gown. 

2Vbe Return from Fammtsu*, p. 948. 
Shee makes request for a gowne of the new-faahlon 
stuffie, for a pettioote of the finest ttammeUt or for a 
hat of the newest fashion. 

2%« Jrraignmant of lewd, idle, f reward, and 
Vnconatant Women, 16S8, p. IS. 
But long they had not danc'd, till this yong maid, 
in a fkcsh etammetl pettioote aray'd, 
With vellure sieves, and bodies tied with points. 
Began to feele a loosencsse in her Joynts. 

Hmee CurUOne Drawne, 1821, sig. D . iv. 

STAMINB. (1) Linsey-woolsey cloth ; a garment 
made of that material. 

Oo kirtel and oo eole for somer, with a blak 
haUte above hem, and evereither tyme y. etamifne. 

MS.Bodl,42S,f.l8i, 

(2) 
Standb styffe one the etamifne, sterisoneaftyre, 

Strekyne over tlie streme, thare stryvynge begynnes. 

Marte Arthure, MS, Lincoln, f. 91. 

STAMMER. To stumhle, or stagger. North. 

STAMMERING. DoubtfuL Batman, 1582. 

STAMMIN. Wonderful ;aurprising. East. 

STAMP. (1) A halfpenny. 



(2) A twie. 

Soogas, ffCH^MS, and eke da« 

Dyvcrs plentdofpleasaunces. 

And many unkouth notys newe 

Of swlch folkys as lovde trewe ; 

And instnunentys that dyde excelle. 

Many moo thane I kane telle. MS. Fkiifu 16. 

While Joaian was In Brmonie, 

She hadde lemed of miastralde. 

Upon a flthele for to plsy 

Staumpee, notes, garibles gay. 

JBevet o/aSsmfsvfi, p. 143. 

(3) To bruise in a mortar. 

Stampe the onyone, and tempre yt with watur, 

and jif the syke to drynk, and anoon he sehal spskc. 

MS. in Mr. Pettigreufe PettauiaH, xr. Cent. 

(4^ To thrash out the seeds of flax. 

(5) Put to stampe, i. e. to press. 

Wrote a greate boke of the saled fslse and feined 
miracles and rerelaeions of the said Elbsbeth in a 
iUre hand, ledy to bee a copie to the printer when 
the saled boke should be put to etmmpe. 

BnB, Hamr9 FZTl. f . ttL 

(6) Explained by Heame, a pond. 

sir James of Beauchamp wonded and may not stand. 
In a water sfompe he was dronkled fleand. 

Langto/fe (bromide, p. 908. 

STAMP-CRAB. One who treads heavily. 

STAMPERS. Shoes. Dekker. 

STAMPINGS. Holes in a horse's shoe. 

STAMPS. (1) *' Pounders or beating-hammers 
lift up by a wheel, moved with water, and 
falling by their own weight to stamp or beat 
small the slags or cinders of refuse metal, are 
calld stamps" Kennett MS. 

(2) Legs. A cant term, occurring in Dekker's 
Lanthome and Candle-Light, 1620, sig. C.iii. 

STAM-WOOD. The roots of trees stubbed or 
grubbed up. South. 

STAN. (1) A stone. Zt'fic. 

(2) To reckon ; to count. Newe. 

(3) A stick used by butchers for keeping the 
belly and legs of a slaughtered beast stretched 
out. Holme, 1688. 

STANARD. A yard for stones. line. 
STANBRODS. SUte pins, generally made of 

the leg-bones of sheep. 
STANCH. A lock in a river or canal, including 

the masonry and gates, &c. Line. 
STANCHIL. (1) The stanneUhawk. North. 
(2) A bar ; generally, the iron-bar of a window, 

or a stanchion, q. v. 

Round alwut the said tomb-stone, both at the 

aides and at either end, were set up neat etmnekells 

of wood, Joyned so close that one could not put in 

his liand betwixt one and the other. 

JDoster' Jneient Ritee, ed. 167S. p. 118. 

STANCHION. The bar of a window. Also, a 
prop or support. The term is still in use in 
the first sense, generally pronounced stansum. 
See Grose and Pegge, p. 152. '* Stanchon of 
a wyndowe, croysee" Palsgrave. ** Staunchon, 
a proppe, estaneon^^ Ibid. 

STANCHLESS. Insatiable. Shak. 

STANCROPPES. The herb eraatula minor. 
See MS. Sloane 5, f. 4, xv. Cent. 

STAND. (1) 7b stand m kmid, to sismd on, to 
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abletodoit To ^and to a ehUdf to he tponaor 
for it. To Htmd to, to nuuntain an assertion. 
7b stand ypim anything, to make it a matter of 
consequence. To »tandfor it, to engage to the 
coirectnesa of anything. To ttand iy any one, 
to protect him. 

(2) A stall in a stable. North. 

(3) To pnt np with. Far, dial 

(4) The stickleback. Svffolk, 

(5) A yonng unpolled tree. East, 
{fi\ A beer-barrel set on one end. 

(7) A building erected for spectators at a race or 
other amusement. 

(8> A firamefor supporting barrels, ficc 

(9) To be maintained or upheld. 

STANDARD. (1) A frame, or horse. Wooden 
frames of yarious kinds are so called. 

(2) A large chest, generally used for carrying 
plate, jeweb, and articles of value, but some- 
times for linen. 

Itam, the laid Amie ihall bave two titmdard- 

thMtu delivered unto her for the keeping of the 

aaid diaper, the one to keep the cleane gtulT, and 

th' other to keep the gtuff that hath been occupied. 

(Vtftoanew imd RMgvtaiioiu, p. 815. 

(3^ A tree growing unsupported, f 'ar. dial, 
(i) One who remains long in a place. 

(5) A large wax ti4;>er. '* A great torch of waxe, 
which we call a ttandard or a quarrier,'' Florio, 
p. 161, ed. 1611. 

(6) The upright bar of a window. 
STANDAXE. An ox-stalL Arch. ziiL 383. 
STAND-BACK-DAY. A day, among a company 

of riieep-shearers, in which some or all the 
company have no employment. Eatt. 
STANDELWELKS. Satyrion. Gerard, Stan- 
dergrass is another name, ib. p. 169. 

STANDEES. (1) ** The trees left for encrease in 
the woods." This is the explanation of the 
word in Hollyband's Dictionarie, 1593. 

(2) Iron uprights used in building ? Priiry Purse 
Expences Eliz. Yoric, p. 25. 

STANDERT. A standard. Paltyraoe. Meyrick 
explains it, '' a pole, on the top of which was 
set a mark." 

STAND-FURTHER. A quarrel; a disunion. 
" There's quite a stand-further between them." 
WHte, 

STAND-HOLES. " PUetand Aofat," I wfll hold 
to my bargain ; sometimes thus limited, ^ FU 
wiand koke tiQ next Wednesday." It seems 
borrowed from the game kit-kat, or bandy 
wicket, at which if a player indicate an inten- 
tion of running indiscreetly in the opinion of 
another, the latter will flxhim to his position 
by roaring out " ttand holet" 

STANDING-HOUSE. A domestic establish- 
ment. See Stanihurst, p. 21. 

The beere that is used at noble mens tablet in 
their fixed and ttanding houw, if eommonlie of a 
yeaie old, or peradyenture of two yearce tunning 
or more, but thii ia not generall. 

HarrUon^t Rngland, p. 167* 

STANDING-PECE. " Standyng pece, eauppe,'* 
Palsgraye. '* Standyng pece, with a cover, 



coi«p*," ibid« << Stondyng-peee, emthera," 
MS. Arundel 249, f. 89. 
STANDING-STOOL. A small wooden machine 
with wheels, formerly used for children. 
Thus far his infancy ; his riper age 
Requires a more misterious folio page. 
Now that time speaks him perfect, aad'tk pttle 
To dandle htm longer in adosa committee. 
The elf dares peep abroad, the pretty foole 
Can wag without a truckUog Mtanding-^to«l«. 

Fletch»r*» Poems, p. 130. 

STANDING-WATCH. Sentinels or scouts in 

an army stationed at the outer posts. 
STANDISH. An inkstand. 

Paoshig awhile over my sSandiaA, I zeaolved in 
▼erse to payot forth my passion. 

Pierce PmilssM, 1M2. 
STAND-STILL. A stoppage. Var, dioL 
ST4NDYTH. Remaincth. 

V tryste in Ood that he schalle me spede. 
He atandtfth wyth the ryght. 

M8, Caniab, Pf. U. 38, f. 79. 

STANE. A stone. Stane-^titt, stiU as a stone, 
quite stilL North, 
When the liing had said his will, 
Al the lordes sat Jtafie-jfif/ / 
Of al the wise men that tliar ware, 
Nane kowth gif him graith answare. 

Tk» fisvim Saggs, dtSB. 
STANFRA Backwards ;unwiUing. Yorieh. 
STANG. (1) An eeUpear. North. 

(2) To throb with pain. Line, 

(3) A rood of land. North. 

(4) The bar of a door. ** A bolte, a barre or 
stang of a dore," Florio, p. 89. 

(5) A piece of wood on which the carcases of 
beasts are suspended. North. 

^6) A wooden bar ; the pole on which a tub is 
suspended. " Tine, a stand, open tub, or soe, 
most in use during the time of vintage, and 
holding about foure or five pailefuUs, and 
commonly borne by a etang betweene two,'' 
Cotgrave. ** This word is still used in some 
colleges in the University of Cambridge : to 
stany scholars in Christmas being to cause 
them to ride on a coltstaff or pole for missing 
of chappel,'' Ray, ed. 1674, p. 44. 
And 3et hem halches al hide the halves to-geder. 
And sytlien on a stlf *tang<e stoutly hem henges. 

Sifr Oaioayn and the Creme JOi^f, 1614. 

(7) Siding the etang. This is a custom well 
known throughout the North, and intended 
for the benefit of those husbands who beat 
their wives. Formerly the offending party 
was fordbly mounted across a etang or pole, 
on which he was conveyed with a rabble at 
his heels through the town or village, and 
compelled to listen to the proclamation of his 
unmanly conduct, accompanied with the noise 
of tin cans, horns, &c But now some one of 
the assembled multitude, consisting chiefly of 
boys, is elevated on a pole or ladder, and 
gives utterance to the following doggrel 
verses: 
Ran, Dao, Dan, the sign of our old Tin Can, 
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Hctaat her wtlh aaltliw stick, iUnm, nor ttowtr, 
Bnt up'd with his gooie and knock'd hei ower. 
If ever he doe* the likeagafai« 

Ai we euppoM he will, 
Well imnrnt him on m nanoy goeti 
And ride him down to hell. 

So runs a vernon obtained some yean ago 
at Louth by Mr. Adcock, and probably con- 
tinues to this day. In the neighbourhood of 
Lincoln there is a considerable variation. The 
cry or proclamation is as follows : 
Ran, Tan, Tan, the sign of the old Tin Can ; 
atephtn 9mUh'* been paying hii daughter Nan i 
He paid her both behind and before. 
He paid her 'canae the wouldn't be his whore. 
He lick'd her neither with stake nor stower. 
But up wi* his flst and knock'd her ower. 
Now if Steenie Smith don't mend his manners, 
The skin of his . . . shall go the tanner's i 
And ir the tanner don't tan it well : 
Skin, tanner, and . . . shall go to hell. 

(8) The shaft of a cart. Wegtm, 

STANGEY. AtaUor. North. 

STANIEL. A base kind of hawk. «< Jhteiui, 

Anglice a staniel/' Nominale MS. 
STANK. (1) Stop ! addressed to horses. 

(2) A tank, or receptacle for water. Brockett 
explains it, a wet ditch. " Stoffmtmi a pounde, 
a stanke, a dam," MS. HarL 2270, f. 181. 

Also in that oontree ther ben bestes, taughte of 
men to gon into watrea, into ryveres, and into depe 
stattku, for to take f ysche. 

Maumdnih*9 Travth, 1839, p. 909. 

She dolth greet herm nameliche yn pondes and 

in 9tangkj/tf for a couple of otrys withoute more 

shal wel destruye of tjA a greet ponde or a greet 

Hmngk; and therfore men huntein hem. 

If5. nodi. 546. 
The fishes in ttatikn and wayters there. 
With nettea and ingynes thay tooke alwhare. 

MS. L»nsd, 906, f. S. 

(3) A dam. Also, to dam up. 

And thane Alexander and hys oete went alle 
aboute that ryvere, and oome tille this forsaid 
alanlre, and luged thame aboute it 

MS. Lincoln A. 1. 17. f. 98. 
And Handt up die salt conducts of mine eyes 
To watch thy shame, and weep mine obsequies. 

I^otchm'a Poemo, p. 164. 
f4) To tread on. Comw. 
IbS A disagreeable situation. Comw, 
^6) A pole, or stang, q. ▼. 
^7) To sigh ; to moan ; to groan. Cutnb, 
(8) Weak ; worn out. Spetuer. 
STANMARCHE. The herb alisaunder. Pr. 

Parv. MS. Harl. 221, f. 163. 
8TANNAGE. A staU. 

Id this proces of tyme, while Simon dwelte with 
hiM said master, they kepte a ttannage at our Ladle 
fkler. MS. Johmolo 208. 

STANS. 

The emperoar seyd, Uiat is a herd ehans, 
Bot what letys man to do penans ? 
Slanth it is withouten *tans. 
That drawys man fto hys penaos. 

MS. AthmoU 61. f. 88. 

STANSTICKLE. The prickleback. East. 
STAP. (1) Stay ; visit. Deton, 
(2) The staye of a tub. North. 



STAPBL. (1) A poatof thebed. 

Under cch wtafti of hb bed. 
That he niate, fbor thai hid. 

3V Snfii&i|^,lll. 

(2) A small shaft of a coal-pit. 
STAPLE. MerehmUi of the staple^ a title giren 
to an ancient company of merchants who ex* 
ported the staple wares of the country. 

They did prest of the mmrthaunttt of tht ttaplt 
xrili. m. /. late before, whidi was a great displeip 
sure to the kyng, and a more eorasey to the quene. 

Hallt Henry VI. 1 94. 

STAPLER. Anything which tends to destroy 

the hopes or expectations of another. Norf. 
STAP-SHARD. A stop-gap. Somertet. 
STAR. (1) To crack glass so that it appem 

something like a star with many radii 
(2) A white spot on a horse's forehead. 
STAR-BASON. An impudent-looking feOow. 
STARCHING-BRUSH. A long square bmsb 

used by weavers for starching yam. Hohne'i 

Academy of Armory, 1688. 
STARE. (1) A starling. " Staarc a byrde, «- 

toumeaux" Palsgrave. ** Stvmm, a stare," 

MS. Arund. 249, f. 90. 

Where erery day the queens bird-keeper had the 
care of teaching me to whistle, as they doe here 
your «lere* or blackbirds. 

A Comical Histmry of tho World in tho Moon, 1699. 
The«fer« wyl chatre and speke of long nufe. 
Though in his speche ther be no greet reiottD. 

l^dgwt^t Minor Foomt, p. IAOl 

(2) Sedge, grass of the fens. *' Bent or f/fiir, 
on the N. W. coast of England, and especially 
in Lancashire, is a coarse reedy shrub— like 
ours perhaps--of some importance formerly, 
if not now, on the sandy blowing lands of 
those counties. Its fibrous roots give some 
cohesion to the siliceous soil. By the 15 and 
16 G. II. c. 33, '' plucking up and carrying 
away %tarr or bent, or having it in possession, 
within five miles of the sand hills, was punish- 
able by fine, imprisonment, and whipping," 
Moor's'Suffolk Words. 

(3) Stiff; weary. North. 

{iS To shine, or glitter. Pr. Parv. 
(5) To swagger, or bully. A cant term. 
STAREE. " To staree ; can your horse stsree ? 
i. e. can your horse travel in stiff clay roads, 
where he must go up and down as it were 
over steps and stairs, which horses bred in 
many parts of Somersetshire can very readily 
do," MS. Devonshire Gloss. 
STARF. (1) Died. (^.-5.) Hence may be 
derived the phrase atarved with cold, dead 
or nearly dead with cold. 

Merlin fram him went oway, 
The king «<ar/ that Ich day. 

Arthour and Merlin, p. 103. 

And he tolde oute his felonye, 
And otar/e forth with his tale anone. 

' Cower, MS. Soc Antiq. i34,f.67. 

(2) *' Staff take you, a common phrase of im- 
precation in Kent, which signifies as muchss 
a plague take you, Sax. steorfa, hte»t pesOs" 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033, £389. 

STARGAND. Starting. Oawayne. 



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STA 



STABINQ8. " Aggrieciam^nH, tstonisfaments, 
staringsof oneshaires ," Florio, p. 15, ed. 1611. 
STARK. (1) Stiff. Stm in use. 

^*y* Si>de Jowphe, com Dere and bdiold* 
This bludy Umet body U starke and cold. 

MS. Bodl. « Mu*. 100. 

(2) Stoat ; strong. (A.-S.) 

And thogh Aicapart he thefe ttarku, 
5yt many hoodyc make lyght warke. 

MS, Cantab, Ff. ii. SB. f. 118. 

No cuniell myght them to reformaeyon call« 

In tber opcnyon they were lo stordy and ttarke. 

BaU» Ktfngt Johan» p. M. 

He had a pike-ttaffin his hand, 

That wu both atark and Strang. I^oMn Bood, 1. 96. 

He was bysshope and patryarke 

or CoBsUtyncnoble ttarke, M& Harl, 1701, f. 45. 

(3) A Species of tnroip. North. 

(4) Hard ; difficult. Une. 

(5) To walk slowly. Donet, 

(6) Very ; exceedingly. Var. dial. 

(7) Covetons ; greedy ; dear. Yorkth. 
STARKEN. To tighten. North. 
STARKENES. Firmness; strength. 

And bring them to the gates 
Of hell and utter derkencs. 
And all by stubbome tiarkenn. 

Doetour Dovbble M; n. d. 
STARK-GIDDY. Very angry ; road. Lane, 
STARKIN6. Qoick. North. 
STARKISH. Rather stiff, applied to land, the 

soil of which is principally clay. Line, 
STARK-STARING. Excessively. Far. dial 
STARKY. Stiff; dry. JFe$t. 
STARLING. A martin. Lane. 
STARLINGES. Pence of sterling money. 
STARN. (1) A star. North. 
(2) A bit ; a portion. Line. 
STAR-NAKED. Stark-naked. St^folk. 
STARNELL. A starling. North. 
STAROP. A stirrup. 

Syr Befyse ynto the ladulle startyth. 
He towehyd nodur ttarop nor gyrthe. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. 11. 38, t 101. 

STARRISH. Strong, as medicine. North. 

STARRY-GAZY-PIE. A pie made of pilchaids 
and leeks, the heads of the pilchards appear- 
ing through the cmst as if they were studying 
the stars. Comw. 

STAR.SLIME. <' Sterre slyme, lifmas," Pals- 
grave. Carr has star^ghtdbery star-slough, a 
gelatinous substance, often seen in fields after 
rain. 

START. (1) To begin anything. Far. dial 

(2) The same as Sterty q. v. 

(3) Started ; moved. Gawayne. 
START-CH AIN S. Chains consisting of four or 

five large links attached to harrows to which 
the whipple-trees are hooked. Eatt. 

STARTHE. A handle. See Stert. 

Brynne it to powdcre one irene or in a pott ttarthe, 
and do a littille of that powdir to thyne eghne. 

MS. Uncoln. Med. f. S84. 

STARTING-HOLE. " Stertyng holty ung tapy- 
net. lieu de r^fugey^ Palsgrave. " A starting- 
hole, tubterfugium" Coles. 

STABT1N6S. Openings in a ooal-nilne. 



STARTLE. To sparkle ; to shine. 
STARTLER. A great drinker. WeBt. ''One 
who does not easily start from his seat and 
leave his pot-companions in the lurch, but 
maintains his part like an old soldier, unless 
the white sergeant makes her appearance," 
MS. Devonsh. Gloss. 
STARTLY. LUble to startle. Far. dial 
START-UP. An upstart. Shak. 
STARTUPS. A kind of rough country boots 
with high tops. See Nares. 

He borrowed on the working dales 

His holy russets oft. 
And of the bacon's fat, to make 
His Mtartopt blacke and soft. 

Pere^9 Reliquei, p« 150. 
A payre of ttartufpet had he on his feete. 

That lased were up to the small of the Icgge ; 
Homelie they were, and easier then meete. 
And In their soles full many a wooden pegge. 

Tkffm*^* JM*t«, p. 33. 
When hee In pleasaunt wise 
The counterfet expreste 
Of^wne with cote of russet hew 

And Mwrtupt with the reste. MS. Harl. 3885, f.lA, 
STARVED. Excessively cold. For. dial. 
STARY. To stir. Pegge. 
STAT. Stopped. Devon. 
STATE. (1) A canopy. Properly an elevated 
chair or throne with a canopy over it. 

From thence to the penthouse, where he break- 
fasted under a ttai«, and from thence took horse 
about ten of the clock. Cartwrigh^a Diarp, p. 75. 

(2) Worry ; fright ; fear. far. dial. 

(3) A personage of high rank. 
STATED. Suited. SuffoU. 
STATERY. Merchandise. 
STATESMAN. One who occupies his own 

estate ; a small landholder. North. 

STATH. A step of a kdder. Kent. 

STATHE. A landing-place for merchandise ; a 
wharf. The term occurs in an old document 
printed in the Archaeologia, xxv. 418. 

Persons desirous of contracting with the Hull 
corporation for the construction of a timber tanding- 
staith at the Ferry-boat Dock at Hull, and other 
works connected therewith, and for removing the 
old Breakwater Jetty there, must send their tenders, 
marked Tender for Landing-Haitfi, to the t<iwii 
clerk. Town-hall, Hull, on or before noon on the 
6th day of July next. Hetvpaper Advertltemtnt, 1846. 

STATHEL. (1) To establish. (^..&) 
For thai helded in the ivcls unright. 
Thai thought redes whilk ttathel thai ne might. 

MS. Con. Vttpat. D. vii. f. 13. 

(2) The same as Staddle (2). 

STATION. (1) The act or form of standing. 

Also, the state of rest. Shak, 
(2) A place of rest for pilgrims on their way to a 

holy seat, as the Holy Land, &c. 
STATION.STAFF. A straight pole divided into 

feet and inches, used in measuring land. 
STATIST. A statesman. Jonson, ii. 262. 
STATUA. A statue. (Lat.) The itrm statue 

was sometimes applied to a picture. 
STATUMINATE. To support. (Lat.) 
STATURE. A statue. This use of the word is 

not uncommon in early writers. 



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8TATUTB.CAP8. WooCm caps, eivoined to be 
worn by a stotate dated in 1571, in behalf of 
tbe trade of cappers. See Malone's Shake- 
Bp€are, W. 419. 

STATUTB-MERCHANT. Defined in the old 
law dictionaries, *' a bond acknoiHedged be- 
fore one of the clerks of the statutes-mer- 
chant, and mayor of the staple, or chief war- 
den of the city of London, or two merchants 
of the said city for that purpose assigned, or 
before the chief warden or mayor of other 
cities or good towns, or other sufficient men 
for that purpose appointed." 

STATUTES. Assemblages of fanning servants, 
held possibly by statute, in the early part of 
May, at vtrious places in the count^, where 
masters and mistresses attend to hire servants 
for the ensuing year, commencing at Old 
May-day. At these statutes the groom will 
be distinguished by a straw or two in his hat ; 
the carter or waggoner by a piece of whip- 
cord ; the shepherd by a lock of wool, &c. 

STAUD. Surfeited, tired ; from StaUi q. v. 

8TAUGING. A custom prevalent in Cumber- 
land on Christmas eve. The maid-servants of 
the substantial families, if found out of doors, 
are seized by the young men, placed in chairs, 
and borne to the nearest beer-shop, where 
they are detsined until they buy their liberty 
by small sums, which are usually expended 
by their captors in liquor. 

STAULE. A decoy ; a stale, q. v. 

STAULKIE. Long. 

Wherefore Baochut is pictured riding In a chariot 
of vine braachee, Silenui ridinge betide him on an 
aite, and the Baochs or Satyrea shalcing togither 
their ttautkie jarelluet and |iaulinen. By resion of 
their leaping they are caled Seirtl, and the antlcke 
or latyricall dauncing Sieinnts, and they alao som- 
timei Sicinnl«t«t lonitlince Mglpmaat, 

Topteltt Four-Fooied B m tt t, 1007, p. IS. 

STAUNCHE. To stop ; to satisfy. 
STAUNCHES. Damps or offensive vapours 

arising in underground works, mines, &c. 
STAUNCH-GREINB. " Steunche greyne for 

vrrytares,j9faiia(i^," Prompt Parv. MS.HarL 

221. f. 163. 
STAUNCH-HAWK. According to Blome, ** one 
well entred for the game." Gent. Rec iL 63. 

STAUNDE. 
Be the quartcre of thia jere, and hym quarte«<oimd»« 
He wyile wyghttye in a qwhyle one his vnym hye. 

JTerie JrOtur^, MS. Uneoln, f. m 
8TAUP. To walk badly. North, 
8TAUPINGS. The holes made by the feet of 
. horses and cattle in miry highways, and other 
places. North. 
STAUPS. Cask-staves. Northumb. 
STAUTER. To totter, or stagger. Line. 
STAVE. (1) A stair, or pole. (A.-S.) 

Summe with arowea, nimme with ttaoea of en- 
gynes. The fyre also byganne for to sett in liowset 
within the eitee, and rayse a grete lowe. 

MS. LiiMwfn A. i. 17, f. 11. 

(2) In bear-baiting, to interpose with a staff to 
stop the bear. Nare». 

(3) The step of a ladder. Etut. 



4) To est a hedge. YorJM. 
b) A narrow bridge over a brook. 
^6) To stow, knock, or force down. 
STAYER. (1) A hedge-stake, York9h. 
(2) To totter ; to tumble. North. 
STAVERWORT. The herb staggerwort. 
STAVES-AKER. A species of larkspur- 
Red leather and surflet water. 
Scarlet colour <a «tove*-alr«r. 

S«mg9 i^fthe London PrtHiicm, p. ISS. 
The small roots of cllcbor which are like to 
onions, have power in than to purge the beily U 
dogs; other give them goaU-milk, or salt beaten 
smali, or sea-crabs beaten small and put into water, 
or «laMjHM!rs, and imediatiy after his purgatiaa, 
sweet milke. 

IVfMlfs Ftw-Foottd B§aaU, 1607. P- 181. 

STAVLAN. Lounging. Otmb. 
STAW. (1) To stay ; to hinder. North. 
(2) To be restive, as ahorse. Lane. 
STAWED. Set ; placed. North. 
STAW-FED. Over-fod. See Stall 
STAY. (1) A ladder. line. 

(2) To support. LiOsf. 

(3) The stanchion of a window. 

(4) 

To my dear daughter Philippa, qneen of Portugal, 

my second best stay of gold, and a gold cup and 

cover. I^Mf* FeftHt. p. l-tt. 

(5) Ascended. (^.-5.) 

How he uproos and sithcn up «iiaif» 
Mony a moo hit heide and say. 

Cursor MutuU, MS. CM. IVta. CanUA. f. f . 

STAT-BAR. The horizontal bar o£ a vrindow. 
See Willis's Arch. Nomen. p. 58. 

STATERS. Stairs. A very common old form 
of the word, most absurdly retained by Mr. 
Knight in the Merch. Yen. iii. 2, in a diiferent 
sense. See Dyce's Remarks, p. 56. Jennings 
gives Mtayert as the Somersetshire pronun- 
ciation of stairs. Gloss, p. 72. Chaucer has 
9tefer$. 

STAYKFALDHOLLIS. Holes in a wall used 
by workmen to erect their acaflfblding. 

STEAD. (1) A place ; a spot ; a formhonse and 
offices. From the A..S. ttede. 

To aid; to assist; to support. 8hak. 
, To supply a place. Ea»t. ** Stead xsp your 
appointment,'' Shakespeare. 

STEADY. (1) A stithy. Northampt. 

(2) Sober; attentive to work. Far. dioL 

STEAKS. *' Is that your lackey yonder in the 
steakt of velvet," Middleton, L 336. 

STEALS. (1) The handle of several agricultural 
implements, &c. Sooth. " Steele or handell 
of a staffe, numehe, hantO," Palsgrave. "Steele 
of a shafte,yiM/," ibid. 

(2) The stalk of an apple. Une. <*Thestaulke 
or Steele of fruits," Cotgrave. 

STEALY-CLOTHES. A boys' game, thus de- 
scribed by Brockett. 

The IltUe party divide themselves into two 
bands, drawing a line as the boundary of their re- 
spective territories ; and at equal distances fkom 
this line, deposit the hate, coats, or handaerchleftof 
each in a heap. The game ooaiMBeea with m d^ 



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ftuiee, and then they make mutttal tncunioiM, each 
tryhig to leiie and carry away tome artkle ftom the 
otherii store ; hut if they are unfortunately caught fai 
the attempt, they mutt not only reatore the plun- 
der, but remain priaonera until one of their own 
party can make hit way to them» and touch them. 
When all the things of the one party are trans- 
ferred to the other's head quarters, the game is won. 
A weII<contested match will sometimes last nearly a 
whole day. 

STEAM. (1) To rise, or ascend. 

The wahi stand to this dale, a few streets and 
houses In the towne« no small parceil thereof is 
turned to orchards and gardens. The greater part 
of the feowne is steepe and ttmmint upward. 

' StanUnav^t DeaeriptUm of Inland, p. 9R. 

(2) To send forth dust. South, 

STEAN. (1) A stone vessel. " A great pot or 
stean,** Holly band's Dictionariet 1593. Spenser 
uses it in this sense. Palmer defines it, " a 
large npright jar of baked clay." Stean is 
still the pronunciation of »t<me in the North, 
and so it was in Elizabeth's time. See Lam- 
barde's Perambulation, 1596, p. 205. In some 
places a cask or vat is so called. 

(2) To mend a road with stones ; to line a well, 
&c. with stone or brick. South. 

(3) A large box of stones used for pressing 
cheese in making it. Dortet, 

STEANING. Any kipd of path or road paved 
with small round stones. We»t, 

STEATHING. A lath and plaster partition. 

STEAVER. A collier who superintends the 
coal-pit ; a banksman. North. 

STEAWK. A handle. Lane. 

STEAWP. All; every part. Lane. 

STEAWT. Proud. Lane, 

STEA3. Ascended. {A.^S,) The foUowing is 
written in the early Kentish dialect : 

Crtda. Ich leve ine God, vader almijti* makere 
of hevene and of erthe, and in Jesu Crist his xone 
on lepioure Lord* thet i-kend is of Iheholi gost, y- 
bore of Marie mayde, y-pyned onder Pouns Pilate, 
y-najrled a rode, dyad, and be-bered, yede doun to 
helle, thane thridde day aros vram Uie dyade, areaj 
to hevenes, alt a the xt^t half of God the vader 
almijtl, thannes to oomene he ia, to deme the quike 
and the dyade. Ich y-leve ine the holy gost, holy 
cbercfae generalUehe, mennesse of haljen, lesnesse of 
senoes, of vleaae arisinge, and lyf evrelestlnde. Zuo 
by hit. HBliq. Antiq. \. 4S. 

STECHE. A stitch in the side. 

A drynke for the tteehe, and narownesse of hart 
and other evylle. Take hartea-tonge, violet, leco- 
rice, endyve, pellture, fenelle, ot everiche ilike 
miche, and of isope, a quartrone of fyges, and sethe 
thyce togidjrr in a galon of water into a potelle. 
£fter powre owt the licour, and do it in a panne, 
and take thre rawe egges-achelles, and do therto ; 
and than sethe it on the fyie, and styre it fast ; efter 
wrynge it thurge a clothe, and than put it in a clene 
veselle coverd aUe nyjt, and than gylf hym to 
drynke that is seke tylle he be hole. 

MS, Sioan« 7, f. 80. 

STECK. A stopping pUce. To take the steck, 

i. e. to become restive. North. 
STEDDE. Furnished ; provided ? 
I wtlle nogbte atiro with my stale halfe a stede lenghe, 
Bot they he ttedde with more stuflb ( hane one ;one 
stede hovya. Mort9 ArtHvn, OS Uneoln, f. 83. 
II* 



STEDDLE. To support, or make steady. If a 
table having uneven legs does not stand 
steadily, it is said to be Mteddled by putting 
something under the deficient leg. It is also 
used in the participle ateddled^ when a table 
has been marked or stained. Lmc. 
STEDE. (1) A place ; a station. {A.-S.) 
But she It yairto the ScottJsshe knight. 
For he waa of an unkouth «r<<le. 

MS, Harl. ttfiS. f. 98. 
And God myjht not In no manere, 
Alyiht bote in feyre »teda and clere. 

BeUgUnu Po«m*f xv. Cent. 
Hjrs grete stedes schewyd me ichone, 
And sethyn he made me ajene to gone 
Into the tted where he me fette. 
In that same tted ther he me sete. 

MS. Jshnuie 61, XV. Cent. 
Joly Robyn, he seid, wel mot thou be» 
Be God so shuld thou to me 
On other tttdt than here. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. v. 48, f. «8. 

(2) In hy$ stede, in his place, instead of hku. 

Now jt he gone, my lady fk-ee. 
In hys ttede ye schalle take me t 

Am y not a knyght ? 
And we schalie do so prevely. 
That whethyr he leve or dye, 

Ther schaUe wete no wyght. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. il. SB, f. 72* 

(3) Set ; appointed. 

That daye the tournament solde be ««ed«, 
Thay horsede hym on aue olde crokede stede. 
And jitt for-thoghte thame alle. 

Itunbrat, 613. 

STEDFAST. The herb palma ChristL 
STEDFUL. Steadfast. Weber. 
STEE. A ladder; a stile. North. 
STEE-HOPPING. Gossiping ; romping. West. 
STEEL. (1) To iron clothes. Dewm, 

(2) Trewe as stele, faithful as steel, a common 
phrase in early romances, and found even in 
Shakespeare, Mids. Night's Dream, ii. 2. 

He was the kynge of Arragon, 
A nobuU man and of grete renown, 

Syr Ardus was hys name ; 
He had a queue that hyght Margaret, 
Trewt at §t»le J yow be>hett. 

That falsely was broght in blame. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. ii. 38, \. 71. 

(3) A stile. North. 

(4) Courage. Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 
STEELY. Hard; firm. Tusser, p.34. 
STEEM. (I) Esteem ; value. 

Over geetes it haa the«<aem. 
Over alle that is or was. 

R. de Brunne, ap. Warton, i. 60. 

(2) To bespeak a thing. North, 

(3) A flame of fire. Pr, Parv, 
STEEMING. A turn. Devon. 
STEEN. Spite; envy. Notf. 
STEEP. (1) Rennet. Lane. 

(2) To tilt a barrel. Devon. 

(3) To dress or trim a hedge. West. 

(4) To finish anything ofiT. Oxon. 
STEEPERS. In trimming hedges, the central 

branches, cut half through and laid length- 
wise, are so called. West. 
STEEPING JIAIN. A soaking rain. North. 

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STBEPLB-HATS. Long hate, described by 
Stabbes as "peafttng ap like the Bpere or 
shaft of a steeple, stand3nig a quarter of a 
yarde aboye the crounc of their heades, some 
more, some lesse» as please the phantasies of 
their inconstant mindes, 2d ed. 1585, f. 21. 
Sieepied hattes are mentioned in Wright's Pas- 
sions of the Minde, 1621, p. 330. 

STEEPLE-HOUSE. A church. 

STEER, (1) Very steep. We$L 

(2) An ox in its third year. North, 

Jarenciu If a yoof e oxe whan he ii no lenger a 
calf, and he it then oallyd a tfere whan he b^yn- 
neth to be helpful I unto the profit of man in eringe 
the erth. Di^ogue* of Creatum MoralifMd, p. 828. 

[3) To frighten. Lmne. 

U) To stun with noise. North, 
fi) To stir ; to move. Paltgrave. 
STEERISH. Yoang, as an ox. (none, 
STEERT. Acute ; painful. Somenet. A sharp 

point is called a tteert. 
STEE VE. To dry ; to stiflTen. West. 
STE E VING. A term used by merchants, when 
they stow cotton or wool by forcing it in with 
screws. Diet. Rutt. 
STE6. The same as Stag, q. v. 
STEGH. Ascended. {^..&) 

And roe to lyre the thryde day. 
And Megh to hevene the xl. day. 

MS. out. Ottud. A. U. f. 139. 
Rcke H9gk in the ire of hym, and fire brynt of 
bis face ; colei ar kyndeled of hym. 

MS. Coii. Eton. 10, f. 25. 

STEG -MONTH. The month of a woman's 
confinement. Steg-widoWf a. man whose wife 
is confined. North. 
STEIER. A star. A corrupt form. The copy 
in MS. Bodl. 175 reads Btarre. 

A ateier of Jacobs tpringe shall, 

A man of Isarell, 

That shall overcome and hare In bande 

All kinges and duckes of strange lande. 

Chester Plaife, 1. 89. 

STEIL. To walk very slowly. Line. 

STE IP. "Steyf qf helms, eighteen helms, 

Wilts," HoUoway's Dictionary, p. 163. 
ST^IT. As well as. Northumb. 
STEK. Stnck. 

Ande al graythed in grene this gome and bis wedet, 
A strayt cote tal street, that etek on his sides. 

S^ GauraifH «nd the Grene Kny^t, 158. 
STEKE. ( 1) To fasten with a stick. The follow- 
ing proverb is still in vogue ; and Ray says 
steak is to shut a door in the North. 
Whoi the hots is stole, eteke the stabulle dore. 

MS. Domce 5S. 

(2) " Steke of flesshe, eharbownee," Palsgrave. 

STEKIE. To stick fast. {A.-S.) 

STEL. Stole ; crept softly. 

And ho stepped stilly, and stel to his bedde, 
Kest up the cortyn, and creped withinne. 

Syr Gawaynand the Grene Kny^t, 1191. 

STELCH. (1) Stealth. Salop. 
(2) A stilt ; a pole ; a post. West. 
STELCH-STAFF. A rod of wood which keeps 
asunder the traces of waggon harness. West. 
STELE. (1) The stem of an arrow. Palsgrave, 



verb, in T. /sailer. AlM^thestenorstilkof 
anything. " CanMabri seqms, the shs&ke 
or stele of the candlesticke," Nomendstor, 
Lond. 1585, p. 245. 

(2) A handle. StiU in use. 

And Icmed men a ladelbugge 
With a long etele. 
And caste for to kepe a crokke 
To save the fatte above. 

Piere PkntghwuMt P>ti2> 

(3) A horse-block ; a stepping-stone. 
STELENDELICH. By stealth. 

Many of his men and beetcs, 
Agetn kyng Alisaunder hestcs 
»elefideHeh dronken of this lake. 

Kyng JHmunda; 5010. 

STEL-GERE. Steel clothing, i. e. armour. 
Stifest under etel-gere on stedes to ryde. 
The wy5t<st and the worthyest of the worldeskynde. 
Syr Gaufoyn and the Grene Ki^t, ifik 

STELL. (1) To Stall, or fix permanently. 

(2) A large open drain. Cumb. 

{3) A fold for cattle. North. 

STELLEERE. The steelyards. "ARomme 
beame or steUeere, a beame of yron or wood, 
full of nickes or notches, along which a ccr- 
taine peize of lead playing, and at length set- 
ling towards the one end, shewes the just 
weight of a commoditie hanging by a hookc 
at the other end," Cotgrave. 

STELLIFIED. " Made him stellifycd," L e. 
named a constellation after him. {JmI.) 
And thou5 Romaynis made him etHl^yedt 
Hisgretheed, for alle that, didearale. 

legate, MS. Soc. Antiq. 134, L U. 

STELLING. A shed for cattle. North. 
STELLIONATE. Frandnlent dealing, {^t,) 
STEM. (1 ) The handle of a tod. J)iifon. 

(2) A period of time. WiUs. In Cornwall, a 
day's work is caUed a stem. 

(3) To soak a leaky vessel Line. 
STEME. 

Thou Shalt havegarmenU wrought of Median liike, 
Enchast with pretious Jewells fecht ftom for, 
By ItalUn marchants that with Russian ttemes 
Pious up huge forrowes in the Terren Maine. 

The Taming of a Shrwi, P- »• 

STEMMIN. (1) A day's work. Cormif. 

(2) The slay of a weaver's loom. 

STEMPLES. The cross pieces which srepot 
into a frame of woodwork to care and 
strengthen a shaft. See Ray's Eoglish Worfs. 
1674, p. 118. Carr has sten^lar, timber to 
support the roof of a mine. " At the alter 
mines in Cardiganshire, they sink a perpen- 
dicular square hole or shaft, the sides whereoi 
they strengthen round from top to bottom 
with travers pieces of wood calld stempia, 
upon which, catching hM with their bsnds 
and feet, they descend without using «ny 
rope," Kennctt, MS. Lansd. 1033, f. 390. 

STEMPNE. Voice ; command. (J.-S.) 
He that behynde sat to stere. 
May not the fore gtempne here. 

GMOsr, M8. Soe. Antiq. JS4, f- »• 

STENCILS. The posts of a door. NortK 
STEND. (1) A stretcher, lime. 



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(2) To extend ; to mr, la a horse. North, 
STENKRITH. The rash of water in a narrow 

channeL Northwrnb, 
STBNT. (1) A right of pastorage. North, 
(2) An aUotted portion. Far, dioL " Stent, 

portumt pari/* Palsgrave, 1530. " Siente or 

oerteyne of valwe ordiede and other lyke, 

iaxatio," MS. HarL 221, f. 164. 
STENTS. To cease; to desist. (A,»S,) 
STENTINGS. Openings in a wall in a coal- 

mine. North, 
STEO. To rise; to ascend. (J.^S,) 

Weilawei I deth tiie nlul sdun throwe, 
Ther thu wcnctt bejctt to «fM. 

MS, out, Calig. A. Ix. f. MS. 

STEP. (1) A walking distance. Var, dial 
(2) ** Step, where a mast stant yn a schyppe, 

parastica*' Pr. Pary. MS. HarL 221, f. 164. 
STEPS. Deep; sunk. 

Lyfte up hys hcd firo the grounde. 
With 9tep9 eyen and roghe bxowe. 

US. Cemtab. Ft. ii. 98, f. 99. 

STEP.MOTHER. (1) A homy filament shoot- 

ing up by the side of the nail. Step-mother's 

hlettingy a hang.naiL 

(2) The flower of the violet. North, 

STEP^YER-TRASH. To go beyond the bounds 

of propriety. Somerset, 
STEPPING. Walking. North, 
STEPPING-STONE. A horse-block. West. 
STEPPLES. Short neat steps ; a flight of neat 

steps from the parlour, &c. Norf, 
STERCH. Hard; rough; tough. (A.-S.) 
Nfo non lo strong, ne stereh, ne kene. 
That mai ago deathea wither blench. 

MS. Cotton. Calig. A. Ix. f.S43. 

STERCORT. Dung. (Lat.) 

STERE. (1) A rudder. Palsgrave. 
For wtaaane y may my lady here, 
My wit with that hath lotte hi* steere. 

Gower, MS, Soe. Antiq, 134, f. 4S. 

(2) To guide; to direct ; to rule. 

LaT«rd me Werw, noght want lal me. 
In alade of fode thare me louked he. 

MS, Cott. r§tptu. D. Til. r. 14. 

(3) To stir. Chancer, 

In him thorgh the mete It linketh. 
And aMrtth therynne oat to gete. 

MS, Lanad, 703, f. IS7. 

(4) Strong; stoot 

Then eame the dewke Raynere, 
An hardy knyght and a ttert. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. Ul. 
STERBSMAN. A pilot. {A.-S.) 
STERE-TRE. A rudder. {A.-S.) 

Wifle, tent the«f0re-/r«, and I ahalle asay 
The depnea of the lee that we here, if I may. 

Townti^ IfyHertea, p. 31. 

STERIN. Stem ; cruel ; flerce. (A,'S.) 

He herd thalr itrakes, that war ful tterln. 

And yem he waytes in ilka heryn. 

And al waa made ful fkit to hald. 

Ywaineand Gawin, 3SI9. 

He was neryfu and itowte, 

With many knyghtet hym abowte. 
MS. TJncofn A. i. 17, f. 130. 

STERK. Strong, or stark. 



My Mod to have to this werk. 
That ichuld he so strong [and] «l«rlr. 

Arthour and Merlin, p. 47> 

STERN. (1; A hehn, or rudder. {A.^S,) 
(2) The tail of an animal. Var. dial 
STERNAGE. The guidance. Shak. 
STERNE. A star. NominaleMS. 
In the momyng to riae, the tyme at the day sterna. 
The emperour and hise to scke the! auld alle 5erDe. 

JjunglofCt Chronicle, p, 161. 
Lighte daye I wllbe called aye. 
And the stemet nighte, n» I sale. 

CheHer PlOfft, 1. 9U. 

STERRACLES. Performances ; strange things, 
sights, or doings ; pranks. " I take onne, as 
one dothe that playeth his sterakeU, je tern- 
peste," Palsgrave, yerb. f. 384. 

Whan thoa art tett upon the pynnacle» 
Thou xalt ther pleyn a qweynt tterada. 
Or ellys shewe a grett merade, 
Thynelf (fVom hurte thou tare. 

Coventry Mif»t«rieg, p. 900. 
They hem r^ite to lee and to be tayne. 
And to seketondry pilgremagea, 
At grete gaderyngec to walken upon the playne. 
And at ttaraeUa to litte on high stagei. 
If they be Adre to shewe ther visages. 

Appendix to Walter Mapee, p. 997 
The dead sayntes shall shewe both visyona and 

myracles ; 
With ymages and rellyckes he shall wurke eterraetee. 

Bal^e Kpnge Johan, p. 39. 

What, Pamphagus, I praye the for Goddes sake 
why whippe<t thou it about, or playest thou thy 
eteracle* on thli faschion. 

PaJegravt^e Aeolaetue, 1540. 
STERRE. A star. (A.-S.) 
Undirstondith, sir, truly, 
That no eterre falleth fro the sky, 
But I shal telle what it may be. 
That the folke so falling se. 

MS. Laned. 793, f. 87. 

STERT. (1) The point of anything. West, 

(2) A leap. Pronqft. Pare,. 

(3) The taU, or handle. " Stert of a plow, ^ume 
de tachareue,** Palsgraye. 

(4) The stalk of fruit. " Stert of frute, queue 
de Jhiit" Palsgraye. " Pertiea, Anglice a 
yerde to mete londe or a perche, a stert of an 
apple, vel instrumentum quopisces caphtntur" 
Medulla MS. xv. Cent. 

(5) A moment, or very short time. At a stert, 
immediately, Chaucer, Cant. T. 1707. 

(6) To meet with very suddenly. 
STERTLE. (1) To leap. (A.-S,) 

Bot I, that priyaly hafe aapled thl gates, whenne 
thou wenes moste securely for to etertle abowte, I 
salle sterteapone the, and take the. 

MS, ZAneoln A. 1. 17. f. 7. 
(2) Hasty ; in a hurry. 
STE RTLING-ROIL. A wanton slattern. 
STERVE. To die; to perish. (A.-S.) 
And unrightwise sameu forworth thai sal. 
And relikes of wick sal eterve with al. 

MS. Cbtt. Feepae. D. viL f. 85 
For when he etervee take sal he noght alle, 
Ne with him his blis light doune salle. 

MS, Cott. Vespas. D.vii.f.33. 

STERYNMESTE. Most severe. (A.-S.) 



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H« WM Um Bttrwnmate In sfeonre that erer itete werryde, 
Fan he hjM itonayvle out* itale and stroyade for aver. 

Mortt Arthw* MS. IMteoln, t. 9S. 

8TETCH. As much land as lies between one 
farrow and another. Steteked vp, laid into 
ridges by the plough. EomU 
STETCHELLSD. PUled very fulL North. 
STETCHIL. A troublesome child. Lime. 
STEVEL. To stagger ; to stumble. North. 
STEVEN. (1) Voice ; sound ; noise. {A.'S.) 
Fader owre, that art in hevcne, 
Halowed be thy name with meka jf Mena. 

MS. Cott. Ctuud. A. il. f. XSS. 
Of a kyng and of a quene, 
What bale and blyi was them betwena, 

Y tchalle yow telle fuile eryn : 
A gode enuumpulle ye may leret 
Yf ye wylla thys story hen 
And hariiyn to my tttvifne. 

MS. OaUmb. Ff. U. 98, f. 71. 
When Litleiohn heard hli master speake. 

Well knewe he It was his ttepm t 
Now shall I ba looset* quoth Litte John* 
With Christ Ills might In heaven. 

AoMn Hood and Oug 9f Cisbome. 
A time of performing any action previously 
fixed upon. Jt untet ftetfen, a phrase signify- 
ing a time not previously appointed. They 
§etten gtevetif they appointed a time. See 
Morte d'Arthur, i. 266. " To set the steven, 
is to agree upon the time and place of meeting 
previous to some expedition/' West, and 
Cumb. Dial. p. 390. 
For a Cristmas gestenyng, as derkis redet 
M 9m-»et ttntm, is quyt In dede. 

jirchM^ogiat xslx. 34S. 
Hyt ys sotha seyde, ba Ood of heven, 
Mony metyn at <m-Mtt ttevjfn ,• 

And so befelle hyt there. Bglmmour, 1983. 
First let us some masterye make 

Among the woods so even. 
Wee may chance to meet with RoUn Hood 
Here att some un^ett «(««cn. 

Robin Hood and Guyitf OUbomo. 

(3) To bespeak. Yoriih. 
STEVENNED. Particolonx^ 
STEW. (1) A pool to preserve fish for the table 
to be drawn and filled again at pleasure. Ray 
inserts this among his South and East Coun- 
try Words, ed. 1674, p. 76. 

Evene anon after the owls flight, 
Wlian that true manshuldagoo to test. 
To bribe and bare away the bast. 
That sotJoumeand kept Men In ttiowe. 

Piart of FuOham, p. 1I9l 

2^ Fright; great suspense. Var.diaL 

3) A cloud of dust, orTapour. 

4) A hatter's drying room. The tenn was for- 
merly applied to a small closet. 

(5) A brothel Still in use. ** The stewes, or 
place without the wals of the dtie where 
bawderie was kept," Baret, 1580. " Stewes, a 
placeforcommen women, 6ordMif," Palsgrave. 
Venus denotes in honses, all places belonging to 
women, as garnished beds, Hem, also places where 
gloves, rings, Jewels, perfumes, the place or seat of 
the woflsan or mistress of the house, also a musick 
room, dancing room, bed doaths, and where silk 
and other rkh commodities are kept. 

BMnegfe Marrow of AHrvhgy, p. 67. 



(6) A stove. Stew pot covered, a ooTered pan 

used lor heating rooms with chareoal. 
STEWARDLY. Careful; managing. De^on. 
STEWED-BROTH. Strong broth boiled up 

with raisins, currants, prunes, maoe, &c 
STEWES. A strumpet. Whetetone. 
STE Y. A ladder ; universal in Lancaahire and 
Yorkshire, but not general in the adjoining 
counties. A carpenter in Todmorden said to 
his apprentice, "Thee a reet! theer't sa blind 
thoffh cant tee a hoile tn a ttey." See Stee. 
STEYE. To ascend. {A.-S.) 

Befysa lepe up, fUl lyght he was. 
And up he aiayod^ y undurstoode. 

MS. Camtob. Ff. IL 98, & U8. 
With laddren sttps that routhe beat. 
The dti to asall have thai no rest. 

C^^ WarwOMt P><S> 

STEYNOUR. 

And In proporckm r^oyetha the stcynawr. 

MS. Aa>moU», f. 19. 

ST. HUGH'S-BONES. Shoemakers' tools. 

STIBBORNE. Stubborn. Chtmcer. 
And he that holdithe a quard sgayn right, 
Holdyng his purpoa ttilbmm ageyn reason. 

I^dgate'a Minor Pmhw, p. 168. 

STIBILLE. A carpenter's tooL ** B^emmu, 

bidetu, a stybylle," Nominale MS. 
STICH. (1) A sheaf of com. Devom. 

(2) A small inclosure. Cbmw. 

(3) Stiehe in Chester Plays, i. 47, is probeUy an 
error for eUche, slimy mud. 

STICHALL. This term, which in some places 
has Bud prefixed to it, appears to be a word 
of reproach, used to children prindpally by 
their parents, when they are doing something 
wrong, and are in the way, or when they are 
heedless and inattentive to something that 
has been told them, e. g. " Get out of the 
way, yon hub-etiehai ;^' and, "what a young 
etichail he must be to bring such a message !" 
MS. Gloss, of Line by the Rev. J. Adco^ 
The term occurs in the old play of Lady 
Alimony, quoted by Nares. 

STICHEL. To eat too much. North. 

STICHEWORT. The herb /%«« crw. It oc- 
curs in MS. Sloane 5, f. 5. 

STICHL1N6. A third year perch. 

STICK. (1) A term of reproach, as " yon are a 
pretty etick," A clergyman is called a good 
or bad etick according as he has a good or bad 
delivery. Warw. 

2^ A strUce among workmen. North, 

3) A timber-tree. fVeet. 

4) To cut a beast's throat. Far. dial 

5) A lot of twenty-five eels. 

(6) " Stykkyng or tukkyng up of clothys, tafaei' 
natio," Pr. Parr. MS. HarL 221, f. 164. 

STICK.AND-BAIL. Trap-balL Oxim. 

STICK-AND-LIFT. When a person is poor and 
has nothing beforehand, they say such a one is 
at«ftcA and lyt, that is, lives from hand to 
mouth, line. 

STICKER. A stick used for ttoppiiig a waggon 
ascending a hilL Her^. 

STICKING-PIECE. The part of an animal's 
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STICKINO-PLACB. A fixed place. The phnse 
ocean in Shakespeare, Macbeth, L 7. 
Which flower out of my hand thall never pane. 
But la ny baito thall luTe a Hiddnir-P^ce, 

'Vortor'f Qorgiout Oallenf, 1678. repr. p. I8S. 
STICKI^GS. The last of a cow's milk. 
STICKLE. (1) To tickle. For. dial, 

(2) A shallow in a river where the water, being 
confined, runs with violence. Somenet, The 
term is applied to the violence and rapidity of 
the stream in the following passage : 

When they came thither, the rWer of the Shenin, 
which invlroneth and runneth round about the citle, 
they found the same to be so deepe and ttikU that 
they could not passe over the same. 

Holinthtd^ Omq, Inland, p. 37. 

(3) To stii^ firmly to anything. Lane. 

(4) To part combatants. '* I styckyU betwene 
vnrasteDerB or any folkes that prove mastiies, 
to se that none do other wronge, or I parte 
folkes that be redy to fygfat," Palsgrave. 

(5) Haste. Stickle buty, very oflSdous. 

(6) Steep. Devon. 

(7) Fright ; amazement. Citmb. 

(8) The current below a waterfslL Weet. 
STICKLB-BACK. The prickleback. Var.didL 
Waspis and eysturls, and gret cait-sadyllys, 
Moskettus in mortxous, caudrons and ladyls. 

The pekerel and the perche, the mennous and the roche. 

The borbottus and the *tykt/lhakif» the flondyre and 

the locbe. Raiiq. Aniiq. 1. 8S. 

STICKLE-BUTT. Headlong. North. 
STICKLEB. (1) A person who presides at back- 
sword or singlestick, to regulate the game ; an 
umpire ; a person who settles disputes. 
Come, niver mine tha slngl»^icks, 

Tha whoppln or tha ttidrltr,' 
You dwon't want now a brawken head. 

Nor jitohy aoort o^ tickler I Ballad tff Tarn QotL 
(2) A small officer who cat wood for the priory 
of Inicheatervrithin the king's parks of Cla- 
rendon. Bbmnt. 
STICKLING. ** A sharplii^, shaftling, atieklinff, 
bankstickle, or sticklebacke," Cotgrave jn v; 
EtjnMche. " Gamervt, a stekelyng/* Nomi- 
nale MS. " Stykelynge, Mftirw," Pr. Parv. 
« Styckdyng, a maner of fysshe," Palsgrave. 
STICKLY. Rough ; prickly. North. 
STICKS. Furniture. Cvmb. 
STICKS-END. The unbnmt end of a stick 

from the fire. Dorwet. 
STICKY-STACK. A boys' game, running up 
the cut part of a haystack to try who can put 
in a sti(^ the highest. North. 
STID. (1) Place. See Stede. 
She jede into a ttt cvntr^* 
Ther no man knew hir pryvet^. 
Nor fro what »tid she come. 

M8. Cantab, Ff. v. 48, f. 45. 
And for that odur Edwart love. 
Thou Shalt sltte here above. 
In stUda alia of the kyn«. 

MS. Cantab. Vt. ▼. 48, t 04. 

Nob wonder- hafe 30W therof. 

My wlllhitwosl-wlse. 
For I wil kepe that ilke Hid9» 

That in my ward now Is.-^ 

MIS, Cantab. Ff. v. 48, ft 78. 



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(2) Qu. an error for did ? 

In Cham* fair streams «Md gently swfan. 
And naked bathe each curious limlWb 

Randolph*t Pbenw, 1643, p. U6. 
STIDDEN. Stood. North. 
STIDDY. Ananva. Var. dial 
STIB. (1) A lane. {A.-S.) 

The scheref made to seke Notyngham 

Bothe be strete and «<y«. 
And Robyn was in mery Scherwode 

As Iljt as lef on lynde. MS. Cantab. Ff. ▼. 48, f. 131. 
Hast thou i come in any sty. 
And cropped 5erus of come the by. 

MS. Cott. Oavd. A. U. f. 140. 

(2) To ascend. (^.-&) 

A shadowe of the erthe riseth sone. 
And aieth up above the mone. ^ 

Jf& Lwuri. 70s. f. 88. 
ST1FADRE. A stepfather. 
I schel the telle altogadre, 
Beten lchaveme«<i[/lMir8. Bsves 4t^Hiain<oimip.80. 
STIFE. (1) Obstinate, inflexible, stiff. '* A et^ 
gnean, a lusty queani" Ray. Stife bread, 
strong bread, made vrith beans and peas, &c. 
which makes it df a strong smell and taste. 
North. 
(2) Suffocating vapour. Nortkumb. Moor has 

the a4jective ttifyf stilling. 
STIFF. (1) Proud. Var. dial. 

2) Rich ; wealthy. North. 

3) A ladder. Yorkeh, ' 

(4) Pleased ; fond of. North. 

(5) A blacksmith's anviL Suffolk, 

(6) Firmly ; positively. Var. dial. 

Two or three other came In and said she was by 

common fSime accounted a witch. Wee found her 

gttlltle, and she was condemned to prison, and to the 

pUlorle, but stood ttUfb in It that she was no witch. 

Gi^brd't Dialogue on WitehoB, 1003. 

(7) Strong ; healthy ; lusty. North, It con- 
stantly occurs in writers of the sixteenth and 
seventeenth centuries in the sense of braoe, 

Somtymc I was an archere good, 
A ttxffi and eke a strange, 

I was commytted the be»t archere. 

That was in mery Englonde. Robin Hood, i. 77. 
STIFFLS. A complaint in horses. 

The horse is said to be ttUflad when the stiffllng 
bone is removed from the place ; but if it be not re- 
moved nor loosened, and yet the horse halteth by 
meanes of some griefe there, then we say that the 
horse is hurt In the stiffle, and not stifBed. The 
stIflSe commeth by means of some blow, or some 
great straine, slipping or sliding. The signes be 
these. If he be stiflSed, the one brae wilsUcke out 
farther than the other, and Is apparent to the eie. 
Martin woulde have you to eure the stlffle In al 
poinU like unto the shou1der>pight, saving that the 
pins need not bee so long, because the stifling place 
is not so broad as the shoulder, and standing in the 
stable ; let him have a pasteme with a ring on hie 
forelegge, and thereunto fasten a cord, which cord 
must go about his necke, and let it be so much 
strained as it may bring his sore legge more forward 
than the other to keepe the bone from starting «iut. 
But if the horse bee but hurt in the stUBe with some 
stripe or straine, then the bone wil not stand out, 
but perhaps the place may be swollen. The cure 
according to Martin Is thus. First anuoint the 
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once the space of a fortoight, and if the hoane amend 
not with thift, then rowel him with a hearen rowel, 
or elie with a quU. and let the neather hole be som- 
what before the sore place, and dense the hole every 
daye by turning the rowel, oontinvfng stil to an- 
noint the place with the ointment aforesaid, and that 
wil make him whole. 

Toptelf* Fwr-Footed Betutt, 1607, P- 405. 
STIFLE. To ruin. Norf. 
STIFLER. (1) A busybody. Eoft. 
(2) A Mrere blow, tlmost sufficient to deprire 

one of his semes. Noff. 
STIGH-ROPE. A rope>ladder. 
STIGHTELE. To esUblish ; to dispose. 
And wele sho wend he sold be slane* 
And, sertes, than war hir socor gane ; 
Bttt fast he §tighMd In that stowr. 
And hastily him come socowre. 

YMfaiM and Gawim, 3U] . 

He commanda Syr Cayous take kepe to thoos lordes, 

Tos^VMyl/tf tha sterynemcne, as theire sUtteaskys. 

Mffrt9 Arthur$, MS. Unatln,t 54. 

STI6MATIC. Explained in the old dictionaries, 
" a person who has been branded with a hot 
iron for some crime.'' Metaphorically, a de- 
formed or evil person. 

Per that prodigious bloody ttifmaiie 
Is nerer call'd unto his kingly sight. 
But like a comet he portendeth still 
Some innoTatlon, or some monstrous act. 

Death itf Robert, Barl (tTHwfiHngdon, p. 78* 

STIHE. A path, or lane. 

Fogheles of heven and flsaehes of at. 
That forthgone ttih$» of the le. 

Ma. Cott. rtiptu. D. vii. f. 4. 

STIKE. (1) A Terse, or stanza. 
2) To stick ; to pierve. (>^..S.) 
^TIKE -PILE . The herb stork^s-bUl. 
STIKILLICHE. Piercingly. (J.^S.) 
Of hire faired, saun faile. 
He hadde in hert gret merralle : 
On hire he lokid Hikmiehe, 
And hco'on him al outerliche. 

KjnifAlimwtder,9l9, 
STIKPTLE. The herb aetu demtmift. 
STILE. (1) To direct, as a gun. 
^2) To iron clothes. Exmoor. 
^3) A narrow path ; a road. YorlnK 

The Soottes gaudes might nothing gain, 
For all thai stumbUde at that ttUe, 

Minoi** Pwma, p. 5. 

(4) The upright post in a wainscot to which the 
panels are fixed. 

STILE-BOTE. Wood claimed of the lord, by 
an owner of lands, for making stiles. 

STILETTO-BEARD. Among the numerous 
fashions in beards, cultivated to excess by our 
ancestors, the short and pointed beard known 
asthet/tfe/^o was one of the most prominent, 
and is frequently referred to by our early 
writers. Taylor, the water-poet, in describing 
the beards of his time, mentions " some sharp, 
stiletto fashion, dagger like." 

STILL. (1) A hiU. Browne. 

(2) Constant ; continual. Shak. ^ By still 
practice,'' Titus And. iiL 2 ; '* the still piercLv^ 
air," AU's Well that ends Well, iii. 2. 

STILL-AN-END. Commonly ; generally. Skak, 
This phrase is still in use. 



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STILLATORIS. A atilL (J..M) Alta, a 

place where distiUations were performed. 
STILLS. Quietly ; with a low voice. 
Nowt psoude as Prechourcs heth. 
But preyan tvA tttfUe^ Pun P l o t^ftaia a , p. 473. 
STILLECHE. StilL (A.'&) 

Ac dtth luleth in bis scfao, 
Him tiUidie to for-do. 

MS, Cott, Calig. A. ix. r. S43. 

Jhesu Cryste they thanked moche 
And wente ageyn taW ttifUeehe, 

MS. Gsntaft. Ff. \l 38. f . 38. 

STILLER. (I) The inside of an oven. This word 

occurs in HoUyband*s Dictionarie, 1593. 
(2) The piece of wood carried over a milkptO to 

balance it. North. 
STILLID. DutiUed. £S^U«Nf,distil]atioiL 
Forthemaseltas, take the eCrffM water of fh^B^ 
torye, and dryuka it two spoDcf oUe therof iU> dsxa 
togndere, and they schuUa never appere mose. 

MS. Jfed. fise. xt. Cat. 

STILLING. A frame f or bairda. "Agsmtrie 
or 9titting for hogs-heads, &c, to stand on," 
Cotgrave in v. ChmUier. •* A stilling for ctsk, 
tubes," Coles' Lat.Dict 
STILL-ROOM. The housekeeper's room. 
STILL-SOW. A aly fellow. "Aclose, slie, 
lurking knave, a ttil <ow, as we say," Florio, 
p. 9. ** Stm swine eat all the drsff,'' Merrj 
Wives, iv. 2. This proverb is still in w. 
STILLY. Still; quiet; quietly. 
Ac Arthour was wel sHUtf 
With his folk nelghe hem hi. 

Arthtur and JfsrUii, p. 141. 

The mylners wife did rise water to make, 

Stiify, for the mllner abould not wake. 

The right way againe could she not take. 

For the honse was so wide. 

The Milner <^ Ablagtm,n.d. 

STILO-NOVO. After the Roman Calendir had 
been reformed by Pope Gregory XIU. in 1582, 
English travellers writing from abroad were 
accustomed to date their letters tiUo ntm, 
and the term became a kind of cant one for 
anything reformed or new. " And so I leave 
you to joxattilowwo" Beaumontand Fletdier. 

STILT. The handle of a plough. North. 

STILTED. Covered with diit to a considewble 
height, or in a grei^ degree. Stockinga »re 
said to be stilted, when new footiagi MW 
been added to the original leggings. Imc. 

STILTS. Crutches. East. 

STIM. To ram down tightly. J>erb. 

STIMBLE. Mingere. Norf. 

STIME. A particle, or ray of light. 
Wherewith heUiwled them so ckwe, 
AWiflMthey oouldBOtsea. 

BMn Seed, I UU 

They are seay gunny and ftirr'd up some tlin«i 
I can nut leank at leet nor see a ttime. 

A Yerkehbre Dtalegme, lflB7, P- »• 

STIMEY. Dim-sighted. North. 
STIMMER. A piece of iron used to ram down 

powder for blasting rocks, &c 
STIN. To groan. Yorksh. 
STINE. A sty in the eye. l^- 
STING. Tothatchaatack. North. 



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STINOBR. The sting of an insect. Wmt, It 

is sometimes called a «/m^. 
STINGO. Strong beer or ale. The Yorlihirt 

Simgo is the name of a celebrated inn in the 

suburbs of London. 

Such ttinfoe, nappy* pure ale they had found s 

LettfS loose no time, said they, but drink a round. 

TM Praue of Yorkshire Mt, VBWb P* 29. 

STINGUISH. To extingoish. 
STINGY. (1) m-tempered. Var. dial 
(2) Pierdng, as the wind. Nwf. 
STINK-A.PUSS. A term of contempt 
STINKERD. A stinking feUow. A term, of 
reproach. '< A stinkard, homo/atidtu" Coles. 
For now the 9tinkttrd$ In their irefull wraths, 
Bepelted me with lome» with stones* and laths. 

Ta^lm'a Worket, 1630, 11. 140. 
He must be honyed and come over with Gentle 
Reader, Courteous Reader, and Learned Reader, 
though he have no more gentllltle in him than 
Adam liad (that was but a gardner), no more dvilitle 
than a tartar, and no mot« learning tlian the moat 
errand stinkard, Mwgtuf* Phoenix BrUannieut, p. 88. 
STINKERS. A sort of bad coaL 
STINK-HORN. The stinking fungus. 
STINK-TRAP. A small circular plate of iron, 
joined to a hollowed half sphere of the same 
material, made for covering the top of a drain 
to keep out any offensive smell. 
STINT. A limited number of cattle gaits in 

common pasture. Craoen, 
STINTANCE. Stop; cessation. "Weep with- 
out any stintance," London Prodigal, p. 7. 
STINTE. (1) To stop. (J.-S,) To blow the 
stint, L e. the check or stop to the hounds. 
Still in use as a substantive, a limit, or 
quantity ; a limited quantity. 
And when hco ttiftiUih and sey th no more, 
3ef thou sysc heo uedeth lote, 
Thenne spek to byre on thys wyse, 
And say, take the gode avyse. 

MS, Cott. Oaud. A. li. f. 137. 

The liteU boye utint nought 
Till the horse was home brought ; 
Thereof irlste the clerkes nought. 
For sothe as I you sale. 

The Miller of Abingtcn, n. d. 

Hetokehur abowte the myddelle smalle, 

And layd hur downe upon the grene, 
Twys or thrys he served hurioowithalle. 
Be wolde nat sti/nt yet as 1 wene. 

MS. RawL C. 8S8. 
Then RoUb he hasted over the plain. 

Ha did neither stint nm lln, 
Until he came unto thediureh. 
Where Allln should keep his wedding. 

Robin Hood, ii. 49. 
The bysehop sl^nt In that stouude. 

MS. Qmtab. FL li. 38, f.47. 
He drewe hys swyrde ; or be stimts 
Hys bedd be smote of at a dynte. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. U. 38, f. 173. 

(2) The purr, or sea-lark. According to Moor, 
a species of plover. ** The stint, or junco ; it 
is a kind of a sea-lark, with a straight, long, 
slender bill, and black ; the legs long, of a 
dusky or blackish colour, with a tincture of 
green," Holme, ii. 279. 

STINTED. In foal, as a mare. We»t. 



STINTLESS. Without stopping; cetaeletiM 

There he petformd victorious conquering t 
His llUe was nothing els but stintlssss passion. 

Bowktmfs Betraying qf Christ, IMgf Slg. E. !▼• 

STIOLING. Perishing from cold. 

STIONY. The sty in the eye. East. "Styanye 
ynthe eye," Prompt. Parv. f. 164. 

STIPE. A steep ascent. Herrf. 

STIPONE. << A kind of sweet compound liquor 
drunk in some ill places In London in the 
summer time,'' Blount's Gloss, p. 612. 

STIR. (1) He has plenty to stir on with, i. e. he 
is immensely rich. North. 

(2J A crowd. Noff' 

(3) Very hard wood. Somenet. 

STIR-ABOUT. OatmesI and dripping mixed 
together and atirred about in the frying-pan. 
Wilbraham, p. 80, calls it " a hasty pudding.'' 

STIRACKES. 

The Sabeans, by reason of the continual! use of 
mlrrhe and frankinsens, grow to a loathing of that 
savour : for remedy of which anoyance, they per- 
fume their houses by burning stiraekes in goats skins. 
And thus much for the severall parts of a goat. 

TopselVs Foyr-Vwdsd Beasts, 1007, p. 889. 

STIRE. (1) To stir ; to move *, to slip. {A.-S.) 
If I salde stired mi fote be, 
Thl merci, Laverd, helped me. 

MS. Cott. Vespas. D. tU. f. 67. 
That thome no blaste of temptacion, 
Oure hertes be stirrsdds noythere up no doun. 

MS. Harl. 8260, f. 4. 
(2) To steer ; to direct. SkeUon. 
STIREHOUSE. A storehouse. 

In rainy weather they are whiter a great deale 
then at other times, unlesse it be when they couple 
together, for then they appeare very red. I my selfe 
about the middest of A prill, did once open a thlcke 
female worme, and within the flesh I found a certain 
receptacle ringed round about, and filling up the 
whole cavity of the lx>dy, having a thlnne mem- 
brance or coate enclosing it, and in this aforesaid 
stirehouse the earth which she had fed on, and where- 
with she was susteyned, was held and contained. 
Her egges were found to bee in a safe place above 
the receptacle, next to the mouth, there were many 
of them on a heape together, being all of a whitish 
colour. TopselFs HistoHe qf Serpents, 1608, p. 307. 

STIRK. A heifer. North. '« Hekfere, beeste, 
or styrke, juvencot** fr. Parv. p. 234. 

STIRKE. To become stiff with cold. " Clyn- 
gyne or styrkyne, rigeo** Pr. Parv. 

STIRMAN. A steersman. " Rother or a styr- 
man, reiwx^' Nominale MS. xv. Cent. 

STIROP. A stirrup. 

A levedy ad my love leyt, the bole began to belle, 

The cokeu ad the kite keyt, the doge Is in the wdle; 

Stod y in my stirop streyt, i-schok out of the schclle. 

MS, Arund. Coll, Arm. 87, f. 130. 

STIRPE. A race ; a family. 

Of whiche malady, because it was atraung and 
rare to the physicians of England, he at the kynges 
manoure of Grenewiche desessed, levynge one sonne 
behynde hym to contynue his stirps and famllle. 

HaU, Henry Fli. f. 55. 

STIRRIDGE. Commotion. J>€pon, 

STIRRING, (i) <* Amongst husbandmen, the 

second tilth rr fallow called «/»rrtfi^," Florio, 

p. 273. Markham explains it *' the second 

ploughing for barley." 



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(t) A bwds; a iiien7*niaki]ig. NorilL 
STIRRING-POT. *-A long strong iron pot, 
irith an handle about two yards ; with it 
being red hot, is stirred the mettle and lead 
together in mehing pots, till they be well in- 
corporated," Holme, 1688. 
STIRROW. A hasty.pudding. Cheth, 
STIRRUP-CUP. A parting cup taken on horse- 
back before leaving ; a stirrup-glass. 
Boy, lead our hones out when we get up, 
Wcc^I have with you a merry ttimip-cupp. 

Pmite qf Yorkeahire Ale, 1097» p. S7> 

STIRRUP-HOSE. *' Stirrop-hose, chauuettea 
aefirier; the stiirop of the hose, Vettrier de 
fa ckautieite," Howell, 1660, sect. 33. Holme 
mentions " large stirop hose, or stockings, 
two yards wide at the top, with points through 
several i-let holes, by which they were mside 
fast to the petticoat-breeches by a single row 
of pointed ribbons hanging at the bottom." 
Grose has $tirrupi, a kind of buskins. 5/tr- 
rup'»toeking$y Coles. 
STIRRUP-LADDER. A thatcher's short lad- 
der holding to the roof with spikes, ffett, 
STIRRUP-OIL. A sound beating. Still in use, 
according to M^}or Moor, p. 406. " To give 
one some stirrup-oyl, akquem fiutigare" 
Coles' Lat Diet. 
STIRRUPS. " Rings or iron bands that binde 
the shankes of the wheele, which we call the 
9tirTop9 of a wheele," Florio, p. 68. 
STIRRUP- VERSE. A verse at parting. 
Must Megg, the wife of Batt, aged eighty, 
DeceaVd November thirteenth, seventy-three. 
Be cast, lllie common dust, into the pit. 
Without one lloe of monumental wit ? 
One death's head distich, or mortality-staff. 
With sense enough for ehurch-yard epitaph ? 
No ahrrmp-verte at grave before she go } 
Batt does not use to part at taverns so. 

Batt upon Batt, seventh ed. p. t3. 

STIRT. Started. {A,'S.) 

And was about him to slen, 
Ac other atirt hem bituen. 

Arthmtr and Merlin, p. 184. 
Kay up sMrf and King Ydcr, 
Afot foughten with swerdes cler. 

Arthtiurand Merlin, p. 144. 
Methought thanne I stlrte up anooe. 
And to the broke I ranne and gate « stonc^ 
And to the ooltlcowe hertly cast. 
And for drede be flyes away ful fast. 
And gladd was I whan that he was goon. 

MS. Canuib. Ff. i. 6, xv. Cent. 
STIRT ANDE. Starting ; spirited. Oawayne, 
STIRTTELYS. Quickly ; immediately. 
Stirttti^ steryne one steryne with styffe mene of armes, 
Mony lufllche launce appone lofte stondjrs. 

MwrU jirthun, MS. Lincoln, f. 91. 

STIR-UP-SUNDAY. The twenty-fifth Sunday 
after Trinity, the collect for that day begin- 
ning with the words stir «p. 

STITCH. (1) A contortion ; a grimace. 

'2) A narrow ridge of land. Cumb. 

3) A stack or bundle of ten sheaves of com set 
up together in a field. Dwon. 

I be a come whim, Thomas, an 1 dwon't Chenk 1 
shall goo ta adkool again thcAie summer. I shall 



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beoutamaagat y». rilgoovi* taaawy, aaisliA 
makin, aa ta reapy— lU come ftlsr, aa set up ths 
mteku vor ye, Thomas. Wm CiMitfiji iNa%«M. 

(4) A tailor. Tor. dioL 

(5) To go through stitch, i e. to go through or 
accomplish completely. " Now wee are in, 
wee must goe through $tiiekt** Tragedy of 
HoflFinan, 1631, sig. F. iii. '* Pam-ptar^wi, 
a resolute fellow, one that goes tkrwgk-ditek 
with every thing hee undertakes, one whose 
courses no danger can stop, no difficultie stay," 
Cotgrave. " To go tfaorow-stitch with the 
work, opu9 peragere" Coles. 

(6) Stop 9tUck wkile I put a meetBe m, a prOTer. 
bial phrase applied to any one when one wishes 
him to do anything more slowly. 

STITCHBACK. Strong ale. Stmtk 
STITE. As soon. York$k. 
STITELERS. 

This is the watyra abowte the place^ If ny dycbe 
may be mad, ther it achal be i^ed ; or cUyt that 
it be strongely barryd al abowte. and kte novth 
over many at^luyt be withinne the plase. 

Sharjf* Goe. Mftt, p. 33. 

STITH. (1) Ascendeth. (i#..&) 

Mob that thuneheth he brdceth annes. 

That y-wis bytoluieth harmes. 

Mon that syth tren blowe ant here, 

Bltokneth wynnyng, ant no lere. 

Mon that Mtjfth on tre an heh. 

Code tidynge him b neh. BM^^ AnHq. L VS. 

(2) A blacksmith's anviL (^.-5.) Stithy is the 
most general form of the word. ** Stythe for 
a smythe, encbtme,*' Palsgrave. 

As hit were dyntes of a«ettM, 
That smy thes smyten In her smythi. 
Cttnor Mundl, MS, CW/. IWfi. Gsnfaft. 1 138. 

(3) Carbonic acid gas. North. 
STITHE. (1) Firm; strong; stiff. ** Stithe, 

strong, stiff, ab As. stidh, stiff, hard, severe, 
violent, great, strong ; stithe eheeae, i. e. stroog 
cheese," Ray, p. 45. ed. 1674. 
The stremys are so styflfe and ttiftha. 
That many a manne ther losses thaire lyfe. 

Jf& JAneein A. i. 17, t ^^^ 
On stedes that were ttithe and strong. 
Thai riden togider with schaftw long. 

AmiMttmdJwMmm, 1103. 
A tumament thai ches. 
With knightes j<lfA« on stede. £ir IHsfrsM, p. 142. 

(2) Hot ; oppreasive ; stifling. East, 

(3) To ascend, or climb. Batman, 1582. 
STITHOM. Confusion; bustle. Lme, 
STIYART. Place ; station. 

Love roaketh monl mai with teres to wede: 
Love hath his tHvart by sti and by strete. 

App. to Con^bear^t Oetavian, p. 0. 

STIVE. (1) A kind of hive made of straw used 
at cock-fights for putting the birds in to keep 
them warm. 7b be sthed «{p, to be stifled up 
in a warm place. 

(2) To push with poles. Scott. 

(3) To walk energetically. North. Mr. Hunter 
says, to walk with affected stateliness. 

(4) Dust. Var.diaL 



(5) Strong; muscular, 
strong or powerful. 



Nwth, Styvett, moit 



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ABd rti w gw t npon nay itod*, 

Aad Myv9*f under guideH. 

And loTdokett to lokcn on. 

And lykyngest a-bedde« FUn Ploughman, p. 519. 

(6) To thiver with cold. Devon. 
STIVED. Baked hai^ Will Werw. 
STIVEN. Sternness. Grote. 
STIVER. (1) To start np. Devon. 

(2) To exert one's self violently. " How he 
ttwerg through the mud." Sti/KS. To flut- 
ter. Kent. 

(3) A bristling of the hair. Weit. 

(4) A small Dutch coin. 

Through thy protection they are monstrous thrlTers^ 
Not liXe the Dutchmen in base doyts and Hiver; 

Taifhi*» Work«», IL 3. 

(5) To stiver about, to stagger. Sustex. 
STIVES. Stews, or hrothels. 
STIVING. Oose; stifling. Wore. 
STIVOUR. A kind of bagpipe. Also, a player 

npon the stiyour. {A,-N.) 

Ther were trumpcs and fithelers. 
And ativourt and labourers. 

Arthowr and Merlin, p. S43. 

Ofiganlstera and gode stiMure, 
Minstrels of mouthe, and manl dysour. 
To glade tho beines blithe. 

Gy «/ WarufVt9, p. 274. 

STIWEN. A road is said to be etiwen up 
when so foil of snow as to be impassable. 
Noff. 

STI5T. Rxed. WULWerw. 

STOACH. To make an impression on wet land, 
as oxen do in winter. Suseex. 

STOAK-HOLE. A round hole out of which 
the fire in the fiimace proceeds. Hobne. 

STOB. A small post. The gibbet post of the 
notorious Andrew Mills, in the bishopric of 
Dnrbam, was called Andrew Milie* etob. To 
9t<ib out, to demand or portion out land by 
stobs. It is also used in reference to spines 
or thorns that have pierced the flesh. York. 

STOBBALL-PLAY. Aubrey, in his Nat. Hist. 
Wats, Royal Soc MS. p. 347, gives the iol- 
lowing account of this game : — '' It is peculiar 
to North Wilts, North Glocestershire, and a 
UtUe part of Somerset, near Bath ; they strike 
a ball stuffed very hard with quills, and 

covered with soale-leather as big as a 

bullet, with a staffe commonly made of withy 
about three and a halfe feet long. Golem- 
downe is the place so famous and so frequented 
for st4)bball playing. The twife is very fine, 
and the rock fireestone is within an inch and 
half of the surface, which gives the baU so 
quick a rebound. A stobbaU-ball is of about 
four inches diameter, stuffed very hard with 
quills, sowed into soale leather, and as hard 
as a stone. I doe not heare that this game is 
used anywhere in England but in this part of 
Wiltshire, and Gloucestershire a^joyning. 
They strike the ball with a great turned staff 
of about four feet long." So far Aubrey, 
which I have corrected by reference to the 
rough draft of this work in the Ashmolean 
Museum. See also Stowe's Survey of London, 



ed. 1720, b. L p. 257. *' A stow-btU, pUm 

elavata,'* Colea. 
STOBLE. Stubble. Patagrave. ** St^mhf a 

stoble and a stree/' Medulla MS. 
STOBWORT. The herb oxys, or sonel. <' Wood 

sorrell or stubwoort," Gerard, p. 1030. 

STOCHE. A stab. Yorieh. 
STOCK. ( 1) The udder. Kent. 
(2) A root. (3) To root up. Weet. 
(4) Strong ; muscular. /. qf Wight. 
ib) A stocking. ShaJt. 

(6) At cards, when part of the cards only is 
used, the remainder was called the stock. 

(7) The same as Stoekado, q. v. 

(8) The back of a grate. Var. dial 

(9) To peck, as a bird. Herrf. 

(10) To strike and wrench with an axe having a 
flat end. West. 

(11) Cattle. Far. dial 

STOCKADO. A thrust in ffencing. " A stoc- 
cdta, with a thrust or stoccado," Florio. 

STOCK-CARD. A large wooden instrument 
used for carding wool. 

STOCKED. Confined. Chaucer. 

Roges and vagabonds are ottea ttocktd and 
whipped ; scolds are ducked upon cucklngstooles in 
the water. HarrUont p. Ittk 

STOCKEL. An old pollard tree. Herrf. 

STOCKENED. Stopped in growth. Unc. 

STOCKERS. Persons employed to fell or grub 
up trees. West. See Stock (3). 

STOCKING-IRON. An implement used for 
grubbing weeds up. 

STOCK-MILL. A fulling-mill. Gbme. 

STOCKPORT-COACH. A horse with two wo- 
men riding sidewise upon it. North. 

STOCKS. (1) A wooden prison for the legs, 
used in villages as a punishment for petty 
offences. They may still be seen in many 
places, though generally disused. They are 
introduced upon the stage in the old play of 
Hick Scomer, and in King Lear. The Worcea- 
ter Journal of Jan. 19th, 1843, informs us 
that this old mode of punishment was recently 
revived at Stratford-on-Avon for drunkenness, 
and a passer-by asking a fellow who was doing 
penance how he liked it, the reply was — " I 
beant the first mon as ever were in the stocks, 
so I don't care a fardin about it.'' Holme 
describes the stocks, *' a prison or place of 
security to keep safe all such as the constable 
finds to be night-walkers, common drunkards 
and swearers, that have no money, and such 
like ; also petty thieves, strippers of hedges, 
robbers of hen-roosts, and light-fingered per- 
sons, who can let none of their masters or mis- 
tresses goods or doaths lye before them ; also 
wandring rogues, gipsies, and such as love 
begging better than labour." 

And twenty of thes odur ay in a pytt. 
In ttokku and feturs for to sytt 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. S39, 

And if f^om the *tode» I can keep out my feet, 
I fear not the Compter, King's Bench, nor the Fleet 
Jlead»m9 of Compliments, ?i71i P* S81. 



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(S) The frtme oC a chnni or the titnd upon 
which it is pat. We9t. 

STOCK-SHEARS. Shean med by needle- 
makers for cutting wire the required length. 

STOCK-SLEB VE. *' Mmche Lombarde, a stocke 
sleeve, or fashion of halfe-aleeve, whose upper 
part is raised, and fall of plaiU or gathers," 
Cotgrave. " A stock-sleeve, or kind of half- 
sleeve," Howell, 1660. 

STOCKY. (1) Irritable, headstrong, and con- 
trary, combined. Sussex. 

(2) Impudent, brassy ; used on the borders of 
Leicestershire, to which county it perhaps 
more properly belongs. lAne. 

(3) Short and thick of growth. Wett. 
STODDLE. *' Stodyll a toole for a wever, lame 

detiuermit" Palsgrave. 
STODE. Stood ; remained stiU. 
The abbot Myd to his ooTflat, 
Th«re h* j«otf«on grounde. 
This day twelfe mooath came there a knyght. 
And borowed foure hondred pounde. 

Robin Hood, I 17. 
The achylde In the Khouldar wode 
Halfe a fote or hyt ttodt, 

MS, Cantab, Ft, IL 98, f. X70< 

STODE-MERE. A mare in foal. (/4,~S.) 
Bot the boye was never lo blythe, 
Alt whenne he herde the name kythe 
Of the ttodo-more ttytht ; 
Of na thyng thanne he ic^hte. Partooal, 387. 

STODGE. (1) To stuff; to fiU; to distend; to 
squeeze tightly toge^er. Wett, 

(2) Pottage, or soft food« Dewm. Forby has 
etodge^ to stir up various ingredients into a 
thick mass. 

(3) Thick slimy mud. South, 
STODGE-FULL. Quite full, or unable to con- 

tain more. The ground or the road is said to 
be etodgy, or aU^ a utodge, when it is wet, 
deep, and miry. Warw, 
STOFFADO. *' A term for the stuffing of any 
joint of meat, or belly of any fowl, or the 
like,'' Holme's Academy, 1688, ilL 84. 
STOOGED. Set fast in a mire. Detxm. 
STOGGEREL. An old pollard. West. 
STOIN'D. Astounded. 

Aoto'd and ama^d at his own shade for dread. 
And fearing greater dangers than was need. 

British Bibtiographer. I. 290. 

STOITH. " Stipa, a stoith," occurs in Komi- 
uale MS. among the nomina vestimentorum. 

STOITING. The jumping of pilchards above 
the surface of the water. East, 

STOK-DOWE. A stock-dove. '' Pahmbus, 
palumba, a stok dowe," Nominale MS. 

STOKE. (1) A yardin length. 

(2) To stir the fire. Far. dial 

(3) A stock. Nominale MS. 
STOKEN. Shut ; fastened. North, 

Syr, sdie seyde, nothyng welle. 
For sche was ttokm yn that castelle. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. U. 38, f. 149. 
Olimpias Is now awroke, 
Ac yet heo is in prison «telr«. 

Ktfng Aiitaundert 1192. 



STOKER. A miB emplofBd to ilir aid attaid 

to the fire in a brewtfy, ftc. Vor. OmL 
STOKEY. Close, or icltry. North. 
STOLDRED. Stealth. Kent. 

Some little com by^foXdrerf brought to town. 
BUUngol^t BraehM-Mari^nlogia, 1857, p. 10|. 

STOLE. (1) A stool. (A.'S.) There wu t 

weaver's instrument called the stole. 
(2) Part of the ecclesiastical habit, worn aboot 

the neck. (A.-N.) 

5ef the wonte stete orfanooe, 
When thow art in the canooe* 
Passe forth wythowten tume. 
But that thow moste rewe ^eme. 

Ma. Cttton. Oamd. A. It. f. IMi 

(3J Robe of royalty. Weber. 

(4) A kind of packing-chest for robes and dotbes. 
We still have ** groom of the »tole." See 
Piivy Purse Expences of Eliz. of York, p. 45. 

(5) To drink ; to swallow. Noff. 
STOIiEN. " Stolen things are sweet," sn old 

proverb still in common use. 

From busie cooks we love to steal a bft 
Behind their baclu, and that in oomen esL 
Nor need we here the reason why entreat, 
All know the proverb, sfeUsn brmiitMPwt. 

Hittorv^J»»tph,fi.i. 

STOLKY. Wet and miry. Ghue. 
STOLNE. Stolen. (^.-&) 

Than sende Joseph aftur hem men that ujdos 
that thel were wykkyd men, that aftur that here 
lorde hadde made hem wel at eae, haddoo sMm b]ri 
coupe that he lovid moste. 

3iS. CotU Oayd. A. U. f. *fi- 

STOLPE. Apost,or8tulp. North. 

The cradle to have five ttolpeM, three at the bead, 
and twoe at the feet, and the king's annes on the 
middle ttolpe^ and all the other «tu/pe« with other 
armes, and well carpctted all about, with a pue 
thereon of cloth of gould fkirred with ennin. 

OrMnanett and RognMlon», p. 127< 

STOLSY. To walk in the dirt. Beds. 
STOLT. Strong ; stout. Susses. 
STOLY. Dirty; disorderly. At^W*. 
STOM. (1) The instrument used to keep the 

malt in the vat. North. 
(2) A large branch of a tree. Beds, 
STOMACH. (1) Pride ; hanteur. 

(2) To bear, or put up with. Var. dud. 

(3) Anger. (4) To resent. Best. Both theac 
senses are used by eariy writers. To stick in 
the stomach, i. e. to remember with anger. 

STOMACHFUL. Stubborn. Also, angry. 
STOMACHY. Proud^; haughty; inrit«We; 

easily offended. Var. dial. 
STOMAGER. ** Curet. breastplate, or stomager, 

thorax*' Huloet, 1552. 
STOMBER. To confuse ; to eofifound. Sakf- 
STOMBLEO. The same as Poached, q. ▼• 
STOMELAR. A stumWer. Pr. Pan. 
STOMPEY. To stump or walk, fer.diai 
STONAGE. Any heap of stones. Stonebenge 

is so called by the country people. 
STONAS. An entire horse. SsJM^ 
STONAYE. To confound ; to astonish. 
Whenne any stlf ttes to stale, rtuflfe thame the betiere, 
Ore thel wiUe 1 e gtona^odo and sfroyedr la jone stnytt 
lODdes. Moiit jtrOuirty MS. Uneoln^ U 73- 



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He was lo utrngmM of thst dcnte, 
Thit nygh he had hy> lyff rente* 

Richard Cotr ds Hon, 4S1. 
And soche a tttok to Bef yae he lente» 
That he waa ttonyvd of that dynte. 

M8, Otntab. Ff. U. 38, f. IfiS. 

STONCHEDE. Stopped. 

And the wynde Honehedo and blew no more, 
And the incyit tumde into a hryjt cloude. 

Obfwn. VUodtun. p. 197< 
STONCROP. The plant erasntia minor, 
STOND. " Stonde a Yessell, they ha^e none/' 
Palsgnnre, 1530, subst. f. 67. 

Hwor la thi bred and thin ale, 
Thl tunne and thine §tond« f 

MS. Cott, Caiig, A. ix. f. 245. 

STONDAND-HGNADE, Is thus described in 
an early and curious poem on cookery : 
Fyrat play thy water with hony and salt, 
Grynde blanchyd almondea, I wot thou shalle ; 
Thurgh a streynour thou ahalt horn atreyne. 
With the aame water tliat ii io clene : 
In sum of the water stepe thou shaUe 
Whyte bredecniafeea to alye hit withalle. 
Then take llggns and grynde hom wele. 
Put hom in pot, ao have thou cele. 
Then tidiebrede, with mylke hit streyne 
Of almondea that be white and dene. 
Cast in tho. fyggus that ar i-grynde. 
With powder of peper that is tho kynde ; 
And powder of canel, in grete lordys house. 
With sugur or hony thou may hitdowoe. 
Then take almondea cloven in twen, 
That fryid ar with oyle ; and set with wyn 
Thy dlaah, and floryssh hit thou myjt 
Wyth powder of gynger tha^ia so bryjt ; 
And serve hit forth, as I spake thenne, 
And set hit in sale before, &c. 

MS. Stoang 1906, pp. 91, 92. 

STONDE. To stand ; to remain. (^.-5.) 
No non In chyrche stonde schal, 
Ny lene to pyler ny to wal. 

MS. QM. Claud. A. il. f. 130. 

STONDENDE. Standing. 

ThQrowsy5te of hem mlstumid were, 
Stondende as stonis here and there. 

Goiver, MS. Soc Antiq. 134. f. 41. 

STOND-HOKSE. " Stonde horse, nature^" 

Palsgrave, subst. f. 67. 
STONDLE. A bearing-tub. Norf. 
STONE. (1) A gun-flint. 
(2) In composition, signifying quite; as 9tone- 

hUndf quite blind; stone^cold^ ttone-deadtttone- 

9till,&c Still in use. 

Byer satt Percyvelle ttone^iUe, 
And spakke nothynge hit tille, 
Tllle scho hade sayde alle hit wille. 
And ipakke lease ne mare. Ptrenal, 841. 

STONE-AX. A stone-worker's axe. 
STONE-BOW. A crossbow for shooting stones. 

" Stone-bowe, arcubtuta," Pr. Parv. 
STONE-BURNISHER. A stone used for polish- 

ing and making bright a piece of silver or 

gold. Holme, 1688. 
STONE-CHAT. The wheatear. North. 
STONE-HATCH. The ring-plover. Nor/, 
STONB-HONEY. Honey hardened and can- 

(tied white like sugar. Also called corn-honey. 
STONE-HORSE. A stallion. " Cheval eniier, 

a stone-horse/' Cotgrave in v. Entier, 



STONB-JARS. Large jugs are so called, though 

composed of earthenware. Hunter. Forby 

has ttone-ware, old-fashioned earthenware of 

a dusky white or grayish colour. 

STONEN. Made of stone. Weet. 

STONE-SPITCHIL-DIKE. A raised earthen 

dike, faced with stones. North. 
STONE-WEED. Knot-grass, ^tf^ott. 
STONGEN. To stab ; to pierce. (A,'S,) 
They ben y*sewed with whight sllke. 
And semes ful queynte, 
Y-ttongen with stiches 

That Btareth as sylver. Piert Ploughmant p. 489. 
STONE. A shock of corn. '< Diaeaux de gerbee, 
sheafes of come set tenne and tenne in a 
heape ; halfe-thrayes of tenne sheayes apeeoe ; 
ten sheaved wtonke or shocks of come," 
Cotgrave, 1632. 
STONNORD. The herb stonecrop. 
STONT. Standeth. {A.-S.) 

In the royddd the chylde ttmU, 
As he ys folowed in the foot. 

JfiS. Cott. Ctewd. A. II. f. 1S9. 
Thay •tom stilly a stownde ; 
Thay putt up pavilyons ronde. 

MS. Uneoln A. i. 17* f. 131. 

STONY-HARD. The plant com-gromwell. 
STOO. A stool. Lane. 
STOOD. Cropped short. North, 
STOCK. (1) A sort of stile beneath which water 
is discharged. Somerset. 

(2) A shock of corn. North, 

Lcsly baring instantly ordered to raise the conn- 
trey for the Perlam't, under the command of Col. 
Lawson and Col. Chomly, marched the next day . 
towards Newcastle. The corn was then all in the 
stock I and Lesly knew well that if he had stayed to 
beggar the towue, he might have taken It within a 
few weeks. 

Tulliel'* Narratiw of the Siege <ff Carttelef p. 7* 

(3) The remains of a pillar of coal after it has 
been riven by a board. Newc, 

(4) To stoop the head. North, 

STOOL. (1) To ramify, as com. Var. dial, 

(2) To plough ; to cultivate. Yorkth, 

STOOL-BALL. An ancient game at ball, played 

by both sexes. According to Dr. Johnson, 

it is a play where balls are driven from stool 

to stool. See a further notice in Strutt, p. 97. 

In Lewis's English Presbyterian Eloquence, 

p. 17, speaking of the tenets of the Puritans, 

he observes that '' all games where there is 

any hazard of loss are strictly forbidden ; not 

so much as a game at ttool-baU fbr a Tansay, 

or a cross and pyle for the odd penny at a 

reckoning, upon pain of damnation." This 

quotation is given by Brand, in his Pop. Antiq. 

The following is from Herrick's Hesperides, 

1648, p. 280 : 

At etool-ballf Lucia, let us play 

For EugaT-.calces and wine ; 
Or for a tansie let us pay. 

The loaae be thine or mine. 
If thou, my deere, a winner be 

At trundling of the ball. 
The wager thou ahalt have, and me. 

And my misfortunes all. 

Poor Robin, in his Almanack for 1677, in his 



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ObMrratioiu on April, opposite the 16th and 
17th, Baiter Monday and Tnesdayi Bays,— 
YooBg meD ud iiiaidi» 

Now very brisk. 
At l»rley>bmk and 
Stoel-baU frbk. 

Brantr* Fopuiar JntiquUUt, i. 105. 
/m. At, and at ttool-bali tpo, sir ; I've great luck 
at It. Ward. Why, can you catch a ball well ? 
/m. I have oatch'd two in my lap at one game. 

Middleton'g Workg, iv. 207. 
When health and weather both invite, 
At tool-ball to play for our delight. 

The Ptotuant Alurum, I70S» 

STOOL-OF-OFFICS. A cloae-stool. 

And at of one part of a tree a chaire of state may 
be made, and of another part a carved image* and 
of a third part ittooU^^fie§i so men, being com- 
pounded and composed all of one mould and mettle, 
are different and dJaconaooaat In estates, conditions, 
and qualities. Tmplor'o Workeo, L 144. 

STOOLS. The roots of copae, or hedgewood 
cut down nearly to the ground. Var, dial 
'* To go a stooling, signifies to he employed 
in woods, generally without the owner's leave, 
in cutting up such decayed stools, or stumps, 
or moots, for fuel," MS. Devon. Gi. 
STOOL'S.FOOT. To Uy the ttooTa-fooi in 
water, means to make great preparation for 
receiving a guest. Etut. 
STOOL-TERRAS. To set turfs two and two, 
one against the other, to he dried by the 
wind. fFett. 
STOON. A stone. (.^..&) 

Oure Lord wroot It hymselve 
In tiom, for it stedefast was. 
And stonde sholde evere. 

Pier» Ploughman, p. SS8. 

STOOP. (1) To fall, or pounce upon, as a hawk 

on the wing does upon his prey. 
f2) To steep ; to macerate. We»L 

[3) A post, or stulp. North, 

[4) A drinldng cup ; a pitcher. Still in use in 
the latter sense. 

!5) A barrel ; a beer-vesseL Northumi, 
6) To tilt a cask. South. 
STOOR. (1) To rise up in clouds, as smoke, 
dust, fallen lime, &c Yorkih. 
To stir, or move actively. Weft. 
A sufficient quantity of yeast for a brewing. 
See Forby's East Anglia, p. 329. 
STOOREY. A mixture of warm beer and 

oatmeal stirred up with sugar. North. 
STOOTH. To lath and plaster. North. 
STOP. (1) To cover ; to hide. " A hassocke or 

mat to stop a privy with,'* Florio, p. 84. 
'2) A small well-bucket. Noff. 

[3) To poke ; to thrust ; to place. North. 

[4) To fasten a feather to the wing of a hawk 
in place of a broken one. 

[5) llie same as Stabf q. v. 

^TOP-DICE. A kind of false dice, mentioned 
in Palsgrave's Aeolastus, 1540. Chapman 
alludes to stop-cater-trays. 

STOPEN. Stopped ; advanced. (A.-S,) 

ST0P.6LAT. Amake-shifl;; a substitute. 

STOPLESS. A portable wooden stopper for 
the mouth of an oven. North. 



STOPPE. (1) To stuff. Peg^e. 

(2) A bucket, or milking-pafl. Still in use in 
Norfolk. The holy-water 9toppe was a vessd 
containing holy-water placed nearthe entrance 
of a church, and was sometimes made of lead. 

STOPPER. A person at tennis, football, and 
other games, who stops the balls. 

STOPPING. Honey laid so long in the cells 
that it has become bad and hard. 

STOPPING-PAN. 

Then stop the veine with a little hogs-gresse, and 
then tacke on the shooes, and turpentine molten 
together, and laid upon a little flax, and eram the 
place where you did let him blood hard with tow, 
to the Intent It may be surely stopt. Then Al both 
his feet with hoga grease, and bran fried together In 
a Hofptng pan, so hot as is possible. And upon the 
stopping, clap a piece of leather, or else two splents 
to keepe the stopping. 

Toptiaft Fomr-Ftotod Boatts, iet7, p 400. 

STOPPINGS. A barrier of plank, brick, or 
stone, filling up an excavation to give direction 
to a current of air in a coal mine. 
STOPPLE. (1) The stopper of a bottle, &c 
But that yt lackes atoppoll. 
Take thee heare my well [fayer] botUU, 
For it will houlde a good pottill. 
In fkith, I can gave thee no more. 

Chatter Plarr* i> 142 
Bot both your sisten and your child 
Provided well for this. 
Their tubbs can never leake. 
Because the stopplo there k. 

MS. fteaw, temp. James I. 

(2) The stalk of a pipe ; the tufts of straw used 
in thatching stacks. Weit. 

(3) Stubble. Dewm. ''Halm, or stobyl, 
stopyll, tt^mta,** Prompt. Parv. p. 223. 

And thorn haubert and ys eolcr, that nere nothyog 

souple. 
He smot of ys heved as lyjtlydie as yt wen a lute 
Btouple. Rob. Goueaiter't Chronicle, p. 2S3. 

STOP-RODS. Are expUdned by Carr. " the 

wattling of the shafts of a mine.'' North. 
STOP-SHORD. A stop-gap. SomerteL 
STOPWOUR. The herb Allelnja. 
STORBET. Disturbed. (A.-S.) 

Hast thou be slowe to Ooddes servyae. 
Or etorbet hyt by any wyse. 

MS. CSoef. Ctaud. A. ILf. 140. 
STORE. (1) strong; powerful; large. {J.S,) 
Tyrwhitt, iv. 253, was apparently unacquainted 
with this meaning of the term. 
On a grene hylle he sawe a tree, 
Thesavyr of hyt was strong and store. 

MS. Cantab. Pf . IL 30, f. 48L 
Fra sa mekllle a manne and sa store 
Had thay never sene byfore. 

MS. Uneoln A. i. 17> £. 126. 
For Sir Anlaf, the king of Danmazk, 
With an ost store and stark. 

Into loglood Is come ; 
With flften thousend knlghteaof prila, 
Alle this loud thai stroycn y-wis. 
And man! a toun han nome. 

Cv qf Warwike, p. 3BX 
The king and his men ilkane 
Wend tharwlih to have bene slane. 
So blew it stor with slete and rayn. 

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(2) Anything laid up for uie. (3) 7b teUno 
ftore tf a thing ^ to consider it of no use or 
importance. ChoMctr. 

^4) A receptacle for any articles. 

(5) To stock, or fomish. (^.-M) 

(6) The plant lAhanum OlHanumt according to 
MS. Sloane 5, f. 6, xv. Cent. 

(7) Store it no nret an old phrase meaning that 
things stored np caase no harm. 

Mulieply thy medcynf ay more and more. 
For wyie men done ley «fww jw no tore. 

Athmole'* T%Mt. Chem, Brit, 1652. p. 18& 
Tbisb the cause, tlr, that I Judged it lo vile, 
Bycnute it If m eomroon fai talking every while ; 
For plentie ia not delntie, m the common saying is* 
No, nor «tor« i» no tore, perceive you this. 

Baeord^t Qroundo of Art—, 1579. 

(8) Number; quantity. 

Others were saT'd, whose crimes rase to that store 
As they deserv'd death twentie times before. 

mroUhwaUeo Law i/ Drinking, 1617* P< 7B. 

(9) To move ; to stir. 

i<oke ye score not of that stedd, 
Whedur y be quyck or dedd. 

MS, Cantab. Ft U. », f. 191. 

STORB-PIGS. Pigs nearly full grown. 
STORGIN. A sturgeon. Nominale MS. 

That made the ertheand the pianettes seryn, 

And in the see the oturgone, 

MS. CatUab. Ff. il.38, f. IfO. 

STORIAL. Historical; true. {J.-N.) 
STORKEN. (1) To gain strength. Cioii^. 
(2) To cool ; to stiffen. North. 
STORKING. Some kind of hint '' Frtmdator, 

a storkyng," Nominale MS. 
STORK'S-BILL. ''Siorck't biO, to ftorkem, 

proper to fat growing cold, and so hard," 

Hallamshire 61. p. 124. 
STORM. (1) To scold ; to be angry. East. 

(2) A shower. Wilts. 

(3) A fidl of snow. Also, a long continued frost. 
North. To be stormed, L e. to be starved 
with cold. 

STORM-COCK. The missel thrush. North. 
STORMING-THE-CASTLB. A kind of sea. 
game mentioned in Peregrine Pickle, ch. 16. 
STORM-STAID. Detained on a journey on ac- 

ooimt of a storm. North. 
STORQUE. 

Rip np each Tdn and sinew of my sforgue. 
Anatomise him, searching every entraile. 

ThoMuMo Looking-Glauot 1643, p. 48. 

STORVE. To die. {A.-S.) 

My sone schalle not thys day otorve, 
BeSeynt Thomas that y schalle serve. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. U.S8, f. 19S. 
Ther-whlle Vpocras, with a knlf, 
Binom thatschild his swete lif ; 
And let him birie sikerlicbe, 
Als he were atorvon sodainllche. 

l%e Soojfn Sage*, 1196. 
STORVING. Slaying ; kilUng. {A.^S.) 
Betwene the barons' and thR king 
Aiijt to be no otorvkng. MS. GinCa6.Ff. ▼. 48, f. 106. 

STORT. A fakehood. Var. dial 

STORY-POSTS. The upright timbers reaching 
from the top to the bottom of a story in a 
building of carpenter's work, h itimm. 



STOT. (1) A young ox. North. " Stotte, bo^ 
9eau,*' Palsgrave. Tyrwhitt thinks Chaucer 
uses the term for 9tod, a stallion. ** Stot 
hon^eahaOut,'* Pr. Parv. f. 165. 

And laide thaire fee was tn tliame rerede, 

Certis, syr, us es noghte levyde 

A ototto unto joure plowghe ! loumbrao, 98. 

(2) To rebound, as a ball. North. 
STOTATE. To stumble ; to stammer. 

Than he ttotaif for made, and alle his strenghe fayles, 
Lokes upe to tlie lyfte, and aUe his lyre chaunges. 

MorU Arthuro, MS. LAneUn, t. 97. 
Un-comly in cloystre. i coure ful of care, 
1 loke as a luxdeyn. and listne til my lare. 
The song of the oesoifa. dos me syken sare. 
And sitte ttoHand on a song* a moneth and mare. 

Rdiq. iififif. 1. 991. 

STOTCH. To poach land; '<the cattle have 
9totehedX^B field," that is, covered it with 
their footmarks. Kent. 

STOTE. A kind of weasel. The polecat is 
called d^stotem. Somersetshire. 

STOTEDE. Remained ; rested .> 
A none to the forest they found. 
There they ototedo a stound ; 
They pyght pavelouns round. 
And loggede that nyght. D^p^omnt, 996. 

STOTER To stumble. North. 

STOTE YE. Cunning; stratagem. WilLJFerw. 

STOTHE. The slay of a weaver's loom. Also, 
a post or upright of a wall. 

STOT-PLOUGH. A plough drawn by stots. 
Mr. Hutchinson, in his History of Northiunbcr- 
land, speaking of the dress of the sword-dancers at 
Christmas, adds t Others, in the same kind of gay 
attire, draw about a plough, called the otot-phmgh, 
and wlien they receive the gilt make the exclama- 
tion Largess I but if not requited at any house for 
their appearance, they draw tlie plough through the 
pavement and raise the ground of the front in fur- 
rows. I have seen twenty men In the yoke of one 
plough. He concludes thus s The atot-plough lias 
been conceived by some to have no other derivatioa 
than a mere rural triumph, the plou^ having oeased 
ttom its lalxnir. Brand'* Popular Antiquitio*, L 980. 

STOT.TUESDAY. The first Tuesday which 

occurs after the 27th of October. 
STOTTY. Gritty, as soil is. Weet. 
STOU. A place, or seat. (A^S.) 
On *tou ase thou stode. 
Thou restest the under rode. 

Wrighe* I^rle Poetry, p. 98. 

STOUD. A young colt We$t. 

STOUDE. 
Of alle oure ricbe clothes tid us never a shroude, 
Whose hath don for Codes love, he may be f ui etoudo. 

Waiter Map**, Appendix, p. 349. 

STOUK. (1) The handle of a pail. Also, a 

drinking-cup with a handle. North. 
{2) To raise a steam. North. 

(3) A stock or heap of anything. 
STOUN. (1) Stolen. North and Scot. 
(2) To smart with pain. 

Ah, Nan, sceek'th winderboard and mack it dark. 
My Been are varra sair, they *tomn and wark. 

A Yorkehire Dialogue, lfl07> p.40. 

STOUND. (1) To beat severely. Etut. 

(2) To ache ; to smart with pain. North, 

(3) To long for ; to pine for. If carrota pr any 



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other food of which hones are rery fond are 

giTen to them for a short time, and then with- 
eld, they are said to itound for them. Barly 
in the spring cows itatmd for grass. 
(4^ A wooden vessel for small beer. 
(5) A moment, or short time. (J,'S.) Still in 
use, according to Forby and Moor. 
Heven Uys that alle ichalle vyniie, 
Schylde ui fro dedly lynne. 

And gnuBte us the blys of heTyn I 
Yf ye wylle s «fowiMfeblynne, 
or a story y wylle bq^ynne. 
That graeyus ys to oeryn. 

M8. CmMMb, Ff. il. SI, f. 71* 
Then seyde the kyng that ylke ««eiiiNl«, 
Me thynkyth that was Sir Roger hounde. 

That wente wyth hym thoo. 
When the quene was flemed owt of my londe ; 
Syr, they leyde, we unduntonde 
For lothe that hyt yt soo I 

MS, QuUab. Ff. 11. 88, f. 74. 
The! shal be fedde wlih deth that tioundt. 
The prophete itsaith that here Is fouade. 

MS. AMU. 11305, f. W. 
For«thl thay named [hym] that «(o«imd«, 
Knyghte of the table rownde. 

MS. Uneobk A. i. 17, f. 130. 
In what place they schal be founde, 
I schal 30W telle at the ttounde, 

MS, Potm Ml Biood-Uning, XT. Cent 
OS) Stunned. S^^enter, 

(7) To astound, or astonish. Etui, 

They take also thrir name of the word maaeaad 
theefis, or master theefe if you wUl, Mcause they 
often sfowid and put such persons to their shifts In 
townes and Tillages, and are theprincipall causes of 
tiieir apprehension and tailing. 

Barri$on*« DmeripHon </ Aigfand, p. 881. 

(8) To beat a drum. North, 
STOUNDEMELE. By short spaces of time; 

by degrees ; eveiy moment. (^.-A) 
Syn ye were first unto your make y-knyt, 
Wei han ye kept your chambre of prevet^ ; 
For hardely may no mane sey as yet. 
That with your bod^ foleyed han ye. 
Ahd now comelh age, foo to your beauts. 
And stelyngly it wastyth sloumde-mgU. 

MS. Vabrfiu 16. 
And every day, withontte wordes moo, 
StowiulsSMie from the heyren aboyen* 
Goddis aungda come to sind froo. 

l^digau, MS, JahmoleJ9, f . 44. 
fitotmdsNMto ftom the heven adoun " 
Goddis anngelle cam to and fro. 

legate, MS. Soe, Jntiq, 134, f. 6. 

STOUP. A post. Line. ** Stoulpe before a 

doore, aeuehe" Palsgrave. 
STOUPE. (1) To bend; to stoop. (^.-5.) Also, 
to stoop as a hawk does. 

For now she loves to lyv6 of diaunge. 

And sfoufMT to every praye ; 

So he that wyll cadie her 

Had neede for to wache her. 

Or els she wyll sore away. Jf5. JiAmsie 48. 

(2) To give up. A cant term. 
STOUPINS. Steppings, or holes made by the 

feet of cattle. North, 
STOUR. (1) Dust North. 
(2) Hsrsh ; deep-toned. Yorkth. 
8T0UltE.(l) Battle; conflict. (J.-S.) 



Me yt «o now for yowre take 
Agaynile thy kynne to stondein Hsiire; 

Jf&HarJ.SiS2,f. lia 
Tryamowre wdde nevyr have teste. 
But bare hym boldely to the beste. 

That was moott of htmowre ; 
To ylke a prynce he was preste. 
Hots and man downe he caste. 
So styrde he hym in that ffowre. 

MS, Cofttab. Ft. \l 38. f. 76. 
He es stalworthe in atowm. 
By sayne Martyne of Towres. 

MS, Uncelu A. 1. 17, f. 134. 

(2) Great ; severe. Arch. xxx. 413. 

(3) Stiff; inilezible. East, " Stoore, rude is 
course clothe bb, ffrot," Palsgrave. 

(4) Pahgrave has, " Stowre of oonverttcvon, 
atourdy** abject, f. 96. 

(5) A stake. Still m use. 

And If he wlUe nojte do soo, I sallelate hym vltt 
that je salle sende a grete powere to his dtee, and 
biyne it np stikke and ttomrre. 

MB. Une»ln A. i. 17. t4l. 

(6) The round of a ladder ; the stave in the tide 
of a waggon. 

(7) Time. 

Whilom while Venus' son did seek a bower 
To sport with Psyche, his desired dear. 
He chose h» chin, and from that happy sAmtt* 
He never stints In glory to appear. 

Qreentf* Watkt, iL S31. 

(8) Water. Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 
STOUT. (1) TalL Somertet, 

(2) The gad-fly ; a gnat. Wetf, 

Not 4U tha naisy »tomt9 could wike 

En vrom is happy sleep. 
Nor emmets thiek, nor vlles that bus, 

Anon lahonsdacreep. 

Batladi(fj0TMNuttg, 

(3) Proud. Batehelor, p. 143. 
STOUTE. To be disobedient to ? 

For no man tul comunly 
Besecheth a wyfe of fbly. 
But there the wyfe ys aboute 
The gode man for to sbmte, 

Jf5.Hari.I791. f.»- 
Lewed man , thou shalt cursyng doute. 
And to thy |vest thou dialt natsfoMfv. 

JfS. Bari. 17m, f. 78- 
STOUTT. Stout. Skelton, 
STOVEN. A young shoot from the stomp of a 

tree after it bas heat felled. North. 
STOVENNED. Split ; cnudced. Yoriih, 
STOVER. (1) Fodder for catflej provisions. 
" Assen and mu]^yn with heore stoveris," 
Eyng Alisaunder, 1866. 

And maked hlx a fril fiUrf^, 
And fbnd hire that night Hover, 

Th0 SefftfH SagWt M& 
Our low medowes is not onelle full of MBdie 
dnder, which lireedeth sundrie diseases hi ovr eal* 
tell, but also more rowtie, foggie, and AnU of flspt 
and therefore not so profitable for tUmer and fonage 
as the higher meads be. 

Harritoffs DeteripHon ^ Brttaimg, p. 110- 
(2) To bristle up ; to stiflisn. fFnt, The tenn 

is used by Ford, i. 402. 
STOW. (1) To lop or top trees. Sait. '* Stoi^Tl, 

cropt as horse's ears," Thoresby, 1703. 
(2) To resist, hinder, or stop. 



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5iff any man atom me thia ayth, 
I zal hym 5aT« » dedly wownde. 

Coventry Mjfttriu, p. 217. 

(3) To dry in an oven. Kent, 

(4) TosileuGe any one. A cant term. 

(5) To confine cattle. Norf, 

(6) A place for putting things in. 

(7) Siowt stoWf a term formerly addressed to a 
hawk by a falconer to make it come to his fist. 
See Gent. Rec. ii 68. 

STOWB. (1) Stole. Weier. 

(2) " Stowe, streyth passage betwyx ij. wallys or 
hedgys, intrapedo" Pr. Parr. 

(3) To cope with an enemy. 

Thay Mekede stedyt in icottre with itelme wapynt. 
And aUe4<M0«d« wrthBtrenghe that itode themeagaynea. 

Mcrta Arthurs, M& Lincoln, f. 6B. 

(4) " Stowyne or waryne, or besettyne, as men 
done moneye or chaffer, eommutOj** Ft. Pair. 

STOWER. (1) The same as Pay, q. v. 

(2) A flock of geese. YotAmH. 

STOWERED. Staked. North, 

Staodyog together at a oomon wateryng place 
ther called Hedgedyke, lately ttowered for catall to 
drynke at. Archmologia, xsiil. 83. 

STOWINGS. Loppings. Eagt. 

STOWLIN. A lamp of meat. Line. 

STOW.STEDB. A narrow hank of earth laid 
across a ditch or stream for the passage of 
men and cattle. Cambr, 

STOWTE. Strong ; powerful. 

The em perowre waa fulle ttotvt*. 
And beseged the castelle abowte. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. IL SB, f. 77* 
When the steward lawa Gye, 
Stowtlif he can hym bye. 
MS. Cantab. Ff. il. 38, f. 157. 

STOWTER. To struggle ; to walk clumsily. 

STRA. Straw. East. 

STRABLET. A long narrow piece of anything. 
Somerset. 

STRABRODS. The wooden pins or stobs used 
in ftstening thatch to the roof of a building. 

STRACH Y. <" The lady of the Sirachy married 
the yeoman of the wudrobe,'' Twelfth Night, 
ii. 5. The real meaning of this word is a 
mystery. Mr. R. P. Knight supposes it to be 
a corrupt form of straticiy a title of magis- 
tracy in many states of Italy. 

STRACK. A bar of iron. 

STRACKLE.BRAINED. Dissolute ; thought- 
less. StraekSng, a loose wild fellow. North. 

STRACT. Distracted. Far. dial 

STRAD. A kind of leather gaiter worn as a 
protection against thorns. West. 

STRADDLEBOB. Ablackbeetie. I. Wight. 

STRADDLINS. Astride. Var.dial. 

STRADIOTES. A class of soldiers. (Cfr.) 

Among the Frenchmen were oertaine llight hon- 

men called gtradioiu, with shorte stytoppca, bever 

hatts, nnal speres, and iwerdes like lemiteriea of 

Turkey. Hall, Henty VUl. f. tt. 

STRAFE. To stray. Sakp. 

STRAIT. A scolding quarrel East. 

STRAOE. (1) SUughter. (Lat.) 

(2) To stray, said of cattle. 

8TRAGLE. To stray. Far. dial. 



That we night not think amks at that Almighty 
Being which has made us, nor of the suxKlty beings 
he hai made, that we may neither dote nor data» 
tragle nor be loat. 

N. Fairfiu, Bulk and Selvedgt ttf the World, 14174. 
STRAGLEES. Another name for the game of 
astragals, q. v. See MS. Aahmole 788, 1 162. 
STRAIGHT. (1) Too tight ; narrow. North. 

(2) A narrow alley. A cant term. 

(SS Straightway ; immediately, far. dial 
(4) To make things straight, to put them in 

order, as to balance accounts, &c 
STRAIGHTER. A smoothing iron. North. 
STRAIGHT.NOSED.TONGS. Tongs used by 

smiths for holding short or flat |neces of iron 

in the fire. 
STRAIGHTS. A kind of doth. It is spelt 

streyt in the Exp. Elizabeth of York, p. 104. 

Straights were made in large quantities in 

Devonshire. Blount describes straits, ** a sort 

of narrow, coarse cloth, or kersey." 
STRAIL. ** Strayle, bed cloth, stamina, stra- 

guia;* Pr. Parr. MS. Harl. 221, f. 165. 
STRAIN. (1) Lineage ; descent. Shak. 
{T\ To flow, as a river. Drayton. 

(3 ) To strain courtesy, to stand upon ceremony, 
to be extremely formal. ** Thynke you that it 
is good manor to strayne eourteysie on this 
manor," PaUgraye, yerb.f.376. 

(4) To copulate, said of the cat See Brodtett 
and Wilbraham. Shakespeare uses the word 
applied to a woman, " When he strains that 
kdy," Henry VIII. iv.l. 

(5) ** I strayne, as a hauke doth, or any other 
syehe lyke fowle or beest in theyr dawes, je 
estraings" Palsgrare, 1530, verb. f. 376. 

STRAINS. (1) To stretchout. 
Sitbene waa thou Hrainude one the eroaie so fhste. 

MS. Uneoln ▲. 1. 17. 1 190. 
(2) To restrain ; to curb. Gawayme. 
STRAINGESPORTED. Transported. East. 
STRAINT. Pressure; tension. I^enser. 
STRAIT. To straiten; to pnzsle. East. 
STRAITE. To bind fast 

In kevil and bridel thairchekes ttraUt, 
That ye noght ncghen ne lalte. 

MS. Catt. Vetpat. D. vll. f . 80. 
STRAKE. (1) Struck. Hampole. 

He lays, Now base thou taughteme 

How that I lalle wirke with th& 

Than his iwerde drawei he. 

And atraks to hym thro. FsreeMii, 1790. 

(2) To go; to proceed. {A.-S.) "To strake 
about, eircumire," MS. DeVonsh. Glossary. 

The stormas stroked with the wynde« 
The wawet to-bote blforeand bihynde. 

Curtor Mundi, MS. ColU Trin. Cantab, f . 18. 

(3) Blighted by shaking hands. 

5ya, leyde the Erie, here myn honde, 
Hyt trowthe to hym he atrake. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. U. 38, t.9L 

(4) To stretch one's self ; to lie down. East. 
It is derived from the A.-S. 

(5) " j4bsi8, the strake of a cart whde wheiin Ae 
spokes bee sette," Elyot, ed. 1559 ; " vietus, a 
hoope or strake of a caite," ibid. Carr has 
straker, the iron rim of a wheeL 



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(6) A ereviee or opening in ailoor, Ac A rutin 
a itMd wit also to called. 

(7) A slice, or narrow portion. 

Llkcwlw another in Ozfonlihln not Terie farre 
ft«in Bnrfordt and the third oTer against Lach lade* 
which li parted from the main countie of Barlieahire 
by a little ttrake of Oxftordshire. 

BmrHtm's Dmcription 9f Aif lentf, p. IAS. 

(8) To blow a horn. See Sinikt (6). 
STRAKE-NAILS. ** Br6eehe pHtuU, great 

headed studs called brodes or strike naUes,'' 

Florio, p. 68, ed. 1611. 
STRALSS. Two year old sheep. North. 
STRAM. (1) A load sudden noise. Wett 
(2) To heai ; to spring or recoil with Tiolenoe 

and noise ; to dash down. JDevon. 
STRAMALKIN6. Gadding and loitering, said 

of a dirty sloTenly female. Ea9i. 
STRAMASH. The same as Strom (2). 
STRAMAZOUN. A direct descending blow 

with the edge of a sword. ** A stramasson or 

down-right slash/' Howell. 
STRAM-BANG. Violently ; startingly. Dewm. 
STRAME. A streak, mark, or trace. We»t. 
STRAMMER. A great falsehood. Var. dial 
STRAMMERLY. Awkward ; ungainly. Kent. 
STRAMMING. Huge; great. Wett, 
STRAMOTE. A stalk of grass. Ihnet, 
STRAMP. To tnmple upon. North. 
STRAND. One of the twists of a line of hemp 

or horsehairs a withered stalk of grass. 

Suitex. 
STRAND-HEADS. Arrow-heads. 
STRAND Y. Restive; passionate, ^frsiidy. 

mire$t children who are strandy. North. 
STRANG. Strong. North. 
STRANGE. (1) A strange wonum, L e. an im- 
modest woman, a prostitute. Ben Jonson, 

ed. GiiTord, it. 418. 
(2) Backward ; retirii^ ; shy ; coy. A common 

use of the word in old plays. 
(3^ To wonder at. North. 

(4) Foreign ; uncommon. He made it etrange, 
he made it a matter of difficulty or nicety. 

(5) To estrange. (J.-N.) 

The aee hii propre kjrnde idianngeth. 
And slle the world his forme gtrangeth, 

Oawtr, MS. 8oe. Anti^ 194, t 191. 
STRANGER. (1) A visitor. North. 
(2) An imperfection in the snuff of a candle, 

causing it to gutter. 
STRANGUiLION. The strangury. 
STRANGLE. To tire, or weary. Baber. 
STRAP. (1) Credit YorAth. 

(2) To flog, or beat Var. dial 

(3) A cluster, or bunch. North. 
STRAP-OIL. A severe beating. It is a com- 

mon joke on April 1st to send a lad for a 
pennyworth of strap-oil, which is generally 
ministered on his own person. 
STRAPPADO. An ancient mode of punish- 
ment, the victim being ** drawn up to his 
height, and then suddenly let fall half way 
with a jerk, which not only breaketh his arms 
to pieces, but also shaketh all his joints out of 



joint," Holme. **The strappado, egmUeus^ 
trochlea^*' Coles. Brathwaite wrote, «A 
Strappado for the Divell, epigrams and satyies 
alluding to the time,** 1615. 

But the best Is that In Spaine yon shall have fd- 
lowes fbr a tmall ptece of silver take the Mtrappmda, 
to endure which torture another man eould not 
be hyrde with a kingdome. 

Dtkkm'9 Knigkfg CamfuHng^ p. 8. 

STRAPPER. A strong large person. Strap- 
pmff, large and muscular. Var. dioL 

STRAPS. " Peeces of leather festned to the 
waistband instead of eyes or holders," Holme. 
Academy of Armory, 1688. 

STRAPULS. ** Straple of a breche, /emorale, 
femmate,*' Pr. Parv. ** Tibialet a atraple," 
MS. Harl. 2270, f. 187. 

Why hopes tba nott for sothe that tlier atode 
wonus a coke on Seynt Pale stepull toppe, and 
dreweup the«<nijNii^ofhUliredi. HowpRvefthu 
that ? Be all the Hii* doeton of W7nber«li7U«B> 
that is to saye* Vertaa, Oadatryme, Trumpaa. and 
Dadyltrymsert. lUlit. jimtiq. L8L 

STRASE. In MS. Med. Lincoln, f. 304, one of 
the tokens of approaching death is said to be 
if the sick person " pulle the s/nsse or the 
clatbes." 

STRAT. (1) To stop ; to hiader. Dewm, 

(2) To splash with mud. Devon. 

(3) To bring forth young prematordy, applied to 
beasts. Comw. 

(4) To dash in pieces. Weei. 
5} A blow. Somertet, 

RATCH. To slake lime. Somereet. 
STRATS. A street, or path. See Mmrthre. 
STRATH. Straight RUeom. 
STRAUGHNESSE. Madness. PaUgraoe. 
STRAUGHT. (1) Stretched. Wett. 
For pure )oye» as in a rage. 
She ttrought tohym all at ones. 
And fill aswoime upon the stones. 

GofMT, ed. 15M. f . ISt. 

Distracted. "I am straught, je ntU 
«irfl^," Palsgrave, 1530. 
STRAUNGID. Estranged. (J.N.) 
For anone after he was changyd. 
And flram hys owne kynde ttrmmg^. 

Gmmtp us. CmUab. Ft.L^t9. 

STRAVAIGE. To stroU about North. 
STRAVE. Strove ; tried. North. 
STRAW. (1) To strew about. North. 

(2) Not worth a etraw, a common phnse lor 
anything quite worthless. 

Whatesoevery he be, and yf that he 
Whante money to plede the lawe^ 

Do whate he cane In ys mater than 
Shale not prove wortht a ttnaotm 

Kmga Poetiem, p. 48. 

(3) A man of etraw, a person who is not pos- 
sessed of property. 

(4) " To throw straws against the wind, 
mentis UtigarCf** Coles. 

(5) In the atraw, an accouchement. 
STRAWBERRY-PREACHERS. An 

applied by Latimer to designate the 
sidents of his day, who only visited their 
cur es on ce a year. It afterwards became 
pioverijiaL 



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STRAWXUTTEB. A machine iiaed for cut- 

ting straw into chaff. Var, dial. 
STRAW^OINER. A thatcber. Dewm, 
STRAW-MOTE. A straw. Devon, 
STRAY. The right of stray, i. e. of pasturing 

cattle on commons. 
STRAYE. The sky? 

Abrahun, doe as I thee saye, 
Loke and tell, and yf thou maye, 
StaiKt atandlnge one the straife / 
That unpoMible were. Che$tsr Pla^a, 1. 63. 

STRA3T. Straight ; directly. 

I^echery, robbery, or mondajt, 
Byd hym telle even »tra$t. 

MS, Cott. Ciaud, A. U. f. 145. 

STRE. A straw. {A.-S.) 

And layeth that auche an husbonde 
Wai to a wyf nou5t worth a ttre. 

Cower, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134* f. 88. 

Thd leyn upon the hon gold and sOver gret 

qoantytee, and the! patten abonten htm gret plentee 

of jfrw. Mawndnil^t IVtneltf p. SfiS. 

STREAK. (1) To Stretch. North. Laying out 
a dead bo^ is termed ttreakinff. 
GoddoC so I wille ; 
And loke that thou hite tiUe, 
And tttrOe out hire thei. MS* IHgbif 86. 

(2) The same as StraJte, q. y. 

STREAM. To pass along in a train actively ; 
to draw out at length. We$i. 

STREAMERS. (l)The Northern lights. North. 

(2) Persons who work in search of stream tin. 
A mining term. 

STREAM-WORKS. " In Cornwall they have 
two sorts of stannaries or metal works, i. e. 
lode-works and stream-works. The latter 
are in the lower placesi when they trace the 
vein of tin by ditches, by which they carry off 
the water that would break in upon them/' 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033, f. 392. 

STREAVE. Stray. " For some streave lord- 
ship,'' HaU's Satires, p. 127. 

STREBERY. The strawberry tree. '* Fragum, 
astrcbery," Nominale MS. ** Fraffuntf a 
stiebor^/' MS. ibid. 

STREECH. The space taken in at one striking 
of the rake. Streech meaaure is that in which 
a straight stick is struck over the top of the 
TesseL Barnes, p. 354. 

STREEK. (1) To iron clothes. Boat. 

(2) To measure com by passing a flat piece of 
wood over the top of the measure. " Hostio 
i8tostrekyncome,"MS. Harl.1738. Streehed 
meanaref exact measure. 

(3) A strata ol coal. North. 
STREELY. Long; lean. 5t#ott. 
STREET-WALKER. A common prostitute. 
8TREEVBD. Tried ; strove. Cortw. 
STREIGHT. Stretxihed. (A.-S.) 
STRBINABLE. Violent 

In this Josina hit daJet» it chanced that a Portln* 
gale ship waa driven and drowned by force of a 
trHnable tempest neere unco the shore of one of 
the Seotlsh lies. Uolimhedt Hittofie of Scotland, p.3S. 

He weyed up his aneors and halsed up hys sayles, 

havfaige a prosperous and atrenable wynd and a 

freshe gale sente even by God to d^ver him from 

that perell and jeopardlc. HaM, Richard lU, f. 17* 

II. 



STREINE. To constnin ; to press ckMdy. 
STREIT. Strict; severe. 
Of his ordres he was wcl g^reit, and he was in gieett 

fere 
For to ordeinl enl man bote he the betcn wne. 

Uft o/Thoma*B0kat, ad. Black, p. 14. 

STREIT-BRETH. Short breath. 

At the hole of the throte ther be too, 
That lepre and Hraift breth wyl undo. 

MS. Poamon Blood-Letting, nv. Cent. 

STREITE. (1) Straight. (A.^S.) 

(2) Straitly ; narrowly. (A.-S.) 

STREIVES. Beasts which have strayed. 

STREKE. (1) To pitch, or erect. 
Furthe stepes that steryne, and etrekez his tcntis 
One a strenghe by a streme In thas stray tt landea. 

MorU Arthurot MS. Lineoln, t. 06. 

(2) To strike ; to go rapidly. 

To kepe hym thane were thay ware, 
Thaire dynttis derls hym no mare, 
Thenne who so hade etrektfne sare 

One a harde stone. Perceval, 1371 . 

Bothe they Hrekyn faste. 
They roett togedur at the laste. 

MS. Qmtab. Ff. ii. 38. f. 157. 

(3) Direct ; straight {A.-S.) 

Girdes etreke thourghe the stour on a stede ryche ; 
Many steryne mane he sterlde by strenghe of hyme one. 

Morte Arthure, MS, lAneoln, f.7>. 

(4) To scratch out or cancel anything. 
STREMEDEN. Streamed; flowed. (A,'S.) 
STREMERE. A flag ; a banner. 

Upon the hyest roaste there 

He set up a etremere 

Of hys Ikduts armys bryghte. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. Ii. 98, f. 11«. 

STREMES. The rays of the sun. 
STREN. Race ; progeny. {A.-S,) 

For themlsbigeten etren, 
Qulc y schal now dolven ben. 

Arthour at^ Merlin, p. 88. 
STRENCH. 

3ung and olde, brihet* and schene, 
Alle he riveth In one etrenth. 

MS. Cott. Calig. A. ix. f.94S. 

STRENCULT. Scattered. Robaon. 

STREND. Race; generation. {A.-S.) 
For he saide in his hert, noght sal 1 wende, 
Withouten ivel , Ara ttrend in gtrende, 

MS. Cotton. Veepaet D. Tii. f. 5. 

STRENE. (1) The shoot of a tree. Line. 

(2) A New-year's g^ft. Dorset. 

(3) To copulate, said of a dog. Durh. 
STRENGEST-FAITHED. Possessing the most 

powerful fsith. Chaucer, 
STRENGITHE. Strengthen. (A.'S.) 
Now God, that dyed appon a rode, 
Strengithe hym bothe bone and blod. 
The fyld for to have I 

Torrent of Portugal, p. 6. 

STRENGTH. (1) A castle ; a fortress. Giford, 

(2) Used in the provinces by formers to express 
the number or quantity of labourers they have 
at their command. Far. dial. 

(3) To strengthen. (A.-S.) 

And more to strength their power, Joyn'd with the Pope. 

Tavlor'e Workee, 1680, iii. 18 

STREKGTHING. A strengthening. Pahgravc. 

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STRBNKILLB. To sprinkle. 

Tak tasTer. uid pciche it wde in a paone, and 
ammkUlt It wele In the percbjnge with water. 

STRENKITH. Strength. 

In hys tyme thcr wat no kn jghte. 

Of annw, of ttrmtkpth of honde* 

That bare socha pryae In all that londa. 

MS, Ouamb. Ft. li. 38. f. 147. 
Syr Bamatd scyde. What haste thou thoght ? 
Of Juatyng cantte thou ryght noght. 

For thou art not of age. 
Syr, heieyde, what wott y« 
Of what ttrtnkyth that y bee. 
Or y be proTyd in felde with the tage > 

JC& Cwlmh, Ff. U. 38, f . 7ft- 
And yf ache at hur day fayle, 
Tberaehalleno thynghur avayle, 
But Burlonde BChalle hur wedd. 
And Tryamowre noght we kenne, 
Wherefore ther passyth here no men, 
Wyth trtfthfth but they be kedd. 

M8. Omtab, Ff . it. 38, f . 80. 

STRENKLE. " StrcnkyU to cast holy water, 
vimpibm," Palsgrave. It is the same ts 
S^lfrMtle, q. v. 
STRENTHE. Strength. Also, to slxengthen. 
Ne the gtrmtht of hya enmys, 
Ne the aotelteyi that In thaym lyea. 

MS. HarL i980, f. 4. 
To bowe hym ay into mekenes. 
And no more wery than the aone ca. 
That evermore he risea in lenthe. 
Ay the mora he gederb hya ttremthe, 

MS. Hart, 8900, f. 17- 
The gifte of pM ei twilke a grace. 
That to charity It may ua purehasoe. 
And oure hertys to ttrenOt* fkite. 
That no fondyng may ua doun caate. 

MS, Hivl. S860, f . 18. 

STREN3BRE. A strainer. 

STREPS. To strip. (^.-M) 

STRESS. To confine in narrow limits. 

STRESSE. A distress. A law term. 

And of this rent, yf that he doith faile, 
I gyve hym powre to »kore*on the tale. 
And toke an #/r«*»«, yf that nede be. 
Upon the giounde, one, two, or thre. 

MS. Hawl. C. 86. 

STREST. An extremity ? 

Wyndet and wedon have her drevyn. 
That in a nmt be they revyn. 

Torrmt f^ Fvrhttal, p. 78. 

STRET. (1) To stretch. Nwth, 
All fere as I may ttret and streche, 
I wyll helpe with aU my myght, 
Both by dey and by nyght, 
Faat to runne into the wode. MB. AthmaiU 61. 
(2) Strait ; tight. Weit 
STRET -BODIED-COAT. "A stret-bodied 
coat, this is dose to the body and arms, and 
is ususlly worn without a doublet, having un- 
der it a waistcote with side or deep skirts 
ahnost to the knees," Hohne, 1688. 
STRETCH. (1) To walk in a dignified manner. 
WUUaC» Yorkth. 

(2) A strike to measure com. 

(3) A plot of ground on which weavers stretch 
their warps. Weti. 

STRETCHABLS. Upright. List of old words 
prefixed to Batman uppon Bartholome, 1582. 



iti 



STRETCHER. (1) The board in a boat against 
which a rower places his feet. 

He knowes, thongh they had an oar In every 
mane boat in the world, yet In hie they cannot 
chaUange so mu^ aa a atrefcAer. 

Dekktr'a Knighfs Conjuring, p. SO, 

A falsehood, far. dial 
A stick to keep out the traces from the 
horses' legs. For. diaL 
STRETCHING-STICKS. Sticks used by glovers 
for stietching the thumbs and fingers of 
gloves. Holme, 1688. 
STRETT. A road ; a way. (J.-S.) 

Seyde Tryamowre, then wolde y fayn wy tt 
Why ye two kepe xhy*ttr€tt. 

MS. Caniab. Ff. 11. 38, f.lS. 

STREUD. Strided. North. 
STREUT. To tear, or sUt. Dor$et. 
STREVILL. A three-pronged fork for taking 

op barley or short hay. Devon. 
STREW YS. Bad people? In the Latin version 

which accompanies thefollowing it is malorum. 
And be not to moche byfora nether to fer byhynde 

yowre felowys for dredeof cfrsteys. MS. B0d2.56S. 

STREYTHED. Straightness. (^.-51) 
STRICKE. Direct ; straightway. [J.-S.) 
He sail noght eftyr hya lyfea ende 
Weende ttrycke to purgatory, 
Bot even to helle withowten mercy. 

Hampolc, MS. Bow€», p. IQSL 

STRICKING-PLOUGH. A kind of plough used 
in some parts of the county of Kent. 

STRICKLE. (1 ) A piece of wood used in striking 
off an even measure of com. We§t. 

(2) A whetstone for a scythe. North. It is 
mentioned by Holme, 1688. 

(3) " A slender sparr, rabated in the ends, an- 
swerable to the breadth of the casting-frame, 
whereon the plummer runs his lead when it is 
new cast ; by this he beats down the sand in 
the frame, and keeps it of an even height ; 
and when the lead is cast over to run in the 
frame, the plummer followeth the lead with 
this instrument to drive it forward, and keep 
it that the sheet be all of a thickness,'* Holme, 
Academy of Armory, 1688. 

STRICTLAND. ^An isthmus. 

Beyond the which I find a narrow going or HHet- 
land leading fro the point to Hir*t Caatell, which 
atandeth Into the ica aa if it hoong by a thred ftoa 

rhe maine of the lland. 

Harrison** DncHpttoH pf BrMaine. p.SC 

STRIDDLE. To straddle. Also, to walk in an 

affected manner. North. 
STRIDE. (1) To measure by pacea. 
(2) To stride a lance, L e. to be killed by the 

point of a lance. 
STRIDE-WIDE, A cant term for ale mentioned 

in Harrison's England, p. 202. 
STRIDLING. Astride. « Fy on the, beeat, thon 

standest so a Btrydiyng that aman may dryve 

a cart betwene thy legges," Palsgrave. 

STRIE. A straw. 

Of bodi waa he mayden clene, 

Nevere yete In gamene In greiMk 

Thit hire ne wolde leyke ne lye> 

No mdie than It were a «#ri«. BieeeWr, SW. 

STRIG. The foot-stalk of a fiower, leaf, or 



STR 



819 



STB 



frmk, Souik. ** Strigges of bay leaves," 
Canningham's Rev. Ace p. 19. 
STRIKE. (1) An iron spear or stanchd in agate 
or palisaide. Wittton. 

(2) To proceed or go anywhere ; to go rapidly. 
See Streke. 

He laide to his lone, Tak a pike. 
To-night thou ichalt with me ttrike. 

The S«v^ Sag«9, 1154. 

(3) To steal money. An old cant term given in 
Dekker's Belman of London, 1608. " Now 
we have well bousd, let us strike some chete/' 
Earle's Microeosmography, p. 254. 

(4) Strike me hieJt, an old phrase meaning to 
conclude a bargain. 

You lee what bangt it has endur'd. 
That would, before new feats, be eur'd ; 
But if that's all you stand npon. 
Here, §trik€ hm ludt, it shall be done. 

Hudibnu, II. 1. 540. 

(5) A bushel. Line. 

Some men and women, rich and nobly borne. 
Gave all they had for one poore strike of cone. 

Taylor'* PFwkes, 1630, i. 15. 

(6) " Stryke to gyve mesure by, roulet a m«- 
turer" Palsgrave. See Street. 

(7) Flies are said to«Mittf andmeat tobe«/rMcJ(, 
when the latter is fly-blown. Line. 

(8) To anoint or rub gently. Devon. 

(9) " Stryke otdBxeypoupee dejilace,'* Palsgrave. 
See Chaucer, Cant. T. 678. 

(10) To make a straight line by means of a 
chalked piece of string. Weet, 

(11) To stroke softly. 

(12) To make anything smooth. 

The warderoper to delyver the second sheete unto 
twoyomen, they to croase It over theyr arme,and to 
ftrjfkg the bedde as the u&sher shall more playnly 
■hewe unto theyni. Archaologia, iv. 312. 

(13) To iirike hemdg, to shake hands. 

(14) To raise or rise up ? To shriek ? 

And whanne she was relevyd, she atryked and saide. 
My lord sire Launceloc, alias I why be ye in this 
plyte ? tnd thenne she swouned ageyne. 

Morte^ Arthur, ii. 343. 

\\h) To balance accounts. 

And the said Jouroall, with the two other bookes, 
to lye upon the greencloth dayly, to the intent the 
•ccomptanta, and other particubu* clerkes, may take 
out the solutions entred into the said bookes, where- 
by they may «frt*e their lydgers, and toe to bring in 
their acoompts incontinently upon the same. 

Ordinanwa awi Regulation*, p. 289. 

(16) To rebound. Palsgrave, 

(17) A combination among workmen to leave off 
their occupations until they obtain an increase 
of wages. Var. dial, 

(18) The break of day. North. 

(19) To tap, as a barrel, &c. 

(20) To spread, or lay out flat 

(21) ** I stryke, I let downe the crane, je lacke ; 
stryke lowe stryke, lachez Jusgttes a terre" 
Palsgrave, 1530, verb. 

STRIKE.BAULK. To plough one furrow, and 

leave another. Kent. 
STRIKE.BLOCK. A kind of plane, used by 

joiners for short joints. 
STRIKE IK. Tobqsin- Var. dial 



the 



AS' 



STRIKER. (1) A wencher. An old cant term 

occurring in Middleton, Massinger, &c 
(2) *< An heavy piece of wood wherewith the 
fleme is smitten or driven into the horse neck 
vein when he is blooded," Holme, 1688. 
STRIKILLE. It is the translation of otorium 

in the Nominale MS. zv. Cent. 
STRINDE. (1) Stride. Line. Thus a hop, 
etrind, and jump ; a cock's Btrind, for a cock's 
stride or tr^, &c 
(2) Race ; progeny ; child. (A.-S.) 

And seyne with baptyme wcachede that etrpnde. 
With synne was fyiede with Adames dede. 

MS. Uswoin A. i. 17, f. «9^ 
STRINB. (1) A ditch. Salcp. 
(2) The side of a ladder. Lane. 
STRING. (1) Alwaye harping upon one tiring, a 
common phrase for incessant repetition. 

But her parents, ever harping upon one string, ex- 
pounded this aversenesse and declining of hers to a 
modest bashfuU shame. 

The Two Lancashire Lover*, 1<M0, p. U. 

(2) I had all the world in a string, i. e. com- 
pletely at my command. 

(3) A narrow vein of ore. North. 

(4) Stock ; race ; progeny. Cumb. 
STRINGER. (1) A person who made strings for 

bows. See Nares. 
(2) A wencher. Beaum. and Ret. ii. 140. 
STRINGY. Cold; nipping, appUed to 

weather. SuffoUt. 
STRINKLE. (1) Same as Strenile, q. v. " 

peraorium, a strynkylle,'* Nominale MS. 
(2) To scatter; to sprinlde. Var. diaL 
STRINTE. The same as Strinde (2). 
And leeres well, of no mans strynte 
Is he not gotten by leffb of klnde. 

' Chester "Plays, i. 160. 
STRINTH. Strength; power. {A.-S.) 
The meke hym lawys to serve stalworthly, 
Als he that es stronge and myjty. 
That alle hys strenthe, thorue mekenes. 
To Goddes strynth chargettes es. 

US. Harh 2S0O« f. 17. 
STRIP. (1) To strip a cow is to milk her very 
clean, so as to leave no milk in the dug. In 
the dairy districts of Suffolk the greatest im- 
portance is attached to stripping the cows, as 
neglect of this infallibly produces disease. It 
is the same as the Norfolk strocking. Forby's 
East Anglia, p. 330. 

(2) To go very rapidly. 

The swiftest hound, when he Is hallowed, «fr<ppM 
forth. Gossan* s Schools of Ah%ue, l&T^. 

(3) Destruction ; mutilation. Blount. 
STRIPE. (1) To beat. Palsgrave. Still in use. 

Also, to beat time in music. 
(2) Race ; kindred. (Lat.) 

3) A woodman's knife. Line. 

4) A fool. WiUs. 

5) To thrash com. 

Thare after it becomet comne ripe 
Bothe for to berye and for to strype. 

MS. HarL 8860, f. 19. 

STRIPPING. " The washing and sifting of the 
wast tin in order to return the rough and 
course to the stamps, and the finer to the 



STR 



820 



STB 



MTeA, is caUd the uiHpping of tin/' Kenneit, 
MS. Lansd. 1039. 
8TWPPINGS. (1) The la«t milk drawn from a 
cow in milking. For. dial 

(2) Refuse? 

He U chelfB under the master cooke In that place, 
and hath for hU fee the trippings of bccfa. 

Ordinancu and Hfffulatiim*, p. 888. 

STRIPT. Striped. Middleton, iv. 447. 
STRIT. (1) A street. Ea$t. 

(2) Strideth ? 
Hon In tha mooa ttond andefrU, 

On hit hot forka U burthen he bereth, 
HU is muche wonder that he na doun alyt. 

For doute lest ha Talle he shoddreth ant shareth. 
/Nfrvd. JCMf. Kightt Dream, p.U. 

STRITCH. (1) The same as Strike (6). 
(2) To stretch. North, 
STRITB. Straight. North. 
STRITHE. To stride the legs. 
STRIVE. (1) To take a hiid's nest. Ea$t. 

(2) Strife. 

Themcke hym lawea to serre vfrnplj, 
Als duse the shepe es no5t wyly. 
That mekaly gos witboaten tiryve, 
Whethere so the herde hym wIHe dryve. 

MS. Uarl. 89Q0. f. 17. 
He loryd ay oontakt, and etryve, 
Ther was non holdyn wort on lyf. fl%mdafe, p. 8. 
That made them of ttrrrif ^nm, 

MS. Cantab. Ft. U. 98» f. 64. 

STRIVEUNO. The town of Stirling. Itoocnrs 
frequently in old documents. 

STROAK. Two pecks of corn. Yorkth. 

STROAKINGS. The same as Str^>ping9, q. ▼. 
It is also called Btroekinga. See Forby. 

STROCAL. ** A long iron instrument like a 
fire-shovel to carry the metall out of a broken 
into a whole pot, used by glass-makers/' 
Blount's Glossographia, p. 615. 

STROCKB. A kind of sweet cream. 

STROD. A forked branch of a tree. Suuex. 

STRODE. Threw. Devon. 

STROP. Strove; contended. {A.-N.) 

STROOGLE. To murmur; to grumble. "I 
strogell, I murmure with wordes secretly, Je 
ffrommellef he stroggleth at every thyng I 
do, il grommeOe a tout tant que Je /age,!' 
Palsgrave, verb. f. 378. 

STROGS. Short splatterdashes. /. qf Wight. 

STROIL. (1) Couch-grass. Weet. 

(2) Strength ; agility. Dewm. 

STROKE. (1) Quantity. Var. dial 

(2) Sway ; influence ; prevalence. 

Thishoose, as well for antiquitte as for the num- 
ber of wonhtpfhll gentlemen that be of the surname, 
beareth no small ttroln in the English pale of Ire- 
land. Stanlhune* Deter, c/Irdand, p. 38. 

3) To sooth, encourage, or flatter. 

:*) 

So to maister the Irish that with such manner 
of strOBgths of wals and rampires had not as yet 
beene acquainted* for till those dales they knew no 
defenae but woods, bogs, or 4troke$. 

HoUn9k0d» HUe. IrOand, p. 86. 
(5) A game ; a proceeding. Euex. 
<6) A blast of a honu A term formerly uaed by 
hunters. Twid, p. 45. 



I 



STROKE.BIAS. b ^us described ; 

The Kentish men have a peculiar ( 
dally hi the castam parte, which is 
uied In any other country, I beUeve. but their own; 
*tis called sfrrfre-dtaai, and the manner of i^ la thna: 
In the summer time one or two parishes oonroung 
make choice of twenty, and sometimes more, of the 
best runnen which they can cull out in their pre- 
cincts, who send a diallenge to an equal number of 
tBcers within the liberties of two otiier paiishca to 
meet them at a set day upon some ael g hb ooiiqg 
plain, which challenge, if accepted, they repnfa- to 
the place appointed, whither also the country leaort 
in great numbers to behold the match, where, having 
stripped themaelTes at the goal to their shirts and 
drawers, they begin the courae, every one hariqg in 
his eye a particular man at whidk he aims s but after 
several traTersea and co u rses on both sfdes, that side 
whose legs are the nimbleat to gain the iiat sevca 
strokes from their antagooiats carry the day asid win 
the prlae. Nor is this game only appropriated lo 
the men, but in some pbices the maida have thair 
set matches too, and are as vigorous and active to ol^ 
tain a victory. 

Bnme'* Travtia ever England, 1700, p. 964. 

STROKER. A flatterer. Jonaon, vi 84. 
STROLL. A narrow slip of land. Devon. 
STROM. (1) An instrument, according to Raj, 

to keep the malt in the vat North. 
(2) A storm, or tempest. 

Al slker hii were aland to goa, 
Ac swlche a «fr»m hem cam upon, 
That sore hem gonne drede. 

Romance of Bembn tn , p. t83L 

STROMBOLI. A name given to pieces of bitu- 
men, highly charged with sulphur and salt, 
found along the coast near Brighton. No 
doubt from the volcanic island so called. 
STROME. To walk with long strides. 
STROMMELL. Straw. A cant tens, given in 
Dekker's Lanthorne and Candle-light, 1620. 
STR0MMELLIN6. Awkward; unndy. Wiltt. 
STRONDE. A strand, or shore. (^.-&) 
We came hedur on the otnmde. 
Fro CoBStantyne the nobnile londe. 

MS. Cantob. Ff. ii.38, f. 164. 

STROKES. Tenants who are bomid to assist 
the lord in hunting, and turning the red deer 
on the tops of the mountains to the forest. 
Nieobon and Bum*t West, and Cumb. 

STRONG-DOCKED. Large and powexfully 
made about the loins. East. 

STRONTE, Qu. Stroute, to contend ? 
This maky th men mysdo more than ou|te ellis, 
And to stronte and to stare, and stry ve ajeyn vertu. 

Deposition qf Richard 1 1, p. 81. 

STROO. To strain a liquid through cloth, or 
to press it through a narrow passage, as 
through the teeth. 
STROOK. Struck. St^oU. StrooJten occun 

in Honours Academic, 1610, L 43, 67. 
'Twas profit spoyld the world. Till then, we know it. 
The usurer etrcek sayles unto the poet. 

BromeTe Smgt, 1661. 
They blind his sight, whose soules more blind* 
Had quite extinct the light of grace ; 
They bu&t him, and bid him find 
Who *twas that etroeke him on the fiaea. 

RotelanireBetn^lmg^aaiet, urn, ^K.i. 

STROOP. (1) The gullet Neif. 



STR 



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STR 



(2) To bawl <mt, or cry aloud ; fnim Strwgff the 
gullet. Soft. 

STROOTCH. To drag the legs in walking. 
Kent. 

STROP. (1) A cord. Devon. 

(2) To milk a cow with pressure of finger and 
thumb, and so to draw the last drops. In do- 
ing this cleyerly consists much of the art of 
milking, as an unskilful hand is apt, by not 
attending to this part of the mystery, to dry 
up a cow's milk. A itmpped milk cow is a 
cow about to calve, and therefore, as they 
express it, one not in full profit ; that cannot 
be miiked JuU handed^ but must be stropped. 
Itnc. 

STROPE. A strap. << A thonge, orthatwhiche 
is bounden to the middes of adarte or jayelyn 
wberwith it is throwen, a Btrope or a loupe," 
Elyot, 1559. 

STROSSERS. Tight drawers. They were much 
worn by the Irish. The term is corrupted 
into iiroueet in Sir John Oldcastle, p. 71. 

STROTHER. (1) A marsh. North, 

(2) The rudder of a yessel. 

Then Hanyteld arose hym up to tese both tbip and 
ttrothir. The History ofBaryn, 1151. 

STROU. Destroy ; dcTastate. 

The king of Danniark with gret wrong, 

Thurch a geauot that it so strong, 

Wil Kkvu al our thede. Gy af Warwike, p. 888. 

STROUNGE. Morose; severe. North, 
STROUPE. " Strowpe of the throte, epifflotus,*' 

Pr. Par?. MS. Harl. 221. The windpipe is 

still called the stroupe in Norfolk. 
R. tiUehim ran, a stroke on him he fest, 
He smote him in the helm, bakward he bare his ttnupe. 

Langtq/ft Chronicle, p. 190. 

STROUT. (1) Same as Aairout, q. t. 

The accidents (saith he) that doe accompany the 
bytJngs of spyders are these that follow. The 
voonded place waxeth red, yet doth it not swell 
nor grow yery hot, but it is somewhat moyst. If 
the body become oold, there will follow trembling 
and sluklng, the groyne and hammes doe much 
ttromte out, and are exceeding distended, there is 
great provoeatlon to make water, and striving to 
exonerate nature, they sweat with much dlfflcultie, 
labour, and palne. Besides, the hurt persons are all 
of a cold sfircat, and teares destiU f^om their eyes 
that they grow dym-sighted therewith. 

TopeeWe HietoHe qfSerpetUtt 1€M, p. 8tt. 

(2) To Strut. Stm in use. 

Shake not much thy bead, nor etrout it not too 
much out with bridling in thy chinne, for that is 
more comely for great horses than for thee. 

Sehoole of Good Manneret 16S9. 

(3) A struggle ; a bustle ; a quarreL 

(4) To swell out. Still in use. " Bocyne owte, 
or strowtyne," Pr. Parv. p. 41. 

STROUTE. See Stronte and Strut (3). 
STROVE. (1) Argued obstinately. Comm, 
(2) Confusion ; uproar, ffeat, 
STROW. (1) Confusion. Comw. 

(2) To strew. Still in use. 

(3) Loose ; scattered. See Nares. 
STROYALL. A contraction of dettroy-^U, a 

person who delights in waste. 



STROTE. To destroy. It occurs as late as 
1610, in Honours Academic, p. 75. 
Some they etroye and some they brenne. 
They slewe my men on a day. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. li. 38, f. 109. 
He sayse, his craftes are so ryfe, 
Ther is no mane apone lyfe. 
With swerde, spere, ne with knyfe, 
Hay Mtroife hym allane. Fsreetn/, 564. 

Luk, my parkes are etrcyed. 
And my veners are drawed. 

MS. Uneoln A. L 17« t. 13S. 

STROT-GOOD. A mischievous person. Forby 
has 9try-ffood, a wasteful person. 

STRUB. To rob. Devon, 

STRUCK. (1) Stricken. Shah, 

(2) Struck all of a heap, i. e. excessively sur- 
prised, astounded. Var, dial 

STRUCK-WHEEL. ** The wheel of wood that 
is fastned at one end of the main spindle in 
a jack to receive the line, or chain to turn the 
spit, is calld the atruck-wheel, and according 
to the number of grooves in them they are 
calld two atrtuik or three etruci wheels,'' 
Kennett, MS. Lausd. 1033, f. 392. 

STRUD. Roost. 

And all the cranes, because It was so early, were 
at stntd, as their cusumie is generally, all stood upon 
one leg and held the other under their wing. Ste- 
phano, seeing the advantage, not willing to let so 
fidre a bal fall to the ground, began himself : Now, 
sir, quoth he, I hope yourself and the rest of the 
gentlemen will confesse I have wonne the wager s 
for you see here is never a crane that hath more 
than one legge. TcirUon*eNewe9 out<ffPurgatorie,\6l90, 

STRUGGED. Fat and chubby. West, 

STRULL. Well; excellently. Norf. 

STRUM. (1) A strumpet. Nwf, 

(2) To play music. Par, dial 

STRUMEL. A loose, long, and dishevelled 
head of hair. Notf. 

STRUMMUCK. To stray ; to wander. Suf. 

STRUMPLES. To cock one's strumples, i. e. 
to utterly astonish him. StUpp, 

STRUNCHEON. A verse of a song. Line. 

STRUNT.(l) A bird's tail. North. It is some- 
times used for the tail of any animaL 

(2) The penis. A cant term. 

Consenting she, his ar^rlade etrunt he drew. 
And to 'es venereous game he hastily flew. 

Middleton'e Epigrama and Saiyree, 1008. 

(3) To be sullen, or proud ; to walk in an affected 
manner. North. 

(4) To cot off short. Yorkeh. 
STRUNTY. Docked ; short. North. 
STRUSHINS. Orts, from Strushion, destruc- 

tion. It lies in the way of strushion, i. e. in 
a likelihood of being destroyed. North. 
STRUT. (1) To brace, in carpentry. 

2) Stubbornness ; obstinacy. North. 

3) Dispute ; contention. See SttmOie. 
TRUYEN. To destroy. {A.^N.) 

Thow has in thy realtee revengyde thy pople, 
Thurghe helpe of thy hande thyne enmyse are 
ttruyede, Morte Arthure, MS. Lincoln, t, 66. 

Hast thow i-ttruyed corn or gras. 
Or other thynge that sowen was ? 

MS. Cott. CUmd. A. U. (. 14<«. 



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STRY. (1) To spoil ; to destroy. Eagt 
Shy the rotes and brynff them to dedd. 
And wt dokyt and nettultyii tbcr ttedo. 

MS, OuUab. Pf. ti. 98, f. 131. 

(2) A witch. "Com hedyr, thou old stry," 

Towneley Mysteries, p. 148. 
STRYANCE. Wastefulness. EatU 
STRYB. To stay ; to ease ; to cure. 
STRY-GOODLY. Wasteful. EofU 
STUB. (1) An old root, or stump ; also, to gnih 
such roots np. Var, diaL 

And badd hym take a mattok anon. 
And jMM* the oMe rote away. 
That had stonde there nwny a day. 

MS, Camt0b. Ff. U. 98, f. 1S9. 
Thia to a hard grlsle growing upon the eroncC, and 
aometlme gocth round about the cronet, and b 
called In Italian aopr—o. Laurentius Runiut Mith, 
that it may grow in any other place ci the leg, but 
then we taX it not a ring-bone, but a knot or knob. 
It commeth at the first either by tome blow of ano- 
ther horse, or by striking his owne foote against 
some «fti5, or stone, or such like casualty. The 
paine whereof Iweedeth a tIscous and slimy humor, 
which resorting to the tx>nes, that are of their owne 
nature oolde and dry, waxeth hard, deaveth to some 
bone, and in processe of time becommeth a bone. 
T^pMtCt Fomr-Fooitd BeasU» 1611, p. 411. 

(2) A considerable stock ; a good round sum. 

(3^ A kind of short nail. 
4 ) A castrated bull. Herrf, 
5} To ruin by extravagance. North, 
6) A prop ; a support. Eat, 
STUB.APPLE. The wild apple. Eoit. 
STUBBERD. A kind of apple. Weti, 
STUBBLE-GOOSE. A goose turned oat to 
feed on stubble. Still in use. 
Of many a pilgrim hast thou Cristas curses 
For of thy perselee yet fare they the werse, 
That they baa eten in thy ttoble goo*, 

Oiaueer, Cant, T., 4349. 

S^UBBLENESS. Stubbornness; surliness. 
STUBBO. (1) Stubble. Cheth, 
(2) Thick ; short. Che$h. 
STUBBY. Short and thick, like the stump of 
a tree, yar, dioL 

But they were sturdy and «f«M«<l, 
Hyghty pcatals and dubbed. 

SkeUonU Workt^ L 106. 

STUB-FEATHERS. The short nufledged fea- 
thers on a fowl after it has been plucked. 

STUB.RABBIT. One of these cunning crea- 
tures of few friends, will under alarm ensconce 
itself close to a Btub whence it is difficult to 
dislodge it: and will then be so called. 
Moor'$ Si^olk MS, 

STUBS. Stubble. Northan^t, 

STUCK. (1) The handle of a porcelain, or 
crockery Tcssel. Warw, 

(2) A spike. West, 

(3) To ftare Hke a stuck pig, a metaphor 
' borrowed from the operation of pig-killing. 

4) The same as Stockado, q. ▼. 

5) A shock of com. Herrf, 
(6) A slough, or mire. Notfi 
STUCKLING. (1) An apple pasty, thin, some- 



i' 



what half circular in shape, aad not Hwde in 
a dish. Suuex, 

(2) A small river fish. Skmth. 

STUCKS. Iron pins which are put into the 
upper part of the blocks of a drag, for the 
purpose of preventing the timber aUi^iiqg off 
the side. North, 

STUD. (1) A meditation. Jfeti. 

(2) The upright in a lath and plaster walL 
Osom, " Stud and stud-breadth is in Yorkshire 
the way of building the walls of a house in 
small frames or pannels of timber fiUd up 
with brick or stones, or plaistering." Kennett, 

MS. Lansd. 1033, f. 392. 

For as in these our houses are commooUe stnwg 

and well timbered, so that in manie places there ate 

not above foure, six, or nine laches betweene ahad 

and stud, Harrimn*a Emgittd, p. 187. 

STUDDERIE. A large stable. 

King Henrie the Eight erected a noble ttmdi«rie, 
and for a time had Terie good sucoesee with tbem. 
till the offlcers, waxing wearie, procured a mixed 
brood of bastard races, whoeby his good pu i p ua e 
came to little eAxt. 

Harri»on*» DetcriftitH ^Ettgtmmd, p. 290. 

STUDDIED. Put in a deep thought YorhMh. 

STUDDLES. Weavers' implements. Wmtm. 

STUDDY. A smith's stithy. North, 

STUDY. To amaze; to astonish. North, 

STUERDLY. Thrifty. Detfoa. 

STUFF. (1) Medicine ; furniture. &c. Far, dial. 

(2) Rubbish. (3) Nonsense; foolish talk. 

STUFFING-STICK. A stick made of iron or 
hard wood, used for poking the stniBBg into 
chairs, &c. Holme, 1688. 

STUFFINS. Coarse flour : used at times syno- 
nymously with 9hort» and tharpi. The real 
distinction between these words is this : the 
first remove above bran is shorts; the next 
above that is sharps : and shorts and sharps 
are occasionally and respectively termed coarse 
or fine stuffins. North, 

STUFFURE. StuflT. Pr. Parv, 

And qwhen hit Is Ivralet smal, take up the «fac0tefv, 
and do hi t in a chaigeou r, and pntte therto ponder of 
pepur, and Baifron, and ponder of dowes. 

OnttiMfMef and Regmlatlamm, p. 453L 

STUFFY, Very fat. Far, dwL 
STUGGB. A hog's trough. Pr, Parr, 
STUGGED. Healthy ; strong. Detfon, 
STUGGY. Thick and stout. Deffon, 
STUK. Short ; docked. Pr, Parv, 
STULING-KEN. A receiving house for stolen 
goods. This cant term is given in Dekker's 
Lanthome and Candle-Light, 1620, sig. C. iiL 
STULK-HOLE. A miry puddle. East, 
STULL. (1) A luncheon. Also, a great piece of 

bread, cheese, or other eatable. Essex. 
(2) Timber placed in the backs of levels, and 
covered with boards or small piles to support 
rubbish. Comw, 
STULP. A short stout post, put down to marie 
a boundary, or driven into the ground for any 
purpose. See a passage in Stowe, as qnoted 
by Nares. It is the same as stoop, which is 
still used in the North of England. See other 
references in Carlisle's Account of Charities, 



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p, 809; and Han, Henry YL ff. 12, 78. The 
reader win find this term under other forms. 
"Stoolpe before a doore, wuehe" Palsgjaye. 

STULTCH. A cmtch ; a stilt for boys. This 
is given as a Wittshire word in MS. Lansd. 
1033. f. 2. Sielch is still used in the same 
sense, and also for a post. 

STUM. Strong new wine, used for strength- 
ening weak Uqnor. StunCdf strengthened. 
According to Howell, ttoommg wine was 
effected by patting herbs and inifusions into 
it. ''Stum is wine that has never fer- 
mented," Blount, p. 615. 
There itrength of fascy, to it swsetneu Joyoet, 
Unmixt with water, nor aiunCd with strong lines. 

Brvmdt Songt, 1661. 

Then then to the Queen, let the next advance. 
With all loyal lads of true EnglUh race { 
That scorn the ttum'd notion of Spain and France. 
Songa<tfth9 London Prentteett p. 1S8. 

STUMMATCHER-PIECE. An irregular, gored, 
piece of land, of no shape easily expressible, 
and 80 likened to the ancient article of dress, 
which becoming '* fine by degrees and beauti- 
fully less," had no straight side, and affords 
not a very inapt description of a similar piece 
of land. Moor^i Suff, MS, 

STUMMER. To stumble. North. 

STUMP. (1) To knock down the wicket by 
hand, a term used at cricket. 

(2) The tower of Boston church is generally 
cslled Boston Stump. Line. 

(3) To step heavily. West. 
j(4) A post. Var. dial. 

(5) A stupid heavy fellow. Noi^th. 

(6) To stump up, to pay cash. 

(7) To be in want of money. To be put to one's 
stamps, i. e. to a hard shift. 

(8) To walk very heavily. Var. dial 

(9) Stun^ and runqf, completely. 
STUMPERE. Extempore. 

The sed the common'st that was there 
Was vrom a tub or a wicker chair, 
They call'd it atumpere. 

Wfight*9 PoUtieai Balladt, p. 4. 

STUMPFOOT. A club-foot. 
And saw the net the ttumpfimt blacksmith made. 
Wherein fell Mars and Venus was betray'd. 

Taylor'* WorkUt lii. 24. 

STUMPOINTED. A hunted rabbit in its 
fright ran against the dogs and tumbled over 
vnta said to be ttumpointed ; whether this be 
of individual coinage or a current word, I now 
know not. A friend surmized that it be a 
contracted combination of stannud and disap- 
pointed. I have heard it since the preceding 
was written said of a rabbit also baffled by 
dogs in a ditch. Moor^9 Suff. MS. 

STUMPS. L^. Var. dial. To stir on^s 
stvmpSf a common phrase, meaning to set 
about anything expeditiously. 

His long practice of the pot has exempt him from 

being prett a souldier : hee has quite lost the use of 

bia ttumpt, how should he then possibly keepe his 

nurch ? BraithwaiU?* haw inf Drinking, 1617, P> 70. 

Tbli makes him ttirr* his atump$, and to answer 



her letter with such apeedy cheereAUneise, aa Melllda 
can expect no lease then all suocesse to her desires. 
Th* l\oo LaneatMre Umert, 1640, p. 988. 

STUMPY. Ready money. Var. dial 
STUNCH. Short and stout. North. 
STUNDE. A short space of time. 

Weilawei, sore he him biswikedh. 

That for on »tund9 other two 

Wurcheth him pine evermo. 

MS, Cott. CaHg. A. ix. f.S43. 

STUWE. To empty. "The cock or spigot 
being laid on the hoop, and the barrel of ale 
sturCdy as they say in Staffordshire, that is, 
drank out without intermission," Coles' 
English Dictionary, in v. Coci-on-hoap. If 
from the A.-S. Stunian, to beat, to strike 
against, it may simply mean broached. 

STUNKEY. A term applied to arable land, 
when it is so saturated with wet as to be unfit 
for ploughing or sowing. Warw, 

STUNNED-POLL. A stupid miserable fellow ; 
a dunce. Somerset. 

STUNNER. A severe blow or fall which stuns 
a person. Far. dial. 

STUNNISH. To stun ; to sprain. Lane. 

STUNT. (1) Fierce and angry. Line. Also sulky 
and obstinate. " He's as stunt as a burnt wonfff 
there's no turning him :" how or why I know 
not. Line. 

(2) If a person's thumb is struck violently on 
the end against any hard substance, so as to 
occasion great pain at the time, and several 
days after, it is said to be stunted. 

(3) To make a fool of one. Durham. 
STUNTISE. QuarreUing ? 

Hii brewen strut and atuntige there as sholde be pes { 

Hii sholde gon to the Holi Lond, and maken there 

her ret. Appends to Wright • Pol. Song*, p. 334. 

STUNTISH. (1) Sullen. (2) Dumpy. North. 

Stunty, ill-tismpered, obstinate. 
STUPE. (1) A cloth dipped in warm medica- 
ments, and applied to a sore. 
(2) A stupid fellow. Var. dial 
STUPID. Obstinate. North. 
STUPPIN. A stewpan or skillet. Kent. 
STURBING. Disturbance ; fight. 

Oij werd him fast in that tturbing/ 
Now helpe him, Jheau, heven king I 

0» of Warwike, p. 806. 

STURBLE. To disturb. 

Ne thou oghtes nat to be enchesun 
To tHwUo mannys devocyun. 

US. Harh 1701. f. 74. 
So was he sturbled with the mynatral. 
That he hadde no grace to sey wlthalle. 

jr5. Harl. 1701, f. 81. 

STURBRIDGE-FAIR. A very celebrated feir 
held annually near Cambridge. 
When th' fair is done, I to the CoUedg come. 
Or else I drink with them at Tromplngton, 
Craving their more acquaintance with my heart 
Till our next Sturbridg faira t and so wee part. 

Brathwait^a Htmoat Qhoat, 1G68, p. 188. 

STURBULING. A asturbance. 
5et the cursid Jewes kene 
Made a aturbtUpng hem betwrae. 

M8. Cantab. Ff. v. 48, & 86. 






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Who than ii thi lord. 

And who U thI king. 

And who the hider tent 

To make me burbling f 

Legend ^ Seifnt Mei^reie, p. S9. 
STURDY. (1) The same u Giddy (2). 
(2) Sulky and obstinate. North. 
STURE. m A steer, q. v. Weit. 

i2) Dust ; msiurbance. />etHm. 
3) Rude ; ill-looking. 
STURJOUN. A sturgeon. 

And in the le made the «f«f:^im« 

Gg qf Warwike, p. 198. 

STUKKBN. To grow ; to thrive. North. 
STURM. Stem; morose. Kent. 
STURRB. To stir. (^.-&) 
STURRY. Inflexible; sturdy. South. 
STURT. (1) Disturbance; annoyance. North. 
Kennett explains it, quarrel, strife. ** Sturt 
andstriye," to contend and striye, Urry'sCh. 
(2) Great wages. A mining term. 
STURTES. Stirrups. 

And hli anouni al-after, and hb athd ehtrteet 
That erer glemed and glcnt al of grene itonei . 

8^ Geiveyn end file Grene Jbyjt, 171. 
STURTLR. To startle; to shy. Dewm, 
STUSNET. AskiUet. Suuer. 
STUT. (1) Stout; strong. 

Erles mjjt and lordes thit. 
As cherin thai yn erthe be put. 

M8. HarL 1701, f. £8. 

(2) To stutter. Pakgrwe. Still in use in the 
North of England. ** To stut, to stagger in 
speaking or going," Baret, 1580. 

How much better ft it, then, to have an ellgant 
lawyer to plead ones cause, than a eiutting towns< 
man, that loseth himselfe In his Ule, and dooth 
nothing but make legs. Neuh'sPiercePenniieeee^lS&i, 

(Si) A gnat. Somerset. 

(4) Staggered. Scott. 

STUTTLE-BACK. The pricUeback. East. 

STUWES. Stews ; brothels. {A.-S.) 
Save Jagge the jogelour. 
And Jonette of the etuwee. Piere Pfougftmon, p. 181. 

STY. (1) A Udder. Yorksh. 

(2) The same as Stie, a lane or path. It is 
wrongly explained by Ritson, Weber, and 
some other glossarists. 

(3) A small inflamed tumour on the lid of the 
eye is so called. Var. dial. 

STY-BAKED. Dirty, as a pig in a sty : with 

the dirt adhering to or engr&ed into the skin 

as if baked upon it. Line. 

STYDES. Hours? Arch. xxx. 413. 

8TYK. A stitch. 

For the beet that sewes her any et^k 
Takes bot four penys In a wik. 

Ywaine and Gatvin, 9053. 
STYMPHALIST. From Styn^haUdes, the large 
birds driven away by Hercules. 

This atumphaliat is hee that with Bve or sixe tene- 
ments and the retinue thereunto belonging, infectes 
the aire with stenche, and poisons that parish. 
Maroeeut Krtatieue, 1595. 

8TYWARD. A steward. (A.-S.) 
For nyrhand every a etyward 
The dome that they 5eTe ys over hard. 

MS. HmH. 1701, r. 30. 



SUA. So ; in like maimer. 

Sum In the air, mm in the Uft, 
Thar thai drd ful hard aehilfl, 
Thar pin thai bcre open thamai. 
And MM sai do to domcs-dai. 

MS. Vott. reepn. A. iU. f. 4. 

SUAMONE. A kind of oU, mentioned hj 

Chettle in his Kind Hart's Dreame, 1592. 
SUART. Black ; dark ; swarthy. 
SUBARBES. SuburiM. {Lot.) 
SUBDUCE. To withdraw. (Lot.) 

To etOtditce and convey themselves fton thecsm- 
pany of the worldly people. Beeen'e ffMn, p. 1». 
SUBDUEMENT. Defeat. Slak. 
SUBETH. A kind of apoplexy. 
SUBFUMIGATION. A species of cfatrm br 

smoke. (Lat.) 
SUBGET. Subject. Chaucer, 
SUBLIMATORIE. A vessel used by chemists 
in sublimation, or the separation <^ psiiidea 
in a body by means of heat. 
SUBMISSE. Submissive. 

Unmoy'd thereto by our embmieee intrest. 
No suite of clay obtain'd it at his hands. 

Rowiatufe IMraytag ^OMaf, U96. 

SUBNECT. To add, or sabjmn. {Lot.) 

Why may I not here Uke the libertle to teteeet 

to this dieoourse of eefaoe some mnaiiu of soanl*. 

jMtn^e WUte, Aegwl Ac JTS. {V 45. 

SUBPLANTARYB. Supplanting. 

Whiehe is eonoeyTid of envye. 
And depid ia MritploMAuye. 

Gtiwer, MS, See. Antiq. 134. f. /& 

SUBPOUELLE. To support 

Tho scad Hys grace to m£!fNMc«(2e and eomilbrt, 
Tho alle that ys wyth wrong repourt. 

MS. Cantab, ft. i. «, f. IS. 
SUBRUFE. Reddish. {Lat.) Itoccunisthe 
DiaL Great. Moral, p. 194. SubnphMSj Ro- 
bert of Gloucester, p. 481, note. 
SUBSAID. Just mentioned. Norf. 
SUBSCRIBE. To submit. Shakespetre has 
also the substantive subscriptum, submission. 
SUBSECUTED. Cutoff. {Lot.) 

Lord, how currioures ranne into every coast, hove 
lyght horsemen galloped to every streyc to folove 
and deteine him, yf by any possibility he coulde be 
eubeeeuted and overtaken. 

Matt, Bidimrd III. t O- 
SUfiSISTER. A poor prisoner. 

Lilse a eubeUter in a gown at rugge, rent oa the 
left shoulder, to sit singing the coaAter-teeor by 
the cage in Southwarke. 

Kind-^uTe Snam, \S». 
SUBSOLARY. Earthly. (Lat.) 

Thereby the eaiiaes and eAscts of all 
Things done upon this embaolanf tell. 

Brom^e Simge, 1681, p. 198. 

SUBTILITE. SubtUty. 

That none his owen estate translate 
Be fraude ne eubtiliU. 

Cower, MS. Soe. JnUf. U4, £ 81. 
SUBTIiE. Smooth; tine. Shah. 
SUBULON. A young hert. 

The dung of harts cnreth the dropsie, espedsOy 
of a eubuion or young hart ; the urine eeseth the 
peine in the spleen^ the wtaid ia the Tcatride end 
bowels, and infused into the eares, healedi their 
ulcers. T^pseire nur-rbalsd Bsaete, 1697i P> 1^ 



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SUCCESS. That which follows, ^ai. 

SUCCESSFULLY. A common corruption of 
the word suceettwely, Carr ii. 178. 

SUCCULATION. Pruning of trees. More's 
MS. Additions to Ray's North Country Words. 

SUCH. A country expletive. ^ If you don't 
give me roy price like, I won't stay here hag- 
gling all day and ntch." Leic, 

SUCHE. To seek? Robwn. 

SUCK. (1) The same as Sock, q. v. 

(2) To 9uek the fnonkey, to drink at an alehouse 
at the cost of another person. 

SUCKE. Juice ; moisture. 

SUCKEGGELDEST. We are happy in super- 
latives. The f<rilowing is a genuine speech of 
a gamekeeper touching the magpie. '* Cousim 
it, His the most ttickeggeldett warmant i'th' 
wald." Mow'BSuff.MS. 

SUCKEN. The same as Soke, q. v. 

SUCKET. (1) A sucking.rabbit. 

(2) A conserve, or sweetmeat. See Harrison's 
Description of England, p. 167. 

And presently after, instead of tuekett, twelve 
raw puddings ; 1 tpeake not one word of drlnke all 
this while, for indeed he Is no drunkard; hee 
abhtwres that swinish vice. 

2toy2^« WbrJcst, 1G30, i. 144. 

SUCK-FIST. Hume-^eme, Cotgrave. 
SUCKING-BOTTLE. A long, narrow, hollow 
ghiss, put to a sore nipple for a child to suck 
through. Var, diaL 
SUCKINY. A kind of smock-frock. (^.-iSr.) 
And she had on a mekinyt 
That not of hempe herdls was : 
So faire was none in all Arras. 

Rumaunt t^fthe Rote, 1832. 

SUCKLING. (1) The honeysuckle. Eaet 

(2) In Norfolk, the common purple dover. In 

Suffolk, the white or Dutch clover. " Suk- 

lynge herhe, locueta,*' Pr. Parv. 
SUCK-PINT. "Humeux, a sucke-pinte or 

swiU.pot, a notable drunkard," Cotgrave. 
SUCKREL. A sucking colt. St^olk. 
SUCKSTONE. "A little fishe called a «f«c*- 

etone, that staietb a ship under saile, remora" 

Withals' Dictionarie, 1608, p. 37. 

SUCRE. Sugar. 

And with the mirre taketh the nun, 

Gower, MS, Soe, Antig, 134, f. 49. 
SUCRE-ROSETH. Sugar of roses. 
SUCTION. Malt liquor. Var.diaL 
SUD. Should. North, 

I «tid hev meaad receits for sweet pyet en rlet 
puddina. Wutm. and Cuntb. DiaieeU, p. 13. 

8UDARY. A napkin ; a kerchief. The ker- 
chief mentioned in John, xx. 7, is so called in 
Wickcliffe's translation. 

O Jhesu, fore thi blesful face. 
Thou betoke Veroneea bi grace. 

Upon here ntdari. 
That face be ne consolaclon. 
And to the fynd confusion. 
That day w(ien I schal dye. 

PoMU, Douce MS. 
His tudaty, his wyndyng clothe, 
Thmre were the! lafte, I say hem bothe. 

CWrwr Mwtdi, M8. CoU. THn. Qmtab. f. 107- 

SUDDED. Meadows are said to be ntdded 



when they are covered with drift sand left by 
a flood. West, 
SUDDEN. Abmpt. South. 
SUDDIE. Boggy? 

Neverthelesse the water of this river is ftor the 
most part sore troubled, as eomming thorough a 
mddte or soddie more, so tliat little good fish is 
said to live therein. 

HorrtamV Dete Hp iie w €f Britaiim, p. 87. 
SUDDLE. To soil, or tarnish. North. 
SUDEKENE. Asubdeacon. (J..N.) 
Thoi^he holy ordre that men taa. 
That MudOeeM or praste has. 

MS. HarL S9g0, f. 118. 

SUDS. To be in the eude, to be sullen, or in a 
sulky peevish temper ; to be concerned in a 
quarrel, or other troublesome matter. 
SUE. (1) To follow. {J.-N.) 

But by ther bonys ten thei be to you untrue. 
For homward another way thel doo me. 

Digby Mytteriea, p. 7. 
To issue in small quantities. Eaet, 
To drain land. Also, a drain. Sueeex. 
SUENT. Smooth ; even *, regular ; quiet ; easy ; 

insinuating ; placid. Weet, 
SUERES. Followers. (J.-N.) 
And sayde to his tutru 
For sothe on this wyse. 
Nought thy neighbors good 
Coveyte in no tyme. 

PieraPkuiflimen, p. 4W. 
SUERIE. To swear. Heame. 
SUERT. Sword? 

Wend out of londe sone. 
Her nast thou nout to done. 
Wei ione bote thou flette. 
If yd nurt y shal thesette. 

Gegtei^Kj/ngHcrn, 714. 
SUETHELBAND. A swaddling-band. {A,-S,) 
A new bom barn lay in the croppe, 
Bondon wit a su«th«lband, 

MS. Cotton. Vmptu, A. 111. H 9. 
SUETON. Suetonius, the historian. 
SUE YNE. The same as Swame, q. v. 
The lad^, that stod hyre beiyde. 
Fled and durste not long abyde, 
Bot went unto the palys ajene. 
And told both knyjt and tue^M, 
How that the queue awey wold. 
And bad them come hyr to b»-hold. 

MS. AshmoU 61, xv. Cent. 
SUFF. (1) A sough, or drain. North, 
(2) To sob ; to sigh ; to draw the breath in a 

convulsive manner. Devon, 
SUFFER. To be punished. Var. diaL 
SUFFETINE. '* Buffetyne, or suffetyne, aia^o, 

alapo,** Prompt. Parv. p. 41. 
SUFFICANT. Sufficient. 

Me thynketh that this CTidence 
At to this poynte is 9nJfieant, 

Gow0r, MS. Soe. Antiq, 134,f.0a 

SUFFICIENCY. Ability. Shah. 
SUFFING. Something. Eescx, 
SUFFISANCE. Sufficiency ; satisfaction. 
What wol ye more of me but repentaunce, 
God wol Himselve have therof n^0iMutne€. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. L 6, f. 116. 

SUFFISANT. Sufficient. (A.-N.) 
SUFFRAGE. •* Suffirage or helpe, suj^age," 



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Pldtgnro. <« Snflhige, the pimyen thai be in 
bokes, ffti^Vo^," PalagnTe. 
SUFFRAUNT. Forbearing. {J.'N,) 
And, Lord, grAUOt me, far thy mercy dlgne, 
AboTe all thlnge for to have mekcneiee^ 
And make me hiimble« «H^Vaimf » and benlgne. 

I^gaU, MS. Atkmoie 99b f. 18. 

SUFFRE. (1) To bear; to endure. 

And ley y t to the arme also hote at he may ^^ffr0, 
and whan It If colde» take yt awey and ley to that 
other that i« hoote. JCS. JCei. Afc. zt. Cent. 

(2) To forbear. Weber. 

SUFFRBNTIE. Sovereignity. 

Or art thou aferde of thy (dde name» 
That in every place b had in fkme. 
And If aui^ported In such t^ffintrnti* 
From the lowett onto the hyei t degree. 

AOton Knifkt, Skak. Soe, Pap, 1. 6S. 

SUFFRTNGAM. Paii/enctw, Palsgrave, t 68. 
SUFFURATB. To ateal away ; to withdraw. 
I oHild cooTeniently ttifUrate and fteal away from 
the inttltution and teaching of my icholaia. 

BeeoH*4 Workt, p. 196. 

SUG. (1) A word used to call pigs to eat their 
wash. Norf, 

(2) " Sugge, a byrde," Palsgrave. •• Sugge, 
bryd, eumea," Pr. Parv. " Curruea «/ que- 
dam avi$ qw uUemot puUoe educit vel educate 
ei kee lUioea §e dieitur eadem avit" MS. 
Harl. 2257, f. 24. 

(3) To soak. WeeL 

SUGAR.BARLEY. Barleyiugar. Eagt. 
SUGAR.BREAD. A kind of sweet cake or 

bread mentioned in Harrison's Description of 
England, p. 167. 

SUGAR-CANDIAN. Sagarcandy. Hall, 

SUGAR.CUPPING. A Derbyshire custom. On 
Easter-day children melt sugar in a cup of 
water from the Dropping Tor, and drink it. 
Hone. 

SUGAR-LOAF. A high-crowned hat. 

SUGAR-PLATE. *' i^ar-pkUe or comfettes, 
droffeet amftte" Palsgrave, subst. f. 68. 
" Sukyr plate, eucura cmetalu" Pr. Parv. 

SUGAR-STONE. A name given in Cornwall 
to a kind of soft clayey schjst. 

SUGAR-TEAT. A small portion of moist sugar 
tied up in a rag of linen of the shape and size 
of a woman's nipple, given to quiet an infant 
when the mother is unable to attend. 

SUGET. Subject. (^.-M) 

To the feventhe Crift eelth, Bles«yd ben the 
peasble folk, in the wuche alle thingn hen wel 
oxdeyned, none tturynge* overcomynge resonn. bote 
al thing 0i$gei to the fplry t, for he is tugtt to God. 

BMU^AMiq. i.39. 

SUGGE. To say? 

5e, quad the vox, al thou most ntgge. 
Other ellee-wer thou most abuggc. 

ReUq. Antiq. U. 878. 

SUGGEST. To tempt Shak. 
SUGGOURNE. To abide ; to rest ; to sojourn. 

In the Tale of Vlterbe veUile my knyghttes. 

Suggoume there sex wokn and folace myselfene. 

Jf«rre Arihure, MS. Lincoln, t. 57* 

SUORED. Sweetened, as with sugar. 

He promiaed to be fo grateful unto them that 
they should have eauae to say their great curtesies 



well baitoWBd opon him; tat all hh migr'i 
swecte promises were, hi the proofc, but gall aod 
wormwood In the performance. 

Ta^ior^t Workm, 1090, i!i.83. 
What swan of bright Apollo's brood doth ting. 
To Tulgar love, in courtly sanneiiag? 
Or what {mmortall poeU sugrtd pen 
Attends the glory of a dtlaen ? 

Drayton** Po0m$, 1837, P<2B8> 

SUIFTUKER. More swiftly. 

SuifUOeer then hee may wink* 
Or ani mans hert mai thynk. 

MS. Cotton. Vetpmi. A. iiL f.l 

SUILK. Such. 

Goddoth ! quath Leve, y shal the fete 
Bred an dieee. butere and milk, 
Pastees and fiauncs, al with MHIk. 

sum. Sows; swine. (ji.-S.) 
A feyre there was holdyn heade. 
This porre man had ntjfn to sell«» 
And theder he wold, as I 5U telle. 
On morwe he ros and gan hym dresie; 
Hys wyf bad hym bydyn and here meae. 

SUIRT. To break o£f the sharp edge of a hewn 

stone. Norihumb. 
SUIST. A person who seeks for things which 

merely gratify himsdfL 
SUIT-BROKER. One who made a trade of 

obtaining the suits of petitioners at court He 

was sometimes termed a amt-jogger. 

Some by their bralnee, as polltldaos, biobo- 

poliats, projectmongers, ««ri(-^gg«rt, andstar-gssers. 

raylm'9 Worku, 1630, i. 143. 

SUITT. Uniform ; even. Herrf. 
SUKCADES. Sweetmeats ; sockets. Mannde- 

vile has it eukkarde, Travels, p. 310. 
SUKKEN. Moisture. Cumb. 
SULE. (1) To soiL (^.-M) 

And his syre a ioutere 
y.«wfed in grees. 

PUr9 Ploughman, p. » 

(2) Soil ; earth. Pronnpt. Parv. 

(3) Should ye. (^.-&) 

Mine knithes, hwat do ye ? 
Sute ye thus gatb fko mefle ? 

Haodok, 2419. 

SULFEROUS. Sultry. Vdr.dial' 

SULINO. A ploughland. Ketmett. 

SULK. , To be sullen^^&r. dial In the sdks, 
L e. sullen and peevish. . 

SULL. A plough. IFeet. 

SULLAGE. Muck, or dung. Kent. 

SULLEN. In Cunningham's Revels Accounts, 
p. 189, mention is made of ** ix. yardes of 
euUen cloth of gold purple." Qo. euBen, 
Cologne ? 

SULLENS. Sick of the sullens, l e. very 
gloomy or morose. The phrase occurs in 
LiUy. *<And let them die that sge and 
euUetu have,'' Shakespeare. See Dyce's Re- 
marks, p. 99. 

SULLEVATE. To raise into enmity. 

SULLOW. A plough. Weet. 

SULMARD. "f>/niiKW,/»«»ttfc»,asnhnard. 
Nominate MS. The MS. is distinctly mimanf 
but it may be an error ior/ukmard. 



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SUL-PADDLE. " Solpaddle U used in the 
West for a plow-staff/' Bloant'sGlossographia, 
p. 621, ed. 1681. 
SULSH. To soil; to dirty. Somertet. 
SULT. To insult. South, 
SULTRED6E. A coarse apron worn by poor 

women in aome parts of Wiltshire. 
SULTRONG. Sultry. 

Thif garment is too much too warme forthee^ 
In the ciiti vail of a tultrong heat. 

Middieten't Epigrutms, 1606, repr. p. 36. 
SUM. (1) Some. Sum and aU completely. 
So thow myjt knowe, turn and al. 
Whether the sjnne be gretor smaL 

MS. Cott. Claud. A. li. f. 146. 
(2) A question in arithmetic. Var. dial. 
SUMA. A small cup made of blue and white 

stone-ware. Somenet. 
SUMBER. Summer. Beref. 
SUMFUN. Something. Suffolk. 
SUMITER. A scimitar. '*Sumyter,afauchon, 

tumilerre" Palsgraye, 1530. 
SUMMED. A term in falconry. ** Summed 
is when she is in all her plumes/' Gent. Rec 
ii. 63. See Diet. Rust, in y. 
And when the plumet were ntmm'd with sweet desire. 
To prore the pinions. It ascends the skies t 
Doe what I could, it needsly would aspire 
To my soules sun, those two celestial! eies : 
Thus ftom my breast, where it was bred alone. 
It alter thee la like an eaglet flowne. 

Dragon's PpeiM, 16^, p. 484. 

SUMMER. (1) A sumpter-horse. 

(2) The principal beam of a floor. See Thoresby's 
Letter to Ray, 1703, in y. Baiwka ; Harrison's 
England, p. 187. 

(3) That part of a waggon which supports the 
bed or body of it. Sut»ex, 

(4) To summer and winter any one, i e. to know 
him thoroughly, or at all seasons. 

SUMMER.BARM. To ferment. Said of malt 

liquor when it ferments in summer before the 

appUcation of the yeast. 
SUMMER-COCK. A term given to a young 

Bslmon in summer time. North. 
SUMMERED. Agisted, as cattle ; well fed on 

grsss. Summer-eat J to agist. North, 
SUMMER-FOLDS. Summer freckles. Ghuc. 
SUMMER.FRECKLED. Spots on the face 

elapsed by the heat of the sun. South. 
SUMMER-GOOSE. Gossamer. North. 
SUMMERINGS. (I) Country rejoicings and 

wakes formerly in vogue on Midsummer-day. 

(2) Very early apples and pears. 

(3) Riots or scolding matches. North. 

(4) Cattle of one year old. North. 
SUMMERLAND. To summerland a ground is 

to lay it fallow a year, according to Ray. 
Suffolk, Moor gives only the substantive. 

SUMMER-LATEN. Summer fallowed. Norf. 

SUMMER-RIDING-BOOTS. "D«»t-cA«e(Fr.) 
hslf-chase, or half> hunting boots; so called 
by the French : we call them summer riding- 
boots," Blount's Glossogriq^hia, p. 187. 

SUMMERSAULT. See Somenault, 

SUMMER'S-DAY. As nice a person as one 
shall see on a summer's dsy, L e. as one could 



This temaeiilar phme is not QiMNatl in 
early writers. ** They say bee is as goodly a 
youth as one shall see in a summePs day," 
Lilly's Mother Bombie, ed. 1632, sig. Z. x. 
" A proper man as one shall see in a summer's 
day," Mids. Night's Dream, i. 2. See Henry 
V. iii. 6, iv. 8. The phrase also occurs in later 
works. " As fine a fat thriving child as you 
shall see In a summer's day," Joseph Andrews, 
b. iv. c. 15. 

SUMMER'S-RUN. Said of a horse which has 
been at grass during the summer. 

SUMMER-TILLED. Fallowed. " That field 
was fummer-tilled last year," i. e. lay fallow. 
Line. Sometimes termed tummer'Stirred. 
" To summer-stir, estate ndcare" Coles. In 
the South of England, land is said to have a 
summer fallow. 

SUMMER-TREE. Same as Summer (2). 

SUMMER-YOY. Yellow freckles in the face. 

SUMMING. Arithmetic. Var. dial 

SUMMISTER. One who abridges. 

Over this, if the historian be long, he is aceompted 
a trifler ; if he be short, he it talien for a mnmttster. 

Holinthad, Ckron. irtUnd, p. 80. 

And thus, though rudely, have 1 plaid the mm. 

mister, TheMeanein Spending, lOBO, 

SUMMITTE. To submit. Lydgate. 

SUMMUNDER. An apparitor. '* Jparator, 
a summunder," Nominale MS. Nomina dig- 
nitatum clerioorum. The term occurs more 
usually twmmoner or gumner, 

SUMMUT. Something. Jar, dioL 

SUMNER. See Summunder. 

SUMNL Summon. {A.'S,) 

To Westmystre be let $umni the biKhopet of bis londe. 

And derlies that grettest were ek and hejlst, ich undeiw 
stonde. lAfe of Thumtu Beket, p. 19. 

SUMP. (1) According to Carr, a hole sunk be- 
low the levels or drifts of a mine at a proper 
distance to divide the ground, and communi- 
cate air to the different works or branches. 
Ray says, " a round pit of stone covered over 
vrith clay within." See his English Words, 
1674, p. 114. 

(2) A puddle, or dirty pond. Cttmb. 

(3) A very heavy weight Suffolk, Hence, a 
heavy stupid fellow is so called. 

SUMPH. Asunpleton. North, 
SUMP-HOLE. A cesspool. Yorksh. 
SUMPLE. Supple ; pliant Weet. 
SUMPTER. A horse which carried furniture, 
6lc. on its back. It vras more commonly 
termed a sumpter-horse. 

But, for you have not furniture 

Beseeming such a guest, 
I bring his owne, and come mysclfe 

To see his lodging drest. 
With that two tumpterg were discharg'd. 

In which were hangings lirave, 
Sllke coverings, curtens, carpets, plate. 
And al such turn should have. 

Perei^t Relume*, p. 78. 

SUM-UP. TocoUect. North. 
SUMPY. Boggy; wet. Damp, watery, as po- 
tatoes ; heavy, as bread. Var. dial 
SUN. In themn, tipsy. 



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SUN-AND-MOON. «« DfeleyBtindA, a kiiid6 of 
play wheran two companies of boyes holding 
handa all on a rowe, doe pnll with hard hold 
one another, till one be orercome ; it Lb called 
Swme and Moone^** Thomasii Dictionarium, 
4(0. Lond. 1644. 

SUN-BEAM. Gossamer. North, 

SUN.CATE. A dainty. Suffolk, 

Msttther, gang Oie grlsen Into the Ta«nceroof, 
bring my hat trom off the spurket, ding the door 
After you, nemis the cat ■hould get in and eat the 
tmneatt. Girl, girl, go up sUin into the garret, and 
/etch my hat from off the peg : shut the door for 
fear the cat should get In and eat the dainty. 

OroM, ed. 183B, p. 111. 

SUN-DANCE. A custom was formerly in vog;ue 
of rising early on Easter-day to see the nm 
dancej the superstitious beliering that the sun 
really did dance on that day. 

8UNDAY.CL0THES. Best clothes, kept for 
nse on Sundays and holidays. Var, dud. 

SUNDAY - SAINT - AND - E VERY-DAY- SIN- 
NER. A person who never misses church 
twice eyeiy Sunday, nor an opportunity of 
reviling or cheating his neighbours on all 
the rest of the week. Moot^b S^ff, MS, 

SUNDAY'S-FELLOW. Monday. 

One asked Tarlton why H unday was called ffuii- 
daUia JUhw 9 Because he Is a lausie fellow, taiet 
Tarlton, to compare with that holy day. But it may 
be Munday thlnkes himselfe Sundayes fellow be- 
cause it followes Sunday, and is next after ; but he 
comes a day after the fklre for that. 

Tarlton** Jtwttf 1611. 

SUNDER. To air ; to expose to the sun and 
wind, as hay which has been cocked, but 
which is still under-dry. York, 

SUNDERLAND-FITTER. The knave of clubs. 

8UNDBRLY. Peculiarlv ; alternately. 

SUNE. Soon? 

That fur schal kumen in this world 
One one mne nljte. MS. CoU, Ca^ig. A. ix. f. 245. 
SUNFEY. 

Under the palne of paying the bllles themselves, 
which they recite eyther to llleor deare within that 
space, without prejudice al wales to the complanant 
to use an avower if he have aoie, and therby to claime 
his double and tmnfiy. Egnitn Pm^*'* P< S37* 

SUNFULE. Sinful [men]. {A,-S,) 

An the $m\fuU so atellche heo stondeth. 

MS, Cott, Calig, A. is. f. t46. 

SUN-OATE-DOWN. « Sunne settynge, or 

Sonne gate downe, oceanu,** Pr. Parv. '< At 

the Sonne gate downe, turlasoleUeoueianif** 

Palsgrave, 1530. 
SUNGILLE.STOK. See Swinffle-hand. 
SUNHOUN. A halo round the sun. South. 
SUNK. A canvas pack-saddle stuffed with 

straw. North. 
SUNKET. (1) A supper. Cumb. 
(2) To pamper with dainties. East, A sunket- 

ting child, i e. a delicate child. 
3) A foolish fellow. Norf. 
(4) A small quantity of food or drink, especially 

if given grudgingly. Norf, 
SUNK-FENCE. A ditch cut perpendicularly 

on one side and obliquely on the other, com- 



moB in parks, Ac affordiiig protection with- 
out interrupting the prospect 
SUNNEN. Sins. (^.-5.) 

Woltoa, quod the vox, irlft onidetfoQge, 

Tel thine jwiuien oo and on. 

That ther bileve nerer on. AeUf. JnMf. iu 276. 

SUNNINO. Basking in the sun. 

So homeward bcnf, hii eye too rude and caBDing, 
Spies knight and lady by a hedge anmniiv. 

Oold (f« Arte Amandi, ice, 1677. P^ \9k 

SUNNY-SIDE. The south side of a hilL 
SUN-SHINER. The dark shining beetle. 
SUNTORE. Cracked by the sun. Sahf. 
SUOAK. To snuff the air. Nwrtkumb, 
SUP. To sup sorrow, L e. to be afflicted by 

anything causing sorrow. 
SUPERALTARY. The slab which covered a 

stone altar in a church. {Lot.) 
SUPERnCIALTIE. Superficies. 

In als many jomeyes may Uiei gon fro JerusaloB 
unto other confynyes of the MupetfieiaUie of the rrthc 
bejonde. Jiewntfeml^* TVisaielt, p. 183. 

SUPERFLUE. Superfluous. Paitgrne, 
SUPERGRESSION. An old chemical term. 
And soe with long lea<ure it will waste. 
And not with bubling made in luu te ; 
For doubt of penrills many moe then one. 
And for Mupergrearion of our atone. 

Mnmole'4 Theat, Chem. Brit. 16S2, p. 47. 
SUPERNACULUM. An old drinking term, 
thus described by Nash, Pieroe Penilesse, repr. 
pw 52, " a devise of drinking new oome out of 
Fraunoe, which is, alter a man hath tumde up 
the bottom of the cup, to drop it on hys nsyle, 
and make a pearl with that is left ; which, if 
it slide, and he cannot mak stand on by reason 
thers too much, he must drinke againe for his 
penance." It is supposed to be a corruption 
of «tqMr toi^toN. Brathwaite mentions it in 
his Law of Drinking, 1617, p. 1 1, '' they with- 
out any difficulty at all can soake and sucke it 
Iv rov vvv, to a nayle." The tenn is stiU in 
use, and is applied, aecording to Grose, to 
" good liquor, of whidi there is not even t 
drop left sufficient to wet one's nail." 
Were it a whole hogsheade, I would pledge thee. 
What, if I drinke two ? All them to the briaamei 
Wher's bee that shall marry with my titter f 
I drinke this to thee jwper fuumlmm, 

T^'moii, ed. Dyce, p. X. 
SUPERNE. Above ; supreme. Lydgate. 
SUPERNODICAL. Excessive ; supreme. 
Ot »upm-Mdical foole ! wel. He take your 
Two shillings, but :ie bar strikuag at legs. 

Taming 9fn Shmo, p. IK. 
SUPERTASSE. According to Stubbes, ** s 
certaine device made of wiers, crested for 
the purpose, whipped over either with gold 
thred, sUver, or silke ; this is to bee ap^ed 
round about their neckes, under the ruffe, 
upon the outside of the bande, to beare up 
the whole frame and bodie of the mfTe from 
fsllyng orhangyng doune," ed. 1585, f. 21. 
SUPERVISOUR. TheoveriookerofawiU. 
And to se all thingea truly doone 
After my detfa, dwdy and ri|^t som, 
I ordeyn to be myii execntour 
Cir my bnl will, with a mpertigmtr. 



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Aleyn Maltson, to w truly 

My will perfonnyd wcle and duly* 

As I have ordeynd here after myn entent. 

By good avioement In my Testament. 

MS. Rami, C. 86. 

SUPERVIVE. Qu. Supenide, to look at. 
As I me lenyd unto a Joyful place. 
Lusty Phebus to ntpenrive, 

l^dgatt^t Minor Pomu, p. 78* 
SUPERVIZE. Sight; view. SkaJt, 
SUPETERS. Armour for the feet. 
SUPPEDITATE. To subdue, or tread under. 
But Ob Lorde. all thyngcs that I of long tyme 
have in my mynde revolved and Immaglned, that 
Btelyng tblef Death goeth about to subverte, and In 
the moment of an houre clerely to tuppeditate. 

HaU, EduMtrd IV. f. 00. 

SUPPER. (1) To tei one hu supper^ to perform 

a feat impossible for another to imitate. 
(2) The sucker of a pump. 
SUPPINGS. (1) Spoon-meat. " Suppyyng for 

a sicke man, humaige^ humee" Palsgrave. 
(2) The refuse milk after the cheese is made. 

CJieth. 
SUPPLANTARYE. Supplanting. 

For in good ftytbe jit hadde I lever. 
In my simpleste, for to dye. 
Than werchesuche tupplantarpe, 

Gower, MS. Soe, Antiq. 134, f. 77. 

SUPPLE. To render pliant. It is now used 

only as an a^jectiye. ** To make a thing which 

ia hard and rough, soft ; to soften, to wppU** 

HoUyband's Dictionarie, 1593. 

Yf he be acnrssed than are we a mete cuppell. 

For I am Interdyct ; no salve that sore can tuppell. 

Bal^a Kpngt Johan, p. 62. 

SUPPtlE. To supplicate. (A.-N.) 
SUPPOELLE. (1) To support. (2) Support. 
So that ther myghte no schippex come nere the 
havene for to vetaille the citee, or tuypoelle it with 
mene, by cause of the bastelle. 

MS, Unetin A. L ITi f< ft> 
And to Iiv« in rette and in quiete 
Thoru5 thi supporte and thi MuppowiMle, 

MS. Digby S30. 
And wher nede was, he made tvppowelment. 

Hardpnf^* Chronicle, f. 49. 

SUPPORTAILE. Support. {J.-N,) 
And in mischef, whanne drede wolde us assayle. 
Thou arte oure schilde, thou arte oure tupportat/le. 
Lvdgate, MS. Soc. Antiq. 134, f . 89. 

SUPPORTATION. Support. (Lat.) 

For there Is no great man so weake, but hath 
councell and iupporuuion of inferior officers, nor 
mean man so sottbh, but hath Mends or servants in 
the dispatch of his businesse. I 

Hiatory ofVatUnt Qrisel, p. 33. 

SUPPOSALL. A supposition. 

Hee Incroches often upon admittance (where 
thinges be well delivered) to multiply his observa- 
tion, and he wUl veriiie things, through a scandal- 
ous *uppo»aUt as if they were now committed. 

Stephen/ Buape* and Charwtert, 161f , p. 219. 

SUPPOSE. (1) To know with certainty. A 

person announcing what he knows to be a 

factwi]lsay,*'I«t99MW«Mr.A«isdead." Sakqi. 

(2) A supposition. 

To spMke with him she kindly dotti entreat. 
Desiring him to dears her darke tuppote. 

Tb^iot^t WerkM, 1680, iiL 82. 



SUPPOSITOR. A medical term, meaniof an 
excitement or provoeatiTe. Ford, iL 182. 

SUPPRISSID. Oppressed. 

Goddls law IHddith help the tupprinid, Jugith to 
the fadirles, defendith thewydow, and how tempo- 
ral lordis ow to thole no wrong be don ; and man! 
doctors and lawis and reuun acordyn to this. 

Apology /br tho UMmrdo, p. 78* 

SUPPUTED. Imputed. Drayton. 

SUP-UP. The legitimate meaning of ti(p vp is 
to give cattle their last meal at night, or sup- 
per. It is a rural phrase, and has extended 
£rom the farmyard to other actions and occu- 
pations. Var, dial. 

SURANCE. Assurance; satisfaction. 

Thus wedded he her at Yorke in all euraunee. 

Hardyng^s Chronicle, f. 88^ 

SUR-ANTLERS. *' The sur-antlers, or bear- 
antlers of a buck, but the royall of a stagg, 
Tiz. the second branch,*' Howell, sect. 3. 

SURBATRE. A kind of bruise. (^.-N.) 

SURBED. " To surbed coal, to set it edge- 
waies on the fire that the heat and fiame may 
cleare it and make it bum with greater yehe- 
mence," Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 

SURBOTED. Grazed, as the skin is by con- 
stant rubbing or pressure ; battered. (Fr.) 

Fresh grease is very profitable for those mambers 
that are turboted or riven of their skin, and likewise 
to anoint them that are weary with long Jourmies. 
The ashes of womens haire burned In a shell, and 
mingled with the fat of swine, are said to ease th» 
paine of S. Anthonies fire, and to stanch bloud, and 
to cure ring-wormes. 

TopaelVt Four-Tooted Beaete, 1607, p. 689. 

SURCARKTNG. 

Ac in al this eurearking. 
Merlin com to Ban the king. 

Ai-thour and Merlin, p> 147. 

SURCEASE. To stop ; to cease ; to refrain. 
I shall gladly surcease to make any terther attempt 
ot the house, garden, stables, and approaches, as 
falling too short of the greatness and excellency of 
it. Aubrej^e WUte, Royal Soe. MS. p. 238. 

The watchfull bird that centinels the mome. 
Shrill herald to Auroraes earlie rising. 
That oft proclaimes the day ere day be borne, 
Distfaiguisher from pitch-fac'd nights disguising, 
Surcea/d to heed ; why Nature taught him now. 
And did exdalme on mee for sinning so. 

Rowlands Betraying qf Christ, 1598. 
SURCINGLE. A long upper girth which often 
went over the pannel or saddle. " The pay- 
trellys, mrtengfys, and crowpers," Morte 
d'Arthur, L 211. 
SURCOTE. An upper coat, or kirtle, worn over 
the rest of the clothes. At a later period, 
there was a mourning garment so called^ 
" made like a close or strayte-bodied gowne, 
which is worn under the mantell." 
SURCREASE. Excessive increase. Drayton. 
SURCREW. A surplus. 

It had once left me, as I thought j but it was only 
to fetch more company, returning with a surerew of 
those splenetick vapors that are call'd hypooon- 
driacaL Raiq. Wotton. ed. 1651, p. 518. 

SURCUDANT. Presumptuous ; arrogant. 
SURDAUNT. Arising. 

And ferthennore to here and determyne all man- 



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, _ ., coatrov«ral«, detatM ind «»•- 

mauodci. wu e igyn g aod iwrdnmi emoqg ray per- 
•008 codtidni within the Mid citie. 

Damietr York Renrd»» p.SSS. 

SURDINB. •• A sordine to put in a trumpet 
to make it sound low/' Florio, p. 514. 

SURDINY. The fisb sardine. 

SURDOWGHT. Sour-dough ; leaven. " Per- 
menium, surdowgbt," Nominale MS. xy. Cent. 

SURE. (1) " I don't know, I am ««/' a very 
common expression, the last sentence being 
merely a confirmatory tautology. Sure tnd 
twrt, indeed. 

(2) Sour Medulla MS. 

SURE-CROP. The shrew mouae. Donet. 

SUREN. To assure. {A.-N,) 

SUREPEL. A cover or case. 

The mte hade a sawtere MmlidM bowBdcoe 
With a n»r9p9l of tllke lewede ftiUe faire. 

MmU jMkuf, jr& iJite$tn, f.t8. 

SURESBY. A person to be depended on. 

SURE -TO. Assured to ; affianced. 

SU RETY. Defence ; safeguard. " Surety, de- 
fence, attwe garde,'* Palsgrave, 1530. 

SURE-WORK. To make sure work, i. e. a cer- 
tain safe conclusion to any undertaking. 

Their unmannerly manner h to knocke out a 
maaa brainet flrit« or die to lurke behind a tree, and 
ahoot a man with a pecce or a pistol, and lo make 
amrtwcrkt with the pauenger, and then aearch hit 
pocketa. J^ltt'M tVorket, 1690, iti. 88. 

SURFANO. A plaster, or salve. 

SURFEIT. A cold ; a disorder. Craven, 

SURFEL. To wash the cheeks with mercurial 
or sulphur water. See Ford, L 405. 

Having at home a well painted mannerly harlot, 
■i good a maid as Fletcher's mare that bare three 
great foals, went in the morning to the apothecaries 
for half a pint of sweet water that oommcmly Is called 
mrJUlyng toatm; A mani/M Detection ef the moste 
vyle and deteetaUe Vee nfDiee Plaif, n. d. 

8UKFET. Fault, offence, or trespass. 
For wele, ne for worch jp, ne for the wlonk werkkes, 
Bot in syngne of my eur/et I schal ae hit ofte. 

Gmw^n and the Crene Knljf , 84SS. 

SURFLB. To ornament with trimmings, edgings, 

or embroidery ; to plait. 
SURFOOT. Sore-footed ? See Nares. 
SURGE. A qnidc motion. South, 
SURGENRIE. Surgery. (J,-N,) 

And dide bym assaie hit twgenHe 
On hem that sike were. Here Ploughman, p. S98. 
8UKGIAN. A surgeon. Paltgraw. 
SURHED. To surbed a stone is to set it edge- 
wise, contrary to the posture it held in the 
quarry. Nortkamb, 
SURINGER. A surgeon. Pede, iii. 94. 
SURJONER. A surgeon. Medulla MS. 
SURKETE. The same as Sareote, q. v. 

Surketee over al he con holde, 
Off knirjtes and of persons bolde, 
Slch hade he non sene. 

MS, Cantab. Ft. ▼. 48, f. 64. 

SUKLETTES. Part of ancient armour, men- 
tioned in Hall's Union, 1548, Hen. IV. f. 12. 
See SoUerete. 

SURMIT. To surmise. 



That by the bceeche of ck)Ch were chaksgid, 

Nor I thinke never were, for to my wyt 
They were Cuitaatlcall, imagined ; 
Onely aa in my dreame I dyd emmdt. 

Thifnn^e Debate, p. C7 

SURMOUNT. To excel ; to surpass. 

So as the kynge himself^ acompteth, , 

Tliat he alle other men eunmomnteth, I 

Cower, MS. Soc, dntiq. 134, f.833L 

SURNAPPE. A napkin ; a tabledoth. 

The emmappe muvt be properly layde tovardci 
the salt endlong the brode edge, by the handts of tii' ' 
aforenamed yeoman of the ewrie. 

Wamer^e Jnttq, CmHi>, p. VA. 

SURPLIS. A surplice. {J,-N.) 
SURPLUSE. Remainder ; surplus. 
SURQUEDRIE. Presumption ; arrogance ; con. 
ceit. Sur^idoue, overbearing, arrogant. 
O, where is alle the transitorye fame 
Of pompe and pryde, and nurquidrtfe In fecre ? 

Legate, MS, Soe. Antiq, 134, flL 
Or rebelle In any manere weye 
Of swrguidHe or pride to werreye. 

jus,Digbr2ab. 
The tothcr branche of pride es etuq u^ ry, that n, 
to ttttdlrtake thyngover his powere, or weayi to be 
mare wyae than he es, or better than he e«» sod 
avauntes hym of gude that he haae of other, or of 
lUe that he base of hymselfe. 

MS. Unaln A. L 17j <^ M- 

SURRE. A sore place ; a scar. 
SUR-RBINED. Overworked. Shak. 
SURREPT. To invade suddenly. {Lat.) 

But this fonde newe founde ceremony was litle re- 
garded and lesae estemed of hytn that onely ttudyod 
and watched howe to ewrept and steale this tank 
oute of tier mewe and lodgynge. 

Hatt, Hemrp VIL t. M. 
SURREY. A corruption of SirraM. 
SURRY. Syria. 

Nowe of the kynge of Amy wylle I seye more. 

MS. Cott. Calig, A. IL f. 119L 
They drewe up sayle of bright hew. 
The wynde them soone to Surrf blew. 

S^ leenbrae, ap. Vttereem^ L 91. 

SURRYALL. The second projection of the 
horn on a stag's head above the sur-antler. 

And fyrat whan an hert hath fourched, and thn 
auntelere ryall, and ewrpall, and forchcd one the 
one syde, and troched on that other syde, than is he 
an hert of .x. and of the more. ReUq. AnV^ i. 151. 

SURS. Rising. 
Att themrf of the sonne he sees then oomnande, 
Raykande to Rome-warde the redyestc waycs. 

Aforfe Arthura, MS. Uncelm, f. 9. 

SURSANURE. A wound healed outwardly, bot 

not inwardly. {A.-N.) 
SURSAULTED. 

Relume my hart, eureaulted with the fill 
Of thousand great unrests and thousand Uant. 
Engtand'e Helicon, repr. p. l&- 

SURSERARA. A corruption of certiorari / 
With hoUocke, sberant, malliga, canara, 
I stuft your sides up with a eureerara. 

Tfv'or'a Workee, 1630, uL 126. 

SURSTBYE. A courtpie ? 

On morow when he shuld to cmirt goo. 
In russet dothyng he tyret hym tbo. 
In kyrtil and in eurttbpe. 

MS, Cantab. Ft. v. 48, f. 5L 

SURVEANCE. Superintendence. (A.'N.) 



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SI7RVBT. A species of anction, in which ftrms 
are disposed of for three liTes. Dewm, 

SURVIOWRE. An OTcrlooker. 

SUSE. (1) Six. (2) She. Lane. 

SUSGINE. A surgeon ? 

A nug^H* of Salerne enserchet hit wondei. 

MorU Artkure, M8. Uneoln» f.W. 

SUSPECT. Suspicion. 

I hayebeen in prison thus knag, only upou the oc- 
caskm oi the disputation made in the oonrocation^ 
house* and upon tu^eet of the setting forth the 
report thereof. PhUpot^s Works, p. 5. 

SUSPECTABLE. Liable to suspicion. 

SUSPECTION. Suspicion. Chaucer. 

SUSPENCED. Freed. " Suspenced from all 
their paine," Honours Academic, 1610, i. 49. 

SU SPIRAL. ** Suspyral of a cundyte, tpiraeU' 
lum, 9uqrir€U!ubtmy" MS. Harl. 221, f. 168. 

SUSPIRE. To respire ; to sigh. 

SUSPOWSE. Suspicion. 

SUSS. (1) A dog-fish. /. of Wight. 

(2) To swill like a bog. Suasj auss, a call to swine 
to eat their suss or hog-wash. Ea$t, 

SUSSACK. A fall; a blow. Sf{folk. 

SUSSEX-PUDDING. Boiled paste. South. 

SUSSLE. Noise ; disturbance ; an impertinent 
meddling with the affairs of other people. 
Suggex. 

SUSTER-DOUGHTERE. A niece. (J.-S.) 

SUSTRE. A sister. (A.-S.) 

Bycause that hurre suttreso besselyehe ofhurTe8ou5t, 

What he badde y>don a5eyne seynt Ede. 

CArofi. FUodyn. p. 197. 
Justice and pees, these austrt* schal provide 
Twixt reawmes tweyne stedfast love tosette. 

MS, Harl,398B,t9, 

SUTE. (1) After. Heame. 

(2) Cunning ; subtle. Staf. 

(3) A sute of locks, a set of six or more locks, 
whereof the respective keys shall serve only 
for each lock, and yet one master key shall 
open alL Holme, 1688. 

(4) A pursuit, or following. Pr. Parv, 

(5) Soot. MS. Dictionary, c. 1500. 

(6) To dothe or suit. 

The moone like tuied in a sahle weed. 
Mourned forsinnes outrsgious bloody deed. 

BpwkuuW Betrvyingof Christ, 1A9B. 

SUTELTEE. See SoUUeet. 
SUTELY. This word occurs in Hall, Henry IV. 
f. 11, but is probably a misprint for twrety, 
and certainly used in the same sense. 
SUTERE. A suitor, or suppUant. 
Allc men may Uka example, lo ! 

Of lowly mekenes evyn ryght here. 

Be oure I«rde God that comyth me to» 

Hese pore lervaunt and his sutere. 

Coventry UyaterUs, p. fiOl. 

SUTLER. One who sells provisions in a camp. 
Spelt tutteler by Coles. 
For setting on those with the luggadge left, 
A few poore ntlforw with the campe that went. 

DraiftoriM PoetM, p. 86. 

SUTTER. A oobler, or shoemaker. (A.-S.) 
Haii be $e, suttsrs, with jour mani testes. 
With tourblote hides ofselcuth bestis. 

Reiuj. Antiq. IL 176. 

SUTTSS. Fools? {A.-N.) 



Byscfaoppes, arehedekyns, and abbottes, 
Wyse men of the ehurche and no tuttm, 

MS Omtab. Pf. IL SK, f. Sll. 

SUTTLE-BEE. 

For those kind of cattle have commonly th« 
suttU-beet and are as weary of a single life as uuna 
of their cloisters, and therefore catch at the very 
appearance of match. 
A Cap nf Oray Hair»/ia^ a Grsen Head, 1688, P* 77* 
SUTTLER'S-CABINE. A soldier's tent. 
SUWE. To follow ; to pursue. (A.^S,) 
With his fest he me smot ; 
Therefore ich im ni»ed, Ood it wot I 
And smot him so thou might se. 

Gy f^f WarwVke, p. 896. 
Ful litil pris sette the! therby. 
But $m»en evere her owen foly. 

MS, Aehmole 60, f. 4. 
SU WELLE. ToBweU. (A.^S.) 

To do that foule fleys to nuoelle. 
That foule wormos scholden ete. 

AppendU te Walter Mapee, p. 834. 

SUXUNDATION. Drowning. Huloet, 1552. 

SWA. So. See Sua, 

It wolde wirke me fuUe wa. 
So mote I one erthe ga. 
It ne salle noghte be-tyde me etea. 
If I may righterede. Perceval, 1463. 

Alswepand and alsdrerl, 
Swa meked I wltterll. 

MS. Cott, Veepae, D. vil. f. 29. 

SWAB. (1) To splash over. North. 
(2) A rough awkward fellow. Norf. 
SWABBER. (1) A sweeper of a vesseL Also, a 

kind of broom for sweeping out a boat or 

ship. "Their ragges served to make me 

swabbers," Dekker's Knights Conjuring, p. 65. 
(2) Certain cards at whist by which the holder 

was entitled to a part of the stakes were 

termed swabbers. 
SWABBLE. (1) To quarrel ; to squabble. Eatt. 
(2) " Swabl>'nge or swaggynge," Pr. Parv. 
SWACHE. A tally ; that which is fixed to cloth 

sent to dye, of which the owner keeps the 

other part. North. 
SWACK. A blow, or falL Swacktngy huge, 

large. Swacker, anything very large. 
SWAD. (1)A silly foolish fellow; a country. 

bumpkin. " Swad, in the North, is a pescod 

shell} thence used for an empty shallow 

headed fellow," Blount, p. 627. 
Let couutrey swalncsand silly swade be still ; 
To court, yoong wag, and wanton there thy fill. 

Qreen^e Perlmedee, 1588. 

How should the reasonable soule (unlesse all his 
prime faculties were drowned and drenched in the 
lees of sense) aflbct such a ewad ? 

The Two Lancashire Lovers, 1640, p. 99. 

O, how this tickles mee, to see a ewad. 

Who ne'r so much as education had 

To make hhn generous, advanc'd to sUte. 

BrathwaMe Honest Ghost, 1698, p. 8. 

1 have opinion, and have ever had. 

That when I see a stagg^lng drunken swad. 

Then that a man worse then an esse I see. 

Taylor's Motto, 1689. 

(2) The pod of a pea, &c North. Grose says 
the term is used metaphorically for one that is 
slender, p. 157, ed. 1839. Coles has a diflfer- 



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ent appUartkm. ** A iwwl [of a woman], 
oteautaJ* A handful of peate^traw is also 
caUed a flMitf . 



rS) A sword. Si{fQlk. 
h) A fish.basket. Stutex. 



IWADDER. A pedlar. Earle, p. 249. " Swad. 
ders or pedlert/' Harrison's England, p. 184. 
SWADDLE. To beat <* Hee bangde, belam. 
Died, thumped, twmdied her," Cotgrave, in v. 
Chaperon. '< Swaddled, cudgelled,'' Coles. 
I fwcan by Ood. aad by nynt JohD» 
Tby boDct wlU I mmMI*, io hftT« I bline. 

TkeW^ftLappe* in Mtrtk Skin, n. d. 

SWADDLE-BAND. " Swadylbande, bande, 

fute" Palsgrare. 
SWADDY. Full of husks, or pods. ** Gou$tu, 

coddie, hullie, huskie, swaddle," Cotgrave. 

See Swad (2). 
SWAFF. As much grass as a scythe cuts at one 

stroke. Holme, 1688. 
SWAFT. Thiiat Wili9. 
SWAG. (1) To hang loose and heavy ; to sag. 

Warw, ** I swagge, as a iatte persons belly 

swaggeth as he goth,/e M$nmage/* Palsgrave. 
f2) To swing about. Sf\fbik, 
Fs) Booty ; large quantity. Leie, 

[4) ** One that falls down with some yiolenoe 
and noise is said to come down with a swag," 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033, f. 396. 

SWAG.BELLY. A loose heavy beUj. 
SWAGE. (1) To assuage. Paiigrave. In oar 
second example, to lessen power ? 

Than «ll h« tbyt war »w€ig9. 

Gity ^ WarwMe, MiddUhiU MS. 
Y schall have Hanrowde and Gye^ 
Tyll they be twagyd a gode partye. 

jr jr. Cantab. Pf. li. », f. 180. 

^2) To move anything about. Line, 

( 5) A notch in a blacksmith's anviL 

{4 ) A joiner's gauge. Holme, 1688, iii. 366. 

SWAGER. A brother-in-law. Durh. 

SWAGING. R^flrigtratum, Palsgrave. 

SWAGLE. The same as Swag (2). 

SWAIB. To swing forward and backward like 
a pendulum. SomerBet. 

SWAIMUS. Shy ; squeamish. Cumb, 

SWAINB. A herdsman or servant; a youth 
not yet an esquire. (J.-S.) In compositions 
of the fourteenth and fifteenth century, the 
term is not exclusively applied in the original 
sense. Any one not a luiight seems to have 

been so called. 

Knightet, noainoM, levediea beld« 
If adcD cnid hem to biheld. 

Arthattr and Merlin, p. 804. 
3ondyr ys Gajere, an hardft «Myf*i« 
Theemperowresone or Almayn. 

MS. Cantab, Ft. ii. 38, f. 150. 

SWAISE. To swing the arms in walking. 
SWAITHE. (1) A row of grass cut down, laid 

o' /A' Mwaithe bauk, spread abroad. North, 
(2) The ghost of a dying person. Cumb, 
SWAKB. A pump-handle. Eoit 
8WAL. SweUed. (^..&) 

He noal lo Cute and wondirly. 
That almeit blgon he for to dy. 
Curmr MmtdA, MS. CW/. Ttin, Cantab, t. 78. 



SWALCU. A pattern. YorittJL 
SWALE. (1) A valley ? Forby explsins it, " a 
low place ;" and Moor, '* a gentle risiDg of the 
ground, but with a corresponding dedivitjr." 
Be the deth that I ihallcdye, 
Tberto ny bed then dar I ley. 
Nov fooe in this jmoIc. 

jr5LamSrt.Ff.v.48,£.4l. 

(2) To wither in the sun. Warw, 

(3) A piece of wood going from an upright shaft 
in am oatmeal mill to one of the wheels. 

(4) A gutter in a candle. Also, to swesl 01 gut- 
ter ; to melt away. Var. dioL Metsptrari- 
cally, to grow thin. 

(5) Shade ; a shady place. JBet/. ** Swak, 
umbrar MS. Harl. 221, f. 167. 

(6) To split down or off. Heref. 

(7) Windy ; cold ; bleak. North. To lie in the 
swale, L e. in the cold air. 

(8) To singe, or bum. Orote. ** And bmb 
noaUden with greet heete," Wickliffe'i Nev 
Testament, p. 249. Kennett exphins it, " to 
kindle or set on lire.'' 

SWALER. A dealer in com, or rather one who 
boys com and converts it into meal before be 
seUs it again. CAetA 

SWALGE. A whirlpool 

SWALIEST. Coldest North, 

SWALLE. Swelled. See Swal 

And therfore he autalU tor enrye. 

MS, Cantab, Ft. iL SB, f. MS. 
But he his ye awey ne swerreth 
From hire, whiche was nakid alle. 
And Khe for anglr therof twaite, 

GoMwr. MS, Soe. Antiq. 194, f. 40. 

SWALLOCKY. A term applied to the appear. 
amce of clouds in hot weather before a thuoder- 
storm. East, 

SWALLOP. A heavy lounging walk. Norf. 

SWALLOW. (1) AhoUow in the earth. Nortk. 
Carr has twaUow, a deep hoUow in the groond, 
in which the rain is swallowed or conveyed 
off. It is an archaism, occurring under the 
form iwolowef a gulf or abyss, as in the Le- 
gende of Dido, 179, " the swolowe of helL" 
Maundevile, p. 33, mentions " a swelogbe of 
the gravely see.'' According to Kennett, 
''where hollow caverns remain in the earth 
upon mine works, if the roof or top of nu^ 
caverns or hole made by such fall is calld a 
9wallowvidtL9wallowpU," In thePr.Parv. 
occurs, " Swelwhe of a water or of agrownde, 
voroffo,'* MS. Hari. 221, f. 167. 

Howevere the tayde tumte lye or be edified vldt 
hit gardeyna, wallis, gotten, twoiaut, lyinf or beya; 
upon aoy partye of the grownde. 

Chroniam JohannU d» Wh«thamtt§de, p. ^ 

They ichuUen aeke for to entre into creveyi of 

itoonyi, and into noolow^ of the erthe, fro ibe 

. dredefttUfMeofoareLorde. 

jrS.OHifakFf.U.3B. f-7- 

(2) 7b twallow an affront, to take sn affront 
without any apparent retaliation. 

SWALLOW-DAY. April the 15th. Var. dial 

SWALLOW.PEAR. The service apple. 

SWALLOWS-TAIL. " A swalbwes t«lc in 
cazpe&tert worke, which is a £utenisg of two 



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pieces ol timber or botrds to strongly that 
they cannot away/' Rider's Dictionarie, 1633. 
SWALME. Sickness. See Swame. Also, to 
tarn sick or ill, as in Ritson, iii 33. 
That jere UtuUe ilulbe of wync. 
And tumimt among fiitt* swyiw. 

MS. Cantab, Ft. ▼. 48, f. 77. 
SWALTER. 

Slippet In in the tloppca o>«laiite to the girdylle, 
SuMiUtn upe ciryflly with hi« swerde dnwene. 

Morf Arthun, MS, Umeotn, t, 94. 
SWALTISH. Hot; sultry. 
SWAME. An attack of sickness. In the follow- 
ing passage, the tokens of disease. *' Sweame 
or swame, tubita etgrotatio" Rider. 
In whose bloodde bathed he should hare been, 
Hb leprouc mawmn to hare weshcd of clene. 

Hard]fi^9 ChronMe, f. 40. 

SWAMLING. 

For twaml^ng of glet that it abowte the lyver, 
tad the loagiaa, and the mylte. 

MS, M9d. Ree. xv. Cent. 
SWAMP. Lean, as cattle. North. 
Our why it better tidded than this cow. 
Her ewr's butnMiiiip« / ihce's nut for millc I trow. 
A YorkMhirt Dialogue, \93rj, p. 36. 
SWAN. 

Teehe hyt forthe thorow-owt thys londe. 
Cod tyll othur that thys boke have now »wan. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ii. 38, f. 40. 
SWANE. To soften; to absorb, applied to a 

swelling. Salop. Antiq. p. 583. 
SWAN6. (1) A fiish piece of green swarth, ly- 
ing in a bottom, among arable or barren land ; 
a dooL North. 

(2) A swamp, or bog. Yorith. 

(3) To swing with violence. East. 
SWANGE. The groin.' 

Swappei in with the cwerde, that It the $wange brystedd, 

Bothe the guttes and the gonre gutchei owte at one*. ^ 

Morte Arthurt, MS. JJneoln, t. 85. 

SWANGSNE. Struck. 
SwerdesM«f>g«n« in two iwelterand knyghtei. 
Lyes wydeopyne welterande on walopande stedei. 

Morta Arthur§, MS. Uneoln, t. 79> 

SWANGWAYS. ObUquely ; aside. Norf. 
SWANK. (1) Laboured. (A.-S.) 
I wMuik in mi sighing stede, 
I sal waiche bi al nyghtex ml bede. 

MS. Cott. Vupa*. D. viL f. 3. 
I noani criand, haase ere made. 
Chekct mine for pine I hade. 

MS. Cott. Veapat. D. tU. f. 46. 

(2) To abate; to shrink; to lessen. Devon. 
" When a great swelling abates, and the skin 
hangs loose, particularly that of the belly, it 
is said to swank," MS. Devon Gl. 

(3) To strike with a sword ? 

He swounande diede, and on the iwarthe lengede, 
Sweltci ewynne swiftly, and twanko he no more. 

Morto Arthure, MS. Lincoln, f.84. 

(4) A bog. (5) To give way, or sink. 
SWANKING. Big; large. North. 
SWANKUM. To walk to and fro in an idle and 

careless manner. Somerset. 
SWANKY. (1) Boggy. Far. dial. 

(2) Swaggering ; strutting. Wilts. 

(3) The weakest small b^. West. 

(4) A strong strapping fellow. North. 

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SWANT. Proper; steady. West. 

SWAN-UPPING. The taking of swans, per- 
formed annually by the swan companies, with 
the Lord Mayor of London at their head, for 
the purpose of marking them. The king's 
swans were marked with two nicks or notches, 
whence adouble animal was invented, unknown 
to the Greeks, called the sw€m with two necks. 
A MS. of swan marks is in the library of the 
Royal Society, described in Arch. xvL Upping 
the swans was formerly a favorite amuse- 
ment, and the modem term swan-'hopping is 
merely a oormption from it. The struggle of 
the swans when caught by their pursuers, and 
the duckings which the latter received in the 
contest, made this diversion very popular. 
See Kempe's Loseley Manuscripts, p. 309. 

SWAP. (1) To barter ; to exchange. Far. dial. 

(2) To cut wheat in a pecaliar way, to chop, not 
to reap it. Sussex. 

(3) Clean ; quickly ; smartly. West. 

(4) A blow. Abo, to strike. In some counties, 
a fall is called a swap. 

With «(o«p}Mf tore thel hem swong. 
CurawMundi, MS. Coll. Trin. Cantab, 1. 118. 
And on hyc body so many twappyt, 
'With blody lyppys y liysse hym here. 

MS. Ctir.tab. Ft. ii. 38, f. 48. 
Kastes In his dere scheldeand covereshym full falre, 
SwappoM of the swerde hande als he by glenttis. 

Morto Arthw, MS. Uneoln, t. 07. 

SWAPE. (1) To place aslant. North. 

2) To sweep. North. (/i.-S.) 

3) A long oar used by keelmen. Newc. 
(4^ A fork for spreading manure. North. 

(5) The handle of a pump. Notf. It is also the 
same as Sweep (2). 

(6) A bar for hanging kettles over the fire. 
SWAPER. The same as Sway (1). 
SWAPPER. A great falsehood. Kent. 
SWAPPING. Large ; huge ; strong. West. 

A filch- man in his hande, a twapping ale dagger 
at his back, containing by estimation some two or 
three pounds of yron in the hyltes and chape. 

A Countoremffis given to Martin Junior, 1589. 
SWAPSON. A slattern. Warw. 
SWARBLE. The same as Swarm (1). 
SWARD. Skin; covering. (A.-S.) Sward- 
pork, bacon cured in large flitches. '' Swarde 
or swordc of flesch, coriana," Pr. Parv. 
SWARE. (1) Sure; true. Perhaps swete of 
swore, as in 1. 441, i. e. swere or neck. 
He seyde, Syrs, wendyth ovyr the see^ 
And bydd the emperowre of Rome sende me 
Hys doghturiwete and noare, 

Le Bone Ftorenee of Rnme, 90. 

i2) Square. Pronqtt. Parv. 
3) Painful. Conybeare's Octavian, p. 58. 
(4) To answer. Chtwayne. 
SWARF. (1) The grit worn away firom the grind- 
ing-stones used in grinding cutlery wet. York. 
Also called wheel-swarf. 
(2) To swoon ; to faint. North. 
SWARFF-MONEY. " The swarff-money isone 
peny half-peny ; it must be paid before the 
rising of the sun; the party most go thrice 
about the cross, and lay the swarif-money, and 

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tben take iviUieas, and lay it in theholfi;a]id 
when ye have to done, look well that yonr 
ivitnets do not deoeiYe you, for if it be not 
paid, ye gire a great forfeitnie, zxx. «« and a 
white boll/' Blonnt. 
SWARFFY. Swarthy ;Uwny. Lmc, 
SWARM. (1) To dimb the trunk of a tree, in 
which there are no side branches for one to 
rest the hands and fieet on. North, 
He mi Mu rmnd up Into a tree* 
Whyle eytherof them might other Mb 

SifT Itembrmi, 3S1. 

(2) The motion of the limbs in ascending the 
boll of a tree in contradistinction of climbing 
amongst the branches. North. 

(3) To beat ; to thrash. South, 

(4) A large number of people. Swmnmmt a great 
number, Tim Bobbin GL 

What furies gtaMed this mlagiilded mwrme 
To hand their force afahut UDthoughted hanne ? 
AoiefaiNl'* BHr^ing %fChria», IJW. tig. B. Ul. 

SWART. (I) Black; dark; swarthy. Also, to 
blacken, as by burning, &c. " I swart, as a 
thyng dothe whan it begynneth to burne," 
Pdsgrave, verb. f. 381. 
Foaming about the chapt like some wildc boore. 
As mwriand tawnte as an India Moore. 
iMting nf Humour* Blood in the Head- Vaine, 1600. 

(2) The same as Sweord, q. t. 

Howbeit, where the rocks and quarrie grounds 
are, I Uke the eteart of the earth to be so thin, that 
no tree of anle greatnesse, other than shrubs and 
bushes, is able to grow. 

Harri*on*e DeecripHon of England, p. 21S. 

SWARTER. Darker ; more black. 
His nek is greter than a bole. 
His bodl is swarter than anl cole. 

Ctf 0/ VFartvike, p. 900. 

SWARTH. (1) Black ? (^.-&) 

Watir to »le swarth lice. Talie roogwort, worme* 
wode, saveyn, the water of theis sleth the vennyn 
In mans eynlyddes, and in his chare benethe the 
narelle. MS, Sloane 7, f. Al. 

(2) Sward ; grass ; any outward covering, as the 
rind of bacon. {A.-S.) " On the swarthe 
lengede," Morte Arthure, MS. f. 84. 

(3) Grose defines twarth^ " grass just cut to be 
made up into hay." A ncarth is a row of cut 
grass. An anonymous correspondent has fur- 
nished me with the following observations on 
a passage hitherto unintelligible : 

" In Mr. Wright's first volume of the Bio. 
graphia Britannica Literaria (Anglo-Saxon 
period), there is a riddle, the seventh line of 
which is thus printed : 

corfen sworfen : cut and — 
leaving the second word untranslated. It 
strikes me that aworfen is the same word which 
is now used in Kent and elsewhere tuawarthedf 
or laid m twarth. It is the word required in 
that particular part of the description to carry 
ont the process regularly, eui and noarthedt 
turned ind dried, bound and twieted, &c." 
SWART-RUTTBR. « A renter or swart-mtter, 
a German horseman," Cotgraye. 

Ooo4thiiCtie men, they dnwe o«ts ttuMr wkh 



sallela, Uke a Mstart-rttftv^asut^ sad snake 
Nature their best caterer. 

NmA*« Pierce Ptesitlcne, .SSI 

Next five wmrttrutteta strangely appazalled vidi 

great hose down to the small of their legs, whli 

strange caps agreeable, bearing on their necks Icag 

swords. Woetie Bowmaug Glanf, 1682, p. 4S. 

SWARVE. (1) To cBmb. 

Then Gordon twarvei the maine>nast tree, 

He ewarved it with might and msine ; 
But Horseley trith a bearing anowe, 
Stroke the Gordon duough the braise. 

fVrcr** RsKfwevi P- 13S. 

(2) To swerve. Morte d'Arthur, ii 225. 

And doth hartlly confeese that whoaoercr meana 
twm this patteme e w m rw ea txook honesty, tbongh 
hee be deepely learned. 

8t«pken^ BMemgm and Ch mnet en , ]6IS,p. IS. 

(3) To fill up ; to be choked up with aediment, 
as the channel of a river. South. 

SWARY. Useless ; worthless. Norik. 

SWASH. (1) " To fence, to swaah with swoHs, 
to swagger," Florio, p. 127. ** To swash, 
dangot gladiit eoncr^fo," Coles. Forbrha 
iUHuh, to affect valour, to vapour, or swagger; 
but these are secpndary meanings. 

(2) A roaring blade ; a swaggerer. 

Or score out husbands in the charcoal ashes. 
With country knights, not roaring dty twoAm. 
Oeid de Arte Amandi, ice. J677. ^ ^*^ 

(3) A torrent of water. " A great swash of water, 
magnue aquarwn torrens,'^ Coles. The ^erb 
is still in use, to spill or splash water aboot. 

M) Refuse; hog- wash. Devon. 

(5) Soft; quashy. North, 

SWASH-BUCKET. The common receptade 
of the washings of the scullery. Jkton. A 
mean slatternly woman is so called. " Swash- 
bucket, a careless hussy that carries her bactet 
so that the milk or pigs wash and such like is 
always flapping or flashing over," MS. Deron 
Glossary. 

S WASH-BUCKLER. Literally, one who makes 
a clattering noise by swashing hns sword against 
his buckler. Hence, a svraggering ruffiafl» 
one vrith more show of bravery than real 
courage. " A bravo, a swash-buckler, one 
that formonyand good cheere will follow aay 
man to defend him and fight for bim, but if 
any danger come, he runs away the first and 
leaves him in the lurch," Florio, p. 74. Cot- 
grave translates bravache, " a roister, cutter, 
swaggerer, eeMtah tnukler, one thats ever 
vaunting of Ins owne valour." 

Whereby a man male see how nuinie bloa& 
quarels a bralling awaah'budcler mate picke out of > 
Iwttle of haie, namelie when his bnhiea aze Arie^ 
bitten with a bottle of napple ale. 

Holiruked, Omn, lftlani,^9}. 
Ills ipee, the same ; I desire no more than thb 
sheep-hoolc in my liand to encounter with tbst 
ewaeh-buckler, Heywootta Los^* iHitrmt P- *•• 

A drunkard, a whore-hunter, a gamer, a ««*** 
Aifdfcler, a ruffian to waste hb monej in proud ap- 
parel. PWtingtoifi Werkh p- ^ 

SWASHING. Slashing ; dashing. Shak. 
SWASHWAY. A deep swampy place in W 

sands in the sea. Var, tUoL 
SWASHT. (1) Swaggering. Eaot. 



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(2) Vfttajj as vegetables are. North. 
SWASIONS. Persuasions. 

Made at his commyng into yonr notable procnce 
at WyncUore, all the sumHon* aod eolour, all mocionc 
in the mo«te apparaunt wise that he could, to induce 
your hJghnes to your agrement. 

HaU, Hetuy VIU f. 69. 
S WASSIN6. Dashing ; splashing. 
Drench'd with the swaMing waves and stew'd In iweat. 
Scarce able with a cane our boat to set. 

n^lor>* Work99, 1630, liL 74. 

SWAT. (1) A quantity. Zinc. 

(2) 

Of hys hde he ase ne nmrt, 

Bot thow telle wo hym bygate. 

Wrighft Sev€H Sage*, p. S8. 

(3) Sweat. Still in nse. 

(4) A knock, or blow ; a iaIL North. 

(5) To throw down forcibly. North, 

(6) To sqnat down. Yorkth. 

(7) To swoon. Lane. 

SWATCH. (1) To bind, as to swaddle, &c. 
(2)- A pattern, or sample ; a piece or shred cut 
off from anything. North. 

(3) To separate, or cut off. Yorksh. 

(4) A row of barley, &c. 

Oneqireadeth those bands, so in order to lie, 
As tmrley (inttrnttehe*) may fill it thereby. 

Tuuei'4 Husbandrif, p. 185. 

SWATCHEL. (1 ) A fat sUttem. fVarw. 
(2) To beat with a swatch or wand. Kent. 
SWATCHELLED. Dirty ; daggled ; oppressed 

from walking or over-exertion. Warw, 
SWATH. (1) Same as Swarth (S). 
(2) To tie up com in sheaves. " Swathed or 

made into sheaves," Ckitgrave in v. Javelt. 
SWATH-BAVIKS. The edges of grass between 

the semicircular cuttings of the scythe. Yorkah. 

Swath-banks, rows of new-mown grass. 
SWATH-BONDS. Swaddling-bands. Nttrea. 

" Two swathe-bands," Ord. and Reg. p. 127. 
About a faint and slender body wear 
A flannel $uHahband or warm stomacher. 

Ovid d« Arte Anumdif Ac. I677f P- 76. 

SWATHE. Calm. North. 

SWATHEL. A strong man. Gawayne. 

SWATHELE. -To swaddle. " Swathele me so 
that I run a-gasping," Brit. Bibl. i. 345. 

SWATHER. To faint. Somertet. 

SWATHE-RAKING. The operation of hand- 
raking between the swathes (or mown rows) 
of barley or oats, to collect on to such swathes 
the loose stalks or ears scattered in the mow- 
ing. From a habit of transposing harsh con- 
sonants, the word is sometimes pronoimced 
fwake^rathmg and rake'twathing. Moor. 

SWATHING-CLOTHES. Swaddling clothes, 
or bandages in which children were rolled up. 
Shak. 

SWATTE. Sweated. {A.-S.) 

SWATTER. To spfll or throw about water, as 
geese and ducks do in drinking. Yorkah, Also, 
to scatter, to waste. 

SWATTLE. (I) To waste away. North. 

(2) To' drink, as ducks do water. North. Hence 
a swattUng fellow, or one that always awattles, 
a tippler. 



SWATTOCK. AaeverefaU. Noff. 
SWAUR. A swath of grass. Devon. 
SWAVE. To pass backward and forward. Cumd. 
SWAY. (1) A switch used by thatcbers to bind 

their work, usually pronounced nooy in 

Suffolk. East. 

(2) A balance, or lever. Suffolk. 

(3) To swing. " Let us sway on," let us go on 
rapidly, Shak. We stm use noinff in a similar 
sense. " He went swinging on," i. e. at a 
violent pace; "he went at a swinging 
pace," &c. 

So it happened at the la«t. 

An halfepeny halter made hym fast. 

And therinhe«ioajre#. 

The Bfike ^Mayd Rml^n, p. 96. 

(4) To weigh ; to lean upon. North, 
SWAYNE. Noise, or sweven. 

Hys wyngges was long and wyght ; 
To the chyld be toke a flyghc. 
With an howge swa^ne. 

Torrent of Portugal, p. 24. 

SWAY-POLE. A long pole fixed at the top of 
a post as a pivot, by which water is drawn 
from a well. Suffolk, Kennett gives it as a 
Cheshire word, " a long pole in a pin to draw 
up coals from the pit, tum'd round by a 
horse," MS. Lansd. 1033. 

SWEAK. 
Or in amystie morning if thou wilt 

Make pitfalls for the larke and pheldifare. 
Thy prop and sweatee shall be both oTerguilt, 

With Cyparissua selfe thou shalt compare 
For gins and wyles, theooxels to beguile, 
Whilst thou under a bush shalt sit and smile. 

77(0 j{fffsetionate Shepheard, 1094. 

SWEAKING. Squeaking. 

The one in ^ tweaking treble, the other in an ale- 
blowenbase. Kind-Harfe Dreame, 1592. 

SWEAXi. The same as Swalej q. v. 

S WEAME. The same as Swamcy q. v. 

SWEAMISH. Squeamish ; modest. North. 

SWEAR. (1) To swear by. Shak. 

(2) An oath. See Swore. 

(3) To spit, said of a cat. Var. dial. " The 
dog swears when he grumbles and snarles," 
Kennett, MS Lansd. 1033, f. 398. 

SWEARD. " Sweard, of some called Swarth, 
the turf or upper crust of heath ground," 
Holme, 1688. 

SWEARLE. An eye with a peculiar cast. 

SWEAT. (1) To beat ; to thrash. East. 

(2) To sweat a person's purse, to cause him to 
spend nearly all his money. 

SWEAT-CLOTH. A handkerchief. North. 
** Sudarium, a swetyng clothe," MS. Harl. 
2270, f. 183. 

SWEATING. Violent perspiration was for- 
merly considered a remedy for the lues 
venerea. 

Why, sir, I thought It doty to informe you, 
That you were better match a rulnd bawd. 
One ten times cured by eweathtgwcA the tub. 

The CUwe MaU^, 1888, p. 34. 

SWEB. To fiunt ; to swoon. North. 
SWECH. Such. {A.^S.) 

Many men in this world aftyr here pilgrimage 



SWB 



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iMTe left iBMnorUtet of ctMek thlngU m thd hare 
herdudieyii. JO. JWI. «S, f . adfi. 

SWECHT. Force, or Tiolencc. Nwrth. 
SWEDDLS. To swell ; to paff out. Nwrth. 
SWEDE. A ■wwth of gnas, Nwrlh, 
SWEDIRD. Jerked? 

Sperto to-bnataBd in pecat flowen, 
Sweidcs Bw^d^rd out and laid hem doan. 

Aoteiuf, MS. Lan»d. 338, f. 380. 

SWEE. (1) A giddiness in the head. North, 

(2) Out of the perpendicular. Northumb, 

SWEEL. (1) A nut made to turn in the centre of 
a chair, a swiveL Norihumb. 

(2) A sudden burst of laughter. NwtK 

SWEEM. To swoon. Somenet. 

SWEEMISH. Faint. Somerset. 

SWEEP. (1) To drink up. North. 

(2) *< A great poate and high is set faste ; then 
over it cometha longe beame whiche renneth 
on a pynne, so that the one ende havynge 
more poyse then the other, causeth the 
lyghter ende to ryse ; with such beere brew- 
ers in London dooe drawe up water ; they call 
it a tweepe;* Elyot, ed. 1559. 

(S) An instrument used by turners for making 
mouldings in wood or metal. 

SWEEP-CHIMNEY. A chimney-sweep. S^f. 

SWEEPLESS. An ignoramus. Cumb. 

SWEEP-NET. A large fishing-net. " Eepmrwer, 
a great sweepe-net for fishing," CotgraTC. 

SWEEPS. The arms of a mill. Kent. 

SWEER. (1) Unwilling. Northttmb. 

(2) Sure; faithful. 

Thou art a young man as I, 
And leemi to be ai noeer. 

Robin Hood, i. 100. 

(3) A neck. (A.-S.) 

That iche aboute hir white oweere 
It dede, and hing hinelve there. 

Cower, MS. BodJ. 8M. 

SWEET. (1) Perfumed. Sweet ghveg, &c. 
(2) A term of endearment applied to a woman. 
Still in use. Sweet and twenty was also a 
phrase of affection to a girl. 
Say. that of all namet *tis a name of woe. 
Once a kings name, but now It is not so : 
And when all this is done, I know 'twill grleTethee, 
And therfore (neeet) why should I now beleeve thee ? 
Draytfn'a HeroieaU EpUtle»» 1637, p. 177. 
In delay there lies no plenty ; 
Then ooroe kiss me, noMi-^md-twenty, 

Twelfth Night, ii. 3. 

SWEET-BAO. A small silk bag filled with 
spices, &c. used as a cosmetic. 

SWEET-BREASTED. Sweet-voiced. 

SWEETFUL. Delightful ; full of sweets. 

SWEET-HEART. A lover. Var. dial It is 
also common as a verb, to court, to woo. 

SWEETIES. Sweetmeats. Var. dial 

SWEETING. (1) A kind of sweet apple men- 
tioned by Ascham and otliers, translated by 
meUmehtm in Rider's Dictionarie, 1640. A 
bitter tweeting is mentioned in Romeo and 
Juliet, ii. 4. " Swetyng an apple, pomme 
doulee," Palsgrave, 1530. 

(2) A term of endearment, still in use according 
• to Palmer's Devon. Gl. p. 88. 



By Jem. he aside, ny 

I have but three shylltng. 

That is but a lyttie thing. 

But if I had more. 

The Manor t^ ^blngtm^.tL4. 

LaunfU hdield that swete wjsth, 
AUe hys love yn her was lyjth. 

And kcste that swete flour ; 
And sat adoun her bytyde. 
And seyde, noetytig, what so betyde, 

I am to thyn hoooure. 

lawtratiom of Fairp Mythology, ^ Ii 

SWEET-LIPS. An epicure ; a glutton. 

SWEET-MART. The badger. YorAsk. 

SWEETNER. (1) A person who bids at a sale to 
raise the price, not intending to pnrchM^ 

(2) A guinea-dropper; one who dropped a 
guinea, and then pretending to find it when a 
respectable person passed by, was liberal 
enough to offer him half as a proper compb- 
ment for being present at the discovery, 
treat him at a public-house, and eventually 

fleece him of his money. 

Guinea dropping or owetttning is a panltry Utile 
cheat that was recommended to the world about 
thirty years ago by a memorable gentleman that has 
since had the misfortune to be Uken off, I ««■» 
hang'd, for a misdemeanour upon the highway. 

The Country Gentleman*t Vode Mecum, 1099, p.S7. 

SWEETNINGS. 

If I were to paint Sloth, (as I am not seesie in the 
owoetning* by Saint John the Evangelist,) 1 swcaie 
I would draw it like a stationer that I knowe. 

NmA*« Pierce PttutUoooe, 136B. 

SWEETS. The herb sweet-cicely. NortK 

SWEET-SEG. A sweet-smelling, sedge-like 
plant. Acorns calamus. Eaet. 

SWEET-TOOTH. He has got a sweet tooth, 
i. e. he is fond of sweet things. 

SWEET-WORT. The decoction from malt be- 
fore that of the hops is extracted. South. 

SWEETY. Beautiful. "It's a wweety fine 
morning." Line. 

SWEF. A cry to hounds to chedt them and 
prevent their running riot. {A.-N.) 

SWEFNE. A dream. {A.-S.) 

His fader he tolde a«w</fi« ani5t that him na^te. 

MS.BodLeSA, t,\. 

Within on a ryche bedde rystys a littylle. 
And with the swoghe of the see In ewefiiyng he feHe. 
Morte Arthtare, MS. Uneobt, f. ei. 

SWEG. To sway, or incline. Une. 

SWEGH. A violent motion. (A.-S.) 

S WE IGH. To swing. See Sway. 

SWEIGHT. Portion ; greatest quantity. North, 

SWELDERSOME. Very sultry. Eatt. 

SWELE. (1) To wash. R. de Brunne. 

(2) A swelling; a tumour. 

So long he pleiede with jbng man, 
A ewelo in his membres cam than. 

TheSevyn Sogoe, IMS. 

SWELEWE. To swallow. (A.'S,) 

For styuche of the mowthe. Ete piUole drie and 
cerfoyle, and ewelew eysel, when thou gost to beddc, 
and wasche thi mowthe with venegre. 

jr& Mod. Roe. XT.< 
That morsel ewelowo tho« good apede* 
But in thin honde holde the thrata. 

MS. homed. M^ f . 



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SWEL6HB. Totwallow. (^..&) 
And lidltnll* opeoe thaa fkilte wyd^ 
And mrelgke UuU tynAiUe oompaay. 

^tmpole, MS, Bawm, p. 1. 
SWELE. The noise caused by the reyolving of 
s barrel chum at the time of the batter sepa^ 
rating from the milk. EtuL 
SWELKING. Sultry. Notf, 
SWELL. (1) A fop. Var. dial 
(2) To swallow. Somertet. 
SWELLE. Eager; furious. (J.-S.) 
Dewkya, erlyt and baroni also. 
That ante were bolde and Mwelle, 

MS. Cantab, Ff. H. ». f. 98. 

SWELLED-NOSE. A person in an ill humour 

IB laid to haTe a swelled note. North, 
8WELSH. A quelsh, or falL West. 
SWELTE. (1) To die ; to faint {ji,-S,) SweU, 
died, fsinted, the part. past. 
Twjrt in a swonnyng, nvtUe as cho walde. 
He prcaiad to hit palf ray in presance of lordes. 

Mori0 Arthun, MS. LAncofn^ f. 61. 
And ri}te as he had lalde thlr wordex, he 9weU in 
Alexander anncs. MS, IJneoln A. i. 17, f. 21. 

Where my payne for yhowe was maste, 
And whare I tweltte and y-heelded the gaite. 

Hampohf MS. Amtm, p. IM. 

(2) To broil with heat. North, 
The dogged dog dalea now with heat doe twat. 
And now'i the aeaion of tfa' unteasn'd aire. 

T^hr't nrorket, iL 856. 
Soft a while, not away lo fast, they melt them ; 
Piper, be hang'd awhile I knave, looke the dauncers 
$tveU them. Britith Bibliographer, I. 343. 

SWELTERED. Yery hot ; overcome with heat ; 
in a great perspiration. West, ** Sweltered 
Tenom/' venom mpistened with the animal's 
sweat, Shak. " Swaltcrynge or swownynge, 
imeopa;' Pr. Parv. MS. HarL 221, f. 167. 
SWELTH. Mod and filth. Nares, 
SWELTING. To swelt rice is to soften or boil 

it before being baked in a pudding. Lane, 
SWELTKY. Overpoweringly sultry. 
But as we see the sunne oft times, through over 

MotUrig heate* 
Changmg the weather faixe, great stormcs and thun- 
dercraka doth threat. 

Himomr§ AeadttMe, 1610, i. 18. 

SWEME. (1) Swimming ; giddiness. (^.-&) 
Loke at thou come at that tyme. 
Other awowne shal i[n3 ncemt. 

The lady shall i-se. Degrevant, 1211. 

(2) Sorrow. Sweti^fid, sorrowful. 

Whan this was seide, his hert began to melt 
For Teray mosdm of Uiis •wemefui tale. 

l^dgai^t Minor Poenu, p. 38. 

SWENE. (1) Noise. 

You wemen of Jerusalem, 
Weepe not for me, ney make no swtne. 
But for your owne bame teame 
You mon reme tenderlye. Outter Flays, ii. 53. 
(2) MS. BodL 175 reads swem. 

And nowe that fltte male I not fleye, 
Thinke me never so swene, 

Chettar TUnt** i> 189. 

SWENGIN6B. (1) " Swengynge, excussio;' Pr. 

Panr. "Swengyne or schakyne, as mene 

done dothys and other lyke/' ib. 
(2) Moving; stinring. Prompt. Parv, 



SWENSIS. The quinsey in the throat. 
SWEPA6E. The crop of hay in a meadow, also 

called the suteps in some parts. 
SWEPB. (1) A whip. " Sweype for a top or 
scoorge^^tftfum ; sweype or swappe, akjfOf" 
Pr. Parv. MS. Hari. 221, f. 167. 
Bio and blody thus am I bett, 
Swongea with nvojv* >ad alle to-swett. 

Towneley M^arUu, p. SS7* 
^2) A baker's malkin. Pr, Parv. 
(3) A crop of hay. Blount, p. 628. 
SWEPERLYE. Swiftly ; speedily. {A,.S.) 
Swyftly with swerdes they swappene there-aflyre, 
Swappea doune ftiUe mooptrljfe swelltande knyghtei. 
Morte Artkure, MS, lAneoln, t, 60. 
SWEPING. A whip, or scourge. 

Mikel twepUig over slnAil clives, 
Hopand in Laverd mercy umglvea. 

MS, Cott. Voopaa, D. vU. f. 80. 
And ogaln me thai fained and come In ane, 
Samened on me swepinget, and I wist nane. 

Jir& Cott. Vupa*. D. vil. f. 88. 

SWEPPENE. Laid.> 

In swathes tweppene downe, fulle of swete flourea ; 
There unbrydilles theis bolde, and baytes theire 
horses. Morte Arthure, MS. lAneoln, f. 88. 

SWEPPLE. Same as Swipple, q. v. 

SWER. Sure. 

Serche and ye shall fynd in every congregacyon 
That long to the pope, for they are to me full ewer. 
And wyll be so long as they last and endwer. 

B»le^e Kjfnge Johan, p» 8. 

SWERD. (1) A sword. (^.-5.) "Biw, a 
swerde ; ens^fer^ a swerde berer/' MS. HarL 

2257, f. 38. 

They schett arows heded with stele. 
They faghte with scharpe ewprdge wele. 

MS, Cantab, Ff. il. 38, f. 168. 
(2) The same as Sward, q. v. 
SWERE. Dull ; heavy. Jhtrh. 
S WE RLE. To twist, or roll about. North. 
SWERNE. Sworn. (^.-5.) 
SWERNES. Sourness ; sadness. 
SWETE. (1) Suit. (2) Sweated. Gawayne. 
SWETE-HOLLE. A pore in the skin ; a sweat- 
hole. **Porus, a swctc hoUe,'* Nomi- 
nale MS. xv. Cent. 
SWBTELICHE. Sweetly. (J.-S,) 
Heo Bchulen i-seon the lavedi 
That Jhctu Crist of-kende : 
Bl-tweonen hire anncs 
Swetelkhe he wende. 

MS. CoU. Calig. A. ix. f. 845. 
SWETHENS. Swedes. 

Buckling besides in many dang'rous fights. 
With Norwaies, SioeMem, and with MuscoTltea. 

Drayton'e PMum, 1687f p« 840, 

SWETTER. Sweeter. {A,-S.) 
SWEVEN. A dream ; a slumber. (^.-£.) 
As he was in sorowe and dud wepe, 
Uppon hys bedd he felle on slepe ; 
He can mete a straungesiMven. 

MS, Cantab. FT, tt. 8B> 1 171« 
Now by my faye, aayd jollye Robin, 

A tweaven I had this night ; 
I dreamt me of two wighty yemeo, 
That fast with me can fight. 

Fertile Reiiquee, p.184 

SWBVIL. The swingel of a flaiL 



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8WI 

SWBYB. l)ToftIl; todeseend. 

DownaM h* MMptfUto tmjtht, aad to « wmmm lUtyt. 

(2) To toimd. (itf.-&) 

SWBYN. Noise. 

Tht Ublcs ther held an hond 
Bituen hem, withoatn mmitm. 

JjBgmA ^ F»p« Qngonft p. 99. 
SWHALOUE. ToBwallow. MS.61ou.XT.Cent. 
SWICE. "Swyceor8wycerBiiype,/«itfe*ite- 

numt" Palsgnve, Biibst. f. 68. 
SWICHE. Such. (^.-&) 

Aviete Mhald aeomber abo fela. 

jhikamr and Merlin, p. S6. 

SWICHEN. The hert> groundseL 

SWICK. Den? 

He ys black a* any pyck. 

And alio frile ai a lyon in hys nuifek. 

MS, Cantab, Ff. ii. 38, f. 19S. 

SWIDDEN. To sweal, or singe. North. 
SWIDDER. Todoubt;tohesiUte. YorHh, 
SWIDGE. (1) To smart ; to ache. North, 
(2) A puddle of water. East. 
SWIER. (1) A squire. Nominale MS. 
(2) The neck. See Swire (1). 
SWIFT. (1) A stupid fcUow. Ojmh, 

(2) A wooden revolving frame used in the North 
for winding yam, &c. 

(3) A newt. " Swyfte worme, le^arde,** Pals- 
grave, subst. f. 68. 

About A.D. 1006. a boy, lying asleep In a garden, 
felt something dart down his throat ; It killed htm ; 
tis probable 'twas a Uttle newt. They are exceeding 
nimble I they call them «tr(A« at Newmarket heath. 

Aubr$^« MS. WUtt, p. 165. 

SWIFTER. Part of the Uckling that fastens a 
load of wood to the waggon. South, 

SWIG. (1) To drink; to sock. Var. duiL In 
some places, any nice liquor is called swiff. 

To leak out. St^olk. 
^ " A game at cardes called swig or new-cut," 
Florio, p. 580 ; " to put up the cardes, to swig 
or deale againe," ib. p. 27. " A sort of play 
at cards in the North, in which all the game- 
sters are to be silent, is calld swig," Kennett 
MS. Lansd. 1033, f. 398. 

SWIGGLE. (1) To shake liquor violently. After 
linen has been washed, it is necessary to move 
it to and fro in clean water to get the soap 
out. To this operation this word is applied. 
" That's right, swiggle cm right well." Moor's 
SuJT. MS. 

(2) To drink greedily. Sinfolh, 

SWIGMAN. " A svrygman goeth with a ped- 
lerspad^," Frat. of Yacabondes, p. 5. 

SWIKE. (1) To deceive ; to betray. {A.-S.) Also 
ana4}ectlve, deceitful, treacherous ; and when 
the substantive is understood, a deceiver or 

betrayer. 

Swappede owCle with a awerde that mryftMie hym 

never, 
Wroghte wayci ftOle wyde and wounded knyghttes. 
JTofte Arthmrt, MS. lAneoln, f . 79. 
Thanne Oodard was slkerllke 
Under Ood the UMMte twtke 
That evre in erthe shaped was, 
Withtttenon, thewike Judas. 

Havelokf 4S3. 



SWI 



(2) To stop ; to eease. (A^^) 

Sir TtrrI, be ieyd, fctth tlMB fo, 
NIfbc BO day thou fwtta tlMM BO* 

Of tf WmrwOt, p.Bl 

(3) A den, or cave ? 

Under that than waaawoflw. 
That made syr Ywaln lo myslikab 

Ywaimt ami Gawte, 677. 

SWIKEDOMB. Treachery. {A^S.) 

With gyle and tuilndome 

Tbo« lettttst tbl lorde to dethe don. 

MS. Cbftfaft. Ff. V. 4S, f. 106. 
Ofwhas maHok his mouth ful Is 
Of «MV^Iwdom« and of bittemes. 

MS, CM. VupoM, O. vfi. f.5. 

SWIKELE. Deceitful ; vricked. 
I-mette wid is soster thenrilfeels wimon ; 
Judas, thou were wrthe me stende the wId itoa. 
For the telse propbete that ton MleTeit upon. 

Asfif.iMi9.Ll^ 
Mony a twykyUt twayne then to the swcrdesode. 

MS. Catt. CUif.A.iLf.in. 
Mentlaen and euylMl, Laverd, wUle m1, 
And I in mikelhede of thi mercy aL 

MS. Cott. rtspa$. D. vii. t.l 

SWILE. (1) To wash. (.4.-5.) 

The thridde day shal flowe a flod, that al thk vorU 

shal hylen ; 
Bothe heye ant lowe the flunle shal it swgle, 

JppmdiMto Pr.Jia^Bf,p.M7. 

(2) Hog's-wash. *' Brida, wash, gwile or dnffe 

for swine," Florio, p. 68. 
SWILKE. Such. See SttiVt. 

But they nott are MeyUre als they seme. 

Jf5. Barf.8S0a,f.». 

And thys me made do dedysMoyOv, 
With whychmy gooat yaofto unglade. 

JVS. Oantah. Ff. ii. 3B, f. A 
A gcrfawoon whytcaamylke, 
in alle thys worlde ys non McgrUr. 

MS. Caniab. Ff. U. 38, f. UB. 

SWILKER. To splash about. North. To 
swilker over, L e. to daah over. Grose. 

SWILL. (1) Hog's-wash. This meaning of the 
word is given by Urry, in his MS. Additiom to 
Ray. See5t9ae(2). 

(2) A wicker basket of a round or globalarfono. 
with open top, in which red herrings and other 
fish and goods are carried to market forsale. 
''George GieeineweU, the twiU maker,''ChroD. 
Mirab. p. 33. 

(3) To drink ; to throw a liquid over anything. 
Wore, The first of these senses is common. 

(4) To wash hastily ; to rince. Var. dial "1 
svryll, I rynce or clenae any maner TCMdl, 
Palsgrave, verb. f. 381. 

(5) The bladder of a fish. 

(6) *' A keeler to wash in, standing on three 
feet," Ray, ed. 1674, p. 47. 

(7) A shade. So/uih, 

SWILL-BOWL. A drankaid. "SwUbolIes, 
pot(rres bibuU," Baret's Alvearie, 1580. 

SWILLER. A scuUion ; one who washed the 
dishes, &c "Xmwi, a swynerc," Nomi- 
nale MS. XT. Cent 

SWILLET. Growing turf set on fire for ma- 
nuring the land. Dewm. 

SWILLINGS. Hog's-wash. SwOSng-MfiWi 
for swtllings. Var. iHai, 



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839 



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SWILL.PLOUGH. "Betot, a diUing or BwiU. 
plough ; tlie last or yongest child one hath/' 
Cotgrave. 
SW'ILL-TUB. A dnmkard; a sot 
SWILTER. To waste away slowly. Wkit. 
SWIM. To turn giddy. Var, dM 
SWIMBING. Swimming. 

Withynne the cutell it whyte shynyng 
Ac Is the nrma when heo is 0wpmltyng. 

MS, ReUgUnt* Poenu, xt. Cent. 

SWIMBXJL. Tyrwhitt and some manuscripts 
read a romAle anda swwtgh, 
Fint on the wal wu pcynted a fonwte. 
In which ther dwelled neyther man ne better 
With knotty knarry bareyn trees olde 
Of stubbes sehurpe and hidous to byholde ; 
In which thcr ran a ncymbul in a swough, 
As it were a storme schuld berst every bough. 

Chaucer^t Cant. T. ed. Wright, 1961. 
SWIME. A swoon. (^.-5.) 

In tille his log^e he hycde that tyme. 
And to the erthe he felle In twyme. 

MS, Lincoln A. i. 17, t. Ifl6> 
Bytwene undrone and pryme, 
Luke thou come at that tyme. 
And ane of us salle ly In sw^me* 

MS. UneolH A. 1. 17> f. 135. 
Tharfore aske hyt be tyme 
For deth cumth now as yn swyme, 

MS. Harl, 1701, f. 75, 

SWIMER. A hard blow. Devm, 

SWIMMER. A counterfeit old coin. 

SWIM Y. Giddy in the head ; having a dimness 

in the sight, which causes things to turn round 

before yon. Suttex, " Swymyng inthehed, 

bestoumement" Palsgrave, 1530. 
SWIN. To cut anything asUmt. North. 
SWINACIE. The quinsey. 
S WINCHE. Labour ; work. 

In stronge swynehe nljt and dal to of-swynchc here 
mete stronge ; 

In such twi/nch and harde ly ve hi bilevede, hem 
tho)te, longe. IJfe of Thomaa Btiket, p. 1. 

SWINDGE. The same as Swinge, q. v. 
SWINDLE. A spindle. North. 
SWINE-BACKED. A term in archery. 

Fourlhlye In ooulingeor sheeringe, whether higbe 

or lowe, whether somewhat «tojm« backed (I must 

use shooters woordes) or sadle backed. 

A*cham*» TwtoplMut, \&7\, t. 47. 

SWINE-CARSE. The herb knotgrass. Gerwrd. 

SWINE-COTE. A pig-sty. PaUgrave, It occurs 
in the Hallamshire GL p. 125. Swrne-cruef 
Kennett's Latin Glossary, p. 115. ''A swin- 
hull or swine-erne, a hogs-stye,'' Ray, p. 47. 
A t the bateU of Brakoowete, ther as the bcyre Justyd, 
Sym Saer and the naynJute thel wer swome brodur. 

Reliq. AnHq. i. 84. 

SWINE.DRONKEN. Beastly drunk. 

SWINE-PIPE. The redwing. Pegge. 

SWINE-POX. An ill sore in hogs which spreads 
abroad, and is a very grievous scab, proceed- 
ing sometimes from poverty, at other times 
from lice in the skin ; so that while they have 
them, they'll never prosper, bat will infect 
one another. Diet. Rmt. 

SWINE-SAMS. Hog'B-Uud. North, 

SWINE'S-FEATHER. A sort of small spear. 



about six inches long, like a bayonet, affixed 
to the top of the musket-rest, and which was 
sometimes concealed in the staff of the rest, 
and protruded when toacfaed by a spring. 
Fairholt, p. 609. 

SWINE'S-GRASS. The hert> knotgrass. Gerard. 

SWINE-STY. A pig-sty. Pait^e. 

SWINE-THISTLE. The herb sowthUtle. 

SWINFUL. Sorrowful ; sad. Suffolk. 

SWING. (1) Scope; room. To have hit own 
nving, follow his own inclinations. Var, diaL 
If they win needs follow their lustes, their plea- 
sures, and their owne twbuge, yet In the end, he will 
bring them to Judgement. Dmf* Pattutfoif, p. M. 

(2) Sway, or swing. 

And there for a certayne space loytred and lurked 
with Sir Thomas Broughton knyght, whidie In those 
quarten bare great »wyng9, and was there in great 
aucthoritie. Hall, Hmrw VJI, f. 5. 

(3) To shake ; to mix. Pegge. 

(4) A machine on which a person stretched him- 
self by holding a cross board, and formerly 
used for strengthening the limbs. 

(5) The name given to the leader of ruffians who 
infested the country some years ago by bum- 
ing stacks, &c. and which has since become 
proverbial. 

SWING-DEVIL. The swift. North. 
SWINGE. (1) To beat; to chastise. North. 
"To beat, swinge, lamme, bethwacke," 
Cotgrave in v. Dober. 

An ofte dedehim sore twinge. 
And wit hondes sroerte dinge ; 
So that the blod ran of his fieys. 
That tendre was, and swithe neys. 

Havlok, S14. 
O, the passion of God I so I shalbe noin^ t 

So, my bones shalbe bang'd t 
The poredge pot is stolne : what. Lob, I say. 
Come away, and be hangd 1 

Martage of Witt and WMome, 1579. 

(2) To singe. Var. dial. 

(3) To cut the nettles, &c. firom hedges, and 
make them neat. 

Swinge brambles and brakes. 
Get forks and rakes. 

Tuetet^e Huebandrp, p. 1O0L 

(4) A leash or couple for hounds. East. 
SWINGE-BUCKLER. A violent dashing blade. 
SWINGEL. (1) That part of the flail which falls 

on the corn in the straw. Var. di4^ ** Fleyle 

swyngyl, tribuhan" Pr. Parv. 
(2) To cut weeds down. East. 
SWINGER. Anything large or heavy. 
SWINGING-STICK. A stick used for beating 

or opening wool or flax. Lane. 
SWINGLE. (1) A swing. West. 

(2) The first operation in dressing flax,''i. e. 
beating it to detach it from the harle or 
skimps. 

(3) ^ In the wire-works at Tintem in Monmouth- 
shire is a miU, where a wheel moves several 
engines like little harries, and to each barrle 
is fastned a spoke of wood which they call a 
awinglet which is drawn back a good way by 
the calms or cogs in the axis of the wheel* 



8WI 



840 



S¥n 



and dnwi back the barrle, which falb to again 
by its own weight/' Kennett MS. 

SWINGLB-HAND. "Escudia, a Bwyngel- 
hande," Ortoa Vocab. " A swingle-head, es- 
eudia,** Coles. ^rcvJtVi, a sungylle stok; 
ercudiatorhtm, a sungylle hande/' Nominale 
MS. '* This is a wooden instrument made 
like a fauchion, with an hole cut in the top of 
it to hold it by : it is used for the clearing of 
hemp and tiax from the large broken stalks or 
shoves by the help of the said swingle-foot 
which it is hung upon, which said stalks 
being first broken, bruised, and cut into shi- 
vers, by a brake," Holme. 

SWINGLE-TREE. The same as HeeUtree, the 
bar that swings at the heels of the horse when 
drawing a harrow. ** These are made of wood, 
and are fastned by iron hooks, stables, chains, 
and pinns to the coach-pole, to the which 
horses are fastned by their harnish when 
there is more then two to draw the coach/' 
Holme, 1688. 

SWING-SWAN6. Swinging ; drawling. North, 

SWINJIN. Great; tremendous. **We shall 
haVe a twifym frost to-morrow morning." 

SWINKE. (1) To labour. (2) Labour. (^.-S.) 
Brockett has twinJtedf oppressed, vexed, fa. 
tigued. ** One that works hard at any tasque 
is said to iwink it away/' Kennett MS. 
Stt^hkjfng and luetyng he xnuste tho, 
Fora hit ipendyng wu alle go. 

Hut thou {-stole meteor drynke. 
For thou woldett not therfore twpnk*, 

M8. out. aaud, A. ii. f. 143. 
But nowe I tuHnk« and sweate In vaioe. 

My labour hath no end. 
And moping In my ctudy still, 
My youthfull yeares I spend. 

Mariagt nf Witt mnd fVUdome, 1579. 
So bide ieh erere mete other drinke, 
Her thou lewtt al thi noinke, MS, Digbg 86. 
SWINKY. Pliant ; flexible. Devon, 
SWINNEY. Small beer. Newe, 
SWINNYING. A dizziness in the head, more 

usually termed a swimming. North, 
SWINWROTING. A ditch, or furrow ? It is 

the translation of 8crob$ in Nominale MS. 
S WINYARD. A keeper of swine. 

Porters, carmen, brlck-maken, malfters, chlrony- 
sweepers, bearers of dead corpe, scavengera, hoetlers, 
ditchers, shippards, dyers of black cloth and sad 
colours, chandlers, herds-men, or ncimraf^* coopers, 
black-amiths, leather-dressers, hat-makers, farmers, 
plough-men and the like, as coUyers, &c. 

BUho^9 Marrow 0/ Astrology, p. 36. 

SWIPE. (1) To drink off hastUy. Cumb. 

(2) The same as Swope, q. v. 

SWIPES. Poor weak beer. Var, dial 

SWIPINGE. 

But lay ther, as an hound, 
Apone the bare najfjAnge grounde. 

MS. Mdit, 10936, f. 63. 

SWIPPE. To move rapidly. (A,-S.) 
A gode man dyce to weende to rest 
Whare hys lyf salle be althyrbest. 
When the sawle fko the body twyppw, 
Ala saynt Johan says in the Apochalippes. 

HampoUf MS, Botott, P> 71- 



Tharefore thai nef^pe tfaoiow paigatoiy, 
Ala a fowyle that fleghes smartly. 

Hmmpole, MS, fMd.p. 103. 

SWIPPER. Nimble; quick. North. "Swypyr 

or dely vyr. agfilii ; swypyr and slydyr as a wey, 

laiilur Pr. Parv. MS. HarL 221, f. 168. 

SWIPPLE. The part of a flaU which strikes the 

com ; the blade of a flail, as it were. Wane, 
SWIPPO. (1) Supple. Cheeh. 
(2) The same as Swpple, q. v. 
SWIR. To whirl anything about. Dewn. 
SWIRE. (1) The neck. (^.-5.) 
For iOTOwe he gan hys handys wryng. 
And fyl bakward of hys chayre. 
And brak on two hys MDyw. MS, Hmrt, 1701, f. J4. 
Oye 5yt aa«weryd wyth greie yre, 
1 sdiall not leeve, be my «inrre / 

MS, Cantmb, Pf . U. 38, f. 17ft. 
The swyers nepre-bane he swappes in sondyre. 

MorU Artkure^ MS. JJneolm, f. M. 

(2) A hollow near the top of a hilL 

SWIRK. A jerk; a blow. SuffoUi, 

SWIRL. A whirling wavy motion. £stl. y 

SWIRREL. A squirrel North. 

SWIRT. (1) A squirt. North. 

(2) To squirt, or splash with water, &c. " Bilagged 

wit ewirtinff," MS. Arund. 220, f. 303. 
SWKRTLfi. To move about nimbly. North. 
SWISE. Very. (^.-5.) 
Tho cam ther to hem a junglich man, ateyae fair mA 

hende, 
Fairere man ne mi3te lieo, that oure Loverd hem gaa 

aende. Hf« qfSt. BrmndaH, p.n. 

SWISH. To dash, as water fislliug. West. To 
go swish, i. e. very quickly. 

SWISH.SWASH. Slop. 

There is a kind of twUh-noaah made alio in 
Essex, and diverse other places, with honicotnbsaDii 
water, which the homelle countrie wives, putting 
some pepper and a little other spice among, csli 
mead, verie good in mine opinion for such as love 
to be looae-bodied at large, or a little eased of tbe 
cough ; otherwise it diflfercth so much Ccom tbe true 
metheglin as chalke ftom cheese. 

Harriion** England, p. 170- 

SWISH.TAIL. A pheasant. rar.dioL Also, 

the uncut tail of a horse. 
SWISSER. The Swiss. 
Leading three thousand must'red men in pay. 

Of French, ScoU, Aiman, Si^iassr, and tite Dat?h ; 
Of native English, fled beyond the sea. 

Whose number neere amounted to as mueh. 

Drayton** Po#im, p. 8^ 

SWITCH. (1) To walk nimbly. North. 
To cut, as with a switch. 
To trim a hedge. Yorkeh. 
SWITCHER. A smaU svntch. North, 
SWITCHING. Cheating. Line. 
SWITE. To cut. Weet, 
SWITERF. " More subtyll in craftes and swy- 
terf than ever they were afore," Caxton's 
Chronicle, Notary's edition, 1515. 
SWITHE. (1) ImmedUtely; quickly. (^..&) 
Forthe sche went with sorowe y<nogh. 
And tyed hur hors to a bogh, 

Tylle the throwes were alle y-doo. 
A feyre sone had sche borae, 
When sche herde the chylde crye hur befoni, 
Hyt Gomfortyd hur fuUe MtoyUte. 

MS. Omiab. FC U. 38, f. 74. 



SWI 



841 



swo 



Thlder he wentehimancm* 

So Mitke ao he udpxe gon« MS, Digiv 86. 

Two lerTaunty* Gye cen celle. 

And bad them hye swythe alle. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. 11. 38, f. 151. 
Tllle hnr felowes she seide. 
To the church go we, I rede» 
Ac tufpthe as we may. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f.45. 
For naitheli drle thai sal als hai. 
And als wortes of ffreues tite fal sal thai, 

MS, Cott, Vetpat. D. vU. f. 24. 

(2) Very ; excessively. (A.-S.) 

The kyng seid. Let se that drynke, 
I shalle say riit that I thynke. 
Me thirstis mvtb sore. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. t. 48, t, 49. 

(3) To Bopport ? (A.'S.) 

Id over and to the night 
IhoUhed me mine neeres right. 

MS. Cott. Vsspas. D. Tli. f . 8. 

SWITHER. ^1) To scorch ; to bum. North. 

(2) To fear. (3) A fri^t. North, 

(4) To throw down forcibly. North* 

(5) A number ; a quantity. Warw. 

(6) A perspiration. Wore. 

(7) To sweal or melt away. Line, 
SWITHIN (ST.) The notion current, I believe, 

pretty extensively, that if we have rain on this 
day, not one of the next forty will be wholly 
without, is still in Aill force among us. Nares 
notices it as an old and often revived supersti- 
tion ; referring to ample illustrations thereof 
in Pop. Ant, where it is not, however, men- 
tioned that Ben Jonson, in his Every Man out 
of his Humour, introduces it. In Alban 
Butler's Lives of the Saints, Swithin is re- 
corded ; but nothing is said oif the rainy pro- 
digy. Moor. 

SWITHINGE. 

And als warme als it may be suff^ede lay it on 
the malady, and suffre it to lygge unto the 3okynge 
and nvpth^ge be alle passede awaye. 

MS. Lincoln A. 1. 17» f.903. 

SWITTERED. Flooded. North. 
SWITTLE. To cut; to hack. IVats, 
SWITZERS. Swiss. Nares calls them, '< hired 
guards, attendant upon kings.'* Suntzer^9 knot, 
ft fiuhion of tying the garter. The Switzers 
were noted for size and fatness. ** A swizzers 
belhe and a drunkards face are no (true) signes 
of penitentiall grace/' Cotgrave. 
SWIVE. (1) Futuo. 

A I seyde the pye» by Godys wylle. 
How thou ait tufjfved y schalle tell» 

MS. Cantab. Ff. li. 38, f. 136. 
Nor will I mvive thee though it bee 
Our Tery first nights JoUitle. 
Nor shall my couch or pallet lye 
In common both to thee and I. 

Fl9tater*9 Foam*, p. 101. 

And now ere saiy nepuw* brokyne owte of bande, 
Thay fiUe alle fuUe this YngUnde, and many other 

lande. 
In ererilk a toune ther es many one. 
And everilk wyfe wcnys hlr selfe thar scho hafes one. 

MS. LAneotn A. 1. 17» f> 140. 

And fbr to be at this fest Ainerall, 

I will have called In gencralle 



Alle tho that ben very good drynkers. 

And eke also alle feoble awifoef; 

And they also that can lyft a bole. MS. Rn»U C.80. 
(2) To cut wheat or beans with a broad hook. 

Salop. 
SWIVEL. " Swivel is that which keepeth a 

hawk from twisting,'' Gent. Rec. ii. 63. 
SWIVELLY. Giddy. I. of Wight, 
SWIVET. A deep sleep. {A.^S.) 
SWIZZEN. To singe. North. 
SWIZZLE. Ale and beer mixed. Lqf Wight, 

Also a verb, to drink, or swill. 
SWKYR. Sugar. Arch. xxx. 413. 
SWOB. Same as BwaJb, q. v. 
SWOBBLE. To swagger in a low manner. 
SWOB-FULL. Brimful. EMt. 
SWOD. A basket for measuring fish. Sussex. 
SWOGHE. See Swoughe and Swowe. 
SWOGHENED. Swooned. Weber. 
SWOKELLI. Deceitfully. (^.-5.) 
Openand thrugh es throte of tha. 
With thahr tunges swokeUi dide thai swa. 

MS. Cott. VMpa*. D. TiL f. 7* 

SWOLE. To chain a cow in the stall. Lane. 
SWOLK. To be angry. Su$ies. 
SWOLL. Form^. To drench with water; 
to cleanse by dashing down much water upon 
a thing. Line. 
SWOLOWE. The same as Swallow, q. v. 
SWONGE. Beat ; chastised. 
SWONGENE. Beaten. (A.-S.) 

Taketwongene eyrene in bassyne cleno. 
And kremeof mylke, that is so schene. 

MS. Sloant 1866, p. 86. 

SWONKE. Laboured. (A.^S.) 

Thou haste wwike so sore to nyght. 
That thou haste lome thy syght. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. li. 38, f. 116. 

SWOOP. (1) The sudden descent of a bird of 
prey upon its victim. All at one swoop, i. e. 
at one blow or swoop. 

(2) To sweep along, as a river. Pegge has it as 
the pret. of sweep. 

(3) The stroke or cut of a scythe. 

SWOOP - STAKES. Sweepstakes. To cry 
twoopstahes, to call the winning of the stakes. 
SWOOTK. Sweat. (^.-5.) 

Off the hete and of the twoato 

The! comen, and of gratse that Is bote. 

MS. LaiMd.783, f. 118. 

SWOOTH. A fright. Leie. 
SWOP. The same as Swtg^, q. v. 
SWOPE. To strike off. 

Let me see what ye will doe. 
And laye downe sdver here. 
For the deveUtwope of my swire, 
And I doe it without hyre. 
Other for soreraigne or sire : 
It is not my manere. Chester Plapt, il, 16, 
The syxte peyne Js gret derkraeise 
That Is in helle, and nevereshal lease; 
So thik It is men may it grope. 
But thel may not away It 9wope, 

MS.Addit. 11305, f. 97* 

SWORD. (1) The same as Sward, q. v. 

(2) The sword of a dung-put is an upright bar 

with holes for a pin, by which the put is set to 

any pitch for shooting dung. 



swo 



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(3) On my miford, fonncriy t eommon ottb. 
Sword amd huekler^ martial 

(4) " Sworde for aflaxe wyfe, guinche,*^ Palsg. 
SWORD-DANCING. There is a very singular 

custom, called tword-dmtehHg^ preTalent in 
many parts of Northumberland, and in the 
county of Durham, during the Christmas holi- 
days, which seems to be peculiar to the 
northern part of the kingdom. The sword- 
dancers are men entirely or chiefly composed 
of miners or pitmen, and of persons engaged 
in the yarious other Tocations of a coUieiy, 
who, during the week interrening between 
Christmas and New Year's Day, perambulate 
the country in parties, consisting of from 
twelve to twenty, partly in search of money, 
but much more of adventure and excitement 
On these occasions they are habited in a pe- 
culiarly gaudy dress, which, with their danc- 
ing, principally attracts attention. Instead of 
their ordinary jackets they wear others, com- 
posed of a kind of variegated patchwork, 
which, with their hats, are profusely deco- 
rated with ribands of the gayest hues, pre- 
pared and wrought by their sisters or sweet- 
hearts, the sword-dancers being usually young 
and unmarried men. This, with slight indi- 
vidual variations, is the description of dress worn 
by all the members of a sword-dancing party, 
with the exception of two conspicuous charac- 
ters invariably attached to the company, and de- 
nominated amongst themselves respectively the 
Tommy (or fool) and the Besfy. Those two 
personages wear the most frightfully grotesque 
dresses imaginable ; the former being usually 
clad in the skin of some wild animal, and the 
latter in petticoats and the costume of an old 
woman ; and it is the office of those two indi- 
viduals, who play by far the most important 
part in sword-dancing excursions, to go round 
amongst the company which collects to see 
them dance, and levy contributions in money, 
each being furnished for this purpose with a 
huge tin or iron box, which they rattle in the 
faces of the bystanders, and perform other an- 
tics and grimaces to procure subscriptions. 
A fiddler also is an indispensable attmchd to 
a company of sword-dancers ; and it is the 
business of another of the party to carry about 
a change of wearing apparel for his comrades, 
which becomes necessary when they make 
protracted journeys, as they sometimes do, 
* into the country, going round amongst the 
towns and hamlets, and farm-steadings, and 
exhibiting their dance before the inhabitants. 
This is a peculiar kind of dance, which it 
would be vain to attempt to describe. It 
bears some resemblance to an ordinary qua^ 
drille dance, with this difference, that the 
sword-dancers are each furnished vrith long 
steel wands, which they call swords, and which 
they employ vrith a very peculiar and beautiful 
effect during the dance. The dance is some- 
times accompanied with a song, and a frag- 
ment of dramatic action. The fiddler accom- 



panies the soDg in miiaoii wMi liie ▼oice, 
repeating at the end of each stanza the latter 
part of the air, forming an interiude between 
the verses ; during which the characters are 
introduced by the singer, make their bow and 
join the circle. 

I. Theflnt Chat lean la he if « tqnlifrt mb ; 
HaTt lik* to tow hia leva baoauae he ia too yoong. 

a. Alth</ he be too yovng, he haa moMT for to lore^ 
And he'll freely apted it all hefbre h^l loae hk hnre. 
S. The next that I eaU hi, he iaaaailorbold. 
He came to poverty by thelcndliig of hk fiM. 

4. The next that I call la, heU a Uilor fine. 

What think you of hia work \ he made thk eoat of 
mine. 

5. The next that I eall In, he ia a keefanan grand. 

He goea both fore and afl, with hia long sett in hb 
hand. 

6. Alaa ! our actor's dead, and on the ground he^a laid. 
Some of tts mutt suflbr for't, young man, I*ln wan 

afraid. 

7. I'm iure 'twai none of me, Tm clear of the crimen 
'Twas hhn that followi me, that drew his sword ao fine. 

8. I'm sure *twas none of me, I'm clear of the fact* 
'Twaahlm that follows me that did the bloody act. 

0. Then dieer up, my bODny lads, and be of coox^ge 

bold. 
We'll take him to the church, and bury him in the 

mould. 
10. Cox-Green's a pretty place, where water washes 

clean. 
And Psinshaw'i on a hill, where we have merry been. 

II. You've seen them all call'd faij you've aeen them 

all go round, 
Walt but a little while, some pastime shall be ftwnd. 
19. Then, fiddler, change the tune, play ua « merry |ig» 
Before I will be beat, I'll pawn both hat and w)g. 

In explanation of the above, it shoold be 
stated, that after the fifth verse other charac- 
ters are generally introduced in a similar man- 
ner, and then the sword-dance takes place, in 
which one of them is killed. After the ninth 
verse the doctor is introduced, and a dialogue 
3f some length takes place, which terminates 
in his restoring the deui man to life. 

A wriur hi the Genu Mag. for May, 1811, tdla va 
that in the North Riding of Yorkshire the cword- 
dance Is performed from St. Stephen's Day till New 
Year's Day. The dancers usually consist of six 
youthsj dressed in white, with ribands, attended by 
a fiddler, a youth with the name of Beasy, and also 
by one who personates a doctor. They travel from 
village to village. One of the six youths aeta the 
part of King in a kind of farce, which eonaiats dtlefly 
of singing and dancing, when the Beasy interferea 
while they are making a hexagon with their aworda, 
and is killed. Bram/f$ Fopuiar dnttquUiM, L SB3. 

SWORDER. A game cock that womids ite an- 
tagonist much. 

SWORD-PLATER. A jogg^ vrith awords. 

<' Gladiator, a swerdplaer," Nominale MS. 
SWORD-SLIPER. See SSp (3). The term 

appears to be now applied to a iword-cotler. 

** Sword-sleiper, a dreaser or maker of swords ; 

so used in the North of England ; and a cutler 

vrith them deals onely in knives,'' Bloimt, 

p. 628, ed. 1681. 

SWORE. An oath. (A.-S,) 



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Hast thou getta wfih HlBtunre, 
Any Uiynfe lasM or more. 

MS, OdL CStaiNt. A. H f. 139. 

SWORED. The neck. (A.-S.) 

Nlcolii he HDOC In the tw^rtd. 
That he Inidehis hed in wed. 

Kifng AlUaunder, 979 . 

SWOREN. Swore, t e. swore to kill him. 
All they chacyd me at the ]«ste. 
And my dcthe they ucoren faste. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. li. 98, f. 175. 
SWORLE. To snarl, as a dog. Sussex, 
SWORN-BROTHERS. Brothers in arms, bound 
by the andent laws of chivalry. Afterwards 
any persons very intimate were so called. 
" Sworn brother and brethren in iniquity," 
old proverb. 
SWOSE. 

Ther he mw ttednt end stockfesche pryckyng 

MosM to the watur. Ther he few hennus and 

heryngvs that huntod aftur hartui in heggys. Ther 

hee Me elyi roatyng larkus. ReUq. Antiq, i. 83. 

SWOSH. A sash. SaffoUc, 

SWOST. 

Me wule swopen thin hns* 

And ut mid the $w99t. 

MS.Cott. Calig. A. Is. 
SWOT. To throw. Warw. 
SWOTE. Sweat. See Stpoote. 

SWOTHE. 

But tche hed he dcflkute off nrothe 
Towardyi love, and that was rowthe. 

Gouter, MS. Cantab. Ff. i.6, f. 5. 
SW0TTLJN6. Fat and greasy. East. 
SWOUGHE. (1) Swoon ; swooning. (A.'S.) 
Thowe ther were no twi^he, 

MS. Cantab. Ff. iL 38, f . 94. 
There he loate bothe mayne and myght. 
And ovyr the tombe he felle fai nctnig^. 

MS. HarL SS6S, f. 99. 
With that worde hys body can bowe, 
Downe he felle there In a 9wowe. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. II. 98, f. 148. 

(2) Sound ; noise. (-^.-5.) 

A swerdelenghe within the swarthe hcTkwappei at ones, 
Tfaatnere swounes thekyng for«tcoti^AeofhUdynttis. 

Mortt Jrthure, MS, JAneoln, t. 65. 
Into the foreste forthe he droghe. 
And of the see he herde a nvoghe. 

MS. Lincoln A. 1. 17, f. 140. 

(3) A splinter or chip ? 

Sir Eglamour hit swerde owt drowthe, 
And in hie eghne It kette a twogha. 
And blynddld hym that tyde. 

MS. Uneoln A. L 17> f. 140. 

(4) A sough, bog, or mire. 

At a chapell with riche lyghte, 

In a foreate by a nooughe. MS. Hart. 9858, f . 98. 

(5) Quiet. 

SWOUND. To swoon. Also, a swoon. Still 
in common use in East Anglia. 
For grete yoye amonge them all 
In a MWtumde sche dud downe falle. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. il. 38, f. 186. 
Still bi a tufound, my heart revlTet and faints, 
Twfact hopes, detpalrei, 'twlxt smiles and deep com- 
plaints* 



. As those aad aeoests MOt In my deriMS, 

Smooth ealmes. rough stonnea, sharp fkuiti, and rsgtatg 

flrct. 
Put on with boldnesse, and put bacfce with fearea. 
For oft thy troublea doe extort my teares. 

Drayton** Heroieaa RfUtlea, 1697» P« 174* 

SWOWE. (1) To faint ; to swoon. (^.-51) Also, 
a swoon. See Swoughe (I). 

(2) A noise. 

He come to hym wyth tiwwowe, 
Hys gode stede undur hym he slowe. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. iL 36, f. 66. 

(3) To make a noise, as water does in rushing 
down a precipice. Also, to foam or boil up. 
" Swowyne or sowndyn, as newe ale and other 
lycure," MS. Harl. 221, f. 177. 

That whate twwnr^g^ ot watyr and lyngynges of 

byrdee. 
It myghte salve hyme of tore that aounde was nevere. 
Jforfe Arthura, MS, JAneoln, t. 68. 

SWREDDEZ. Swords. 
And alie done of dawea with dynttea of noroddoz. 
For there es noghte hoc dede there the dragone es raia- 
sede. Morte Arthure, MS. Lincoln, f. 75* 

SWUGGLE. To shake Uquids. East. 
SWUKEN. Deceived; betrayed. 

Unto the than cried I, 

Whil that twuken es mi hcrt. 

MS. Cott. Vc9pa$. D. vil. f. 41. 

SWULLOCK. To broU with heat. East. 
SWUNNED. Swooned. 

The duk lay on the ground. 
In hert swyftly he twunned, 

MS. Uneoin A. L 17, f. 195. 
SWXJPPLE. The same as Swtpplej q. v. 
SWURLT. Whirled. Ctanb. 
SWY. The herb glasswort. 
SYE. Saw. (j4.'S.) 

Forthe they went be day lyghte, 
Tylle hyt drewe to the nyghte i 
Londe they lye at the laste, 
Thedurward they drewe facte. 

MS. Cantmb. Ff. ii. 38, f . 150. 

SYER. Sire ; father. 
And lokkethe hym In hir herte hooCe as fler. 
And seethe theolde, hir ooldeand cowherand nfer. 

L^dgaHf* Minor Poomo, p. 35. 

STGH. An error for Syth T 

And sayd to the duke, my lord, »ifgh by Gods 
hygh provision and your Incomparable wy«edome 
and polUcie, this noble conjunction to fyrst moved. 

HaU, mOkord 111. f. 18. 

SYLES. The principal rafters of a house or 

buUding. Ntn-th. 
SYLLABE. A syllable. Jonson. 
SYNGE. To sin. A provincial form. More 
usually, to sing. " FrigiOa, a brid that syn- 
get for cold weder," MS. Harl. 2181, f. 46. 
Thow my5te tyng* als sore in thoght 
As thou that dede hadeat l-wroght. 

MS. Cott, CUuid. A. 11. f . 139. 

SYPIRS. Cloth of Cypms. 

The stowt dedia of many a knyght 
I With goM of ai^a was dight. 

1 jr& Uneoln A. i. 17* f. 136. 



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T(l) Bi^kS HmT.vnL TeryoommoiiezpKi- 
. sion, when aBything is pofectly right. 
(2) Beards cot in the fonn of a T are oftoi 

alluded to by our early writers. 
TA. (l)It. ra iev, it does. EomL 
(2) To take. {j4,-S.) 

Theaowdane Myie h« wllle her tm .* 

The Udy wllle hir-Klfe sla. 

Are he that ca hir maste fk 

Solde wedde hlr to vyfe. Fmvmml, 9B8. 

TAA. (1) A toe. North, 

And yike a taa and fynger of hand 
War a rote tto that tre growand. 

Mhut^oU, MS, Bow9»t P*63. 

(2) The one. 

And wfaenoe he wac over, the loidet of Pene want 
aivpone the jt» ao grete a multitude that thay 
coTerde the yti ttm the taa banke to the tother, and 
Chat a grete brede, and thane onane the yts brake. 

MS. Uneoln A. 1. 17> f. 19. 

TAANT. Tall, or too high for its breadth, or 

bigness ; a ToMnt mast, honse, &c. Kent. 
TAAS. Wood split thin to make baskets with. 

Cumb, 
TAB. (1) The latchet of a shoe. North. 
(2) The tag, or end of a lace. East 
(ZS Children's hanging sleeves. Etut. 
TABARD. A short coat, or mantle. " CoMhm, 
a tabard,'' Nominale MS. Strutt describes it, 
ii. 29, " a species of mantle which covered 
the firont of the body and the back, but was 
open at the sides from the shoulders down- 
wards; in the early representations of the 
tabard, it appears to have been of equal length 
before and behind, and reached a little lower 
than the loins." According to Nares, the 
name of tabarder is still preserved in Queen's 
College, Oxford, for scholars whose original 
dress was a tabard. ** Tabard, a garment, 
manteau^* Palsgrave. Verstegan says in his 
time, the term was confined to a herald's coat. 
Quat wylt thu j eve, ao Cryst the aave ! 
Andtak theqwyeh thu wylt have. 
The man teyde, lo mote I the I 
A peny xal 1 jeryn the. 
He eeyde, Nay» withoutyn lak. 
No iMe than the tabard on thi bak. 

R^iq. Jntiq. i. 68. 

TABBER. 

ntbbtnft gloton eny where. 
And gode feyth corny* all byhynde ; 

Ho shall be levyd the se the wyll spare ? 
For now the byaom ledyi the bleynde. 

Rtllq, Jntiq. U. »40. 

TABBY. A kind of doth. 
TABERING. Restless in illness. Somertet. 
TABERN. A cellar. North, See Ray's 
EngUsh Words, 1674, p. 48. ** Tabema, a 
tabym," a tavern or inn, NominaleMS. Hence 
tabemer, a tavern-keeper. " TabemarhUf a 
tabemer," Nominale MS. A person who 
played the tibonr was also called a tabemer. 
TABERNACLES. Ornamental niches, 
with taftonurcte waf the halle a'boujte. 
With pynnaclee of golde steme and stoute. 

Sifre Gaweneandthe Carte ^ Oaral^le, 610. 

TABINE. A kind of silk. In a list of female 



•pptrel in the Bgerton Pftpen, p. 252, men- 
tion is made of " to^tnet braoacht or wrought 
with sylver or gold." 

TABLE. (1) To go to the table, L e. to reedn 
the Holy Commnnion. Vmt. Mti 

(2) In palmistry, a space between oertain linei 
on the skin within the hand. According to 
onr first extract, the table is a line readiaag 
from the bottom of the little finger to the 
bottom of the first finger. It is inoonectly 
explained the " palm of the hand" in Middle- 
ton, iv. 438; but the term was certaiiily 
variously applied. 

Hit y« to know that the lyne that goth abont the 
thombe ys cleped the lyne Of lyfe or of the hetL 
The lyne that ya betwene the medylle of the pawoie 
that ya betwene the thombe and tbe next fynger, ii 
cleped madia natwralia. The lyne that begynayth 
under the UtiUe fynger and atreoeheth toward the 
rote of the fynger next the thombe ys cleped tnea- 
miU» that is. the tahla s it ya aotbely the lyne whkh 
la cleped the nether triangle, which la ayldea 
founde, and It begynoeth tto tmemaali, atreocbyng 
ry5t throw the pawme tUle to the wriat. Lbm 
raetpta ya be that is witfayn the cade of tlie honde, 
appon the Joynt of the bond tliat ia betwene the 
boone of the arme or of the bond. Jfoiw poOiek k 
tto the lyne of the hert tille to the rote of tbe 
wombe, and atrccchethe itselfe to tbe wryate. Mom 
manut or the tabulle begynnyth fro mentoH to the 
wryate. Treatiea on Paimiatrjf, MS. xt. CenL 

Other linea alao may be dirided into equal icc- 
tlooa, as the table line, the natural line, the quad- 
rangle and triangle, which are all to be parted into 
equal porthma, and aooording to pr o por t ion aliall 
ahew the time and age <^ life in which every aod- 
dent shall happen, whidi the chancterB shall aigni- 
fie, in their aeveral natures. Tliis qtace ia called 
the tabU of the hand, which hath on the one side 
the menaal line, on tlie other the middle natural 
line. Samdar^ QHn>wawcy, p. 87. 

(3) A tablet, or table-book ; a record of things 
to be remembered. Shah, 

(4) To board ; to live at the table of another. 
See Autobiography of Joseph Lister, p. 48. 

Ail aupper while, if they ttMa together, he 
peereth and prleth into the plattera to pieke out 
dainty morsels to content her maw. 

Tkt Man in the Moone, 1609. 

(5^ A picture. Shak, 

(6) In architecture, a horizontal moulding, 
ornamenting the hce of a wall, &c. 

TABLE-BOARD. A table. Corme. 

TABLE-BOOK. A memorandum-book ; a 
book with leaves of wood, slate, vellum, or 
asses skin, &c., for the pnrpose of recording 
observations and memoranda. It was some- 
times accompanied with a calendar, Ac ; aod 
was used on all occasions, at theatres, sermons, 
See. " A reproofe or a jeer out of your table- 
book notes," Nabbes' Bride, 1640,' sig. G. ii. 
A table-book of wood is in the possession of 
Mr. J. H. Heam, of Newport, Isle of Wight, 
and is described in the Journal of tbe British 
Archseological Association, ii. 193, but very 
few seem to have been preserved. 

H ia tabla,book99 be a chiefe adjunct, and the moat 
significant embleme of hla owne quaUity that man 
may bears aboat him : Car Che wiping oat «f oide 



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BoCet giT« way to new, and ke Ukawtte, to try a 
■ew dispodCion, will finally fbrmka an ancient 
Mendi loTe, beeaiue hee cootlatf of new enterpriae*. 

aiephtiuT Ettav0ty 1615, p. 218. 

TABLB-DORMAUNT. "Tmbylle donnond, 
oMtUMIa, tabuh fixa, rt^podhm*' MS. Diet 
C. 1500. See Jhrnutnt, 
TABLE.LINE. See Table (2). 

When the table-line is crooked, and falls between 
the middle and fore finger, it ligniflee effusion of 
biood, as I said before. 

Sandertf CMromatuw, p. 75. 

TABLE.MAN. *" A UbyUe mane, 9iatu9, tim- 

poKum," MS. Diet. c. 1500. 
TABLE.MEN. Men used at the game of tables. 
Metaphorically, dice-playen. 

And knowing that your moet selected gallants 
are the onelye ttMe-men that are plaid withal at 
ordlnsrfcs, into an ordinary did he moet gentleman- 
like conray hlmselfe in state. 
Dekket'e Lanthvme and Candle-Ught, 1090, sig. D. iv. 

TABLE R. One who keeps boarders, one who 
tables people. See Table (4). Also, the 
person who tables, a boarder. ** Comfnenedie, 
a fellow border or tabler/' Florio, p. 111. 
'* Comnetor, a tabler, boarder," Coles. 
TABLERE. The game of tobies. 

Hanntyst tareme, or were to any pen 
To plc7 at tlie ches or at the tablere. 

MS. Harl, 1701, f. 7. 

TABLES. The game of backgammon. It was 
anciently played in different ways, and the 
term appears to have been applied to any 
game played with the toble and dice. Strutt 
has giTen afac-simile of a backg^mmon-board 
from a MS. of the 14th century, which differs 
little from the form now used. See Sports 
and Pastimes, p. 321. " Jlea, toble," MS. 
Lansd. 560, f. 45. 

Go we now to chaumbur same. 
On some roaner to make us game t 
To the chesses or to the tabete. 
Or ellys to speke of fabels. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. U.SB.f. 106. 
That ea, to play at tablpe or at dyee, 
Ofl^ the wtlke comes neghen manere of vice. 

MS. Harl. 8260, f . 00. 
An honest Ticker and a kind consort 
That to the ale-honse flriendly would resort. 
To have a game at table* now and than, 
Or drinke his pot as soone as any roan. 
Lettitif qf Humoure Blood in the Hmd-raine» 1000. 

TABLET. Is explained in Baret*s Alvearie, foL 

1580, an "ornament of gold." 
TABN. Explamed by Polwhele, a bit of bread 

and butter. Comw, 
TABOURE. (1) To play on the tobonr. (A.-N.) 
(2) "Tabowre for fowlares, ierri/hium,*' Pr. 

Parv. MS. HarL 221, f. 177. 
TABOURET. A pin-case. Also, a Uttle low 

stool for a child to sit on. (Fr.) 
TABOURINE. A kind of drum. (Fr.) 
TACES. The skirts or coverings to the pocketo. 

Sec Meyrick, iii. 13. 
TACHE. (1) A spot, or blemish. (Fr.) 
(2) A quality, or disposition ; a trick ; enter- 
prise ; boldneas of design. (ji,^N.) 



For ioath Chit haida I hym say*. 
That ha woolde rlaa the thifde daya i 
Nowa suerlye and he so maye. 
He hath a wounderous taeke, 

Cheeter Plays, U.87* 
And to his fadris manerls enclyne, 
And wikkld taechi* and rices eschewe. 

Oeeleve, MS, Soc. Antiq 134, f. S79. 

It is a taeehe of a devouryng hounde 
To rcaseyre supeifluyt^ and do excesse. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. i.O, f. 157. 

(3) A clasp. Also, to clasp ; to tie. ** I tache 
a gowne or a typpet with a tache, Jtf agraffe^* 
Palsgraye. " Sjnnier, a tache," MS. Arundel 
249, f. 88. 

Wylt thou hare a buckle of golde or a golden 
pynne, suehe as in olde tyme women used to fasten 
their upper garment with on the left shoulder; 
Stephanus calieth it a taehe or a daspcw 

PaUgrave'e Acolaetve, 1540. 

(4^ To take a thief. 

(5) The piece which covered the pocket, and 
therefore the belly. Meyrick, ii. 251. 

(6) A rest used in drilling holes. Yorieh. 
TACHEMENTEZ. Attachmento? 

I ftf the for thy thyfandes Tolouse the riche. 
The toUe and the taehementez, tavemes and other. 
Morte Arthure, MS. Utteoln, f. 70^ 

TACHING-END. The waxed thread, armed 
with a bristle at the end, used by shoemakers. 
North. 
TACK. (1) A smack, or peculiar flavour. Drayton 
uses the term, and it is still in common use. 

He told me that three-score pound of chci'rics 
was but a kind of washing meate, and that there was 
no taeke in them, for hee had tride it at one time. 

Taiflef'e Warkee, 1680, i. 14flb 

(2) A slight blow. Also, to clap with the bandSy 
to slap. Weet. 

(3) A trick at cards. SufoUk. 

(4) To attock. Var. dial 

(5) The handle of a scythe. Eaet. 

(6) A shelf. A kind ii shelf made of crossed 
bars of wood suspended from the ceiling, on 
which to put bacon, &c. 

^7) To hire pasturage for cattle. Herrf, 

(8) A lease. North. 

(9) Timber at the bottom of a river. 

(10) Bad malt liquor. North. In some places 
it is applied to eatobles of bad quality. 

(11) Hold ; confidence ; reliance. Chesh. 

(12) Substance ; solidity ; spoken of the food of 
cattle and other stock. Norf. 

(IS) A hook, or clasp. Also, to jbsten to any- 
thing. " I tocke a thyng, I make it faste to 
a wfdl or suche lyke," Palsgrave. A wooden 
peg for hanging dresses on is sometimes called 
a tack. 

(14) A path, or causeway. Sutsex. 

TACKELLS. ** TackeUs are small roapes which 
runne in three partes, havinge either a pendant 
with a block to it or a runner, and at the 
other end a blocke or hoke to cache honlde 
and heave in goodes into the shipp," MS. 
Harl. 6268. 

TACKER. (1) The same as Tachmg^eMi^ q. v. 

(2) A person who dresses doth. 



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(3) A gnat ftlMhood. 

TACKES. TbrnendappveL 

TACKET. (1) The penis. North. 

1*2) A small nail, or tack. Swrth, •* A takett, 

efamnt/nt/' MS. Diet. c. 1500. 
TACKLE. (1) To attack. Var, dial 

(2) To stick to one's tackle, i. e. tobe finn, not 
to giTe wmy in the least. ** To stand to our 
tadding/' Harrison, p. 115. 

(3) Food; working implements; machinery of 
any kind, or of the human frame. Var, dial. 
•* Tade or wepene, armamuntum,** Pr. Panr. 

(4) A horse's harness. Var. dial 
TACKLING. See Tackle (2). 

TACKS. " Tacks arc great ropea havinge a 
wale knott at one end, which is seased into the 
dewe of the saile, and so recTcd first through 
the chestrees, vnd then comes in a hole of 
the shipps side,'* MS. HarL 6268. 
TAD. Excrement EomI. 
TADAGO-PIB. A pie made of abortiye pigs 

from a sow that has miscarried. Comw. 
TADDE. A toad. Brodiett has Taed. 
That myn ta«rtt soon nc tent, 
WhoD kh wu fhMB my mooder Uke ; 
Or ben Into a put 1-cMt, 
Mtd a tadde or mid a make. 

ApptttdiM to W. M«p«t, p. 944. 

TADE. To take. Salop. Antiq. p. 587. 
TADE-PITS. Certain pits upon some of the 

downs of Devon where toads lire dry. 
TADOUS. Cross; peevish; fretful; tiresome. 

Applied chiefly to children. Var. dial 
TAFFATY-TARTS. " Are made like little 
pasties, roand, square, or long, the paste being 
roUed thin, and apples in lays, strewed with 
sugar, fennel seeds, and limon peel cut 
small; then iced in the baking," Holme, 
Academy of Armory, 1688. 
TAFFETY. (1) Dainty ; nice. WnL 
(2) Taffeta, a sort of thin silk. 

WhM flnt I saw tham, they appeared rath. 
And no«r their promiwt are worae then trash i 
No ttuffatw more changeable then they. 
In nothing constant but no debts to pay. 

Taylor's fVorkm, 1930, U. 40. 

TAFFLED. Entangled. Doraei. 

TAFFY. A common coarse sweetmeat, made 
with treacle thickened by boiling. Almonds 
are often stuck into it. Var. dial. 

TAG. (1) The common pe(^le ; the rabble. 

[2) A sheep of the first year. South. 

hS To follow closely after. East. 

[i) To cut off the dirty locks of wool around the 
tail of a sheep. South, 

(5) To understand, or comprehend. 

TAGED. According to Markham, '* a sheep is 
said to be tag'd or belt, when by a continual 
squirt running out of his ordure, he berayeth 
his tail in such wise that through the heat of 
the dung it scaldeth and fareedeth the scab 
therein,^ Husbandry, ed. 1676, p. 91. 

TAGGELT. A loose character. Cumb. 

TAGILLE. To entice? 

Conaaile oa dof oge amtya of wgrldca nchea, ind 



of allt ddytsi off alb thy^w that 
aagpU with In thoghte or deda. 

M& LUealM A. L 17. C 198. 

That ho may haft ryato in C}oddes hife withowt' 

tenc tagiOpmgt of other tbyages. MS» /MM. t. IM. 

TAG-LOCK. An entangled lodL AIbtm. 
TAGSTER. A scold; a virago. Demm. 
TAG-WOOL. The king wool of tags or hogi 

not shorn while they were lambs. Gkme. 
TAHM Y. Stiingy, untwisted, as tow. Cmmh. 
TAHT. (1) Given. (2) Taught. (-A-5L) 
TAIGH. To take. Cheth. 
TAIGLB. To linger about a place. North. 
TAIL. (1) To turn top over tail, L e. the head 
oyer the tail, completely over. 
Sodiea strokk he gaf hym ttica. 
That ihc dawke boChe hofa ODd naan 
TutMd tojwe ovyr f«ple. 

jrs. Gnttift. Ff. M. «» L 76. 

(2) Slaughter. See Weber's GKms. in t. 

(3) TbJiiep the tmlim the water, to thrive. To 
Jlea the tail, to get near the amdusion of any 

work. 

(4) To exchange animals with an even number 
on each side. Var. dioL 

(5) Number ? 

Cotte thow not the wordee (atfU, 
But aey hem outewythowte fisyle. 

Jir& Coit. Clamd. A. h. f. US. 

TAIL-BAND. A crupper. North. " Tayl- 

band, eubttla," MS. Diet. c. 1500. 
TAIL-BINDER. A long large piece of cut 
stone projecting over Uie comer stone of a 
wall to give additional firmness to it. 
TAIL-CORN. The inferior portion of a dress- 
ing, not fit for market. About one in twenty, 
or more, according to the season, iriil be tail- 
com. This, though not very much inferior, 
would, if left in the bote, injure the sale at 
market. By the farmer who prides himsdf 
on the goodness of his sample, this is dressed 
out and ^ent at home. Dross is different. 
This is undercom, so light and inferior as to 
be given to poultry. 
TAILDE. Carved. 

The wardes of Vbe eyt^ of hefen bryght 
I lycken tyl wardee that stalworthly dyght. 
And clenely wrnghtand craftyly iapU* 
Of clene sylver and golde, and enamaylde. 

HmmpoUt MB. Bowe$, p. 23?- 
TAILE. (1) To cut to pieces. (J.'N.) 
(2) A tally, or notched stick ; an account scored 
on a piece of wood. {A.-N.) 
Hit is skorid here on a tayb, 
Havabrok hit wel wlthowt&ylew 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ▼. 49, f. 5S. 

TAIL-ENDS. Inferior samples of com, such as 
being hardly marketable, are usually consumed 
at home. See TaH-com. 

TAILLAGE. A tax. (A.-N.) 

TAILLAGER. A coUectorof taxes. (J.-N.) 

TAILLE. A tally. See Tale. 

TAILLIOR. A tailor. North. 

TAILORS. It is a very old saying that it takes 
three or nine tailors to make one man. 
Some fooUah knave (I dilnke) at first begao 
The alander that tbxm taylers aveoae nun ; 



TAI 



847 



TAK 



WIWB nattf a teykn boy I koowhalli 
Hath made tall men much ftaKfuU to be 

l^lm*» Worket, 1630, Ui. 73. 
TAILORS.MENSE. A smaU portion left by 

vay of good mannen. See Brockett. 
TAILOURS. A book of andent cookery receipts 
thus describes the way of making tafhurs .* 

Take almondes, and grynde hem raw in a mortcr, 
and temper bit with wyne and a litul water, and 
drawe.it thargh a Mreynour into a goode itlffmylke 
Into a potte, and caste thereto reyMms of coraunce 
and grete reyconi myCn^oedj datest clowes, maceg, 
ponder of peper, caael, lafftone a good quantity, and 
salt, and sette hem over the Are, and lete al boyle to- 
gidre a while, and alay hit up with floure of ryte or 
dies grated brede* and cast thereto sugur and salt, 
and serve hit forth in maner of mortrewes, and caste 
Uiereone ponder ginger in the dissh. 

M8. Harl, 4016, f. 19. 

TAIL-PIPING. Tying a tin can or anything to 
the tail of a dog, which is generally done to 
preTent his paying visits to the place where 
this punishment may be inflicted. 

TAIL-ROPE. Part of a horse's harness, men- 
tioned in MS. Coll. Jes. Oxon. 28. 

TAIL-SHOTEN. A disease in the tail of cattle, 
in which the spinal marrow is so dfected that 
in a short time the beast is unable to stand. 
Also called taiUtoke, 

TAIL-TOP. The swingle of a flail. 

TAIL30R. A tailor. Nominale MS. 

TAINCT. A kind of red-coloured spider very 
common in the summertime. 

TAINT. (I) A term at tilting, apparently mean- 
ing to injure a lance without breaking it. 
GlflTord, Ben Jonson, ii. 55, explains it, to 
break a staff, but not in the most honorable 
or scientific manner. See, however, the second 
example under Attaint. 

(2) Explained in the Booke of Hawking, " a thing 
that goeth overthwart the feathers of the 
wings and of the tail, like as it were eaten 
with worms.'* 

(3) A dirty slattern. Eatt, 

(4) Explained by Forby, '* a large protuberance 
at the top of a pollard tree.'* 

(5) '^ A taint or overreach in the backe or shanke 
of a horse/' Florio,p. 47. 

TAINTERS. 

Tor the outward compound remedies, a plaister 
made of opponax and pitch is much commended, 
which Menippua used, Uking a pound of pitch of 
Brutias, and foure ounces of opponax (as iEtius and 
Actuarius doe prescribe) adding wlthall, that the 
opponax must be dissolved in vineger, and afterward 
the pitch and that vineger must be boy led together, 
and whea the vineger b consumed, then put in the 
opponax, and of both together make like tagnttrs 
or splinu and thurst them into the wound, so let 
them remaiso many dayet together, and in the 
meaoA tiroedrinke an antidot of sea-crabs and vine- 
ger^ ^at Tine^r ia always pietious in this confection). 
Zb|wU'« Vmtr-Voottd Boasts, 1607* P* 187. 

TAISAND. Poising ready for throwing. 
And ther )aMide, on o donjoun, 
He kest a man of cler latoun. 
And ia his head anarblast beldand, 
Aad thezlnne a quarel taitand. 

Berj/n Sages, 1078. 



TAISHE9. Taces, urmour for the thighs. This 
form of the word oceurs in Warner's Albion's 
England, xii. p. 291. 
TAISTREL. A rascal ; a villain. North. 
TAIT. (1) The top of a hilL irest, 
(2) To play at see-saw. Vonet. 
TAKE. (1) To give ; to deliver up to. (A^&) 
And alle that they aske scho wylle them tmke. 
For dzade of theym, swylke boete they make. 

MS. Hoi/. 8260, f. 59. 
But taks bur an oolde stede. 
And an olde kny)t that may hur lede, 
Tylle sche be paste yowre realme. 
And gyf them some spendynge, 
That them owt of thy londe may brynge, 
Y can no bettyr deme. 

MS. Ointab, FT. il. 98, f. 79. 

(2) A vulgar name for the sciatica, mentioned in 
Aubrey^s MS. Nat. Hist. Wilts, p. 10, in the 
library of the Royal Society. 

(3) A sudden illness. Dorset, 

(4) A lease. North. 

(5) ** I take the wynde, as a dere dothe of a 
person, 7>aMm«," Palsgrave. 

(6) To take up, to reprove. " Tcmser, to chide, 
rebuke, checke, taunt, reprove, take up," 
Cotgrave. To take vp a horse, to make him 
gambc^ To take on, to ttike by, to be much 
affected by any melancholy event. To take 
in, to captnre, to subdue. To take one along, 
to take one with you, to go no faster than he 
can go with you, i. e. to let him understand 
you. ■ To take out, to copy. To take one*s 
teeth to anything, to set about it heartily. 
To take a stick to one, to beat him. To take 
on, to enlist for a soldier. Tb take to do, to 
take to task, to take a talking to, to reprove. 
To take on, to simulate. To take after, to 
resemble. To take off, to mimic, to ridicule. 
To take to, to capture, or seize ; to attack. 
Also, to many^ to enter on a farm ; to own, 
or acknowledge. To take shame, to be 
ashamed. To take up fo/r any one, to give 
surety, to protect. To take on, to associate 
with. A take-away, an appetite. To take 
one*s ease in one's inn, to enjoy one's self, as 
if at home. To take up, to borrow money, 
or take commodities upon trust. To take up 
a quarrel, to settle or make it up. To take 
upon, to suspect any one of a wrong action. 
To take forth, to learn, to teach. To take 
order for, to provide for or against anything. 
To take to anything, to answer for the truth of 
it ; to stand to a bargahi. To take up, to 
clear up, said of the weather. Also, to reform 
one's habits ; to commence anything. To take 
clothes about one, to wrap them well over 
him. To take about the neck,, to embrace. 
To take a breath, to consider well before- 
hand or take advice. To take any one forth, 
to set him forwards. To take heart, to take 
courage. To take one*s part, to defend him. 
To take in worth, to take in goodpart, to take 
anything kindly or friendly. To take to one^s 
legs, to fly. To take a horse with the spurs, 
to spur him onwards. To take om wUh m^s 



TAL 



o*to 



TAL 



ii(r, to tormeiit one's wU: T9 tdkB m mm'$ 
wiyt, to follow hit example. To tmke i^fMn* 
to ctrry one's self proniUj aboTO one's station. 
To take the mr, to go oat in the fresh air. 
7b tdte any omedowmt to tame him. 

[7) To contain. Ben Jonson, viii. 301. 

8) To leap. Skak, 

(9) To blast, as if by witchcraft. Shakespeare 
Qses the term, and it is still cnrrent in the 
West of En^and. " Taken, as chyldemes 
lymmes be by the fayries, >We/' Palsgrave. 
In an old MS. collection of receipts in my 
possession is one " for to make a man hole 
that kediith cold in his slepe that he ys ny 
tmJte ;** and another " for a man that ys take 
in his slepe." 

▲ horaw which !• bereft of hla feelinf , mooTlag 
or ttirrlBg. if uid to be HMrmi, and In tooth to he it, 
in that he h arreeted b^ to vUlainoat a diaeate, yet 
tome fanrlon, not wel undentandlng the ground of 
the diaeate, contter the word f«Jfc«i» to bee ttrlkcn 
by tome pUnnet orevlll tplrit, which it fUte, tor It 
proceedcth of too great aboimdance of Heme and 
cholcr, ■Imbolis'd together. The cure it thut. Let 
him blood in hit tpur^valnt, and hit breatt Talnea, 
and then by fouldlng him in aboundant number of 
doatht, drive him into an extreame tweat, during 
which time of hit tweating, let one chafe hie legt 
with oyle de bay, then after he luith tweat the tpace 
of two houivt, abate hit doatht moderatly, and 
throughly after he it dry, annoint him all over with 
oyle petrollttm, and in twice or thrice dreiiing him 
he wU be tound. 

MmrkHam, •p. Topttlt* Beejte, 1607, p- SSI. 

(10) To understand ; to comprehend. 

(11) To begin to grow in the ground, said of 
young trees and herbs newly planted. 

TAKE-ALL. An old game at dice, mentioned 
in Clarke's Phraseologia Puerilis, 1655, p. 144. 
TAKEIi. An snow. (^.-5.) 
TAKEN. (1) Took. We$t. 

(2) Taken work, a piece of husbandry work, not 
done by the day. Eatt, * 

(3) Taken by the fsce, i. e. put to the blush. A 
common Lancashire phrase. 

TAKENE. (1) Givep. {A.-S.) 
Swete modir, tayde he. 
What manere of thyng may thlt bee. 
That je nowe hafe tdktn* mee ? 

What calle jee thit wande ? Perenai, 199. 

(2) To declare ; to show. 

TAKER. Purveyor. 

At for capont ye can gette none. 
The kyngyt taker toke up eche one. 

InteHvdt qf th« iiU. SUmtnif, D. d« 

TAKIL. Tackle ; accoutrements. 

TAKING. (1) Infectious. (2) A dilemma. 

i3^ Captivating; pleasing, f^ar. dial 
4) A sore ; an attack of sickness. Weet, 
TALAGE. Appearance ? 

That pastyngely wat to the ye deie. 
And of tttlage inly good and fyoe. 

L^dgatB, MS. 9oe. Jntiq, 194. f. 98. 

T ALBOTES. A receipt for " hares in talbote^' 
occurs in the Forme of Cury, p. 21. 

TALC. OH of tale, an ancient cosmetic yery 
fre(|nently alluded to. Fuller, mentioning that 
says, ** being oakiiied and 



preparad, it maketh a carioni white-wssh, 
which some justify lawful, becanse desring 
not changing the complexion." Ben Jonion, 
ed.Giiford, iv. 95. 
TALDE. Counted. (J.S.) 

The gold thane on hit mantlUe thay laMt, 
And tlUe byme-aelfenethay gane It fUde. 

TALE. (1) To relate tales; to teU. Somenet. 
Old writers term any discourse a tale. 
And namely whan they taltn longe. 
My aorowit thanne ben to itionge. 

MS, Cantab, Ff. U. 3B, f. 61. 

Whan tHey thit ttraunge veitel tyje. 
The tone therof hath epokeand MM. 

GoiMr. MS, Soe. Amtiq. 1S4. t ». 

(2) An account, or reckoning. L^.-S.) To pre 
no tale, to make no account <a. 

There b to mudie torowe and bale. 
And many peynet oute of tmi«. 
Though allc men that evere had wittc^ 
And y-lemed hadde alle holy writle, 
Thel ooude not tdle it In her lore 
The poyaei that there ben evermore. 

JfS.^d^. 11905, r.«. 

Goodt in and out, which dayly thipt doe f^aig ht. 
By guette, by fate, by measure and by weight. 

Ik9lm'9 Workea, 1630, UL A 

(3) Totelia tale, to turn any matter to one's 
profit or advantage. 

(4) To settle in a place ; to be reconciled to sny 
situation. North, 

(5) " A tale of a tub, ehooe ridieule, eonte, de 
cieogne, ehanion de rieoehe,** HowelL 

TALENGE. A longing for anything. 
TALENT. (1) A talon. An old form. 

(2) Desue ; inclination ; lust ; taste. 
See the example given in v. Jfyrone, 

There he went to the kynge, 
Tliat had grete yoye of hyt comyng ; 
Sylvyr and golde he had hym aentc, 
Thenof had Gye no talemf, 

MS. Cantab. Ff . iL 99, f. IS. 

And gefe the tike theroffto ete everi day a ipoD* 

fulle, and hit tchalie do away the dett fh> his bette, 

and make hym talent to ete. MS, Med. Hjte. m. Can, 

(3) Perhaps as tablet, q. v. ** These talents of 
their hair,'' Collier's Shakespeare, viiL 551, 
where the term seems to be wrongly explsined. 
Malone says, " lockets consistiiig of hsir 
platted and set in gold." 

The talenu of golde were on her head aatte. 

Hanged low downe to her kneei 
And everye ring on her tmall flnger 

Shone of the chryttall free. lamp Betmere, S7- 
TALENTER. A hawk. Middleton, v. 165. 
TALE-PIE. AteU-tale. North, 
TALE.WIS. Wise in tales. {A,-S,) 
TALEWORT. Wild borage. Cferard, 
TALGHE. Fat ; grease ; tallow. 

Of thate redet garte Alexander mak balet, and 
aaoynle thame with terre and iaigka of bettei, and 
badd hit knyghtb row over the water in thate batet. 

Jf&IiiKiain A.L17.f. 44. 

Tak thame thane uppe, and do thame In a panne, 

and do to thame a gud poreyone of tdiepe fa(f*«, 

and Ary thame weletamene. M8. UncMad. f. 

TALIAGE. A tax. iVosyf . Parv. 

TALING. Relating talea. Chaueer. 



(J.-N.) 



TAL 



849 



TAN 



TALISHE. Fabulous. This word ocean in 
PalsgraTe's Acolastus, 4to. 1540. 

TALL. (1) Explained by Janias, '' 6bedient, ob- 
sequious, every way flexible." See the Glos- 
sary to Urry's Chaucer, p. 81. 

(2) Valiant ; bold ; fine ; great. This is a Ycry 
common word in old plays. 
They lesping overboord amidst the billowes. 
We pluckM her up (unsunke) like stout tall fellowi. 

Taylor't Worket, 1690, U. 83. 

TALL-BOYS. High cups or glasses. Grose 

says, bottles or two-quart pots. 
TALLE. To mock. (^.-5.) 

Unarmed were the paiens alle. 
Our folk hem gun to ro/fo. 

Arihour ondMttrUnt p. 9S7- 

TALLEE. ** When they hale aft the sheate of 
maine or fore-sailes, they say, Tallee eft (he 
theaU,'' MS. HarL 6268. Taytia, ReUq. An- 
tiq. L 2. 

TALLICHE. The same as TaUy (6). 

TALJ.it. a hayloft. West, « When the 
prisoner came in he was waicherdt which 
shewed he had not been all night in the 

TALL- MEN. Dice 'so loaded as to come up 

with high numbers. A cant term. 
TALLOW-CAKE. A cake of tallow ; tallow 

made up in the form of a cake. Var. dial, 
TALLOW-CATCH. Same as Keech (2). 
TALLOW-CRAPS. See Craps (1). 
TALLOW-HUED. Pale as taUow. North. 

Burton uses the phrase talhw-fac&d. 
TALLOW-LAFE. Cmiffiarium, MS. Diet. c. 

1500. 

TALL-WOOD. " TaU woode, pact* wodde to 
make byllettcs of, taiUee/' Palsgraye. The 
term is still used in Kent. 

TAI-LY. (1) A term in playing ball, when the 
number of aces on both sides is equal. North, 

(2) To reckon. See Becon's Works, p. 134. 

(3) In counting any articles which are sold by 
the hundred, one is thrown out after each 
hundred ; that is called the taUy, The num. 
ber of tallies of course shows the number of 
hundreds. They are given in to the pur- 
chaser. Hunter, 

(4 ) A kind of small ship. 

(5) A company or division of voters at an elec- 
tion. Somerset. 

(6) Stoutly ; boldly. 

(7) Seemly ; decently ; elegantly. 
TALME. To become dumb ? 

Hur fadur ncre-hande can talmt, 
Soche a sweme hys harte can swalme. 

L« Bone Florence of Jbme, 709. 
I donke upon David, til mi tonge talmet ,- 
1 oe rcndrede nowU si then men bcren palmes t 
Is It abo mlkel sorwe. in song so is In salmes ? 

ReUq. Antiq. 1. 998. 

TALSHIDES. " One pound of white lights, ten 
tabhidee, dght faggotts," Ord. and Reg. 
p. 162, 
TALT. Pitched. 

There was tali many pavyloun 
Of liche sendel and sldatoun. 

Kjfng Aliaaunder, 5234. 
II. 



TALVACB. A kind of buckler or shield, bent 
on each side, and rising in the middle. 
Aither broght unto the place 
A mikel rownd talvace. 

Ywaine and Gmoht, S1S8. 
And after mete thar it was. 
The children plelde at the taltae. 

Bevee qf Hamtoun, p. 145. 

TALWHE. Tallow. Nominale MS. 

TAM. The abbr. of pr. n. Thomasine. 

TA Mara, a compound of spices. 

TAME. (1) To broach or taste liquor. " To 
tame, tap, Vfoi^vm relinere" Coles. 
Nowe to weete ourmouthes tyme wpre, 
This flagette will I tame, yf thou reade us. 

, , _ CJwter Plvye, i. 184. 

(2) To cut ; to divide. West. 

TAME-GOOSE. A fooUsh fellow. "I say cast 
away ; yea, utterly cast away upon a noddy, a 
ninny-hammer, a tame-goose^' The Case is 
Altered^ 4to. Lond. 1605. 

TAMER. A team of horses. Noff. 

TAMINE. A sort of woollen cloth. 

TAMLIN. A miner's tool. Comw. 

TAMMY. Glutinous, or sizy. Cumb, 

TAMPIN. A long pellet. 

Make two stilfe long rowles or tampin* of linnen 
clowtcs. or such like stuffe, sharpe pointed like su- 
ger-Ioves: which tampjiu are called of the physl- 
tians in Latine pesn, and being annointed with the 
ointment aforesaid, thrust them up into the hnrsset 
nostrils, and let them abide therein a pretty whilk ; 
then pul them out, and you shal see such abundance 
of matter come forth at his nose as is mar- 
vellous to behold. 

Toptetre Four-Footed Beaeti, 1C07, p. 372. 

TAMPING-IRON. A tool* used for beating 

down the earthy substance in the charge used 

for blastmg. Comw. 
TAMPION. A piece of wood fitted to the 

mouth of a large gun. *• Tampyon for a gon, 

tampon," Palsgrave, subst. f. 69. 

Unadvisedly gave Are to a peece charged with a 

pellet ittsteede of a tampion, the which lighting on 

the palaice wall, ranne through one of the privie 

lodgtaigs, and did no further harme. 

Lambardee PenmUmlation. 1S96, p. 433. 

TAN. (1) Taken. (A..S.) 

When pese was cryed and day tan, 
Kyng Ardus was a yoyfulle man. 

MS, Cautab, Ft. ii. 38, f. 78. 
Baptem the first is holden than. 
That fUleth at the fonte be ton. 

MS. Sloan. ITQB, t.9L 

(2; To entice. (J..S.) 

Thefende of hellesgayn skylle 
Put in hir a harde wiUe 

Hur fiulur luf to wynne t 
And also temped was that man 
His owne doujter for to Ian, 
To do a dedly synne. 

(3) Then. Far. dial. 

(4) To dun. (5) To beat Far. dial 
(6) A twig, or small switch. Lane. 
TANACLES. A kind of pincers, used formerly 

for torturing. «To pinch or tanade with 
tongs, with pincers or tanacles," Florio. 
p. 552, ed. 161 L 

54 



TAN 



850 



TAP 



V 



TANBASB. To beat ; to straggle. Dewm, 
TANCBL. To beat ; to (log. Derb. 
TANCRBTB. A transcript, or copy. {J,-N.) 
TAN-DAY. The second day of a fair ; a day 

after a fair ; a fair for fun. Wett, 
TANB. (1) One. See Cruke, 
(2) Taken. The same as Tan (1). 

And fudi m ciutome men have iaji« therein* 
That to be drunke is scarce accounted sinne. 

Taylin'9 Work99, 1630, il. 961. 

TAN.FLAWIN6. The taking the bark off the 

oak trees. Suuex. 
TANG. (1) To sound, as a bell. Sometimes, to 
ring or pull a bell. Var, dial, 
A taste, or acrid twang. Dewm. 
The sting of a bee, &c. North. ** A tange 
of a nedyr, act««," MS. Diet. c. 1500. 

(4) The tongue of a buckle, &c. Ea$t, 

(5) To tie. Somenet. 

(6) That part of a knife or fork which passes into 
the haft. West. " A tange of a kiiyfe,j9tra- 
mtu," MS. Diet, c 1500. 

7) The prong of a fork. North, 

8) Sea-weed. North, 

9) Dirt ? " You are in pretty tangs," L c. very 
dirty ; a Norfolk expression. 

It depraves the mind, and leaves that tmng and 

filth upon the intellectuals and affections as is not to 

be washed off without much ado by better counsels. 

A Cap ^f Qraif Hairt/or a Qrfn Head, 1688, p. 66. 

TANGING-NADDER. The large dragon-fly. 
TANGLE. (1) Sea-weed. North, 
(2) To entangle. Paltgrave, 
TANGLESOMB. Discontented ; obstinate ; 

fretful. *' Tanggyl, or firoward, and angry," 

Pr. Parv. MS. HarL 221, f. 177. 
TANGLING. Slatternly ; slovenly. North, 
TANK. (1) According to Willan, a piece of deep 

water, natural or srtifidaL North, 
(2) A blow. Wano, 

3) An idle amusement. West, 

4) Wild parsnip. Gerard, 
Brydswete or tank. Hit hath leves Ijke to hcm- 

lok, and a quite flower. The vertu therof is that 
hit [is] gud to hele the dropcy and bytynge of ve- 
aeroes bestus. MS, Jrundtl 87S, f. 46. 

(5) A hat round at the top, but ascending like a 
sugar-loaf. Holme, 1688. 

TANKARD-BEARER. One who fetched water 
from conduits for the use of the citizens. 
Before the New River was brought to Lon- 
don, the city was chiefly supplied with water 
from conduits. See Ben Jonson, i. 24. " This 
is the manner of carrying water from the con- 
ducts in London to every particular family, 
and is so bom both by men and women on 
their shoulders," Holme, 1€88, iiL 259. 

TANKARD-TURNIP. The long-rooted turnip. 

TANKEROUS. Fretful; cross. EoMt. It is 
sometimes pronounced tankermme, 

TANNIKIN. A name for a Dutch woman. 

Out she would, tucks up her trinkets, like a 
Dutch laiMiariA sliding to market on the ise, and 
away she flings. Armin*9 Nut 9f Nitmiet, 1606. 

TANQUAM. << Tanquam is a feUoVs fellow in 
our Universities, Blount, ed. 1681, p. 638. 

TANS. Prickleba<^. Suffolk. 



I 



TANSAY-CAKE. Was thos made: 
Breke egges la bassyn, and swynge hem 
Do powder of peper therto aaane. 
Then grynde tansay, tho )use owte vrynge. 
To Mynde with tho egges. withowte key^ge. 
In pan or skelet thou shalt hit frye. 
In buttur wele skymm et wyturly. 
Or white grece thou make take therto, 
Gedcr hit on a cake, thenne base thou do 
With platere of tre, and frye hit browse. 
On brodelechcs serve hit thou sdmlle. 
With ftaunolM-mele or other metis widwHo. 

jr&SfaMMl«flLp.lML 

TANST. A dish very common in the aeven- 
teenth century. It was thus made : 

BhfW to malre m eery feed tanma. 
Take lA ^ggs, and6 of the whites s beat theaa very 
well { then put In some sugar, and a Utle sack ; 
beat them again, and put about a pint or a little 
more of cream ; then beat them again ; then put in 
the Juice of spinage or of primrose leaves to make it 
green. Then put in some more sugar, if it be not 
sweet enough ; then beat it again a little, and so let 
it stand till you try it, when the first course is in. 
Then f^ It with a little sweet butter. It must be 
stirred and fryed very tender. When it Is fryed 
enough, then put it In a dish, and strew some sn^ar 
upoa i^ and serve it in. 

J 1V«« Geirti««MMM*« DMgki, I6?6. pp. 13-14. 

TANTABLIN. Some dish or tart in cookery, 
mentioned in Taylor's Wori^es, 1630. L 146. 
TaniadHni, apple-dumplings, Heref. GL 106. 
Forby has tantt^let, a sort of tart in which the 
lAut is not covered by a crust, but fancifully 
tricked and flourished with slender shreds oi 
pastry. A cow>plat, or human ordure, ia 
called -in ridicule a tantadiht, or tamimdlm^ 
tart, 
TANTARA. A confused noise. Far,diaL It 
was formerly applied to the noise of a dnmu 
There's no tantara, sa sa sa, or force. 
Of man to man, or warlike horse to hone. 

Taiflor't fVorktt, 1630. Ifi. eC 

TANTARABOBS. The devU. Devon, 

TANTER. To quarrel. North. 

TANTICKLE. A prickleback. SufoOt. 

TANTLE. To dawdle, or trifle ; to go gently ; 
to attend. North. 

TANTONY-PIG. Set Jnthony-pig. 

TANTONY-POUCH. 

Thou for the edge, and I the point, wiU make 
the foole bestride our mistres backes, and then ha^ e 
at the bagge with the dudgln hafte, that b, at the 
dudgen dagger, by which hangs his teiicente p^urh. 

LUfy, cd. 1638, tig. Aa. ir. 

TANTRELS. Idle persons. North. 

TANTUMS. Affected airs ; insolences ; wMms. 
Far. dial 

TAP. (1) To sole shoes. Weat. 

(2) To change money. North, 

(3) The spigot of a barrel. Far. diaU 

(4) The hare or rabbit was said to teg^^ when 
making a noise at rutting time. 

(5) To t!q> a tree at the root, i. e. to open it 
round aiwut the root. 

TAPART. Of the one part. 
TAPE. A mole. South. 
TAPECERY. T^Kistry. " A brodarer of 
c«yye," Old. and Reg. p. 99. 



TAP 



861 



TAR 



TAPER.BIT. A joiner's tool, thus dMcribed by 
Holme i-^** the ttgjer-bii is for the making of 
a small hole widei and larger, being in the 
mouth half round, whose edges are shaip, and 
bj reason of its being taper as it goeth into a 
hole with the small end, and is turned about 
therein, the edges cut it wide hj taking 
shavings or pairings from the hole side/' 
TAPERIE. Tapers. Ord. and Reg. p. 1 16. 
TAPER.LADDER. A kind of smaU rack having 

one end broader than the other. 
TAPES. Bands of linen ; pieces of lace such as 

form chequer-work, &c. {A,'S.) 
TAPET. A hanging cloth of any kind, as tapes- 
try, the cloth for a sumpter-horse, &c. ^ Tap- 
pet, a clothe, tappU" Palsgrave. The term 
vi as applied metaphorically to the foliage of 
trees. 

Eke godely Flora, the goddet, ys to gay, 

Hath on her tapUu sondr^ hewei lene 

Of fressh flourei that to welle browded bene, 

ITS. Qifi/a&. Ff. 1. 6, f. 11. 
To John Vere, Earl of Oxford, seven tapptts of 
coiinterfeit arras of the story of Solomon. 

Tut, re(if«r.p.674. 
TAP-HOUSE. A tavern, or inn. 

Their aenaei are with blacke damnation drunke, 
Whoce heart Is Satana tap-houM or his inne. 

ToffUn't Workn, 1030, L 3. 

TAPILLE. A taper. 

To sJgnlfye whoso wUle be dene. 

If uste oflVe a tapUle togedir made of thre. 

Ufdgaft MS, Soe, Jintiq, 134, f. 29. 

TAPINAGE. Secret skulking. (A.^N.) 
Ryjtso thy newe tapinag^ 
Of Lollardye goth iaboute 
To sette Cristis feythe In doute. 

Gouw, MS. Soe, Antiq, 134, 1 138. 

TAFISBD. Lurked; lay hid. Heame. 

TAPISER. A maker of topeittry. (^..iNT.) 
^ Tappyssery worke, tapisseriet' Palsgrave. 

TAPITE. The same as Tapetj q. v. 

TAPITER. The same as Tapiser, q.v. See 
Davies' York Records, Append, p. 235. 

TAP-LASH. Bad small beer. Var. dial. Also, 
the refuse or dregs of liquor. 
Hie garments stunke most sweetly of his vomit, 
Fac*d with the tap-lath of strong ale and wine, 
Which from his riav*ring chaps doth oft decline. 

TapUn'* WorkM, IG3(), ill. 5. 

T APLEY. Early in the morning. Sjem. 

TAPLINGS. The strong double leathers made 
fast to the ends of each piece of a flail. 

TAPPE. (I) To tap; to beat? 

And your foot ye tapptfn and ye daunce, 
Thogh hit the fryskyst horse were In a towne. 

Jlf& FMrftis 18. 

(2) 

I eroase oat all this t adewe, by Saynt Johan t 

I take my tappe in my lappe, and am gone. 

MoraUtp of Botrp'Man, p. 63. 

TAPPER. An innkeeper. North, 

TAPPI8. To lie close to the ground, said of 

partridges and game. EoMt 
TAPPY. To hide or skulk, as a deer. 
TAPPY-LAPPY. In haste, with the coat-Ups 

flying behind through speed. 



Nanny Bell's crying out: I Just gat a gliff o 
Oweorge runnln', tappp-lappy, tot the howdey. 

TAPS. The round pipes or cells in a beehive 
which are made for the queen-bee. 

TAP-SHACKLED. Intoxicated. 

TAPSTERE. A woman who had the care of the 
tap in a public-house, or inn. In Shake- 
speare's time, a man or woman who drew the 
beer was called the tapster. 

TAPTRE. Cenida, elipcidra, MS. Diet. c. 1500. 

TAPULL. Part of ancient armour, mentioned 
in HaU's Union, 1548, Hen. IV. f. 12. 
Meyrick conjectures it to be the projecting 
edge of the cuirass. 

TAP-WARE. A wisp of straw or bottle of has- 
ket-work to put within side the tap-hole in a 
brewing or other straining vessel. 

TAR. (1) There. Sevyn Sages, 207 

(2) A childish word fat farewell 

TARAGE. Appearance? 

In every part the tarage is the same, 
Llche his fisder of mauerli and of name. 

MS. IHgtp 898, t I. 

TARATANTARA. The sound of trumpets. 

TAR-BARELLE. A combustible missile used 
in ancient warfare. 

With bowes schot and with arblast. 
With tarbaMlle and with wllde fyre. 

jrS.i«rfdtt. lOOW, f. 84. 

TARBLE. Tolerable. fVeet. A.]mo tarbluh. 

TAR-BOX. (1) A box used by shepherds for car- 
rying tar, used for anointing sores in sheep, 
for marking them, and for other purposes. 
Tarre boystef Chester Plays, L 125. 

Sheapherds, leave singing your pastorall sonnetts. 
And to leame complements shew your endeavours ! 

Cast of for erer your twoe shillings bonnetts. 
Cover your coxcombs with three pounds heaven. 

Sell earte and tarrboxe new coaches to buy. 

Then, «< good your worshipp,** the vulgar will cry. 

MS, Addit, «S8, f. SUft. 

(2) A term of contempt. 
TARDLE. To entangle. Dortet. 
TARDRY. Immodest ; bawdy. Sast. 
TARE. (1) Eager; brisk. Herrf, 
(2) Tom. Vocab. MS. xv. Cent. 
TAREFITCH. ** Tarefytche, a come, htpyn,'* 

Palsgrave, subst. f. 69. 
TARGE. (1) A shield. (J,-N.) 
Tho that sufflr so her wyfcs, God let hem never thryf, 
Hyt makyth hem to ley to wed bothe bokolar and 
targe. MS, Laud. 416, f. 74. 

I wolde sey thee ylt a worde of the targe, Ther 
is no wight weel armed ne wight defended ne kepte 
withowten taarge, for the taarge defendethe the 
tother hameys from empeyring ; by hit isboothe the 
body and the toother hemeys ekepte withouten 
enpeyriug. Romance of the Monk, Sion College MS, 
A liter I tooke the gaynepaynes and the swerd 
with which I guide me^ and sithe whane I was thai 
armed, I putte the targe to my syde. 

Ba m o H ee of the Monk, SUm College MS, 

(2) To tarry; to delay. Also, delay. 

Otuwd, withoute targing, 
Answerede Kamifees the king. 

Romance ^ Otuet, p. 79* 

(3) " Targe or chartyr, cartas** Pr. Parv. 
TAR-ORASS. ^nild vetch. Staff. 



TAR 



852 



TAR 



TARIB. ToproTOke;tobetrty. 

TARIER. A terrier. Paitffrave. 

TARING. Grett ; noisy ; blustering. Weit. 

TARKY. Dark. Ray gives this as a Suffolk 
word, but it does not seem to be now used. 

TARLETHER, A term of contempt. 

TARLETTE. A tartlet Pegge. 

TAR-MARL. String saturated in tar. Lmt. 

TARMINGER4 Harbinger. A corruption. 

TARMIT. A turnip. East. 

TARN. (1) A lake. North, " Riseth out of a 
lake or tame," Harrison's England, p. 95. 

It appears they had gone early on Saturday morn- 
ing to angle In the mountain tarn of Hayiwater, 
whkh abounds with Ibh of an excellent flavour, and 
it Is coqjeetured that they sat theouelves down in 
tha midst of a heavy snow storm, and being over- 
come by dfovslnesa, had sunk into sleep and fallen 
victims to the iuclemenqr of the day. 

NesoqM^ar Pmragraph, 1846. 

(2) Fierce ; ill-natured. Cumb. 

TARNATION. A common oath. 

TARNS. (1) A girl, or wench. 

As sengle luiaTe and sengia tame. 
Whan they synne togedyr jame. 

ir$.ilari.l701. f.49. 

(2) Tore ; razed. 

The spare awey feyre dud glyda, 
Hyt tame hys skynne in manere. 
He thoght hyt eame a lytuU to nere. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. U. 98, f. 102. 

TARNEL. Much; equal. South. 
TAROCKS. See Terreatriai-Triumphs, 
TAROTS. A game at cards. TaroU are said to 
be cards with printed or dotted backs. " Will 
you play at tables, at dyoe, at tarottt and 
chesse ?"---The French Alphabet, Svo. Lond. 
1615, p. 148. 

TARPB. 

Ha toke out thabfodetarpe. 

Robin Hood, i. 68. 

TARR. To vex ; to disquiet 
TARRA-DIDDLED. Imposed upon, generally 

by lies ; puzzled ; bewildered. fVett. 
TARRANT. A crabbed fcUow. York»h. 
TARRAS. A terrace. Arch. z. 422. 
TARRET. To tarry. North. 
TARRIANCE. Abode; delay. «*Taryaunce, 
abyding, demourance; taryaunce, termyne, 
aitente, attention^ arrett/* Palsgrave. 
Where hearts be knit, what helpa» if not fa^oy ? 
Delay breeds doubts, no cunning to be coy : 
Whilst lasie Time his tume by tarrianee serves. 
Love still growes sickly, and Hope dally starves. 
Dra^ton't Poenu, ed. 1637, P< 2BB. 

TARR-ON. " To excite to anger or violence, is 
still used in Cheshire. It is a good old word, 
used by Wicliffe in his Path Waye to Perfect 
Knowledg; and also in a MS. translation of 
the Psalms by Wicliffe, penes me : * They have 
terrid thee to ire,' " WUbraham, p. 112. 

TAR-ROPE. Rope-yam. Noff. 

TARS. Tharsia, a country adjoining Cathay. 
Cloth qf Tars, a species of silken stuff for- 
merly much esteemed. 

In togcs of Tame fulle richelye attyryde. 

Mturte Arthwte, M8. Uneoln, f. 87* 

TARSE. Mentula ; virga. (A.-S.) 



Nov 5a ipaka of a mtw. 

In alle tha warld is not a wane 

Thane hatha my hoabood. 

MS. Pprkingtan 10, xr. Cent. 

TARSEL. The same at Tercel, q. v. 

TARST, Erst? 

Tho taret blgan Godrich to go 
Upon the Dansbe, and fkste to sloi. 



TARTAR. (1) Tartarus, or hell. 

(2) A covetous, greedy person. North, 

TARTARET. The passenger-hawk. 

TARTARIAN. A thiefc Naret. 

TARTARIN. A kind of silk. WMte iarfa- 
rone is mentioned in Ord. and Reg. p. 123. 

Item, two quiahiona of counterfeit arras with my 
Lords armes s alsoe two palre of curtalnes of green 
tartarin. Teet. Vetuet, p. 453, 

TARTARY. Tartarus ; helL 

TART-STUFF. Was thus made : 

To a dosen pound of prunes take half a doaenof 
Maligo raisins, wash and pick tham clean, and pat 
them into a pot of water ; set them over the fire till 
all these are like pulp, and atir them often lest tbcy 
bum to; then take them off, and let them be rubbed 
through a hair slve hard with your hands, by Utile 
and litUe, UU all be through : then season tbem to 
your taste with searced ginger. 

A T^me Gentiewoman*s Dettghi, I676, p. 14. 

TAR-VETCHES. Tares. South. 
TARVY. To struggle ; to get free. Cormif. 
TAS. A mow of com. Kent. « Tasse of come 

or other lyke, tame,^* Pr. Parv. 
TASE. Takes. (A.-S.) 

He ta$e the rynge and the apere, 
Stirttes up appone the mere, 
Fro the moder that hym beie 
Forthe ganne he ryde ! Peneaal, ASA. 

TASEE. Chisp ; fibula. Gawayne. 
TASELL. A teazel. " Cardo, a thysteUe or n 

tasell,'' Nominale MS. 
TASES. ** BatticuU, the tases or bases that 

horsemen use behind/' Florio, p. 57. 
TASH. (1) To bespatter; to splash. NorilL 
(2) Fretful ; froward. Dunelm. 
TASK. (1) " Taske in workyng stynt, tache/* 
Palsgrave. (2) ** Taske that a price gadereth, 
ttttttc,** ibid. 
TASKED. In full work. North. 
TASKER. A thrasher. In some places, a reaper 
is so called. It is an archaism in the first 
sense. " Triiurator, a tasker," Nomi- 
nale MS. XV. Cent. 
TASKS. Flax on the distaff. 
TASK-WORK. Work taken by the piece. 
TA SPE. To pant ; to beat ; to palpitate. 
TASSAKER. A cup, or goblet. 
TASSE. (1) A heap. (^.-M) 

Ther lay of palcns man! tasee. 
Wide and side, more and lasse. 

Arthaur and JtfeHte, p. Mft. 
A povere man, whiche Bardus hyjte, 
Cam forth walkynge with his asse. 
And hadde gadxid him a tatse 
Of grene stikkis and of drye. 

GotMT, MS. Soe. AnHq. 154, f. 1511. 
Thou ridcst up, a sely asee, 
ATefOfS the develas grydy Aum. 

Jf9.ifddll. 11907. f. OS. 



TAT 



853 



TAV 



^) A cap; a dish. Var.dimL 
^») To dirty; to splash. Ntfrth. 
r ASSBL. (1) The male of the goss-hawk. 

So she, by going the further aboat, comes the 
Dccrer home* and by casting out the lu7e> makes the 
Uu$ta gentle come to her fist. 

Tavlot't Worftet, 1C9Q, IL SS. 

\ 2) A silly person. North, 

TASSBL.BUR. A thistle. Palsgrave. 

TASSELED. Adorned with tassels. 

TASSELETS. Small tassels. Harrison, p. 160. 

TASSES. Armour for the thighs. It is ex- 
plained in the Unton Inventories, *' flaps of 
armour attached to the hottom of the breast- 
plate." See Hall, Henry IV. f. 12. 

TASSET. An ill-behaved woman. I>erby. 

TASSEY. A mischievous child; a silly fellow. 
North. 

TAST. Touched; felt; examined. 

The maiden test Homes wuunde. 
The kiQges doubter, in thatstnunde. 

Horn CMlde and Maiden HimnHd, p. 909. 

TASTE. (1) To smell. North. 

(2) To touch or enter upon a subject. 

TASTOUR. *« Tastour, a lytell cuppe to tast 

wyne, taste agoutter le vm" Palsgrave. 
TASTRILL. A cunning rogue. North. 
TAT. (1) To entangle. North. 

(2) Dad ; father. A child's term. Tatta is some- 
times heard. S^ff'olh. 

(3) To touch gently. Hants. 

(4) That. Lane. 

TATARWAGGES. Perhaps the same as tatter- 
wailqps, explained, by Brockett, "ragged clothes 
fluttering in the wind." 

And with graie clothis nat full dene. 
But freltld full of tatarwaggee. 

Romaunt qf the Roee, 781 1. 

TATCHE. The same as Taehe^ q. v. 
TATE. (1) To tilt ; to overturn. West. 
(2) A small lock of hair, wool, &c. North. 
TATELING. Stammering. 
^ TATBR. A potato. Tater^rap, a trap for 
potatoes, L e. the mouth. Var. dial. Potatoes 
are often termed taties. Tatie-and-point, a 
g^od meal of potatoes, the meat being pointed 
at in imagination. To settle amy one*s taters, 
equivalent to settle his hash. Tater-dropping, 
planting potatoes. 
TATH. (1) Taketh. 

For he therof his parte ne tatht 
But kepeth to another that be hath. 

Gmoer, MS. Soe. jintiq. 131, f. 127. 

(2) Luxuriant grass growing about the dung of 
animals. Also, to manure land by pasturing 
cattle upon it. 

TATHER. To lay out any kind of work. 
Tathermg-ehmn^ a chain by which work is 
laid out and planned. Sedop. Antiq. 

TATHT-GRASS. Coarse refuse grass. North. 

T ATS. False dice. A cant term. 

TATTER. (1) Cross ; peevish. Kent. 

(2) To stir actively and laboriously. East. 

3) To make a fool of any one. Midx. 

4) To chatter, or gabble. Pr.Parv. Tatterer, 
a female scold. Norf. 



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TATTERDEMALLION. A ragged feUow. 

The pox and piles shall reverence thee: one Are 
strikes out another ; and whole families shall main- 
taine their tatterdentallUms, with hanging thee out 
in a string. 

BrathwaMe SntoaJHng Age^ ]617> p. 147. 
I have carried a great many in my wherry, males 
and females, fk-om the silken whore to the pitifull 
poor tatterderngMon that ha%'e had forty times more 
whipcord given them for nothing. 

Poor R(/frin'« VUione, 1677, p- 73. 
TATTERWALLOPS. See Tatarwagges. 
TATY. (1) A board or pole, resting, in the mid- 
dle only, on some elevated place, and ba- 
lanced BO that two persons, one sitting on 
each end, may move up and down alternately 
by striking the ground with the feet. 
(2) Fit ; suitable. North. 
TAUBASE. Unruly behaviour. West. 
TAUCKNET. A small cannon? 

Thy Ikkens, tamdcnHM, minions all, 
Arow thou hast than layde. 

Gaulfrido and Bamard^t 1570. 
TAUGHT. Tight. Var. dial 
TAUGHTE. Delivered up. {A.-S.) 

He taughte hym sone to the Itiste, 
Ther he alle the golde wlite. Perceval, 9IC9. 
TAUKE. TYitYiGthdaucusasminus. 
TAUM. (1) To faint with sickness ; to fall gently 

to sleep. North. 
(2) A fishing-line. Yorksh. 
TAUNT. (1) A certain quantity. 

Good ale he doth so tiaunt. 
And drynke a due fottnt. 

DocMir OouMftf Ate, n. d. 

(2) To teaze ; to importunate. East. 

(3) Lofty; loftily masted. /. Wight. 
TAUNTLING. Tossing the head. Line. "There 

she was, turtling and tauntttng." 
TAUNTONS. Akindot broad cloths made at 

Taunton in Somersetshire. 
TAURD. Towards? 

Rijt so fares^he foule fynde. 

Sen he woPbonden soo ; 
He berkes and grennes tavrd men, 
Bot he ne may nojt doo. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ▼. 48, f. 81. 

TAURE. The constellation Taurus. 
TAUTE. Gave? (A.-S.) 

On him this shome me haveth speken. 

Leve Nelde, bi-lef al this ; 

Me thinkech that thou art onwls. 

The roon that me to the tauie. 

He weate that thou hous touhest saute. 

MS. ntgbv 88. 

TAU5T. Behaved ; mannered. Gawagne. 
TAVE. (1) To kick; to fidget about, especially 

with the feet ; to rage. Var. dial. It occurs in 

the History of Beryn, 1327. 
(2) To work up plaster, &c. Cumb. 
TAVELL. " An instrument for a sylke woman 

to worke with," Palsgrave. 
TAVERN. (1) A cellar. Yorksh. 
(2) The tavern bitch has bit him in the head, i. e. 

he is tipsy. 
TAVERNER. The keeper of a tavern. 

Ryght as off a faoemsre. 

The greene busche that hiingcth out 

Is a sygne, it is no dowte, 



TE 



854 



TEA 



Outward llblkyi flbr to telle 
That within it wyne to telle. 

MS» OMfOfi. Ttbtr. A. tU. f.TS* 

Marj«atthe dore even hereby, 
Yf we call any thynge on hye, 
The toMTiwr wyll uuwere. 

Interlude of the «(/. Klewmttt, B. d. 

TAVERN6ANGE. Jttademio, MS. Diet c. 

1500. 
TAVERN-TOKEN. A token coined by a tavern- 
keeper. To swallow a tavern token, was a 
cant phiise for being tipsy. See the Honeat 
Wbore, i 4. 
TAYORT. Half a bushel Sunex, 
TAW. (1) To dress hemp, or leather. 

And whlltt that they did nimbly apln* 
The hempe he needs mutt tmw. 

AoMn Gooiftllow, p. 88. 

(2) To soften, or make snpi^e. 

(3) A whip. North. 

(4) A large choice marble. 

(5^ To twist ; to entangle. North. 

(6) To tie ; to fasten. Somerset. 

TA W.BESS. A slatternly woman. North, 

TAWDERIED.UP. Finely dressed. Unc. 

TAWDRY. (1) Tawdry laee, a kind of fine lace 
alluded to by Shakespeare, Spenser, &c. "Taw- 
dry. lace, >S»i6rt« mm din ii eemetm Etketdredm 
enqttat* Coles. 

(2) A rural necklace. Drayton. 

TAWE. Tow. (^..&) 

TAWER, (1) Aftergrass. Doreet. 

(2) A leather-dresser. Var. dioL 

TAWL. To stroke, or make smooth. We$t, 

TAWLINGS. The mark from which boys shoot 
in playing at marbles. South. 

TAWNY. AbuUfinch. Somereet, 

TAWNY-MEDLY. Tanny mesley, Palsgraye. 

TAWS. A piece of tanned leather. North. 

TAWSTOCK-GRACE. Finis. Devon. 

TAXAGE. Taxation. M % Diet. c. 1500. 

TAXERS. Two officers yearly chosen in Cam- 
bridge to see the true gage of all weights and 
measures. Blount. 

TAX- WAX. The same as Faxwax, q. v. 

TAYE. To manure land. "Tayng of lond, 
ruderaeio, ttercoriza,^* Pr. Parv. At f. 186 it 
is spelt taym, "taym londe with schepys 
donge." 

TAYLARD. A term of reproach. 

TAYSED. Driven ; harassed. Gawayne. 

TAYTB. (1) 

There he levede in a ia^fte 
Bothe hii modir and his gayteb 

PtrctmH, 8S3. 
(2) Plump ; fiit ? Syr Gawayne, p. 52. 
TAZZY. A mischievous child. North. 
TA3TE. Taught. {A.^S.) 

And bygynne, as I fer fojftf. 
At BinUi modo even strajte. 

jr& CWfen. CZand. A. iL f. 150. 

TE. (1) To. Yorieh. 

(2) To go ; to draw to. (A.-S.) 

But she aunsweryd hyn ay In haste. 
To none hot Launoelot wold she te. 

MS. Harl. 9262, f. 100. 



The devel hcvede w ■mche powt^ 
That all* aooatea toheiie «f. 

HarrmBbig ^ Bell, p. U 
Never eft y nil no woman se. 
Into wUdcnies I chil fe. 
And live ther cTermore 
With wyUe bestas in holtes bore. 

Sir On>h*0, td.Ubit Qi 

(3) To tug ; to pun. {A.'S.) 

In the toun he herd belles ring. 
And loude crie and miche wcpefaig, 
Clothes to ten, her to to. 
More aorwe no might non be. 

(4) Thee. Amis and Amiloun, 1599. 
TEA. (1) The one. North. 

(2) Too ; likewise. Yorikeh. 

(3) To take tea. Far. dioL 

TEAD. A torch. This word is used leTcnl 
times by Spenser. 

Now's the glad and cfaeerc^ll day, 
Phobtts doth his beames display. 
And the faire teide forth to lead 
Makes his torch their nuptial tootf. 

Hegwood^B Marriage 'Mnmfh, 103. 

TEADY. Tired; peevish. North. 
TEAGLE. A crane for lifting goods. North. 

TEAGS. 

All ye that love, or who pretends. 

Come listen to my sonnet; 
Black-baggs or visards, who have friends, 

Or English teafjfi or bonnets. FW(r in Aial, MS7. 
TEAK. A whitlow. Somerset. 
TEAKERS. A running of watery matter from 

a sore. Northumb. 
TEALIE. A tailor. Lane. 
TEAM. (1) A tandem. Var. dial. 

(2) A Utter of pigs. Kent. Brockett hss tern, 
a brood of young ducks. A.-S. team. It is a 
common archaism, spelt ieme. 

(3) Empty. Yorkth. 

(4) An ox-chain in harness. North. 

(5) " A teame beast, everie beast that drawetb 
or beareth burdens," Baret, 1580. 

TEAM-BANDS. The same as <S/ar/.cAaiM, q. v. 
TEAMER. (1) A team of five horses. Noif. 
(2) To pour out copiously. East. 
TEAMERMAN. A waggoner, carter, or driver 
. ofateamer. Notf. 
TEAM-FULL. Brimful. North. 
TEANT. It is not. Var. dial 
TEAP. A peak, or point. Somerset. 
TEAR. (1) To go fast. far. diat, 
(2) To break, or crack. West. 
TEAR-A-CAT. To rant violently. 
TEARING. Great; rough; topping; noiiy; 

blustering; hot-headed. Var.dUd. 
TEARN. (1) The tea-awaRow. Arch. ziiL 352. 

(2) They were. Lame. 

(3) To compare ; to liken. Yorksh. 
TEART. Sharp ; severe ; painful. Wert. 
TEAR-THE-MOOR. "To tear the moor," 

says Urry, in his MS. additions to Ray, *" about 
Hungerford signifies to gett roaiin^y drank. 
They tore the moor bitterly." 
TEARY. Weak and thin. Dorset. Thistenn 
is gcnei-ally applied to plants. 



TBB 



855 



TBE 



TEASBR. (1) A IdBd of hoimd. 

(2) Anything which cauei trooble. F«r. dioL 

TEATA. Too maeh. North. 

TEATH. Tithe. NorHL 

Theiibro* of mil that I htva woniM 
Togere thee ttath I wU begine. 

GthM<«r Platre, 1. 58. 

TEATHE. The dang of cattle. Naif, 
TEATHT. Peevish ; crabbed. Yor/lrth. 
TEATISH. The same as Teaihy, q. y. 

Lightly, hee U an olde man, (for those yearea are 
most «ay ward and teatM) yet be he never so olde or 
■0 ftoward, ainoe aTarlce Ukewiae is a felloir vice of 
those fraile yearesy we must set one extreame to 
strive with another, and alay the anger of oppression 
by tho sweet inoense of a newe purse of angels. 

Nash's Pierce PmnUtsst, U08. 
TEATT.WAD. The same at Sugar-ttat, q. t. 
TEAUP. A tup, or ram. North, 
TEAVE. The same as Twe (1). 
TEAWSE. To pull, or ruffle. Lane. 
TEBLE. Qu. an error for treble T 
Theopbanos for God in telle wyse 
Therinne apperld, as je have herde devyse. 

Ufdgale^ MS. Soc Anti^ 134, f. S5. 

TECHE. (1) To teach. {A,.S.) 

(2) To intrust ; to appoint to. 

TECHY. Peevish ; cross ; touchy. South. 

TECKEN. Taken; took. Line. 

TECTLY. Covertly; secretly. 

TED. (1) To spread hay. '<I teede hey, I 

toume it afore it is made in cockes, Je fene" 

Palsgrave. Still in use. 
(2) To turn flax when it has been laid on the 

ground to dry. Wat. 
Ci) To burn wood-fires. Line. 

(4) To be ordered to do anything. Exm. 

(5) The nickname for Edward, 

TEDDER. live within thy tedder, i. e. live 

within thy bounds. Tusser, p. xxiii. 
TEDDING.POLE. The long stick used for 

tumii^ or tedding flax. West. 
TEDDY. Edward. Var. dioL 
TEDY. Tedious ; vexatious. North. 
TEE. (1) The same as Te (2). 

Telle me the tyme when hyt schall bee. 
When thou schall to hevene tee. 

MS. Cantab. Vt. H. 38, f. 33. 
Of grete age schal he nojt be 
Oateofthys worldc whan he schal tee. 

MS. UarU 8390, f. 33. 
(2) To tie. North. 

TEE.DRAW. A place of resort. North. 
TEE-FALL. A mode of building in the pent- 

house form, common in Northumberland. 
TEE-HEES. Laughters. *' Ye tee-heeing pixy,'' 
Exmoor Scolding, ed. 1839, p. 6. 

For an the tee-hme that have been broke by men 
of droll, or dirt that baa been thrown Arom daring 
ipighL 

Mklrftu, JBMft and Selv^dgt qf the World, 1874. 

TEEHOLB. The passage in a hive through 
which the bees pass in and out. East. 

TEEHT. A lock of wool, flax, &c. Cumb. 

TEE-IRON. An instrument for drawing the 
lower box in the barrel of a pump. 

TEEL. (1) To place anything in a leaning posi- 
tron against a wall, &c. Witts. 



(2) To give. IMwm. 

(o) To set a trap. Dewm. 

(4) To sow and harrow in seed. West, 

TEELED. Buried. Cornw. 

TEEM. (1) To pour oat. Var. dial 

(2) To unload a cart. Yorksh, 

(3) To cause ? to contrive ? 

Ah, said he, thou hast confessed and bewrayed all i 
I could teeme It to rend thee in peeces t with that 
she was afraid, and wound away, and got her Into 
companie. GiJffMCe Dialogue on Witehea, 1803L 

Alas, man, I could teeme it to go, and some coun- 
sell me to go to the man at T. B. and some to the 
woman at R. H. And between them both, I have 
llngred the time, and feare I may be spoiled before I 
get remedie. G{ffordCe Dialogue on Witches, 1608. 

(4) To bring forth young. Teeminff-woman, a 
prolific woman. North. 

TEEMING. Overfiowing. 

Discard thatduloess; why should soft delight 
Be so oppos'd i why so should love affVight 
Thy tender mind, which reemlnf youth requires? 
Why should dull ponderings drink up those desires ? 

History qf Joseph, 1609. 

TEEMONEER. A sea term, in common use it 
would appear among the Woodbridge seamen, 
and probably elsewhere, meaning, it is be« 
Ueved, the man on the look-out. Moor's 
Suffolk MS. 

TEEN. (1) To light a candle. Var. dial Her- 
rick uses teend, to light or kindle. 

(2) Angry. Also as tene^ q. v. 

(3) To shut ; to close ; to change. West. Also, 
to hedge or inclose a field. 

(4) Taking. Chesh. 

TEENAGE. The longer wood to make or mend 
hedges with. Kennett. In some places it is 
called teenet. 
TEEN-LATHE. A tithe-bam. North. 
TEENS. In her teens, i. e. more than twelve 
years old, thirteen, fourteen, &c. 

That powder'd girl in blooming teens, ■ 
How roelloW^and how fine I 

Caps Well Fit, Newc. 1785, p. IS. 

TEENY. (1) Tiny ; very smaU. North. 
(2)Fretful ; peevish ; fractious. Lane. 
TEER. (1) Tar ; resin ; balsam. (J.-S.) 

Men fyndeth lumpes on the sand 

Of teer, no finer in that land. 
Cursor Munii, MS. Cott. TVin. Cantab, t. IB. 

(2) " Teerc of flowre, amohm^** Pr. Parv. 

(3) To daub with clay. North. Hence a day 
vfall is sometimes called a teer-waU. 

TE-ERE. A contraction of " this year," often 
used for yet. " I have not seen it te-ere." 
Herefordsh. 

TEERE. To plaster between rafters. Lane. 

TEE-RING. A ring on the shaft of a waggon 
or cart, through which the tie of the tlull- 
horse is put to enable him to draw. 

TEERY. Full of tears? In Warwickshire, the 
term teery means smeary, moist, adhesive, 
as the ground is after a frost. 

But these thlnges overpast. If of your health and myne 

You have respect, or pitty ought my feery weeping eyen. 

Aomeitt and Juliet, 156i. 

TEERY-LERRY. The note of the lark. 



TEJ 



856 



TBM 



The lark* that maay inorB«f heradfe makea in«rr j 
With the thrill chantiB^ of her <Mry-f«rry. 

Brownt^B BritumWt FaatmraU, L 140. 

TEES. Iron holdfuts in the shape of the top 
of the letter T, pendant on short chains from 
the seels of a horse's collar, or from the thill- 
hells. They are thrust, one end first, through 
staples on the shafts. Moor. 
TEEST. A Tcssel for refining silver. 
At golde in ryre It fynid by uny. 
And at the t«tm lylver It depurid. 

l^dgau, MS. Soe. Jntt^. 134, f. 7. 

TEETHWARD. " He is clarke to the teetJU 
ward, he hath eaten his service book ; spoken 
in mockage by sach as maketh shew of learn- 
ing and be not learned/' HoUyband's Dic- 
tionarie, 1593. 

TEETY. Fretiiil ; firactious. North. 

TEPFIGIES. Effigies. " The teffigies and coun- 
terfait," Honours Academic, 1610, ii. 9. 

TEFT. Thesameas//e/Jf, q.v. 

TEG. A sheep in its second year. /or. dial. 
'' A teg or sheepe with a little head and wool! 
under it's belly,'* Florio, p. 32. Palsgrave 
applies the term to a young deer, ** tegge or 
pricket, taittant/* properly the doe in its se- 
cond year. Skelton seems to apply the term 
to a woman. 

TEGH. Went. (J.-S.) 

Beret to the hort ttf^ / 

Tho the hors him knew and leyh. 

Bam* of Hamtoun, p. 88. 

TEGHELL-STANE. A tile-stone. (A.-S.) 

If thu wenei the fever tal uk the man or the 
morae ; tak on the even before a gude fatte ele, and 
do hital qwhik in a lltel poceoet fUl of gude wyne, 
and cover hit wele with a teghellttatu that hit gaught 
oute, and lat hit be iwa all nyght. 

lUliq. Antiq, L M. 

TEIGHTE. Promised. See Chester PUys, i. 95. 

It is, perhaps, an error for keighte. 
TEIL. • To procure, or obtain. (^.-5.) 
Go tejfl thi mete with iwynk and twoot 
Into thi lyvyi ende. Cownhy Miftteriet, p. 30. 
TEILE. The birch tree. {Lai.) According 

to Junius, the lime tree was so called. 
TEINE. Seems to signify a narrow, thin plate 
of metal. Tyrwhitt's Gl. p. 249. 
I tay, he tokeout of hit owen tleve 
A ttlne oftilver, yvel mote hecheve. 

Otauoer, Cant. T. 10093. 

TEINTEN. To die. (A.^N.) 
TEISE. ( 1) A fathom. (Fr.) 

In me pritoun thow ichelt abide. 

Under tberthe twenti teUe. 

Beoet tff Hamimtn, p. 80. 

(2) To pull to pieces with the fingers. 
TEISIL. " TeysyU, chardon,'* Palsgrave. 
TEITE. Quick; speedy. {^A,^S.) 

The laddet were kiitke and <«yf«. 
And un-bl-yeden him ilkon. Hmvdok, 1841. 
TEITHE. Tithe. Nominale MS. 
Teche hem alto welle and greythe 
How they ichule payc here te^he. 

MB. Cotton. Claud. A. H. f. 131. 

TE JUS. Very. This word is of extensive use. 
T^K* good, te^ bad, t^w quick, te^ slow, 
&c Sbusser. It is sometimes used for tedious. 



TEK. ** Tek or lytylle towche, Iwtete," Pr. 

Par?. MS. HaiL 221, 1 178. 
TEKE. A tick. Nominale MS. 
TEKEN. To betoken; to note; to mnk; is 

observe. {J.-S.) 
TEKYL. Ticklish. 

Of hire tayle oftetymebe lyght, 
* And rygh ukwl uadyr the too. 

GDMii«ryJf|aCtri0«,p. Ui 

TELARY. Pertaining to weaving. 
TELDE. (1) A tent ; a habiUtion. (A.S,) 
And toke ther lawacya and therihdd», 
And leyde them upon the Mim. 

MS. Oamtab. ft. IL «, CflO. 
Alle that ttode on ilk a tyde 
Hade Joye to ee Clement lyde, « 
Byfore the aowdaat teUe. 

MS. Ltocete A. L 17* f. U7. 
There mygfat they te a woadyr thynge 
Off UUg* riche and ma[n3y a tente. 

MS. Heri.at9l,tlia 

(2) To set up; to build ; to cover. 
TELE. Deceit. (A.-S.) 

So wyth clia(;r3mei and wyth teh 
He yi i-bro)te ajeyn to hcle. 

MS, Cbtt. Oaud. A. tt. t ISl. 
Wydieoafte and le^wv 
Forbade thou hem ftar any thynge* 

MS. cut. aaud, A. U. I ISI. 

TELERE. A fine linen cloth, formerly worn by 
ladies as part of the head-dress. 
That thay be trapped in gete> 
Bathe tettrt and mantelete, 
Ryghteof a fyne velvete. 
And make wena draye. 

MS. Uneoln A. 1 17, 1 m. 
TELL. (1) To talk. Somerset. 
(2) / eamtot teU, I know not what to say or 
think of it. A common phrase in old plays. 
See Jonson, L 125. To hear teU^ to leam by 
hearsay. 
TELLABILLE. Speakable. 
TELLE. (1) To count ; to tcU. {A.-S.) 
{2) To recognize. (3) Tcrcmember. Var.disL 
(4) To proclaim a tournament .' 
Now of Juttynges thay fUe / 
Thay layne that tyr Percyvelle, 
That he wllle in the fehle duelle. 
Ait he hate are done. Puretwal, 113. 

(5^ A teal. Nominale MS. 

(6) To eat hastily. Devon. 

TELLED. Told. Far. dial 

TELLY. A stalk of grass, &c. North. 

TBLT. (1) Pitched ; set up. (A.'S.) 
And twithe ttit her paviloun 
A Utel withouten Cardoil tonn. 

jirth»m- and MmUn, p. 118 

^2) A tent. Prompt. Parv. 

(3) ** Telte hayyr, gaada; teltyd, ffoudatw, 

Pr. Parv. MS. HarL221,f. 178. 
TELWYNGE. "Telwynge or twhytyuge,fcti- 

sulatMs," Pr. Par?. MS. HarL 221. 
TEME. (1) Race ; progeny. (A.-S.) 
Tho taid the kyng of Jenualem, 
Thit child U come of gentille terns. 

Torrent tf^rtttgal, p. 81. 

(2) To beget ; to propagate. {A.-S.) 

(3) Anything following in a row, as a team of 
horbes, &c. {A,-S.) 



TEM 



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(4) To 
Waa I the wolde fern* end twhe [wat] wu uvel and 

5wat was guod. AppmdU to W, Mapet, p. 33S. 

(5) A theme, or subject. Palagrave, 

(6) To emit vapour. Somenet, 

(7) To empty ; to make empty. 

with iwenlft twyftly thay smyte, 
Thay feme sadila ftdle tyte. 

M8, Unadn A. L 17> f. 184. 
Sire Dcgzeranty ar he ntte, 
TtmetU the earl one the bette, 
And bontede hit fonte 
Wyth beniua fuUe bolde. Degmant, 498. 
TEMERATED. Violated. {Lat) 

Nay, they both pnrfiBMed that the caie waa to 
dear aod undoubted, that they both mutt have 
tinned agaiatt their ooDtcicncet* and have <«iiiet«tod 
the oath they had taken when they were made 
Judgei, if they thould have argued otherwlie. 

Jr5.llarl.648. 

TEMESE. The Thames. {Lat.) 

And put heoB In an erthen pot that be dene* and 
pot therto tweyne gakmca of dene Tnmem water that 
be talLen at an ebbe. MS, Sioant 73, f. 214. 

TEMNEST. Moat contemned. Shai. 
TEMOROUSLY. Rashly. {Lai.) 
TEMPED. Intimidated ; made afraid. 
Tlial war to temped in that tyde, 
Thare thai durst no lenger bide. 

Th§ Sevpn Sagn, 2813. 

TEMPER. Heat and moisture as productive of 
vegetation. Var, dioL 

TEMPERAL. " Tengiferalmm, a temperal," 
Nominale MS. among the vestments of a 
priest. 

TEMPEST. A thunderstorm not necessarily 
accompanied vrith wind. East 

TEMPLE-MOLD. A pattern, or mould used by 
masons in fashioning their work. 

TEMPLES. ** The temples belong to theweav- 
ers, and are two staves with broad ends set 
with sharp pins, which being laid together, 
may be stretched out to any reasonable breadth 
as cloth is made ; and by the pins putting into 
the selv^^ of the cloth, it is kept open while 
it is in weaving," Holme. ** Tempylle of a 
wefer,9tyytt&/' MS. Diet. c. 1500. 

TEMPLET. AmodeL Norih. 

TEMPLTS. An ornament of gold set i^ith m- 
bies, placed upon each temple, and dependent 
from the head. This fashion was prevalent 
with ladies of quality, temp. Hen. YL ** Tem- 
plet, a thynge made of latyn, ten^lete,*' 
Palsgrave, subst. f. 69. 

My body to be burled in the abbey ei Tewks- 
bury ; and I desire tluit my great templet with the 
boleyt, be told to the utmost, and delivered to the 
monlu of that house, to that they grutched not with 
my burial there. Tett. Vttwt, p. 830. 

TEMPRE. (1) To correct ; to manage. Tenyn-e 
thy taiif be moderate and calm. 

(2) To mix together ; to mingle. StUl in use, 
according to Moor, p. 42.3. 

Take wannodre, itampe it, and temper it with 
watur, and than ttreyne It ; and than take a ipone- 
fulle of that lekour, and putt it in his mowihe* 
and he tchal tpeke. MS. Med. Ree. xv. Cent. 

TEMPS. Time. {A.-N.) 

TEMPT. To attempt. South 



TEMPTATIOUS. Tempting. 
TEMPTION. Temptation. Middletom, 
TEMSE. A sieve. North. 

Marcolphus toke a lytyH qrve or temee in his oon 
hande, and a foot of a here in the othre hande. 

Salomenand Mttreelphtu, n. d. 

TEMSIN6. CHAMBER. The sifting-room. 
North. 

TEMS-LOAF. Bread made of sifted or fine 
flour. " Michef a fine manchet ; the countrey 
people of France call so also a loafe of boulted 
bread or tems bread,'' Cotgrave. In the notes 
to Tusser, tenu toqf is explained, '' a mixture 
of wheat and rye, out of which the coarser 
bran only is taken." 

TEMTIOUS. Tempting; inviting. Weit. 

TEMZE. Thames. Prompt. Parv. 

TEMZER. "A temzer, a range or coarse 
searche," MS. Lansd. 1033, f. 2, an early list 
of Wiltshire words. 

TEN. Then. East. 

TENANDRTE. Houses let to tenants ? 
His tenandrve waa alle downe. 
The bctte Innes in ylke towne. 

MS. Uneoln A. L 17. f. 130. 

TBNANT-IN-TAIL. A jocular term applied to 
a lady not very virtuous. 

Alyed was oounteis would be. 

For the would still be tenaunt to taile 

To any one she could be. 

MS. Poem* in Dr. BlU^e PoteeeHon, xvii. Cent. 
TENANT-RIGHT-MEASURE. 

As many use a false mile for our English mile, so 
diverse use false pearehes, when we have one onely 
pearch allowed by Statute ; for in some places in 
this kingdome, notwithstanding the Statute pro- 
vided for the oontrarie, they use twelve foote in a 
pearch, unto the great losse of the buyer, wherewith 
they bee accustomed to meate medowes, calling it 
tenant'right-meaeure ; of no word of art. but onely 
Implying (as I take It) to be a right and proper mea- 
sure belonging unto tenants ; for so the word it selfe 
Imports. Others more proper and agreeing unto 
the nature of the said measure, call It curt measure ; 
likewise before the said Statute (which many unto 
this day use) a pearch of 18 . 80 . and S4 feete. called 
woodland measure ; all which difller from the true 
and allowed measure, in such sort as ensueth. 

Hopton'e Buculum OeodiBticum, 4to. 1614. 

TEN-BONES. (1) A boy's game, mentioned in 
Clarke's Phraseologia Puerilis, 1655, p. 254. 

(2) Fingers. A cant term. 

TENCE. Cause of dispute. Weber. 

TENCH.WEED. " A sort of pond-weed, having 
a slime or mucilage about it, supposed to be 
very agreeable to that fat and sleek fish. It 
is Potamogeton natans, Lin." Forby, p. 344. 

TEN-COMMANDMENTS. See Commandmenti. 

TEND. (1) To watch. North. 

(2) To wait at table. Eaat. 

(3) Injured ; spoUt ? {A.-S.) 

Hast thow i-sroelled any thynge 
That hath tend thy lykynge ? 

MS. OM. Clmud. A. ii. f. 144 

TENDABLE. Attentive. Paligrave. 
TENDS. (1) Tenth. Also, tithe. 

The tende branehe may men calle 

Foly play, that ei laate of all*. 

MS. Bart. 8900, f. W. 



TEN 



858 



TEN 



Rl5twlf he wu Ooddet tread; 
And trewdy $at to himJiis tmtdt, 

Curwar MmmM. M& CM. 2Vi«« Omtrt. f . 7« 

(2) To offer i to present ; to hold out ; to stretdi 

forth. (^.-M) 
TENDER. A waiter tt an inn. Ent 
TENDERINGS. '* Dtntien, the coda, dowcets, 

or tendering* of a deere," CotgraTe. 
TENDER.PARNELL. A tender creature, fear- 
ful of the least puff of wind or drop of rain. 
As tender as Pamell, who broke her finger in 
a posset drink. 
TEiNDRON. (1) A stalk of a plant. (/V.) 
(2) " Tendron of a wayne, ctpe^** Palsgraye. 
TBNE. (1) Grief ; sorrow ; anger ; hurt ; ii\Jury ; 
trouble. Also, to grieve, &c. (^.-5.) 
Out they wytce not wh«t they my^t ley, 
Hur stede dkey foade, Khe wm awey« 

Then had that trmyturfm*/ 
Ther jumey then they thoKht evylle lettg 
But they wyth the Udy not mett, 
They wytte not what to meoc. 

MS. Qintab. Ff. U. 38, f. 7S> 
Hlf grtcloasfnnaeret and hUgrawndame, 
Hlfl fader and moderls of kyngis thay came* 
Was never a worthier prynce of name. 

So ezelent In al our day. 
His fader fore love of mayd Kateryn, 
In Fraunce he wrojt turment and fme, 
Hb love hee sayd hit schuld not ben. 
And send him ballls him with to play. 

MS, Dowee 309, f. 99. 

(2) Heed ; attention. 

Wherby ye maye take good lesne 
That unbeleiDB Is a fowle syne. 

Chmt«r Viaif9» L 118. 
(Z"S To lose, or suffer loss. Lane. 
(4) Hard ; difficult ; perilous ; fatiguing. 
TENEBLE-WEDNESDAY. Mecredy de la 
eemojfne penetue, Mecredy eamt, Pakgrave. 
The three nights before Easter were termed 
ienebrdt. " Coles, suche as be gyyen in tenebre 
weke,** Palsgrave. 

Therfore men clappet to ^nehrpte 

To kyrke men for to brynge, 
Bothe with daperes and with stonet. 
And no belli! ryng. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f. 88. 
TENEBRUS. Dark. (Lat.) 

The radiant bryghtnes of golden Phebus 
Auster gan cover with clowde tentbrtu. 

Ptutime o/P/«MW«, p. 15. 

TENEFUL. Iiyurious. (A.-S.) 

TENEL. " Tcnel, vessel, tenella ; tend or crele, 
eartallu9,"Vr. Parr. f. 178. 

TENENT. Opinion. The word occurs with 
this explanation in a table appended to the 
Academy of Complements, Lond. 1640. 

TENGED. Stung. Yorieh, 

TEN-GROATS. Ten groats were formerly the 
customary fee to priests, lawyers, &c. 

TENIENTE. A Ueutenant. (^on.) 

TEN-IN-THE-HUNDRED. Was formerly the 
usual rate of usury, and hence the term was 
jocularly applied to a miser. The epitaph on 
Combe, attributed to Shakespeare, calls the 
former ten-in-the-hundred. 

He that puts forth money dare not exceede the 



lataoT M la the 100, but he that ntleccth wmdolh 
nake his rate to his owne contentment. 

Th* Death of Unuy, 1394, dg. B, It. 

TENISLYE. Angrily. (^.-&) 
TENNEL. To die away, as trees. A'orfi 
TEN.PINS. A kind of game. 

To play at loggets, nine holes, or tea pkuutt 

To trie it out at Ibot-ball by the shlnms. 

Letting qfHumemre Bhed <» the Head-VaUu, 1600. 

Nine, a favourite and mysterious aumber ever) 
where, incvaib in games. We have, like othm, 
nine-pint, whldi we rather unaocountablj call tm- 
pine, or rather temtfime, although I never ssv moit 
than nine used In tne game. 

Meet^e Sm^tk Werde, f. W. 

TEN.POUNDINO. A method of poaisbmeitt 
practised amongst harvest-men. Sufbii. 

TBN-SIGHT. Ten times. Wett. 

TENT. (1) To attend to ; to gnard ; to hisder; 
to prerent. North. To take tent, i. e. to 
take heed or care, Lydgate*s Minor Poems, 
p. 34. Ray gives the foUowing Cheshire pro- 
verb, *' I'll tent the, quoth Wood ; if I cannot 
rule my daughter lil rule my good." 

He let hur have wemen at wylle 
To tent hur« and that was skylle. 

And broght hur to bede ; 
What so evyr sche wolde crave, 
Alle eche m^ht redyly hyt have, 

Hur speche was sone spedd. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. SB,f: 74. 

(2) Intent ; purpose ; design. 

The fetrthe es dispite off pensunce. 
When a man thorue wickud combevance 
Es nevere in wiUe ne in tente 
Off hys syn hym to repente. 

If 5. Hot/, saeo. r. ai. 

Apon the feild his fader went. 
And soght Abel wit al his tent. 

MS. Gut. Veepat. A. ill f. 7- 

(3) A roU of lint, or other material, used in 
searching a wound. " Tente of a score, <m/«," 
Palsgrave. To tent, to search a wound, &c. 

(4) Attention ; observation. North. 

(5) / cannot tent, I have no time. 

(6) To scare, or frighten. YorJML 

(7) A little piece of iron which kept up the cock 
of a gun-lock. 

(8) ** Tent, or tent-vrine, is a kind of slicsot, 
though not so good as pure alicant, and is a 
general name for all vnnes in Spain, except 
white,'' Blount, p. 643. '' Hollock and test 
would be of small repute," Taylor's Workes, 
1630, liL 65. 

(9) A man's penis. Bhttnt. 
TENT AGE. Tent ; camp. 

Upon the mount the king his tentage flzt. 
And in the towne the barons lay in sight. 
When as the Trent was risen so betwixt. 
That for a while prolong'd th'unaatuxall fight. 

Zhnifton'* Poema, 16S7» P* S9. 

TENTATION. Temptation ; trial. 

Nor's any place exempted from lenteftap. 
Save heaven, to 111 that never had relatlao. 

Ms.Mdit.iioaihr.ii* 
TENT-BOB. A very small spider. SeeAubre/s 

Miscellanies, ed. 1721, p. 145. 
TENTE. To content ; to satisfy. 
TENTER. (1)A person who tents cows, &c. JJne. 



TER 



859 



TBR 



(2) A watcher ; a hired collector of tolls. North. 

(3) A stretcher or trier of cloth used hy dyers 
and clothiers, &c. Jacob, 

TENTERBELLY. 

Bell, the fjiinout Idoll of the Babykmianf, wu a 
meere Imposture, m JufgUng toye, and a cheating 
bable, in coinpaiiion of this Nicbolaitan, Kentish 
tmttrheilv. Ta^lor'9 WerkUi 1630, i. 14ft. 

TENTER-HOOKS. He sits on tenter hooks, 

L e. is very fidgety or uneasy. 
TBNTHEDEL. Tenth part. Will Wenc. 
TENTYFLY. Attentively. See MaonderUe's 

Travels, p. 299, ed. 1839. 
TEONE. To injure? 
Hupe forth, Hubert, hosede pye, 

lehot tbatt a-mantled into the mawe ; 
Thah me teone with hym tliat myn teh mye. 
The cherld nul nout adoun er the day dawe. 

MS. Hot/. 2253, f. lift. 

TER. Anger; passion. North. 
TERAWNTRYE. Tyranny. Pr. Pan, 
TERCEL. The male of the gosshawk. It was 
called the gentte tercel from its tractable dis- 
position. According to some, the term was 
slso applied to the male eagle. 
TERCEL-GENTLE. A rich man. Groee. 
TERCIAN. Eighty-four gallons of liquor. 
TERE. (1) Tedious ; wearisome. 

To telle the metis were to tere 
That was at that sopere. 

MS. iineoAi A. i. 17« f. ^9R, 

•2) 

The kyng commaundlt a sqnyer Urt, 

Ooo telle the scheparde in his ere 

That I am the kyng. 

M8. Caniob. Ft. ▼. 48, f. ftft. 

(3) To hurt ; to injure. 

Be wenes to live and hem ten. 

Arthour and Merlin, p. 00. 

(4) To cover with earth ; to inter. 
TEREMBNT. Interment ; funeraL 

Massyngers were sent to Rome 

After the Pope, and he come sone 

To here teremmt. Sifr GowgMer, fi96. 

TEREPY8. 

To telle hir botonus were dure, 
Thay were anameide with asure. 
With t9repy» and with tredoure 
Glemeiiand hir syde. 

M8. Lineoln A. i. I7t '• 133. 

TEREY. "nipering. Sakp. 

TERIAR. " Teryare or ertare, irritator ; teryar 

or longe lytare, morotus,** Pr. Parv. 
TERINS. A sort of singing-bird. (A.-N.) 
And thrustils, teritu, and mavite. 
That soogin for to winne hem prise. 

Romaunt qfthe Rose, 065. 

TERLYNCBL. The name of a deviL 
Than ys thya tmrkmeti* sl^yUe, 
Slepe thon long and y shal hele. 

MS, BarL 1701* '• tt« 

TERM. To call ; to name. 

TERMAGANT. The name of an old Saracen 
deity, corrupted from Tervagant, He was 
represented in our old plays as of a most vio- 
lent character, and hence the term came to 
be applied to anything violent or fiery. A 
scold is still termed a termagant. 
For this teare-throat ttrmagant is a fellow fai folio, 



a commander of such great command, and of radl 
greatnesae to command, that I never saw any that 
in that respect could countermand him. 

Taylor** Worke», 1680, iii. 79. 

TERMERS. Persons who visited the metropolis 
at term-time, which was formerly the fashion- 
able season. The term is generally applied 
to those who came for intrigues or tricks. 
TERMES. Times for work. (^.-A^.) 
TERMINED. Judged ; determined. {A.-N.) 
Whicfae to my lady stent enclyned. 
And hath his love nou5t termined. 

Gimtr, MS. Soe. Aniiq, 134, f.G2. 
And thus, with the heipe of Almighty God, the 
moaste glorious Virgin Mary his mother, and of 
Seint George, and of (all) the Saynts of heven, was 
begon, flniahed, and terminsd, the reentrie and per- 
fectereooter of the Juste title and right of owr sayd 
soveraygne Lord Kyoge Edward the Fowrthe, to 
hb realme and crowne of England, within the space 
of xj. welLes. Arrtval t^fKing Bdward / F. p. 81k 

TERM-TROTTER. A resorter to the capital 

during term-time. Middleton, i. 330. 
TERNE. A thrust in fencing. 
TERR. To uncover. North. 
TERRA. A turf. Exmoor. 
TERRA-FIRMA. A name given by the Venc- 

tians to their continental possessions. 
TERRAGE. Earth, or mould. {Lot.) 
Nor the vyne hys holsum frcsche terrmge, 
Wyeh gyveth comfort to all manner of age. 

JUhmoUf* Theat. Chan. BHt. 165S, p. 913. 
TERRE. (1) To stir ; to provoke. Baber. 
(2) To strike to the earth. {Lat.) 
TERREMOTB. An earthquake. 

Whereof that alle the halle quok. 
As it a Urremote were. 

Oower, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 190. 

TERRENE. Earthly. {Lat.) 

And far more lovely than the terrene plant. 
That blushing in the aire tumes to a stone. 

The Taming of a Sftrew, 1607. 

TERRER. ^ ^ 

The terrer of the house being roaster thereof, 
as being appointed to give entertainment to all 
sorts, noble, gentle, and of what degree soever, that 
came thither as strangers. 

Daviey Ancient Ritee, 167S, p. 139. 

TERRESTRE. Earthly. {A.-N.) 

TERRESTRIAL-MULLET. "A kind of a 
stone which hath also a kind of motion with 
it, especially if it be put in vinegar," Holme. 

TERRESTRIAL-TRIUMPHS. " Gevmini, a 
kind of playing-cards called terrestriall tri- 
umphs," Florio, p. 207. 

TERRET. The ring on the saddle through 
whichthe gig-reins pass. East. 

TERRIBLE. Very ; excessive. Var. dial 

TERRICK. A trifle, or little thing. Vetfon, 

TERRIER. A kind of auger. HoweO. 

TERRIFY. To tease ; to torment. Var. dial. 

TERRIT. A clump of trees. Warw. 

TERSE. " A firkin, rundlet, or terae^ conteining 
nine gallons of our measure," Higins' Nomen- 
clator,1585,p.340. 

TERTAGATE. A target, or buckler. 

TERTIA. That portion of an army which is 
levied out of one particular district. {Span.) 



TET 



860 



TBY 



TBRVBE. To straggle, or kick about Sam, 

TERWYD. Tired; wearied. Pr.Parv* 

TBSE. To teasel wool. 

TBSIN6. A ringworm. 

TESSEL. Order, condition, said of land. 

TEST. To take the test, i. e. to take the Sacra^ 
ment in testimony of being a member of the 
Church of England. 

TESTE. (1) The head. (^.-M) 

(2) The same as Teett^ q. ▼. 

TESTED. Made pore as gold. Shak. 

TESTER. (1) A sixpence. See Tettom. 

TarltoD, faeing hioMeir to oTer-reacht, greatly 
Mmmflodcd the beggen wit, and withall, In recoin- 
pcnee thereof, gave him m tta$iar. With that the 
bcgger said that hre.woHld meet truly pray to God 
for him. No, aaawered Tarlton, I pray thee pray 
for thy aelfii, for I take nonsory foralmea-deeda. 

Tmritm** JetU, 1611. 

(2) The fixed top and head parts of a bedstead. 

Ther was at hnr Ni€«re 

The kyngua owne banere : 

Was nevere bede rychere 

Of empryce ne qwene ! Dtgrtvant, 14M. 

TESTERS. A piece of iron armour which co- 
vered the head of a horse. (j4.'N.) 

TESTIF. Headstrong. (J.-N,) 

TESTIFICATION. Testimony. 

TESTONE. The testone was in Henry VIIL's 
reign applied to the English shilling, but in 
the time of Elizabeth the sixpence was so 
termed. " She restored sundrie coines of fine 
lilYer, as peeces of halfepenie farding, of a 
penie, of three halfe pence, peeces of two pence, 
of three pence, of foore pence (called the 
groat), of sixpence, tuuaOienamed the testone, 
Harrison, p. 218. 

TESTORN. Testy ; touchy | angred. 

TESTY. A witness. HowelL 

TETCH. (1) A spot, or blemish. (^..iV.) 

(2 ) " Tetche or maner of condycion, moe,** Pr. 
Parr. MS. HarL 221, f. 178. 

TETCHY. (1) Touchy ; quarrelBome. Var. diaL 

(2) Applied to land that is difScolt to work or 
to manage. Eaet, 

TETE. A woman's teat. Palsgrave, It also 
occurs in Pr. Parv. MS. Harl. f. 179. 

TETER-CUM-TAWTER. A seesaw. East, 

TETHDE. Full of tempers; iU-tempered. 
Towneley Mysteries, Gloss, in ▼. 

TETHER. (1) To marry. Warw, 

!2) The royal name Tudor. Drayton, 
3) A cord or chain to tie an animal at pasture. 
*< To live within the tether*' to live within 
bounds. Kent, 
TETHER-DEVIL. The plant woody nightshade. 
TETHER-STAKE. A stake driven into the 
ground to which cattle are tied up. Var, dioL 
TBTHIN6E. Tidings ; intelligence. 
So that the teMlnge therof to the kynge com, 
That a llther theof and a manquellere hadde eo lijt 
dom. 14/^ o/Thomat Bektt, p. 19. 

TETHTERE. The tester of a bed. 
TETINE. To writhe, or turn abouL 
TETRICALL. Sour ; sullen ; gloomy. 



TBTRIFOL. The plant treloiL "Totheflowr- 

ing tetrifbl," Brituh Bibl. iL 283. 
TETRINE. Foul ; horrible ? ** Mystes biske 

and doudes tetiyne,'* Skelton, iL 396. 
TETSY. Elizabeth. Lmc. 
TETTA. Shall we ? Devon, 
TETTER WORT. The plant oeUdony. 
TETTIES. Teats. Var. 
TETTY. (1) Betty. Pegge, 
(2) Peevish ; fractions. 
TEUGH. Tough. ATor/A. 
TEUK. The redshank. 
TEW. (1) To tow along. Also, the rope by 

whidi a vessel or boat is towed. 
Som*^OD their breaata. tome working on their kaeo. 
To vinne the banke whereon the Banma stood ; 
Which o^er the carrcnt they by atroigth mutt (ew. 
To thed that blood whleh many an age thall rev. 

X>/iay(aM*« Fmm«, 1637, ?• 91< 

(2) To be actively employed ; to labour ; to work 
hard ; to fatigue. North, 

(3) To pull, or tear about ; to tumble over; to 
discompose ; to tease. Var. dioL 

4) Tender ; sickly. /. qf Wight, 

5) To mix together. North, 

6) A hempen string. Somerset, 
(7) A n umber, or quantity. Weot. 
TEWED. When appli^ to a muslin cover, 

means that it is creased and soft. Yorish, 
TEWEL. A tail Dunelm, Kennett, MS. 
Lansd. 1033. It occurs in Chaucer, Cant. T. 
7730, spelt towel The fundament of a horse 
is still so called in Norfolk. 
TEWELL. A pipe, or funnel ; a louvre. *' A 
tewelle of a chymney, qticauatorium" MS. 
Diet, c 1500. " In the back of the smith's 
forge, against the fire-place, is fixed a thick 
iron plate and a taper pipe in it about five 
inches long, which comes thro the back of the 
forge, and into which is placed the nose of 
the bellows ; this pipe is <»lld a tewd, or a 
tewel-iron," Kennett MS. £ 41 1. 
TEWFET. A lapwing. North, 
TEWHE. To taw leather. Lgdgate, 
TEWKB. " Tewke to make purses of; tr^r 

Palsgrave, subst. f. 69. 
TEWLY. A word in common use in thecoan- 
ties of Essex and Cambridgeshire, particularly 
the latter, and signifying qualmish. Ex. A 
person feeling rather pooriy in the morning, 
and not relishing his breakfast. ** You are 
rather teulg this morning." A person in de- 
licate healtii is called a teuh/ one. 
TE W-TAW. To tew'taw hemp, i. e. to beat or 
dress hemp. More*s MS. Additions to Ray's 
South and East Country W^ords. 
TEWTER. An instrument for breaking flax, 

as a brake for hemp. Cheeh, 
TEXT. Troth. Marston, 
TEXTUEL. Heady at citing texts. {A.'N.) 
TEYE. " Teye of a cofyr or forcer, teea, the- 

earhan,** Pr. Parr. f. 178. 
TEYL. Scorn. 

But thogh a man ley nerer so weyl. 
Unto hyt sawyt men fyden (ipl. 

MS, HmH, 1701, f. 14. 



THA 



861 



THA 



TETELLSTER. Atulor. North. 
T£ YSE. To poiae it for shooting. 

And he with that an aiow hath hente. 

And gan to MyM it in his bowe. 

Oowar, MS. 8bc. Antlq, 134, f. 107. 

THA. (1) Then. 

That for hir sake righte Ma, 
Sone he gaae undlr-ta 
The lory aowdane to da, 
Withowtteneany lett. Areeva/, 1389. 

(2) Those. Hampole, MS. 
THAC. That. WUtM. 

THACKE. (1) Thatch. '' Erige, holme or 
thacke,"Huloet, 1552. *' Andalao forthack/' 
Tosser, p. 164. Thakkid^ thatched, Lelaod 
Itin. iL 39. " Thakke, tegmm, teetura," 
Vocah. MS. ** The original meaning of this 
word is straw or rushes, our Saxon ancestors 
using no other coyering for their houses. Af- 
terwards it was extended to slate and tiles ; 
and he who covered a building, either with 
these or the more antient materials, was 
called a thacker, or thatcher," llallamsh. Gl. 
p. 162. *' To thack on, to lay on or coyer," 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033, f. 412. 
(2) To thump; to thwack. (^..&) << Thacked 

him with stones," Brit. Bibl. i. 361. 
THACKER. Athatcher. Var, dial 

A proud thaeker of Thecoa would laugh then to 
aoom and contemn their ditpiling diicipline. 

Ptlkifigtan'tWorktfp aSl. 

THACK-PRICKS. Pegs for securing thatch. 
THACK-TILES. Roof-tiles. Groae. 
THACSTARE. A thatcher. Pr. Parv. 
THAFFER. Therefore. Notf. 
THAGGT. Thick and misty. Yorkth. 
THAGH. Though. {A,.S.) 

And tha^h the chyldebote half be bore, 

Hed and necke and no more, 

Bydde hyre spare never the later 

To aystcne hyt and caste on water. 

MS, Oott, Gaud. A. ii. f. IS8. 

THAIRE. Their. North, 

That es to say, we sulde ay 

Thalr9 peisones lore and for thayme praye. 

MS, HarL 2800, f. S. 

THAKNALES. The same as Strahrods, q. ▼. 

THAME. A thumb. Lane. 

THAMPY. Damp. Yorksh. 

THAN. (1) A common form otthen, 

(2) A den. Octovian, 553. 

THANDER. Yonder. Warw. 

THANDON. "Thandon for wylde digges, 
swannus, and piggus," is thus described : 
Take wasshe tho isues of swannes anon. 
And ftkoure tho guUus with salt ichon ; 
Seth alle togedur and hew hit smalle. 
The flesahe and eke tho guttus wlthalle. 
Take gaHngale and gode gynger. 
And eand, and grynd hom al in fere i 
And mynde bred thou take therto. 
And tempur hit up with broth also : 
Colour hit with brend bred or with'blode, 
Seson hit with venegur a lytelle for gode. 
Welle alle togedur In a posnet, 
la seryyce forth thou schalt hit sett. 

MS. 8ktan9 1966, p. M. 

THANK. (1) Thankfulness ; good will. 



(2) Thanki and a thouaand, a thousand thanks. 
Thanka bejfraised, a common exclamation of 
thankfulness after an unexpected blessing. 
Thank God, thank you, a reply after grace is 
said after dinner, and addresbcd to the host. 
Thank yon for them^ an answer to an inquiry 
after absent friends, meaning they are very 
well, I thank yon for them. 

THANKWORTH. Thankworthy. 

Tlut was thankworth is thanne blame. 

Cower, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. M. 

THANKYNGYS. Thanks. 
I The vj.tii« tokene ys that he doythe dewe 

t/Umkmtgp* to the good wylle of God. 

MS, Cantab, ft. iL 68, f. 8. 

THANNA. Then. 

Item if any womman take any monee to lye with ' 
any man, but she ly stille with hym til it be the 
morwe tyme and thmnna arise, she shal make a fyn 
of Ti. «. TiiJ. d. MS. Bodl. « Mut. 889. 

THANNE. Then. (^.-5.) 
THANY. Damp. Craven, 
THARBOROUGH. A third-borough, or con- 

stable. 
THARD-CAKE. A thin circular cake of con. 
siderable size made of treacle and oatmeaL 
Brockett calls it, "a cake made of unfer- 
mented dough, chiefly of rye and bariey, 
rolled yery thin and baked hard.'' It appears 
to be a corruption of thatf, unleayened. 
THARE. Behoveth ; needeth. (y^.-&) 
Of his commyng the frere was fkyne { 
The thare noghte be so bayne. 

MS, Uneoln A. i. 17, f. 148. 

THARF. (l)Necd? 

And wele y-sen, ^if thai willen. 
That hem no thar/ never spillen. 

Arthaur and Merlin, p. 9, 
(2) Stiff; backward ; shy. North. 
THARFE. A number, or company. 
THARFLY. Slowly ; deUberately. Yorkah. 
THARKY. Dark. South, 
THARLLE. A slaye or yilein. 

Lorde, sende it unto the syke tharlle. 
And gyff me lysens tolyve in ease. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. 1. 6, f. 46. 
THARMES. Entrails. North. <« TrK/iim, An- 
glice a tharme," Nominale MS. 

Of the chyide that she bare y n here annys, 
Al to^rawe were the tharmpa, 

MS. Harl. 1701, f. 5. 
THARN. To mock ; to scorn. Devon, 
THARNE. (1) To yearn ; to need ; to want. 
That es tham^g for ever of the syght namely 
Of owre Loverd Godd Almyghty. 

Hampole, MS. Bowm, p. SIS. 

(2)Tobedepriyedof. (J.-S.) 

THARNEN. Made of thorn. Wilta, 

THAROWTE. Out in the air. 

THARRY. Dark. Suffolk, 

THARST. Daring. 

What, arte thou bolde or thartt In eny wyse. 

l^dgate, MS, AakmoU SO, f . 68. 

THART. Need. {A.-S.) 

He thojt that whan Jhcsu was dede. 
He fhart have of hym no drede. 

MS. Cantab. Ft, y. 48, f. 36. 

THAR-VORE. Thcrcfcrc. {A.-S.) 






THE 



862 



THB 



i,HmtlfbMhicti, 
Al tehal flU0wl thi greoe. 

MS. out, Calig. A. Is. f. MS. 

THARWE. Throw ; moment. 

THASER. A thatcber ; a builder. 

THAT. (1) It But 

(2) So ; so mach ; ao great North. 

THATADONNBT. SteJdommet 

THAT-A.WAY. That way. York$h. 

THATCH'D-HSAD. One wearing the hair 

matted together, as the native Irish in times 

past. JVoret. 
THATCH-GALLOWS. A rogae. 
THATENS. "A tkmtent" and a /Mmm. In 

that manner and this manner. 
THAT-I-LE AYE. That is a point I wiU not de. 

termine. « So folks sah, but thai I lemtfe/' 

L e. to others to decide. ifoor*t Si^f, MS, 
THAT-NOT. Wherefore. 
THAT.OF. Although. 
THArS^NCE. That is, that's onoe for all, 

that*s ilat See Peele*s Works, i. 129. 
THATS-WHAT. That's what the matter is. 
THAT.THERE. (1) That. for. diaL 
(2) A London rider. Devam, 
THAU. Though. Tkattf, Jennings, p. 75. 
Bot M«v be WTOthe hym imvot m tor*. 
For ioUm I nyUe prove hym no moitt» 

rrrigkft S€9€H Sagn, p. •!. 

THAVB. To give, bear, sustain. (J.-S,) 
THAYEL. Apot-stick. North. 
THAW. Thou, far, dial 
THAYN. A nobleman. {A.^S.) 
THE. (1) A thigh. {A.^S,) 

If I fonde ever gnce in the. 
Lay thi honde undlr ny tkt. 
And hete me truly bl eovcooode^ 
That I not graven be In this londe. 
Cwmr MunM, MS, Coll. Trim. Qmtab, f. 34. 
The fold jt here crokys fasted yn hys kneasv 
And al to-drowe and rente hys them, 

MS. HmrL 1701, f. 10. 
Beholde my shanket, behold my kneas, 
Bdiolde my bed, armes* and iA«cr. 

Btit^t mbt. MUeett. p. 48. 

(2) To thrive ; to prosper. {AS,) 
God that sittls in trlnit^, 
Oyflb thaym grace wd to th§ 
That lyUyns me e whyle. 

MS, Camiab. FC ▼. 48, f. 47. 
He is wys that Is wood. 
He is riche that hath no good t 
He Is biynd that can y-saa, 
Wei is hym that nere may thet. 

MS.Bedl.lW,f.l. 

(8) This. Harrf, 

(4) There ; thoi^h. (A.-S,) 

THEABES. Gooseberries. Norf, 

THEAD. A strainer placed at the bottom of a 

mash-tub in brewing. Eatt. " Thede, bru- 

ares instrument, queiut" Pr. Parr. 
THEAK. To thatch. North. Also, thatch. 

" Teetor^ a theker," Nominale MS. 
THEAL. A board ; a plank ; a joist Leie. 
THE AN. Moist; damp. Wettm. 
THEAT. Firm; close; staunch. . Spoken of 

barrels when thej do not run. North, 



THBAYB. An ewe of the first year. Baygim 
this as an Essex word, but Pegge ssti it ii 
applied in the North to a sheq^ of three 
years old. 
THEC. That /. ^ Wi^hi, 
THBCCHB. To thatch. (A.JS.) 
And some he taugfate to tflie. 
To dydie and to theeeht, 
Pttt* Flam^kmm, p. 414. 

THBCHE. To teach. {A.^S.) 

TktOu hem to eome and schryve hem dene, 
And also hoaele hem bothe at ene. 

JfSL CMr. ammd. A.ii.f. Ifl. 

THE-DAT. To-day. North. 

THEDE. (1) A brewer's instrument P^bgrwe, 

^2) Country ; land ; kingdom. {A.-S.) 

S^o says, blody are his wtAm, 

And so es his rfche stede» 

Siche a knyght in this tkedt 

Saw 1 never nane. Ptretmt, UH. 

THEDAM. Prosperity. {A.-S.) 

Now thrifte and thedam mote thou have, my len 
swete bam. The Goods W\f, p. 14. 

THEDURWARDE. Toward that place. 
He harde besyde at a place 
A grete momyng of a man ; 
Thedmrwarde he drew hym than. 

US. CbNieb. Ff. IL 38, f. 174. 

THEE. You; your; thy. Wnt. 
THEEZAM. These. Someroet. 
THEEFE. A term of reproach, not necesiarily 
applied to one who thieves. 
Fiflane 5eres es it gane 
Syne he my brodire hade sime. 
Now hadde the theej^ undirtane, 
To sla us alls thenne. Fmteeeit SB. 

THEBR. Deer. 

Butsone he was besette 
iatheer ys yn a nette. 

Ltlheaua JHeeemm, 11& 

THEFELY. Like a thief. {A,-S,) 
THEGITHER. Together. North. 
THEI. Though ; although. {A.^) 
THEINE. Thence ; therefrom. 

And Alexander gert spirre thame In the laof^e 
of Inde where thay myjte fynde any freiche water; 
and thay talde whiare, and ichewed thame a plaee i 
Uttille thelne, MS. Lincoln A. L 17. f> ». 

THEINES. SenranU. {A.-S.) 
Hwerbedh thine fhelnee 
That the leove were. 

MS. Caet. Calig. A. is. f. 240. 

THBIR. Used sometimes for their'i. 

THEIRSELS. Themselves. North. 

THEKE. Thatch. Still in use. 

THELOURB. 

Gold and silver and rtdie stones. 
That verttt here mani for the nones ; 
Gode elothes of sikelatoun and AUsaundrinis, 
Th de m rt of Matre, and purper,and Uis. 

Sir Qjf of WmrwOUt P* ^ 

THEM. Those. T'ar.diaL 

THEMEL. " Save nedel and threde and themd 

of lether/* Gower, MS. Soc Antiq. 134, 

f. 254. 
THEMMIN. Those. WiUd, 
THEMMT. Those. Someroet, 
THEN. That time. far. dioL 
THBNCH. To think. (A.-S.) 



THE 



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THI 



Mod, tet soiuie and luttet tbfiM ; 
Wd tha do and wd thu (A«ndk. 

M8, CM, Catig, A. Ix. f. S43. 

THENB. (1) To prosper. (A.^S.) 
Thai tdial haire ayn ham betwene. 
That Khal haire grace to thryve and thene t 
Thother Khiil have tutment and tene. 

MS, Douee a08. f. 1. 
(2)*roiMch. (A,-S.) 

Moo mai kmge Uvea theiu, 
Ae ofte him lledh the wreoeh. 

JTS. Cott, Caiig. A. ix. f . 843. 

THBNKB. To think. (^.-5.) 

Thus thow myjte synge dedlyche, 
3ef thow thenJn thenm mydie. 

jrs. CMr. Claud. A. ii. f. 139. 
(Jpon hfs worde hire herte aflyjt^ 
Tkenkende what was beat to done. 

OowtTt MS. Soe. Jbvtiq, 1S4, f . 06. 

THENNES. Thence. (^..5.) 

But who that cometh therein certeyn. 
So lightly may he not turne ayen» 
For he ihal nevere thennet come* 
These sawea hath the boke y-nome. 

MS, Addu, nsos, f. IM. 
THENOUTEZ. Sinews? 

Namely, of booes, of cartilages, of iovietures, of 
grosse nerves, of thenoutez, and of coUigaciones. 

MS. moane 965, f. 88. 

THEOPLICHE. Like a thief. (^.-5.) See 

Kyng Alisaunder, 4002. 
TIIEOFTHE. Theft. ;^..5.) 

And do i*eq/Ub« and robberie in al the lond aboute. 

L^ of Thomat Beket, p. 19. 

THEOLOGY. A theologian. 
THEORBO. A kind of lute. {ItaL) 

And wanting nothing but a song. 

And a well-tun'd theorbo hmig 

Upon a bough, to ease the pain 

His tugg'd eartiulfti'd, with a attain. 

HudibrM, I. ill. 186. 

THEORIQUE. Theory. SS^. 

THEPES. Gooseberries. An East country 

word, given in Sir Thomas Brown's Tracts, 

p. 146. 
THER.(1) Those. North, 
(2) There ; where. Therqfter, in proportion to 

it. Still in use. " 7A«rra/«r, at that rate, in 

proportion," Smith's I. of Wight Gloss. Ther- 
" mydf therewith. 
THERE-A-WAY. There. 
THEREAWAYS. Thereabouts. Ther§ and 

thereaways, thereabouts, f'ar, dial 
THEREFORE. Therefore I say it, L e. that is 

my argument 1 West. 
THERENCE. Fh)m that place. Weit. 
THERE-RIGHT. (1) Straight forward. Var. 

dial, 
(2) On this very spot. West. 
THERF-BREED. Unleavened bread. {A,'S.) 

With therf-bretd and letus wilde, 
Whiche that groweth \n the Aide. 

Curoor Mundi, MS. CoU, Trin. Cantab, f.98. 

THERKENES. Darkness. {A.-S,) 

THE RLE. ni-nonrished ; gaunt; delicate. 

J}€VOtlm 

THERST. Dmit. 



That wyf thent not say nay. 

For wordet ylle. 
But grauntcde well tliat ylke day 

Her lordes wylle. OetovUm, Ml. 

THERTHURF. There-through. 

And therthurf me tajte hire the wei, to that heo 

thider com. 
And ^eode aboute as a best that ne conthe no wysdom. 

I4/b t^ ThmimM Bdtett p. 4. 

THERUPPE. Thereupon. (A.-S.) 
THERWB. Through. WiU, Werw, 
THER3EN. There-against ; against. 
To hasten love is thynge in vayne. 
Whan that fortune is thw^en, 

Gowor, MS. Soe, AnHq. 194, f. 96. 
THESE. This. Heref, 
THESELF. Itself. Sa^t, 
THESTER. Dark; obscure. (^.-5.) "In theater 
stede/' Kyng Alisaunder, 4906. 
For it is alle theeter thing. 
Nil ich make therof no telling. 

Jrthour and Merlin, p. 64. 
On an theater stude I stod 
An luitel striflf to here. 

MS. Digby 86, f . 196. 

THETCHES. Vetches. Oxtm. 
THETHEN. Thence. (A.^S.) 
THETHORNE. ** Thethome tre, ramnw," Pr. 

Parv. Xammu is the medlar tree. 
THEUT. Giveth. See Ungunde, 
THEVE. " Theve, brusch," Pr. Parv. 
THEW. (1) Manner ; quality. {A.*S,) 
Ful lelde ys synger gode yn thew. 
But that yn sum poynt he ys a shrew. 

MS, Barl, 1701, f. 81. 
His vertues and good thewpe, 
And good eniaunple that he schewya. 

MS. Cotton. Tiber. A. vii. f. f2. 
For wymmenes speche that ben schrewet. 
Tune ofte away gode thewee f 

MS, Cott. Omud. A. U. f. 187- 
Also thy chyldre that were schrewes. 
Hast thow i-taght hem gode theweaf 

MS, Cott, Claud, A. ii. f. 144. 

(2) Thawed. Var. dial, 

(3) A cucking-stooL Brand, iiL 52. *'Theweor 
pylory, colUttrigium" Pr. Parv. 

THEWE. (1) Subjection. (A.-S.) 
(2) A slave, or bondsman. {A.'S,) 
THEWED. Towardly. North, 
THEWES. Shakespeare seems to use this term 
in the sense of sinews. See 2 Henry IV. iii. 2. 
&c. Can it mean thighs ? 
THEWID. Educated ; mannered. (^.-5.) 
It lit a preste to be wel thewid. 
And schame it b yf he be lewkl. 

Gower, MS, Soe, AnHq. 1S4, f . 40. 
THEY. (1) Those. Far, dial 
(2) Thy. Skelton's Works, L 125. 
THE3. Though ; although. 

This diUd. the$ hit were 5ung, wd hit undentod. 
For leU child is sons i-lered ther he wole beo god. 

I4fe ef Themaa "Beket, p. 8. 

THIBEL. (1) A smooth round stick used for 

stirring broth, porridge, &c. North, 
(2) A dibble, or setting-stick. North, 
THIC. This; that. West. 
THICEY. That. Comw, 
THICK. (1) Very intimate. Var. dial 



THI 



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THI 



(S) Ihgothrmiffk tUek ami tkm, to OTCreome 
every kind of obstacle. 

i3) FreqaeBt ; plentifiiL For. diaL 
4) Stnpid ; obstinate. South, 
(5) A thicket, or close bush. Moor has /Aicis, 
KTOTes or woods with dose underwood. 
Suffolk Words, p. 426. 
THICK-BILL. The bullfinch. Lane, 
THICKED. Thickened. 

Thither they convele their clotbei to be thiclnd 
at the AiUiBg millet, loinetimcs ten mile* for the 
MOM. Harriavn'i BrUaiiu, p. 82, 

THICKEE. This. Devon. 
THICKEMNY. That. Somertet, 
THICK-END. A considerable part ; as if you 
ask how far such a place is, the answer would 
probably be, '* The thick-end of a mile." Line. 
THICK-HOTS. Water-porridge. North, 
THICKLISTED. Short-winded. Devon, 
THICK.PODDITCH. Thick water-grueL lone. 
THICK-SET. (I) Strong. (2) Closely planted. 
THICK-SKINNED. Coarse; vulgar; unpolished. 
THICK-SPINNING. Bad conduct. North, 
THIDER. Thither. (^.-5.) 

Wher wer were aldermsit, 
Thmi were thidar went on hett. 

Arthomr and MtrHn, p. 83. 
THIEF. (I) j4m sttfe as a thief m a mill, very se- 
cure. Still in common use. 
There ihe Buy lodge, and trade too If ibe will, 
AiMire and safe m (*mm» er« in « mitt, 

n^lar't Workeg, 1690, UL 9. 

(2) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, 

causing it to gutter. Var. dial 
THIGGE. To beg. North, 

Thaym were betere iMrggs thayre mete, 

Than any gode on that wyae gete. MS.Harl, 8900, f. flO. 

THIGH. (1) To cower down. 

(2) To carve a pigeon. 

THIKPOLD. Very frequent. 

THILKE. This same ; that same. (^.-&) 

THILL. (1) A shaft Thill-horse, a shaft-horse. 

«* Thyll horse, Umonnier," Palsgrave. " ThyU 

of a carte, le lymon," Ibid. 
(2) In a coal mine, the surface upon which the 

tram runs. Newe, 
THILLER. The same as FUler, q. v. 
THILL-HANKS. The leather thongs fastened 

into the hames of the collar of the thiller. 
THILTUGS. Chains attached to the colUur of 

the shaft-horse. 
THIMBLE. The boll of a gate-hook on which 

the gate turns. Staff, 
THIMBLE-PIE. A fiUip given with a thimble 

on the finger, a common term in girls' schools. 
THIMME L. A thimble. North, 
THIN. 7b nm /ib'n, to try to get released from 

a disadvantageous bargain. 
THINDER. Yonder. Bast, 
THIN-DRINK. Small beer. Var. dioL 
THING. (1) " The worth of a thing is what it 

wUl bring,'' is a common proverb, the origin 

of which is often erroneously attributed to 

Butler. 

For what If worth In any thing. 
Bat M» mudi money at 'twill bring. 

HudfbfM, II. i. 465, 



I 



2)Thaf8Uietiiiiig, Le.qaHeii|^ 

3) Thu tennis oonstaiiUy ap^ied to a lady in 

early metrical romances. 

Scyde Orgaaata that sweCe Otrnge* 
Y Khalle geve the a gode goU« ryiig% 
Wyth a ftille ryche stone. Sgtaamw, 616. 

Oye surte to that maydyn ;ynge. 
And aeyde. Make no dole, my swete thrngt, 

MS, Ckntab. PL IL 38, f. 176> 
(4) The pudendum. Var. diaL 
THING-DONE. An old game described in 

Cynthia's ReveU, ed. Gifford, ii. 306. 
THING-OF-NOTHING. Anything worthlas. 
THINGUMMITE. An unmeaning word used 
when the name of a person or thing is forgot- 
ten. " Hew towd ye ?" " Why, Mr. Thin- 
gummite." This is generally applied to a per- 
son. T%inpumho6e and Thmfummerry are 
terms about equivalent, or perhaps applied 
more frequently to things. I have, however, 
heard them all applied to persons. Thtngomy, 
thmg-omiyhtumj are also used. 
THINK- (1) Thing. This very common vulgsr- 

ism is found in Lelandi Itin. iL 39. 
(2) To think eeom, to disdain. To think shame, 
to feel ashamed. To think on, to remember 
or remind. 
THINKE. To seem. (^.-5.) 
THINNE. (1) Slender; smalL (^.-&) 
(2) To the, or prosper. See Thene. 

And on myne errand go thou tyte» 
Alao mot thou tntftma. 

MS. Cantmb. Ff. v. 48, f.SI. 

THINNY. To whine. Devon. 
THIN-SKINNED. (1) A term applied to kod 

with a thin superstratum of good soiL 
(2) Easily offended. Var. dial 
THIN3TH. Thinketh. (J.-S.) 
THIR. To frighten, hurt, or strike dead. Esm. 
THIRD. For /Aruf, thread. 
THIRD-BOROUGH. AconsUbie. Lamfaazde 
says, " In some shires, where every third 
borow hath a constable, there the oflicen of 
the other two be called thirdborowt." 
Hobb Andnr he was thridbom s 
He bad hom, Peaae I God gyffhom aorrol 
For y mey arrest yow^bett. 

HunttMng ^th» Ban, ISBL 

THIRDENDEALE. (1) A third parL 
(2) A measure containing three pints. Weit. 
Anciently it vras eighty-four gallons, accord- 
ing to a note in Pr. Parv. p. 117. Kenoett 
has thurindale, q. v. 

Hit holdifl a gode thrvdendtis, 
Ful of wyne every mele. 

MS. QMtab. Ff. T. 48, t 80. 

THIRD-FATHER. A great-grandfsther. 

THIRDING. (1) Doing a thing the third time, 
particularly, I think, hoeing turnips. " Ar 
them there tahnups done woth ?" " No, we 
are thirding 'em." Moor's Svff. MS. 

(2) A custom practised at the universities, where 
two thirds of the original price is aUowed by 
the upholsterers to the students for house- 
hold goods returned to them within the year. 

THIRDINGS. The Ridings. This word is 
given by Urry, in his MS. Additions to Ray. 



TMO 



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THIRBTBLLB. The herb 19mm rmis, 
THIRLABILLE. Easily penetrated. 
THIRLA6E. The serYioe of certain landsi the 
tenants of which are bound to take their com 
to grind at the.lord's mill. 
THIRLE. (1) To pierce through. {J,-S.) 

And now toiee tham thifrUta with a nayle, * 
How shulde my sorowfuUe harte bot fayle ? 

Reliq' Antiq. U. ISO. 

(2) Lean ; thin ; meagre. Devon, 

(3) A hole. (^.-&) 

If thou ware in a myrke house one the daye, and 
alle the AtrUe*, dom and wyndowa ware itokyne 
that na aooe myght enter. 

M8, Unooln A. 1. 17, f. 241. 

THIRSTLE. A thrush. Devon. 

THIRSTY. Sharp ; eager ; active. 

THIRTEEN. TMrteen-pence-halfyMfnny was for- 
merly the wages of a hangman, and hence the 
term was jocularly applied to him. 

THIRTOVER. Perverse; morose. South. 

THIRTT-ONE. See One-and-Thirty. 

THIS. Thus. 

THISAN. This. North. 

THIS-A-WAY. This way. Yorksh, 

THISE. These. (A.-S.) 

THIS-HERE. This. Var.dial 

THISSBN. This way. Var. dial. 

THISSUM. This. West. 

THISTLE-CROWN. According to SnelUng, 
p. 24, a gold coin worth about four shillings. 

THISTLE-FINCH. " Carduelis, a linnet, a 
thist1efinch«" Nomendator, 8vo. 1585, p. 57. 

THISTLE.HEMP. A kind of early hemp. 

THISTLE-TAKE. A duty of a halfpenny, an- 
ciently psud to the lord of the manor of Hal- 
ton, in the county of Chester, for every beast 
driven over the common, suffered to graze or 
eat but a thistle. Bailey. 

THISTLE-WARF. Same as Thistle-finch, q. v. 

THITE. Tight ; close; compact. East. " Thyht, 
hool fro brekynge, not brokyne," Pr. Parv. 
" Thyht, not hool within, solidus," ib. 

THITER. (1) A dung-cart. Line. 

(2) A foolish fellow ; an idiot. North, 

THIYEL. The same as Thibel, q. v. 

THIXILLE. Aji axe, or hatchet. 

THI3ANDEZ. Tidings. " I jif the for thy 
thy%andex" Morte Arthure, MS. Line. f. 70. 

THO. (1) Then j when. {A.-S.) Still in use in 
the first sense in Somenet. 
Tho he hadde It y-aeyd, 
The Idng tore was amayd. 

Arttuntr and MtrUn, p. 86. 

(2) Those ; the. {A.^S.) 

TRODDEN. Sodden; not weU baked. North. 

THODS. Gusteofwind. North. 

THOFE. Though. StiU in use in the Northern 

counties, pronounced thqf. 
And thu/b the bryde blythe he 
That Perqrvelle haae wone the gne, 
3^e the rede kayghte es he 
Hurte of hit honde. Perceval, Bl. 

THOFFER. Because. St^oUt. 
THOFT. Thought. Devon. 
THOFT-FELLOW. A fellow oarsman. 
II. 



THOOFE. Though. (A.-S.) 

Thogfb PerceTellehaseslayne the redekayght, 
5itt may another be ala wyghte. 
And in that gere be dyghte. 
And takene alle h'ym fra I Pen^vml, 14S3. 

THOGHE. Though ; although. 

J^oghe every day a man hyt haunte, 
5yt wyl no man be hyt agraunte. 

MS. Harl. 1701, f. S3. 

THOISE. The tusk of a boar. 
THOKE. " Thoke, as onsadde fysch, humorosus, 
tf»o/uit»," Pr. Parv. See Blount, in v. Thokes. 
THOKISH. Slothful ; sluggish. East. In lin* 

colnshire it is usually thoiy. 
THOLD. Told. Octovian, 634. 
THOLE. (1) To bear ; to suffer. (A.-S.) 
And Cliche a steoche la in that hole. 
Noon ertly man ne myght it thole. 

MS. Addit. 11305, f, 96. 
Bad him orpedliche he achuld kethe, 
For he no achuld there Mo/y dethe. 

Arthour and Merlin, p. 80w 
Fro Lumbardy coroyn y am, 
There have y tholed moche achame. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ii. 38, f. 155. 

(2^ The dome of a vaulted roof. 

(3) To stay ; to remain. North. 

(4) To afford. Yorish. 

(5) To give freely. North. 
THOLEMODE. Patient ; forbearing. (A.-S.) 

Be he wyUied or be he gode. 
Thou ahalt to hym be tholemode, 

MS. Harl. 1701, f. 7>. 

The fyfte ea to be tholemode whenne menc mya- 

doae ua ; the aexte ea gladly to forgyffe when menfc 

havea grevede ua. M8. lAncoln A. i. 17( t. 817* 

THOLEMODNES. Patience. (A.-S.) 

Whenne evene commya, withe gretjoye I lofe my 
Lorde. The ende of my lyfe I habyde in gude 
hope and tholemodnee. MS. Lincoln A. i. 17« f* 195. 

THOLES. Are the small pins which they bear 
against with their oars when they row, and 
stand in holes on the upper side of the gun- 
wale of the boat, being commonly made of 
ash, for toughness. They are also termed 
thole-pins. 

THOLLE. '* Tholle, a cart pynne, cheviOe de 
charette," Palsgrave, 1530. 

THOMASING. A custom in Derbyshire, going 
from house to house on St. Thomas's day with 
a basket and can to beg milk, wheat, oatmeal, 
or flour. 

THOMAS-OF-KENT. St. Thomas a Becket 
was frequently called St. Thomas of Kent. 

THOME. The thumb. " Polleji:, a thome," 
Nominale MS. StiU in use in Line. 

THOMELLE-TAA. The great toe. North. 
Thane blede one the fute on the aame ayde, and 
<me the veync that ia bitwix the thomelle taa and the 
nexte. MS, Uneoln. Med. f. 301. 

THONE. (1) Thawed. Line. 

(2) Damp ; moist ; limber. Var. dial, 

(3) Then. (A.-S.) 

Thay wolde notlett long thone, 

Bot lavede in hir with a ipone, 

Then acho one alepe felle also sone, 

Reght certeyne in hy. Perceval, 8S48. 

(4) A kind of stone. ** Terebentus, Anglice a 
thone," Nominale MS. 

55 



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THONBR-PLONB. A thnndertolt, (^.-5.) 
THONG. To rope ; to stretch out into ▼iaoont 

threads or filaments. Somenet. 
THONGEDOUN. Thanked. {A,-S,) 

ThcT thmftt^mn Ood ind mourandottn no more. 

Chron. FUwfMH. p. 18. 

THONGY. Ropy ; viscid. SomeneL 
THONKE. Favour. (A,'S.) 

Thh kwde which* woWe hb f*on*« purcbaoe. 
To ache of hem yaf them a 5ifte. 

Cowtr, MS. Soe, Antig. 134, f. 43. 
THONKYNG. Thanking ; thanks. {A.-S.) 
THONLY. The only. The elision of the e is 
very common in early writers. 

To Intcnede ftw me to hto exceUent Ma"* that 
the farme of the French wynei may retorne to hym 
that wat the auactcnt tcnnant and thonlif iroproTer 
fyf It, Mtfferton PmpWt p. 4W. 

THONNERE. To thunder. North. 
Over watiei that ere kaldc» 
Ood of maathcde thonmered he. 

MS. Cott. retpas. D. vU. f. 17* 

THONWANGE. The temple. {A.S.) 

SUmpe tham wele, and make a planter, and lay 
on theforhede, and on the «Aonwa»f«, bot anoynte 
hym llTite with popUlone If he hafe anger in his 
\j^„, MS, Uneeln A. 1. 17t T. 305. 

Take pnllol lyalle, and eeeth It in oyle, and 
anovnte thi fronte and thi thounwmttgM* 

THONWRING. A thundering. {A.-S,) 
THONY. Damp. North, 
THOR. These. North, 
TUORE. There. {A.-S,) 

Wyth chylde waxe the lady thore, 

MS, Cantab. Ft. iL38, f. 89. 
They uiyled forthe wtthowten ore. 
The «ychte of Ynglonde loite they ttum, 

MS. Cantab. Ff . 11. 38. f. IM- 

THORES. Doors. Ritstm. 
THORH-RECHE. To reach through. (A.-S.) 
That londe Ichulle thorh-recfui, 
And do mi fader wreche. 

Gette of Kjfng Hom, 1981. 
Thorn. 



(( 



THORNBUSH. A hush of thorns. 

husshe, e^ffi* noire,** Palsgrave. 
THORNE. A bush, or hriar. 

Alle alf nakede als thay were borne 
Sfeode togedir undlr a Mom«, 
Braydede owte of thalre bedd. Immftroe, 108. 
THORN'S-BULL. The stout part of a thorn, 

the branches being cut off. £tut. 
THORN-TREE. The medlar tree. 
THOROUGH. (1) Through. Tor. dioL 
Thorow the giaoe of Ood almyyt, 
A worde intohir body U)t 
That the tabthop ipeke ; 
Teryi feUe hlr een fkoo, 
Down on hlr brett oowth the! goo i 
Hur colars thel al to-breke. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. v. 48» f. 48. 

An interfurrow between two ridges. 
. T^frmigh go nimble, a diarrhoea. 
JOROUGH-POLE. A pole in a waggon which 
connects the fore axle with the hinder one. 
THOROUGH-SHOT. A spavin which shows 
itself on both sides of a horse's hough or hock ; 
called also Thorough-pin. 
THOROW-STONE. A fiat gravestone. 



OVOT the nkbt of the Mid Taall thm did lie a 
lUr fJhiMow tian$, and at either dde of the itoM it 
waa open, lo that when any of the monks was bnM. 
whataoerer bones were found in his grave, they vere 
taken out of the grave where he was buried, ind 
thrown through the same Into the said vanlt. 

finvic/ Anetam Kittt, WJiy P> 9. 

THORP. A village. {A,S.) •* Thorpe, *««," 
Palsgrave, 1530, snbst f. 70. 

Ther been in Inglond withowt nnalc (Sarpo Ig. 
ml. and ii^. townes. MS. Cbtton. TUuf D. xi. f. ». 

THORPS-MEN. VUlagers. {A.^S.) 

Or else to call in flrom the fields and waten,ihopi | 

and work-bousen, firom the inbred stock of more 
homely women and leas filching thorr^men, \ 

Falr^t Balk and Seivtdge, 1(74 

THORTE. Feared. Heame. 

THORUE. Through. (A.-S.) 

For that prayer es so presyovs. 
And BO haly and so vertuotts. 
That tkonu Tertu of and thorue my5t. 
Some grace sal in tbare hertus lyjL 

MS. HarLttBMt 

THORUN. Thorn ; bosh. 

Sire DegrlTaunt on the morwoun 

Com a;etothe«*«rwfi, 

Ther hys stede stod by-fOnin, 

And lengesaU that day. Degrnant,im. 

THORUTHLIKE. Thoroughly. (J..&) 

TH0R3. Through. (A.-S.) 

That (Jbor) the myjt of the Holy Cost, 

U in urthe of power most. 

MS, Oati. Oaud. A.li. f A 

THOSTB. Dung, or ordure. It is used ia 
Gloucestershire, according to Hole's MS.Gloi». 
THOTEEN. Thirteen. YorAsh. 
THOUCTE. Thought. (A.-S.) 
THOUGHT. (1) The same as Catch (1). 

(2) Opinion. North, 

(3) A very minute difference in degree, ss in 
Much Ado about Nothing, iii. 4. 

(4) A rower's seat. Far. dial. 

(5) Sorrow ; sadness ; grief. Hence thovghtfrk 
heavy, anxious, sorrowful. 

THOUM. A thumb. Craven. 

THOUNTHER. Jhunder. (A.-S.) 

Duste drofe up on lofle dry vynge abowte. 
As thounther in thykke rayne persheth the ikyo. 

M8. Cott. Calig. A- U.r.n4. 

THOUSANDEELE. A thousand times. 
For in good fey the this lereth welte, 
Uy wille was bettre a thtmmndaoUa. 

Qowr, M8. 8oe. Anliq. 134, f. 43. 

THOU'S-LIKE. You most. Kent. 

THOUT. Thought. North. 

THOWB. (1) Though. See Bglamour, 592. 
I drede me noghte withowt blame» 
Thowe thou do roe peyne and sdiame. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. H. 38; f. 97- 

(2) To thaw. Pr. Parv. MS. f. 187. 

(3) Then. Gawajfne, 

THOWGHTS. Pieces of wool matted together, 

and hanging down in lengths of about four 

inches. Line. 
THOWTHYSTYLLE. " Thowthystyne hcibc, 

roitrum poreinumt** Pr. Parv. 
THOWTS. The seat of rowers in a boat ; the 

thwartt perhaps, or what go aeroaa. ** The 



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thouffht9, the seats of rowen in a boat/' Diet, 
ap. Moor. 
THOWTYNE. " Thowtyne or seyne thow to a 

mane, iuo,** Prompt. Parv. 
'TH03T. Thought {A.-S.) 

Kyng A;lbr75t gnt dispy t adde in ys thejt. 
That the Brutona nolde Seynt Aiutyn aba* nojL 

Robtrt o/Gioueetiaf'* Chronicle, p. 835. 
THRAA. Bold. Thraette, boldest. 
To forgyflfe hym his werket wylde. 
That he had bene so thraa. MS, Linadn A.i. 17i f* 1^* 
Tbare they thronge in the thikke and thriatii to the 

erthe 
Of the thraette men thre hundrethe at ones. 

ifoffe Arthure, MS, Uneoln, f. 9fi. 

THRAFE. Thrived. 

Thus he welke In the laode 

With hys daxte in his hande ; 

Under the wUde wodde wande 

He wexe and wele thraff, Pmreeval, 219. 
THRAG. To fell, or cut down. 
THRA6ES. Busy matters. Speght. 
THRAIL. AflaiL BetU. 
THRALA6E. Perplexity. Line, 
THRALL. (1) A slave, or vilein. 
This kyng, as thou heidest er this, 
Hcdea thtaU that dede amys. IMigUnu Poems, xv.Cent 

(2) Cruelty; severity. 

Wherefore goud Christian people, now 

Take warning by my fall : 
Live not in strife and envious hate« 

To breed each other thraU, 
Sceke not your neighbors lasting spoyle, 

By greedy sute in lawe ; 
Live not in discord and debate* 

Which doth destruction draw. 

BiUlad on the Burning of B$ed«»t 1586. 

(3) Hard ; cruel. 

At Beverley a sudden chaunce did falle. 

The parish chirch stepille it felle 
At evynsonge tyme, the chaunce was thratle, 

Ffourscore folke ther was slayn thay telle. 

MS.Bodl.eMu9, 160. 

(4) A stand for barrels. Warw, 

(5) A short space of time. 
THRALY. Hardly ; cnieUy. (^.-5.) 

Thay toylede the bytwene thayme. 
And threted the thrmfy. MS. Lincoln A.i. 17* f-233 
THRAMP-WITH. A sliding noose of withy or 

rope to fasten cows in their stalls. Chesh. 
THRANGE. (1) Thrusted; went through. 
Thurch the bodi fill neylhe the hert 
That gode swerd thurc him throng. 

GifCfWarwike, p. 51. 

(2) To crowd ; to squeeze. North, 
At morne when day sprange* 
Gentyl men to hazuds thrange, 
Syr Degrabelle Wds dyght. SgUimour, 1109. 
THRAP. (1) To crowd. A place is said to be 
thraptfitU when excessively crowded. Essex. 
(2) '* ki busy as Thrap*8 wife, who hung herself 

in the dishcloth." A Derbyshire proverb. 
THRASHLE. AtlaiL Lhuyd's MS. Additions 

to Ray, Ashmolean Museum. 
THRASTB. Thrusted out. {A.-S.) 
THRATB. Urged ; pressed. {A,'S.) 
There as he was moste hate* 
For to drynke y-nogh he thrate, 

MS, Cantab, Ff. ii. 38, f. 199. 



THRATLB. To speak with a hollow rattling 

voice. Honours Academic, 1610, L 80. 
THRATTE. To threaten. {A,'S.) 
THRATTLES. Sheep's dung. East, 
THRAVE. (1) Thrived. Perceval, 226. 

(2) A company, properly of threshers, but ap- 
plied to any indefinite number. 

Many a man wylle go bare* 
And tak moche kark and care. 
And hard he wylle fare 

AUe the days of hys lyfe ; 
And after comyth a knave. 
The worst of a throve. 
And alle he shalle have 

For weddyng of hys wyffi*. 

MS. Laned, 210* f. 80. 

(3) Twelve fads of straw. Also, twenty-four, oi 
twelve sheaves of wheat. North. 

(4) To urge. Line. 

THRAW. (1) A twist, and v. to twist. Hence 
heads etnd throws; hence, also, threw hook, 
a rude instrument for making coarse hay 
ropes. North. 

(2) To turn wood. North, 

THRAWL. A stand for a barrel Line. 

THRAWN. A scolding, or chiding. Dunebn. 

THREAD. To spin a good thread, L e. to suc- 
ceed in any undertaking. Thread and thrum, 
the good and bad together. 

THREADEN. Made of thread. 

THREAD-NEEDLE. A game, in which chil- 
dren stand in a row joining hands, the outer 
one, still holding her neighbour, runs between 
the others, &c. 

Eight people, four of each sex* who had arranged 

themselves together* a man and a woman alternately, 

and Joining hands like children at thread-needle, 

form'd a straight line that reach'd across the Mall. 

Adventures of Mr. George Edwards, 1751* p< 140« 

THREADS. ** In a skrew-plate and skrew-pin, 
the dents or hollows are calld grooves, and the 
prominent or rising parts are the threds; 
the outer threds of the skrew-platc make the 
grooves on the skrew-pin, and the grooves in 
the skrew-plate make the threds on the skrew- 
pin," Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033. 
THREAP. (1) Obstinately to maintain or insist 
upon a thing in contradiction to another, e. g. 
" He threaped me down it was so.'' Line. 
** I threpe a mater upon one, I beare one in 
hande that he hath doone or said a thing 
amysse," Palsgrave, verb. f. 389. 
Itt's not for a man with a woman to threape, 

Unlesse he first gave oer the plea i 
As wee began wee now will leave* 

And lie take mine old cloake about tnee. 

Percys I^li^ues, p. 62. 

(2) To beat, or thrash. North. 

(3) To urge ; to press. Line, 

(4) To cozen, or cheat. Lane, 
THREAP-GROUND. Disputed land. North. 
THREAT. To threaten. Palsgrave, 

Which fthoul<Vtheyjnyne* would be so strongly sided. 
Two mighty boasts* together safely met* 
The face of warre would looke so steme and great, 
As it might threat to heave him from his seat 

Bntyfon's Voemst \9SfJ, p. U. 



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TRRBAVE. The same as Thr»e, q. v. 

THRECHE. To pinch. Pabp-ape, 

THREDEGAL. Unsettled, as applied to weather, 
and I never heard the word applied to any- 
thing eUe. I lately heard this speech. " The 
weather fare ta look thredegal, and the dumps 
of the evening are coming on." Moor, 

THREDTENE. Thirteen. 

THREE.COCKED.HAT. A cocked hat. 

THREE-FARTHINGS. A three-farthing piece 
of silver current in Shakespeare's time, and 
frequently alluded to for its thinness, &c. 

THREE-FOLD. Bog-hean ; buck-bean. Yorkth. 

THREE-HALFPENNY.HORSE-LOAF. Anick- 
name for a very little person. 

THREE-MAN. A cluster of three nuts is caUed 
a three-man cluster of nuts. 

THREE-MENS-SONO. A song for three voices. 
" To sing rounds, catches, gigges, or ihree 
mttu $onga" Florio, p. 538. Compare pp. 59, 
80, ed. 1611. 

THREE-OUTS. When three persons go into a 
public-house, call for liquor generally consi- 
dered only suiBcient for two, and have a glass 
which will divide it into three equal portions, 
they are said to drink three outt. 

An alewife In KMgrave neare to Iptwlch, who 
would iiecdi force thret MTTing men (that had beene 
drinking in her house, and were taking their toavee) 
toitay and drinke the thrM outt tint (that is, wit out 
of the head, money out of the purse, ale out of the 
pot) as shee waa comming towards them with the pot 
in her hand was suddenly taken speechlesae and 
sicke, her tongue swolne in her mouth, never reco- 
varad speech, the third day after dyed. 

Wo§ to Dnudkmrd$, m Sermcn htf Satm^l Wmrd, 

Premeher ^ Ipnaieh, IBStJ, 

THREE-PILE. The finest kind of velvet. Hence, 
metaphorically, tkree-piledf refined. 

My will la that if any roaring boy springing from 
my race happen to be stabd, swaggering, or swearing 
tikrwe-jMTd oathes in a taveme, or to bee kild in the 
quarrell of his whoore. let him bee fetched hither 
in my own name, because heere he shall be both 
lookt too and proTided for. 

Dtkker't Strange Horte Haee, 1613. 

THREE-SHBAR. A sheep of two or three years, 

having been thrice shorn. 
THREESOME. Treble. North, 
THREE-SQUARE. Triangular, like a bayonet 

or small sword-blade. Four-$gtuare, die- 
shaped ; a cube. 
THREE-SQU ARE-SHEEP. A four-year sheep. 
THREE-THREADS. Half common ale, mixed 

with stale and double beer. 
THREE-THRUM. When a cat puirs she is said 

to sing three^hrum. Line, 
THREE-TREES. The gallows, so called from 

their ancient triangular form. 
THREE- WAY-LEET. When three roads meet, 

it is called a tkree-way-ket, Suffolk. 
THRENES. Lamentations. (Gr.) 
THREO* Three. (^.-5.) 

In Noe is flood in the shlppe were heo, 
Noe and hys sonys thr9o. 

Raigiout Poenu, xf. Cent. 
tHRBP. Torture ; cruelty. (^.-5.) 



THREPE.(1) To speak; to call; to shoot. It 
has likewise the same meanings as thret^p, q. t. 
5a are alo^e and lyca to alepe 
Whan je iqeos tlie piechur threpe. 

MS. HarM7Dl,f.BL 
Of the nyghtgale notes the noises was swette ; 
They thrwpiOe wyth the throstnis thre hundreCh at 
ones. Morte Arthure, MS. Limcotn, f. €L 

Because I was arayed with some clothes of sylkeitf 
my sayde malsters, came unto me and (ibrepAdnpaa 
me that I should be the Duke of Clarence sonne tbit 
was before tyme at Develyn. UaU, Hmr^ Vil. f. 20. 

THREPHEL. A flaiL Lmw. 

THREPPE. To rush? 

Woundes thoaa whydyrewyna, wemyede knygfatta, 
ThnpptdB thorowe the thykkys thry ttene sythJs. 
Martt Jrthurt, MS, liMcete, f. 79 

THREPS. Threepence, rar, dial 
THRESHEL. Same as Thrashie, q. v. 
THRESHER. A duster of furniture. 
THRESHFOD. A threshold. YorJt9h. 
THRESTE. To thrust. (J.-S.) 
TH RES WOLD. A threshold. (^.-&) 
THRET. Tlireatened. 

Withoute thi caatel I am biset. 

Harde with thre foroen tkret. 
Cursor Mundi, MS. Call. THn. Ckitfaft. f. O. 

THRETE. To threaten. {A.-S,) 
He thrttyth me to be slayn, 
And for to wynnc hys londc agayn. 

MS, Cantob, Ff. U.», f. IM. 

THRETENETHE. The thirteenth. 

The fhrctenetht artykele, as telle I may, 
That Cryst hymself on Holy Thoiaday 
Stegh Into hevene in flesch and Uod« 
That dyede byfom on the rod. 

MS. cat. OawL A.1L f. lA 

THRETTY. Thirty. {A.-S.) 

Yn the halle that he there hadd, 
V. and threttp knyghtys he madd. 
Be that odur d ay abowte none. Jf^iaaieiv, lOM. 
THREVE. The same as Throve, q. v. 
THRIBBLE. Treble ; threefold. Yorbk. 
TH RICHE. To thrust or press down. Lane. 
THRIDDB. Third. (A.-S.) 

The Holy Goat, persone thr^Me, 
Leveth also 1 50W l^dde. 

MS. Cott. Oaud. A. IL f. 13S. 
The tkridd* Me ladde Bretel, 
Strong and dolnde knight wel. 

Jrthour amd MtrSn, p. 143^ 
When hyt come to the f/triMU day. 
That alle knyghtys went away. 

MS. Ctmiab. Ff . U. 38, fl 15L 

THRIDDE-HALF. Two and a half. 
Hard gates havy gon, 
Sorewen soAred mony on ( 
Thiitty wynter and thriMt-halfftg. 
Havy woiwd in londe her. 

Harroseln^ 4/ Ibfi, p. 15. 

THRIDDEN. Of thread. 

Which did rereale him then to be indecde 
A ihriddm fellow in a allken wcede. 

StephenM* Ett^e* und Gbaracfsrv, 1615, p. & 

THRIDDENDEL. A third part 
And asked gif anl wer so bold ; 
Tkriddeitdel his lond have he achokU 

O^ ^WungOu, P.S99. 

THRIDE. A thread. See Roilo, p. 12. 



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And et tbk woBe I will ipyime thridt by thride. 
To hill me from the coulde. Okertvr Plapt, i. 37> 
THRIB. (1) Thrice. {A,-S.) 
Petter» I saye thee sickerlye. 
Or the cocke have crowen thryot 
Thou shalte forsake my oompanye. 
And take thy worde againe. Cheeter Plaift, li. 95. 
(2) Troable ; affliction. {A,-S.) 
THRIFT. (1) Growing pains. Lane, 

(2) Scarf on a horse. P'ar, dioL 

(3) The sea-pink. P^ar. dial 
THRIFT-BOX. An earthen boxfor saving money 

in, so contrived that the coin cannot be got 
out without breaking it. 
THRILE. To pierce through. {A.-S.) 

His arowe» that er scharpe aentence thriXattd meni 
hertet. MS, CM, Aofi. 10. 

THRILLY. ThriUing. North, 
THRIMMEL. To pull out; to gripe hard; to 

part with money reluctantly. North, 
THRIMMER. To handle anything. Lane. 
THRIN. Three. Thrmfalde, threefold. 
Selcouth thing he aeide wltbyn 
la doaed in these jerdea thrUu 

Cursor Mundit 318, Coll, THn. Cantab, f 40. 
Criatofere In Crlate I ealle the here. 
In my name* by thryne manere. 

MS, Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 125. 
Ala witty men ful wele haa talde» 
Sdurift aw to be Ouinf^Ue. 

MS. Galba E. i%, f. 06. 
THRINGE. (1) To thrust. {A,-S.) 
Who itrengths the poor, and pridfUl men down thrlngt, 
And wracka at once the pow'rs of puiisant kings. 

Workg of Du BartoM, p. 309. 

(2) To crowd ; to press forward. {A,'S,) 

(3) To rumble. In MS. Med. Line. f. 289, is a 
receipt for " thryngyng in the wambe." 

THRIN GID. Quite covered over? 

Hia kneys coveryd witli plates many, 
HIa thiea thryngid with silk, as I say. 

Roland, MS. Lansd, 338, f. 388. 

THRIPPA. To beat. Chesh. 
THRIPPLE. To labour hard. 
THRIPPLES. The rails of a waggon ; the move- 
able ladders. Cheah, 
THRISTY. Thirsty. S^etuer. 
THRIVE. So mote I thrive, i. e. If I may pros- 
per, a common expletive phrase. 

Nay, seyde Gye, to mote y thryw, 
Never whylle y am on lyre. 

MS. Cantab, Ft. ii. 38, C 154. 

THRO. (1) Eager ; earnest ; sharp. 

As Jewes fond he none so thro. 

For ofte thei toafte him to slo. 

Curtor Mundi, MS. Coll. Trin, Cantab, f. ISO. 
When sche come undur a wode syde, 
Sche myght no lenger atyyde, 

Hur peynys were so throo ; 
Sclie iyghtyd downe. that was so mylde. 
And there sche travaylyd of a chylde, 

Hyrselfeallone, wlthowtyn moo. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. li. 38, f. 7 A. 

(2) Bold. See Thraa, 

Tber is no lady of flesshe ne bone, 
In this werld so thry ve or thro. 

MB. Marl. 225S, f. 94. 
Thoghe the kny5t were kene and thro. 
The owtlawys wanne the chylde hym tto. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. li. 88, f. 85. 



THROAT. He lies in his throat, i. e. he lies 
flatly, a phrase implying great indignation in 
the person who employs it. 
And therefore, reader, understand and note, 
WhosTer sayes I lye, he lies in's throat. 
Tailar't Travolo from LowUm to the Me ef Wight, 
wUh his Aetums and occasion of his Joumeif, 
1648, p. 14. 

THROAT-BALL. " Throte gole or throte bole, 
neu de la lagorgty gotier" Palsgrave. " .^t- 
ghtufHt a throte gole,'' Nominale MS. 
Thi mahe and thi milte, thl livre and thi lunge. 
And thi throte botte Chat thu mide aunge. 

Ma, Cott. Calig, A. iz. f. 9(9. 

And to Icayd the folowyng of auch a doubtful cap- 

tayne which with a leaden sword would cut his owne 

throte-boUe. HaiPs Vnion, 1548. 

THROAT-LATCH. (1) The narrow thong of 
the bridle which passes under a horse's throat. 
" The throat-thong or throat-band of a bridle, 
wutgorge" Sherwood. It is also called the 
throat-hap. 
(2) The strings of a hat, cap, &c. fastened under 

the chin. 
THROAT-PIECE. " The throat-pieoe (or fore- 
part of the neck) of a hog," Sherwood. 
THROAT-WORT. The giant bell-flower. 
THROCK. The piece of wood on which the 

blade of a plough is fixed. 
THROC-NEDILS. A kind of herb mentioned 

in MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 286. 
THRODDEN. To thrive ; to increase. North. 
THROE. Eager ; willing. 

There as the swift hound may no farther goe 
Then the slowest of foot, be he never so throe. 

The Booke of Banting, 1586. 
THROH. AcotBn. {A.-S,) 

Ase me wolde him nymen np» 
Ant leggen in a throh of aton. 

Chronide ofBngkmd, 747. 

THROLY. Earnestly ; eagerly ; hardly. 
In at the durres thei throlp threat 

With staves ftil gode ilkone; 
Alas I alas I seid Robyn Hode, 
Now mysse I lituUe Johne. 

MS, Cantab. Ft, t. 48, f. 127. 
The theeflb at the dede thrawe so throly hyme thryngcs, 
That three rybbys in his syde he thrystes in sundere. 

Morte Artkure, MS. Lincoln, f. 66. 

THROM. From. Salop. 
THROME. Company, or body of people. 
Whiles thou were in our throme. 
No were we never overcome. 

Arthour and Merlin, p> 9, 
Tho thai thider weren y-eome, 
Ordelnd and teld her throme, 
Fourti thousand men thai founde. 

Arthour and Merlin, p. 138. 

THRONG. (1) Busy. North. 

In these times, great men, yea and men of juatioe, 
are as throng aa ever in pulling down houses, and 
setting up hedges. Sanderson's Sermons, 1688, p. 113. 

(2) A press of business. North, 

(3) To crowd ; to press. 
THRONGE. Thrust down. (AS,) 

Yn yustyng ne yn turnament, 
Ther royjt no man with-sytt hys dynte. 
But he to the erthe them throngs, Eglanumr, 1QS3. 
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of TtKjpen driTe before them at onoe, whether 
it consitt of one or more lands or ridges. 
THROPE. A thorp, or village. (^.-5.) 
Nof ht [fsr] ftt> tlut paleyM honorable, 
Where ai thie llarfc[i Je thope hb mariage. 
There stode a thrope ot site delltable. 
In whlcbe that pore folke of that village 
Hadden here bestit and here herborage, 
And of her labour toke hare tustynanee, 
AfUr that the erthe yeve hem htibuodaunee. 

Rtliq. Antiq, ii. 68. 

THROPPLE. (1) The windpipe. Var, dioL 
(2) To throUle, or strangle. North, 
THROSHEL. The threshold. SuffbU, 
THROSSEN. Thrust ; pressed. North, 
THROSTEL. A thrush. North, " Mertihu, 
merula, Anglice a thyrstylle cok/' Nominale 
MS. XT. Cent. " Thrusshe a byrde, gryue" 
Palsgrave. " Thrustell cocke, mauMa" 
Palsgrave, subst. f. 70. 
Gladde b the throtM whane the floures spring, 
The tomer b to him lo aooeptlble. 

MS.jithmoUB9,t,». 
Or if thou wUt goeihoote at little blrdi. 

With bow and bonlt, the thrtutle-coekt and tparrow. 
Such as our oountrey hedges can aflbrde, 
I have a fine bowe, and an yvorie arrow. 

TV AiflKtUmate Shtpkemrd, IflM. 
The nyjtyngale, the throttj^lcoke. 
The pop^ay, thejoly laveroke. 

MS, PorkingtoH 10, f. 55. 

THROUGH. (1) From. North. 

(2) To be through with anj one, L e. to complete 
a bargain with him. 

(3) The same as Perpent~$tonef q. v. 

(4) A flat gravestone. North, " Thurwhe stone 
of a grave, tarcofagua" Pr. Parv. 

THROUGH-CARVED-WORK. Carved work 

in which spaces aro cut entirely through the 

material. 
THROUGHEN. Another copy of the Siege of 

Jerusalem in MS. Cott. Calig. A. iL f. 123, 

reads " bounden togedur." 

zxx.^ Jewes in a thrumme, fArotifA«n in ropes 

MS. Cott. Vttpiu. E. xvl. f. 83. 

THROULLID. Pierced. (A.-S.) 
And to be throullid bond and food 
With charp naylus to the rod. 

And to be lift up in the croe, 
Betwene two thevys for to hyng ; 
Of aysel and gal thai propherd the drynke. 
With a spere thi hert persid was. 

MS. Douce 902, xv. Cent. 

THROUSHOT. The hole of a rabbit under 
ground through a bank. It is an expressive 
word, where the animal has ahot through. 
It is also applied to a spendthrift, ** a through' 
ihot sort of a fellow.'' Moor. 
THROW. (1) Time. (^.-5.) 

Syr,Bocheys Ck>dy8 myghte. 
That he make may bye lowe. 
And lowe bye in a lytylle throwe, 

MS. Cantab. Ft. IL 38, f. 240. 
Hayle and pulle I schall tulle faste 
To reyse housys, whyle I may laste. 
And wOt within a ly tell throw, 
Sf y mayster gode schall not be know. 

jr jr. jiMhmote 61. 



Syr, be myn hore beni 
Thou eehall se within a i 

MS. jtkHuh m, f.a 

And gadred them togyder 

In a lytell throwa. 
Seven score of wight yonge men 

Came redy on a rowe. Robin Bood, L }& 
(2) To work at the tin mines. North, 
{3) A thoroughfare ; a public road. South, 
THROWE. To turn wood for cups, &c A 

turner's lathe is still called a throve. 
THROWER. A sort of knife used for clesviog 
lath or hurdle stuff. It appears to have been 
formerly ctlXedJrower. See Moor, p. 151. 
THROW.IN. To pay a forfeit. Eatt. 
THROWING-CLAY. '* At the potteries in 
Staffordshire they call four different sorts of 
clay throwing elayt, because they are of a 
closer texture, and will work on the whed" 
Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033, f. 414. 
THROWING.THE.STOCKING. A curious cos. 
tom, thus described in a poem dated 1733 : 
Then oome all the younger f<^ in. 
With ceremony throw the otoekitif^ 
Backward, o'er head, in turn they toes'd it. 
Till in sack-posset they had lo«t it. 
Th' intent of flinging thos the hose 
Is to hit him or hero' th' noae; 
Who hits the mark, thus, o^cr left shoulder. 
Must married be ere twelve months older. 
Deucalion thus, and Pynrha, threw 
Behind them stones, whence mankind grew. 

BrantTg Pop. Antiq. ii. IW. 

The first use the two lads of the castle made of 
their ezlstcnoe was to ply the bridegroom so hani 
with bumpers, that in less than an hour he tuit 
divers effbrts to dng, and soon after was carried to 
bed, deprived of all manner of sensation, to tiw 
utter dissppolntment of the bridenien and maJdi, 
who, by this accident, were prevented from thmriHs 
the ttoeking, and performing certain other cerano- 
nles practised on such occasions. 

Ptregrine Pidtit, diapw4. 
But as luck would have It ye parson said grace. 
And to fHsking and dancing they shuffled apace. 

Each lad took his lass by the fist ; 
And when he had squeca'd her* and gaum'd her ualiU 
The fat of her face ran down like a mill. 
He toU'd for the rest of the grist. 
In sweat and in dust having wasted the day. 
They enter'd upon the last act of the play. 
The bride to her bed was convey'd ; 
Where knee deep eadi hand fell downe to thegronod. 
And in seeking the garter much pleasure was found, 

'Twould have made a nun's arm havestray'd. 
This clutter ore, Clarinda lay 
Half bedded, like the peeping day 

Behind Olimpus cap ; 
Whiles at her head each twittring gtrle 
The fIsUl otoeking quick did whirle 

To know the lucky hap. 
The bridegroom in at last did rustle. 
All dissap-pointed in the bustle. 

The maidms had shav'd his bta cch es i 
But let him not complain, tis well. 
In such a storm, I can you tell. 

He save'd his other stitches. 
Account of a Wedding, FlOdter^e Peemu, p. OOl 
THROWLY. Thoroughly. North. 
THROWN. Disappointed. Yorkah. 



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THROWSTBR. One that throws or winds silk 
or thread. '< Throwstar, demdereue de wye" 
Pslsgra?e» 1530. 

THRUBCHANDLER. 

Th^ take they did that lodly boome. 
And under thrubchundUr doied was hee. 

Sm^ GacoayiM, p. S80. 

THRUCK. The piece of wood that goes through 
the beam of a plough, at the end of which the 
suck or share is fastened. Che$h. 

THRUPP. (1) Through. North. 

(2) A Ubie-tomb. Cumi. 

THRULL. To piece. SeeThrile, 

THRUM. (1) Green and vigorous, usuauj ap- 
plied to herbage. Gloue. 

(2) The extremity of a weaver's warp, often 
about nine inches long, which cannot be woven. 
Generally, a small thread. North, Also, to 
cover with small tufts like thrums. 

(3) Futuo. See Florio, pp. 5, 144. 

(4) To beat. SufoU. 

(b) To purr, as a cat Stut, 

(6) Sullen ; rough ; bearish. North, 

if) A bundle of twigs through which the liquor 
percoUtes from a mash-tub. 

THRUMBLE. To handle awkwardly. North, 
The term oocois in Howell, 1660. 

THRUM-CHINNED. Rough chinned. 

THRUMMED. Knitted. Thrum-cap, a knit 
cap. A thrummed hat was one made of very 
coarse woollen cloth. Minsheu, 

THRUMMELD. Stunted in growth. North. 

THRUMM Y. Fat ; plump. Yorksh, 

THRUMMY-CAP. The name of a sprite who 
occasionally figures in the fairy tales of North- 
umberland. He is generally described as a 
" queer-looking little anld man," and the scene 
of his exploits frequently lies in the vaults 
and cellars of old castles. 

THRUMP. To gossip. North, 

THRUMS. Threepence. Grote. 

THRUNCH. Much displeased. North. 

THRUNK. (1) Busy. Lane. 

(2) Thronged ; crowded. Chesh. 

THRUNK-WIFE. A fussv, busy woman. Lane. 

THRUNTY. Healthv ; hardy. North. 

THRUSFIELD. A thrush. Salop. 

THRUSHES. A disease in horses. 

THRUSH-LICE. MiUepes. North. 

THRUST. " Boute-horsy the play called Thrutt 
out the harlot f wherdn the w^est ever come 
to the worst,*' Cotgrave. 

THRUSTE. A thirst. (^.-&) 

And suche a thnuts wai on him falle. 
They hemufte other deye ordrynke, 

Gower, MS, Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 53. 

THRUSTLE-COCK. See Throetel. 

THRUSTY. Thirsty. North. 

THRUT. The throw of a stone ; also a fall in 

wrestling. Lane. 
THRUTCH. For thrust. Cheeh. Maxfield 

measure, heap and thrutch, Prov. 
THRUTCHINGS. The last pressed whey in the 

making of cheese. Lane. 
THRU3. Through. {A.-S.) 



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Thorow the grace of Ood almyjC. 
That If mcrcifuUe to every wyjt. 
And thrw^ hit modur Mary. 

US. Cantab. Ft. v. 48, f. 40 
THRYDDYTH. Third. (A.-S.) 

For hit byfliell thus in the tame thr^ddyth day* 

Chron. VUodun. p. 61 1 

THRYNGE. Throng, or crowd. (A.-S.) 
Theiowdan dud before hym brynge, 
AU hyi goddye in a thryngt. 

MS, Cantab. Ft. ii. 38, f. I88i 

THRY3T. (1) Threw. (2) Given. Gawayne. 

THUCK. That. fFilte. 

THUD. A heavy blow, or the sound which it 
emits. The stroke of a sledge hammer against 
the wall of a house is of that kind. North. 

THUE. Slave. (A.^S.) 

Theerie was lone wide ooutb, among thme and flrco. 

That seint Thomas acholde after him archeUschop 

beo. IVeq^rhomo* Beket, p. IL 

THUELLE. The same as TeweU, q. v. *' S^ti- 
eaueterhimf a thuelle," Nominale MS. 

THULGED. Endured. Gawayne. 

THULLE. This. Heame. 

THUM. To beat. 

For he's such a churle waxen now of late, that and he be 

Never lo Utile angry he thunu roe out of aU cry. 

2%e Taming i^f a Shrwo^ IWJ. 

THUMB. To have the thumb under the girdle, 
i. e. to be very melancholy. 

THUMB-BAND. A small band of hay, &c. 

THUMB-BIT. A piece of meat eaten on bread, 
so called from the thumb being placed on it. 

THUMBING. A Nottingham phrase, used to 
describe that species of intimidation prac- 
tised by nuisters on their servants when the 
latter are compelled to vote as their em- 
ployers please, under pain of losing their 
situations. 

THUMB-NAIL. See Supernaculum, 

THUMB-RING. A large ring, generally plain, 
formerly worn on the thumb. 

THUMB-SNACK. A fastening to a door in 
which the latch is lifted by pressing the thumb 
on the broad end of a short lever which 
moves it. 

THUMMEL-TEE. See ThomeUe^taa. 

THUMP. The same as Bany^ q- ▼. 

THUMPING. Large; great. Var,diaL 

THUMPKIN. A clown, or bumpkin. Oaou, 

THUMPLE. To fumble. North. 

THUNCHE. To seem. {A,-S,) 
Of fleyah lust cometh shame, 
Thath hit thuneht the body game. 
Hit doth thesoulesmerte. Raiq, Antiq. i.Ul, 

THUNDER-BOLT. (1) The com poppy. JTeet. 

(2) The fossU belemnite. North. 

THUNDER-CRACK. A cUp of thunder. 

THUNDER-PICK. The pyrites. Sufolk. 

THUNDER-STONE. The water-worn gypsum 
is so called in the North by the vulgar. 

THUNDER-THUMP. To stun with noise. 

A very clown in his own language comes off better 

than he that by a romantick bumbaste doth ihwider- 

thump his hearer into an tequ^i^brhtm between loom 

and wonder. 

A Cap ikf Gray Main far a Green Head, 10B8» p. 81i 

THUNK. A thong. North. 



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THUNNER. Thander. NoHh, 
THURCH. Through. (^.-S.) 

Whar thyrch j tel moder thine 
Dingner to be ded than moder mine. 

Arthomr and Merlin, p. 41. 
He stayred about hym with hit tpere. 
Many thurgh gane he bere. Prreevo/, 1170> 

THURF. Through. 7*Atffyb«/, throughout. 
Thia chlid thmr/ his flMler hesle. 

14/^ qf Thowmu Beket, p. 9. 

THURGHFARB. To pass through. (A.-S.) 
Bot hi liknaa ^urg^/kan man, 
Bot and ydel «a he droned onan. 

MtU CbU. VtupoM, D. %ii. f . S7. 
THURGHOUT. Throughout ; quite through. 
THURH. Through. (^..&) 

Heo brohte lu bline that if long, 
Al Mw* hln childcringe. 

jr& CMtoM. Calig, A. ix. £ MS. 
THURIBLE. Aoenser. {Lai,) 
THURIFICATION. Buining incense. 
THURINDALB. A pewter flagon holding about 

three pints. WiJUt, See TkriddendeL 
THURL. A long adit in a coal-pit. 
THURLES. Holes. (J,-S,) 

TU I M and fele hto fleuhe. 
The thwUt bothe of hoode and fete. 
CuTMr Mundi, MS. ColL THn. Cantmb. f. 114. 
THURLGH. Through. <^..&) 

Mony wooden oure Lorde ther WTO|t 
J%Mrlgh the cardenak» rede. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ▼. 48, f. 79. 

THURLINGS. <' In coal-piU there be seyeral 
partitions or diyiaions calid wallings or stauls 
separated by pillars or ribs of earth and coal, 
with passages through them called thurUnfft 
opened for conyenience of air and easier car- 
riage of the coal/' Kennett MS. 

THURROK. The hold of a ship. (^.-5.) 

THURROUGH. A furrow. Leie. 

THURRUCK. A drain. Kent. 

THURS-HOUSB. " A thurs-house or thurse- 
hole, a hoUow yault in a rock or stony hill 
that serves for a dweUing-house to a poor 
family, of which there is one at Alveton, and 
another near Wettonmill, com. Staff.," Kennett 

THURSSE. A giant.. (J.-S.) 

With schankei unschaply ichowande togedyra, 

Thykke theefe at a thurate and thilikeTe in the hanche. 

Morte Arthure, MS. Uncoln, f. 65. 

THURSTLEW. Thirsty. (^.-&) 

In reveris thurttiewt and moyrt upon the londe ; 
Oladde in mornyng. In gladnes compleyneng. 

L^dgat^t MUtor Poem*, p. 7b. 

THURT. (1) Across. South. 

(2) An ill-tempered fellow. Berkt. 

THURTE. Need. (A..S.) 

All fayre a lady to wyefe had he 
Ala any erthly mane fAiirfe lee. 
With tunge 1^ I 30W nerene. leumbrae, 96, 
THURT-HANDLED. Cross-handled; thwart- 
handled, haying a handle standing across from 
side to side, as a short-handled basket. 
THURTIFER. Unruly. WUU. 
THURTLE. To cross in discourse ; to contra- 
dict. Somertet. 
THURT-SAW. A cross-cut saw. Somenet 
THUS. So ; this. Norih, 



THUS-GATBS. In this manner. 

Bot a maae of the citee that hi^tte 
whene he saw hia cuntree tbmgatm be destrayed, 
come and felle one kneei befoie Alezandcr. and 
bigane for to aynge a aange of musyke and of mur- 
nynge with an instrument of musike. 

MS. liMcofo A. i. 17,tll. 

THUSSOCK. A tussock, or tuft. 
THWACK. (1) To fiU to oyerfowing. 

How dene and entier ftriendshe and I wereonj 
to the other during his life, the letters he addresMd 
roe from time to time, to the number of dx hoo- 
dred» thwnekt with lore and klndneaw, doo maiii- 
festUe declare. 

tManftmW* DaterlfHen ^lr§kmd, p. 42. 

(2) ^ameas Tkwmge (2). 

THWAITS. Land, whidi was once eorered 
with wood, brooghtinto pasture or tiUa§e; an 
assart. TTktPoite enters into the name of 
many places in Westm<»elaDd and Cufflber- 
land. 

THWANGE. (1) The latchet of a shoe. 
*' Thwange, /^tOa," Nominate MS. 

(2) A large pieee. North. 

THWARLE. Tight; hard. Gawayue. 

THWARTS. Tofallont,orquarreL TbfAvcrf 
tJke way, to stop one in the way. 

THWEYN. To prosper. {A.-&) 
Addiwyit yt wylle not bee, 
I wot I mvne nerer more tibiMyit. 

MS. Uneoin A. i. 17»f. 31. 

THWITE. To cut; to notch. North. See 
Stanihurst's Ireland, pp. 16, 18. " I tkwytt 
a stycke, or I cutte lytell peces from a thynge^ 
Palsgraye, yerb. f. 390. 

THWITEL. A knife. (^-5.) 

THWITTEN. Cut. North. 

THY. (1) They. 

And of these berdede bukkct alao 
Wyth hemaelf thp moche mysdo. 
That leye Cryaten mennys acyse« 
And haunte al the newe gyae. 

MS. BodL ilb, til 

(2) Therefore. Chnoayne* 

THYRCE. A spectre. (J.'S.) " Thyrtjc, w>k. 

kyd spyryte, duehw,** Pr. Panr. ** A thurse, an 

apparition, a goblin, Lane," Kennett MS. 
THYTED. Cut, as with a knife. List of old 

words prefixed to Batman uppon Baitholome, 

fol. Loud. 1582. 
THYZLE. A cooper's adze. North. 
TIAL. A tie. FUteher. 
TIB. (1) The anus. North. 

(2) The ace of trumps in the game of gleek was 
so called. See the Compleat Gamester, ed. 
1721, p. 8. 

(3) A calf. A term of endearment. Tib and 
Tom were names for low persons. 

A) The flap of the ear. Lmc. 

5) Tib qf the buttery, a goose. 

6) The extreme end of a cart. EMt, 
tiBBET. The oyerhanging peak of the bonnet 

lAne. 
TIBBY. IsabeUa. North. 
TIB-CAT. A female cat Yorksh. 
TIBERT. A name for a cat. 
TICE. To entice. Vor. di^ 



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All these and more lie give thee ft»r thy love. 
If thcee sad more may ijy m thy love away. 

The JUHketiommf Shephmrd, 1504. 
TICHER. A sheaf of com. South. 
TICHIN6. Setting up turves to dry, in order 

to prepare them for fuel. Devon, Comw. 
TICHY. Fretful; touchy. HowelL 
TICK. (1) A slight touch. A game called tiei 
is mentioned by Drayton, and is still played 
in Warwickshire. A boy touched by one who 
is in the first instance fixed upon to commence 
the game, is in his turn obliged to overtake 
and touch another of the party, when he cries 
tick, and so the game proceeds. 

(2) To toy. See Forby, p. 348. 

Such Udttng, such toying, each smiling, such 
wiakiogf and such manning them home when the 
iporu are ended, that it la a right comedle to marke 
their behaviour. Gomom's Sdioole qfMtue, lfi79. 

(3) Loving ; fond. JFest. 

TICKET. A tradesman's bill, formerly written 
on a card or ticket. Run o* the ticket ^ run in 
debt, Shirley, iiL 56, since corrupted into tick, 
" Plsies upon ticket," Stephens' Characters, 
1615, p. 239. 

TICKETINGS. Weekly sales of ore. Derb. 

TICKLE. (1) To excite. Becon. 

(2) Tottering ; unsteady ; uncertain ; inconstant. 
"Tyckyll,natstedy,mcofu/an/," Palsgrave. A 
thing is said to be tickle when it does not stand 
firmly and may easily be overturned. Some- 
times, in harvest, they say, ** It's very tickle 
weather," meaning thereby that it threatens 
rain, that it is not set fair. Line, 

Yet if she were lo tickle, as ye would take no 
stand, so ramage as she would be reclaimed with no 
lure. Greeting GtoyrfofiftM, 1593. 

T1CKLE.BRAIN. A species of Uquor. 

TICKLE-ME-QUICKLY. An old game men. 
tioned in Taylor's Motto, 1622, sig. D. iv. 

TICKLE-MY-FANCY. The pansy. 

TICKLE-PITCHER. A drunkard. Var.dial 

TICKLER. (1) Any smart animal ; also a shrewd, 
cunning person. /. qf Wight, 

(2) Something to puzzle or perplex. 

(3) An iron pin used by brewers to take a bung 
out of a cask. Var. dial 

TICKLE.TAIL.(1) A wanton. HaU, 

(2) k schoolmaster's rod. North, 

TICKLISH. Uncertain. Far, dial 

TICKLY. Ticklish. PaUgrave, 

TICK-TACK. (1) A kind of backgammon, played 
both with men and pegs, and more compli- 
cated. The game is frequently alluded to, as 
in Apollo Shroving, 1627, p. 49; Taylor's 
Motto, 1622, sig. J), iv ; Poems on State Af- 
fairs, ed. 1705, p. 53 ; HoweU, 1660, sect. 28. 
To play at tick-tack was sometimes meant in 
an indelicate sense ; as in Lilly, ed. 1632, sig. 
Dd. iii ; Hawkins, i. 150. 

In this laode I did see an ape plaie at ticke-tacke, 
and after at Irishe on the tables, with one of that 
lande. BuUein't Dialogue, 1S73. 

(2) A moment of time. Yorkth. 

TID. (1) SUly ; chUdish. Weet, 

(2) Quickly ; promptly ; readily. 

(3) A small cock of hay. Imc, 



(4) The udder of a cow. Yorkak. 

TIDITB. Happened. (J.-S.) 

TIDDER. Sooner. Weet. 

TIDDIDOLL. An over-dressed, aifected, young 

woman in humble life. St^^olk, 
TIDDLE. (1) To rear tenderly ; to pet, 7W- 

dling, a young pet animal. West. 
(2) To fidget or trifle about. South. 
TIDDLIN-TOP. The summit. Ea$t. 
TIDDY. The four of trumps at gleek. Seethe 

Compleat Gamester, p. 8. 
TIDDY-WREN. A wren. Wett. 
TIDE. (1) Time ; season. (J.~S.) 

Oure kyng went hym In a tyde 
To pley hym be a ryver side. 

MS. Cantab, Ft, v. 48, f. 47. 
Sare tho that mowe not abyde. 
For peryle of deth, to that tyde, 

MS. Cott. Claud. A. li. f. 1S8. 

(2) The tithe. Kent. 

(3) Tidings ; news. Perceval, 1173. 
TIDEFUL. Seasonable. (^.-5.) 
TIDIFE. The titmouse. Skinner. Drayton 

mentions a singing bird called the tidy, per- 
haps the same, for Skinner's explanation ap- 
pears to be doubtful. 

TIDLIWINK. A beer-shop. Weet. It is called 
in some places kidliwink. 

TIDN. It is not. Somerset. 

TIDY. (1) A pinafore. North. 

(2) A workbag. Var. dial. 

(sS Considerable ; much. Eaet. 

(4) Clever ; ready ; neat. (A.-S.) 

(5) Honest ; well-disposed. Wett. 

TIE. (1) A short, thick, hair rope, with a wooden 
nut at one end, and an eye formed in the 
other, used for hoppling the hind legs of a cow 
while milking. North. 

(2) To fasten, as the door, &c. 

^3) A foot-race. Kent, 

(4) The tick of a bed. Somerset, 

(5) A casket, or box. (A.-S.) Loken in hur 
tye, a phrase sometimes meaning simply, in 
her possession. 

TIED. Compelled. North, 

TIE-DOG. A bandog, or mastiff. 

TIED-UP. Costive, said of cattle. 

TIENS. Upright poles behind the cribs in a 

stall for cows. West. 
TIER. (1) A bitter drink or liquor. 
(2) Moreover. Cumh. 
TIERING. Coarse half-ceiling. Lane. 
TIERS. Two persons who tie, or count equal 

in a game. Var. dial. 
TIE-TOP. AgarUnd. North. 
TIFE. To dress, or put in order. 

Or 5yf thou tufyet the over proudly 
Over mesure on thy body. 

MS. HofL 1701* f. SS. 
TIFF. (1) To excite. Somerset. 

(2) A draught of liquor. Var. dioL 

(3) To deck out ; to dress. 

(4) Thin small beer. Still in use. 

That to shall quickly follow, if 
It can be rais'd firom strong or t{if%, 

Brtm^sSongt, 1681, p. Itfk 



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{6)Tototter. 

TILTBR. (1) Older. Si^foU, See Fkirfaz, 

Bulk and Selvedge, 12mo. 1674, p. 75. 
[2) A. sword. A cant term. 
TILTH. (1) The produce of tilling. 
So that the tUUkt it nyie forlwiM, 
Wbtche Criite aewe with his owen honde. 

GocMT, MS, Soe. jMiq. 134, f. ISB. 

(2) A place for tilting in. 
TILTISH. Apt to kick, said of a horse. 
TILTURE. Cultivation. 7W»er. 
TILTY. Touchy. fTett. 
TIMARRANY. Two poor things. Nmf, 
TIMBER. (1) Forty skins of fur. See a note 
in Harrison's England, p. 160. 

(2) Strength ; build ; might. 

Sith thy dwelling thftlle be here. 
That thou wolditt my eon lere, 
Hyt tiftmb0r flbr to aaay. 

Torrent ^f Portugal, p. 80. 

(3) To timber a fire, i. e. to supply it with 
wood. To timber-cart, to go with a team for 
timber. 

(4) A timbrel. PaUgrope, 
(bS A kind of worm. 

(6) To make a nest. Diet Ruit 

(7) A crest Howell, 1660. 
TIMBER-DISHES. Trenchers. Devon, 
TIMBERED. Built. See Timier (2). 

Alanion, a floe Hmb*r«4 man, and tall, 
Yet waiiu the ihape thou art adora'd wlthall i 
Vandome good carriage, aitd a pleating ele. 
Yet hath not Suflblk'g princely mi^eftie. 

Dray/on'f Ptoenw. 1637, p.S90. 

TIMBER-LEAVES. Wooden shutters. 
TIMBERN. Wooden. Detfon. 
TIMBERSOME. Timorous. Wett. 
TIMBER-TASTER. A person in a dockyard 

who examines timber and pronounces it fit 

for use. 
TIMBRE. To build. (A,-S,) Timbred hu 

tene, occasioned his trouble. 
TIMBRELL. A pillory. This word occurs in 

Hollyband's Dictionarie, 1593. 
TIMBRES. Basins. (^.-A'.) 
TIMDOODLE. A silly fellow. Cormo, 
TIME. (1) Tune. Jonson, y. 180. 
(2) A theme, or subject. Palsgrave, 
(zS Apprenticeship. Var. dial, 

(4) To give one the time of the day, i. e. to 
salute him. This phrase is still common in 
the country. 

(5) To summon ; to call. ** Whenne thus wele 
tymede," MS. Morte Arthure. 

(6) The times. Shak, 
TIMELESS. Untimely. Shak. 
TIMELY. Early ; recently. Var, dial 
TIMERSOME. Timid. Far, dial. 
TIMES. (1) Hours. (2) Timet and often, very 

frequently. By timet, early. Timet about, in 

turns. In timet, now and then. 
TIMINGS. Grounds of beer. Kent, 
TIMMER. (n Timber. Var. dial. " Tymmyr, 

meremium,* Cathol. Anglic. MS. 

(2) Provision ; fare. North. 

(3) To trifle, or idle. 



TIMMY. Timid ;fretlbL Wmt, 
TIMOROUS. (1) Difiicult to pdease^imeertain; 

fretfuL Sometimes timBmnome, 
(2) Terrible. Skdton, iL 306. 
TIMOTHY. A chUd's penis. Stmih, 
TIMP. The place at the bottom of an iron fiir. 

nace where the metal issues out. 
TIM-SARAH. A sledge touching the ground in 

front, and having wheels behind. 
TIM-WHISKY. A light one-horse ehaise with. 

out a head. South, 
TIN. (1) Cash ; money. Var, dial 
(2) Till. Cheth. 
TINCT. Tincture. Shak. 
TIND. To kindle. Wett. 

Ai theaeal malceth Impienion in the wax, end « 

fire oonveyeth heat tnlo iron, and as one cindle 

ttndtth a thouMUid. 

Sa>»4er90ie» B a t t miw , 16B9, p. 5& 

TINDES. Horns. 

The thrydd hownde fy^tyng he fyndyi. 
The beete stroke hym wyth hys (jtMn- 

M8, Cmntah, Ff. fi. SB, f.pB. 
TINDLES. Fires made by chUdren in Derby. 

shire on the night of All Souls, Nov. 2. 
TINE. (1) To lose. (A.^S.) It occasionallj has 
the meaning, to perish, to cause to perish, 
or the turtyl that t^net hire make. 
That nevere aftere othere wille take. 

MS. HarL 8960, f. 118. 
For jyf thou make any man faltly <yite. 
As for theft, thou shalt have pynew 

MS, Hari, 1701, f. 14. 
For )yf thou dotut, thou mayst hem t^tte. 
And for that pryde go to pyne. 

MS^Harl.mUf.n. 
He hath sroetyn the dewke Segwyne, 
Hys hors he made hym for to t^ne, 

MS. CatUtUt. Ff. ii. SB, f. 161. 
I dar laye, wlthouteo fyne. 
That we sbul so oure londes t^ne. 

CurtorMundi, MS. CoU. Trin. Cantah, f.35. 
That ys owre Ood so gracyous. 
And ys so looth mannys sowie to rjnf*. 

MH, Oantah. Ff. 11. 38, f. )7. 
For alle if he levede als aswynne. 
He weaes God wUle hym nojt tj/n; 

MS. HarL S860, f. ». 

(2) The prong of a fork, &C. Far. dial. Tlned 
hooke, Harrison's England, p. 232. 

(3) To divide a field with a hedge. Also, to 
mend a hedge. Wett. 

4) To light ; to kindle. Far.diaL 

5) Wild vetch, or tare. 
(6^ To shut ; to inclose. North, 

(7) A forfeit, or pledge. North. 

(8) A moment, or brief space of time. 
TINESTOCKS. The short crooked handles upon 

the pole of a scythe. Wett, 
TING. (1) The girth which secures the pannien 

of a packsaddle. Devon. 
(2) To beat ; to girth ; to bind. Wett. 
(3j To sting. (4) A sting. North, 

(5) To ring a bell. Eatt. "To ting as a bdl," 
Cotgrave in v. Sonner. 

(6) A prong fork. Devon. 
7) To chide severely. Ejpmoor. 
;8)TospUt;tocrack. North, 



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(5) To fcU beadlong. York$h. 

TIFFANY. A portable flour deve. 

TIFFITY-TAFFETY-GIRLS. Courtesans, so 
called firom the dress they formerly wore. 

TIFFLE. To trifle. StiU in use. 

TIFFLES. Light downy particles. 

TIFFY. Fretful ; touchy. Siumx. 

TIFFY-TAFFY. A difficult piece of work. Also, 
a poor silly trifler. North. 

TIFLE. To turn, to stir, to disorder anything 
by tumbling in it ; so standing com, or high 
gprass, when trodden down, is said to be tifled. 
North. 

TIFLED. A tifled horse, L e. one broken above 
the loins. North. 

TIFT. (1) A small draught of liquor, or short fit 
of doing anything; also, condition, as to 
health of the body ; as a Terb, it means fetch- 
ing of the breath quickly, as after mn- 
ning, &C. 

2) A tiff, or fit of anger. 

3) To irritate. Une. 

4) A small boat. North. 
(5) To adjust. North. 

TIG. (I) A slap, as a mode of salutation. 

!2) The last blow in sparring. 
3) A play among children, on separating for the 
night, in which every one endeavours to get 
the last touch, mikm't Yorkth. 
(4) A call to pigs. Var. dial. 
TIGGY-TOUCHWOOD. A game where children 
pursue each other, but are exempt from the 
laws of the game whilst touching wood. 
TIGHT. (1) Firm; smart; thriving. Also, 

prompt, active, alert. Var. dioL 
(2^ Furnished ; provided. 
3) Promised. Chester Plays, ii. 16. 
A stiwsrd was with king Erxnln, 
That hadde ti^^ to sic that swin. 

B»v€* qf Hamltmnp p* 35, 

^4) Begun ; pitched ; fixed. Sitwn, 
{b) For tite, soon, quickly. 
TIGHTED-UP. Finely dressed. Eiut. 
TIGHTISH. In good health. Far. dial. 
TIGHT-LOCK. Coarse sedge. Eatt. 
TIGHTLY. Smartly ; quickly. ShaJt. 

TIHING. Laughing? 

Li per lok and tninkUng, 
Tlhing and tikeling, 
Opin brest and singing, 
pelse midoutin lesing 
Arin toknes of horellnge. 

Raiq. AnOq. U. 14. 

TIHY. To laugh. See Tee-heef. 
TIKE. (1) A common sort of dog. North. 
Aubrey says, '* The indigence of Yorkshire are 
strong^ UU, and long legg'd ; them calVem 
opprobriously long-legd tyke" MS. Royal 
Soc. p. 11. The term occurs very early as 
one of contempt. ** Jone heythene tykes," 
MS. Morte Arthure, f. 91. 
T^keg too they had of all sorts, bandogs, 
Cuis, spaniels, water-dogs, and land-dogs. 

Coiton*s Workt, 1734, p. 77* 

(2) An old horse or mare. North. 

(3) A small buUock. Coha. I 



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(4) Com. NortK 

TIKEL. The same as TiekU^ q. v. 

TIL. (1) To. StiU in use. ^ 

(2) Manure. North. 

TILBURY. Sixpence. A cant term. 

TILD. To incline, or tilt. EomU 

TILDE. Turned ; moved. Heame. 

TILDER. A machine in a cellar, wedge- 
formed, for being interposed between a cask 
and the wall behind it, to tild^ or tilt it up. 
The article is called tilder, and the operation 
to tiUd or tut. 

TILE. (1) To set a trap ; to place anything so 
that it may fall easily. /f></. 

(2) To cure. (j4..S.) 

Ichave so 4rlerf him for that son, 
Schel hit never eft ake more. 

Bsoet fff ILtmivunt p. 118. 

TILE.KILL. A kiln for tUes. 

TILESHARD. A piece of a tile. «* CAst^Ma, a 

brick-bat, a tilesharde," Florio, p. 97. 
TILE-STONE. A tile. 
TILET.TREE. The linden tree. 
TILIERS. Husbandmen. (^.-5.) 
TILL. (1) Than. Weti. 
(2) A drawer in a cupboard, &c It is now only 

applied to the money-drawer. 

3) To prop up. Var. diaL 

4) Tame ; gentle. Kent. 
(5) To come ; to bring. Devon. 
TILLE. To obtain. {A.-S.) 
TILLER. (1) To germinate. North. 

(2) A sapling. Kent. 

(3) The stalk of a cross-bow. Sometimes used 
for the bow itself. The term is applied in 
Suffolk to the handle of any implement. 

TILLET. " Tyllet to wrap cloth in, toyUette*' 
Palsgrave, subst. f. 70. 

TILLETH. Movcth. Heame. 

TILLE-THAKKERS. Tilers. 

TILLEUL. " Tylleull a kynde of firute, tiUeul,'' 
Palsgrave, 1530, subst. f. 70. 

TILLING. Crop, or produce. West. 

TILLOR. 

I woll that the said CeclHe, in full contcntatloii of 
all such surames of money as I owe unto her, have 
my bed of arres, tUlor, testor, and counterpane, 
which she late borrowed of me. T9$t. Vetutt. p. 49S. 

TILLS. Pulse ; lentils. Far. dial. 

TILL Y-V ALLY. A phrase of contempt. 

TILLY-WILLY. Thin and slight ; unsubstan- 
tial ; thus, cloth, tape, &c. are said to be poor 
tilly vfilly things when they are deficient in 
substance. Line, 

TILMAN. A farm-labourer. Palagraoe. 

TILSENT. Tinsel. 

TILSTERE. A magician, or charmer. 

TILT. (1) Violence. North. 

(2) On the tilt, i. e. on the saddle bv the thigh. 
Meyrick, ii. 252. 

(3J A forge. Yorkeh. 

(4) To tilt, or toumay. 

This grosse attaint so tiU&lh in my thoughts, 
Maintaining combat to abridge mine ease. 

The Troublesome Raigne of KingJofuif WV. 

(5) To tilt up, i. e. to canter. Devon. 



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TINGB. A imall red insect. Ptgye. 

TINGER. Agreat fidsehood. Devon. 

TINGLB-TANGLE. A smaU belL 

Now hang the hallowed bell about hb Mck, 
We eall It a meniaonant Hngt^-tmrngU, 

TINGLING. Sharp. Var,dwL 

TJNG-TANG. The saints-beU. Var, dial, 

TING-WORM. A venomous worm that bites 
cattle under the tongue. CUtmc, 

TINING. (I) Dead wood used in tining or re- 
pairing a hedge. Cheth, 

(2) A new indosed ground. WiU9* 

TINK. To tinkle, as beUs. 

TINKER. To mend clumsily. Wett, 

TINKLE. To strike a Ugbt. NorthampU 

TINKLER. A tinker. North, ** A tincker, 
ortinkeler/' Baret's Alvearie, 1580. 

TINLEY. The same as Tindles, q. t. 

TIN NET. The same as TTJm'njr, q. ▼. 

TINO. A contracted form of *< aught I know/' 
generally joined to a negative. Daroii. 

TINSED-BALL. A child's ball wrought with 
worsted oi various colours. To tinse a ball is 
to work such a covering upon it. Hunter. 

TINSEY. A water can. Oxon, 

TINSIN. A kind of satin. 

TINT. (1) Lost. (i^.-S.) 

Tiile thou at helle come, thou walde noghte stynte. 
And ware letede of thas that thou hade twnte, 

MS, Uneolm A. i. 17. f. 191. 

(2) Destroyed. See Tine (1). 

It rayned fire fra heven and bnanitane» 
And (yfif al that thare was and i pared nana. 

MS. Oott, Gmlba B. 1%. f.97. 

(3) Tint fir tant, tit for tat. 
?4^ It is not. JFeit, 

1 5) A goblin. North, 

(6) H Jf a bushel of com. 

TINTED. Lost ; neglected. North, 

TINTERNELL. The name of an old dance. 

TINTH. The same as Tining, q. v. 

TINTY. Tinted. Northampt, 

TIP. (1) To overturn. Wett. 

(2) To give. (3) A donation. Var. dial. 

f4) A draught of liquor. West, 

[b) A smart but light blow. 

^6) To adjust the top of a stack. 

TIP-CAT. A boy's game, fully described in 

Stnitt, ed. 1830, p. 109. 
TIP-CHEESE. A boy's game. 
TIPE. (1) Aball, orglobe. 

(2) A trap for rabbits, &c. Yorksh, 

(3) To empty liquor from one vessel into ano- 
ther. North, 

(4) To toss with the hand. Zinc. 
TIPER-DOWN. Strong drink. Yorkeh, 
TIPE-STICK. The piece of wood which, reach- 

ing from shaft to shaft, keeps the body of a 

cart in its place, and prevents it from taping 

up or over. Line. 
TIPPED. Headed ; pointed. 
TIPPERD. Badly dresserl. North, 
TIPPET. To turn tippet, to make a complete 

change. An old phrase. 



TIPPLB. (1) To tamUe: to tvB over, MiidoM 

in tumbling. 
(2) Drink. Fcr. dial 

TIPPLER. A tumbler: hence, when theytslk 
of a tumbler pigeon, you hear them ssy, 
" What a tvpf^ he is !" 
TIPPLING. Haymaking. Notf, 
TIPPLING-HOUSE. A beer-shop. 
TIPPY. (I) Smart ; fine. V&r, dial 
(2) The brim of a cap or bonnet. 
TIPS. (I) Small fsggots. Suf, 
(2) Irons for the bottoms of shoes. 
TIP-TEERERS. Christmas mummers. Hntt. 
TIPTOON. Tiptoes; the extremities of the 

toes. Chaucer, Cant. T. I53I3. 
TIP-TOP. (I) Quite at the top. 
(2) The best of anything. Vtar, dial 
TIRANDYE. Tyranny. 

But WToo5ten'ttpoQ ttramlif* 
That no pitA ne myjte hem pife. 

Oowtr, MS, Soe, Amtiq, IM, f. 9L 
But now ttntntnirwe jb hoMen ryyt. 
And aadneaw yt tuned to aotelt^ 

MS Cantab. Ft. iL 38, f.l 

TIRANT. Special ; extraordinary. Wett. 
TIRDELS. Sheep's dung. Huloet, 
TIRE. (I) To tear; to pluck ; to feed upon, ss 
birds <rf prey. (J.^N.) 

(2) To attire ; to dress. Also, to dress food. 

Then x^. knyghtfi he dud (yrv 
In palmen wede anon. 

MS. Cantab, Ft U. 98, f. I2t. 
He broujt me to a feyre paUa, 
Wele tifred and rychly in all caae ; 
He ihewyd me hyt casteUosasd Umryt, 
And hyi hey haules and bonret, 
Poreitet, ryiren, fmtes and flovns 

MS, AakmtoU 61, zt. Cent. 
Let my moynt liair grow rich with perfume sweats, 
And tyr^ my Imiwt with roe eU id ooroaeti. 
The royal tombes command! us live i alnee they 
Teach that the very goda thcnaelTea decay. 

FUteker'$ P$0m», p. 45. 

(3) The head-dress. 

Wyth wyropilsand i^ritwrappld in pride, 
Yelow under yelow they covyr and hyde. 

1£8. Lrad. 410, r. 74 
In that day ihall the Lord take away the orna- 
ment of the slippers, and the calles, and the roaod 
tires, the sweete-balles, and the bracelets. 

Dent's Patkwaif, p.4& 

(4) Prepared ; ready ; dressed ; attired. 

By that the shyppes were gon and rowed in the depe, 
Trussed and tjfred on toterynge wawes. 

MS. Cott, Oaiif. A. H. f. 111. 

(5) A tier, row, or rank. 

(6) The iron rim of a wheel. 
TIREDER. More tired. Etit. 
TIRELINO. Worn out ; tired. 
TIREMAN. A dealer in dresses, and all kinds 

of ornamental clothing. 
TIREMENT. Interment. 
TIRET. A leather strap for hawks, hounds, &c. 
TIREWOMAN. A milliner. 
TIRFE. The tuck of a cap, &e. 
TIRING-BOY. One who stin the coloar about 

in printing cloth, &c. Lamo, 



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TntlNG-HOUSB. An old term for the draM- 

ing-room at theatres, tennis-courts, &c. 
TIRL. To put in motion. In many old ballads 
we read, " be tirled the pin at the castle gate ;" 
as one would say, be rang the belL North. 
TIRLINS. SmaU pebbles, coals, &c 
TIRNEDEN. Turned. {J.-S.) 
TIRPEIL. Trouble; broil; villany; base ac- 

tion ; yileness ; roguery. Heame, 
TIRSTY. Trusty. RUvm. 
TISAN. Barley-water. {A.^N,) 
TISCAN. A handful of com tied up as a sheaf 

by a gleaner. Comw, 
TISE. To entice. 

Lytyl or mochel syniie we do. 

The fend aod oure fleshe tytjfn ui therto. 

MS. Harl. 1701, 1 1. 
Hast thow l-seyn any thynge 
That ipaed the to aynnynge ? 

M& Con. OaMd. A. \L f. 144. 
Adam aotnerd with wykyd wyll, 
The eddyie he 4r««d me thertyll. 

MS,^9kmole61, f. 80. 
Y may evyr altur thyi 
That thou woldyst tifM me to do amys. 
No game schulde the glewe I 

MS. Cantab. Ft. II. 38. f. 7S. 
TISEDAY. Tuesday. " The tyscday tharaftyrc," 

Morte Arthure, MS. Lincoln, f. 94. 
TISS. To hiss. Somenei. 
TISSICK. Atickling fsint cough. East. 
TISSUE. A riband. (^.-iV.) 
TISTY-TOSTY. (1) The blossoms of cowsUps 
collected together, tied in a globnlar form, and 
used to toss to and fro for an amusement 
called t%$ty'to9ty. It is sometimes called 
simply a totty. 
(2) Swaggering. The term was formerly applied 

to swaggering swashbucklers, &c. 
TIT. (1) A horse, /'or. dial. 
This he tpake to intiee the minde of a lecherous young 



But what vfimm need now for an natam'd #M to be 

trotting. 
Or to add old oile to the flame, new fiaxe to the fler ? 
Bam^ld** AtfiietUmate Shtphtrd, IfiM. 

(2) A teat Par. diaL 

(3) Bit; morseL Somerwei. 
j4)Th». Yarkah. 

5) A nice smart girL Var, dial, 

[6) A dam in a river. 

TIT-BIT. A delicate morsel. Tar. dial. 

TITCHED. Touched. Far. dial 

TITE. (I) A spring of water. Oxon. I believe 
this word is now obsolete ; but one part of 
Chipping Norton is, I am informed, stiU called 
Jite^end. 

(2) For tideth, happeneth. 

(3) To put in order. North. 

(4) Soon. Still in use. 
The steward alao tyte 

The kyng letdrawehym, with grete dyspyte, 

Wyth horsys thorow the towne. 
And hanged hym on thegalowe tree. 
That al men myght hyt see, 

TluiC he liad done treeone I 

MACmntab. Ff. iLSS, f.7i. 

(5) Weight Somirmi. 



TITELERIS. Tattlen. 

TITERING. Courtship. {J..S.) 

TITE-TIT Y. To balance on the hand i to play 

at seesaw. Somerset. 
TIT-PAGGOTS. Small short faggots. 
TITH. Tight, or strong. 
TITHANDE. Tidings. 

Tlien tolde the kynge hot tifthande. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. ii. 98, f. 78^ 
Knyghtys of dyvers londys, 
When they harde of these tpthand^^. 

They gysed them f ulle gay ; 
Of every londe the beste, 
Tliedur they rode withowten resto, 
Fulle wele arayed and dyght. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. il. 38, f.78- 
TITHING. A company of magpies. 
TITHINGE. Tidings. 

There fadurs be not well lykynge. 
When they lurde of that tpthynga, 

MS. Cantab, Ff. ii. 98, f. 180. 

TITIMALE. The herb euphorbia. 
TITIVIL. A worthless knave. 

For the devlll hymself, to set farther division 
betwene the Englishe and Frenche nadon, did ap. 
parell certain catchepouiesand parasites, commonly 
called tititfUt and tale tellers, to sowe discord and 
diaseocion. Hall, Henry FT. f.43. 

Tynckers and tabberers, typplers, tavemers, 
T)fttyfifilM, flryfuliers, tumen and trumpers. 

I%er*yt99, p. 87- 

TIT-LARK. A sort of lark differing from the 

skylark, of a lower flight and inferior note. 
TITLELES. Without title. (^.-5.) 
TITLE RES. Hounds. Oawayne. 
TITLING. "The birde that hatcheth the 

cuckowes egges,'' Nomenclator, 1585, p. 57. 
TITMOSE. The pudendum. 

Hir corage was to have ado with allet 
She had no mynd that she shuld die. 
But with her prety tytmom to encrece and multeply. 

Beliq. Jntiq. il. 88. 
TITMUN. Qu. titmuus, a titmouse ? 
That can flnde a titmun* nest. 
And keape a robin redbreste. 

Muogonut, ap. ColUer, ii. 479. 
TITTE. (1) Soon ; quickly. 

And for I may nojt thys dette quyte, 
Lorde, that I have done forgyire me tytte. 

MS. HaH. 8888, f. 3. 

(2) Tightened ? 

And the feete uppward fast kay tted. 

And in Strang paynes be streyned and totted, 

Hampole, MS. Btnuet, p. 810. 

TITTER. (1) Sooner; earlier. North. " Titter 
up k&," i. e. the earliest riser call the rest. 
Tim example is taken from Urry's MS. Addi- 
tions to Ray. 

A I fadir, he said, takes to none ill. 
For with the geaunt fighte I wille. 

To luke if I dare byde ; 
And hot 1 titter armcde be, 
I salle noghte lett, so mote I the, 
That I ne salle to hyme ryde. 

MS. Lfoeoln A. L 17, 1 100. 

(2) To tremble. St^foU. 

(3) To seesaw. East. 
TITTERAYATING. Tiresome. East. 
TITTERS. A kind of weed. 



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TrrrUR-TOTTBR. The game of 
TITTIVATE. To dress neatly. Vwr. dkaL 
TITTLE. (1) To tickle. EmU 

(2) The mark on dice. 

(3) To bring up by hand. 
T1TTLB.BAT. The stickleback. 
TITTLE.GOOSE. A foolish blab. W9%U 
TITTUP. A canter. For. dwL 
TITTY. (1) A cat, IfwtK 

(2) The breast, or milk therefrom. 

(3) Sister. Cumb, 
(4)Tiny;8maU. rar.dtoL 
TITTY.MOUSE. A titmouse. Baret. 

The DMNiMa rt«ir W H O wat no doubt* 

A Mrde and gciMniiaa, 
That may appoara yet oiore at large 

By Ottghtan propag atloo. 

MS, ftMM in Dr. Bli$^9 Fmmmkmi. 

TITTTRIES. 

No newea of oaTica tmnit at aeaa j 
No nolae of late apawn'd tUtifriM, 

Hmrriek'9 Work; L 176. 

TIV. To. NortK 

TIVER. Red ochre. EoMt. 

TIXHIL. A needle. 

TIXTE. A text. (A.^S,) 

TIZZY. Sixpence. A cant term. 

TI3ANDIS. Tidings. 

The maydene rynnea to the haulle 

TiffamdU to frayne. MB, Uneoln A. 1. 17* f. 137. 

TI5T. (1) Position? 

The biiahop seyd aoonryjt. 
Abide* woman. In thatlljt 
Tille my icnnonde be done. 

MS. Omfofr. Ff. T. 48* f. 46. 
(2) Made ; did. 

Stlnte hit wolde he* if he myjt. 
The foly thai his brctheren ti^, 
Cmrmtr Mundi^ MS. CoU. Trin. Cantab, f. X 

3) Fastened ; tied. (4) Prepared. 
LICK. To click the lingers. 

TO. (1) UntiL 

Theya knyghtia nerer atynte ne blane, 
lb thay unto theoct^ wanne. 

MS. Uneoln A. 1. 17* f. 116. 

(2) In Lincolnshire, to is used for qf and fir. 

As ** think to a thing/' and " bread to break. 

£ut." In DoTonshire it often occupies the 

places of at and with, ** When were yon to 

Plymouth?" 
3^ Two ; twice ; too. North. 

4) Contr. of tobacco, 

5) Took. Same as Ta, q. t. 
His panterer Co a lofe tbo y wya. 

Glkrafi. FUodun* p. 15^ 

(6) Compared ¥ritlL StOl in nse. " That man 
is nothing to him." 

7) To harass, or fatigue. Yoriih, 

8) Thou. North, 

9) Shut ; pot to. Var. dial 

10) Almost Herrf. 

11) To andagamj from time to time. 
, A pre&c to Terbs of A..S. origin, imply- 

ing destruction or deterioration. 
TOAD. Like a toad under a harrow, L e. in a 

state of torture. Var, dial 
TOAD-BIT. A disease in cattle. North, 



? 



TOAD-BATER. Aptradte. Fmr,aaL 
TOAD-IN.AHOLS. Beefsteaks baked in baU 

ter ; or, rather, a piece of beef placed in the 

middle of a dish of batter, and then baked. 
TOAD.PADDOCK. A toadstool. Lane. 
TOAD.PIPES. The herb horse-tail. 
TOAD'S.CAP. ToadsstooL TodyshatU, Pr. 

Panr. Ea»t, Called toado-mmt in the Isle of 

Wight. 
TOAD-SKEP. Fungus on old trees. 
TOAD-SLUBBBR. The mucus or jeUy which 

incloses the eggs of a toad. 
TOAD.SPIT. Cuckoo-spittle. 
TOAD-STONE. A stone fonneriy supposed to 

be found in the head of a toad, and oonsidcRd 

a sovereign remedy in many disorders. 
TOADY. (1) Hateful ; beastly. Weat. 
(2) To flatter any one for gain. 
TOAK. To soak. Somenet, 
TO ARE. Grass and rubbish on com-laBd after 

the com is reaped; or the long sour grais in 

pasture fields. Kami, 
TOART. Towards. Weat, 
TOATLT. Quiet ; easily managed. Cheah, 
TOB. To pitch ; to chuck. Bedt. 
TO-BRASTE. Bisnt in pieces. 

Thaire gud tperlt al to-hrm»to 
On molde whenne thai mett. 

MS. Lincoln A. 1. 17. f . I& 

TO-BROKE. Broken in pieces. 

The gatia that Neptunua mada 
A thouiande wynter thertofore» 
They have anoae to-broke and tore. 

(;omtr, MS. Soe, JiiMf. ISI, t4L 

TOBT-TROT. A simple feUow. Devon. 
TOCHER. A tether. Norf. 
TO-CLATEREN. Clattered together. 

The dowdyt alie to-olatortn, as they dere wride. 

MS, Cott. Calig. A.iLt m. 
TOD. (1) A fox. Still in use. 

(2) Two stone of wool. 

(3) A bush, generally of ivy. In Suffolk, a 
stump at the top of a pollard. 

And, like an owie* hy night togoe abroad, 
Rooeted all day within an iTie tod. 
Among the aea-dUhi, In the dampy cavca, 
Incharnell-houaea, fit to dwell in gntTef. 

Drmifton's Poemo, 1697* P> SM- 

A disease in rabbits. Weat, 
Toothed. Still in use. 
The upright stake of a hurdle. 
-DAISTE. Dashed in pieeea. 

And daate out the teth out of hiaherad. 
And to-doMa hia bonea. 

MS. Wn. CoU, ObMR. I7< 
TO-DAT-MORNING. This morning. 
TODDLE. To walk with short steps, as a 

child. Toddkif a term of endearment 
TODDY. (1) Rum and water. Var, dioL 
(2) Very small ; tiny. Nwth, 
TODELINGE. AUttletoad. 
TODGE. The same as Stodge, q. t. 
TOD-LOWREY. A bugbear, or ghost Lme. 
TO-DO. Fuss; ado. Far. dial 
TO-FALL. The same as Tae^aU, q. t. 
TOFET. HalfabusheL Kent. 
TOFFY. The same as Ttify, q.T. 



TOL 



879 



TOM 



TOFLIGHT. Arefiige. {J.S.) 
TO-FORNE. Before. 

That a malde bathe a chllde borne. 

The wbiche thynge was not le to-^nmt, 

J^^dgaU, MS. Athmole », f. 5& 

TO-FRUSCHED. Dashed to pieces. 

Downe into the dyke, and there he felle and was 

alle io-fn$9ched, MS, Lincoln A. 1. 17f f. 1. 

TOFT. Open ground ; a plain ; ahilL Kennett 

explains it " a field where a house or building 

once stood." 
TOG. To go, or jog along. Glouc, 
TOGACE. The name of a cat. 
TOG-BELLIED. Very fat. Gkme, 
TOGE. A toga. Shak. The term is explained 

a coat in the canting dictionaries. 
TOGGERY. Wom-ont clothes. 
TO-GIDERE. Together. (A.-S.) 
TO-GINDE. To reduce to pieces. 
TOGITHERS. Together. (J.-S,) 
TOGMAN. A coat. A cant term. 
TO-GRYNDE. Grind to pieces. 

Wylde bestys me wylle to-gryndt. 
Or any roan may me fynde. 

jr& Gmteft. Ff. il. 88, f. 844. 

TOIL. (1) The piece of armour which was buc- 
kled to the tasset, and hung oyer the cuishes. 
Meyrick, iL 180. 

(2) An inclosure into which game was driven. 

TOILE. To tug. (i^..5.) 

TOILOUS. Laborious. Pakgrtwe, 

TOINE. (1) Shut. Lane, 

(2) To tune a musical instrument. 

TOIT. (I) Proud ; stiff. Wegt. 

(2) A cushion, or hassock. Devon, 

(3) A settle. Somertet, 

(4) To fall, or tumble over. North. 
TOITISH. Pert ; snappish. Comw, 
TOKE. (1) Gave; delivered up. (^.-5.) 
(2) To glean apples. Somertet 
TOKEN. (1) A fooL WiUs, 

(2) A small piece of brass or copper, generally 
worth about a farthing, formerly issued by 
tradesmen. 

(3) A plague-spot on the flesh. 

(4) To betroth. Comw. 
TOKENYNG. Intelligence. 

Bot forthe he went monythyt three. 
But tttktn^g of bur never haide hee. 

MS. CanMab. Ff. ii. 80, f. 140. 
Tokmnfngu sone of hyro he fonde, 
Slayne men on every bonder 

MS. Cantob, Ff . 11. 38, f. 07. 

TOKIN. An alarm-bell. (/V.) 
TOKNE. A token, or sign. Pr, Parv, 
TOKYTES. Kites ? The printed edition reads 
" gleides or puttocks.*' 

Theise wommen baddyn wynggcf like «oly(«», that 
with crying voyse sekyn her mete. 

WimbeWnCt Sermon, 1388, MS. Hatton ff7i p. 19> 
TOLD. Accounted. {J.'S.) 
TOLDERED-UP. Dressed out. Line. 
TOLE. (1) To draw. Hence, to entice. It occurs 
in the last sense in very early writers. I^ee 
Wright's Seven Sages, p. 103. 
A mass of large trees. Suaeex, 
To tear in pieces. 



(4) A weapon. 

TOLEDO. A sword, or dagger, so cftUed ttom 
the place of manufacture. 

TOLERATE. To tyrannize. Eoit. 

TOLKE. A man ; a knight 

TOLLACION. Abduction. (j4..N,) 
The vice of suppUntadone, 
With many a fols toJiaeion, 
Wbiche be consplreth alle unknowe. 

Gocotfr, MS. Soe. jintiq* 134. f.78« 

TOLL-BAR. A turnpike. P'ar, dial 
TOLL-BOOTH. Atown-halL North. 
TOLL-BOY. Cheap goods. Doreet. 
TOLLE. To incite one to do anything. 
TOLLEN. To measure out ; to count. 
TOLLER. (1) TaUow. South. 
(2) A toll-gatherer. (A.-S.) ToUere, Skelton, 
L 152, erroneously explained by Mr. Dyoe 

teOertf tpeakere, 

TolUn officy jit es ille. 

For they take tolle oft agayn skylle. 

M8.Harl.Sae0,tS0, 

TOLLETRY. Magic. This term is derived 

from Tolletf or Toledo, in Spain. 
TOLL-NOOK. A comer of the market-place 

where the toll used to be taken. North. 
TOL-LOL. Tolerable. Var.diaL 
TOLMEN. Perforated stones. 
TO-LOOKER. A spectator. Devon. 
TOLPIN. A pin belonging to a cart. 
TOLSERY. A penny. A cant term. 
TOLSE Y. The place where tolls were taken. 
TOLTER. To struggle ; to flounder. 
TOLYONE. To plead. Pr, Parv. 
TOM. (1) A close-stool. Somerset. 
(2) The knave of trumps at gleek. 
TOMBESTERE. A dancing woman. {J,-S.) 
TOM-CAT. A male cat. rar, dial. 
TOM-CONY. A simple fellow. 
TOM-CULL. The fish millerVthumb. 
TOM-DRUM. ** Tom Drum his interteinment, 
which is, to hale a man in by the head, and 
thrust him out by both the shoulders/' Stani- 
hurst's Ireland, p. 21. 
TOME. (1) Time ; leisure. 

And je wille here and holde jow itUle, 
And take tow tome awhile ther-tille. 

MB, LfncoAi A. 1. 17* 1. 198. 
1 have no lome to com therto, 
I haveno totM thlder to fkre. 
Curmir MunM, MS. CoU. IWn. CanUA. t. 80. 
Here may a man reede, that has (ome, 
A lang proccae of the day ot dome. 

HampeUt MS. Bowe§, p^ 184. 

(2) Famciful ; hght. 

It ii gude powder to ete If ye thynk that tbl 
bevede be ti>m» aboveneb 

MS, Uneoln A. 1. 17* f* 880. 

(3) Heartburn ; flushings. North, 

(4) Empty. Wright's Pol. Songs, p. 303. 

So dud thete wrecchesof joye tome, 
Thel douted not Ooddes dome. 

Curtor MwtdU MS. Coll. THn, Omiub, t, 10 

(5) A hair-line for fishing. Cumb, 

(6) To go towards. Somerset, 

(7) To faint away. North. 
TO-MEDIS. In the midst (i^.-&) 



TOM 



880 



TON 



lOUBHED. 

SdMPt bt all* ave qnade domd 
Otct foMdk«tf in anl Und. 

TOMEREL. A dung-cart. 
TOM.FARTHING. A silly feUow. 
TOMMY. (1) ProvisioM. / or. dial 

(2) A simple feUow. North, 

(3) A smill spade for excaTiting the narrow 
bottoms of onder drains. North, 

TOMMY-BAR. The ruff fish. NcrtK 
TOMMY-LOACH. Th^ loach fish. 
TOM-NODDIES. Puffins are so called in 
Northnmberiand. See Pennant's Tonr in 
Scotland, ed. 1790, i. 48. 
TOM-NODDY. A fool. Tor. dUtL 
TOM-NOUP. The titmouse. Sakp 
TO.MONTH. This month. Lme, 
TOMOR. Some kind of bird. 

The peUican and the popynjay, 
The tomer and the turtll trw. 

jr& Cantmb, Ff. t. 48, f. 68. 

TO-MORROW-DAY. To-morrow. West, 

TOM-PIN. A very large pin. 

TOM-PIPER. The name of a personage in the 
ancient morris-dance. 

TOM-POKER. A bugbear for children. 

TOMRIG. A tomboy. Glow, 

TOMS-OF-BEDLAM. These yagabonds have 
already been noticed under j^braham-men, 
q. T., their other appellation. Aubrey, in his 
Nat. Hist. WUU, Royal Soc. MS., p. 259, re- 
lates the following anecdote concerning Sir 
Thomas More : — ** Where this gate now 
stands [at Chelsea] was, in Sir Thomas More's 
time, a gate-house, according to the old 
ftshion. From the top of this gate-house was 
a most pleasant and delightfull prospect, as is 
to be seen. His lordship was wont to re- 
create himself in this place, to apricate and 
contemplate, and his little dog with him. It 
so happened that a Tom o Bedlam gott up 
the staires when his lordship was there, 
and came to him, and cryed, " leap, Tom, 
leap," offering bis lo. violence to have thrown 
him over the battlements. His lo. was a 
little old man, and in his gown, and not able 
to make resistance, but having presentnesse 
of Witt, seyd» " Let's first throw this little 
dog over.'' The Tom 6 Bedlam threw the 
dog down. " Pretty sport," sayd the Lord 
Chancelour, " goe down, and bring it up, and 
try again." Whilest the mad-man went down 
for the dog, his lordship made fast the dore of 
the staires, and called for help, otherwise he 
had lost his life by this unexpected danger." 
To this Aubrey appends the following note : 
** TUl the breaking out of the civill warres 
Tom d Bedlams did travell about the countrey ; 
they had been poore distracted men that had 
been putt into Bedlam, where recovering to 
some sobemesse, they were licentiated to goe 
a begging, e. g. they had on their left arm an 
armUla <rf tinn printed in some workes, about 
four inches long ; they could not gett it off. 



They mott about their nedoi a g^ hon of 
an oxe in a string or bawdrie, wfakh when 
they came to an houae for almes, they did 
wind ; and they did putt the drink givea them 
into this horn, whereto they did putt a stop- 
ple. Since the warres I doe not remember 
to have seen any one of them." In a later 
hand is added, ** I have seen them in Worces- 
tershire within these thirty years, 1756." 

TOM-TAILOR. The daddy-long-lesfs. 

TOM-TELL-TRUTH. A true guesser. 

TOM-TILER. A henpecked husband. 

TOM-TIT. The wren. Noff. 

TOM-TODDY. A tadpole. Comm. 

TOM-TOE. The great toe. Var. dial 

TOM-TOMMY. See Dow^to-Tow. 

TOM-TROT. A sweetmeat for children, made 
by melting sugar, butter, and treade together; 
when it is getting cool and rather stiff, it it 
drawn out into pieces about four inches long, 
and from its adhesive nature each piece is 
wrapped up in a separate bit of paper. 

TOM-TUMBLER. The name of a fiend ? See 
Scot's Discoveric of Witchcraft, 1584, as 
quoted in Ritson's Essay on Fairies, pL 45. 

TON. (1) To mash ale. 

(2) The one. (^.-5.) 

Thceile of LawsMkui ie the ton. 
And the erle of Waryn »ir Johne. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. v. 48> f.Si. 

(3) Taken. Sir Tristrem, p. 214. 

(4) The tunny fish ? Middleton, iv. 404. 

(5) A spinning-wheeL BKm. 
TONDER. Tinder. (^.-&) 
TONE. (1) Toes. (^.-5.) 

(2) Betaken; committed. Qawayme. 
TONEL. A kind of fowling net. 
TON-END. Upright North, 
TONG. (1) To toU a bdL Wett. 
(2) Twang, or taste. Also as Tang, q. v. 
TONGE. Thong. Skelton, iL 274. 
TONGUE. (1) A small sole. SuffoUe, 

(2) The sting of a bee. 

(3) " Tong of a balaunce, lanffuette,** Palsgrave. 

(4) To talk immoderately. West, 
TONGUE-BANG. To scold heartily. South 
TONGUE-PAD. A talkative person. 
TONGUE-TREE. The pole of a waggon. 
TONGUE-WALK. To abuse. - far. dial 
TONIKIL. Same as Dalmatic, q. v. 
TONKEY. Stumpy and short Bevoa, 
TONMELE. A large tub, or tun. 
TONNE. A barrel, or tun. 

The abot that was thider sent, 
Biheld the Umne was made of tieu 

T0NNE-6RET. As large as a tun. 
TONNIHOOD. The bullfinch. North, 
TONOWRE. «« Fonel or tonowre, Juwrvm, 

mfiuorhtm,'* Pr. Parv. p. 170. 
TONPART. Of the one part. 
TONSE. To dress, or trim. North, 
TONSILE-HEDGE. A hedge cut neat and 

smooth. North, 
TON-TOTHER, One another. Deri. 



TOO 



881 



TOP 



TONTTGH. A ton ? 

Item, Ml. Petro tire pro ilj. quartert of a tontifgh 
of Iftetton, vQ •• rij^ 

Nonoieh CorporoHcn BaeordM, temp. Hen. V t. 

TONUP. A turnip. Line. 

TONY. A simpleton. 

TOO. A toe. (^.-S.) 

And who lo on the fire gooe. 
He teenneth bothe foote and «m«. 

MS. Lansd. 193,1.68. 

TOODLE. A tooth. Crwen. 
TOOL. (1) ItwiU. Stmunet. 

(2) To level the surftce of a ttone. 

(3) A poor nselesA fellow. Var. dioL 
TOOLS. Farming utensils. IFett, 
TOOM. (1) Empty. North. 

The Dobleraan led him through many a roome, 

And through many a gallery gay. 
What a dede doth the king with to many toame houset, 

That he gets um not flld with corne and hay ? 

The King and a Poor* Northeme Man, lOiO. 

(2) To take wool off the cards. 

(3) Time. See Guest, ii. 205. It also means 
unoccupied space or room. 

Here may men rede, that have toom, 
A kmge proccsie of the day of doom. 

MS.AddU. 11305, f 91. 

TOOMING. An aching in the eyes. North. 

TOON. (1) Too. East. 

(2) The one ; the other. Var. diaL 
The toon hoved, and behelde 
Thestrokyi they gaf undur tchylde, 
Oret wondur had hee ! 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 80. 

TOOK. (1) The toe. Somerset. 
(2) Tother ; the other. Devon. 
TOORCAN. To wonder or muse on what one 

means to do. North. 
TOORE. Hard; difficult. 
TOOT. (1) The deviL Line. 
(2) To pry inquisitively. North. " Tooting and 

prying/' Taylor's Workes, 1630, L 119. Also, 

to gaze at eagerly. 
rS) Total ; the whole. Suffoti. 

(4) To blow a horn. Var. dial 

(5) To whine, or cry. We$t. 

(6) To shoot up, as plants. North. 

(7) To try ; to endeavour. Devon. 
TOOTH. Keep ; maintenance. North. 
TOOTH-AND-EGG. A corruption of tutenag, 

an alloy or mixed metaL In this county 
spoons, &C., used hy the common people are 
made of it, and these articles are thence vul- 
garly termed tooth and egg in this and the 
adjoining county of Nottingham. Line. 

TOOTH.AND-NAIL. To set about an>-thing 
tooth and naitf to set about it in earnest. 

TOOTH-HOD. Fine pasturage. North. 

TOOTHING. Bricks left projecting from a 
party-wall ready for a house to be built next it. 

TOOT-HORN. Anything long and taper, like 
a comet or horn. Somereet. 

T0OTH.SOAP. A kind of tooth-powder. 

Of the head! of mice being burned it made that 
cxeellent powder, for the wowring and cleansing of 
the teeth, called ceeCA-«oa|w / unto which if apikenard 
II. 



be added or m.'nglcd. It will take away any iDthy 
sent or atrooge favour in the mouth. 

Topnir* Boosts, 1C07 
TOOTHSOME. PalaUble. 

No iwagg'ring terma, no taunts ; for 'tis not right 
To think that onely toothoomo which can bite. 

Randolph's Jealous Luoors, 1646. 

TOOTHWORT. The herb shepherd*s-purse. 

TOOTHY. (1) Peevish ; crabbed. South. 

(2) Having many or laige teeth. 

TOOTING-HOLE. A loophole in a wall, &c 

TOOTLEDUM-PATTICK. A fool. Comw. 

TOOTLING. The noise made with the tongue 
in playing on the flute. Northan^toneh. 

TOO-TOO. Excessive; excessively; exceed- 
ingly. ** Too-too, used absolutely for very 
well or good," Ray's English Words, 1674, 
p. 49. It is often nothing more in sense than 
a strengthening of the word too, but too-too 
was regarded by our early writers as a single 
word. See further observations in Shak. 
Soc. Pap. i. 39 ; Wit and Wisdom, notes, p. 72, 
where I have printed a very large number of 
quotations from early writers exhibiting the 
meaning of this compound word. 

MVho too-too suddenly aeeeptingthe same, hoping 
thereby to have upheld the Protestant party in Ger- 
many, and not being succoured out of England as 
the Bohemians expected, was himself the year fol- 
lowing diiven out of that his new elective kingdom. 

MS. Harl.MS, 

TOOZLE. To pull about roughly. North. 
TOP. (1) To burn off the long cotton end of the 

wick of a candle. Far. diaL Also, to snuff 

a candle. 

(2) The head. Tail over top, headlong. Top 
over taU, head over tail, precipitately, rashly, 
hastily. 

But syr James had soche a chopp. 
That he wyste not be my toppe, 
Whethur hyt were day or nyght. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. U. 38, f. 78. 
Thou take hym by the topps and I by the tayle, 
A sorowfuU songe in faith he shall singe. 

Chester Plops, il. 179. 
Soche a itrokk he gaf hym then, 
That the dewke bothe hors and man 
Turned teppe oeyr tapte I 

MS. Cantab. Ft. il. 38, f. 76. 
Wyth here kercheves the devylys sayle, 
EUes shul thoj go to helle bothe top and tayle. 

MS. HarL 1701, t. 60. 

(3) Good ; capital. Var. dial 

(4) To wrestle. 

(5) A pit term for coal, when quite prepared 
for removal by wedges or powder. 

TOP-AND-SCOURGE. Whip-top. 

TOPASION. The topaz stone. 

TOP-CASTLES. Ledgings surrounding the 
mast-head. In Eglamour, 1072, it is appa- 
rently applied to the upper turrets of a castle, 
or perhaps to the temporary wooden fortifica- 
tions btdlt at the tops of towers in preparing 
for a siege. Accorchng to Mr. Hunter, Hal- 
lamshire Glossary, p. 24, " any building which 
overtops those around it, will be called in de« 
rision a cob^etutte." 

56 



TOE 



882 



TOR 



T0PBN8. A twopenny piece. 

ThoMM U«b«i«de Norwieo, marchaant, indict. 
«■! conuB Juitle. domioi rtgii de pace in civiUte 
Norwici obMrraada assign ..de ao quod idamThonas 
nocta dial Dominicii in feato sancti Bartholomai 
•poatoli. anno ragni regis Haarici scxti pott con- 
quaatum qnlnto, apud Norwicum in maasiona cjut- 
dam Thoma lolTit culdam Thonut atte Hirae 
bochcia, ienrienti Roberti Caadalera de Nonrioo 
bocfaare, pro bras, a dieto Thoma atte Hirae empt., 
X. a. in alngulii denariii et in alii* denarila vocatis 
pent ^ fpMt fabriettif de «ra vocAtt* bramnpens, 
Mcundum formam at siraiUtudlnein denar. voeat. 
YorkptiUt dicana et afllnnanB eidem Thoma atte 
HIme tolvtlonem pradietam fore bonum argentum 
at abli. mooaiam, pradietua Thomas Usdiereaciens 
dictam aolutloaem esse fols. et oootrafact. eidem 
Thoma atte Hirae pro bona lolutione fals. et frau- 
dulent, ibidem liberaviU 

Norwteh Cmrporatim lUeords. temp. Hen. VI. 

rOP-FULL. Quite fuU. Tar. dial, 

TOPING. Excellent; tiptop. »'«/. 

rOPINTERE. A panmour. 

TOP-LATCH. The thong which passes through 
holes in the seel of a hone's collar, and serves 
to &sten it, or to loosen or tighten it, as may 
be necessary. It is also the rising and &lUng 
latch which, catching the movable part of 
the oow-baok, confines her when milked* Moor, 

TOPLESS. Supreme. Skak. 

TOPMAN. A merchant Tessel. 

TOPPEH. One who excels. Var, dUL 

TOPPICE. To hide, or take shelter. 

TOPPING. (1) A mode of cheating at piny by 
hol<ting a dice in the fingers. 

^2) A curl, or tuft of hair, &c 

(3) Fine ; excellent ; in good health. 

TOPPINGLY. In good health. North. 

TOPPING-POT. An allowance of beer given 
in harvest time, when a mow was filled to the 
Tery top. East. 

TOPPINGS. The second skimming of milk. 

TOPPITS. The refuse of hemp. 

TOPPLE. (1) A crest, or tuft. 

(2) To fall ; to tumble ; to tumble in confusion. 
Also, to cause to fall, &c Topple taU over, 

topsy-turvy. 

I am topulHA in my thoujte. 
So that of resone leveth noujt. 

Cower, MS. Ac Jfitlq, 134, f. 48. 

TOPPLE-OVER. Said of sheep, beasto, or other 
fmning live stock, when they sell for double 
their cost. *< I jest toppled em over in the 
year." 

TOP-SAWTER. A leading person. 

TOPSIDE-TURVY. Topsy-turvy. 

TOPS-MAN. A foreman, or bailiff. 

TOP-STRING. The same as Top4ateh, q. v. 

TOP-UP. To make a finish; thus, when one 
has eaten largely of solid food, he is said to 
tcp up vrith pastry and lighter eatables ; also, 
when a person has oome to ruin or into dis- 
tress, through any cause, he is said to be 
ioppiBdtgit. 

TOR. AhilL Devon. 

TORBLE. Trouble ; wrangling. 

TORCBYS. Torches. (^.-M) 



TORCH. This pihnse was reeently beard st 
Boyton, near the lea. " Law I how them 
clouds torch up, we shall ha rain." This im- 
plied a rolling upwards of heavy NDoke-IOLe 
clouds, as if they were the dcMC smoke cf 
celestial fires. 

TORE. Broke. Weet. 

TORES. The ornamental wooden knobs or 
balls which are still to be seen on oU- 
fashioned cradles and chairs. 

TORETES. Rings. {J.-N.) 

TORF. Chaff that is raked off thecon, tfUr 
it is threshed, but before it is cleaned. Keti. 

TORFEL. To£Bll;todie. North. 

TORFITCH. Wild vetch. Weet. 

TO-RIGHTS. In order. Far. dud. 

TORKELARE. A quarrelsome person. 

TORKESS. To alter a house, &C. 

TORKWED. An instrument applied to the nose 
of a vicious horse to make it stand still dsriig 
the progress of shoeing. 

TORMENT. A tempest. (^.-M) 

TORMENTILL. The herb setfoiL 

TORMENTING. Sub-ploughing, or sob-hoeiii;. 

TORMIT. A turnip. North. 

TORN. (1) Broke. WUte. 

(2) A spinning-wheeL Eaemoor. 

TORN AY. Totilt at a tournament. 

TORNAYEEZ. Turns; wheels. Gmeayue. 

TORN-DOVFN. Rough ; riotous. XtM. 

TORNE. (l)TotunL (^..&) 

But thof h a man himaelf be good. 
And he tame lo his mood. 
That he haunte foolcs companye. 
It shal him rom« to grete foUe. 

MS. Ltned.T9S»lfl^ 

(2) Angry. 

TO-ROBBYDD. Stolen avray entirely. 
My yoye, myn herte ye ail ro-mMy^ 
The cbylde ys dedd that soke ray brecte ! 

M8. QmUib. Ft, ii. 38, f . C 

TO-ROF. Crumbled to pieces. 
That he tok he al i0-rof. 
So dust in winde, and abonta drof. 

Arthour end JfMnTia, p. lA 

Uys rakk he all to-roqf. 
And owt of the ttabull drofe. 

MS. Cmuab. F£ VL% t ni 

TORPENS. 

Item, I bequeath to myne espedal good Lord 
George Earl of Shrewsbury a cope of cloth of gsld of 
white damasoe, with torpem doth of gold sod velvet 
upon velvet Teet. Vehut. p. 458. 

TORPENT. Torpid. More. 

TORREN. Tom. 

In a colde wyntur, as thekyngand ThomaivaK 
in feB#1n the Chape at London, tfao kyng wat tnire 
of a pore msn tbat was sore acoUe with ttm* 
elothys. MS. Gmtmb. Ff. ii. fl» f* U. 

TORRIDIDDLE. Bewildered. Jkraet. 

TORRIL. A worthless woman, or hozse. 

TORT. (I) Spai^ling. Wett. 

The North WUU hociai and oilier staBfa 
hoTMS, when they come to dilnke of the water of 
Chaike river, they will miff and nwrt, it is w cold 
and ten. MS AfOn^tirUu.f.SS. 



TOT 



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TOU 



s 



2) Wrong. (^.-M) 

3) A wax cftndle. 

(4) Receipt for makmg " forte of fyssh*' in MS. 
Cott. Julius D. YiiL f. 94. [Tart ?] 

(5) Large; fit. GUnte. 
TORTIOUS. Iigurious. S^penser. 
TORTIVB. Twisted ; turned aside. 
TORTORS. Turtles. Gawayne, 
TORTUOUS. ObUque ; winding. (J.-N.) 
TORTYLL. Twisted. Hitton, 

A hnadred tome f haSb achot with hem, 
t7iMl«rhet«M^<f trt. AoMn Hood, L 91. 

TORVBD. Stern ; serere. 
TORY. An IriA robber. The /oriet were noted 
for their ferocity and mmrders. 

And now I mast ]mt« th« otb of Jupiter, and 
drop down a little lower to the tpbere of Mart, who 
if termed a <o*y amonget the atara. 

BMiOp's Marrow «fAtlrclogw, p. 43. 

TORY-RGRY. In a wild manner. 

TOS. Toes. (J.'&} 

Hiae fat he kistan an hundred aythea. 
The tot, the naylea, and the llthes. 

HaveMc, 2163. 

TOSH. A projecting tooth. 7bf Aitat/, a nail 

dri?en in aslant like a tosh. 
TOSIER. A basket-roaker. SoutK 
TO-SONDRE. Go to pieces ; split. 
Thefyry welkne gan to thundir. 
As thou5 the world schulde alle (o-«ofidre. 

GoweTf MS' 8oe, JnHq. 134. f. 91. 

TO-SPRED. Scattered abroad. (J,'S.) 
TOSS. The mow or bay of a bam into which 

the com is put preparatory to its being 

threshed. 
TOSSICATED. Restless ; perpleied. 
TOSSING-BALL. A ball to play with. 
TOSS.PLUME. A swaggering feUow. 
TOSS-POT. A drunkard. 
TOSSY.TAIL. Topsy-tnrry. Dewm. 
TOSTICATSD. (1) Tossed about. We$i. 
(2) Intoxicated. Far. dial. 
TOSTYRN. A toasting-iron. 
TOT. (1) A small drinking cup, holding about 

half a pint. Warw. 

(2) A tuft of grass ; a bush. 

(3) A term of endearment. 

(4) Anything very small Eoit. 

(5) A foolish feUow. 

TOTALD. Killed, or ixgured in an irretrierable 

manner. Etut. 
TOTE. (1) To look, observe, or peep. {ji.-S.) 
Derodon stondyth fer withowt 
At the lyppys dore, end toteth ynne. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. U. 98, f. 86. 

2) The whole. Still in- use. 
|S) To bulge out SomerHt* 

4) A tuft of grass, hair, &c. Lane. 
(5) Large; At. GUme. 

TOTEHILL. An eminence. Chesh. "TotehyU, 

iHoniatgnette," Palsgraye, 1530. 
TOTBLER. A whisperer. *' Be no totiler,'' 

MS. BibL Reg. 17 B. xvu. f. 141. 
TOTER. A seesaw. Nominale MS. 
TOTEY. Irritable. North. 
TO-THE.PORS. Fdrthooming. North. 



TOTHER. The other. {A.-S.) This is now 
generally considered a provincial vulgarism. 
The tother day on the same wyse. 
As the kyuge fro the horde can ryse. 

M8. Cantah. Ft. U. 38, f. 74. 

T'OTHER-DAY. The day before yesterday. 
Suuer. In some places this expression is 
indefinite. 
TOTHEREMMY. The others. West. 
TOTLE. A lazy person. Wett. 
TOT-O'EIUSEAS. The golden^ested wren. 
TO-TORN. Tom to pieces. 

Rather thanne he achulde be forlorn, 
Yit I wolde eft be al tth4mm. 

MS. Colt. Caii Cantab. B.50, f.85. 

TOT.QUOT. A general dispensation. 
TOTSANE. The herb agnus castrig. 
TOTT. To note. It is also used as a sub- 
stantive. 

With letters and credence, the copy wherof, with 
my poore opinion upon the same, totted in the mar- 
gyne, I sende unto your Highnes herewith. 

State Papere, i. ISO. 
TOTTARD. The herb nascorium. 
TOTTED. Excited ; devate«]. 
TOTTERARSE. The game of seesaw. 
TOTTERED. Tattered. 
TOTTER.PIE. A high-raised apple-pie. 
TOTTLE. To toddle. Var. dial. 
TOTTY. (1) Dizzy ; reeling. {A..S.) This terra 
is still used in the provinces. 

So totjf was the brayn of hia hede, 
Tiiat he deairld for to go to bede. 
And whan he was ones therin lalde. 
With hymself menrailously hefraide. 

MS. ttawl. C. 86. 
(2) Little. Suffolk. 
TOTYNG-HOLE. A spy-hole. 

They within the citie perceyved well this tot^g- 
hole, and layed a pece of ordynaunoe directly 
against the wyndowe. Hall, Henry VI, f. 83. 

TOU. Snares for taking game. Eatt. 
TOUCH. (1) Time ; occasion. West. 

(2) To bow, by touching the hat, &c. in token of 
respect to a superior. North. 

(3) A cunning feat or trick. ** Touche, a crafty 
dede, tour^^* Palsgrave. 

(4) A habit, or action. 

(5) A kind of very hard black granite. See 
Stanihurst, p. 31. The term was also applied 
to marble. 

To infect or stain. 
A touchstone. Shak. 
TOUCH-BOX. A receptacle for lighted tinder 
carried by soldiers for matchlocks. 
He had no sooner drawne and ventred ny her. 
Intending only but to have a bout, 
When she his flaske and tonaft-tereaet on Her, 
And till this hower tlie burning is not out. 
LetHngqfHumowe Blood in the Head- Vaine, 1000. 
TOUCHER. A little ; a trifle. North. 
TOUFFA. A small shed, at the end of farm- 
houses, to contain implements of agriculture 
and gardening. 
TOUGH. (1) Difficult. See Tow. 
(2) The beam of a plough. 
TOUGHER. A portion, or dowry. 



(6) 
(7) 



TOW 



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Aad tb* md hanyott oTall love* to tmd mm ! and 
you dull ban me for yoar tmtglktr. 

1%$ T10O Ltmmtkire LoMr«. 164f . p. 18. 

TOUGHT. Ti^t. StiUinaie. 
TOUGHT. The same as ClagguM, q. ▼. 
TOUGINGE. Tugging. 
TOUKEN. To dye. {JS.) 
TOUNISCHMEN. Townsmen. Lektnd. 
TOUR. A tower. (A.^N.) 
TOURMSNTES. Engines. List of old words 

prefixed to Batman uppon Bartholome, 1582. 
TOURN. A spinning-wheel. Exm. 
TOURT. To decay. Smfbii. 
TOUSE. (1) To tug, or p^ about. 

(2) A noise, or disturbance. Donei* 

(3) A slight blow. Somerset. 
TOUSELED. Haying tassels. 
TOUSER. A coarse apron. Devom, 
TOUT. (1) The backside. "Rubyng of ther 

toute, MS. Ashmole 61, f. 60. 

(2) A tunnel across a road. Line. 

(3) To solicit custom, far. dioL Rtaeeiouier, 
a person who toots for inns, &c 

(4) To follow or be followed. North. 

TO VET. A measure of two gallons, according to 
Cooper's Sussex Glossary. Kersey says, ** a 
measure of half a bushel or two pecks." 
TOW. (1) Tough. Var. dial Also, difficult. 
The phrase, to make it tow, to make it touffh, 
is common in early writers in various shades 
of sense, but generally, to make it difficult t or 
take great pains with any matter ; to treat an 
mrigH^teani taek or matter with aa much care 
ae^it were ^f great importance. 
BflfJB aad moton wylla serre wele enow ; 
Aod for to Mche m fcrre a lytiU bakon flyk, 
Wbidi hatb lonf hanggld, rwty and tout ; 
And the wey I telle you is comboroui and thyk, 
And thou might stomble, aad take the cryk. 

Reliq. jintiq. il. 99. 

To day thou gate no monc of me. 
Made thou It neyer so tcur^. 

MS. 0*ntmb, Ft. ▼. 48, f. 58. 

i2) Tools, or apparatus. JBaet. 
3) Pleasant ; deligbtfnU Devon. 
TOWAIL. A towel. {A.-N,) 

Wyth thre Unaaylet and no laeie 
Bule thyn auter at thy masae. 

MS. GrfloR. Oaud. A. ti. f. IN. 
TOWAN. A sand hillock. Devon. 
TOWARD. At hand ; forthcoming. 
TOWARDES. Toward. (A.-S.) 
TOWARD LT. Prosperous ; doing welL 
TOW.BLOWEN. A blown herring. Suffolk. 
TOWD. Told. Lane. 
TOWEL. (1) An oaken stick. Wlarw. Also a 

Terb, to beat ¥rith an oaken cudgeL 
(2) The anus. Reliq. Antiq. i. 192. 
TOWEN. (1) To tame. Northumb. 

(2) A town. Nominale MS. 

(3) Fatigued. Gittaayne. 

TOWER. (1) A higb head-dress much worn by 

ladies about the year 1710. 
(2) Cur led hair on the forehead. 
TOWER-LIGHTS. The small upper tights of a 

perpendicular window in a cburch. 



TOWGHT. A piece of fope-yanittBdlvtyiag 

up sadts. North. 
TO.WHEN. TiU when ; how kmg. 
TO-WHILS. Whilst. 
TOWING-LINE. A line affixed to absorgetiid 

a horse towing it Towm^-paih, the path 

used by horses in towing. 
TOWLE. To toll, or entice. 
TOWLETTS. The flaps which hong on the 

thighs from the tasses. Axth. xviL 295. 
TOWLING. Whipinng horses up and down at 

a fur, a boy's mischievous amuaement. 
TOWLY. A towel. £aet. 
TOWN. (1) A rillage. f^ar. dial Town-gtte, 

the high road through a town or viflage. 
(2) The court, or faimyanL Deoon. 
TOWN-HUSBAND. An officer of a parish who 

collects the moneys from the parents of iilegi- 

ttmate children for the maintenance of tiie 

latter. East. 
TOWN-PLACE. A farmyard. Comw. 
TOWN-TOP. A large top whipped by scwsl 

boys at the same time. So a town>boll is t 

bull kept for the use of the community. 
TOWPIN. A pin belonging to a cart 
TOWRETE. To fidl upon ; to attack. {J.S,) 
TOWRETH. ** Said of a hawk wben she lifieth 

up her wing," Diet. Rust. 
TOW-ROW. Money paid by porters to penons 

who undertake to find them work. Eaet. 
TOWRUS. Eager. Said of the roebnck. 
TOWT. To put out of order ; to entangle, or 

rumple. Var. dial Hence ^ot^fsr, disorderty, 

ill-tempered. 
TOWTE. Taught " Doceor, to be towte," 

MS. Yocab. xt. Cent in my possession. 
TOXE. Tusk. Kyng Alisaunder, 6123. 
TOY. Whim; fancy; trifle. To take a toy, 

i. e. to take a fancy, to go about at random. 
For these causet, I «ay, she nm at random aad 

played her praakt ae the Ut^ took her in the head, 

■ometimcB publicly, sometlmee privately, whereby 

■he both diiparaged her reputation, and brought 

heneir into the^ontempt of the world. 

MS. Hart. 48B8. 

TO-YEAR. This year. Var. dial. "Tojere,* 
homot" Cathol. Anglic. MS. xv. Cent 

TOZE. (1) The same as TVwse, q. ▼. 

(2) To disentangle wool or flax. 

TPROT. An exclamation of contempt See 
Wright's Political Songs, p. 381. 

TRACE. (1) To walk. Still in use. 

(2) A track, or path. ** Trace, a streygfat way, 
trace,** Palsgraye, 1530. Alao a verb, to fd- 
low the tradk of an animaL 

(3) A sledge, or small cart 
TRACE-SIDES. Traces ssparated. 
TRACE-WAY. Built trace-way, i. e. stones 

built longitudinally in the front of a walL 
TRACK. Right course, or track, ffieet. 
TRACT. (1) To trace, or track. 
(2) Delay. State Papers, L 231. 
TRADE. (1) A road. Sueeeat. Metaphorically 

applied to tbe road or path of life. Alao, a rat 

in a road. 
(2) Stuff; rubbish. DipmL 



TRA 



885 



TRA 



(3) Trod. iJ,'S.) 

(4) Conduct ; habit ; custom. East, 
TRADERS. Tndetmen's tokens. 
TRADES-AND-DUMB-MOTIONS. A country 

game, wheie one boy makes signs represent- 
ing the ooeopatiion of some trade, and another 
boy gnesses it. 

TRAFER. A searcher, or hunter. 

TRAFFIGK. (1) Lumber; rubbish. North. 

(2) Passage of people. Far, dial, 

TRAFFING-DISH. A bowl through which milk 
is strained into the tray in which it is set to 
raise cream. 

TRAGEDY. A tragedy, says the Prompt. Parv. 
is a " pley that begynnythe with myrthe and 
endythe with sorowe." The term was also 

applied to a tale. 

The last acte of a tng«die Is alwsies more heavie 
and lonowf nil than the rest. 

JLafntarria'e Perambulation, 1596. p 329, 

TRAGETTES. Juggling tricks. 

Jogulonn gret avantage tbey getes. 
With japes and with tragtUet, 

MS. Harl. 2260, f. fiS. 

TRAIE. To betray. (J.-S.) 

And peoeunceon hem layd. 
For that thai hadde God y-trayd. 

Arthour and Merlin, p. 28. 
For alle the golde that ever myght be, 

Fro heiren unto the wordis ende, 
Thou beys never trayed for me. 
For with me I rede the wende. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f. ISO. 

TRAIK. To sicken ; to die. North. 

TRAILE. (1) A trclUs work for creepers, used 

in an arbour. See Florio, p. 113. Drayton 

uses it for a creeping plant. In architecture, 

ornaments of leaves, &c. 

(2) To loiter. North. 

(3) To drag. Torrent, p. 56. 

(4) The train of a gown. 

(5) To carry hay or com. me. 

(6) To hunt by the track or scent. 

(7) A portion, or fragment. 

(8) A kind of sledge or cart. 
TRAILEBASTONS. A company of persons 

who Itound themselves together by oath to 
sssist one another against any one who dis- 
pleased a member of the Ijody. The Traile- 
bastons, according to Langtoft, arose in the 
reign of Edward I, and judges were appointed 
expressly for the purpose of trying them. 
They are supposed to have derived their name 
from long staffs which they carried. 
TRAILING-BEER. Beer given to mowers as 
a fine by persons walking over grass before it 

is cut. Var. dioL 
TRAIL-TONGS. A dirty slattern. Trait^tripea 

is also used in the same sense. 
TRAILY. Slovenly. Cumb. 
TRAIN. (1) The Uil of a hawk. Also, some- 
thing tied to a lure to entice a hawk. A trap 
or lure for any animal was also called a train. 
(2) Treachery ; stratagem ; deceit. 

Y trowe syr Marrok. be Goddes payne, 
HATe slayne syr Roger be some trayne. 

US. Cantab. Ff. U. 38, f. 75. 



t 



At a baUylecerteyne 

Of Sarsyos that have done tn^ne, 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 98, f. 195. 
And now thou woldyst wondur fayne 
Be the furste to do me trayne- 

MS. Cantab. Ff. li.SS, f.7^ 

Z) Clever ; apt. Yorksh. 
^4) To harbour, said of a wolf. 
TRAIS. The traces of a horse. 
TRAISE. To betray. Ritaon, 
TRAISTE. (1) To trust. 
(2) Dregs of wine, beer, &c. 
TRAISTE LY. Safely; securely. «*I may traistely 

hym take," MS. Morte Arthurc. 
TRAIT. The coarser meal. Conwf. 
TRAITERIE. Treachery. Gower. 
TRAITHED. Trained ; educated. 
TRALILLY. A term of endearment. 
TRALUCENT. Translucent. 
TRAM. (1) A small bench for setting a tub on, 

used in the dairy. Herrf, 

(2) A sort of sledge running on four wheels, 
used in coal mines. North, 

(3) A train or succession of things. 
TRAME. (1) Deceit ; treachery, line. 
(2) A portion or fragment of anything. 
TRAMMEL. (1) An iron hook by which kettles 

are hung over a fire. Var. dioL 

(2) A contrivance used for teaching a horse to 
move the legs on the same side together. 

(3) A kind of fowling-net. 

(4) The hopper of a milL 
TRAMP. (1) To trample. Wett, 

(2) A walk ; a journey. Var. dial 

(3) A walking beggar. Var. dial 
TRAMPER. A travelling mechanic. 
TRAMPLER. A laveyer. 
TRANCE. A tedious journey. Lane, 
TRANCITE. A passage. 
TRANE. (I) To delay, or loiter. 

(2) A device ; a knot. Gawayne. 
TRANELL. To trammel for hu-ks. (Fr.) 
TRANLING. A perch one year old. 
TRANSAM. The lintel. 
TRANSCRIT. Copy ; writing. (J.-N.) 
TRANSELEMENT. To change. {Lat.) 
The Joyful] waters did begin t'aspire, 
And would traneelement themselves to fire. 

Brom^e Sungs^ 1661, p. 116. 
TRANSFISTICATED. Pierced tlirough. 
For though your beard do staud so fine mustated. 
Perhaps your no»e may be trantfieticated. 

Letting of Humoure Blood in the Head-Vaine, 1600. 

TRANSFRET. To pass over the sea. 

ShoTtely after that Kyng Henry had taryed a con- 
venient space, he tranefr^ted and arryved at Dover, 
and so came to his maner of Grenewiche. 

HaU, Henry Vll. f , 88. 

TRAN SHAPE. Transformation. 

If this displease thee, Midas, then I'll shew thee. 
Ere I proceed with Cupid and his love, 
What kind of people I commerc'd withal 
, In my tranthope. HeyuHtod^e Lov^t Mietreee, p. 16. 
TRANSLATOR. A cobler. Var. dial 
TRANSMEWE. To transform. {J.-N.) 
TRANSMOGRIFY. To transform. rar.diaL 
TRANSOLATE. Transferred. 



TOUGHT. 
TOUGHT. 
TOUGING 
TOUKEN 
TOUNIS 
TOUIL 
TOUR' 
pre- 
TOU 






A^ mud tte MKi of I hoMd, tokMFUn 
' tack from gntegbeCgm the iMtaldurML 






.^p.lM. 

W If ^ »«" ™ ■*'»^ >" » mulWilM teDBt 
1*V^,pUc*, U of BM|Dlda fa) idmiatdnlK, 
"* Y*^!*— OB conMlci peodHHDK. 
■** HM, Hh* FUl. r.Tt. 

, ^ fcot-bridge. S«fc. 
i^f p.BAlX. A nme pUyed with ■ tnp, a 
balL ■"' * "»*U "*^ '^^ ''^ >* 1^ wood. 
Qadc like > •Upper, with « bollow at Ihe heel 
end for the bill, uid ■ kind of wooden apooo, 
DOTin; on ■ pivot, in the bowl of which lh« 
bill ii placed. B; itiiking the end or hudle 
of the ipoDa. the bill of coone riiee into the 
air, and the irt of the game li to itrike it u 
fiu- ■■ pouible with the b«t before it retcbei 
the fronnd. The adverMnea on the look-ODt, 
dther bj catching the b«U, oi bj boiriing it 
fanm the place irtiere it falli, to hit the tnp, 
take poiaesiioii of the tnp, btt, aod ball, to 
tr¥ theif own dexterity. 
TRAP-BITTLE. A bat oiedat trap-balL 
TBAPE. (1) A pan, platter, or diih. 
(i) To tiail on the ground. For. dioL 
TKAPES. (I) Aalatteni. Var.diaL 
(!) To wander about, Var. dial. 
TRAPESING. Stow;llBtleM. Nortti. 
TRAFPAN. A mare ; a atratigem. 
TRAPPERS, The trappings of bonea. 
TRAPS. Gooda ; furniture, &c. 
TRAPSTICK. Tbecrou-barb? which the bod; 

of a cart ia confined to the ihafti. 
TBASE. (1) Trace; path? 

Sn, tfiAt TV Dsrer my purpa 
For ts ]«e son KKtit 1 tm» 
B* nyghW nor 1» day. 

US. QuUat. rr, IL », f. «7. 

(2) Trwk of game. Gawaynt. 

TRASEMNGS. A term in hunting, the erois- 
inga and doublingt before the hounds. 

TRASH, <n Anything worthleta. It waialiaa 
cant term formooey. " Pelfe, trath, til at, 
mony," Florio, p. 63, Shakespeare, however, 
hardly intended a pun when he wrote, " who 
■teali my purae, Bteal* tnak." 

(2) Hialt for nailing np tapestry, &c 

(3) To hanaa i to Migne. North. 



HeUidioricaH] 
Mard. 



TRASH-BAO. AworthkMpanoB. liae. 
TRASHED. Beti^ed. 
TRASHES. Triles. It i* the t 

baganaadf in H<dlybaMl'a I 
TBASHMIRE. Ailattera. Nmlk. 
TRAT. (1) A tract, or treatise. 
(2)Anidleloiterii«bo^ Wml. 
TRATB. Sec Cratt. 
TRATTLE. To prattle, or t^kidly. 

StyU itM mttM bMtIi I ikit taw* k alwij* 

TBATTLE5, The dung of sheap, haiti, && 
TRAUMTBR. A pedlar. See TrwKttr. 
TRAUNWAT. A atrwge lUry. Utrtk. 
TRAUSES. Hose, ot breediea. 
TRAVAILLE. To Unhit. {A.-N.) 
TRAVE. (1) A fiwne into which {nrien pot 

unruly horaea. ^A.-N.) 
(!) To itiide along a* tf thiongfa long gmL 

North. 

(3) In the timTe, L e. harnessed. Suf. 

(4) To set upihocki of corn. 
TRAVERS. Dispute 









TRAVBR8AUNT. Unpropitiot 
TboD but 1 doDliuiiiiiui I 
WirthowU Dumbrt itajit thoa pwa. 

J(S. Omntrt i.CCW- 
TRAVERSB. (1) Tie place a4i<rining a bisd. 
smith'a shop where hones are shod. Var. ditL 

(2) To digress in speaking. 

(3) A moveable screen ; a low curtain. T^vPit, 
State Papers, L 257. 

(4) To tranigress. (J.-N.) 

(5) Thwarting contrivance 
TRAVIST. Bewildered. 
TRAWE.{l)Todraw. Htante. 
<2) The shoeing-place of a Etcriet. 
TRAY. (I) A hurdle. Hue. 

(2) A mason's hood for mortar. 
TRAYERBS. Long boita. S'eter. 
TRAYET. Betrayed. 

That Uiou ihnldlM Iragtl be. 

MS. ouo. n. v. u, f. 11. 
TRATFOLBS. Knot*; devices. Gmnw. 
TRATING. Betraying. 

Tbofoi* thy laiaiii icfaall DavyT dati, 

Tnrlur, An Ihy tkki Mrfav. 



TRATTORY. 'ftewiery. 

Own (klH Mcwud batb h iriia 
WythbjiSilHtFVfgrv. 

TRAY-TRIP. Agameatdiee. It is 
in Taylor's Motto, 1622, aig. D. 1*. 
TRE. The same as Trtt, a. v. 
TREACHER. A traitor; a deceiver. 
TREACHETOUR. Atiiilor. Jtaena 
TREACLE-BALL. Hie sanw a* C3« 



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nBACLB-BUTfElt-CAKB'. *Oftt-cake ipiead 
over with treide is so called. North, 

TREACLE-WAG. Weak beer in which treacle 
is a principal ingredient. Wett. 

TREACLE-WATER. A mess made withtreade, 
spirits of wine, &c. used for congfas. 

TRE ADTiE. The foot-board attached to a spin- 
ning-wheel, or similar machine. 

TRBAP. Peevish ; froward. South. 

TREA6UE. A truce. S^enter. 

TREATABLT. Intelligihly. 

TREATISE. A treaty. Pabffrmfe, 

TREBGOT. According to the Pr. Parr, a " sly 
instmment to take bj^dys or beestes." 

TREBUCHET. A cucking-stooL 

TRECH AUNT. Pliant ; yielding. 

TRECHE. Track; dance. Heame, 

TRECHET. To cheat ; to trick. Meame. 

TRECHOURE. (1) A cheat. (^.-JNT.) 

(2) An ornament for the head, formerly worn by 
women. (y#.-iV.) 

TREDDLE. (1) A whore. A cant term. 

(2) The dung of a hare. South, 

Tak the MddlU of an hare ; and ttampe thame 
with wyoe, and anoynte the pappes therwith. 

MS. Uneoin Mtd. f. 891. 

(3) The step of a stair, &c. 
TREDE-FOULE. Acock. Chaucer. 
TREDEN. To tread. (^.-&) 
TREDOURE. A caudle thus made : 

Tac bred and gnte hit, make a lyovr of rawe 
eyren, do thertonArone and poudre douce i alyehit 
with good broth, and mak Ut as caudeU, and do 
thcrto a litelle yeijus. 

MS. Cotton. JuHu4 D. viil. f. 91. 

TREE. (1) Wood; Staff ; Stick. The cross is often 
called tree in early poetry. ) 

How my lone lyeth me befome 
Upon my tkyrte takyn fro the free. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ii. 88, f. 47* 
Syr, ache leyde, be Godyt troe, 
I Icre hyt not tylle y hyt lee. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. !i. 38, f. 189. 
Hyt yi Goddet body that soflbred ded 
Upon the holy rode ire. 
To bye owreeynaee and make ne fke. 

Jf jr. Oott. Ootid. A. li. f. ISO. 

1 2) A butcher's gambriL Suffolk. 
(3) The handle of a spade. We$i. 
TREE-GOOSE. The Solan goose. 
TREEKSIN. Three weeks since. Lane. 

TREEN. (1) Wooden. 

Plowje and harwe coude he dijt, 
Troon beddet was he wont to make. 
Curoor Munii, MS. CoU. Trin. Cantab, f. 77* 

(2) Trees. The A.-S. pluraL 
TREENWARE. Earthen vesseU ? Ray. 
TRBET. A kind of bran. North. 
TREE-WORM. " IVr«to,treworm," MS. Vocab. 
TREGBTOUR. This word was used in two 
senses: (l)Amagidan. (2) A cheat 
Mysone, as guyle undlr the hat, 
With sleyjtls of a trogotouro, 
b hid eoTye of soche coloure. 

Qower, MS. Soe. Jntiq. 134, f . 78. 
Outher a tregttunir he most be. 
Or ellls Ood himself is he. 
Ctarjor Jfirndi, MS. Coll. Trin. Cantab, t. 76. 



i 



He sail gedyi fittt to hym than 
Alle that of the deevels crafte kan, 
Ab nygromancyeresand trygotowreo, 
Wycdies and falscnchawntowis, 

HomjMfs, MS. Bowot, p. 189. 

TREIE. Vexation. (^.-5.) 

TREJETED. Marked ; adorned. Oawayne. 

TRELAWNY. A mess, made very poor, of bar- 
ley meal» water, and salt. 

TRELLASDOME. A trellis work. 

TREMEL. To tremble. 

TRENCH. (1) A bit for a horse. 

(2) To cut, or carve. (JfV.) 

TRENCHANT. Cutting ; sharp. {A.-N.) 

TRENCHEPAINE. A person who cut bread at 
the royal table. (^.-A^.) 

TRENCHER. A wooden platter. 

TRENCHER-CAP. The square cap worn by the 
collegians at Oxford and Cambridge. 

TRENCHER-CLOAK. A kind of cloak worn 
formerly by servants and apprentices. 

TRENCHERING. Eating. 

TRENCHER-MAN. A good eater. 

Spotted in divers placed with pure <kt, 
Knowne for a right Ull freneAer-mon by that. 
hKtting of Humouro Blood in the Bead-Valne, 1800 

TRENCHMORE. A boisterous sort of dance to 
a lively tune in triple time. See Stanihurst's 
Ireland, p. 16. 

Some sweare, io a tiemJhmm- e 1 have trade a 
good way to winne the world. 

Kemffe Nine Dakm Wemtm^ MOO. 

TREND. (1) To bend; to turn. 
(2) A current, or stream. Dewm. 
TRENDLE. (1) A brewer's cooler. Weet. 
(2) The turning beam of a spindle. '^/nniMMt 

a Webster's trendyl," MS. HarL 1738. 
^3) To roll ; to trundle. 

Be sntote the sowdan with hys sworde* 
That the hedd trenAiM on ^« borde. 

MS. Cknfttk Ff . iL 88, t. IJIU 

TRENKET. A shoemaker's knife. "An in- 
strument for a cordwaynerf batten atomer,** 
Palsgrave, 1530. 
TRENLYNG. Twinkling. 
TRENNE. Wooden. 

Thenne byhulde he that body so dene. 
How hit lay ther Inne that trenne chest. 

Chron. Vllodun, p. 98. 

TRENNLE. A stout wooden pin driven through 
the outer planks of a ship's ride to fasten 
them to the ribs. South. 

TRENT. Handled ; sdzed. It seems to mean 
kdd down in Gy of Warwike, p. 7. 

TRENTAL. * Thirty masses for the dead. 

Fore schryfte and fore trental thai soome al this stryf, 
;if hit because of govetyie, cursud then thai be. 

MS. Dome 9a, t. A. 

TRENTES. 

The grace of God me thynke tiiaim vrantes. 
That ledes thayre lyf with swyike irimtee. 

JC9.Hari.8aOO,f.W. 

TREON. Trees. (A.'S.) 

Alle that destruyeth Irson, other gras, growynge 
wythinne the chcrche walles bythoat leve of the per- 
son, or of the vycary, other of hem that haTeth the 
kepynge therof. MS. Bmmog 3S6, p. ». 



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TREPEGET. A military engine med for pro- 
jecting ftones, arrows, &e. 

Abo npmicUm And amendiagv of wmllto, maky«g« 
and amendfnge of engyoca, of trtpegettU^ ordenaanoe 
of ttooet to defende thy wallet or to anaille thyn 
eneinyca. Vegeeiut, MS, Dome* 891 , f. 53. 

TREPETT. A stroke. 
TRESAIL. A great-grandfather. 
TRESAWNTE. A passage in a honse. 
TRES-COZES. A game mentioned by Sir J. 
Harrington in his Epigrams, MS. Addit. 12049. 
TRESENS. <' That is drawen over an estates 

chambre, eiei,** Palsgraye. 
TRESOURE. Treasure. (A.-N.) 
To gete good it my laboure. 
And to awmente my tretoun. 

MS. Cott, TUm. A. vil. f. 40. 

TRBSOURTS. The tresses of the hair. 
And bad anon hyt turmentoun 
Do hanga hnr be hur trettmrjf, 

MS. Cantab. Ft. li. 98, f. 98. 

TRBSPASET. Done wrongly. 

Therfore take hcde oo thy lyrynge 
5ef thou have trttpoMt in lyche thynge. 

MS. Cotton. Ctaud. A. fi. f. 198. 

TRESSE. (1) A clasp. (2) An artificial lock or 

gathering of hair. {A.^N.) 
TRESSEL. A trestle, or support. 
TRESSOUR. See Tresowrys. 
TREST. (1) Trusty ? 

For he wat hardi, trewe and /fy«r, 
Of all this lond and yong man bctt. 

jirthour and Merlin, p. 107* 
A lok of that levcdy, with lovelich lere. 
Ml gode gamellche game gurte to grounde i 
Couthe I carpecarpying, trestle [erestly?]and dere. 
Of that bkde bastont in bale ire bounde. 

IUiiq.Anttq.iLB. 

(2) A strong large stooL Lane. 

TRESTILLE. A tresUe. 

TRET. 

Hath thy herle be wroth or gret. 
When Goddet lenrea wat drawe on tret, 

MS, Cntt. aaud. A. U. f. I4a 

TRETABLE. Tractable. {A.-N.) 

Whate vayleth vertu wiche it not treteabille f 
Recure of tykencite it hasty medecyne. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. i. 6, f. ISO. 

TRETE. (1) To treat ; to discourse. (A.-N.) 

(2) A plaster, or salve. 

(3) Row ; array. Gawayne, 
TRETEE. A treatv. Chaucer. 
TRETIS. (1) A treaty. Chaucer. 

(2) Long and well-proportioned. Tyno. 
TRETORY. Treachery. SkeUon. 
TRETOWRE. A traitor. Pr. Part). 
TREVED. " Trapes, treved."— MS. Lansd. 560, 

f. 45, 00. Lane. 
TREWE. (1) A truce. {A.-N.) 

The eraperowre was then a tory man. 
And Moradaa atked trewe. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 79. 
(2) True ; faithful. Trewly, truly. 
Seche Ihyn herte trewli/ on, 
yet thow were any tyroe for-twore. 

MS. Cott. aaud. A. iL f. 138. 
Hatt thow be tcharpe and byty 
To terve thy maytter trewely f 



Uaat tbov l i ig i eity by 
Detervet thy mete and thy pay. 
MS. Cett. Clmtd. A. U. f. ML 

TREWELUFE. (1) The herb oneberry. 

(2) A true-love knot. 

TREWETHE. Truth. (A.^S.) 

TREWETS. Pattens. Suffolk, 

TRE Y.ACE. Gone before you can say trej-an, 

i. e. in a moment. 
TREYATTE. Treaty. 
TREYGOBET. An old game at dice. 
TREYTE. A treatise. 

A toule that litt to tinge of love 

Of Critt that com tUle us to lawe. 
Rede this treifti it may hym move. 
And may hym teche lightly with awe. 

MS.Bodl.eMai.\^. 

TRIACLE. A remedy; an antidote. There 
was, however, a particular composition in an- 
cient medicine called triaele, which secflss 
alluded to in the following passage : 
A j«it venym more holsom than trracle. 

L0dg9te, MS. Soe. ^ntiq. 134. p. 1. 

TRIBBET.DOOR. A wicket, or half-door. 
TRI BET. A com mon children's game played in 
Lancashire, which perhaps may be said to be 
the primitive form of tr^. It is almost im- 
possible to describe it. It is played with a 
pum, a piece of wood about a foot long ud 
two inches in diameter, and a tribet, a smail 
piece of hard wood. 
TRIBON. The desk of the officiating priest 
TRIES. Triplets at marbles. 
TRICE. (1) To thrust ; to trip op. (^.-&) 
(2) A veiy small portion. 
TRICELINO. Tripping up. 
TRICHUR. Treacherous ; cunning. 
Hold man lechur^ 
Jong-man tridtur. 
Of alle mine lire 
Ne tau 1 worse five. 

ReOq. Atttiq. H. 19. 

TRICK. (1) Character; peculiarity. 

(2) To dress out ; to adorn. 

(3) Neat;<Jegant. 

The ivory palace of her stately nedc 
Cioth'd with majestldc aw, did seem to chcclc 
The looter pastime of her gamesome hair. 
Which in wilde rings ran tt icAr about the ayre. 

rtetcher's Poems, p. SM. 

(4) To draw arms with pen and ink. 
TRICKER. The trigger of a gun. 
TRICKET. (1) The game of baudy-wicket. 
(2) A game at cards, somewhat like loo. 
TRICKING S. Ornaments of dress. < 
TRICKLE. (1) To drip. Var. dioL 

(2) To bowl, or trundle. East. 
TRICKLING. The small intestines. 
TRICKLY. Neatly. 

Lylly whyte muskells have no peere. 

The fyshewyves fetche them quylclye ; 
So he that hatha a consciens cleere« 
May stand to hys talcliell trjfktife. 
But he that seekest to set to sale, 
Suche baggage as ys olde and stale. 
Re ys lyke to tell another tale. 

EtderUmU Lrnian Stuffb, 1570, 

TRICKMENTS. Decorations. 



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TRICKST.(l) Neat; adroit; elegant. DridttU^ 
irim^ spruce, Florio, p. 580. Goldsmith, in 
his Vicar of Wakefield, ch. xxvi, uses trickgy 
in the sense of tricky, 
(2) Playful ; frolicsome. 

TRICK-TRACK. The same as Tick-tacit, q.T. 
TRICKY. Full of tricks. Var. dial 
TRICULATE. To adorn. East, 
TRI DGE. To trudge, or lahour. 
TRIDLE. A weaver's treddle. 
TRIDLINS. The dung of sheep. North. 
TRIE. (1) Choice ; select. {A.^N,) 
He wold not ete hit cromys diyv. 
He loTjd Dotbynge but it were trie, 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ▼. 48, f. 50. 
Claryones cryden faste and curyous pypM , 
Tymbres, tabers and trumpert AiUe tr^9, 

MS. Cott, Caiig, A. IL f. 114. 

(2) To rush in. (3) To pull out. 
TRIETE. A company, or hody. 
TRI.FALLOW. To till ground the thh^ time. 
TRIFFE. To thrive. 
TRIFLED-CORN. Com that has fallen down 

in single ears mixed with standing com. 
TRIG. (1) Tight; true ; faithful. North. 

(2) Neat ; trim. Var. dial Also, to dress fine. 
Triffgtdtq^t smartly dressed. 

(3) To fill ; to stuff. (4) FulL 

(5) Well in health. West. 

(6) Sound and firm. Dorset. 

(7) To prop or hold up. Var. dioL 

(8) Active ; clever. Devon. 

(9) A narrow path. Warw, 

(10) To trip and ran. East, 
(IV) To stumble; to trip up. 
(I2S A small gutter. Salop, 

(13) A mark at ninepins. Also, a stick across 
which a bowler strides when he throws the 
bowl away. 
TRI GEN. A skidpan for a wheeL 
TRIG-HALL. A hospitable house. West. 
TRIGIMATE. An intimate friend. Devon. 
TRIG.MEAT. Any kind of shell-fish picked op 

at low water. Comw, 
TRIGON. A triangle. 
TRIKLOND. Trickling. 

He ihalbe teyryd ful wondur tore. 

So away he may not fle, 
His neb thalle rife or he then fare. 
The red blode triklond to hb knee. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. y. 48, f. IM. 
TRILL. (1) To twirl ; to throw. 

(2) To roU; to trickle. 

(3) The anus. A cant term. 
TRILLIBUB. Anything trifling. The term is 

now applied only to tripe. 
TRIM. (1) To beat. StiU in nse. 
(2) Neat. (3) Neatly. 

(4) To scold. Heref. 

(5) In a correct order. Var. diaL 

(6) To poise or make a boat even. 
TRIMLE. To tremble. North, InMS.SIoane 

7, f. 76, is a receipt " for the palsy that makyth 

man and woman to trymyUe,** 
The Saraaene that helde the guerde in hande, 
PuUe fast he trtfmttde foce and hande. 

MS, Uneoln A. i. 17, f. 139. 



Biovinfeoff buglet and bemet aloft, 
t^tfmlingt of tabers and tymbring soft. 

Roland, MS. hantd. .%8. f. 384. 

TRIMMEL. A large salting tub. Devon, 
TRIMMER. Timber that binds and supports 

the bricks of a hearth at some distance from 

the chimney. 
TRIMMING. Large; huge. West. 
TRIMPLE. TowalkunsteadUy. West. 
TRIM-TRAM. A trifle, or absurdity. 
TRIN. A flat tub used for receiving the cider 

from the press. West. 
TRINCUMS. Jewels ; trinkets. 
TRINDLE. A wheel. Derb. 
TRINDLES. (1) The dung of goats, &c. 
(2) The felloes of a wheeL North. 
TRINDLE-TAIL. A species of dog. 
TRINE. (1) Triple. {A,-N.) 

(2) To follow ma train. 

(3) Thirteen fellies. Twenty-five spokes. 

(4) To hang. A cant term. 

TRINE-COMPAS. The Trinity. 

TRINEDADO. 

I care no more to kill them in bravcado. 
Then for to drinke a pipe of Trinedado, 
Letting e/ Humour9 Blood in the Head-Vaine, IffOO. 

TRINK. An old engine used for catching fish, 
mentioned in Stat. 2 Hen. VI. c. 15. See 
Chitty's Treatise on the Game Laws, 1812, 
L248. 

TRINKET. A porringer. 

TRIXKLE. (1) To trickle. Var. diai. 

(2) To endeavour to tum the opinion of another 
by unfair means. East. 

TRINNEL. The same as Trtndles, q. v. 

TRIOTHT. A tront. Nominale MS. 

TRIP. (1) A flock of sheep ; a herd of swine, or 
goats. See Sounder. 

!2^ Race ; funily. Craven. 
3) New soft cheese made of milk. East, Chancer 
mentions " a trippe of chese," but the sense 
appears to be doubtful. 

S4) A small arch over a drain. 
5) ** A hard ball with a small projecting point, 
made of wood, or stag's horn, or earthenware, 
nsed in the game called also trip. These 
balls are first raised from a drop, that is, a 
stone placed with a smooth edge at an angle 
towards the horizon, and then strack with a 
pummel placed at the end of a fiexible rod 
called the tr^-stick. The game is almost 
peculiar to the North of England,'' Hunter, 
p. 93* It is also called trip-trap. 

(6) To fetch trip J to go backwards in order to 
jump the further. 

TRIPE-CHEEK. A fat blowzy face. 

TRIPLE. One of three. Shak, 

TRIPOLY. To come from Tripoly, a phrase 
meaning to do feats of activity ; to vault, or 
tumble. 

TRIPPET. (1) The same as 7V(p (5). 

(2) A quarter of a pound. Yorksh. 

TRIP-SKIN. (1) A piece of leather, worn on the 
right hand side of the petticoat, by spinners 
with the rock, on which the spindle plays, 



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and the ym b preued by te hand of the 
Bpiimer. Forhff. 
(2) The tkiiiny pui of routed meat, whidi he- 
fore the whole can be dretsed becomes toogh 
and drjy like a Mp overfcept, or the leather 
Qsed by the old woman. Fvrhf, 
TRISE. To pall up. 
TRISTE. (1) 

Hflst thoo b§ piowdtt nd cks oi povt 
For fry4««o(ria4y and ak* of lord. 

MS. CotU CTMd. A. ILf. 140. 

(2) To trnat 

I was in prlioo w»l ye wist. 

To hdiw of yott ne myght I irig^ 

M& AidU. liaOft, t 90. 
My lavde» when 1m went to the i«e. 
For qwcjalle f»v«fe he toke me to tiie. 

M8. CtttUmb, Ft Xi.«. f. 7& 

(3) A poit or station in hunting.. 
1 le huBtyi^. I ie home* blow, 

HouDdce renne, the dere dnwe adowneb 
And atle her trittt bowee act arow. 

Now In Attgwt this lustl IVeish ceeona 

MS, Ctanloft. Ff . L 6» f. 13. 

A trestle, or sopport. 
A windlass. 

A cattle-maiket North, 
TRISTER. See THite (3). 
TRISTESCE. Sadness. 

SaTt only that I erye and hidde, 
I am in <r tolM ce aUe amldde. 

Ommt. MS. Soe, ^nHq, IM, 1 196. 

TRISTILY. Safely ; securely. ** Qwhenne they 
irittify had tretyd," Morte Arthure, MS. Lin- 
coin, f. 57. 

TRISTIYE. Sad. {Lat,) 

TRISTUR. The same as TWsfe (3). 

TRIUMPH. (1) A public show. 

(2) A trump at cards. (Fr,) The game of 
trump was also so called. 

TRIVANT. A truant ; a loiterer. 

TRIVET. Rifhi at a trwei, perfectly right. 
A common phrase. 

TRIVI6ANT. Termagant {Ital) 

TRIWBDE. Honesty. Heame, 

TROACHBR. A dealer in smuggled goods. 

TROANT. A foolish fellow. Esm. 

TRO AT. To bellow, said of the buck. 

TROCHE. To branch. (A.-N,) 

TROCHES. Were thus made : 

Take of Benjamin six oiuioee, wood of 
eight ounees, ttyraz-calamlte three ounces, mutk 
half a drsm, orrice two ounces, sugar-candy three 
pound; powder thorn, and with rose>water make 
AnoeAss. OMiwefidies, 1600^ p. 198. 

TR0CHIN6S. The cluster of small branches 

at ihe top of a stag's horn. 
TROD. A footpath. Line, " Ran from trod 

to trod," Du Bartas, p. 360. 
TRODE. Track; path. (J.^S,) 

Yf thou erer trowyde ore uudyntode 
That thi wytt ore thi gude 
Commys of thiselfe and nojte of Gode, 
That cs gzett pryde and fsJs (ro4s. 

R. 4e Bnmne, MB. Brnnt, p. 16. 

TRODUS. Steps. 

They nyste never wher he was a^go, 
Ne of his trodui no sygne ther nasse. 

CkrmL, YlMun, p. IS. 



TROBN. 

Peny ffydys 

Ovyr aU in ylko a toen* 
On landandekaonflode. 
lteHff.iMiff.il.lUll 

TROFBLTTB. Ornamented with knota. (kw, 
TR06H. A tree. 
TR06HTE. Belief? 

The tfaryde as for-tfay that w« hnve 

Alle o iNfftlt that Hi OS aavck 

MS. HmU 9999, C 91. 

TROIFLARDBS. Trifleks ; idlen. 

TROITE. The cutae-flsh ? ** Sqrim, AiMliesa 

troite," Nominsle MS. 
TROJAN. A boon companion ; a person who 
is fond of liquor. A cant term. Accor^gto 
some, a thi^was so called ; but it was applied 
somewhat indiscriminately. A rough manly 
boy is no# termed ** a fine Trojan." GroM 
hss tnuty Trf^an, atrue friend. 
TR0K£.(1) To barter; to truck. Nortk, 
(2) To fall short. 

He mone stood faste thereby. 
Or ellys hys sdiote woUe trdkt. 

MS, PoHHngtan 10. f . SI 

TROKES. Square pieces of wood at the topi 
of masts to put the flsg-stnfi in. 

TROLL. To tnmdle. ib froff tMe ^omiJ; to 
pass the Tessel about in drinking. 

TROLLEN. Todraw;todrtg. (^..&) 

TROLL-MADAM. A game borrowed from the 
IVench in the 16th century, now known under 
the name of trtmkti q. ▼. Brand quotes a 
curious account of this game, fix>m which it 
appears to hsTe formed a favorite indoor 
amusement ¥rith the lady foshionables at Bux- 
ton about the year 1572, and to have been 
somewhat like tiie modem game of da^eBe. 
There is an allusion to it in the Winter's Tsle. 
iY.2. 

TROLLOP. (I) A slattern, rst. diaL 

(2) A string Of horses. Line. 

TROLLOPISH. FUthy;dMy. South, 

TROLLY. A low heavy cart. Var, dial 

TROLL YBAGS. Tripe. Var.diaL 

TROLLY.LOLLT. Coarse lace. 

TROLUBBER. A hedger and ditcher. Devm. 

TROME. Band, or company. (^..&) 

TROMPE. (1) A trumpet (A.-k) 

(2) A shin, or shank. 

TROMPOUR. A trumpeter. 

TRONAGE. A toU for the weighing of wool ta 
the market. Colet, 

TRONCHEON. A scab. 

TRONCHON. A fragment. {jL^N.) 
upon a irofuAoM of a speie» 
Be set the hed of the hen. 

MS, Cantab. Ft. U. 98^ f. UMl 

TRONE. (1) A throne. {J,^N,) Itisthenrin 
to enthrone, in this eTampto. 

And ther soalys to heryn htn^ 
Before God fiwuriC they wcm» 

Jf & CSsnCsS. rt a. 99, C J9. 

2) A ridge of mown hay. Wut. 

3) A post, or log of wood. 
TRONES. A steelyard. NoHh. 
TRONSOUN. A dob, or staff. 



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tifpawomB, 
In hoad bennid • imuMM. 

TROP. An inteijection used bj riden to ex- 
cite a don bone. Sowferwet. 
TROPE. 

3«f he be ttyf and of hcrte hej, 

Wo|w hyn loftey end go liyin nej» 

And when thou hereit where he wole hjde* 

3eTe hym pcaeoBce thenneelioduit tfde. 

MS. CM*. Oamd, A. iUf. 148. 

TROPBRT. Thefintwordiofapnlm,&c 
TROPIB. 

And eiple hem U trepU, 

And 10 fond hem to astroie. 

Artk»ur and M§rU9^ p. 250. 

TROROROW. The cry of hnnten returning 

home after the hunt is over. 
TROSSERS. Close dimwerSf or trousers. 
TROSTELS. Trestles. 

It. to DeTy vj. peweter pUtteri, a planke to make 
a table-bord, with apayerofCrotleU. 

Tstt, Fthut* p. 7W. 
TROT. An old woman, in contempt 
This leare I learned of a beldame IVot, 
(When I was yong and wylde aa now thoa art.) 

The 4ffUtionaU SkepKtard, U04. 
TROTEYALE. A triflmg thing. 

Yn gamys and fettyi and at the ale, 
Lore men to lettene <yo<mNi/e.' 

jr& Horl. ]7tl,f.L 
5e wommen, thenketh on tfaya tale. 
And taketh by t for no irtemlu 

MS. HarU 1701, t M, 
So fare men here by thys tale. 
Some bolde hyt but a tntnale, 

MS. Bart. ITOiff. 91. 
Or thou Icdytt any man to the ale. 
And madett hym dmnk with trotevaU. 

MS. Bart. 1701, f. 40L 
TROTH. (1) Mth ; pledge ; assurance. 
(2) A band, or company. 
TROTH-PLIGHT. The passing of a solemn 

▼ow, either of firiendship or marriage. 
TROTTBR-PIE. Urry, in his MS. Additions 
to Ray, gires this as an Oxfordshire term for 
a round apple-pie with quinces in it. It now 
appears to have fallen out of use. 
TROTTERS. Curds. N&rtJL 
TROTTLES. Sheep's dung. Lhe. 
TROU. A small cart, or drag. Ch^th. 
TROUA6E. Tribute. {A.^N.) 
TROUBLE. (I) An impofection. Wegi, 

2) Daric ; gloomy. (J.-N.) 

3) To be in troubU, to be arrested for any crime. 
yar. diaL 

(4) A woman's travaiL J5!ssf . 

(5) To trwtbU signifies to be in irtmbU. << Don't 
yon tnmble'* means '' don't troubU yourselfl*' 

MeT^fOTOMh. 

TROUBLOUS. Full of troubles. 

Therfor of right it muit nedit be thui. 
My ioule to dweU in waters trotMioua, 
That ben aalt and Utter for to ta<te. 
And them to take as for my repaste. 

MS. Bawl. C. 86. 

TROUBT. A troubling. 

TROUE. A hole. (,A.'N.) 

TROUGH. Astoneooflbi. 



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TROUL. The same as TroU^ q. y. 

TROUNCE. To beat. Var. Hoi. TrouAoer, 
one who beats, Orid de arte Amandii amock 
poem, Lond. 1677, p. 149. 

TROUNCE-HOLE. A game at ball, very like 
trap-ball, but more simple; a hole in the 
ground serving for the trap, a flat piece of 
bone for the trigger, and a cudgel for the bat. 

TROUNCH. To tramp in the mud. Dmkmi. 

TROUNCHEN. To carve an eeL 

TROUS. The trimmings of a hedge. 

TROUT. To coagttUte. See TVouft. 

TROUTHHEDB. Truth. {A.'S.) 
Fynde he may ynouje to telle 
Of hlr goodneta^ of hir trotUKkdie. 

Conor Mmtdi, MIS. Cott. Trtn. CaiUab. f . 1. 

TROUTS. Curds taken off the whey when it is 
boiled ; a rustic word. In some places they 
are called trotters. North, 
TROVEL. A mill-stream. 
TROW. A trough. S^f. ** Tyll two trowys 

he gan hym lede," MS. Ashm. 61. 
TROWANDISE. Begging. {A.^N.) 
TROWCAN. A tittle dish. 
TROWE. To believe, thmk, suppose. 
Ot y neryr ayr Jamea aloo. 
He delyvyr me of woo. 
And lo y trowe he lehalle I 

MS. Oamab. Ff. tt. 88, f. 78. 

TROWEL. To play trowel, L e. truant. 
TROWET. Truth. 

Be mey trowet, tfaow leyi soyt, wyde Roben. 

Ao6te Bood, 1. 88. 
TROWLIS. Perfidious. (^.-5.) 
His kny|tehode, his power, his ordinanee, hiary5te, 
Agaynst the trowlU tempest avaylid hym no thynge ; 
What may manhode do agaynst Goddes my5te? 
The wynde, the water spareth nodyr prynee ne kyng t 
Haply that trowbill was for wick yd lyvyng, 
Ood wolde every creature his msiker shulde know. 
Wherefore, good Lorde, evermore thy will be doo I 

MS. mbl. Ksg. 17 D. XT 

TROW.MOTHER. A reputed mother. 

TROWPES. Thorps ; villages. 

The tame ruddoke and the cowaide kyto. 
The coke that orlcge ys of trotope$ lyte. 

OhoiMsr, Jf & Cantab. Ff: i. 8, f. 88. 

TROWS. A sort of double boat, with an open 
interval between, and closed at the ends ; used 
on the North Tyne for salmon fishing: the 
fisher standing across the ofiening, leister in 
hand, ready to strike any fidi which may pass 
beneath. Nortkumb. 
TROWSES. The dose drawers over which the 

hose or slops were drawn. Gifford, 
TROXY. Ftollcsome. Leie. 
TRUAGE. Homage ? 

Hoping that, aa he should stoop to doo him 
truagB, he might sease upon his throate and stifle 
him before he should be able to xeootrer hlmselfe 
ftom his false embrace. 

Vaoe* Piena PemHtoM, 1MB. 
TRUANDISE. Idleness? 

But they me schopen that I lehulde 
Eschive of slep the tnumdiM, 

GocMT, MS. S9e. Antiq. 134, f. 181. 

TRUE. A sUttem. Devon, 
ITEUBAOULLY. A short, dirty, ragged fdlow, 






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iocnatomed to perform the most menial 

oflloes. 
TRUBTLTBKB. More zealoos ? 

Por It may (klle tumty m« that the rmtyliwrt that 

thoo haae beiM owtwardc with actyfe werkei, the 

nunv hrynnaade d«yre thou aalle hafe to Oodd. 

MS. locate A. 1. 17* f. 224. 
TRUCKMAN. An interpreter. Troocheman, 

Cunningham's Rev. Ace. p. 126. Sometimes 

printed troumekmrnnf as in Peele, iL 201. 
TRUCK. (1) A cow is said to truck when her 

milk fails. North, 

(2) Odds and ends ; ruhbtsh. JSast. 

(3) Wicked Unguage. North, 

(4) A drag for timber. Far. dioL 
\b\ To hate, or diminish. D«rb» 

(6) To traffic by exchange. 

(7) An old game. Holme, iii. 263. 
TRUCKLE. ( 1) To roU. Dewm, 

(2) A pulley. AUo a wheel or ImOI underneath 
aaything for the purpose of moving or rolling 
it. Still in use. 

TRUCKLE-BED. A low bed on small wheels 
or castors, trundled under another in the 
day time, and drawn out at night for a 
servant or other inferior person to sleep on. 
Forhy, 

TRUCK-SHOP. A shop at which the workmen, 
in some of the manufacturing districts, receive 
various articles of food, clothing, &c, in lieu 
of money, for their wages. 

TRUCKY. Cheating. YorHh, 

TRUE. Honest. 

TRUE-BLUE. The best blue colour. Meta^ 
phorically, a honest good fellow. 

TRUELLE. Labour ; sweat. 

TRUE-PENNY. " Generally Old-TrtLepenmy, 
as it occurs in Sh. Hamlet, where the applica- 
tion of it to the ghost is unseemly and incon- 
gruous, yet it ^ attracted no notice from 
any commentator. Its present meaning is, 
hearty old fellow ; staunch and trusty ; true 
to his purpose or pledge,'' Forby. This ap- 
pears more to the purpose than the informa- 
tion given by Mr. Collier, " it is a mining 
term, and signifies a particular indication in 
the soil of the direction in which ore is to be 
found." 

TRUFP. (1) A trough. Wetl, 

(2) A trout. Comw. 

TRUFFILLERE. A trifler. 

TRUFLE. Anything worthless. 

TRUG. (1) A trulL Middleton, ii. 222. 

(2) A wooden basket for carrying chips or vege- 
tables. Suues. Ray says, " a tray for milk 
or the like." 

(3) Two thirds of a bushel of wheat. 
TRUGGING- PLACE. "The whore-house, 

which is called a trugghiff-place" The Belman 
of London, 1608. 
TRUGH. Through. 

That no man may hit letters know nor ae, 
AUethoagh be looke trugh specUcIet tbre. 

MS. Rwa. C. 86. 

TRULL. (1) To underdrain. Suasex, 

(8) To bowl, or trundle, far. dial. 



TRULL-OF-TRUST. AwomanelbaddiarscteT. 
For to ntlafye yowr waatoa hot 
1 ihall apoyotyona trull'^tnui, 
Nota fcyrer in this tovae. 

7al»JMdc i^rih* nm Elmmti. 
TRUME. A company of people. {A.'S,) 
Bisyde* stondcth a feoades tmmg. 
And waiteth hwcnne the saulcs cume. 

MS, CUL Je». Orofi. I. & 

TRUMP. (1) A game at cards, similar to tlie 
modem game of whist. 

(2) To Ue ; to boast. North, 

(3^ The tube of a pea-shooter. 

(4) A trumpeter. {A.-S.) 

TRUMPEN. To sound a trumpet 

The kynfe. whanne it »aa ny^te anooe. 
This man assente, and bad him gone 
To trumpm at his brother gate. 

Qowm', MS, Ae. itaMg. 194, H A3. 

TRUMPET. A trumpeter. 

TRUMPH. A trump at cards. North. 

TRUMPS. Anything ftUing out fortonatdy is 
said to turn up trun^. To be pot to the 
last trumps, L e. to the last push. 

TRUNCH. Short and thick. EoMt. 

TRUNCHON. A horse- worm. Pabffrare. 

TRUNDLE. ,1) Anything globular. North. 

(2) The small entrails of aodf. 

TRUNDLE-BED. Same as TVucile-bedy q. t. 

TRUNDLE-TAIL. A curly-taUed dog. 

TRUNDLING-CHEATS. Carts, or coaches. 

TRUNIS. Confidence ; trust. (^.-&) 

TRUNK. (1) A tube ; a pea-shooter. 

(2) A trump at cards. North, 

hS The same as Truni-hose, q. v. 

(4) A place for keeping fish in. 

(b) An under-ground drain. Smaaex. 

(6) To lop off. HowelL 

(7) A blockhead, or dunce. Blount. 
TRUNKET. A game at ball played with bbort 

sticks, and having a hole in the ground in lieu 
of stomps or wicks, as in cricket ; and with 
these exceptions, and the ball being oop'd in- 
stead of bowled or trickled on the ground, ii 
is played in the same way ; the person striking 
the ball must be caught out, or the ball mibt 
be deposited in the hole before the Ktick or 
cudgel can be placed there. 
TRUNK-HOSE. Large breeches, which, on 
their first appearance, covered the greater part 
of the thighs, but afterwards extended below 
the knees. They were stuffed to an enonnoos 
size with hair, wool, &c. 

An everlasting bale, hell in trunk-hote, 
Vneu€d, the divel's Don Qulxot in proie. 

Fleteher's Poem, p. !*'• 

TRUNKS. (1) Same as troU-madam, q. ▼• I' 
is still called trunka. Brand, ii. 215. 

Yet In my opinion it were not fit for them to play 
atstoole-ball among wenches, nor at mum-chance or 
maw with idle looae companlona, nor at tmnMe* 
iu GuUe-hals. 

Bainolde^ Oaertkrow of Stngt'PlagtMt IJ99> ^ ^ 

(2) Iron hoops, with a bag net attached, used to 
catch crabs and lobsters. HartlepooU 

TRUNK-WAY. A watercourse through an arch 
of masonry, turned over a ditch befoie a gsto 



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TRUNK-WBAM. Afidfle. 
TRUNLIN. A large coal. North. 
TRUNNLE. The same as Trendies q. t. 
TRUNTLEMENT. Trumpery. North. 
TRUPHILLE. A trifle. 
TRUSH. (1) A hassock. Kent. 

(2) 7b truth dbcutj to litter. 

(3) To ran about in the dirt. North, 
TRUSLE. (1) Trust. Weber. 

(2) To wrap up ; to get ready. 
TRUSS. (1) A padded jacket worn under the 
armour to protect the skin. 

(2) To tie the points of hose. To truu up, to 
tuck up the gown, &c. 

(3) The baggage of an army. 

(4) To pack up. Hence, to make ready. 

And tnum al thftt he mithen f ynde 
Of bile, tn arke, or in kJsta. 

HaveMtf 9018. 

(5) A boy's game, like leap-frog. 

(6) Tmta up, to hang a perBon. 
TRUSSEL. (1) A pack, or bundle. 
(2) A stand for a baireL Kent. 
TRUSSES. The same as rrotoM»,q.y. 
TRUSSING. In falconry, is a hawk's raising 

any fowl or prey aloft ; soaring up, and then 

descending with it to the ground. 
TRUSSING-BASKET. A basket used for con- 

veying large parcels of goods. Called also a 

trussing-coffer. 
TRUSSINQ.BED. A trsYelling bed. "Tmssyng 

bedde, Ut de champ" Palsgrave. 
Also my large bed of black velvet, embroidered 

with a circle of fetter-loclu, and garters, all the beda 

made for my body called in England tnutingbed*. 

Tett, Fetwt. p. 141. 
TRUT. (1) Stercus. Heame, 
(2) The cry of hunters returning home after the 

sport is finished. 
TRUTHY. Faithful ;yeracious. Saet. 
TRY. (1) To fare. Somerset. 

(2) A com screen. Also, to screen. 

(3) To boil down lard. East. 

(4) How de try, how do you do } Exm* 

(5) A club tipped with iron. 
TRYALYTES. Three benefices united. 
TRYERS. 

And thewM themaelvei aa errant lyam. 
At th' were 'prentice to the tryer*. 

Bromt^t Song*, 1661, p. 107. 

TRYSTI. Trusty ; secure. 

On tnfHi roche heo ttondeth fast. 
And wyth depe dyche buth all be cast. 

RaUgioua Poemt, xv. Cent. 

TRYVE. To drive. 

in chaitlsynge hath made a rod 
To tryve awey hire waotoanceie. 

Gower, MS. Soe, JnHq. 1S4, & 111. 

TU. To work hard. North. 

TUARN. The place in an iron furnace which 

receives the metaL ^mf. 
TUAY. Two. 

From amemorire to the midday^ 
He hadde itrengthe of knlghtes tuay. 

Jrthour ondMeriin, p. 178. 

TUB. (1) Tale ((f a tub, % stupid nonsensical 
story. 



(2) The top of a malt-kiln. JBmtc. 

(3) The gurnet. Comw, 

(4) One mode of curing the lues venerea was fay 
the tub, the patient sweating for a considerable 
time in a heated tub. This mode is often 
alluded to by early writers. 

TUBBAN. A clod of earth. Comw. 
TUBBER. A cooper. North. 
TUBBLE. A mattock. Devon. 
TUB-IRON. An iron placed in front of a smith's 

fire-place, having a hole through which the 

spout of the bellows is put. 
TUBLE. Earthenware. West. 
TU-BRUGGE. A drawbridge. 
TUCK. (1) To eat. Also, an appetite. 

(2) A short pinafore. East. 

(3) To smart with pain. IViUs, In Devonshire, 
to pinch severely. 

(4) A slap. Devon. 

(5) A horizontal fold made in a garment to ac- 
commodate it to the height of a growing 
person. 

(6) To touch. Somerset. 

(7) A rapier. Still in use. 

(8) To chuck. Comw. 
TUCKER. (1) A fuller. West. 
(2) The same as Pinner, q. v. 
TUCKER-IN. A chambermaid. West. 
TUCKET. A slight flourish on a trumpet. 
TUCKING. A bag used for carrying beans in 

when setting them. Gloue, 

TUCKING-GIRDLE. " TuckyngkyrdeIl,Mmc- 
/«r0 deeourser" Palsgrave. 

TUCKS. Iron pins in the frame of a timber- 
tug to prevent the timber slipping off. 

TUCKSHELLS. Tusks. Sushx. 

TUE. (1) To rumple. North. 

(2) The same as Tew, q. v. 

TUEL. (1) A toweL West. 

(2) The fundament. See TeweL 

(3) A vexatious meddling. North, 
TUEN. Togo. 

Ant alle the other that mine buen. 

Shale to bliaae with me men. 

Harre^ytg tf HM, p. 90. 
TUFF. (1) A Turkish turban. 
(2) A tasseL Also, to ornament with tassels. 
(SS A lock of wool. 

(4) To spit or hiss, as a cat. 
TUFFOLD. A small outhouse. Yorksh. 
TUFT. A grove, or plantation. 
TUFT-HUNTER. A hanger*on to noblemen 

and persons of quality. 

TUFT-MOCKADO. A mixed stuff made to imi- 
tate tufted taffeta, or velvet. 

TUFT-TAFFATY. A taffaty tufted, or left with 
a nap on it, like velvet. 
Sleeveleu hil jerkin waa, and It had been 
Yelvet, but 'twaanow (ao much groiind waaaern) 
Become tt^qfibttf ; and our children shall 
See it plain raah a while, then nought at all. 

Dkmna't PoefNe, p. U9. 

TUG. (1) A contest. Var. dial 
(2) A timber-carriage. Sussex. 

3) To rob ; to spoiL North. 

4) A difllcult undertaking. West. 






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TUO-IRON. AnironoiitlietliaftiortwHSOii 

tohitdithetnoesto. 
TUOMtnrON. A great gliittoiL 
TUOUBEYSCHUDDB. A hut. 
TUIGHT. Twitdied;tonioir. 

TUINDE. 

IVyMdN thya f, th«t tliow at n 
TlM cofMi* woridMYttiyCe. 

MA CWt. Cfavd. A. ILf. U7. 

TUKE. Gsre. M.-&) 

H« had Ui« latter by Om soke. 
To tlM arle he It tuka. 

MS, Uneoln A. L 17. L 190. 

TUL. To. Norik, 

TULIEN. To labour ; to tilL {jtS,) 

TULKE. A man, or knight. 

TULKY. A turkey. St^olk, 

TULLE. Toallupe. {J.S.) 

TULLY. A little wretch. YorkMh, 

TULSUEELIKS. Red in the &oe. 

TULT. To it NoriJL 

TULY. A kind of red or scarlet colour. Silk 
of this colour is often alluded to, as in Richard 
Coer de Lion. 67, 1516 ; and carpets and U- 
pestry, Syr Oawayne, pp. 23, 33. In MS. 
Sloane 73, f. 214, are directions " for to make 
bokeram, tuly, or tuly thred, secundum Ciis- 

tiane de Prake in Berne." 

I Khel the yere to the wage 
A mantel whit so melk, 
Thefarolder is of tuti lelk, 
BeccD eboatea with rede golde. 

ana i^Uamiomt, p. 47. 

TUM. To card wool for the first time. Ray 
says, to mix wool of diten colours. 

After your wooll If oyl'd aad aaolnted Chut, you 
ihan then turn It, whkh 1«, yoo ihall put it forth as 
you did before whea you mixed It* aad card it over 
i^la upoo your stock eaids : aad theo thoae card- 
lags which you strike off are called tummiHgt, which 
you shall hiy by till It coifle to a splaaing. 

MarJtham*9 BngUsh HfiUM-Wi/fs, 167«. p. IM. 

TUMBESTERB. A dancer. 

Herodlaa doujter, that was a lawtei f T S , aad turn- 
Made bylbre him aad other grete lordse of that 
coatfe, he giaatede to jeve huie whatevere he woMe 
bydde. -KS^. B^^t* S3W, f. S. 

tUMBLE. (1) To dance. 

Hyt telleth that Erond swore 
To here that tmmbM ya the flort. 

MS. HarL 1701, f. 19. 

(2) To rumple the dress. Var. dial 
TUMBLE-CAR. A cart drawn by a single 

horse ; probably so named from the axle being 
made tut in the wheels, and turning round 
with them. 
TUMBLER. (1) A tambriL Batt. 

2) A dancer. See Tumble (1). 

3) A kind of dog formerly employed for taking 
nbbits. This it effected by tumbling itself 
•bout in a careless manner till within reach of 
the prey, and then seizing it by a sudden 
ipiiBg. 

TUMBL1N6.SHAFT. A spindle rod in an 

oatmeal mill, lying under the floor. Ea$t 
TUMBREL. (1) Acuoking-stooL 

(3) A duBg-cart Weei, 



i: 



yoalUiiaiBd 
dves, aad ooaae f^om the fietdea. with the tone ear- 
eaacs of your Iiifli5r<a», for your kJagdome is a- 
pired. 
EpUt, w^L»9i, to AMmv** A0tropkM md ftefte. 1591. 

TUMMALS. Aheap;aqointity. Dewnu 
TUMMLB. To tumble. North. 
TUMMUZ. Thomas. North. 
TUMP. A heap; a hillock. WmL 
TUMPTSNER. A sctticr. " ThatTl be a 
htMp#«fwr for the old gentleman." Somerut. 
TUMPY. Uneven; having tumpe. Wat. 
TUN. (1) Atc*;abarreL Also a verb, to pat 
liquor into casks or barrels. 

That oy5e his hous he let dcryae, 
Eadelonge npoa aa axeltra. 
To setto a iMNMe la his dagre. 

Gtotr, MIL Sue. ^Ulq. 194, f-ff. 
But when trouthe aette ataroche hoe lamw. 

I^4gmte, MS.AtktMl«»,t4L 

(2) The upper part of a chimney. Sometimes, 
the chimney itself. Weot. 

(3) A stalking-horse for 

(4) A town. Havelok, 1001. 

(5) A little cup. Ketmott. 
TUNACLB. ''A tunade, daimstiem, tmiea, 

tHtueula," MS. Dictionary, circa 1500. 
TUNDER. Tinder. Vor.diaL 
TUN-DISH. A wooden funnel, through which 

liquor is poured into casks. Wett* 
TUNE. (1) To the " tune" of any sum, ii i 

phrase often used. " Youlookasif yoowert 

Don Diego'd to the lime of a thoottad 

pounds."~77ke Jktler, No. 31. 
(2) Order ; temper. Var, dtoL 
TUNE-UP. To begin to sing. South. 
TUNHOVE. Ground ivy. Pr.Parv. 
TUNMERE. The line of procession in penm- 

bulating the bounds of a parish. Eatt, 
TUNNEGAR. A funnel Weot. 
TUNNEL. (1) A funneL Still in use. 
(2) An arched drain. Yoriih. 
TUNNEL-GRUNTERS. Potatoes. Wett. 
TUNNER. (1) Either. Devon. 
(2) The same as TVmnd, q.v. 
TUNNIF. The forget-me-not Saet. 
TUNNING. Brewing. 
TUNNING-DISH. (1) A funneL (2) A woodM 

dish used in dairies. Weet. 
TUNWONGE. " Tea^nte, a tunwonge,** Nomi- 

nale MS. inter membra humani corporis. See 

TUP.(l)Anm. Var.tBdL Turn the tup to 
ride, L e. put the ram to the ewe. Alto a 
verb, to butt It is an ardiaism. 

(2) To bow to a person before drinking, le^' 

TUPMAN. A breeder of tups or rams. 

TURBANT. Atuzhan. Florio, p. 101. 

TURBE. Squadron; troop. Jfasme. 

TURBERT. A boggy ground. 

TURBOLT. Atnrbot 

TURCOT. Thewrynedc. HowOL 

TURCULONT. An old dance. 

TUREILE^ Atorret ^eorne. 

TURF. (1) Cakes for firing, made by tannmfri» 
the refuse of oak barik. mu$. 



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rSY Peat mots. Umt, 

(S) " Turfie oft cappe, r«»raf /' Pahgrave. '* Tyrf 

or tjiTyng upon an hoode or slere; refoAitfio/' 

Pr. Parv. 

(4) To afloat the raiftoe of sown tni£ 
TURFEGRAVER. A ploughman. 
TURFING.SPADE. A spade made for under- 
cutting turf. Var, duU. 

TURGT. White magic ; a pretended conference 
with good spirits or angels. Blount. 

TURIN. The nose of the bellows. 

TURK. (1) An image made of doth or rags, 
vaeA vf persons as a mark for shooting. 

(2) A savage feUow. Var, dioL 

TURKSIS. (1) Turkish. (^.-M) *' Turkes 
bowe, arc iurpioy8f** Palsgrave. ** Turkes 
fwmrde, etpee, ewtoiMM," Ibid. 

(2) A precious stone, the turquoise. 

TURKET-BIRD. The wryneck. Suffolk. 

TURUNS. Coals of a moderate size. North, 

TURMENTILLE. The heib setfoiL 

Wlio lo dxinky th thm water of ttirmemtUU, It con- 
forth mam nawe» and clouyt Tmym, and it abathe 
swelliofe. MS. Slotme 7» t, 51. 

TURMBNTISE. Torment. {A.^N.) 
TURMENTRIE. Torment ; torture. 
TURMIT. A turnip. rar.dioL 
TURN. (1) Tear, or time. 

A spinning-wheeL Dewm. 

To curdle ; to turn sour. North. It is uaed 
in this sense by Shakespeare. 
^4) An act of industry. We»t. 

(5) To turn the head, to tend in sickness, to at- 
tend to, to direct, to educate. 

(6) The sherir s court Bhunt. 
TURNAMBNT. (1) Change. 

And all to atthls this lady was brent. 
And after arote agaynealyve ai the wai» 
And oft she had thii tumament. 

MS. Uud, 416, L7^, 
(2) A revolving engine. 

For thyi tumament yt lo deryiyd, 
I achaU be in my blode baptyiyd. 

M8. Cantab. Ff. IL 88. f. 90. 
TURNBACK. A coward. 
TURN-BROACH. Before the introduction of 
jacks, spits were turned either by dogs trained 
lor the purpose, or by lads kept in the fiuiily, 
or hired, as occasions arose, to turn the spit, 
or ^roocA. These boys were the turn-broaches. 
See Warner's Antiq. Culin. p. 97. 

A tym§-4>nehe, a boy for hogge at Ware. 

l4fdgat^9 Minor Foenu, |». 5S. 

TURNBULL-STRSET. Formerly a noted re- 
sort for courtesans and bad characters. 
When Turmete-tireet and Clarken-well 
Ha^e tent all bawdet and whorea to helL 

CbM«» Propheeiet, 1614. 

TURNED-CARD. A trump card. 
TURNEGRECE. A spnal staircase. 
TURNBPING. CoUecting turnips. West. 
TURNBSOLB. A dish in ancient cookery de- 
scribed in Warner's Antiq. Culin. p. 84. 
TURNET. An attorney. Vttr.diaL 
TURNIB. A tournament 
TURNING. (1) A plait in linen. 



(2) A jeat, or repartee. 

(3) Toumaying. HalL 
TURNING-STICKS. Long erooked 

turn layers of com. 

TURNOVER. A sort of apple tart, where the 
pieces of fixdt are laid upon one half of a dr- 
cular piece of crust, and the uncovered part 
whelmed over the fruit and then baked. It 
also means t put off, or excuse, for not doing 
anything. 

TURN-PAT. A crested pigeon. 

TURN-PIKB. (1) A lock in a river. 

(2) A turnstile, or a post vrith a movable cross 
at the top. -Jonson, t. 235. 

TURNSEKB. To feel giddy. 

TURN-SPIT. This dog it thus described in« 
Topsell's Four-Footed Beasts, 1607, p. 177 : 

There U oomprehended, under the curree of the 
oouneet kbide, a certaine dog In kitchen lervice 
excellent i for when any meat b to be roasted, they 
go Into a wheel, which they turning round about 
with the weight of their bodies, so dilUgently looke 
to their buflnesse, that no drudge nor scullion can 
do the feate more cunningly. Whom the popular 
sort hereupon call tumatpett, being the last of all 
those which wee have first mentioned. 

TURN-STRING. A string made of twisted gut, 
much used in spnning. 

TURN-TIPPET. Same as TVim-TWril, q. v. 

TURN-TRENCHBR. A Lincolnshire game. 

TURN-TURK. " To turn Turk was a figura^ 
tive expression for a change of condition or 
opinion," Gifford. The expression is still 
used, said when a person becomes ill-tempered 
on account of a joke, &c. 

TURNYNG-TREE. Thegallowi. 

And at the last, she and her husbend, u they de- 
served, were apprehended, amigncd, and hanged at 
the foresayd tumifng-tne. 

HaU, H$nr9 VIU. f. 884. 

TURPIN. A kettle. A cant term. 

TURQUIS. Turidsh. 

Sone aftre Issued oute the snmeselle, and the 
dwarfe, and had his ftirgnw bowe In hit honde and 
the arowes. MS. Dfgty, 18S. 

TURR. (1) A word used in driving pigs. 

(2) To butt, as a ram does. 

TURRIBLE. A thurible, or censer. 

TURTERS. <' GrqpiOer, to gather grapes aftet 
the turten or first gatherers ther^," Holly- 
band's Dictionarie, 1593. 

TURTURE. A singing shepherd. (Lot.) 

TURVEE. To struggle. Erm. 

TURVES. The pi. of tutf. 

TUSH. (1) A tusk ; a tooth. North. 

(2) To draw a heavy weight. Wett. 

(3) The vring of a ploughshare. Ghuc. 
TUSK. A tuft of hair. " Tuske of beer, num-' 

e(sau de eheoeutr,** Palsgrave. The term oc- 
curs in Ben Jonson. 
TUSKIN. (1) Was thus made : 

Take raw porke and hew hit smalle. 
And grynde in a morter t tamper hit thou idudle 
With swongen egges, but not to thynne; 
In gryndynge put powder of peper within. 
Theone this llesih take up In thy honde, 
AndioUe hit on bailee, I undnntoade* 



TUT 



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TWA 



iB fretaetof tnbbet: I litnl* lay 

In boyUnde water thoa kait hom my. 

TohiidcB UiM take hom owte tocola* 

And play frcaah broth Cayreand wete. 

Theria cast penoley, ywpe, aanay, [saneray ?] 

That imalle i« hakked by any way. 

Alye hit with floure or brede for-thy, 

Coloure hit with laftoun for the maystr^ : 

Caat powdar of paper and dawes therto. 

And take thy ballea wr thoa more do. 

And put tberin ; boyle alle in fere. 

And aerre hit fbrth for AMftimcdera. 

MS.SIomuVllBb,p.93. 

(2) A kmd of long oolowed doth. 

(3) A country ctrter, or ploughman. 
TUSSES. Projecting atones left in the masonry 

to tie hi the wall of a building intended to be 

subsequently annexed. 
TUSSEY. A low drunken fellow. 
TUSSICATED. Driven about ; tormented. 
TUSSLE. To struggle ; to wrestle. 
TUSSOCK. A tangled knot or heap. far. dial. 

Also, a twitted lock of hair. 
TUSTE. A tuft of hair. 
TUT. (1) A hassock. Comw. 

(2) A tut f&r a huh, equivalent in meaning to 
tit for tat. 

(3) To pull ; to tear. Dewm. 

(4) A sort of stobball (q. ▼.) plaj. 
TUT-GOT. Come ujmu or overtaken by a M, 

or goblin. This spectre is recognized in and 
near Spilaby, but not in all parts of the county. 

TUTHE. A tooth. Nomuiale MS. 

TUTHERAM. The others. We$t. 

TUTIVILLUS. An old name for a celebrated 
demon, who is said to have collected all the 
tngmenti of worils which the priests had 
skipped over or mutilated in the performance 
of the service, and carried them to hell. See 
Piers Ploughman, p. 547 ; Townley Mysteries, 
pp. 310, 319 ; Reliq. Antiq. i.257 ; MS. Lansd. 
762, f. 101. 

TUTLESHIP. Protection; custody. 

TUT-MOUTHED. Having the lower jaw pro- 
jecting further than the upper. 

TUT.NOSE. Ashortsnub-nose. Eaat. 

TUTS. A term at the old game of stool-ball. 
See Clarke's Phraseologia Puerilis, 8vo. Lond. 
1655, p. 141. 

TUTSON. The periwinkle. EtuL 

TUT-SUB. A hassock. Somenei. 

TUTTER. (1) To stutter. Somenet 

(2) Trouble ; bother. JSuf . 

TUTTING. (1) A tea-diinking for women, suc- 
ceeded by stronger potations in company of 
the other sex, and ending, as might be ex- 
pected, in scenes of ribaldry and debauchery. 
It is so called only, I believe, in Lincoln ; in 
other places in the county it is known by the 
name of a bun-feast. The custom is now ob- 
aolete, or nearly so, to the amelioration, it is 
hoped, of society. 

(2) An inferior description of ball ; perhaps from 
htttf a maternal term ot endearment for a 
chOd'sfeet. Line. 



TUTTLE. (1) Tothill Kddfc 

(2) A cross-grained fellow. 

(3) To whisper ; to teU tales. Narth, 
TUTTLE-BOX. An instrument used by plough- 
men for keeping their horses a little spait, 
that they may see forward between them to 
make a strai^t furrow. 

TUTTY. (1) A flower ; a nosegay. Wat. 
(2) Ill-tempered ; sullen. Bedt, 
TUTTY-MORE. A flower-root. Somenet. 
TUT- WORK. Work done by the piece. WetL 
TUYLES. Tools. 

And the cauw hereof, as it wele semes, es for je 
hafe na irene wbareof je mygbte make jow tmjflea 
fbr to wirke withalle. JT^. Lfoooto A . i. 17. f. SS. 
TUYNEN. To separate. 

And as myfty. as I 30W telle, 
Bothe of the jates of hevcne and helle 
To tutfnen and open at heyre byddynge, 
Wythowte feynstondynge of any thyuge. 

M& Cott. Claud, A. ii. f . 133. 

TUZ. A knot of wool or hair. Leie. 
TUZZIMUZZY. (1) A nosegay. See Flcmo, p. 
492 ; Nomenclator, 1585, p. 113. 

(2) The female pudendum. 

(3) Rough ; ragged ; dishevelled. SomL 
TWA-BLADE. A plant with two leaves. 
TWACHEL. The dew-worm. EbmL 
TWACHYLLE. A term applied to the femsle 

pudendum in the Reliq. Antiq. iL 28. 

TWACR. To change frequently. East. 

TWACKT. Beaten ; knocked about 

TWA6E. To pinch ; to squeeze. North, 

TWAILE. A towel. Also, a net, or toiL 
Horre bless ud moder, seynt Wultrud, 
Toke a twajflle of ryjt gode any. 

CAroffk FtMkot.p.64. 

TWAINE. Two. (^.-5.) 

TWALE. A mattock ; an axe. 

TWALL. A whim. Ac/ott. 

TWALY. Vexed ; ill-tempered. Sakp. 

TWAM. To swoon. North, 

TWANG. (1) A sharp taste, far, dial. 

(2) A quick pull ; a sudden pang. North, 

TWANGDILLOWS. 

Pleas'd with the fioattgdWoecrt of poor Crowdero 
in a country fair. ColUn^ MiteaUmnU*, 1762, p. vliL 

TWANGEY. A tailor. North, 

TWANGLE. To entangle ; to ruffle. Ea»t. 

TWANGLING. (l)SmaU;weak. North, 

(2) Noisy ; jingling. Shai. 

TWANK. (1) To let fall the carpenter's chalk- 
line upon the board. East. 

(2) To give a smart slap with the flat of the 
hand, a stick, &c East. 

TWANKING. (1) Complaining. Dorset, 

(2) Big ; unwieldy. North, 

TWARCINGE. Crookedness. 

TWARLY. Peevish ; cross. Chesh, 

TWAT. 
Oive not male names then to such things aa thioe. 
But think thou hast two ftaat* 6 wife of mine. 

rUt<^er^9 Boem*, p. 104. 

TWATETH. A buck or doe twateth, i. e. makes 

a noise at rutting time. 
TWATTLB. (1) To tattle ; to chatter. Twatkrt, 

idle talkers, Stanihurst, p. 36. 



TWI 



897 



TWI 



^2) To pai ; to make mwsh o£ Norih, 
(3) A dwarf, or diminutiye person. 
TWATTLE-BASKET. An idle chatterer. 
TWAYE. Two. 

Dame, he leyde, how ichalle we doo. 
He fayleth twave tethe also. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. iL 38, f. 134. 
TWEA6. Doubt ; perplexity. 
TWEAGERS. The same as Pluthef, q. v. 
TWEAK. A whore. Also, a whoremonger. 
TWEASOME. Two in company. North. 
TWEE. To be in a twee is to be sweating with 
fright or vexation ; probably per metathesin 
for tew. Line. 
TWEEDLE. To twist. Devon. 
TWEER. To peep ; to pry. See Twire. 
TWEERS. fiellows at an iron furnace. 
TWEEZES. Tweezers. Middleton, iv. 119. 
TWEIPOLD. Double. {A.-S.) 
TWELE. The same as TwiU, q. y. 
TWELF-TYDE. Twelfth day. 

At the city of New Sarum, is a very great faire 
for doath at Twelftjfde called Twelfe market. 

Aubreys WUU, MS. R<^at Soc. p. 333. 

TWELL. Twelve. Arch. xxx. 414. 
TWELVE-HOLES. A game similar to nine- 

holes, mentioned in Florio, ed. 1611, p. 20. 
TWELVE-SCORE. That is, twelve score yards, 

a common length for a shot in archery. 
TWEY. Two. (A.^S.) 

Teeey schelyog ther Is more ; 
Forgete hem not, be Goddis ore 1 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ▼. 48, f. 53. 

TWEYANGLYS. A kind of worm. 
TW;EYNED. Separated. 
TWIBIL. (1) A mattock ; an axe. An imple- 
ment like a pickaxe, but having, instead of 
points, flat terminations, one of which is hori- 
zontal, the other perpendicular. Herefordsh, 
(2) An instrument used for making mortises, 
'*Twyble an instrument for carpentars, 
bemago" Palsgrave. The two meanings of 
this word have been frequently confused. 
3e, je, seyd the twj^Ue, 
Thou spekes ever ageyne skylle, 
I-wys, i-wys, it wylle not bene, 
NeiwTer I thinke that he wylle thcne. 

MS. Mhmole 61. 
TWICK. A sudden jerk. West. It occurs as a 

verb in Towneley Myst. p. 220. 
TWICROOKS. Little crooks bent contrary ways 
in order to lengthen out the trammels on 
which the pot-hooks are hung. GUmc. 
TWIDDLE. (1) A pimple. Suffolk. 
(2) To be busy about trifles. To twiddle the 

fingers, to do nothing. F'ar. dial. 
TWIES. Twice. (A.-S.) 

The pater ooster and the crede 
Preche thy paresch thou moate nede 
Tivyes or thryes in the 5ere, 
To thy paresch hole and fere. 

MS. Cott. Claud. A. 11. 1 132. 

TWIPALLOW. See TrifaUow. 

TWIFILS. Two-folds. 

TWIG. (1) To understand a person's motives or 

meaning. " I twigged what he'd be arter." 

far. dial. 
II. 



Ct) To beat Var. dhL 

(3) To do anything energetically. 

TWIGGEN. Made of tvrigs. 

TWIGGER. A wencher. Dido, p. 50. The 

term is applied to a sheep in Tusser, p. 93. 
TWIGHT. (1) To twit ; to reproach. The term 

occurs in Holinshed, Chron. IreL p. 80. 

(2) To twitch, or bind. 

(3) Quickly ? 

M ahoune and Margot he will fonak twight. 
For to be crJstyned and forsak ther lyne. 

Holand, MS. Latud. 388, f. 384 

(4) Pulled; snatched. {A..S.) 

Bot among them all ryjht. 
The qucne was awey ttvp^ht. 
And with the feyry awey i-nome. 
The ne wyit wer sche was come I 

MS. Afhtmle 61, xv. Cent. 
Be the neck sdie hym Hoyghte, 
And let hym hasge all nyghte. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. U. 38, f. 117. 

TWIGLE. (1) To wriggle. (2) Futuo. 
TWIKIN. A word used in Yorkshire for two 

apples growing together. 
TWIKLE. To walk awkwardly, as if with a 

twist in the legs. Northumb. 
TWILADE. To load, unlade the load, then re- 

turn for a second and take up the first load. 

This is done where the ground is broken or 

stickle. Dorset. 
TWILL. (1) A quiU ; a reed. North. 

(2) A spool to wind yam upon. 

(3) Until East. 

(4) A sort of coarse linen cloth. 
TWILLY. To turn reversedly. North, 
TWILT. (1) To beat. East. 

(2) A quilt. Var. dial 
TWIL Y. Restless ; wearisome. West. 
TWIN. To divide into two parts. ChesK 
TWINDILLING. A twin. 
TWINDLES. Twins. Lane. 
TWINE. (1) To entwine. South. 

(2) To languish, or pine away. North. 

(3) To whine, or cry. Yorksh. 
TWINGE. (1) To afflict. 

(2) An earwig. North. 

(3) A sharp pain. Var. dioL 
TWINK. (1) Achaflinch. Somerset. 

(2) A moment of time ; as, <ii a twink, for, in the 

twinkling of an eye. 
TWINKLE. To tinkle. 
TW'INLINGES. Twin children. 

Of ttoinHnget hir thoujte no gamen. 
That fau^te ofte In hlr wombe sameu. 

Cursor Mundi, MS. Q>ll. Trin. Cantab. f.2S. 
Se je the 5onder pore woman, how that she is pyned 
"With twynienge* two, and that dare I my hedde wedde. 

Chev«l«re JMlgne, 27* 
TWINNA. ItwiUnot. West. 
TWINNE. To separate ; to divide ; to part ; to 
depart from a place or*thing. 

There the deth, that spares ry5t none. 
Has tw^nnede two and hente that one. 

MS. Harl. Sam, t.'AI, 
That thi hous, he sendeth the word, 
Shal never twjfnn«d be fro sword* 

Cursor Mundi, MS. ColL Trin. Cantab, f.50. 

57 



TWl 



898 



TIB 



tw^nmth ottte of thy |Nr«jnw, 

But In hefvoi abydeUi ay with th«, 
And hi orthe nwkely nowe vhh mo. 

I^digat*, MS, JthnmlB V, f . 6& 

TWINNEN. To couple toijBther. {J^S,) 
TWINNY. According to Forty, to rob a cut 

before it is broached. Sa$i. 
TWINS. An agricultural instrument used for 

taking up metda, &c Weti. 
TWINTE. A jot. 

TWINTER. A beait two wMer$ old. 
TWINTLE. To hew, or chip. line. 
TWIRE. To peep out ; to pry about. Abo, to 

twinkle, to glance, to gleam. 
TWI RIN. A pair of pinceia. 
TWIRIPE. Imperfectly ripe. We»i, 
TWIRTER. This word occurs in Grose, but 

seems to be an error for twnUeri q. ▼. 
TWISH. An iuteij. of contempt. 
TWISSEL. A double fruit. Abo, that part of 

a tree where the branches separate. 
TWIST. ( 1 ) The fburchure. See Cotgrave. 

(2) A twig. (^.-&) 

(3) A good appetite. Var. dial 
(4)Tolop a tree. 

TWISTE. To twitch ; to pull hard. {J.-S.) 
TWISTER. To twbt, or turn. Sufblk. 
TWISTLE. That part of a tree where the 

branches divide from the stock, ffett. 
TWIT. (1) A fit of ill humour. East. 

(2) Tbe noise made by an owl. 

(3) Anything entangled. North, 
U) An acute angle. Carr. ii. 223. 
(5) Twit com twat, idle talk. 

Heaven* grant that thou wouldttipcak, but bridle 

that, 
I'roe angry with thy UtUng turitcomttmu. 

Fletchei*9 PMm«, p. 63. 

TWITCH. (1) To tie tightly. North. 

f2) To touch. We»t. 

\Z) An instrument used for holding a vicious 

horse. Still in use. 
TWITCH-BALLOCK. The Urge black-beetle. 
TWITCH-BELL. An earwig. North. 
TWITCHE-BOX. The same as Touch-box, q. v. 
TWITCHEL. (1) To castrate. North. 

A narrow passage, or alley. North. 

A childish old man. Chesh. 

And when thou shalt grow tufvehilde, she will bee 

Careful] and kinde (religiously) to thee. 

Davietf Scourge of Volly, p. 218. 

TWITCHER. A severe blow. North. 
TWITCHERS. Small pincers. 
TWITCH-GRASS. Couch grass. Var. dioL 
TWITCHY. Uncertain. Eaat. 
TWITTEN. A narrow alley. Suuex. 
TWITTER. (1) To tremble. Var. dioL 

(2) A fit of laughter. Kent. 

(3) To spin yam or thread unevenly. 

(4) The chirping of birds. East. 

(5 ) The tether of catOe. Ijone. 

(6) Uneasy. Craven. 
TWITTER-BONE. An excrescence on a horse's 

hoof, owing to a contraction. 
TWITTER-LIGHT. Twilight. 
TWITTERS. Shreds ; fragments. North. 



TWITTLR. TotcD taIet;topntc 



t 



TWITTLE-T WATTLE. Idle tiflt; tittle-tattle. 

It occurs in tbe True Conduct of PersoM of 

Quality, 12mo. Loud. 1694, p. 61. 
TWITTY. Cross ; ill-tempered. EoMt. 
TWIVETE. A carpenter's tooL 
TWIZZLfi. To roll and twbt. Svffoik. 
TWNG. A tongue. Hampole MS. 
TWO. Both. Var. dial. 
TWO-BILL. A slat-axe, q. v. Bewm. 
TWO-BOWED-CHAIR. Ansnnchair. Wtri. 
TWO-DOUBLE. Beat together; bowed in inch 

a manner that the extremities slmostmect. 
TWO-FACED. Double-faced ; insincere 
TWO-FURROWING. Double ploughing. Mm;/: 
TWO-MEAL-CHEESE. Cheese made of eqaal 

quantities of skimmed and new milk. Oftwc. 
TWONNER. One or the other. Xiac. 
TWORE. To see. Dekker, 1620. 
TW^OTHREE. A large quantity. Ife»^ 
TWYBITTLE. A very large mallet, am- 

fordsh. " Bipennis, twybyte^—MS. Imd. 

660, f . 45, CO. Lane. 
TWYE. Twice. {A.-S.) 

But folowe thow not the diylde fwyi* 
Lest afterwarde hyt do the nuye. 

ua. cm. aaui. a. u. f.i& 

TWYNNBN. Twined. Gawayne. 

TWYVALLY. To bother, or puzzle. Ghm. 

TYBURN-BLOSSOM. A young pickpocket. 

TYBURN-CHECK. A rope. 

TYBURN-TIPPET. A halter. 

TYCEMENT. Enticement. 

But thoghe no man have therof evyii 
3yt hyt y» the tyctmamtoi the deryL 

TYD. (I) Gone. Qu. rydf 

The qucne was greatly encouraged «Uh the vkw? 
obtelned late at Wakefeld. partly becaute tbel>al« 
of Vorke, her ulter enemy. Was tifd out of the woride. 

flWI, Henry K/.f 119. 

(2) A delicate mor9eau. IJmc. 

TYE, (1) Tied. 

Ther dunte no man oomo hym nye. 
There he atode yn hyi rakke 4^ 

jr& Ckucak Ff. li.ss. r. I^' 

(2) A feather-bed. Cortw. 

(3) An extensive common pasture. 

TYKE. A sheep-tick. Weot. 

TYMOR. A kind of bird. 

The pellycan and the popyngay. 
The (yMor and the turtuUe trewe. 

JM.Ciwila6.Ff. H. 38, f.<S. 

TYPH-WHEAT. A kind of com, like rye. 

TYPOUN. Type; pattern. Oawaifne. 

TYRAN. A tyrant. 

TYRE. A tyre, or as we spefl it, tier or teer, ot 
guns, is now used to signify a number of goas 
placed in a row, as along a ship's side In the 
following passage it seems to mean the dis- 
charge of the whole row of bttterin 
ordnance. See the editor's note. 

The pieces that lay upon St. Antbonie's it«p*e 
were by them dkmounted, and within six or «««» 
<lfr« after, the piece, on St, Nfcholrt »tep!e«m 
Ukewbe cast downe. MeynwnT' (i-- ^•*--. P-* 



UMB 



899 



UMS 



TYTELET. Commencement ; chief. Cfawayne. 
TYTELID. EntiUed. 

And in the boke of Elisabeth, 

That tgUlid i» of hlr avitlount. 
UfdgaU, MS, AMhmole 99, t 11. 

T7TER. Asee-saw. Dewm 



TYTH. QnicUy. 

And M?de« eteth an appel tyth. 
And beth aa wyte aa God Almyth. 

MS. Coll. THn. Own. 57* at. 1. 

TYUP. The last basket sent out of a coal-pit 
at the end of the year. North. 



U.B ACK. A ynle-block. North. 
UBBERINE. To bear up ; to support. 
UBBLT-BREDE. Sacramental cakes. 
UBEROUS. PruitfuL (Lot.) 
UCHE. Each; every. (A.^S.) 

But bl the f^yte may men ofte m 
Of what vertu it ueha a tre. 

Cw9or Mundi, MS. OolL Trin. Caniab. f. 1. 
Ovre iieAd dayes bred we the pray 
That thov je^e ut thyt tame day. 

MS. Cote. Claud. A. ii. f. 139. 

UDE. Went. (J.-S.) 

As hol^y as fkyre, as hit upon urthe wto. 

Chron. VUodun, p. 73* 

UFFLEES. Basemen not in constant employ, 
who asust occasionally in towing. East. 

UG. (1) A smfeit. Northumb. 

(2) To feel a repugnance to. North. It has 
very nearly the same meaning as the old 
English verb ugge, to feel an abhorrence of, to 
be terrified. 

And tlure was to melLllle follce dede in that ba- 
tiilethat the tone wexe ecliple, and wiihdrcwe hit 
Kghte, n^gronde for to tee to melcille scheddynge of 
blude. MB. Uncoln A. i. 17. f. 10. 

For iha paynesar to felle and harde. 
Ah yhe tal here be redd eftyrwarde. 
That ilk man may ugge bothe yhowng and awlde, 
That heica thaime be rrtierced and tawlde. 

Hampole, MS. Bowat, p. 189. 

UGHTENDITE. The morning. 

UGLY. (1) Horrid ; frightful. {A.-S.) Ugly- 

sofMt ugsome, horriblei firightfcd. 
(2) An abuse ; a beating. Edtt. 
UINTMENT. Ointment. 
ULEN-SPIEGEL. Owl-glass, pr. n. (Germ.) 
ULLET. An owL Lane. 
ULUTATION. A howling. (Lat.) 
UM. Them. South. 
UMAGE. Homage. 

Withonten abod vel iwlthe come. 
To don tunage Arthour hit tone. 

Arthour and MerUn, p. 127. 

UMBE-CLAPPE. To embrace. " Umbe-clappes 
thecors," MS. Morte Arthure, f. 72. 

UMBE-GRIPPE. To seize hold of. " Urobe- 
grippys a spere,** MS. Morte Arthure, f. 92. 

UMBE-LAPPE. To surround ; to wrap round. 

And he and hit otte umfrjrlopiMd alle thaire enemyt, 

and daunge thame doune, and tiewe thame like a 

moder tone. MS. Lincoln A. i. 17t f* ff. 

UMBEN. About ; around. (A.-S.) 

UMBER. (1) A sort of brown colour. Umber 
is a species of ochre. See Nares. 

(2) The shade for the eyes placed immediately 
oyer the sight of a helmet, and sometimes at- 
tached to the vizor. 

(3) Number. Var. dial 

(4) The grayling fish. 



(5) Shade. Cheah. From the French. Umbra 
occurs in the Morte d' Arthur, i. 255. 

UMBE-SET. To set around or about 
The Saraainet him tmbe-sei. 
In hard tbour togider thel met. 
Curaor Mundi, MS. ColL Trin. Cantab, f. 49, 

UMBESTONDE. Formerly ; for a while. 
UMBE-THLNKE. To recollect. North. 

The thirde commandement ee, umbeth^nke th* 
that thow halove thi halydaye. 

MS. Lincoln A. 1. 17, f. 195 
The tevent was of clay, tille that entent that a 
mane that es rayted up to the dignyt^ of a kyng 
iulde alway umb^hynk hym that he wat made of 
erthe, and at the laite to the erthe he lalle aga]me. 

MS. Uneoln A. 1. 17, f. SS. 
Alexander thanne umbiVtoght* hymx>ne what wyte 
he myghte best come to for to destroy thit citee. 

MS. Ibid, t 5. 
UMBIGOON. Surrounded. 

Now have I shewed the a motley cote, a wed- 
dynge cote, a cote with golden hemmes, the whiche 
thuld be a maydens cote, unMgoon with diversiteea 
of vertues. MS. Bodl, 4S3, f. 186. 

UMBLES. The entrails of a deer. 

UMBLESCE. Humility. 

it tit the welleto leve pride. 
And take umbletee upon thy side. 

Cower, MS. Soc. AnHq. 134, f.OO. 

UMBRAID. Strife ; contention. 

UMBRANA. The umber, or grayling. 

UMBRAS. To attain? 

With tchrifteof moutbe and penaos smert, 
They wcne thelre blistc for to umbras. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. v. 48, f. 68. 

UMBREIDE. Upbraiding. 

Moitet for this umbreide 
Was dredinge in his herte. 
Curtor Mundi, MS. Coll. Trin, Cantab. f.aS. 

UMBREL. (1) AUttice. 
(2) The same as Umber (2). It is sometimes 
written umbrere, " Keste upe hys umbrere," 
MS. Morte Arthure. f. 63. 
UMBRET. To censure ; to abuse. 
UMBYLUKE. To look around. 

At the fyrtte salle everylke gud Crlttene mane 
untbifluke hyme, and ever be warre that he tyne 
noghte the tchorte tyme, or wrange diqiende It or 
In ydilnes late It overpaaie. 

MS. Uneoln A. 1. 17, f. UB, 
UMGANO. Round about. (A.-S.) 
UMGIFE. To surround ; to encompass. 
UMGRIPE. To seize ; to catch. {A.-S.) 
UMLAPPE. To enfold ; to wrap around. 
Thai sal umlappo thaime alle abowte. 
And gnawe on ylk a lymme and sowka. 

Hampole, MS, Buwu, p. 908. 

UMSETTE. Surrounded ; beset. 
Thid sal betffiiMfte so on ylk a tyde, 
That thai may nowthyr flee, ne thaime hyde. 

Hampole, MS. Bowes, p. IflOl 



UNC 



900 



UND 



UMSTRID. Astride. North. 
UMSTRODE. Strided acrots. 

Ouie tweta Lofde f ulle myldly 
This am€ he um§troda, 

MS. Cantab, FT. t. 48, f. 87. 
UMTHINES. Truth. 
UM WHILE. Once ; on a time ; sometimes. 
FalUceyt, m who seye gyle. 
As many one sweryn umwhyle. MS.Harl, 1701 • f. 19. 
Umwhil* the chlMe lowkede hlr pappe { 
Vmwhlh ganoe tbay kysse and cUppe. 

MS, Lincoln A. i. 17. f. 101. 
UMW YLLES. Want of wiU ; refusa]. Gaw. 
UM -YHODE. Went around. {A,.S,) 
UN. (1) Him. (2) One. Var. dinL 
(3) Used in composition for m. 
UN-. In composition denotes privation or dete- 
rioration. For many words commencing with 
it, look onder the simple forms. 
UNAFFILED. Unadvised. 

No itrange of love bowe myjte 
Hit herte, whkhe Ja un<njBUed. 

Go«Mr, MS, Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 53. 

UN- AVE ST. Unadvised. 

I wille rathere, quod he, cheae the aadneaae of an 
aide wyse roanne, thane the «* n-«ratjr lightenesae of 
jonge menne. MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 3. 

UNAWARES. Unavirare. Still in use. It is a 
common metropolitan vulgarism. 

UNBAIN. Inconvenient. North, 

UN BARBED. Not trimmed; uncut. 

UNRATED. Not blunted ; sharp. 

UNBAYNE. Disobedient. {A,-S.) 

UNBEER. Impatient. North, 

UNBEKNOWN. Unknown. Var, dial. 

UNBELDE. Timid. (^.-A) 

UNBENE. Rugged ; impassable. Gawayne. 

UNBETHINK. To recollect. North, See 
Umde'thinke. Also, to think beforehand. 

UNBETIDE. To fail to happen. 

UNBIDDABLE. Unadvisable. North. 

UNBODIE. Toleavc the body. (J.-S.) 

UNBOGHSOME. Disobedient. Hampole, 

UNBOKEL. To unbuckle ; to open. 

UNBORELY. Weakly. {A,-S,) 

UNBOUN. To undress. North, 

UNBRACE. To attain? 

And with that worde, aa sche dide unbrace 
To touche the cloth that bee lay in bounde, 
Withoute more, thla Salom^ bath founde 
Remedye, and waa made hoolle ajen. 

L^dgate, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 11. 

With achryfte of monthe and penaunce smerte. 
They wane thcr blya for to unbroM. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. tl. 38, f. 48. 

UNBRASE. To carve a mallard. 
UNBRYCHE. Unprofitable. (A.-S.) 
Butcalleth hym yn thegoapel ryche, 
At unkynde and wnArjrefte. MS. Hari. 1701, f. 4B. 
UNBUXUM. Disobedient. {A.-S.) 
I uaedde wronge with my body. 
And serves the unbuxumly. MS. Harl. 8200, f. 3. 
Ood put hym in odur lylcnes. 
For hya grete unbuxumnea. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. li. 38, f. S42. 

UNCANNY. Giddy; careless. North. 
UNCE. (1) An ounce. (2) A claw. 
UNCELY. The same as Un»dy, q. y. 



UNCBRTBYNOUR. More uncertaiiL 
it no thing oeiteynere then deda, 
Ny imoffffyMowr then his tide. 
Oinor Mundi, MS. Coll. Trin. Cndab, (. 141. 

UNCIVIL. Unacquainted with the language 

and manners of good society. 
UNCLE. (1) Unclean. 

My lippit pollute, my mouth with synnefoylid. 

Myn hert unde, and full of curaedaeae. 

Legato, MS, Jtkmah 99, f. !7. 

(2) See Auni, and Pegge's Gl. in v. 
UNCO. Awkward ; strange. North. 
UNCOME. (1) Not come. North. 
(2) An ulcerous swelling. This word ii still 
used in some of the Northern counties. It 
occurs in Baret's AlTearie, 1580. 
UNCOMMON. Very. Var. dial 
UNCONAND. Ignorant {A.-S.) 

Bot aom men hu wytte to undyntaad. 
And yhit thai are liille vneonand. 

HampoUt MS. Anm», p. 15. 

UNCONVENABLE. Inconvenient 
UNCORCED. Parted from the body. 
UNCOTHS. News. North. 
UNCOUPLE. To let or go iSose. 

He wteuppilde hya hundis 
Tille bJs rachis rebundya. 

MS. UnealH A. i. 17. f. 131- 

UNCOUS. Unkerd;melancholv. Kent. 
UNCOUTH. (1) Unknown. (A.^S.) 
(2) Uncommon ; not vulgar ; elegant 
UNCTURE. Greasing or oiling carts, &c 
UNCUSTOMED. (1) Smuggled. North. 
(2) Out of use or practice. 
UNDEDELY. Immortal. (^.-5.) 

Bot thou tlut arte ao grete nnd ao gtoryoai, ui 
calles thiselfe uttdedelg, thou salle wynne natbynge 
of me, if-«lle thou hafe the overhande of me. 

MS. lAneoln A. i. 17> ^^ 

UNDEFOUTERE. Less devout 
UNDELICH. Manifestly. {A.-S.) 
UNDELT. Undivided. 

Oon in Oodhede undMt ia be. 

And oon aubataunoe with peraonca threu 

Curtor Mundi, MS. Coll. THn. ComA. 1 61. 

UNDENIABLE. Good. Cheth. 
UNDER. (1) To subdue. 
(2) An under-ground drain. Iamc. 
UNDER. ALL. In all ; altogether. 
UNDGR-BACK. See Under-deck. 
UNDERBEAR. To bear ; to undergo. 
UNDER-BRIG. An arch. North. 
UNDER-BRIGHT. A bright Ught appcanng 

under clouds when they are near the 

horizon. North. 
UNDER-BUTTER. The butter which is msdc 

of the second skimmings of milk. Si^. 
UNDERCORN. Short, weak, underling com. 

overhung by the crop. Notfolh. 
UNDERCREEPING. Mean ; pitiful ; in an un- 
derhand way. Somerset. 
UNDERCUMPUN. To understand or discoTer 

a person's meaning. Idne. It is sometimes 

undereumstaTut. 
UNDER-DECK. The low broad tub into which 

the wort runs from the mash-tub. 
UNDER.DRAWIN6. CeiUng. North. 



UND 



901 



UNF 



UNDER-FAVOUR. An old apologetic ex- 
pression before saying anything rude. 
UNDBRFIND. To understand Derb. 
UNDERFOE. To perform, undertake. 
UNDERFONG. Understood. Havehk. 
UNDERFONGE. To undertake ; to accept ; to 

receive. Used by Spenser, to ensnare. 
UNDER-FOOT. Low. Tobidunder-foot, i.e. 

to offer a low price for anything. 
UNDERGA. To supplant. {A.-S,) 
UNDERGBTE. To understand. {A.-S,) 
UNDERGROUNDS. Anemones. Detxm, 
UNDERGROWE. Of a low stature. 
UNDER-GRUB. To undermine. EatU 
UNDERLAID. Trodden down. Var, dial 
UNDERLAY. (1) To incline from the perpen- 
dicular, said of a vein in a mine. Derb. 

(2) To subject ; to place under. 

(3) To mend the sole of a shoe. 
UNDERLINGE. An inferior. 

Hast thow envyet thyn undgrlyttgg, 
For he wu gode and thryvynge. 

MS. Coti. Oaud. A. ii. f. 141. 
He wu ta Me men undwrlynge. 
So lowe WM never 5yt no kynge. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. IL 38, f. 241. 

UNDERLOUT. To be subject to. 
UNDERLY. Poor ; inferior. 
UNDERMELE. The afternoon. Chaucer. Later 
writers use the term for an afternoon meal. 
" A middaies meale, an undermeale," Nomen- 
clator, 1585, p. 81. 
UNDERMINDING. Subornation. 
UNDERMOST. The lowest. North. 
UNDERN. Nine o'clock, a. m. {A.'S.) 
Bl thii was undren of the day, 
Thelljt bigan to hyde. 

Cursor Mundi, f. 103. 

UNDERNEAN. Beneath. Var. dial. 
UNDERNOME. Took up ; received. 

And thenne was seynt Jon in H erodes prisone, 
for he hadde undemoma him of the fals dehors, for 
that was his brothers wyf. MS. Harl. S398. f. 8. 

And whan synne dothe vertu undttmpm and myne, 
The light of grace will no lenggir shyne. 

MS. Laud. 416, f. 58. 

UNDER-ONE. On the same occasion. 

UNDERPIGHT. Propped up. (A.-S.) 
And undirpr$t« this mancyoun ryalle. 
With seven pileris, as made is meroorye. 

Lsfdgate, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134. f. 3. 

UNDER-PINNING. The pediment of brick or 

stone on which the frame of a wooden house 

is placed. 
UNDER-PROPPER. See Superiaste. 
UNDERSET. To prop up. Paltgrave. 
UNDER-SONG. The burden of a song. 
UNDBRSORT. The vulgar. Yorkth. 
UNDERSPORE. To raise a thing by putting a 

spore or pole under it. {A.'S.) 
UNDER-SPURLEATHER. An underling. 
UNDERSTAND. To hear. Yorkth. 
UNDERSTOD. Received. Havelok. 
UNDERTAKE. To take in ; to receive. 
UNDER-THE-WIND. So situated behind a 

bank, house, &c. as not to feel the wind. 
UNDERTIME. Evening. Spenser. 



UNDERWROUGHT. Undermined. Shak. 

UNDIGHT. Undressed ; unprepared. 

UNDIGOON. Undergone. 

Whenne Jhesus had bapteme undigom. 
He lafte Jon stille hi flom Jurdon. 

Curwr Mundi, MS. Coll. Trin, Cantab, f. 80. 

UNDIRSHONE. Pattens. {A.-S.) 

UNDISPAYRID. Unimpaired. 

VndUpafnid the heeste schalle not Tarye 
Of the prophecye, awhile thou; it tarye. 

l4fdgaU, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 16. 

UNDO. (1) To unfold. {A.-S.) 
(2) To cut up game. Gawayne. 
UNDOUBTOUS. Undoubted. 
UNDREGHE. Without sorrow. 

In lufe thi hcrt thou heghe. 

And fyghte to felle the fende : 
Thi dayes salle be undreghe 
Whenne thi ded neghes neghe. 

MS. Uncoln A. i. 17. f. S2S. 

UNDUBITATE. Undoubted. HalL 
UNDUE. Undem, q. v. It is spelt ttndrone in 
the MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 135. 

The Sonne schon, they had wondur. 
For hyt drewe to the undur. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii 38, f. 117. 
Hys strength shulld wcx In suche a space 
From the unc^yr-Zj^me tylle none. 

M8. Harl. 2253, f. ISO. 

UNDURTANE. Undertaken. 

For thy loTe y have undurtant 
Dedes of armys thre. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. Ii. 38, f. 64. 

UNDURYEDE. Understood. 
The hors sone undur-yede 
That Befyse was not on hys rygge. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii.38,f.l07- 

UNDYED. Dyed back again. 

Blakke Into white may not be undyed, 
Ne blood Infecte with corrupcioun. 

Ufdgate^ MS. Soe. Antiq. 184, f. 1. 

UNE. Even. North. 

.UNEATHILY. Unwieldy. East. 

UNEAVE. To thaw. Devon. 

UNEMENT. An ointment. 

UNEMPT. To empty. Hertf. 

UNEQUAL. Unjust. Jonson, iii. 233. 

UNERTE. Short. 

UNESCHUABLE. Unavoidable. 

UNESE. Uneasiness. (A.-S.) 

UNEVEN. Unjust ; unfair. 

UNEXPRESSIVE. Inexpressible. 

UNFACEABLE. Unreasonable. East. 

UNFAINELY. Sorrowfully. 

UNFAIRE. Ugly ; frightfuL 

UNFAMOUS. Unknown. 

UNFAWE. Not glad ; displeased. 

UNFEATHERED. Dispossessed. 

UNPERE. Weak ; feeble ; indisposed. 
Therby lay mony unfere. 

Cursor Mundi, MS, Coll, Trin, Cat^ab. f. 85. 
How he heled a mon unftre. 
That seke wasei5te and twenty 5ere. 

Cufor Mundi, MS. Ibid. f. 9. 
His fadir olde and unfitre, 
Ofte he fedde with good dynere. 

Cursor Mundi, MS. Ibid. f. 98. 

UNFEST. Weak ; not firm. 
UNFILED. Pure ; undefiled. 



UNK 



902 



UNN 



UNVORSroDEN. Diiobedient. North. 
UNFORTUNATE. In bad circumstances. 
UNFREMED. Unkind. North. 
UNGAN6. Circuit? 

The whilke wIU noght come with me til heren hot 
Uul dwdl in the ungang of covaytUe. 

MS. CoU. Ami. 10, f. 41. 

UNGAYNE. (i) Inconveiuence. 

There rynnes bytyde this heghe moontayne 
A water thattumet to mekille ungaifn^. 

MS. Uneoin A. 1. 17» f. l^* 

(2) Inconvenient ; troublesome. North. 

Therof the peiml wold be fkyiie» 
Pore to cum home afayne. 
That hath goon gatls u»guifn4. 

MS. Douet 90it f.9. 

(3) Awkward ; clumsy. Var. diaL 
UNGEAR. To unharness. North. 
UNGLAD. Sorry. {A.-S.) 

if thou my sone hatt }oye had. 
Whan thou another syje waglad. 

Oow9r, MS. Soe. Antiq. 1S4, f. 09. 
UNGODE. Bad ; evil. 
UNGODLY. Squeamish ; nice. North. 
UNGONE. Not gone. North. 
UNGRACIOUS. Unfortunate. 
UNGRATHLY. Improperly ; unbecomingly. 
UNGREABLE. Disagreeable. 
UNGUNDE. UngratefuL 

Wit this betel be the amieth. 

And alle the worle thit wite. 

That theut the ungunde aUe thU thing. 

And goht himselve « beggyng. 

J». B<b. A<y.7E.iv.f*tf. 

UNHAP. Misfortune. 

UNHAPPILY. Censoriously. 

UNHAPPY. Mischievous ; unlucky. 

UNHARDELED. Dispersed. Gawayne. 

UNHARDY. Not bold. {A.^N.) 

UNHECKLED. Untidy ; disordered. 

UNHELE. (1) To uncover. See Hele. 

(2) Misfortune. (A.-S.) 

UNHENDB. Ungentle. 

To Sir Oawayne than layd the kynge, 
Fonothe dethe waa to utUt«nd». ' 

MS. Morj. 8959, f. 100. 

UNHEPPEN. Clumsy. North. 

UNHERTY. Timid ; cowardly. 

UNHIDE. To<liscover. 

VNHOMED. Awkward ; unlikely. Cmnb. 

UNHONEST. Dishonorable. North. 

UNION. AflnepearL (Lot.) 

UNITE. A gold coin worth* about twenty shiU 

lings. See Snelling's Coins, p. 24. 
UNJOINE. To separate ; to disjoin. 
UN JOINT. To carve a curlew. 
UNKARD. (1) Lonely ; dreary ; solitary. Pew 

provincial words are more common than this. 

It is derived from the A.-S. un-cwyd, quiet, 

solitary. 
(2) Old ; ugly ; awkward ; strange ; unusual ; 

particular ; inconvenient ; froward. rar. dial 
UNKEK. Unopened. 
UNKEMBED. Uncombed. 
UNKENDE. Unnatural. 

It waste* the body and forduae 
Tifvue unkmtd9 outrage uae. 

MS. Harl. 2960, f. 141. 



UNKENT. Unkenned ; unknown. 
UNKER Of you- {A.-S.) 
UNKETH. Uncouth ; strange. 
UNKEYEI^DEN. Uncovered. 
UNKIND. Lonely. North. 
UNKINDB. Unnatural. (A.'S.) 
UN KIT. Uncut. MS. Douce 302, f. 2. 
UNKNOWABLE. Incapable of bemg known. 
UNKNOWING. Unknown. North. 
UNKNOWN. An unknown man, one who does 

good secretly. North. 
UNKUD. Unknown. 

Thou ahalt hare ever thi heed hnd, 

Thi ihame thai not be wdmd. 

Curtor Mumdi, MS. Colt. THn. Ct»Ub. L & 

UNKUNNYNGE. Ignorance. 
1 am rude to reherse all 
For unkunn^ge and for lacke of space. 

L^dgate, MS. Athm. 90, f. Ul 

UNKYNDESCHIPE. Unkindness. 

As he whlche thorow wnAyndeseMpe 
Envielh every felawschipe. 

Gmoer, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. tl- 

UNLACE. (1) To cut up. Gawayne. 

(2) To unfasten ; to unclothe. /*. 

UNLAWE. Injustice. {A.-S.) 

Cayphas herde that ilke sawe. 
He spake to Jheau with un^we. 

MS. Cuttab. Ff: V. 48, f. 18L 

UNLEED. A general name for any crswling, 
venomous creature, as a toad, &c It is some- 
times ascribed to man, and then it denotes a 
sly, wicked fellow, that, in a manner, creeps to 
do mischief, the very pest of society. 

UNLEFE. Unbeloved ; loathsome. 

UNLEK. Unlocked ; opened. 

UNLETTED. Undisturbed. 

UNLICKED. Uniwhshed. rar. dial 

UNLIFTY. Unwieldy. Devon. 

UNLIGHT. To alight. Wett. 

UNLOVEN. To cease loving. 

UNLUST. (1) Dislike. (2) Idleness. 

UNMACKLY. Misshapen. North. 

UNMANHODE. Cowardice. 

UNMANNED. Untamed. Shair. 

UNMATCHED. Unequally matxjhcd. 

UN-MAYTE. Immense. 

Goddct grace tharehe es wlllenoghtebe vtt-mefU, 
hot ever he es wyrkkande, and he es waxeand ay 
mare and mare to mekille the mede. 

MS. Uneoin A. i. 17i f> '^ 

UNMEK, Wicked. {A.S.) 
UNMERCIFULLY. Very. Wat. 

UNMESTE. 

Heyngere of men praysa y leate. 
For that office es moste wniMeia. 

MS. aarUVtOff'Si. 

UNMIGHTY. Unable. Chaucer. 

UNMYLDE. Fierce. 

Ordeyned hath by gtete cruelte 
This ram to kepe boles Ail imiiiiilda, 
With brasen feete« ramegeoua and wilde. 

UNN AIT. Useless ; vain ; unprofiuble. 
UNNE. To give, consent, wish well to. 
UNNEATH. Beneath. Somerget. 
UNNES. e^ftM/A«, scarcely. 



UNR 



903 



UNS 



UNNETHE. Scuody. (^.-&) 

How Khulde tlMnne a &tc(nyun wood 
Do that the lobere fmiMUk« con. 

M&, Coec, aaud. A. iL f. 13ft. 
Alle the pcoccaae Is that day. 
That alle thb world tpcke of may. 
Shal than to shortly ben y-do, 
A momeDt shal uuiMhB therto. 

VA. ^Altt. 11306. f. 91. 
UNNOCK. To shoot an arrow. 
UNNOTEFUL. Unprofitable. 
UNNOYEAND. Agreeable 

The ttfiMoimiiul to nustayne ut and fede. 
And to heipe us and eee us in owre nede. 

MS, Uneoln A. i. 17, f. 189. 

UNORDAYNDE. Inordinate. 

The delyte that has noghtc of unnrdaynde styr- 
rynge, and mekely has styrrynge in Criste. 

MS. Uneoln A. L 17, f. 198. 
Wherefore a man that weded es, 
Schulde kepe hym ay in denncs, 
And no dede unwdaffnly to wyrke, 
Agayn the sacrament of holy kyrke. 

MS. Harl. 2260, f. 91. 

UNOURNE. Old; worn oat. (^..5.) 

New age uivmme putteth awey fa^oure. 
That Aonry jougthe In his seson conquerld. 

Oedeve, MS. Soe. Jntiq, 134, f. 255. 

UNPATIENTNESS. Impatience, 

UNPBES. Disquiet. 

Thd forsoke this worldet ese. 

To mon wroujte the! never unpea. 

Curtor Mvndi, MS, 0>ll. Trim. Cantab, f. 83. 

UNPEREGAL. Unequal. 
UNPERFECT. Imperfect. North. 
UNPINNE. To unbolt. (^.-5.) 
UNPJTOUS. Cruel ; not piteous. 
UNPLAYNE. Obscure. 

For who that is to trouthe finjifaf r«, 

He may not fttylen of venjaunee. 

Gcfwer, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 43. 

UNPLEASED. Unpaid. 
UNPLITE. To unfold. Chaucer. 
UNPLUNGE. Unexpectedly. Line. 
UNPLYE. Open ; unfolded. 
UNPOSSIBLE. Impossible. North. 
So mighty Is he evere moo, 
Unpoarible is not him to do. 

MS.^ddit.n9ta,t.9i. 
UNPOWER. Helplessness. Dorset. 
UNPROPER. Not confined to one. 
UNPROPICE . Unpropitious. 
UNQUEMEFULLY. Unpleasantly. 

Unquem^lly thenne shul the! quake, 
That al the erthe shid to-shake. 

Curtor Mundi, MS. CoU, llVifi. CanUA. f. 134. 
UNQUERT. Uneasiness. 

He herde her menyng and uhqutrt. 
And shope therlbre in lltil stert. 
Omrtor jtfwntfi, MS, CoU. Trin, Cantab, f, 38. 

UN-QURYNTE. Unquenched. 

I lycken the worlde to fyre im-fusirfrte. 

MS, Camab. Ff. iL 38, f. 96. 
UNRAD. Bold ; imprudent. 
UNRAKE. Not stirred. 

Eke as eharbokyllc casteth rygbt bemys. 
With rody lighte, as cole that is vnrake. 

MS, Cantab. Ff^ 1. 8, f. 12. 

UNRAY. To undress. West. 
UNREADY. Undressed. 



UNREAVE. To unravel. I^penser. 

UNRECLAIMED. WUd,asahawk. 

UNRECURING. Incurable. 

UNREDE. Imprudent (J.-S,) 

UNREDUCT. Unreduced. 

UNRESONAfiLE. Irrational. 

Go out of the schip, thou, and thi wiif, thi soqes, 
and the wyves of thi sones with thee, and Icde out 
with thee alle Uvynge beestis that be at the of ech 
fleith, as wel in volatils as in unretoncUtle bestis. 

WickliJS'b, MS. BodLVn. 

UNRESPECTIVE. Inconsiderate. 
UNREST, Want of rest ; uneasiness ; trouble ; 

vexation. {A.-S.) 
UNRID. Dirty; disorderly. North, 
UNRIDE. Harsh ; severe ; large. {A.-S.) 
And toke hys burdon ju hyt honde. 
Of stele that was unrydii. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. U. 38, f. 88. 
They hym aisayled on every syde. 
And he gave them strokys unrgde, 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 171 
An Iryne dube he gane hyme tea. 
Was mekille and unryde. 

MS, Uneoln A. L 17, f. 140. 

UNRIGHTE. Wrong. (^.-&) 
MckiUe raaugre base he 
That chalanges unr^hte, 

MS. Uneoln A. U 17» f. 132. 
UNRO. Vexation ; trouble. 

If he blgon to harpe and syng. 
Of his unro he had restyng. 
Curaor Mundi, MS. CoU. Trin. Cnntab. f. 47. 
UNRUDE. Civil ; polished. 
UNSAD. Unsteady. 
UNS.4UGHTE. At strife. 
UNSAWNEY. Unfortunate. Yorkah. 
'UNSCAPE. To put one in mind of something 

disagreeable in discoursing. 
UNSCHEPELICHE. Unshapely ; ugly. 
UNSCIENCE. Not.science. Tyrwhitt. 
UNSCRIFF. To put in mind of. North. 
UNSEKE. Not sick ; healthy. 
UNSELE. Unhappiness. (^.-5.) 
Lord, he selde, now se I wele. 
My synne hath set me in unsele. 

Curoor Mundi, MS, CoU. Trin. Cantab, f. 8. 
5a, he said, thatsaughe I wele; 
How myghte that make so mydie utieefa. 

JC9. Uneoln A. i. 17, f. 123. 

UNSELY. Unhappy. 

Whereof the world ensample fette^ 
May aftir this, whanne I am goo. 
Of thilke untajf Jolyf woo. 

Oower, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 3R. 
Galathin mett king Samgran, 
An unteljf hoge man. 

Arthovrnnd Merlin, p. 182. 
XJntely ghost, hwat dostu here ? 
Thu were in helle mine vere. 

MS. ColL Je$, Qmn. f . 29. 

UNSENE. Invisible. Hall, Henry VI. f. 63, 
uses it for not previously seen. 

So the soule, withouten wene, 
To alle thinge hit is wfisene. 

Curtor Mundi, MS. CoU. Trin. Cantab, f . 4. 

UNSENSED. Stunned ; insensible. Etut. 
UNSET. Not appointed. See Steven, 
UNSETE. Unsuiteble. 



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UNSBWni. Intecnre; unaafe. 

Fttl wMtioyr atCe the bsto may he be, 
To lette hyi herte in swyeh abandaunee. 

MS, OBm/«b. Ff. 1. 6. f. 138. 

UNSHAKEN. Perfect ; in good order. 
UNSHENE. Dark ; not bright. 
UNSHETTE. Opened. 
UNSHOTE. To open a door, ftc. 
UN SIDED. In confusion. North. 
UNSIGHT. Unseen. Hitwn. 
UNSITTINGE. UDSuiteble. 
UNSKERE. To unfold ; to discover. 
UNSKYLWYS. Irrational. 

Bot Ijrfet all ane tiiulrylioiw best. 

M8. Hart. 4196, f. 216. 

UNSLEKKED. Unslacked. 
UNSLEPT. Having had no sleep. 
UNSLE5E. Unskilful ; not sly. 

Greet he was and also heje, 
He temed Sathanas iiiu<rj«. 
Curtor Mundi^ MS. Cott. THn, Cantab, t. 47. 
A. Lord Ood ! that 1 was vfufye / 
Alasse I that ever he come so nye. 

MS. Qintab. Pf. T. 48» f. AS. 

UNSNECK. To unlatch a dooQ North. 
UNSOAPED. Low; dirty. Var. dioL 
UNSOPT. Hard. Chaucer. 
UNSOGHT. Disturbed ; disordered. 
UNSOLEMPNE. Uncelebrated. 
UNSOUTERLY. Unhandy. Devon. 
UNSPARELY. Unsparingly. Gawayne. 
UNSPERE. To unbolt. Lydgate, p. 54. 
UNSPOILE. To despoil ; to undress. 
UNSTANCHEABLE. Inexhaustible. 
UNSTANCHED. Unsatisfied. 
UNSTEKE. Unfastened ; not bolted. 
UNSTIL. In motion. SufoU. 
UNSTRIKE. To draw the strings of a hawk's 

hood» to be in readiness to pull off. 
UNSTRONGE. Weak. (^.-&) 
UNSUITY. Irregular. We9t. 
UNSUMED. Said of the feathers of a hawk, 

when not fully grown. 
UN S WADE. To take off swaddling^lothes. 
UNSWARE. To answer. 

Belevest thow on Fader, and Sone, and H0I7 Oost, 

As thou art holden, wel thow wost, 

Thre personi in Ttynyti, 

And on God ? Vntware thow me. 

MS. Cott. CUiud. A. 11. f. 137> 
UNSWEAR. To peijure. Drayton. 
UNSWELL. To fall after swelling. 
UNTALDfi. Not reckoned. (J.-S.) 
UNTANG. To untie. Somertet. 
UNTEREST. Uttermost. 
UNTERMED. Interminable. 
UNTEYDE. Unabated. 

In allc that ever je have seyde. 
My sorow is evermore unt^e. 

Cower, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. ISS. 

UNTHANK. No thanks ; Ul-will. 

UNTHAW. To thaw. South. 

UNTHENDE. Outcast ; abject. 

The worldys wylyi r75t noujt roe payes. 
For they ben fSslse and ftill unthtnde. 

MS. Camtub. Ft. 11. S8» f . 23. 

UNTHEWID. Unmannerly. 



What Is to ben of pride 
▲len the hyjeGoddis lawe. 

Gtntm', MS. Soe, JmHq, 134, f.S. 

UNTHRIFT. Prodigality. 
UNTHRIVE. To be unsuccesaftiL 

His wif made him to umtluio€. 

Cwmr Mwtdi, MS. CoB. THn. GoRtai. f 59. 

UNTID. (1) Unseasonable. (J.-S.) 
(2) Anointed. MS. Vocab. 
UNTIDY. Dirty ; slovenly ; ignorant. 
UNTIL. To; unto. (^.-5.) 
UNTIME. An unseasonable time. 
UNTO. Until. (^.-5.) 
UNTOWARD. Wild ; fierce. 
UNTRIMMED. Being a virgin. See a note 

in Dilkes Old Phiys, iv. 95. 
UNTRISTE. To mistrust. 
UNUSAGE. Want of usage. 
UNVALUED. Invaluable. 
UN VAMPED, nresh ; genuine. 
UNVOYANDNES. 

His rightwisnes es In gude dedes and his miiy- 

ajidfie* es that he es withouten ilte. 

MS QtlL fiton. 10, f. 11. 

UNWAGED. Without wages or salary. 

UN WARE LT. Unawares ; unforeseen. 
And umnanijf affbre hym on the pUyne 
Apperid an aungell with face steme and brigfaL 

l^dgaief MS. Aahmoie », r.Sl. 

UNWARNED D. Without intimation. 

The kyng hymselfe wolde ofte tyme come too 
mete utttvamedd, and sytt downe, for love that he 
had to Seynt Thomas. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. il. 38, f. U. 

UNWARY. Unexpected. Spemer. 
UNWELDE. Unwieldy. 

Thou shal him saye I am iinweitfe. 
For longe ly ved am I In dde. 

Cuiaor Mundi, MS. CoU. Trio. Cantab, f.l 
A clobb of yroo in honde bathe tan. 
That was mekylle and fulle unwalda. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ii.38, f.64. 

UNWEMMED. Spotless. (^.-&) 
UNWERNISHIT. Unexpectedly. 
UNWETING. Not knowing. {A.-S.) 
UNWEVID. Unfinished ; imperfect. 
UNWEXE. To decrease. 
UNWINE. Want of joy. (^.-5.) 
UNWINLY. Uiyoyously. (^.-5.) 

I sold hym unwyiUy wake 

Or to momeday. MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, t' 132. 

UNWISDOME. FoUy. (A.^S.) 

UNWIST. Unknown. 

UNWIT. Want of wit or knowledge. Vrntnt- 

andneseef ignorance. {A.'S.) 
UNWITONDE. Not knowing it. 
And Jhesu aftir stilly stale, 
Joseph and Mary unwUonde, 
Curtw Mundi,MS. CoU. THn. Cumb, f. 7^- 

UNWITTILY. Unwisely. {J.-S.) 
UNWRAIN. To uncover; to unfold. 
UN WRASTE. Wicked ; base ; weak. 

And hys seryauntes that were umeratttt 

Fette fonhe the chyldc yn haste. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 140 
UNWRITHLY. Unworthily. 

Ununythtif art thou made gentyl. 

5yf thou yn wtirdys and dedys beyL 

M8.HaH,mht.». 



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URE 



UNWRY. Uncovered. (J.S.) 

Whanne •very rackeand ereryekmdy ikye 
Is voyde clene, ao hire foce uncouthe 
Schalle scheve in open and fully be unwry. 

I^dgttte, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134. f. 0. 

UNYED. United. 

Bove, I bewche the, thyn heven, and come down 
to me, soo that I be knyt and untftd to the, and be 
made one apirlte wyth the. 

Carton'* Diver* FrujftM GhotOy Maten. 

UN50N. An onion. Nominale MS. 

UON. To run. Somerset 

UP. (1) Upon. (^.-5,) 

(2) To rise ; to get up. Weit. 

UP-A-DAISA. An expression used when 

dancing a child np and down. 
UP-ALONO. Down along. South. 
UPAZET. In perfection. Exmoor. 
UP-BLOCK. A horse-block. Gloue. 
UPBRAID. The same as Abraid, q. ▼. 
UPBRAYDE. An up-stroke ? 

Hy« swyrde brake with the «p6/ayrfe» 

And therwith was Gye dytmayed. 

MS. Cantab. Ft, 11. 96, f. 913. 

UPCAST. To reprove. North. 
UPE. Upon. {A.-S.) 
UPEHOVEN. Upraised. (J.'S.) 
UPELONDERS. Country people. This word 

occurs in MS. Arundel. 42. 
UP-FOND. To raise with effort. 
UPHAP. Heaved up. (^.-5.) 
UPHALE. To draw or pull up. 
UPHAND-SLEDGE. A large iron hammer 

lifted up with both hands. 
UPHEADED. (1) Having the horns nearly 

btraight. (2) Ill-tempered. North. 
UPHEPE. To heap up. 
UPHEVE. To raise ; to exalt. 
UPHOLD. To warrant ; to vouch for. North. 

UPLAND. Highland. North. The term oc 
curs in Brath wait's Law of Drinkingi p. 147. 

UPLANDISH. Countryfied. (^.-5.) 

UPLIFTE. Lifted up. 

UP-MET. Having full measure. North. 

UP-ON-END. Perpendicular. 

UPPARD. Upwards. Heame. 

UPPEN. To mention ; to disclose. East. 

UPPEREST. Highest. 

UPPER-HAND. To apprehend. East. 

UPPER-HATCH. To understand. Noff. 

UPPERLET. A shoulder-knot. JEtut. 

UPPER-STOCKS. Breeches. 

UPPER-STORY. The head. Var. dial 

UPPING. Point ;cri»U. North. 

UPPING-BLOCK. A horse-block. Far. dial 

UPPINGS. Perquisites. Somerset. 

UPPING-STOCK. See Upping4floek. 

UPPISH. Proud ; insolent. Far. dial. 

UPRAPE. To start up. 

UPRIGHT. (1) Enrirely. East. 

(2) Straight. This term was applied to persons 
lying down, as well as standing. 

UPRIGHT-MAN. The chief of a crew of beg- 
gars. See Grose in v. 

UPRISE. To church women. Comw, 



UPRISTE. The Reannection. 

Jhetni leide, I am upHtu and ML 
Ounor Mundi, MS. CM. THn, CaiUab. f. 88 

UPROAR. Confusion ; disorder. fFest. 

UPSE-DUTCH. A heavy kind of Dutch beer, 
formerly much used in England. Upse-Jreete, 
a similar drink imported from Friesland. 
Ujfse-EngHah, a strong ale made in England in 
imitation of these. To be upse'Dutchf to be 
tipsy, or stupified. To drink upat'Dutch, to 
drink swinishly, like a Dutchman. See Ben 
Jonson, iv. 150. 

Tom Is no more like thee then chalkt like dieese. 
To pledge a health or to drlnke up-te /Vmm. 
Letting ^ Humour* Blood in tha Hoad-VaiM, 1800i 

UPSET. (1^ A cross } an obstruction. 

(2) A smith's term, when the iron at heat is 
driven back into the body of the work. 

UPSETTING. (1) A christening. Exmoor. In 
the North, the first party after an accouche- 
ment. 

(2^ Upsetting and down-throuanj hereabouts. 

(3) A disagreement ; a quarrel. South. 
UPSHOT. Result; issue. Var. dial 
UPSIDES. To be upsides with any one, i. e. 

to be even with, or a match for him. 
UPSIGHTED. A defect in vision, produced by 
a contraction of the lower portion of the iris, 
thus depriving a person of the power of readily 
seeing objects below the level of his eyes. 

UPSODOUN. Upside down. 
And I kan, by eollusyoun, 
Tume alle estates up-^o-doun. 
And sette, though flblke hadde it swome, 
Tliat is bakward to go byflbme. 

MS, Cotton. Tiber. A. tU f.88. 
Thns cs this worlde tomed wp^^e-dewne, 
Tyll many mans dampuacyowne. 

Hampole, MS. Bowoo, p. 54. 

UPSPRING. An upstart. 

UPSTANDS. Marks for boundaries of parishes, 

estates, &c., being live trees or bushes cut off 

about breast high. Kent. 
UPSTARING. Somewhat preAuming. Sii^. 
UPSTARTS. Puddles made by the hoofs of 

horses in clayey ground. East. 
UPSTIR. Disturbance. Somerset. 
UPSTODE. Stood up. (A.-S.) 
UPSTROKE. Conclusion. North. 
UPTACK.(l) To understand. North. 
(^) A person not to be equalled. 
UPTAILS-ALL. Riotous confusion. 
UP-TO. Equal to ; upon. Var. dial. 
UPWARD. Top, or height 
UP-WENDE. Went up. 
UP-WITH. Upto or equal with. 
URCHIN. (1) A hedgehog. Var. dia*. * Ur- 

chone, a beest, herysson,** Palsgrave. 

(2) The key of the ash tree. 

(3) A fairy, or spirit. ^ 

URE. (1) An hour. MS. Cott Yesp. D. iii. 

(2) An ewer, or washing-basin. 

(3) Fortune ; destiny. (A.'N.) 
(4S Use. Also, to use. 

(5) An udder. North, 



VAI 



906 



VAL 



Nov lAto hfaf* MOM, and licha m OoA^qw «r«. 
FW )o« dbpoieCh taluth 5owt»aTaitnre. 

URED. FortuDite. 

ORGE. To retch. We»t. 

URGEFUL. Urgent ; importunate. 

URINCH-MILK. Whey. 

URINE. (1) A net made of fine thread, formerly 

used for catching hawks. 
(2) Mingere. MS. Vocah. 
URIST. Sunrise. 

V«teitb hb lyjte whaniie it b^gynntth dawe. 

At the wrUi in the morownynse. 

L^dgvte, MS. Soe. Jnilq. 184, f. 18. 

URITH. The bindings of a hedge. 
URLED. (1) Starved with cold. North. 
(2) Stunted. I/rlm^, a dwarf. North. 
URLES. Tares. 
URNE. To run ; to flow. 
URRY. The blue day which is often found im- 
mediately above a strata of coaL 
URRYSONES. Orisons. 
URTHE. Earth. 

Alle thynge made wyth on ipelle, 
Hevene, and urtht, and eke helle. 

MS, 0»«. CUtud. A. 11. r. ISS. 
US. We; our. Var,diaL 
USAGE. Experience ; practice. 
USANT. Using; accustomed. (J.-N.) 
USAUNCE. Usage ; practice. 

Brou5te to the temple to hif obladoun, 
Aa was the lawe, cuatum, and luaunee. 

L^dgmte, MS. Soe. Antiq, 184, f. 99. 
And ID bifelle upon a day. 
As thllke tyme was mmmm. 

OiMMT, MS. Soe, dtnUq. 1S4, f. 51. 

USCHEW. Issue, the right of a road out of a 

wood. Fhtchak Ch, 
USE. (1) Usury ; interest. Far. dial 



O tia a thing more thaaiidkaloiia. 

To take sman'i full sum, and not pay u»e. 

H«tehei'9 Aeiw, p. & 

(2) To haunt ; to frequent. 
USER. A profitable animal. 
USERE. An usurer. 

Al hy« lyf. soth to say. 
He wnrthe to an uasre. MS, Hmrl. 9320, f. 36. 
USES. Practical inferences derived from doc- 
trine, a term used by Puritans. 
USTILMENT. Furniture ; utensils. 
UT. Out Still in use. 
UTAS. The eighth day, or the space of eight 
days, after any festivaL " Utas of a feest, 
octtmei" Palsgrave. 
UTCHY. I. SomerMt, 
UTEN. Without ; foreign. {A.-S.) 
UTHAGE. The chaffinch. The whinchat is so 

termed in Shropshire. 
UTRAGE. Excess. {A.-N.) 

To bringe into that heritage 
That 1 have lost bi myn tOrage. 
Cursor Mundi, MS. CoU. Trin, Canimb. t. 6. 

UTTER. Outward ; more out. Utter-barritierty 

lawyers who pleaded without the bar. 
UTTERANCE. Extremity. (^.-AT.) 
UTTERESTE. Uttermost. 

Telle me, ser, what thay are that base thus farene 
with the, and I sewre the, als I am traw maae, I 
salle venge the to the utier^tte. 

MS. Uttcoln A. t 17, f. Sa 
UTTERLY. Thoroughly ; entirely. 
Thorowe the loode uttiirfy 
He dud grete chevalry. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. iu 38, f. 151 

UTTREN. Ta publish ; to give out ; to seiL 
UVELE. Eril. Beket, p. 20. 
UVVER. Upper ; over. North. 
UZZARD. The letter Z. Lane. 
UZZLE. A blackbird. Yoriah. 



VAGABONDS. A vagabond. 
VACAT. Anything missing. {Lot.) 
YACCART. A cow-pasture. Litne. 
VACCHE. To fetch. 
VACHERY. A dairy. Pr. Parv. 
VADE. To fade. 

All as a slope, and like the graase. 
Whose bewty sone doth vade. MS. Athmolt 80S. 
YADY. Damp ; musty. Devon. 
VAG. (1) To thump. West. 
(2) Turf for fuel. Devon. 
VAGABOND. To wander. 
VAGACIONE. Wandering. 

Whenne the mynde es staUede sadely withowt- 

tene changynge and •ogmyofM in Oodd and gastely 

thyngea. MS. Uneoln A. i. 17, f. 880. 

YAGAUNT. Vagrant ; wanderer. Baber. 

YAGE. To stroll; to wander about Also a 

substantive, a voyage, a journey. 
YAIL. (1) Progress. South. 
(2) To lower ; to let fhll. {Fr.) It was used as 
a mark of submission or inferiority, to lower 
the sails of a ship, &c 
(8) Empty. Somereet. 



YAILE. To avaU. 

Wbate v0^leth bewt^ which y« nat OMrcyaUUe ? 
Whate wa^leth a sterre when hit do nat schyne 7 

MS. Cantab. Ff. i. 6, U 190i 

VAILS. Gifts to servanU. 
YAIR. Truly. {A.-N.) 
YAIRE. A kind of fur, supposed to be that of 
a species of weasel still so called. 

And sythene to bedd be es bioghte als It ware a 
pr]rnce, and happed with ryehe robea appone hyme 
ynewe, wele furrede with vapre and with gryse. 

MS. Unettn A. i. 17, t. 948. 

VALE. Many. Heame. 

VALENCE. (1) To ornament with drapcr>. 
Shakespeare, in Hamlet, iL 2, uses the word 
allegorically, applied to a face being vaSenetd 
or fringed with a beard. 

After folowed his three aydes, every of tbem 
under a pavilion of crymoayn damaake, and purple 
poudred with H. and K. of fyne goldc^ Mlsseed and 
firynged with goMe of daroadu. 

BaU,BMrtVllI.t.\^ 

(2) Valencia in Spain. 
VALENCY. Valiancy. 



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907 



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VALENTIA* The tin machiae used for lifting 
beer, wine, &c., out at the bonghole of a 
cask, by pressing the thumb on the small hole 
at top. Mow. 
VALENTINE. The custom of the different 
sexes choosing themselves mates on St. Valen- 
tine's Day, February 14th, the names being 
selected either by lots, or methods of divina- 
tion, is of great antiquity in England. The 
name so drawn was the valentme of the 
drawer. 

Tbow it be ale other wya, 

Godys bletcyog have he and mya* 

My none gentyl Volont^n, 

Good Tomas the frere. MS. Earl, 1735, f . 48. 

VALERIE. Valerius Maximus. 

VALEW. Value. %fenser, 

VALIANCE. Valour. Spenser. 

VALIANT. Worth. Middleton, ii. 8. 

VALIDITY. Value. Shak. 

VALIDOM. Value ; extent. Norths 

VALL. 7b vaU over the desk, to have the 

banns of matrimony thrice called. Eamoor. 
VALLEY. (1) To rock. 
(2) A small hollow, or channel. 
VALLLMENT. Value. Staff. 
VALLIONS. The valance of abed. 
VALLOED. Laid in fallow. 
VALLOR. A fallow. In Sussex this name is 

g^ven to a large wooden dish used in dairies. 
VALLOW. A press for cheese. 
VALOR. Value ; extent Becon. 
VALOUR. To esteem. East. 
VALUATION. Quantity, far. dial 
VALURE. Value -.worth. (Fr.) 
VAMBRACE. Armour for the front of the arm. 

See Hall, Henry IV. f. 12. 
VAMP. To patch up. 
VAMPER. To vapour; to swagger. 
VAMPLATE. A round plate of iron fixed at 

the end of a tilting lance to guard the hand. 
VAMPLETS. Rude gaiters to defend the legs 

from wet Wilte. 
VAMPY. The bottoms of hose, or gaiters at- 

tached to the hose, covering the foot Grose 

has van^ertf stockings. ** Pedana, vampethe," 

Nominale MS. 
VAMURE. The same as Avantmure^ q. v. 
VANCE-ROOF. The garret Norf. 
VANG. To receive; to earn; to catch; to 

throw. Ray says, *' to answer for at the font 

as godfather ; he van^d to me at the vant" 
VANISCHED. Made vain. 
VANISTE. Vanished. 

And e« vmnyate to heven an hey» 
Thorueholy thoajt with gostely ey. 

jr& HmrL SSOO, f. 18. 

VANITY. Dizzmess? 

For varUte of the hede a gvde medtyn. Take the 
Juce of walworte* salt, hony, wex» enaeoee, and 
boyle them togyder over the fyre, and therwytbe 
anoynt thine hede and thy templya. 

MtS.Sloan9 7»t,7B. 
VANT. (1) A font Somerset. 
(2) The van of an army. 
VANTAGE. (1) Advantage ; benefit 



(2) Surplus ; excess ; addition. 

VANTBRACE. Same as Famdraoe, q. ▼. 

VANT-CURRIER. Advanced guard. (Fr.) 

VANTE. A winter trap for birds, made of wil- 
low, &c Somerset. 

VANTERIE. Boasting. DanieL 

VAPOUR. To bully ; to swagger. 

VAPOURED. Inclined to yawn. Ea.t. 

VARA. Very. Somerset. 

V ARDAS. Talk ; speech. Yorith. 

VARDET. A verdict. Still in use. 

VARDLE. A common eye or thimble of a gate, 
with a spike only. Norf. 

VARDYKE. Verdict ; judgment North. 

VARIAUNT. Changeable. (A.-N.) 

VARIEN. To change ; to alter. (A.-N.) 

VARIETY. A rarity. Chesh. 

VARLET. (1) The knave at cards. 

(2) A servant The seijeant-at-maoe to the city 
counters was also so called. 

VARMENT. Vermin. North. 

VARMER. A large hawk. /. of Wight. 

VARNDE. Burnt R. Glow:. 

VARNISH. Same as Bamish, q. v. 

VARRAYLIER. More truly. 

And the nerrer that thai lalhym be, 
The varraylier thai lal hym se. 

Hampole, MS. Bowe», p. SSfi. 

VARRY. To fall at variance ; to contend. 

VARSAL. Universal ; great. North. 

VARY. Variation ; turn. Shak. 

VASEY. To comb ; to curry ; to plague ; to 
give a beating ; to force away. Wett. 

VASSALAGE. Valour ; courage. {A.-N.) 

VAST. (1) Waste; deserted place. 

(2) A great quantity. Var. dial 

(3) Vitst Httlef a very small portion. 
VASTACIE. Waste and deserted places. 
VASTURE. Great magnitude. 
VASTY. Vast ; immense. 

VAT. The bed of a cider press. 
VAULTING-HOUSE. A brothel Florio, p. 97. 
VAUMPES. Gaiters. See f'ampy. 
VAUNT. A dish made in a fryingpan with 

marrow, ]4ums, and eggs. 
VAUNTOUR. A boaster. (A.-N.) 
VAUNTPERLER. A boaster. (Fr.) 
VAUNT-WARDE. The avant-guard. iA.-N.) 
VAUSE. According to Holme, ** to make the 

jaumes to oversale the mullions." 
VAUTER. A dancer. 

VAVASOUR. A kind of inferior gentry, one who 
held his lands in fealty. {A.-N.) 
Bothe koighte* and vavatour, 
ThJa damiiela love paramour. 

Arthour and Msrlin, p. 320. 
And tythen he hath had grete honoure. 
That Airste waaapore vanetoun^ 

MS. Cantab. Ft. il. 38, f . 902. 

VAW. (1) Few. (2) Glad. 

VAWARD. The vanward ; the fore pert 

VAWTH. A bank of dung at earth prepared fox 

manure. Somerset. 
VAY. To succeed ; to prosper. South. 
VAYNE. Vanity. (A.-N.) 
VAYTE. To take. Thornton Roul p. 308. 



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VAZB. To flutter about Weti. 

VAZEN. Fluthi. SomerteL 

VBAGUE. (1) A teuing child. Weit. 

(2) A freak ; a whim. Somenet. 

VEAK. A gathering, or ulcer. Weit. 

VEAKXNG. Fretful ; peevish. Deffom. 

VECISE. BUdder. (Lai.) 

VECKE. An old woman. Chmteer. 
Florent hi* woAiUe hMd up-lefte» 
And tyjc thk Mkkt where nIm sat 

OoMwr, MS, Sue, AiUi^ 134. f. 49. 

VECTIGAL. Tithe. Leland,iv.lll. 
VEDGING. Sideling. Dewm. 
VEERCE. Averse. Pr. Parv. 
VEERING. A furrow. Gloue, 
VEERS. Toung pigs. Comv. 
VEGE. A run before leaping. We§L 
VEGET. Lively ; brillUnt. {Lai.) 
VEGETIVE. A v^eUble. Jktveiiant. 
VEGGE. A wedge. Pr. Pitrv. 
VET LLE. An old woman. (ji.-N.) 
VEIR. Truly. See r«r. 
VEIRE. Fair ; good ; beautiliiL 
VELANIE. Wickedness. 
VELASOUR. Same as Vaoamnur, q. v. 
VELATED. Vailed. Becon, p. 112. 
VELB. VeU. S^tetuer, 
VELL. The salted stomach of a calf, used for 

making cheese ; a membrane. 
VELLET. Velvet, ^emer, 
VE LLING. Getting turf up for burning. 
VELURE- Velvet. (Fr.) 
VE L VET-GUARDS. Trimmings of velvet. 
VELVET.HEAD. The incipient horns of a 

stag which are covered with a rough skin. 
VELVET-TIPS. See Velvei-head. 
VE L YARDE. Old man ; dotard. 
VELYM. VeUum. Pr. Parv. 
VEMDE. Foamed. Heame. 
VEMON. Venom. Norih. 
VENAIG. To change ; to revoke. fFe$i. 
VENCOWSDE. Vanquished. 

He that on hyi hedd hyt bare 
Schulde not be veneowtdt In no warre. 

MS. Cantab. Ft iU 98, f. 196. 

VENDABLE. To be sold. (J.^N.) 
VENDAGE. Vintage ; harvest {A.-N.) 
VENDS. A limited sale of coal, as arranged by 

the trade. Piewe. 
VENERIE. Hunting. (A.'N.) 
VENERIEN. Venereal. PaUgraw. 
VENETIANS. A kind of hose or breeches 

made to come below the garters. 
VENGE. To revenge. (yf.-iV.) 
Sonet be now of comfort gode* 
And vmg9 the, yf thou may. 

MS. Caniab. Ft. U. 38, f. 89. 
For if the toone hirt the tothere lore. 
The tother ne vange* hym nevere the more. 

MS. Hart. fiOt, t 9. 
VENGEABLB. Revengeful ; cruel. 
VENGEANCE. Very. 
VENGED. (1) Avenged. 

The greyhownde dyd hym fone to go, 
When hya mayatyrs dethe he had venged lOO. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. li. 38, f,74. 

(2) Winged. Chaucer, ed. Wright, 1387. 



VBNICB^LASS. A cup, goblet, or lookmg. 
glass, made of fine crystal g^asa. 

VBNIED. Musty ; mooMy. fFett. 

VENIME. Poison ; venom. (^.-JV.) 

VENISON. Brawn of a vnld boar. 

VENJAWNCERB. A revenger. 

VENNE. Mud; dirt {A.-S.) 

Hereof mowe men ee gret Khcwyng 
IndyTen maners ofclothyng* 
Now ediortt now txaylyng upon the mmm. 
Now tlrey t. nowe wyde as nyie mennc. 

MS. Lmud. 486, f. 8L 

VENNEL. A gutter ; a sink. North. 

VENNY. Rather. Herrf. 

VENOM. (1) A gathering in any part of the 

finger but the top. Dewm. 
(2) Dry ; harsh. Wano. 
VENQUESTB. Vanquished. 
VENT. (I) An inn. (^on.) 
(2) To snuff up ; to smell. (la/.) 
^3) To vend, or selL Still in use. 
(4) An opening in any garment. 
VENTAL. See AveniaiU. 
VENTER-POYNT. A children's game. 

At ihoTe-gToatc,emrar-p<yfif. orcroeM and pfle. 
Utting f^Humamn Blood in tha Hoad-Fame, MDS. 

VENT-HOLE. The button-hole at the wrist of 

a shirt. Somertet. 
VENTIDUCT. A passage for air. 
VENTOSE. A cupping-glass. (^.-A.) 
VENTOSITB. The colic 
VENTOUSE. To cup. {A.-N.) 

Blede ^ae on the vayne that k bitwflz the an- 

kille and the hde, or dUca be veniMraed on the tbcc 

with a boyate bialde the booche. 

MS. Umeoln Mod. £1301. 

VENTOY. A fan. 

VE NU. A jump, or leap. (A.'N.) 

VENUE. A bout or thrust in fencing. 

VENUS. A term at the game of astn^als, q. v. 
See MS. Ashmole 788, f. 162. 

VENVIL. This word occurs in an old MS. of 
the rights of the parish of Mavey, quoted ia 
Mars^dl's Rural Economy of the West of Eng- 
land, L 326, meaning the right of psstorage 
and fuel. It is supposed by Marshall to be s 
corruption of^ai Bnd/Md. 

VEO. Few {little. Wett. 

VEOLTH. Filth. Weber. 

VEPPB. Wept; cried. 

VER. (1) The spring. (La/.) 

(2) Man ; knight. Chmoayne. 

VERAMENT. Truly. (^.-iV.) 

The erle olTGlowiytour oaramomt 
Toke hye lere and home he wente. 

M8. A9hmoU€l,t.m' 

Theie thre poynfees ooromotu 
Nowther ichale do but bothe aawnt. 

Jf& Cott. CkMd. A. ILf. 131. 

VERAY. True. (A.-N.) 

VERCLEF. Cleaved. Heame. 

VBRD. (1) Green ; greenness. 

(2) Fared. Sevyn Sages, 612. 

VERDE. Feared ; was moved ; enraged. Also, 

army, forces, rout. Hearme. 
VERDED. An Italian wine. 
VBRDEKYN. A firkin. 



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VSKDINOALB. A fwdingale. 
VERDITB. Judgment; sentence. {,A.-N,) 
VERDU60. A hangman. (Spim.) 
VERDURE. Tapestry. 
VERDUROUS. Green. Drayton. 
VERB. Fere ; companion. (if.-&) 
VEREL. A small iron hoop. North. Also, 

the ferule of a knife. 
VERGE. Green. 

VERGEOUS. Verjuice. Pabgrave. 
VERGER. A garden ; an orchard. 
VERITEE. Truth. 
VERLICHE. Fairly. Heame. 
VERLOFFE. A furlough. (Flem,) 
VERLORE. Forlorn; lost Heame. 
VERMAILE. Red. (/^.-M) 
VERMILED. Adorned ; flourished. 
VERN. A partner in a mine. 
VERNACLE. A miniature picture of Christ, 
supposed to haye heen miraculously imprinted 
upon a handkerchief preserved in St. Peter's 
at Rome. A diminutive of Verony, q. v. 
And 1 sallc make myne avowe dcTotly to Crbte, 
And to the haly wermtcle vertuui and noble. 

Morte Arthurt^ US, Uneoin, f. 56, 
VERNAGE. A kind of white wine. 
A thoojt lo swete in my conge. 
That never piment ne vemagt 
Wat half so swete for to drynke. 

Gower, MS. Soc. Antiq, 134, f. 178. 

VERNISH. To varnish. (^.-A^.) 
VERNYNGE. Varnishing? <<Item, fore 
stufl^ge of a sadyUe, vemynge and glew- 
ynge." — Manners and Household Expenses of 
England, p. 389. 
VERONY. The doth or napkm on which the 
face of Christ was llepicted, that which was 
given by Veronica to our Saviour before his 
crucifixion to wipe his face, and received a 
striking impression of his countenance 
upon it. 

Like his roodir was that chUde, 
With faire visage and mode ful myldet 
Sene hit is hi the veronjf. 
And bl the ymageof that lady. 
Curmr Mwnii, MS. CotL Trin. Qmtab. f. 115. 

VERQUERE. An old game on the tables, men- 
tioned in "Games most in Use," 12mo. 
Lond. n. d. 
VERRE. (1) Crystal glass. (^.-M) 
In alle the erthe y-halowld and y-bolde. 
In a closet more dere than oerre or glas. 

Legate, MS. Soc. AtUiq. 134, f. 14. 

(2JW00l. (A.-N.) 

(3) To cover over ; to conceaL 

(4) A fur. Same as raircj q. v. 

Verrg and gryoe we have plenty 
Oolde and sylvyr and ryche stones. 

MS. CoHtab. Ft. U. 38, f. 164. 

VERRE Y. True; truly. (A.-N.) 
And whanne the pepuU of his person had a verr^ 

syjte, 
Thayie malice was quenohid, were thay never so woo. 
Wherefore, good Lorde, ever more thy wllle be dno ! 

MS. Bibl. Reg. 17 D. xv. 
Hyt ys O0rri Goddes blode 
That he schedde on the rode. 

MS. Cott. aamd. A. il. f. 130. 



VERSAL. tJniversal. Butler. 
VERSE-COLOURED. Variegated. 
VERSER. A poet ; a poetaster. 
VERSET. A little verse. (J.^N.) 
VERTE. Green. (A.-N.) 
VERTU. Power ; efllcacy. 

Thonigh the worshipful vertu. 
And the gret myght of Crist Jheso. 

MS.AddU.ll9l»,t.9i» 
VERTUES. Active ; efficacious. 
Or for thow art a vertuet mon» 
And const more then another con. 

MS. Cott. Claud. A. U. f. 140. 

VERVELS. The little silver rings at the ends of 

the jesses of a hawk. 
VERVENSIE. Fervency. 
VERVISES. A kind of cloth. 
VERY. Really ; truly ; verily. 
VES. Was. (^.-S.) 
VESE. (1) To run up and down. Gkme. 
(2) To <mve away ; to fly. 
VESSEL. The eighth of a sheet of paper. 
VESSELEMENT. PUte ; furniture. 

Curteynes or onther vestyment, 

Or any outher M*tei«m«ni. 

MS. Harl. 1701, f. 82. 

VESSES. A sort of worsted. 

VESSY. When two or more persons read 
verses alternately, they are said to vetfy. 

VEST. Invested ; clothed. 

VESTER. A fescue. SomerMet. 

VESTIARY. A wardrobe. 

VESTMENT. See VeMelement. 

VET. The feet. West. 

VETAYLE. Provisions; victuals. 

Oxin, shepe and wetajfle, withowtyn any dowte 
Thay stale away, and carled ever to and froo, 
God ittf&rs moche thyng his willc to be doo ! 

MS. Bibl. Reg. 17 D. zv. 

VETING. Courting. Devon, 
VETOYN, The herb betony. 
VETRES. Fetters. Nominale MS. 
VETTY. Apposite ; suitable. Devon, 
VETUSE. Old. {Lat.) 
VEVER. A fish-pond. {A..N.) 

He drew his severs of fysche* 

He slewe his fosters i-wys«e. 

MS. Uneoln A. L 17. f. 130. 

VEWE. A yew^trcc. Cheth. 
VEWTER. A keeper of hounds. 
VEY. True. {A.-N.) 
VEYDEN. Voidcth. 
VEYNE. Penance. 
VEYNED. Feigned. 

Sche seyde an evelle was on hur fallej 

And veifntd hur to be dede. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. li. 38. f. 06b 
VEYN30RD. A vineyard. 

Withoutyne the veim^ord thai him cast* 

And there thai him sloje, 

MS, Cantmb. Ff. v. 48, f. 91. 

VEZE. The same as Pheeze, q. v. 
VI. We. Rob. Glouc. 
VIA. An exclamation of encouragement, move- 
ment, or defiance. {Hal.) 
VIAGE. A voyage, or journey. 
VIANDRE. Feed ; sustenance. {A.-N.) 
VICARY. A vicar. (Lat.) 



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VICB. (I) Advice. Stminuae. 

(2) A winding or spinl sttir. " Vycc, a tomm- 
yng sUyre, ri*," Palsgrave. 

(3) The cock or tap of a vesaeL 

(4) The huffoon of our early dramaa. 
(5^ Fault; crime; injury. {A.'N.) 
(6) The fist. Somerset 
VICTUALLER. A Uvem-keeper. 
VICTUALS. For a chUd to be her moOier'a 

tnehutiif ia to be her pet. fFett 
VIDE. To divide. Stmik, 
VIE. (1) To wager or put down a certain sum 

upon a hand of cards. 
(2) The game of prisoners' base. Dewm. 
fS) To turn out well ; to succeed. Weet, 
Ul) Ufe. Legende CathoL p. 71. 

(5) Envy. 

And afterward under Pounce Pyleta 
Wat l-uke for nw •nd b^ta. 

MS, 0»». Oamd. ▲. il. f, ISS. 

VIERGE. A rod. CA.-N,) 

VIES. Devizea, co. Wilts. 

VIEW. ( 1) The footing of a beast. 

(2) The discovery of an animaL An old term 

in hunting. 
VIEWLY. Pleasing to the sight. Viewitmevi 

also heard. North. 
VIFTE. The fifth. 
VIG. To rub gently, ffeot 
VIGE. A voyage, or journey. fFetL 
VIGILE. The eve of a festival Also, the wake 

over a dead body. (^.-iV.) 

Or any other fastynge day, 
Lentun or wffgple, as telle he may. 

MS, Cott. Ouud. A. U. r. 148. 

VIGOUR. Figure. Weat. 

VIKER. A vicar. (^.-JNT.) 

VILANIE. Wickedness ; injury. 

VILARDE. An old man. 

VILD. Vile. This is a very common form of the 

word in early vmters. 
VILE. A wicked fellow. 
VILETE. Baseness. 

Muche dud thei mtotvUeti, 
That myne owne shuld have be. 

Cur*or Mundi, MS. OM, Trin, Cantab. 1. 186. 
He that was hanged on a tre 
Byiyde Jhesu for vjfiti. 

MS. Harl. 1701, f. 35. 

VILIPEND. To think iU of. 
VILLIACO. A rascal; a coward. (Ital) 
VILOUS. Horrid. 

Then was ther a boor yn that foreste, 

That was a wondur vylowi beste. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. li. 38, f. 131. 

VINE. (1) A vineyard. 

(2) Any trailing plant bearing fruit. 

(3) To find. Somereet. 

VINE-GRACE. A dish in ancient cookery 

composed of pork, wine, &c. 
VINELOME. A kind of spice. 
VINE.PENCIL. A blacklead pendL 
VINE ROUS. Hard to please. Xorih, 
VINETTES. Sprigs, or branches. 
VINEWED. Mouldy. West. 
VINID. Same as Vmewed, q. v. 



VINNT. A aeoldiiig bout Etnm. 
VINOLENT. Full of wine. (Lai.) 
VINTAINE. SpeedUy. (^.-M) 
VIOL-DE-OAMBO. A six-stringed violiB. 
VIOLENT. To act with violence. 
VIOLET.PLUM. A dark purple itaa of avery 

sweet taste, shaped like a pear : in the eastern 

parU of the county it is sometimee called a 

Lincoln plum. JJnc. 
VIPER'S.DANCE. St. Vitos's dance. 
VIPPE. The ftr>tree. 

The ialyng vippe, cyprene deth topkynok 

MS. GmlM. FC L fl; L & 
VIRB. To turn about. (Fr.) 
VIRENT. Green ;unfaded. 
VIRGINAL. (1) Maidenly. Sktik. 
(2) An oblong spinnet. 
VIRGIN . MARY - THISTLE. The eerdwa 

benediehu. 
VIRGIN'S-GARLANDS. Gariands carried at 

the funeral of virgins, and afterwarda hung in 

the church. 
VIRGIN.SWARM. A swarm of bees from a 

swarm in the same season. 
VIRID. Green. (Lot.) 
VIRK. To tease. Devon. 
VIRNE. To inclose ; to surround. 
VIROLAI. A sort of roundelay. 

Use no tavemys where be Jestls and fahllSp 

Synggyng of lewde baiettes, rondelettea or vfn i a ig. 

MS. Lau4. 4ie, f. 44. 

VIROLFE. The same as Verel, q. v. 
VIROUN. A circuit. {A.-N.) 
VIS. Countenance. {A.-N.) 

We may nother se hym ne here hyme, ne fete hyra 
als he es, and tharefore we may noghte hafe the 
via of his lufe here in AilfUling. 

MS. lAneoin A. i. 17. f. BS. 

VISAGE. To front or face a thing. 
VISE. (1) Aim. {A..N.) 

Thus thys worlde thow moate despyie. 
And holy Tertues have In «ii«c. 

MS. Cbtt. Oamd. A. U. f. \ij. 
(2) The same as Pkeeze, q. v. 
VISFIGURE. To disfigure. North. 
VISGY. A pick and hatchet in one tool, for 

tearing dovm hedges. Comw. 
VISIKE. Physie. 

Ther is vitike tor the seke. 
And Tenuis for the vicis eke. 

GowBr, MS. Soe. Amti^ 134, f.8t. 

VISNOMY. Countenance. 

VIT. To dress meat. Devon. 

VITAILLE. Victuals. (A.-N.) 

VITIOUS. Spiteful; revengeful We^. 

VITLER. A tavern-keeper. 

He scomes to walke Id Pauica without hbbootes* 
And scores his diet on the vitUn post. 
Letting o/Humoun Blood in the Head-Vaime^ 10)0. 

VITTRE. A whim ; a pretence. West. 

VITTY. Decent ; proper ; handsome. Wett. 

VrVELICHE. Lively ; vividly. 

VIVERS. Provisions. 

VIVES. ** Certaine kimels growing under the 
horsses eare," Topsell, 1607, p. 360. 

VIXE N. The female fox. 

VLEER. A flea. Somerset. 



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VLONKB. Splendid ; rich. (ji.'S.) 
VLOTHER. Nonsenaicaltslk. We$L 
VLUEKECCHB. An imposthume In the mUt. 
VLY.PECKED. Low-lived. Devon, 
VOAKT. Greasy ; unwMhed. Applied to wool 

as it comes from the sheep. West. 
VOC. An Dgly face. Rugby. 
VOCABLES. Words. Pakgrave. 
VOCALE. Sound. 

VOCATE. To ramhle ahont idly. West 
VOCE. Strong ; nervous. Somerset. 
VODE. (1) To wander. (2) To vex. 
VOGUE. In vogue, i. e. m train. 
VOIDE. (1) To depart ; to go away. 

(2) To remove ; to quit ; to make empty. 

(3) A parting dish ; the last coinrse ; a slight 
repast or collation. 

VOIDER. A basket or tray for carrying out 
the relics of a dinner or other meal, or for 
putting bones in. Brockett says it is still 
in use. A clothes basket is so called in 
Cornwall. According to Keiinett, '* a wooden 
flasket for linnen cloaths.^^ Dekker applies the 
term to a person who clears the table. 
VOIDING-KNIFE. A knife used for taking off 

remnants of bread, &c. to put in the voider. 
VOINE. To foin, in fencing. 
VOISDYE. Stratagem. (^.-A*.) 

Now Hchalt thou here a gret mervayle, 
. With what wuigdye that he wroujte. 

Gower, MS. Soc. Antiq. 134« f. 217. 

VOIX. Voice. 

Kyng Edward in hys ryght hym to endowe 
The commens therto have redy every houre ; 

The vops of the peuple, the voix of Jhesu, 
Who kepe and preserve hym from all langour. 

MS. Bibl. Soe. Antiq. 101. 

VOKE. (1) Folk. West. 

(2) The same as Boke, q. v. 

VOKET. An advocate ? 

To coDsente to a fals Jnggyng, 

Or hyredyst a vokct to swyche thyng. 

MS. Harl.mitt.M. 

VOKY. (1) Gay ; cheerful. North. 
(2) Damp; moist. Var, dial. 
VOL. PulL R.Ghuc. 
VOLAGE. Light; giddy. (J.-N.) 
VOLANT-PIECE. A piece of steel on a helmet 

presenting an acute angle to the front. 
VOLATILS. Wild fowls; game. (yf..JV.) 

Make we man to oure ymage and likneue, and be 
he sovereyn to the fischU or the see, and to the 
volittUa of hevene, and to unresonable bestis of erthe. 

MS. BodL Vri' 
VOLD-SHORE. A folding stake to support 

hurdles. Wilts. 
VOLENTE. Willing. 

For of ftee choice and hertely wolente. 
She hathe to God avowed chastite. 

I^gut9» MS, Athmote 99. f. 15. 

VOLBY. On the voley, i. e. at randomi incon- 
siderately, at a stroke. {Ft.) 
VOLLOUTH. Wicked ; unjust. {A.-S.) 
VOLLOW. A fallow. Sussex. 
VOLNESSE. Fulness ; perfection. 



And alle thre beth oone, thawgh it be io^ 

In oon wiinemg and in no mo. 

Rsligiou$ Poenu, zv. C«at» 
VOLOWTEN. Flouting. West. 
VOLUNTARIE. A flourish before playing. 
VOLUNTARIES. Volunteers. Shak. 
VOLUNTE. WilL (J.-N.) 

To aufte deth oonly for manniaaake, 

Uncompellid, f^ely ofvolunU. 

Ltfdgate, MS. Soe. AnUq. 134, t L 

VOLUP BRE. A woman's cap ; a kerchief. 
VOLVELLE. A contrivance found in some old 
astronomical works, consisting of gradoated 
and figured circles of pasteboard or vellum 
made to revolve, and used for various cal- 
culations. 
VOM. Foam. 
VOMYSMENT. Vomiting. 

Hatt thow wyth tuche vomymient 
I-cast up ajayn the aacrament ? 

MS. Cott. Claud. A. ii. fl 149. 

VONDEDEN. Founded. 

VONE. To take ; to lead. Heame. 

VOOK. The voice. Pr. Parv. 

VOOR. (1) A furrow. Sussex. 

(2) To warrant. South. 

VORBISEN. A parable. 

VORE. Forth. To draw vore, to twit one with 

a fault. Exmoor. 
VORE-DAYS. Late in the day. Exm. No 

doubt from the A.-S. for^-daeges. 
VORE-RIGHT. Blunt; rude. West. 
VORN. For him. West. 
VORT. TiU ; until ; for to. Heame. 
VORTH Y. Forward ; assuming. West. 
VOUCHEN. To vouch. Vouehen sttfe, to 
vouchsafe. {A.-N.) 

To upe^ryse fra dede thou voxtehede safe 
To elie the trowhe that we here hafe. 

MS. Uneoln A. i. 17. f. 191. 
Lorde, y hare servyd yow many a day 
Fowehe ye htir safe on mee. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. it. 38, f.64. 

VOULTEGER. A vaulter ? Rolls House B. v. 
4, temp. Hen. 8th, — "Item to Fredrego 
Gracian the kinges voulteger^ xxxi^. *. iiij. d. 
per annum." 
VOUR. To devour ; to eat up. 
VOUSE. Strong ; nervous ; forward. West. 
VOUSSURE. A vault. {A..N.) 
VOUT. A vault. Palsgrave. 
VOUTE. Mien ; countenance. {A..N.) 

Sir, fail the senatour, so Crist mott me helpe. 
The vout9 of thi vesage has woundyde us alle. 

Morte Arthure, MS. Uneoln, f . 54. 

VOWARD. The vanguard of an army. 

VOWEL. The afterbirth of a cow. West. 

VOWER. (1) Devoir; duty. 

(2) Four. Somerset. 

VOWESS. A votaress ; a nun. 

VOWTES. A dish in cookery described in MS. 

Sloane 1201, f. 37. 
VOYAGE. A journey by knd. (A.^N.) 
VOYDEE. The same as Voids (3). 
VRAIL. A flail. South. 
VRAMP-SHAKEN. Distorted. Devon. 
VRAPED. Drawn tight Devon. 



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VREilCH. Violaitly. Depom, 
VREATH. A low hedge. Devim. 
VRITH. The bindings of hedges. South. 
VROZZY. A nice thing. Devom. 
VUDDICKS. A coane fat woman. Wett, 
VUDDLES. A spoilt child. Wilis. 
VUG. To strike ; to elbow. Somerset, 
VULCH. The same as Vug, q. v. 
VULGATE. Publicly known. 
VUMP. To knock ; to thamp. Devon. 
VUNG. Received. Devon. 
VUR. (1) Par. (2) To throw. West. 
VURE. Four.* Our.' 

Oraunte us grace. In thyn hyye holdr. 

Wlunne wedeye to holde vurt Upri* lyyte. 

I^gnt9, MS. Sec. AnHq. 134, f. 90. 

VURRID-BRID. Household bread made of 
meal as it comes from the mill without the 
bran being taken from it. Dewm, 

VUR-VORE. FUr-forth. Exmoor. 



VUSTIN-FUME. AviokBt 

VUSTLED-UP. Wrapped up. fFeot. 

VUSTY. Fusty ; mouldy. West. 

VYCE. Countenance. {A.'N.) 
Gye ovyr all loTydd Pdyoe, 
Th* eriyt doehcur with tlw feyre lyc*. 

MS. C^ittmb. Ft. iL38. f. 148. 

VYLANLYCHE. Wickedly. 

Why that thou ouf htUte with no righte 
To gmbhe on hym ao wtrlmmlift^. 

ir5.H8rf.S288, f. lOS. 

VYNCE. To conquer. (Lot.) 

VYRE. An arrow for a crossbow. (A.^N.) 

That al his hcrt hath set a Aiyre 

Of pureenvye, and as a nyrs 

Which fleeth out of a mighty bowe. 

A way he fledde tat a throws. 

G0C0Cr, MS. Bodl, SM. 

VYSERNE. A visor, or mask. 
VYVERE. The same as f>o«r, q. y. 



WA. WeU:ye8. North. 
WAA. Woe. StiUinuse. 
Wychea, he eaid, team mot thow be f 
Uafe 5e foraakyne my goddis ao free. 

MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, t. Itt. 
WAAO. A lever. Yorksh. 
WAAST. A waste ; a i^ilderness. 
WAB. Gabble; nonsense. Devon. 
WABBLE. (1) To tremble ; to reel. North. 
(2) To do anything awkwardW. far. diaL 
WABBLER.' A boiled leg of mutton. 
WACCHE. Watching. 

And aome for tMccAa and fasting, 

That maketh her hemes to drleand cling. 

MS. Lansd. 7B9, f. 7S. 

WACCHERE. Watch. 

Duk Roland and Erie Olyver 
Thilke nijt kepte the ciraedksrs. 

MS. A»hmol« 33, f. 46. 

WACHE. A flock of birds. 
W ACH ID. Weary ; tired. 
WACKEN. (1) Watchful (^.-5.) 
(2) Lively ; sharp ; wanton. North. 
WACKERSOME. Wakeful. North. 
WACNE. To awaken. (^.-5.) 
WAD. (1) Would. North. 

(2) Line, or rank. In land-surveying, when they 
are setting out their stakes they are said to 
wad in a line ; hence it is taken to signify a 
line, and it i^ said of persons, they are all in 
the same wad^ when connected together in 
any way of business, &c. 

(3) A wisp of straw. Also, a bundle or quantity 
of anything. Weet. 

(4) Blacklead. Cumb. 
(5)Woad. (6) A forfeit. North. 
(7) What. Heame. 
WADDEN. Supple. North. 

W ADDER. A grower of wad or woad. 
WADDLE. (1) To roll up and down in a con- 
fused and disorderly way. Var. dial. 



(2) The wane of the moon. Somerset. 

(3) To fold up ; to entwine. Devon. 

(4) The wattle of a hog. 
WADDOCK. A large piece. Sakp. 
WADE. 0) To go ; to pass. (J.-S.) 

(2) The sun is said to wade when covered by a 
dense atmosphere. North. 

(3) A joint or tenon is said to wade when it 
slips too easily from any cause. 

WADEABLE. Foidable. Coles. 

WADGE. To wager; to bet. Devon. 

WADIR. Water. Craven. 

WADLER-WIPE. In Newcastle, the keeper of 
a register office for servants. 

WADLING. A wattled fence. fFest. 

WADMAL. A very thick coarse kind of wool- 
len cloth. Coarse tow used by docton for 
cattle is also so called. 

WAE-ME. Woe u me ! North. 

WjENE. To sneak away. 

WAPERER. A person who sold wafers, a sort 
of cakes so called. 

WAFER-PRINT. A mould for wafort. 

WAPP. (1) The movement of a large flame firom 
side to side. Northumb. 

(2) A spirit, or ghost. North. 

(3) A nasty faint sraelL North, 

(4) To bark. Cumb. 
(5)Topuflrorboilnp. North. 
(6) A sUght attack of illness. 

WAFFLE. To wave ; to fluctuate. North, 
WAFFLER. (1) The green sandpiper. North. 
(2) A person who is very weak. Cumb. 
WAFFLES. An idle sauntering person. 
WAPFY. Insipid. Line. 
WAFRESTERE. A maker of wafiers iox con- 

secretion at the sacrament. (A.-S.) 
WAFRON. A cloud, or vapour. 
WAFT. (1) A barrel. Somerset. 
(2) A lock of hair. 



WAI 



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(3) A pnff. Aho, blowiii wafted. 

(4) To beckon with the hand. 
WAFTAGE. Passage by water. 

W AFTBRS. Swords having the flat part placed 
in the usual direction of the edge, blunted for 
exercises. Meyriek, 

WAFTURB. A slight waving motion. 

WAFYS. Vagabonds. 

WAG. (1) The same as fFagget q. v. 

(2) To chatter. (3) To pass on. 

WAGE. (1) To hire. Still in use. 

(2) Pay ; wages ; reward ; hire. 

For thou woldyst bryng me thys mcws ge, 
I wylle gave the thy wagt, 

MS. Cantab, Ft, U. 38, f. 102. 
Ye hftve a knyght at yowre wage. 
For yow he yi aa evell page. 

MS, Cantab, Ff. H. 38, f. 168. 

(3) To be pledge for ; to warrant. Also a sub- 
stantive, a pledge. 

(4J To bribe. Var. dial, 

(5) To contend. 

(6) To mould day for pots, &c. 
WAGET. Watchct colour. 
WAG-FEATHER. A silly swaggerer. 
WAGGE. To move ; to shake. 

She had made of lethyr an howgebagge. 
By wyceheerafk ihe oowde make it to toaggt, 

MS, Lavrf. 416, t, 1. 
The Tertu of hit Is, if that a man have toaggtmgt 
teth, if he ete of hit hit wulle make home fast. 

MS, Jrundel S7fl> f. 40. 

WAGGLE. To shake ; to roll ; to waddle. 

WAGHE. A wall. 

So hedousely that storme gaane falle. 
That fondir it hraste botbeu^vAe and walle. 

MB. Lincoln A. i. 17* f. 1SS< 

WAOHT. Wage, gage, or pledge. 
WAGING. The dung of the fox. 
WAG-LEG. A black venomous fly. 
WAGMOIRE. A quagmire. Spen»er. 
WAGSTERT. The titmouse. 
WAGTAIL. A profligate woman. 
WAG.WANTON. The shaking grass. 
WAHAHOWE. An uiteij. in haUooing. 
WAHAN. When. {A,-S,) 
WAID. Weighed. Tuner. 
WAIF. A stray cattle. North. 
WAIFFANDE. Waving ; moving. 

Schippis lalle staode appone the saode 

Wayjfande with the sees fame. 

MS. Uneoln A. 1. 17, f. 158. 

WAIFINGER. The same as Waiff q. v. 
WAILE. (1) A vdl. Someraet. 
(2) Weal ; prosperity. {J.-S,) 
WAILY. Very sorrowful. North, 
WAIME. A flaw, or tear. Suffblh. 
WAIMENTE. To lament. {A,.S.) 

There dwellcde the) lore tva^nuntends, 
Slxe dayes tulle to the ende. 

MS, Trin. Coll, Qnm. 57, aH. S. 

WAIN. (1) A home, or dwelling. 

(2) A waggon. StiU in use. 

(3) To fetch. It occurs in Tusser, p. 141, wrongly 
explained in glossary. 

(4) To move ; to go ; to turn. 
WAIN-MEN. Waggoners. 

IT. 



WAINSCOTS. Boards for wainscots. 
WAI NT. Quaint ; extraordinary. North. 
WAINTLY. Very welL CunUf. 
WAIR. (1) To lay out ; to expend. North. 
(2) The spring. Vocab. MS. 
WAISCHE. Washed. 

The meke als wele wylle hym haste 

To serve the leste als the maste, 

Als God dyde that symply lete 

Wehn he wayodho bys dysdiyplys fete. 

MS. Harl 8SG0, f . 16. 

WAI SE. A bundle or wisp of straw. 
WAIST. (1) A girdle. (2) Ways. 
WAISTCOATEERS. Low prostitutes. 
WA-IST-HEART. An inteij. of pity. 
WAIT. (1) To wot, or know. North. " Now 

wayte thou wher that I was borne," MS. 

Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f. 48. 

(2) Laid out ; expended. Cumb, 

(3) The hautboy, a musical instrument. 

(4) To blame. Yorkth, 

(5) Bold ; active. Robson, GI. 
WAITE. (1) To watch. {A.-N,) 
(2) A watchman. Prompt, Parv. 
WAITER (1) Water. Vocab. MS. See the 

third example in v. Stank (2). 
(2) A small tray. Var, dioL 
WAITH. An apparition of a person about to 

die, or recently dead. North, 
WAITHE. Languid. /. of Wight. 
WAIT-OF. To wait for. Yorksh. 
WAITS. Musicians. P'ar. dial, *'Thewaytia 
blew lowde," MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f. 54. 
Grete lordys were at the assent, 
fFaytjfs blewe, to mete they wente. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. ii. 38, f. 69. 

WAIT.TREBLE. A sort of bagpipe. 

WAIVERS. Small waving twigs. Eaet. 

WAR. To languish. (^.-5.) 

WAKE. (1) To watch. (^.-A\) 

And anon they somonyd the knyghte. 
That beschuldeuwJire the galows that nyjt. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. 11.38, f. 133, 

(2) A parish festival, kept originally on the day 
of the dedication of the parish church. Lite- 
rally a watch, a vigil. 

(3) To watch the night with a corpse. 

(4) To revel. Also, a revel. 

(5) Hay placed in large rolls for the convenience 
of being carried. West, 

WAKEMETE. Provisions for wakes. 
WAKERIFE. Quite awake. 
WAKES. Rows of green damp grass. 
WAKKENISE. Watchful. (^.-5.) 
WAKKER. EasUy awakened. North. 
WAKMEN. Watchmen. (^.-S.) 
WAL. Will; pleasure. 
WALAWAY. Woe ! alas ! Chaucer. 

There was rydynge and rennyng, sum cryed tMiylteuwif / 
Unknowyng to many men who the bettur hadde. 

MS. Bibl. Reg,\7J>,xr. 

WALCH. Insipid ; waterish. North. 
WALDE. (1) Power; dominion. 

For the erle hym had in walde. 
Of dedls of armes was he balde. 

MS. Uneoln. A. i. 17, f. 138. 
58 



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(2) Plain ; ftdd. (J.-S.) 

Jheta toka thk oorn ia wUe, 
And irondiriy abottto him dalt. 

Cmrmr MumM, MS. OtiL Trin. Onrtttft. f. 77* 

(3) Woald. Perceval, 915. 
WALDING. Active ; stirring. Dundm, 
WALE. (1) To choose ; to select. North, 

(2) Choice ; good ; excellent. North, 

(3) Slanghter ; carnage ; death. {A,-S,) 

(4) A whirlpool ; the foaming wave. 

(5) Weal ; prosperity. {A.-S,) 



6J Will. Perceval, 1587. 



The ridge of threads in cloth. Hence used 
generally for texture. 
f8^ To court ; to woo. YorJhh, 
: 9) A tumour, or large swelling. Kent, 
}0) The fore-firont <tf a horse-collar, 
ni) To seek. Gawayne. 
(12) A rod. Also, to strike. 
WALEWEDE. Valued? 

An owche of sylvOT wUw9de theriniM. 

MS. Cott. Calif. A. 11. r. 113. 

WALHWE-SWETB. The herb bittersweet 

WALK. ( 1) To wag ; to move ; to work. 

(2) A flock of snipes. 

fs) A journey ; a long absence. 

r4^ A plantation of willows. 

[5) Uninclosed land. East. 

(B) To depart. 

(7) 7b walk the rouiuf, to go the round, said of 
a watchman. 

WALKER. A fuller. North. 

WALKINO.SUPPER. A supper where one 
dish is sent round the table, every person 
being his own carver. 

WALKLY-FIGS. Birch rods. 

WALK.MILL. A fulling mill. North. 

WALKNE. Air ; sky ; welkin. {A.-S.) 

WALL. (1) Go by the wall, a name for strong 
ale. To the wall, in difficulties ; to go to the 
wattj to be put on one side, to be slighted. 
Laid by the waU^ dead but not buried. To 
take the waU, to walk nearest the wall in pass- 
ing any one in the street. 

(2^ The stem of a rick. 

(3} A wave. North. 

(4) A spring of water. Cheeh. 

Amyd the toure a waU« dede tprynge. 
That never ia drye but ernynge. 

RdigUnu Po0m$, xv. Cent. 

(5) " Wall of a shyppe," Palsgrave. 
?6) " WaU of a strypc, er^eure," ib. 

(7) The side of a mine. Also, to pave the roads 

of a mine with stone. 
WALLACE. A confused mass. West. 
WALL-BIRD. The spotted flycatcher. 
WALLE. (1) To boU. 

Further ther ia a water waUinde hot. 
That it'dcop, and long, and brod, 

MS. CoU. JtM. Oson, L 99. 

(2) 

A wyekyd wound hath me tpaUed, 
And traveyld me ftomo topp to too. 

MS. Omtab. Ff . i. 6, f. 4S. 

(3; A whale. MS. Harl. 1587, f. 43. 



WALLERS. Women who lake the mH oat of 
the leads at the salt-works at Nantwich. 

WALLEYED. Having eyes with an midve 
proportion of white. Any wofk irregularly or 
ill done, is called a waUUyed job. It is ap- 
plied also to any very irregular action. 

WALLIGE. A looee bundle of anything. 

WALLIS. The withen of a horse. 

WALLON-TONGE. jeoMAi/, Pakgrave. 

WALLOP. (1) To beat. Var.diaL 

(2) To gallop. Also, a gaUop. Still in me, to 
move quickly with great effort. 

(3) To waddle. Somereet. 
(iS To be slatternly. Une. 
(5) To bubble up. North, 

f6) A thick piece of fat. 
7) To wrap up temporarily. Ea$t, 
(8) To tumble over. S^foUt. 
WALLOPING. Great. Var.dial. 
WALLOW. (1) The alder tree. Salop. 

(2) Flat; insipid. North. 

(3) To fiide away. Somenet. 
WALLOWISH. Nauseous. Heref. 
WALL-PLAT. (1) The flycatcher. Wett. 

(2) A mantel-piece ; a shelf fixed in the wall ; a 
piece of timber lying on the top of the wall to 
which the timbers or spars are attached. 
WALLSPRING. Wet springy land. West, 
WALL-TILES. Brides. North. 
WALL-TOOTH. A large double-tooth. 
WALL- UP. To spring out ; to cause to spring 

out ; to cause to swell. Weet. 
WALLY. (1 ) To cocker ; to indulge. North. 
(2) Alas! Yorkeh. 
WALME. A bubble in bolting. 

Wyth Ty. MwImM that are ao felie, 
Hote apryngyng out of helle. 

MS. CamtQb. FT. U. St, f. I^?. 

WALMYNG. Boiling. (A.-S.) 

Thou haate undur thy heddya hedd 
An hoot waln^ng ledde. 

MS. Cmtvb. Ff. il. A, f. 117. 

WALNOTE. A walnut. (^.-5.) 
WALOPANDE. Galloping. ''On walopande 

stedez," Morte Arthure, MS. Lincoln, f. 76. 
WALSH. An attached lean-to building, not 

having a pitched roof : used in the marshes 

near Spilsby. Line. 
WALT. (1) Ruled ; governed. {A.-S.) 

(2) To totter ; to overthrow. North, 

(3) Threw ; cast. Gawayne. 
WALTED. Laid, as com. East. 
WALTER. To tumble ; to roU about. '* To 

tume or waiter in mire,'' Baret, 1580. 
WALTHAM'S-CALF. As wise as Waltham's 
calf, i. e. very foolish. Waltham's calf ran nine 
miles to suck a bulL ^. 

WALTYN. 

Thai waltjfH at here wil to ware. 

These wodli and the waatus that ther were 

MS.DimetS0»,r.9i, 
WALVE. To wallow, or roll about. Jkwm. 
WALWORT. The herb JU^fenAUa. 
WALY. Alas! {A.-S.) 
WAM. Whom; which ; whence. He 



WAN 



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WAP 



WAMBAIS. Abody-gwmcnttwflledorqmlted 
vritb woolt cotton, or tow. Ketmett 

WAMBB. AbobbUngup. 

WAMBLE. To roll ; to rumble 

WAME. The stomach. YorJkMh. " renier, 
-wame/' Nominale MS. xv. Cent. 

WAMETOWE. A belly-band, or girth. 

WAMLOKES. Unwashed wool. 

WAN. (1) Gained. (^.-&) 

(2) One. Still in use. 

(3) Went. {J.'S.) 

(4) A wand, or rod. Var. dial 

(5) Begot ? 

He wende welle the gode man 
Were hys fadur that hym wan. 

MS. Cantab, Ft. ii. 36, f. 346. 

WANBELEVE. Perfidy ; treachery. 
WANCE. Once. Devon. 
WANCHANCY. Unlucky ; wicked. North, 
WAND. (1) To inclose with poles. 

(2) To span. A term at marbles. 

(3) Lamentation ; misery. 

(4) A penis. Jhmeim, 
WANDE. (1) Went. 

The auDgell to hevene toande. 
Whan he had seyde hyR errande. 

MS. Cantab. Vt. it. 98, f. 83. 

(2) Pole ; rod ; bough ; club. 

(3) Change ? 

Sayde Tryaroowre on that covenaund. 
My ryght name schalle y not wand$. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 98, f. 81. 

WANDED. Covered with boughs or twigs. 
WANDELARD. Wandered ; went. Heame. 
WANDLE. Supple ; pliant j nimble. North, 
WANDLY. Gently. Cumb. 
WANDLYSAND. Mistrowing. 
WANDREME. Tribulation ; agony. 
WANDRETHE. Trouble ; sorrow. 

The scxte vertue cs ttrenghe or atalworthnes 

noghte anely of body bot of herte and wille evynly 

to auffirc the wele and the waa, wellhe or wand- 

retru, whethire so betyde. MS, L4neoln A.i.l7, f.217. 

WANE. (1) Dwelling ; home. 

Than tpekee that wyeae in wane. 
Thou haie oure gude inene ilane. 

M8. Uneoln A. i. 17* f. ISi. 

(2) Arc destroyed. 

3) To decrease. {A.-S.) 

4) Won. Perceval, 11. 
^5^ Manner. Perceval, 422. 1264. 

(6) Came ; arrived ; went. 

(7) An inequality in a board, &c. 

(8) Wanting; deficient. {A.-S.) 
WANENE. Whence. Heame. 
WANG. (1) A cheek-tooth. {A.-S.) 
(2) A blow on the face. I^ic. 
WANGED. Tired. Devon. 
WANGER. ApiUow. {A.-S.) 
WANGERY. Soft ; flabby. Devon, 
WANGHER. I>arge; strapping. Etut. 
WANGLE. To totter; to vibrate. Cheeh, 
WANG-TOOTH. A grinder. North. 
WANHOPE. Despair. {A.-S.) 

Gode men 1 warne alle, 
That }e in no wanhnpe falle. 

MS, Omittb, Wf. V. 48, f. 47. 



WANIAND. The wane of the moon. 
WANIE. To fade j to wane ; to decrease. 
WANION. With a wanion, an imprecation tig- 

nifying, vrith a curse. 
WANKE. (1) Winked. 

Oure kyng on the tchepeide wanke 
Privcly with his eye. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ▼.48, f.fiS. 

(2) Happy ; prosperous. 
WANKLE. (1) lU ; weak. North. 

(2) Unstable ; unsteady ; uncertain. 

Thomas, truly I the say, 

This worlde is wondur wankille ; 

Off the next batelle I wylle the say. 
That shalbedone at Spynard hille. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. ▼. 48, f. 1M« 

(3) Limber ; flabby ; ticklish. 
WANKLING. Weakly. Herrf, 
WAN LACE. (1) 

Where that hemyghte make a wanlaee, 
And any thyng to the kyng purchace. 

MS. Marl. 1701, f. 99. 

(2) To drive the wanlaee, i. e. to drive the deer 

to a stand. A hunting term. 
WANNE. (1) Pale ; wan. (^.-5.) 

The wynde owt of the havyn them blewe 
Ovyr the wanns streme. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. il. 38, f. 85. 

(2) Came ; arrived. 

To Harrowde Gye sone wanne, 
A gode swyrde he toke hym than. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. ii. 38, f. 180. 

WANNECLOUTE. The entrails. 
WANNEL. The gait of a tired man. 
WANSHONE. To want ; to lack. 
WAN SOME. Inefficient (A.-S.) 
WANSONE. To wane ; to decrease. 
WANSY. Sickly ; weak. SufoH. 
WANT. (1) A cross-road. Essex. 

(2) A mole. In MS. Sloane 2584, is a receipt 
" for to take wontis." Still in use. 

(3) I cannot want, i. e. do without, spare. A very 
common idiom, and still in use. 

(4) A mental imbecility. North. 

(5) Absence. Shirley, i. 277. 

(6) A defect or hole in a board. 
WANTERS. Unmarried persons, i. e. those who 

want mates. North* 
WANTI-TUMP. A mole-hill. Glouc. 
WANTON. A fondling ; a pet. 
WANTONLY. Unintentionally- 
WANTOWE. Dissolute ; profligate. 
WANTRISTE. Mistrust. 

And for Ufantritte, hire felow Salom^, 

Opinly that alle myjte it see. 

Wexe in tliat anne deed and colde as stone. 

Lifdgate, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f . 10. 

WANTY. (1) A leather tic, or rope; a short 
waggon rope ; a surcingle. Var. dial. Tusser 
uses the word in the sense of a rope by which 
burdens are tied to the back of a horse. 

(2) Deficient ; not enough. North. 

WANWEARD. A profligate. North. 

WANY. Spoilt by wet, said of timber. 

WANZE. To waste, pine, or vnther. East, 

WAP. (1) To beat. Also, a blow. 



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(t)Fiitiiow Aemtterm. 

Thii doxy dell can cat baa whUi* 

And wop well for a win, 
And prig and cloy lo benshlply 
EachdeuieaTlle within. 

CmUimgaonga, 178ft* 

(3) Smutly ; quickly. Tor. dial 

(4) To yelp ; to bark. Somertet. " Wtppynge of 
howndes," Prompt. Parr. 

(5) To flutter ; to beat the wiogi. Generally, to 
moye in any Yiolent manner. 

6) A bundle of straw. North. 

7) To wrap or cover up. 

8) A falL Still in use. 

9) A kind of mongrel cur. 

10) A pup. Ixtmc, 
WAPE. Pale. East. 

WAPED. Stupifled. {A.-S.) Still in use, 
according to Moor's Suffolk Words, p. 467. 

WAPPEN'D. Steevcns seems to be correct in 
denying this word from wap, futuo. 

WAPPENG. Quaking. Batman, 1582. 

WAPPER. (1) Anything large, far, dial 

(2) To more tremulously. Somertet, 

(3) A great falsehood. Var, dial. 
WAPPERED. Restless ; fatigued. Glouc, 
WAPPER-EYED. Having eyes that move in a 

quick and tremulous manner, either from a 
natural infii^ity, or from want of sleep. 

WAPPER- J AW. A wry mouth. Eatt, 

WAPPET. A yelping cur. East, 

WAPPING. Large, Var, dial 

WAPS. (1) A wasp. Var, dial 

(2) A large truss of straw. North, 

WAPSE. To wash. Suue», 

WAPYNES. Weapons. 

WAR. (I) Wary ; wise ; aware. 

(2) Work. North. (3) Was ; be. 

14) Worse. Still in use. 

f 5) The knob of a tree. 

(6) Stand aside ; give way ; beware. 

(7) To spend ; to lay out. North. 
WARANDE. Warrant. 

Hi Fadlrhe Uje undiritande. 
Him I dzawe to iny warande* 
Curtor MundU MS, Coll. Trin, Cantab, f. 91. 

WARBEETLES. The large maggots which are 
bred in the backs of cattle. Norfolk. 

WARBELL. A term applied to a hawk when 
she makes her wings meet over her back. 

WARBLES. See Warbeetlea. 

WARBOT. " A worme, eecarbot,*' Palsg. 

WARCH. Ache ; pain. Lane. 

WARCK-BRATTLE. Fond of work. Lane. 

WARD. (1) To take care of. 

(2) Wardee^ outworks of a castle. 
And alle the towret of cryftalle schene* 

And the wardet eoamelde and overgylt dene. 

Hampote^ MS. Bowet, p. S87« 

(3) " Warde of a locke, garde,** Palsg. 

(4) Proper for keeping, as fruit, &c. 

(5) World. Cheth. 

{6) Hardness of the skin. East. 
(7 ) A guard, in fencing. 

8} A prison ; a gaol. 

9) A wardrobe. Skelton, iL 184. 



I 



(10) A aort of ooane do^ 
WARDAN. Existing. 
WAR-DAY. A work-day. North. 
WARD£CX)RPS. Body-guard. {A.'N.) 
WARDED. Joined togd^. East. 
WARDEIN. Awarden;aguard;awatdu&ii: 

a keeper of a gate. 
WARDEMOTES. Meetings of the ward. 
WARDEN. A large baking pear. 
WARDER. (1) A staff; a truncheon. "Wotkr. 

a staffe, boston^" Palsgrave. 

(2) One who keeps ward. 
WARDEREBE. The dung of the badger. 
WARDE RERE. A warder, or staff. 

Bot 8o it befeUe apone a tyma that Meuaia 
mate Jobu on the heved with a waHerere for u 
tmiiaase, whare-fore Jobas was gredy np^ «^ 
graved at Alexander. MS. Ltoeola A. L I7> t ^• 

WARDICH. A bank, or ditch. 
WARDROPE. (1) A house of office. 
(2^ An icicle ; a nose>drop. 

(3) A dressing-room. Yorkoh. 
WARE. (1) Aware ; sensible. 

Then come syr Bamard 
Aftur a dere fulle harde. 
And of me he was umre. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ii. SB, CK 

(2) Whether. Devon, 

(3) A weir, or dam. 

(4) Corn ; barley ; oats. Cnmb. 

(5) To lay out labour, money, ftc. This tennis 
an archaism. North. 

(6) Goods ; dairy produce. fFest. 

(7) Aftirs ; business. 

(8) Wary ; cunning. 

How ftryth my knyghte ter EgyUamome^ 
That doghty yc ever and wan. 

MS. CaHtaUWL1\.»,t.^ 

(9) Sea-weed. Dtm^m. 
WARE-HOUSE. A work-house for masons, && 
WARELESS. Unperceived ; incautioiis. 
WARENCE. The herb madder. 
WARENTMENTIS. Garments. (la/.) 
WARENTY. Take a warrant or bttl? 

3y>, iyr» and thou wylt waren^. 
And gave thy tone to day respyte. 

MS. Ctoataft. Pf. tLS8« L !« 

WARESCHE. To cure ; to heaL 

Sythene aftirwarde comme* the tovertyoe leche, 
and takes there medcynes, and uforetehe nine of 
these sevene sekuet, and stabilies hym in theaerene 
verttMS. MS. JUneofo A. i. I7> t. i(A 

WARESM. A gift Hi^tet. 
WARE-WASSEL. A stem of sea-weed. 
WARIANGLE. A small woodpecker. 
WARIE. To revile ; to curse. 
WARIMENT. Care; caution. Sjpenser. 
WARISHED. Well stored, or furnished. 
WARISON. (1) A gift. Properly, a gift or re- 
ward on completing any boainess, or on lesT- 
ing any situation. 

He made a crye thoro owt al tiie tow(o), 

Whedur he be joman or knave. 
That cowthe bryng hym Roihyn Hode, 
His toarUoM he shuld have. 

MS. Cantab, Ft, t. 48, f. 131- 



WAR 



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WAS 



hoy; therefore, by my crownej 
Thou must have th«e toayyaon ; 
The heigh horse betides Boughton 
Take thou for thie tnvelL 

Chstttr Pl4M* 6<* PV- MS, BodL 17ft. 
(2) The itomach. Cumb, 
WARIST. Cored. Riiton. 
WARK. (1) An ache, or pain. North, 
(2) A hard stony substance covering the Yeins 

of coal m some inmes. 
WARK-BRATTLE. Loving to work. Lane. 
WARLARE. One who stammers. 
WARLAU. A wizard, or torcerer. {A.-S,) 
Bitnix the wurkm and hit wiif 
Adam es stad in Strang striif. 

MS. Cott. Fupoi. A. lii. f. ft. 
The fottlle taarlaweM of helle* 
CJndlr the waUyi skrykked schllle. 

MS. Lincoln A. 1. 17* f. 148. 
WARLOK. (1) Mustard. (2) A fetterlock. 
WARLOKER. More warily. Gawayne. 
WARLY. (1) Warlike. (2) Warily. 
WARM. (1) To beat. Var. dial. 
(2) Rich ; in good circumstances. 
WARMOT. Wormwood. 
WARMSHIP. Warmth. Herrf. 
WARM.STORB. Anything laid very carefully 

by till it may be wanted. North. 
WARN. To warrant. North. 
WARNDY. To warrant. South. 
WARNS. To deny; to forbid. 

The kynges hed when hyt ys brojt, 
A kyiie wyUe y toam* the noghte. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ii. 38, f. 87. 

(2) To caution ; to apprise. {A.'S.) 

WARNED. Fortified. 

WARNER. (1) A boys' game. A boy with his 
hands closed before him, called a wamer, tries 
to touch another, in running, and so on, till 
all are touched. 

2) A sort of mongrel cur. 

3) A warrener. " The warner is hardy and 
feDe," MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f. 49. 

WARNESTORE. To furnish ; to store. 

WARNICHED. Furnished {A.-N.) 

WARNING-PIECE. Anything that warns. 

WARNING . STONE. "The bakers in our 
county take a certaine pebble, which they 
putt in the vaulture of their oven, which they 
call the wanMng-MtOM, for when that is white, 
the oven is hott," Aubrey's MS. History of 
Wilts, Ash. Mus. Oxon. 

WARNISED. Fortified. Heame. 

WARNT. Was not. Var. diaL 

WARNY. I dare say. Devon. 

WAR-OUTE. A term used in driving. 

WARP. (1) Four of fish. East. 

(2) The deposit left by the river Trent on lands 
after a flood. 

3) To cast a foaL South. 

4) To open ; to lay eggs. North. 

5) In some parts, land between the lea-banks 
and sea is called the warp. 

6) To wrap up. Somerset. 

7) Uttered. Reliq. Antiq. ii. 9. 
8 ] To fanil out a ship. 



f: 



i 



(9) To weave. Hence, to contrive. 

(10) The stream of salt water that nma from 
the brine pits in Worcestershire. 

(\l) An abortive lamb. St^oUf. 

(12) To make a waving motion. 

WARPE. Cast. " And warpe of hys wedez," 

Morte Arthure, MS. Lincoln, f. 63. 
WARPS. Distinct pieces of ploughed land se- 
parated by the furrows. East Stuses and Kent. 
WARR. Worse. North. •* Qua herd ever a warr 

auntur," MS. Cott. Vesp. A. iii. 
WARRANT. The bottom of a coal-pit. 
WARRANTIZE. A warrant, or pledge. 
WARRAY. To make war on. 
WARRAYNE. A warren. 

His woddes and his Uforrat/ne, 
His wylde end his tune. 

MS. lAneobi A. i. 17, f. 137. 
WARR'D. Spent. North. 
WARRE. (1) Wary ; cunning. 

Scho es warn and wysse, 
Hir rod as the rose on ryse. 

MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. US. 

(2) Aware ; conscious of. 

The emperowra of this 
Was W€nr9, as I wysse. 

MS. Uncom A. i. 17f f. 8S8. 

(3) Were. Still m use. 
WARREN. A plot ; a deep design. 
WARREN-HE AD. A dam across a river in the 

more northern parts of Northumberland. 
WARREYDE. Made war. 

When I warreydc in Spayne, 
He mad my landis barrayne. 

MS. Lincoln A. 1. 17. f. 132. 

WARRIABLE. Able for war. 

WARRICK. To twitch a cord tight by crossing 

it with another. Northumb. 
WARRIDGE. The withers of a horse. 
WARRIE. To abuse ; to curse. 

The flfthe es wariengtt of other men, 
OBb the grace of the Holy Ooste to ken. 

MS. Hart. 8960, f. 80. 

WARRINER. The keeper of a warren. 
When the buckes take the does. 
Then the warrinor knowes, 

There are rabbets in breeding f 
And when the bag showes» 
Then the mllke-mAid knowes. 
The cow hath good feeding. 
OMtet Propheeict, hU Signet and Tokens, 1614. 

WARROKEN. To girt. (A.-S.) 
WARSEN. To grow worse. North. 
WARSLE. To strive ; to wrestle. North. 
WARSLEY. Not much. Essex. 
WARSTEAD. A ford over a river. 
WART. (1) To overturn. Chesh. 

(2) To plough land overthwart. East. 

(3) To work. North. 
WARTE. Wear it ; spend it 

WARTH. A ford. North. In Herefordshire, 

a flat meadow close to a stream. 
WAR-WHING. Take care; beware. West. 
WARY-BREED. The worms in cattle. 
WAS. To wash. Robin Hood, i. 89. 
WASE. (1) A bundle of straw, &c., to relieve a 

burthen carried on the head. 



WAS 



91S 



WAT 



(2) Angry; ill-tempered. JFtt/. 

(3) To breathe with difficulty. Eati, 
WASELEN. To become dirty. (^.-5.) 
WASH. (1) 4 nannow track through a wood; 

a lane through which water runs. Easi. 

(2) Washy. StiU in use. 

(3) Ten strikes of oysters. Bbnmi. 
WASHAMOUTH. A blab. Dewm. 
WASHBOUGHS. The smaU straggling boogfas 

of a tree. SufoU. 
WASHBREW. ThU term is stiU in use in 
Devon. It is thus described by Markham : 

And lastly, from thii small oat meal, by oft steep- 
ing it in water, and cleansing It, and then boyling it 
to a thick and siiff jelly, is made that excellent dish 
of meat which is so esteemed of in the west parts 
of this klDgdome« which they call watthbrtw, and in 
Cheshire and Lancashire they call it flamery, or 
flumery. 

WASH.DISH. The water-wagtaU. Wett. 

WASHEN. Washed. {A.^&) 

WASHER. (1) A sort of kersey cloth. 

(2) ** An iron hoope which serves to keepe the 
iron pin at the end of the axeltree from wear- 
ing the nave," Florio, p. 94. 

WASHES. The seashore. Norf. 

WASH.HOLE. A sink. Var. dial 

WASHING. To give the head for washing, i. e. 
to submit to insult. 

WASHING.BALLS. A kind of cosmetic used 
in washing the face. Markham, 

WASHMAN. A beggar who solicited charity 
with sham sores or fractures. 

WASH-POOL. A bathing pond. 

WASH-WATER. A ford. 

WASK. A large wooden beetle. Also, to ose 
a beetle. Suffolk, 

WASPISH. Tetchy ; irritable. EoiL 

WASSAIL. From the A.-S. wes hel, be in 
health. It was anciently the pledge word in 
drinking, equivalent to the modern your 
health. See DrinkhaU. The term in later 
times was applied to any festivity or intern- 
perance ; and the wassail-bowl stiU appears at 
Christmas in some parts of the country. The 
liquor termed wauaU in the provinces is made 
of apples, sugar, and ale. 

Who so drynkes furst Uwys, 
FTesMyto the mare dele. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. t. 48, t. 49. 

WASSET-MAN. A scarecrow. WUts, 
WAST. (1) The beUy. {A.-S,) 
(2) Nothingness. In wattf in vain. 
WASTE. (1) To abate. Ettex. 
(2) The body of a ship. 
'3} A consumption. North. 
4) To bang, or cudgeL Ea^t. 
WASTEABLE. Wasteful. Somenet, 
WASTE-GOOD. A spendthrift. 
WASTEL. A cake; fine bread. (A.-N.) The 

wastel bread was well -baked white bread, next 

in quality to the simnel. 
WASTER. (1) A cudgeL •* Wasters or cudgels 

used in fence-schooles," Florio, p. 95. 
(2) A damaged manufactured article. 
^ 3} A thief in a candle. Var, dial. 



\ 



WASTERNE. A desert. « Walkede in thit 

wasterne," MS. Morte Artbnre, t 87. (A,^) 
WASTE YN. A desert (^..&) 

A gode man and lyjt oerteyn 
Dwelled bcsyde that wmttt^m, 

MS. Hmri, 1791. f. tt 
An ermyte wooed for over a douae, 
. Yn a MMMfsspiM fer fro the Coaoe. 

Jf&Harf. 17»l.f.« 

WASTING. A consumption. North. 
WASTLE. (1) To wander. Heref. 
(2) A twig; a withy. Northumh, 
WASTOUR. A destroyer. (^.-iST.) 
WASTREL. A profligate. WetL 
WASTRELS. Imperfect bricks, cfaina, &c 
WAT. (1) Walter. It was the old name for t 

hare. Used metaphorically for a wily can. 

tious person. 

(2) Thou wot, thou knowest. 

(3) Indeed; certainly. North, 

(4) A wight ; a man. TowneL Myti. 

(5) Hot. Var. dial 
WATCHED. Wet shod. Far.diaL 
WaTCHET. a pale blue colour. 
WATCHING. A debauch. 
WATCHING-CANDLE. The candle used wbeo 

a person sits the night with a corpse. 
WATCH-WEBS. Same as Steafydothet, q. t. 
WATE. To know. (A.-S.) 

Finte ps, as derkes wote. 
That who so es in wedwe state 
Schuld hold hym pry vly in hynne. 
And use solence withoute dynne. 

MS. HarL 2260, f. II& 
Hit Son is wisdom that alle thinge wmte. 
For al the world he hall in sute. 

Curtor Mundi, MS. CoU. THn. Ckmt^f.i. 

WATER. A river. North. 

WATER. BEWITCHED. Any very weak drink. 

WATER-BLOBS. SmaU watery globules. 

WATER-BOX. The female pudendum. This 
term occurs in Florio, ed. 1611, p. 185. 

WATER-BRASH. Water on the stomach. 

WATER-CASTER. A person who judged of 
diseases by the inspection of urine. 

WATER-CHAINS. Small chains attoched to 
the bits of horses. North. 

WATE R-CRA W. A water-ousel. 

WATER-CROFT. A glass jug for water. 

WATER-DAMAGED. See Water-bewUd^ 

WATER-DOGS. See Afare'*-7Vi»/f. Watei^U 
may perhaps have the same meaning, but I am 
told a second rainbow above the first is caUed 
in the Isle of Wight a watergeaL Carr has 
weather-gaU, a secondary or broken rainbow. 

WATERE. Walter. Pr. Parv. 

WATE R-FURROW. A gutter, or open drain. 

WATER-GATE. A floodgate. Also, a passage 
for water. Metaphorically, the water-box, 
q. V. 

Fro heren oute of the watirgatU, 
The reyny storme felle donn algade. 

GMoer, MS. Soe. AnHq. 134, 1 91. 

WATERHEN. The moorhen. 
WATERINGS. The spot caUed St. 71Uniuu,% 
Wateringt was situated at the second ]r«f&- 



WAT 



919 



WAT 



stone OB the xoad from London to Canter- 
bury. It was a place of execution in Eliza- 
beth's time, and is frequently alluded to. 

WATER-LAG. See Water-leder. 

WATER-LEDER. A water-carrier. 

WATER-LOCK. A watering place fenced with 
walls, rails, or bars, &c. Blount, p. 702. 

WATER-LYNGKE. The hethfabria minor. 

WATER-PLOUGH. A machine formerly used 
for taking mud, &c. out of rivers. 

WATER-POT. «• Water potte for a table, 
aiguiere" Palsgrave. "Water potte for a 
gardyne, arrmuouer" ibid. 

WATER-POUKE. A water-bUster. 

WATER-PUDGE. A puddle. Northampi. 

WATER-RANNY. Tlie short-tailed field mouse. 

WATERS. Watering-places. Unc. 

WATER-SHAKEN. Saturated with water. 

WATER-SHUT. A floodgate. 

WATER-SLAIN. See Water^haken, 

WATER-SPARROW. The reed bunting. 

WATER-SPRINGE. A copious flow of saliva. 

WATER-SPRIZZLE. A disease in ducklings. 

WATER-STEAD. The bed of a river. 

WATER-SWALLOW. The water-wagtail. 

WATE R-SWOLLED. Completely saturated. ' 

WATER-TABLE. A small embankment made 
across a road, especially on a hill, to carry off 
the water. Sunex, 

WATER-TAKING. A pond from which water 
is taken for household purposes. 

WATER-TAWV. A swooning fit. North. 

WATER-TEEMS. Risings of the stomach when 
nothing but water is dischaiged by vomiting. 
North. 

WATERWALL. A waterfall. Also, a wall to 
keep water within due bounds. 

WATER-WHEEL. A blister. 

WATERWHELPS. Plain dumpUngs. East. 

WATER- WOOD. A watered fleece of wooL 

WATER-WOOSEL. The water-ouzel. 

W^ATER-WORK. An engine for forcing water. 

WATER-WORKERS. Makers of meadow-drains 
and wet ditches. Norf. 

WATER-WORT. The herb maiden-hair. 

WATH. A ford. North. 

WATHE. (1) A straying. {J...S) 

(2) Injury ; danger ; eviL 

Now take hede what I the mynne, 

^ef a wyf have done a synne, 

Syche penaunce thou gyre hyre thenne. 

That hyre huibonde may not kenne. 

Leste tot the penaunce Mke« 

Wo and toaththe bytwene hem wake. 

MS. Cott. Claud. A. ii. f. 147. 

I rede thou mende it with Rkille, 

For wathea walkes wyde. 

MS.IAneoln A.L 17> t- 131. 

(3) Game; prey. (A.-S.) 
WATHELY. Severely. 

With fyfty aperia he flede. 
And wtU/iel^ was wondide. 

MS. Lincoln A. L 17, f* 131. 

WATKIN'S-ALE. A copy of this curious old 
tune is in Queen Elizabeth^s Virginal Book. 
The oiiginal ballad is thus entitled, — 



A ditty deUghtfuU of Mother Waddn'g dto^ 
A warning wel wayed, though counted a tale. 

WATLYNGE-STRETE. The milky way. 

WATSTONE. A whetstone. 

WATTLE. (1) To beat. Derh. 

(2) A hurdle. Far. dial. 

(3) To tile a roof. North. 
WATTLE-AND-DAB. A mode of building with 

close hurdle-work plastered over with a mix- 
ture of clay and chopped straw. Warw. 

WATTLE-JAWS. Long lanky jaws. 

WATTLES. (1) Loose hanging flesh. North. 

(2) A kind of hairs or small bristles near the 
mouth and nostrils of certain fish. 

WAUDON. Supple. Nortkumb. 

WAUF. Tasteless. Yorkth. 

WAUGH. To bark. North. The term occurs 
in Bale's Kynge Johan, p. 65. 

WAUGHIST. Rather faint. North. 

WAUGH-MILL. A fuUing-milL Yorkth. 

WAUKLING. Weak. Une. 

WAULCH. Insipid; tasteless. North. 

WAUPE. The turnspit dog. 

WAURE. Sea-wrack. Kent. 

WAUVE. To cover over. Heref. 

WAVE. (1) To hesitate. {A.-S.) 

(2) To wander, or stray. 

(3) Wove. Chaucer. 

WAVER. (1) A common pond serving the whole 

village. Suffolk. "Wavoure, stondynge 

watyr," Pr. Parv. 
(2) The situation of a quoit when pitched so that 

its rim lies on the hob. Suffolk. 
WAVERS. Young timberlings left standing in 

a fallen wood. North. 
WAW. (1) A wall. North. 

(2) To bark. Also, to caterwaul. 
WAWARDE. The vanguard. 

The kyng of Lebe before the uawarde he ledei. 

Morte jlrthure, MS. Lincoln, t. Tt. 

WAWE. (1) Woe. 

Betwene the wawe of wod and wroth. 
Into hit dou5tris chambre hegoth. 

Goirer, MS, Soe, ^ntiq. 134, f. 8S. 

^2) A wave. (A.-S.) 

(3) To move, wag, or shake. 
WAWEYS. Waves. (A.^S.) 

Nothyng lawe they them almwte 
But salte water and toaweyt ttowte. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 150. 

WAWKS. Comers of the mustachios. 

WAWL. To squeak ; to cry out. 

WAWT. To overturn. Lane. 

WAXE. (1) Wood. Leie. 

(2) To thrive; to increase. {A.'S.) To wax 

out of fleshy to become thin. 
{Z) A lad of wax, a smart clever boy, ** A man 

of wax," Romeo and Juliet. 
WAX-END. Shoemaker's waxed thread. 
WAXEN-KERNELS. EnUrged and inflamed 

glands in the neck. " Wazyng kyrnels, glandey 

glandert" Palsgrave. 
WAY. (1) The time in which a certain space can 

be passed over. Two mile way, the time in 

which two miles could be passed over, &c. 
(2) A way. Still in use. 



WEA 



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WBD 



WAT-BIT. Attttiebit North. 

WAT-BREDB. The plinteiii tree. (^.-&) 

WATE. To weigh ; to press with weight. 

WAT^ATE. A gate across t road. Line, 

WAY -GOOSE. Kn entertainment given bv an 
apprentice to his feliow-workmen. We§t. 

WAY-GRASS. Knot-grass. 

WAYKYER. Weaker. 
Then wm Jollyng, there wm rannTng for the eoTe- 

leyatAf 
There was rarynfe end mmbdynfe, pete to here i 
Fayne was the tMyXriw away for to flee* 
That day maay a etowte man wm ded there. 

MS. mu. R0f, 17 D. XT. 

WAYLANDE. Valiant. 

WAYNE. To strike ; to raise. 

WAYS. Oo pmur wayst get along with you. 
Come your toays, come uong with me. 

WAY-WARDENS. Keepers of private roads. 

WAY-WORT. The herb pimpernel. 

WAY-ZALTIN. A game, or exercise, in which 
two persons stand back to back, with their 
arms interlaced, and lift each other np alter- 
nately. Jennings, p. 82. 

WE. (1) With. North, 

(2) Well. In nse in the North. 

WEAD. Very angry. North. 

WEAKEN. To soak in water. 

WEAKLING. A weak person. 

WEAKY. MoUt; watery. North. 

WEAL. (I) The same as Wale, q. v. 

(2) A wicker basket used for catching eels. 

(3) To be in woe or want. 
WEALD. Forest ; woody country. 
WEALTHY. Well fed. North. 
WEAMISH. Squeamish. Devon. 
WEANELL. A young beast just weaned. 
WEAR. (1) The fashion. Shak. 

(2) To cool the pot. North. 

WEARD. To bathe. Beds. 

WEARIFUL. Tiresome, far. dial 

WEARING. (1) A consumption. North. 

(2) Tiresome ; tedious. Var. dial, 

WEARISH. Small ; weak ; shrunk. Also, un- 
savoury. *' Werysshe as meate is that is nat 
well tastye, mat savourt,'* Palsgrare. Forby 
has weary, feeble, sickly, puny. 

WEARY. Troublesome ; vexatious. 

WEASAND. The throat. {A.-S.) 

WEAT. To search the head to find if there be 
lice in it. North. 

WEATH. Pliant. J. of Wight. 

WEATHER. (1) To dry clothes in the open air. 

(2) To give hawks an airing. 

WEATHER-BREEDER. A fine day. 

WEATHER-CASTER. A person who computed 
the weather for the almanacs, &c. 

WEATHERED. Experienced. 

WEATHER-GAGE. To get the weather-gage 
of a person, to get the better of him. South. 

WEATHER-GALL. See Water-dogs. 

WEATHER-GLEAM. To see anything at a 
distance, the sky being bright near the horizon. 
North, 

WEATHER-HEAD. The secondary rainbow. 

WSATHER-LAID. Weather-bound. East. 



WBATHER.WIND. The 
WEATIN. Urine. Cmmb. 
WEAZEL. A foolish fellow. EoH. 
WEB. (1) A weaver. (A.S.) 

She waa the fonnaste «wb In kynde 
That men of that crafte dud fynde. 

Curmr Mmutt, MS. CM. THa. Ctntab. f. Ml 
or carpenterea, of smyihea, of webbm, of bakov, 
of brewerei, and of alle maner mea that goeth to 
hayre hy the 5ere, ot by the wyke, or by the dare. 

Jf&^v«ar»6k^fl9L 
The blade of a swwd. 
A sheet or thin plate of lead. 

(4) The omentum. Eaet. 

(5) See Pin-ttnd-We^,^ 625. 
WEBSTER. A weaver. North. 
WECHE. A witch. 

SoKty geauntea before eageaderide with fcades, 
With wtekM and warlawa to wacdiene hk tteatj*. 
MorU Arthurt, MS. Umeoln, f. 0. 

WED. (1) Weeded. North. 

(2) A heap of clothes, which each party of boys 
put down in a game called Scotch and En^L 

(3) A pledge. (J.^S.) 

Hath any mon upon a wetUe 
Borowet at the oght in ncde. 

MS. Cotton. Oamd. A. IL t Itf. 
Hyddur be wolde take hya peae. 
My lyfe dar y hiy to wwUL 

MS. Qmtmb. Ff. U. », £ ». 

WEDDE. (1) Wedded. (yf..&) 
(2) To lay a wager ; to pledge. 
WEDDE-FEE. A wager. Bodoom. 
WEDDE-FERE. Husband; wife. {A.^.) 
WEDDER. A wether sheep. North. 
WED DI NGER. A guest at a wedding. 
WEDDING-KNIVES. Knives which wen for- 

merly part of the accoutrements of a bride. 
WEDE. (1) Clothing ; appareL {A.-S.) 
Hast thou jere hem at hen nede 
Mete and drynke, cioth or teeri«. 

M8. Cott. auud. A. IL f. 13S. 

(2) Madness. 

And had therof lo moehe drede. 
Tlut he wende have go to wede, 

MS. HarL 1701. f. ^ 

(3) To become mad. 

To Gye he starte. as he wold wede. 
And imote hym downe and hys stede. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. », £ 191. 
WEDERINGE. Temperature. 
WEDGE. A gage ; a pledge. 
WEDHOD. State of marriage. 
Save in here wedhod. 
That ys feyre to-fore God. 

MS. Cott. CUiUd. A. ii.f: i». 

WEDHOK. A weeding-hook. 
WEDLAKE. Wedlock; marriage. 
WEDLOCK. A wife. 
WEDMAN. A husband. 
WEDOWE. 

Sene alle the erthe withowttene oure lorMpe may 
be callede wedotve. MS. Lincoln A. 1. 17t t. 9. 

WEDS^ND-FORFEITS. The game of forfeits 

is so called in Warwickshire. 
WEDSETTE. Put in ple<^ or pawn. 
WEDUR. (1) A cloud. (2) Weather. 
WEDWEDB. Widowhood. (A.-S.) 



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Bot vhethct ofthayzn tlut lyvct of the lyfe* 
Be It the man, be it the wyf, 
Schuldhys Uf chastely lede, 
Whyles he es in the i tate of toedwede. 

MS. Harl. S960, f. 117. 

AVEDYRCOKKE. A weathercock. 

WEE. (1) Woe ; sorrow. 

(2) Very small ; little. Var. dioL 

W'EEAN. (1) A quean ; a jade. North. 

(2) A clifld, or wee one. Yorksh. 

WEED. (1) Tobacco. 

(2) A heavy weight. Devon. 

WEEDY. Sickly; ill-grown. Var. dial 

WEEF. " Wecf or summewhat semynge to 

hadneaae," Prompt. Parv. 
WEEK. (1) The wick of a candle. 

(2) To squeak ; to whine. East. 

(3) The inside of a week, i. e. from Monday till 
Saturday. North. 

(4) The side of the month. Lane. 
WEEKY-DAY. A week-day. Detfon. 
WEEL. (1) WelL North. 
(2) A whirlpool. Lane. 
WEEN. (1) To whimper ; to cry. Devon. 

(2) The same as Jfene, q. ▼. 

(3) We have. Lane. 
WEEPERS. Mourners. 
WEEPING-CROSS. To come home by Weep- 

mg Cron, to repent of any undertaking. 
WEEPING-RIPE. Ready for weeping. 
WEEPING-TEARS. Tears. East. 
WEEP-IRISH. To scream ; to yell. 
WEEPY. Moist ; springy. West. 
WEER. (1) The same as Were, q. ▼. 

(2) To stop ; to oppose ; to keep off; to guard ; 
to protect ; to ddiend. North. 

(3) Pale and ghastly. East. 
WEES. We shalL Cumb. 
WEESEL. The weasaod, or windpipe. 
WEET. (1) The same as Wete, q. v. 

(2) Nimble ; swift. North. 

(3) Wet. Still in use. 

(4) To rain rather slightly. North. 
WEETPOT. A sausage. Somerset. 
WEE-WOW. Wrong. Devon. Also, to twist 

about in an irregular manner. 
WEEZWAI. A bridle. Somerset. 
WEFF. (1) Taste ; flavour. 
(2) To snarl. North. 
WEFFABYLLE. Able to be woven. 

WEFFYNG. Weaving. 

Wenschetakyth hyre werkeoa honde. 
Off to^ff^g other enbroudcrye. 

Gower, MS. Cantab. Ft. I. 6, f . 4. 

WEFT. (1) Woven. North. 

(2) A wdf, or stray. 

(3) Waved ; put aside. I^»enser. 

(4) A loss. 

(5) The ground of a wig. 
WEG. A pledge. (A.-S.) 
WEGGE. A wedge. Pr. Parv. 

WEGHT. An article like a sieve, but without 
holes in the bottom, which is usually made of 
sheepskin. 

WEGHTNES. Boldness. 

WBHEE. To nei^h, as a horse. 



WEIEWORTH. The herb pimpend. 
WEIGH. A lever ; a wedge. 
WEIGH-BALK. The beam of scales. 
WEIGH-BOARD. Clay intersecting a vein. 
WEIGH-JOLT. A seesaw. Wilts. 
WEIGHKEY. Soft; clammy. Yorksh. 
WEIGHT. (1) A great num)>er. North. 
(2) A machine for winnowing com. 
WEIKE. Weak; slow. 
WEILEWAY. Alas ! See Walaway. 

He may aeye weilewaif his burth. 

For wo to htm is leide. 

Cur»or Mundl, MS, Coll. Trin. Cantab, t. 94. 

WEINE. (1) A vein. Vocab. MS. 

(2) 

That they fynd na (kwte of fude to theire horsei, 
Nowthlie tosyne, ne waxe, oe welthe in this ertb» 
Jforto Arthure, MS. lAneobt, t. 55. 

WEIR. (1) A pool. (2) A dam. 
WEIRD-SISTERS. The Fates. 
WEIVE. To forsake ; to decline ; to refuse ; to 

depart. {A,»S.) 
WEKE. (1) The wick. Palsgrave. 

For flrste the wexe bitokeneth his manhede, 
TlMweke his soulc, the fire his Godhede. 

I^dgate, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 89. 

(2) To grow weak. {A.-S.) 

WEKET. A wicket. Also as BeUehos, q. v. 

" A weket of the wombe," MS. Addit. 12195. 
WEKYD. Wicked ; mischievous. 
WEL. Well ; in good condition. 
WELAWILLE. Wild; dangerous. Gaw. 
WELA-WYNNE. Well joyous. Gaw. 
WELBODE. The insect millepes. 
WELCH. A failure. Yorksh. 
WELCH-AMBASSADOR. A cuckoo. 
WELCH-HOOK. A kind of bill or axe having 

two edges. *'A Welsh hook, rancon^ un 

visarma,'* HoweU. 
WELCHMAN'S-HOSE. To turn anything to a 

Welchman's hose, L e. to turn it anyway to 

serve one's purpose. 
WELCHNUT. A walnut. This is given in MS. 

Lansd. 1033, f- 2, as a Wiltshire word. 
WELCH-PARSLEY. Hemp. 
WELCOME - HOME - HUSBAND. Cypress 

spurge. Also called Welcome to our house. 
WELDE. (1) To wield ; to govern. {A.'S.) 
Alle that ben of warde and elde. 
That cunnen hemself kepe and uwitfe* 
They schulen alle to chyrche oome. 
And ben i-schry ve alle and some. 

MS. Cott. Claud. A. U. f. 1S9. 



And seide, Abraham, this Is the land 
That thou and thine shul have weldand. 

Cunor Mundi, MS. ColL Trin. Cantab, t. IS. 

A wood ; a forest ; a plain. 

^^ To carry ; to bear. 

(4) To possess. Also, possession. 

WELDER. An owner ; a ruler. 

WELDY. Active. {A.-S.) 

WELE. (l)WeU. {A.-S.) 

(2) Wealth ; prosperity ; good fortune. 

Wherefore lett us say in tode and in woOf 
Good Lorde evermore thy wllle be doo ! 

MS. BM. Reg. 17 D. xv. f. SA 

WELEFULNES. Happiness. 



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WBIiBWBD. Dried up; decayed. (^..&) 
For we U tMd im tiutt grm grcM, 
Thaterer tlththen hath ben icb«. 

Cmrtor Mundi, MS. CoU. Trin, OmtA. f. 8. 
The whiehe was vhUomgraM gnf 
It im/wmI hey, at tyme now. 

GoMMT. MS. Soe. Amttq. 134, f. MS. 

WBLKE. (1) To wither ; to be musty. 
The tee now ebbeth, now it floweth { 
Thelonde now wetketh, now it groweth. 

Gowcr, MS. Soc. Jmtiq, 134. f.38. 

f2^ To miric with protuberances, 
f 3) To wane ; to decrease, ^femter. 

(4) Walked. Perceval, 209. 
Jhetus wai tliere, he mmOw the ttrete. 

And with this Uyade gon he mete. 

Oirtor Mwtili, MS. ColL Drim, Ornteft. f.lM. 

(5) The same as fFelie, q. y. 
WELKIN. The sky. (J,.S.) 
WELKIKO. Big and awkward; thus, a great 

welkimg fellow; generally used in the same 
sense as huikings though at times it seems as 
if it were taken to signify wallowing ; for they 
say, •< He's welking about with his £st sides." 
line. 
WELKNE. The sky. 

A mannissynnetsfor to hate, 
. Whiche maketh the voHkM tot to debate. 

Qotow, MS. Soe. jtnHq, 134, f . 38. 

WELL. (1) Surface springs, used as a source of 
water for domestic or other special purposes, 
are generally termed wells. York. 

(2) A chimney or vent-hole in a rick or mow. 
Norfolk. 

(3) To bubble up. Paltj^rave. 

(4) To weld. North. 

(5) fVeU to &w. weU to do, rich. 
WELLADAY. Alas I Far.dioL 
WE LL-A-FIN E. To a good purpose. 
WELL\NDE. BoiUng ; bubbUng. Usedmeta- 

phorically for furiously, madly. 

Of molten leed and bras withal. 

And of other waUande metal. jlf& AahmoleAl, f. 127. 

Who so handlylh pyccheMpel/yiiirhote, 

He shal have lyithe therof sumdeyl. 

, jr& flow. 1701, f. 44. 

WELL-AN-ERE. Abu I North. 
WELL-APAID. Satisfied. West. 
WELL-AT-EASE. Hearty ; healthy. 
WELL-DOING. A benefit. Devon. 
WELLE. (1) ToboU. 

Goth to the devei there shul |e go, 

For to toelie ever in wo ; 

Ever in his wo to wtlte. 

With him and his that are in helle. 

Cursor MwkU, MS. CoU.IHh. QuUmb. f.l3B. 

(2) To rage ; to be hot. 
f3) Very. (4) A wheel 

[5) To flow, as from a spring. 

Mary, welle of mercy ! 
^^Img ever pit«. 
Cursor MumU, MS. ColL Trin. Qmttib. f. 109. 

(6) Grassy plain ; sward. Gawayne. 
WELL-HEAD. A fountain ; a sprinir. 
WELL-NIGH. Almost, far. dial. 
WELLS. The under parts of a wanron. 
WELL-SEEN. Expert ; skilful. 
WELL-SOSSE. WeU-a-day! Devon. 



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WELL-^TSBAM. A spring; a 

WELLY. (1) Almost; very. North. 

(2) WeU-A-day, i. e. abs 1 

(3) To commiserate. North, 
WELLTD. Coagulated, as milk. 
WELME. A bubble. (A.S.) 
WELNE. WeU-nigh ; almost. 
WELOGH. The willow. 

WELOWE. To wither; to dry; to rot 
I am smyten dowoe and begynne to hwInm, 
As heye tliat lyeth ^eyn the sonne. 

MS. CaiUab. Pf. iL 38. Ci. 

WELSH. Insipid. NoHh. 
WBLSOME. Wildsome. 

They oamyd the chylde Syr Dognbdle, 
That wetsome waa of wone. 

MS. Cantmb. FL ii. 38, f.OB. 
WELT. (1) To upset. North. 
'2^ To totter. Yorkth. 

3) To turn down the upper leather of a shoe to 
which the sole is ftatened. 

(4) To ornament with fringe. Alao, a hem or 
border of for, &c. 

(5) To soak. East. 

(6) To beat severely. Norf. 
WELTE. (1) RoUed; overturned. 

MThenne the kynge hade of hym syghte^ 
In his chayere he wslto up-rygfate : 
And whenne thay Iiad lyfte hym up agayna, 
Thanne of Cristote ga&ne he fhiyne. 

MS. Lhteotn A. L 17* f. 187. 
(2) Wielded; governed. (^.-&) 
WELTER. To tumble, or roll about. 
WELTHE. A welt. (J.^) 
WELTHPUL. FruitfuL 
WELWILLY. Favorable ; propitious. 
WELWYNGE. A wallowing. Pr. Pmv. 
WEM.(1) A spot; a blemish. Ea»t. 
(2) The womb, or beUy. North. 
WEMBLE. To turn a cup upside down in 

token of having had enough tea. North. 
WEMENT. To moan ; to lament 
WEMLES. Without spot or stain. (J.^S.) 
The state of maydenhed be sal spylle, 
Haydenhed that es womlot. 

MS. BibL Coll. 5lfln. xviO. 6^ 

WEMMED. Corrupted. (A.-S.) ^ 

WENCHE, A young woman, ffenehe of the 

garnet • strumpet. 
WENCHEN. Wenches. Gloue. 
WENDE.(l) To change. Also, to torn, as a ship 

does with the tide. 

(2) To go. (A..S.) 

Hast thow hyet hyt to the ende» 
That thou my5tcs hamward wenOef 

MS. Catt. Clamd. A. iL f. 140. 
For so sayeth Crist, wlthoute fayle, 
Thatny5e upon the worldis ende. 
Pees and acoordeaway schalle wends. 

Gower, MS. Soe. Jntiq. 134, f. 37- 
But whenne that I schale hennes vsmde, 
Orawnte me the blysse wythowten ende. 

MS. Cott. aaud. A. iL f. 130. 

(3) To think ; to conjecture. (A.-S.) 
WENE. (1) To think ; to suppose. (^.-S.) 

No, for God, seid oure kyng, 

I ursne thou knowist me no thyng. 

MS. Catntab, Ff . v. 48, f. 4& 



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(2) Gneis s rappositioa ; doabt. (J.-S.) 
WBNER. Fairer. Gmwayne. 
WSN6ABLES. Vegetables. Eaai, 
WENGAND. Vengeance. Hignu. 
\^ENGED. ATenged. Gmoayne, 
WENIAND. See f^onion. 
l^ENNEL. A calf newly weaned. 
WENSDAY. Wednesday. 
WENT. (1) A crossway; a passage. 

(2) Went away ; vanished. Weii, 

(3) Gone. Fjrom Wende^ to go. 

Of the br«de. thurghe Saerament, 
To fletshe and blode hyt yt alle went. 

MS. Hari. 1701. f. 67. 

(4) To tarn ; to turn back. Also, the turning of 
a stair, &c. 

(5) A furlong of land. 

(6) To turn sour or acid. Eagt. 

(7) The teasel, or fuller's thistle. 

(8) Thought. (J.-S.) 

He went9 that tyme halfe deyed thare. 
So that Mule bryate hym there. 

A. d« Bmnne, MS, Bower, p. 9. 

(9) Done; fulfilled. 

And badde here wyl shulde be went 
To Agladyout comaondement. 

MS. Hart. 1701, f. M. 

WENTLE. To turn, or roll over. 

WEODEN. Weeds. {A.-S,) 

WEOREN. Were. {A,-S.) 

WEORRED. Defended. (^..&) 

WEP. Wept. (^.-5.) 

WEPELY. Causing tears. {A,.S,) 

WEPEN. (1) A weapon. (^.-&) 

(2) To weep. Chaucer, 

There the pepulle tchale geder withinne 
To prayeo and to wepen for here tynne. 

MS, out, Claud. A. ii. f. 181. 

WEPENE. Membnim virile. 
WEPMON. A man. (^.-5.) 
WEPPYND. Armed. (A.-S.) 

Then spake Moche. the mylner tuae» 

Evermore wel hym betyde. 
Take xij. of thi wyght jemen 
Welle weppynd be ther tide. 

MS. Cantab, Ft, t. 48, f. 128. 

WBR. Our. North, 
WERC. Work. {A.-S.) 
WERCE. Worse. Pr, Parv. 
WERCHE. (1) To work. {A.-S,) 
(2) Thin ; watery ; insipid. North, 
WERCOK. A pheasant. 
WERDES. Fortunes. (A.-S.) 
WERDEZ. Are. Gawayne, 
WERDLICHE. Worldly. {A,-S.) 
WERDROBE. The ordure of the badger. 
WERE. (1) Doubt ; uncertainty ; confusion. 
But we, that dwelle undlr the mone, 
Stonde in this world upon a weer. 

Gitwer, MS. Soe, Antiq. 134, f. 31. 
Ha ! fadlr, be noujt in a weere, 

Gower, MS, Soe, Antig. 134, f. 51. 
And thorowe hlr roerlte she hathe the mouthet shit. 
And lyppes doted of hem that weren in were. 

l^dgate, MS. Aehmole 30, f . 48. 
And thus he wandreth in a toeere. 
At man biynde that may not see. 

MS, Cantab. Ff . 11. 3B, f. SO. 



(2) To wear. (A,-S.) 

In honeete dothea thow moate goo, 
Baselard ny bawdrykewer* thow non. 

MS. Cott. Claud. A. li. f. 187* 

(3) To defend ; to protect ; to save. 

3yf ne myjt with noun aniwere 
On onther manere hymaelven were. 

' MS, Hart, 1701, f. 25. 

That Florens had a tame here, 
And was an hyrde ahepe to were, 

MS, Harl. 1701. f. 27. 

(4) War. 

And some also telles and say 
That they have loste hors and hamay, 
And theyre armoure and othere gere, 
Thome myscheyf in londe otwere. 

MS, Harl. 2SO0. f . 58. 

5) A pool of water. North. 

6) A weir for catching fish. 

7) Wore. (8) Had. Gawayne. 
WERELYE. Slily. 

At he Uenchyd hym betyde, 

A lyon come toward hym werelpe. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. 11.38, f. 171* 
WEREMOD. Wormwood. 
WERESENS. Ourselves. Leie. 
WER-HEDLYNG. A commander in war. 
WERING. (1) Growing. 
(2) Bulwark ; protection. (A.-S,) 
WERKE. (1) Work. (A,^S.) 

Hast thou be alowe in any d^r^ 

For to do werke of chary te. 

MS, Cott. Claud. A. il. f. 140. 

(2) Ache. Reliq. Antiq. i. 126. 
WERKE-DAY. A work-day. 

For apon the werkedajf 

Men be so bysy in uche way. 

So that for here ocupacyone 

They leve mycbe of here devocyone. 

MS. Cott. Claud, A. ii. f. 138, 

WERLAUGHE. A wizard. <' Wreke hyroe on 

this werlaughe," MS. Morte Arthure, f. 92. 
WERLEDE. The world? {A.-S,) 

For pompe and pryde of werlede to te. 
And of the povre has no py te. 

MS. Harl, 2260, f. 70. 

WERLY. Worldly. {A,-S.) 
WERMESTORE. 

And thou tal altua mak a boure 

For to hald in thi wermeetore. 

MS, CoU. Veepae, A, iil. f. 11. 

WERNE. To forbid ; to refuse ; to hinder ; to 
deny ; to warn ; to g^ard. {A.-S,) 

Joteph and Marye wolde not weme, 
But to the acoie lad him 3eme. 
Cureor Mundl, MS. Coll, Trtn. Cantab, t. 77* 
HuTtyng bothe gattly and bodely it forbed. 
And wemifng of mete to the pour in peril of dede. 

MS. Egerton 927. 
Tbou5 it be noojt the houndis kynde 
To ete chaf • fit wol he weme 
An oxe, whiche eometh to the beme. 
Thereof to taken eny food. 

Cower, MS, Ac. Antif. 184, f.61* 
And certit that may no womman weme. 
For love it of himselfe to deme. 

Cower, MS. Soe. jlnHq. 184, f*51. 

WERON. Were. {A,-S,) 
WERPE. To throw ; to cast. 



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WBRRAT. Makewtf. 

Ab4 MidcB, k BoC thta tiMt mon 
That we My tbU fooitr^Mf 
Afeti ihetu name w^rrmtr f 
Curmtr JfMitM, MS, CM. IHn. Owiiirt. f . 110. 
And all* thai casta w UMj to iMrr«y. 

l^dgtUM, M8, Soe, dmHq. 194. f. SS. 

WERRE. (1) War. (A.-N,) 

For pat ne bydy th in no loada 
Tharaa w a n t bnyjh-hondek 

Htligiomg PMHu, Xf. Cent. 
(2) The wOTie. 

It b to woodJr of thOke watft. 

In vhirha none wot who hath the tvem, 

Gmmt, ma Ac. Amhq, 134, f. 31. 
Who nuj to love make a vene. 
That he ne hath hlmMlfe tlie w€tr$. 

GoMMip, MS. Sbc. JntSq. 194, f. M. 

WBRRESTE. The wont, 

Sey wbt y the brom, 

Thwat y% me for to don ? 

leh haTe the uMrrettt bonde 

That yi in onl loade. M8. AOdk. 11879, f. ». 
WERRET. To tease ; to worry. Far. dud. 
WERRY. To bring forth yottiig; used, how- 
erer, in the case only of rabbits, nU, and 
mice. Line* 
WBRRTTNGE. Making war? 

And alle that specially OUlat 

To that that men Khuld hale eallca, 

Withoute dovjt of Ufmrpyngt, 

In the trottthe of Crbte heven kynge. 

JfS. HarU SSOO, f . 198. 

WERSE. Worse. {A,-S.) 
WERSELLS. Ourselves. North. 
WERSTE. Worst. {A.^S.) 

Bakkeby tynge a thy* to say. 

Whan a man ipekys iUe ay. 

And tournet that he may here 

Of oUicre men on the wertte manere. 

Ma. HarL 9900. f . 19. 

WERWOLVES. People who had the power of 
turning themselves into, or were turned into, 
wolves. See J-eharmed. 
WERYE. To curse. 

Thai sal be fuUe of hatreden thanne, 
Ilkone eal othyr weiye and banne. 

HampoU, MS. B»wm, p. 916. 

WESAWNT. The weasand. 
WESCH. To wash. 

The kyng cautyd the ookwolda ychon 

To immA witbouten let. MS. AthmoU <1, f.(n. 

WESE. To ooze out (^.-5.) 

WESELS. A dish in cookery. 

Fynt grynde porke, temper in fere 
With efg«>tand poerdrr of peperdere. 
And powder of canel thou put therto. 
In ehapon necke thou cloee hit iho. 
Or diet tai paunch of gryi hit pyt. 
And roct hit wele, and then dorehit 
Withoute with batere of egget and floure, 
To tcrre In tale or ellyi In boure. 

MB. Slotute 1980, p. 109. 

WBSH. Stale urine. North. 

WESS. Washed. Heame. 

WEST. (1) To set in the West. 

m Shows. (3) Knowest. Weber. 

(4) A red pustule about the eye. 

WESTERN. To tewl to the West. 



Wlthonte wutrpngt or drawynge to dadyne 

i^4gmlt, MS. Am. Jmtiq. 134. L U 

WESTRIL. A short underhand cudgeL 
WESTWALE. Westphalia. 

Thay wave wroght In IFcttwaZe 

With womcne of lare. 

MS. UmeolM A. L 17, f. 131 

WESTWARD.HOE ! To the West ! It wu 

one of the cries of the Thames' watermen. 
WESTY. Dizzy; giddy. North, 
WET. To rain. To wet the M»Ue, to drink 
out earnest money at harvest time. 7b wet 
one*i tohiettet to drink. 
WETAND. Thinking. (A.'S,} 
5yf thou ever, yn eryl Mettiid, 
On fadyr or modyr leydett thyn head. 

MS, Omrl. 1)11. Ct 

WETANDLY. Knowingly. 

Ab ofte ab I haft done dedly tynne. 
And thurghe malece weiand^ fallyne thcretanc. 

MS, Lincoln A. L 17. f. 191. 

WET-BOARD. A shoemaker's cutting^at 

board. Vor, duU, 
WET.BOARDS. Movable boards slidii« in 

grooves in doors, &e. 
WETE. ( 1 ) To know. {A,-S,) 
(2) \^lieat Nominale MS. 

The meke hym lowet to terve comooly, 
Ab dute ane aaee that beryt ofte bevy. 
And beryt ab wel btrly at loere. 
And ab fatte for tmale got ab for the grate. 

If S. HttH. 9960, f . 17. 

WETEWOLDIS. Wittol cuckolds. 
WET-nNGER. To do anything with a wet 

finger, i. e. easily, readily. 
WET.GOOSE. A poor simple fellow. 
WET-HAND. A drunken feUow. NorO, 
WETHE. Sweet ; mild. (A.-S.) 
WETHERBED. A feather-bed. <• Cum ledo 

pennato,AngUcea ITe/Aer^ed," yiUR.Ricardi 

li.ed. 1729, p. 162. 
WETHERHOG. A male or heder hog. Also, 

a surname in the county. Lmc. 
WETHERLY. With rage and violence. 
WETHEWYNDE. The plant woodbine. 
WETING. Knowledge. (A.-S.) 
WET-JACKET. A man who gets drendied in 

a shower is said, naturally enoughy to have a 

wet jacket. 
WET-SHOD. Wet in the feet 
WETTING-THE-BLOCK. A custom amoD| 

shoemakers on the first Monday in Msrch, 

when they cease from workuig by '*^fMllfli|i;)»f, 

and have a supper so called. 
WEUTER. To stagger. Lane. 
WEVE. (1) To put off; to prevent. 
(2) To lift up ; to raise. 
WEVED. An altar. (A,,S.) 
WEVER, A river. Cheeh, 
WEVET. A spider's web. Somerwet. 
WEWERPOW. A dam across a ditch to keep 

up the water. North, 
WEXE. To grow ; to increase. 

He that myghte leme and holde Ante, 
He ichulde wejn wyte at the latte. 

MS. Qmtai. Ft. II. Jl^ f Ut 

WEYBRBDS. Warts. Baei. 



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WBYBDBN. Wdi^Md. 
WEYEY. Yes, yes. N&rtk. 
WEYFB. A wife. Isumbru, 124. 
WEYFERUS. Travellers. (J.-S.) 

Hast thou in herU TOWth« i-had 

Of hem that were nede be-ttad. 

To seke, and lore, and priaonerut, 

I-herberet aUe tvetffsru*. 

US, Cott, Otntd, A. \L f. 144. 

WEYHEDE. Carried. 

I nilde ftaUe foule hafe bene lettide of my paaaage, 
whenne I aolde bafe bene iMyAMto out« of thiae 
paynea. JK8. Linoafo A. L 17> & 2^7. 

WEYHES. Kings ; bracelets. 

And he broghte we^het in hit hand, and he was 
clede alle in whitte clothes, and me thoghte this 
lady was ded in white clothe of golde. 

MS. Lhteoin A. i. 17) '• SB7* 

WEYMENT. Lamentation. 

Jhesus the tveyment undintode, 
"With hem to that grave he jode. 

Cur$or Mundi, MS. CbU. Trin, Cantab. f.80. 
And as the turtille by oontemplatyf. 
For synne soroweth with greet wtymmoyngt, 

l^dgaU, MS. Soe, AtMq, 134, p. 98. 
And made more weymtniacUm 
Than I can make of nominadoo. 

Oeelw, MS. Soc, Antiq. 184, f. S71* 

WEYNE. A waggon. 

In weynea were the! put to lede. 

That Joseph sent hem ful of sede. 

Cmrmw Mundi, MS. CoU. Trin. Caniah. t. 33. 

WEYNT. Done; fulfilled. 

Hast thou for slowthc 1-be so feynt. 
That al thy wylle has be weifnt. 

MS. Cotton. Claud. A. it. f. 141. 

WEYSCHALLE. A balance. 

WEYTHERNOY. The herb feverfew. 

WEYVB. To wave ; to forsake. 

But 5yf thou hope that he wul weyve 
Hys lawe, and Crystendom receyre. 
' MS. Harl. 1701, f. 44. 

WEYWORT. The herb yifl major. 
WEZZLING. Giddy ; thoughtless. Line. 
WEZZQN. The weasand» or windpipe. 
WHA. (1) Who. (2) Well. North. 
WHACK. (1) Appetite. North. 

(2) To strike ; to beat. yar. dtoL 

(3) A heavy fall. Also, to fall. 
WHACKER. (1) To tremble; to quake. North. 
(2) Anything very large. Vcr. dial 
WHACKER-GERSE. The pUint cow-quake. 
WHACKING. Very large. Var.dUd. 
WHAD. What. Sakp, 

By whom also thow mostamynne. 
And whom he gart to do that synne, 
And vihod they were that were here ferns, 
Prestesorclcrkus. roonkesorfrerus. 

if 5. CuU. Oaud. A. iL f. 140. 

WHAINT. (1) Quaint ; odd. (2) Very. 
WHAINTISE. Cunning. 

Pryde, and pomppe, and covatyse. 

And vayne aleghtes and whaifntifM. 

Hampnl«t MS. Bowm, p. 47< 

WHAKE. To quake ; to tremble. North. 
WHAKER. Aquaker. North. 
WHALE. To thrash ; to beat. North. 



WHALE^S-BONE. Ivory. A$ white m whole s 
bone, a very common simile. Some ancient 
writers imagined ivory, formeriy made from 
the teeth of the walrus, to be formed from 
the bones of the whale. 
WHALM. To cover over. Warw. 
WHAM. (I) Home. 

Than preyde the ryche man Abraham 

That he wide sende Laaare or sum other wham. 

MS. Hart.l7%l,f' 44. 

(2) A bog ; a morass. North. 
WHAMIRE. A quagmire. Yorkth. 
WHAMP. (1) A wasp. Torkah. 
(2) A young chUd. Warw. 
WHANE. (I) To stroke down. Cumb. 
(2) To coax ; to entice. North. 
WHANG. (I) A blow. North. 

(2) To throw with violence. Line. 

(3) A thong. See Robin Hood, i. 98. Hence 
the verb, to beat or flog. 

(4) Anythuig large. Yorksh. 
WHANGBY. Very hard cheese made of old 

or skimmed milk. North. 
WHANHOPE. Despair. 

Whanhept ea the sccunde synne. 
Wo es hym thatdeyes thare-lnne. 

M&Hor;. 2960, f.SO. 

WHANNE. When. 

But, Lorde, how he was in his herU amevld, 
Whanne that Marye he hath with childe y-seyne. 

I^fdgate, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 4. 

WHANTE. A long pole. Pr. Parv. 

WHANTER. To flatter. North. 

WHANTLE. To fondle. Cumh. 

WHAP. (1) A blow. (2) To beat. 

(3) To vanish suddenly. North. 

WHAPPE. To wrap up. Pr. Parv. 

WHAPPER. Anything very large. 

WHAPPET. (1) The prick-eared cur. 

(2) A blow on the ear. Devon. 

WHAPPLE-WAY. A bridle-way. South. 

WHARF-STEAD. A ford in a river. 

WHARLE. " Wharlc for a spyndcll, peeon,* 
Palsgrave, 1530. Kennctt describes it " the 
piece of wood put upon the iron spindle to 
receive the thread." 

WHARLING. An inabiUty in any one to pro- 
nounce the letter R. 

WHARL-KNOT. A hard knot. Lane. 

WHARRE. Crabs, or the crab-tree. Cheeh. 
" As sowre as wharre," is the example given 

bvRay. . 

WHARROW. The wharle of a spmdle. 

WHART. (1) A quart. North. 
(2) Across. Sufolk. 
WHARTER. A quarter. Yorkah. 
WHARTLE. To cross ; to tease. Notf. 
WHAR-TO. Wherefore. 
WHART-WHARTLE. To tease. Forfty. 
WHAT. {I) Something. 

(2) Partly; in part. 

(3) While ; till. (4) Qmckly. Weber. 
(5) An inteijeetion, Lo 1 
WHATE. (1) Quickly. (2) Hot. 
WHATEKYN. Wha* kind at 



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Wilk I. nd B. th* d«4« to tiM 
fSalkeome, ab I Um kMM, 
Boc thou M wAte in loJUteltim sute, 
N« boWf ne wlur«» ne wheon*. 

MS, Uiteoln A. L 17, t 91& 

Take god^ kede on hys Atgti, 
Of whmtalvnnm lyvynge th«t h« be. 

MS, OM. CUnid. A. H. f. 148. 

^ WHAT-FOR. For what reaioiL rar.dioL 

WHAT-NOSBD. Hot-noaed from drinking. 

WHAT-SO. Whatsoever. GmMiyne. 

WHATSOMEVER. Whatever. 
. WHAT'S-WHAT. What ia good. 

WHATTB. Knowest. 

WHATTEN. What kind of I what 

WHAT.WAY. Aguidc-poat. Hertt, 

WHAU. Why; yea. NortJL 

WHAUP. (1) The lai^ger curlew. 

(2) A knot, or twiat Sortk. 

WHAVE. (1) To cover, or hang over. North, 

(2) To torn pottery when drying. St^. 

WHAWM. (1) To overwhelm. Yorksk. 

(2) Warmth. Lane, 

WHAYLE. Whole ; healed. 

WkM hyi woundys wnt m^oi^. 
He wente to the dewke uwm faylei^ 

MS. ChNl^ Ff . U. 38, f. IM. 

WHAT- WORMS. Whima. Carr haa whejf- 
womu, pimplea, Craven Gloss, ii. 252. 

And iO marched toward London, where the Eatex 
men, havtaige wylde whmit-wormM ia thdr heddea, 
joined them with him. HaU, Bdwmrd IF. f. 3S. 

WHAZLE. To wheeze. North. 

WHE. Who. North, 

WHEADY. Long ; tedious. North, 

WHEAL. A blister. 

WHEAM. Snug; convenient. North, 

WHEAMLY. Slily ; deceitftilly. Lme, 

WHEAMOW. Nimble; active. Cheth, 

WHEAN. (1) To coax ; to flatter. North, 

(2) A small number or quantity. 

WHEAT-EAR. The ortolan, so called in Sussex, 
from its coming when the wheat is in the ear. 

WHEAT-PLUM. A large fleshy plum, some- 
times called a baatard Orleans plum. Lmc, 

WHEAT-SHEAR- To cut wheat Kent. 

WHEAWTIT. Whistled. Ltme, 

WHEAZE. A puff. CroMH, 

WHECKER. To neigh. Somertet, 

WHEDDER. To tremble, NortK 

WHEDEN. A simple person. Weit, 

WHEDER. Whether. {A,-S,) 

WHEE. A heifer. Yorkth, 

WHEEK. To squeak. North, 

WHEEL. (1) A whirlpooL Idme, 

(2) A mill. Yorkah, 

WHEEL-LOCK. A small machine attached to 
the ancient musket, used for producing sparks 

of fire. 
WHEEL-PIT. A whirlpooL YoriA. 
WHEELSPUN. Strong coarse yam. 
WHEEL-SPUR. The inner high ridge on the 

aide of a whed-rut. East. '<Whele apore, 

orhita," Prompt. Parv. 
WHBBLSWABF. Yellow aludge formed during 

grinding on a wet stone. 




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WHEBN-CAT. A queen or female ett 
WHEENE. A queen. North, 

That ea called the «0*«cn« of i 

Undyr whoae poweie that folk 

HamtpoUpMS.. 

WHELB. A weal, or blister. 
WHELK. (1) Ablow;afBlL North, 

(2) A numb^, or quantity. Yorksh, 

(3) A blister ; a mark ; a stripe. 
WHELKER. A thump, or blow. Ciamh, 
WHELKINO. Vcrylaige. Korth. 
WHELL. Until. Citmb, 

WHELM E. (1) To cover over. Stm in use. 
Also, to turn over. 

Tak a bryghte bacyne. and anoynte it with nyllu 
reme, and whtlm* It over a prene. 

MS, LlNcete A. L 17. t OS. 

(2) To sink ; to depreaa. (^.-&) 

(3) Half of a hollow tree laid under a gateway 
for a drain. Eatt. 

WHE L VER. A large straw hat 
WHEME. To please. 
WHEMMEL. To turn over. North. 
WHEN. An exclamation implying impatience, 

i. e. when will it be done, &c. 
WHEN-AS. When. 
WHENNES. Whence. (j4.-S.) 
WHENNY. Make haste ; be nimble. 
WHENNYMEGS. Trinkete. miotic. 
WHENSOMEVER. Whenever. 
WHENT. Terrible. North. 
WHENY. To make a bow. 
WHER. (1) Whether. (2) Where. 
WHERE. Whereas. 
WHEREAS. Where. 
WHEREBOLE. See QuirboUe. 

Whyppea of wherebola by-wente hit whyteiythes. 

MS, Co€t, Calif. A. IL f. IM 

WHEREWITH. Means ; money. 

WHERK. To breathe with difllculty. 

WHERNE. The same as Wharle, q. v. 

WHERR. Very sour. Lane. 

WHERRBT. A blow on the ear. 

WHERRIL. To fret ; to complain. Lmc, 

WHERRY. (1) To laugh. North, 

(2) A liquor made from the pulp of crab-apples 
after the veijuice is pressed out. 

WHERRY-GO-NIMBLB. A looseness. 

WHERT. Joy ; gladness. 

Por thai ar io wylde when thai hafe te9mi» 
That thai no drecde kan haldeln hert. 

HoaqMlf, MM, Bmrm, |kSU 

WHERVE. A joint Somerset 
WHESTIOUN. A question. 
WHET. (1) To cut with a knife. 
(2) To rub ; to scratch. North. 
(S) To gnash the teeth. 

(4) A slight refreshment 
WHETHEN. Whence. 

I caltif, whathtm coom hit me 
That I Lord myn ahnlde haptlae the. 
Cttrmr MtmM, MS, CoO. THh, Cani^. f.ttk 

WHETHER. (1) VHiich of two. 

2) At all eventa. North. 

3) Whether not, yes, also. 
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WHBTING-CORNE. The bel^os, q. ▼. 

WHETKIN. The harvest topper. North. 

WHETLEBONES. The vertebrsB of the back. 

WHETSTONE. An ancient reward for the per. 
son who told the greatest lie. Lying for the 
whetstone is a phrase very often met with in 
old works. The liar was sometimes publicly 
exhibited with the whetstone fastened to him. 

WHETTE. Sharpened. (^.-5.) 

WHETTLE. To cut. North. 

WHETTYN. Wheaten? 

I dynge as doCh* a wheitifn eake^ 

M8. Porkington 10, f. 60. 

WHEUKS. Being sick. Line. 

WHEW. (1) To whistle. North, 

(2) A sudden vanishing away. 

WHEWER. The female widgeon. 

WHEWTACED. Very pale. Line. 

WHEWLS. Weevils. Line. 

WHEWT. To whistle; to squeak. 

WHEWTLE. A slight whistle. Cumb. 

WHEWTS. Irregi&r tufts of grass. 

WHEY-WHIG. A pleasant and sharp beve- 
rage, made by infusing mint or sage into bnt- 
termjlk-whey. 

WHIBIBBLE. A whim. East. 

WHICHE. (1) A chest. 

(2) Who ; whom ; what ; what sort of. Used in 
Herefordshire for when. 

WHICK. (1) Quick ; lively. North. 

(2) A quickset plant. Chesh. 

WHICKEN. (1) Quicken ; become alive. 
Yhl C yf the nwle thoq(h Bynne be sUiyne« 
It may thorgh grace whi^ken agayne. 

HampoUfMS. Eknunt, p. £8. 

(2) The wild ash-tree. 

WHICKER. To neigh. West. 

WHICK-FLAW. Awhitiow. Nwth. 

WHICKS. Couch grass. North. 

WHID. A dispute ; a quarrel. East. 

WHIDDER. To shake; to tremble. North. 

WHTDDES. Words. Dekker. 

WHIB. A young heifer. 

WHIEW. To go very rapidly. North. 

WHIEWER. Shrewd; sharp; violent. Kent, 

WHIFF. A glimpse. Nwth, 

WHIFFING-CUP. A little cup, so called per- 
haps from bdng used by persons that smoke. 

WHIFFLE. (1) To flutter. Also, to hesitate. 

(2) To talk idlv. North. 

WHIFFLER. (1) A puffer of tobacco. Hence, 
metaphorically, a trifling fellow. 

(2) The whiflien were generally pipers and horn- 
blowers who headed a procession, and cleared 
the way for it. Anti-masques were usiially 
ushered in by whiflers. 

WHIFFLE-WHAFFLE. Nonsense. North, 

WHIFFLING. Uncertain. Une. 

WHIG. Buttermilk. Line. According to 
Markham, this is merely another term for 
whey. Brockett calls it sour whey. 

WHIK. Quick ; alive. 

Thou most into the Holy Londe, 
Wher God was whik and dede. 

MB. CmMi. Vr. V. 48, f. 44. 



WHIKWOD. Quick hedge. 
WHILE. (1) UntiL Yorksh, 
(2) Time. (A.-S.) A whiWs worh^ work re- 
quiring a certain time. How have you done 
the whUet i. e. since I saw you. To whik away 
the timet to amuse one's self in an idle manner. 
Holy cherche despyse and fyle 
That wyl y blethly alle my wh^lt. 

MS. Harl. 1701, f.9i, 

WHILERE. Some time before. (A.^S.) 
WHILES. (1) While. 

(2) Now and then. North, 

(3) Between whiles, at intervals. 
WHILK.(1) Who;* which. 

And if I wist wMlk« the! were. 
Hit shulde come the kyng to ere. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. v. 48, f. 48. 

(2) To complain. Kent. 

(3) To yelp ; to bark. South. 
WHILKIN. Whether. Yorksh. 
WHILLIMER. See Whanyby. 
WHILOM. Once; formerly. (J.S.) 
WHILST. Until. 

WHILSUM. Doubtful. 
WHILT. An idle person. North, 
WHIM. (1) Home. Somerset, 

(2) The brow of a hill. Dorset. 

(3) A round table that turns round upon a screw 
Far. dial 

WHIMBERRIES. Bilberries. Lane. 

WHIMLING. A childish weak person. "Whind^ 
ten, small and weakly," Barnes. 

WHIMLY. (1) Homelv. Somerset. 

(2) Softly; silently. North. 

WHIMPER. To tell tales. North. 

WHIMS. A windlass. Yorksh. 

WHIMSY. A whim. Devon. 

WHIM-WHAMS. Trinkets ; trifles. 

WHIN. Funte. rar. dial. 

WHINACH. To cry ; to sob. West. 

WHINCOW. A bush of furze. 

WHINGE. To whine; to sob. North. 

WHINGER. A large sword. Sufolk. 

WHINK. (1) A sharp cry. North. 

(2) A spark of fire. Westm. 

WHINNEL. To whine. Gkme. 

WHINNER. To neigh. Cumb. 

WHINNER.NEB. A meagre, thin-fiiced man, 
with a sharp nose. North. 

WHINNOCK. (1) A milk-pail. North. 

(2) The least pig in a litter. South. 

WHINNY. To neigh. Also, to cry. 

W^HINS. Furze. North. 

WHINSTONE. The toad-stone. Chesh. 

WHINYARD. A sword, or hanger. 
His cloake grew large and sld, 
And a falre whinniard by his side. 

Cobier o/Om(er&«H«, 1006, sig. E. IL 

WHIP. (1) To do anything sUly. 

(2) To whip the cat, to get tipsy. Also, to be 
very parsimonious. 

(3) The top twig of a vine. 

(4) To move rapidly. Somerset. 
WHIPARSE. A schoohnaster. 
WHIP.BELLY. Thin weak liquor. Line. 
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WHIP-CBOP. The plABt whitebMun. 
WHIP-HER-JBNNT. A guM at cardi, bor- 
rowed torn the Welsh. It wis also a term 

of eoatempt. 
WHIP-JACK. A vagabond who begged for 

alms as a distreaied seaman*. 
WHIPPEIUSNAPPEIL An inagntficant per- 

son. A term of contempt. 
WHIPPING. Wk^pmg the cat, the custom of 

itinerant taUors, carpenters, ftc.,' going from 

house to house to work. 
WHIPPINGLY. Hastay; gorgeously. 
WHIPPING-STRINGS. The reins used in 

guiding hones in driving. 
WHIPPIT. (1) To jump about. 

(2) A short light petticoat. East 

(3) A kind of dog, in breed between a grey- 
hound and a spanieL 

WHIPPLB-TREE. The bar on which the 
traces of a dragging horse are hooked, and by 
which he draws his load. Pummel-tree is a 
longer bar, on which the wk^pie-trtea are 
hooked when two horses draw abreast 
WHIPS. A wisp of straw. Kei^, 
WHIPS-FAGOTS. FaggoU made of the tips of 

wood cut off in hurdle-making. 
WHIPSTALK. The handle of a whip. 
WHIPSTER. (1) A bleacher. North, (2) Grose 
explains it, " a sharp or subtle fellow." 
From Memphb comet a whtptttr uato thee. 
And A BUck ladlaa from the Red Set. 

Ftetehtr't Amim, p. 94. 

WHIPSTOCK. See Whiptiaii. 

WHIPSWHILE. A short time. 

WHIP-THE-CAT. To wh^ the eat in 9^ trick 
played in Hampshire. A bet is laid that one 
man shall tie a cat to another, and by whip- 
ping it shall make it dimw him through a pond 
of water, or across a stream ; the man who is 
foolish enough to accept the bet has a rope 
tied round his waist, and the other end is 
taken to the opposite side of the pond or 
stream to that on which he stands, and to this 
end is tied the cat, which is then whipped to 
make it draw the man through the water, 
and, of course, not being able to do so, it is 
assisted by men on the same side with the 
cat, and thus the poor simpleton is dragged 
through the water, to the infinite amusement 
of all the bystanders. HoUowa^, 

WHIR. To whiz. Var,duiL 

WHIRKEN. To suffocate. "AW^, drowned, 
wbirkened," Cotgraye. North. 

WHIRL-BONE. The kneepan. North, 

WHIRL-BOUK. A chum which is worked by 
tumine round. StqfortUh, 

WHIRLE. To go about idly. 

WHIRLICOTB. An open car, or chariot. Ac- 
cording to Stow, this vehicle was used as 
early as 1380. See Mr. Markland's paper on 
coaches, in Archsologia, zx. 453. 

WHIRLIGIG. A carriage. Far, dial 

WHIRLIGOG. A turnstile. Wnt, 

WHIRLPIT. A whlrlpooL 



WHIRLPOOL. "Whiripolea 
demer," Palsgrave. 

WHIRL-TE-WOO. ButtenniDL DerL 

WHIRLY-HUFF. See Rofer't-Bkui. 

WUISH. (1) Whist; silent 

(2) Sad ; melancholy ; pitifuL We9i* 

WHISHINS. Cushions. North. 

WHISK. (1) The game of whist It is men- 
tioned with othtf gamea in Taylor's If otto, 
1622, sig. D. iv. It is also spelt whuk in the 
Country Gentleman*s Vade-Mecmn, 8vo. 
Loud. 1699, p. 63. 

(2) To do anything hastfly. Yorkoh. 

(3) To switch ; to beat North, 

(4) A kind of winnowing machine. 

(5) An impertinent fellow. 

(6) A kind of tippet Hobme. 
WHISKER. A switch, or rod. 
WHISKET. (1) A basket ; a straw baAet in 

which provender is given to cattle. 
(2) A smsll parcel Eati, 
WHISKIN. A shallow brown drinking-boiri. 
Bay says this is a Cheshire word. 

And wee will haa a whUkim at vrerj ruehbeertaf ; 
A waiael cup at yule ; a wed-cake at fSastcna. 

Th9 2Ym> LaneMhlrf Lawen, 1640, p.l> 

WHISKING. Large; great North. 
WHISKISH. Frisky. 
WHISK-TELT. Whorish. Lane. 
WHISKY. A kind of gig. 
WHISP. See Angle4terry. 
WHISS. To whistle. 

WHISSONTIDE. Whitountide. North. 
Byfore, after, and tcAjvaone <|Nfo, 
Eghtedaycs they lehnllai abyde. 

MS, OM, CUmd. A. ii./. 1S8. 

WHIST. Silent; stilL Also, to be aiknt, to 

make silent, to hush. 
WHISTER. To whisper. 
WHISTER-CLISTER. A blow. Weat. A 

back-handed blow is a whister-poop, a word 

which occurs in the London Prodigal, p. 15. 
WHISTER-SNIVET. A hard blow. Jennings 

has whitter-twiater. 
WHISTLE. (1) The throat Far, dial 
(2) To try for anything uselessly. 
WHISTLUACKEF. SmaUbeer. Lme. 
WHISTLE-OFF. A term in fidconry, meaning 

to dismiss by a whistle. 
WHIT. Quick. 

WHITAKER. A species of qaarta. 
WHITCHEFT. Art, or cunning. North. 
WHITE. (1) To tell; to know. 

I ahalle the tohpt«, be hode myne. 
How hade I lever a conyne. 

MS, Cmttal^ Fr.T.4S,f. 82. 

(2) Quit; free. 

Bot unnethca aoy oUiyr may 
Pane toAy(» thoffh purgatory away. 

HmmpoU, MS, Bowm, p, 103. 

(3) A wight; a creature. (A,'S,) 
li) To requite. Chenh, 

(5) A mark for an arrow, or rather the eentral 
part of a target 

(6) To cut wood. Yorhth. 

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(8) An old term of endeurment. 

WHITE-ALE. A pale-coloured ale in great 
estimation in some parts of Devonshire. 

WHITE-ARMOUR. Bright steel armour. 

M'HITE-BACK. The while poplar. 

WHITE-BOTHEN. The large daisy. 

WHITE-BOY. See Whiie (8). 

WHITECHAPEL-PLAY. See Btrnffoy-play. 

WHITE-FLAW. A whitlow. 

WHITEFRIARS. The White-Friars near Fleet- 
street in London was formerly a sanctuary for 
offenders. See Jisatia, 

WHITE-FROST. A hoar-frost. Var. diaL 

WHITE-GOLDES. The large daisy. 

WHITE-HEFT. Flattery ; cunning. 

WHITE-HERRING. A fresh herring. In the 
North a pickled herring is so called. 

WHITE-HOUSE. A dairy-house. WiUt. 

WHITE-LIGHT. A candle. Line. 

WHITE-LIVERED. Cowardly. 

WHITE-MONEY. SUver. 

WHITE-MOUTH. (1) A thrush. WUts. 

(2) A foaming mouth. 

WHITE-NEB. A rook. North. 

WHITE-FLOUGH. The fool-plough. North. 

WHITIS-POT. A dish made of cream, sugar, 
rice, currants, cinnamon, &c. It was formerly 
much eaten in Devonshbfe. 

WHITE-POWDER. Gunpowder which ex- 
ploded without noise. It was formerly be- 
lieved there was such a composition. 

WHITE-PUDDING. A sort of sausage made 
of the entrails and liver. West. 

WHITE-RICE. The white-beam. 

WHITES. White cloths. 

WHITESTER. A bleacher of linen. 

WHITE-STONE. Worthy of being marked 
with a white stonct i. e. very commendable. 

WHITE-WOOD. The lime-tree. 

WHITHER. To whiz. North. 

WHITHERER. A strong person. Line. 

WHITHINE. Whence. 

Whenne that thou sawe thy iwete sone Jhesut 
atoende into hevene, fra whuthyne he come in the 
maohede he tuke of the. 

MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 178. 

WHITIL. A blanket. 

WHITING. To let leap a whiting, i. e. to miss 
an opportunity. 

WHITINGMOP. A young whiting. Also, a 
young woman, a tender creature. 

WHITINGS. White-puddings. 

WIIITLING. The young of the bull-trout in 
its first year. North. 

WHITNECK. TheweaseL (Jomw. 

WHITSTER. A whitesmith. East. 

WHITSUN-ALE. A festival held at Whitsun- 
tide, still kept up in some parts of the country. 
The Whitson Lord, mentioned in the follow- 
ing example, is one of the characters in the 
festival. 

Ich have beene twise our fVhiUon Lord^ 

Ich have had ladk* many vare. Mditmata^ 1611. 

VnilTSUN-FARTHINGS. Customary dues from 
parochial churches to their cathedral. 

IT. 



WHIT-TAWER. A coUar-makcr. North. An- 
ciently a tanner of white leather. 
WHITTEE-WHATTEE. To whisper. North. 
WHITTEN. The wayfaring tree. Kent. 
WHITTER. To whine ; to complain. Une. 
WHITTERICK. A young partridge. North. 
WHITTERY. Pale; sickly. East. 
WHITTLE. (1) To cut ; to notch. Var. tUal. 

(2) A blanket. Still in use. Kennett says, " a 
coarse shagged mantle." The whittle, which 
was worn about 1700, was a fringed mantle, 
almost invariably worn by country women out 
of doors. 

(3) A knife. StUl in use. 
(4^ To wash ; to rub. Oxon. 
(5) A knot. Also, to tie. 
WHITTLED. Intoxicated. 
WHITTLE-GAIT. In Cumberland, when the 

village schoolnuister does not receive adequate 
pay to support himself from his scholars' 
quarter-pence, he is allowed what is called a 
whittle-gait, or the privilege of using his 
knife, in rotation, at the tables of those who 
send children to his school. 
WHITTLETHER. A kind of coarse cloth. 
Thy gerdill made of the whinlether whange. 
Which thow has wore God knawes howe longe. 
It turned nowe tu velvet imbrethered strange 
With gould and pearle amange, MS. ixuiMf. 241. 

WHITTY-TREE. The mountain ash. West. 

WHITWITCH. A pretended conjuror, whose 
power depends on his learning. Exm. 

WHIT-WOOD. The lime-tree. Wore. 

WHITY-BROWN. A pale dusky brown. 

WHIVER. To hover. West. 

WHIVIL. To hover. Dorset. 

WHIZ. To hiss. Var. dial. It occurs in Top- 
sell's Beasts, 1607, p. 11. 

WHIZZEN. To whine. North. 

WHIZZER. A falsehood. North. 

WHIZZLE. To obtain anything sUIy. 

WHO. (1) How. Kent. 

(2) Whole. (3) She. North. 

WHOARD. A hoard ; a heap. 

WHOATS. Gate. Var. dial 

WHOAVE. To cover over. Chesh. 

WHOCKING. Trembling ; in a fluster. 

WHOD. A hood. 

WHOE. The same as Ho, q. v. 

WHOLE-FOOTED. Very heavy footed. Also, 
verv intimate. East. 

WHOLESOME. DecenUy clean. East. 

WHOLT. A mischievous fellow. North. 

WHOME. Home. North. 

And yf thou wylt not to do, 
WhvtM with the then wyll y goo. 

MS. Onaab. Ff. U. 38, f. SIU- 

WHOMMLE. To turn over. Var. dial 
WHONE. One. 

WHOO. An exclamation of surprise. 
WHOOBUB. A hubbub. 
WHOOK. To shake. Chesh. 
WHOOP. To hoop, or cry out. 
WHdOPER. To shout. Dorset . 
WHOOR. Where. Yorksh. 

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WHOOuUP. Theezdamationofhiiiitenatthe 

death of the chtse. 
WHOP. To put or pUce suddenly. North, 
WHOPSTRAW. A country bumpkin. 
WHORECOP. Abotird. Set Horeop. 
WHORB'S-BIRD. A tenn of reproach. 
WHORLE. To ramble with noise. 
WHORLE-PIT. A whirlpool 
WHORLWYL. Same as JFharle, q. t. 
WHORRELL-WINDE. A whirlwind. 

And that Elyas wms taken up 

W ithiD a whorrM-9Pind9. MS. Aakmale SOB. 

WHORT. A small blackberry. 

WHO-SAY. A dubious report Wni. 

WHOSH. To appease ; to quiet 

WHOT. Hot Still in use. 

WHOTYEL. An iron auger. Lime, 

WHOUGH. How. (^.-&) 

WHOYS. Whose. 

WHOZZENED. Wrinkled. Derb. 

WHREAK. To whine. Yorith, 

WHRINS. Sour. Narih. 

WHRIPB. To whimper ; to whine. North, 

WHULE. To whine ; to howl. S^folk. 

WHUNE. A few. Northumb, 

WHUNSOME. Pleasant ; deUghtfttl. 

WHUNT. Quaint ; cunning. 

WHURLE. To whine, as a cat 

WHURR. To growl, as a dog. 

WHUSSEL. A whistle. Whut9elJwood, the 
alder, of which whistles are made. 

WHUST. To whist, or make sUcnt 

WHUTB. TowhUtle. 

WHUTHER. To beat ; to flutter. North. 

WHY-NOT. An arbitrary proceeding, one with- 
out any assigned reason. Also, a sodden event 

WHYTOWRE. Corrupt matter from a sore. 

WHY-VORE. Wherefore. Devon, 

WHY-WAWS. Trifles; idle talk. 

WI.(l)WhUe. Heame, 

(2) A man ; a knight (j4.'S,) 

(3) Sorrow; woe; trouble. 
WIAN. A kind of wine. 
WIBBLE. Thin weak Uquor. 
WIBBLE-WOBBLE. Unsteadily. 
WIBLING'S-M ITCH. The four of dubi. 
WIBROW. The plantain. Cheoh, 
WIC. A week. WiUt, 

WICCHE. (1) A witch. (J.-S.) 
(2) To use witchcraft ; to bewitch. 
WICH. (1) Quick ; aUve. North. 

(2) A salt-work. West, 

(3) A small dairy-house. Euex, 
WICHDOME. Witchcraft 

So they lad hym wyth trecherye, 
Wyth wyeMoiM and wyth toroerye. 

J#S. Oiiiia6. Ff. IL aB, f. 130. 
WICH-ELM. The broad-leaved elm. 
WICHBNE. Witches. (.^.-S.) 

Also alle wyehtne and alle that in wychecraft hy- 
leveth, other that doetb therafter, or hy here con- 
nyle. MS. Burtu^ 356. p. 9ft. 

WICH-WALLER. A salt-boUcr. Cheeh. 
WICK. (1) A bay, small port, or village on the 

side of a river. Yorkeh. 
(2) Quick; alive. North. 



Stoit. 



rs) Wight; fitfior 
(4) A corner. North. 
WICKE. (1) Wickednesa. (2) Wicked. 
Pride if the werite of altetetete. 
And coeteth most and teste b worth. 

Qnmp, MS. Aw. jimtiq. 134, Cil. 
But a eynAil loule and widfee 
U ab hlak aaany picke. 

ir&L«Md.7»,f.UB. 

WICKED. Dangerous. Still in use. "A wicked 

wounde," MS. Med. Rec 1571. 
WICKEN-TREB. The mountain-ash. 
WICKER. To castrate a ram. Weet. 
WICKET. The female pudendum. 
WICKY. Same as Wieheti^tree, q. v. 
WIDDENT. Won't Weetm. 
WIDDER. To wither, or dry up. 
WIDDERSFUL. Earnestly striving. 
WIDDERSHINS. A directioB contrary to the 

course of the sun, from right to left. 
WIDDEY. A band of oner-rods. 
WIDDLE. (1) To ftet North. 
(2) A small pustule. Eatt. 
WIDDLES. Very young ducks. Eaai. 
WIDDY. A widow. Far. dial 
WIDDY-WADDY. Trifling; insigniflcant 
WIDE. Wide of the mark. 
WIDE-AWAKE. Intelligent 
WIDE-COAT. A great outer coat 
WIDE-GOBBED. Wide-mouthed. North, 
WIDERWYNE. An enemy. {A,-S.) 

Whenne theiie wordes wa« lalde, the Wabcfaekyv 

hymielfene 
Wat warre of tbb idydeneyiie that weirayede hit 
knyghttei. MoiU jirthure, MS. Lmeoln, t 75- 
WIDB-WHERE. Widely ; £sr and near. 
What woldyst thou do with lodie a man 
That thott haste eoght to w^fde when. 
In dyTen loDdys farre and nere. 

JT^. Cmuab, Ft. IL SB, f. 104. 
Beterenee ee thyg be skylle, 
Whan a man hires of a mant Qle, 
He hekes it and i-mae It mare. 
And dous it he knowyn «rj>de-iear«. 

MS. BmrL SSOD, f. U. 
WIDGEON. A siUy fellow. 
WIDOW. Somet imes a widower. 
WIDOW-BEWITCHED. A woman who is se- 

parated from her husband. 
WIDOWS-BENCH. A share of the hnsband*s 
estate which widows in Sussex ei^joy beside 
their jointures. 
WIDOWS-LUST. The horse-muscle. 
WIDRED. Witbered- 
WIDUE. A widow. (^.-5.) 

And 5onge wymmen queyntly dYft, 
That ichewe* thaym mekyl to mens syjt. 
And er over roekel Jangelande, 
Th^ es to wydum nojt lemande. 

MS. U«rl.896i, f.lia 

WIDVER. A widower. Weot. 

WIE. With ; well ; yes. North. 

WIEGH. A lever ; a wedge. 

WIERDE. Fate ; fortune. 

And layeth it were a wondre wierde 
To ten a kynge become an herde. 

QotPtr, MS. Soe. Antiq 134, f. 90 

WIE8T. Ugly. WeH. 



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WIET. To wctc ; to know. 

WIF. (1) A woman ; a wife. (J.-S.) 

(2) The sudden turn of a hare when pursued 
swiftly by the hounds. Eati. 

WIFE-MODIR. A mother-in-law. 

WIFFLE. To be uncertain. Etut. 

WIFFLER. A turncoat. Lane. 

WIFFS. Withies. Kent. 

WIFHODE. The state of a wife. 
And seyde, alias I wpfhodt it lore 
In me, whlcbe whilom was honeite. 

Gmcer, MS. Soe. ArUiq. 134« f . 44. 

WIFLE. A kind of axe. 
WIFLER. A huckster. 
WIFLES. Unmarried. (^.-&) 
WIFLY. Becoming a wife. {A.-S.) 
WIFMAN. A female. ReUq. Antiq. u. 8. 
WIG. A small cake. <* EachaudSj a kind of 

wigg or' symnell,*' Cotgraye. Var. dial 
WIGGER. Strong. North.. 
WIGGIN. A mountain-ash. Citmb. 
WIGGLE. To reel, or stagger. 
•WIGGLE-WAGGLE. To wrig^e. East. 
WIGHEE. An exclamation to horses. 
WIGHT. (1) A person. (A.-S.) 

For alle thla cet4 wolde thou [not] habyde, 
Bot fiute a way warde wold thou ryde. 
He ei so fowle a wj/ghte. 

OetavUm, lAneoln MS. 
Alle thys thyng schalle be hym sent* 
And the loTe of that feyre tv^ghte. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. IL 38, f. 150. 

(2) Active ; swift. (A,-S.) 

5yt peraventure the tyme come myghte. 
That my sone may meete me wyghtt. 

MS. Ckmtab. Ff. 11. SB, f. S44. 
Y schalle gyf the two greyhowndys. 
As wyghte as any too. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. 11. 38, f. 64. 

(i)Awdght. 

Hast thou uset mesures fals. 
Or wifghtea that were als. 

MS, Cott. Claud. A. 11. 1 139. 

All0 that selleth by falsse mesowres, as elne, yerd, 

busshel, half busshel, other pekke, galoun, potel, 

other quart or pyntte, other by any falsse wif^ttet, 

and alle that suche useth by here wytynge. 

Jf& Bumty 356, p. 98. 

(8) White. 

Wyght ys unfght, ;yf yt leyd to blake. 
And soote ys swettere aftur bytternesse. 

MS. Cantab. Ft, 1. 6, f. 136. 

f4) A small space of time. 

WIGHTNESSE. Power; might. 

He hade weryede the wonne by teyghtnane of 
strenghte. Morte jtrthure^ MS. Uneotn, f. 81. 

WIGHT Y. Strong; active. North. 

WIHIB. To neigh. Litty, 

WIK. Wicked. {J.-S.) 

WIKE. (1) A home ; a dwelling. 

(2) A week. (J.-S.) 

WIKES. (1) Temporary marks, as boughs set 
up to divide swaths to be mown vin the com- 
mon ings, &c. Yorkah. 

(2) The comers of the mouth. 

WIKET. A wicket. " Faha, a wyket, a 
double sate," MS. Harl. 2270, f. 190. 



WIKHALS. A rogue, ffeame. 
WIKKEDLOKEST. Most wickedly. 
WIKNES4 Wickedness. (J.-S.) 
WILCH. Sediment of liquor. Also, a strainer 

used in brewing. East. 
WILD. (1) Very anxious. Var, dial 
(2) A wood, or wilderness. 
WILD-CAT. The polecat. Lane. 
WILD-DELL. A dell or girl begotten ana bom 

under a hedge. 
WILDE. Wild cattle. <' My wylde are awaye," 

MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 132. 
WILDECOLES. The plant colewort. 
WILDERNE. Wilderness. 

Fore now I have my quene lome. 
The best woman that ever was borne. 
To wjfldeme 1 wyll gone. 
Fore I wyll never woman sene. 
And lyve ther in holtys hore, 
With wyld bestes ever-more I 

MS. AshntoU 81, XT. Cent. 

WILDERNESS. Wildness. 
WILD-FIRE. The erysipelas. 

A mcdsyn for the tcyld-fyre. Take |j. handfulle 
of letuse, ij. of planteyne, and an handf\ille of syn- 
grene, and bray this thre thynges togidyr, and when 
it Is welle groundyn, take halfe a dlsche fuUe of 
stronge vyneger and a saucer fulle of everose, and 
med^l them togidyr, and do it to theevylle. 

MS, Stoane 7, f- 79. 

WILD-GGOSE-CHACE. A hunt after anything 
very unprofitable or absurd. 
No hints of truth on foot ? no sparks of grace f 
No late sprung light to dance the wUd-gnoae ctiote f 

Fletcher** Puems, p. 208. 

WILDING. The crab-apple. 

M'lLD-MARE. The nightmare. To ride the 
wUd maret to play at see-saw. ** To ride the 
wild-mare, as children who, sitting upon both 
ends of a long pole or timber-log (supported 
only in the middle), Uft one another up and 
downe,*' Cotgrave. A game called ehoomg 
the vfild mare is mentioned in Batt upon 
Batt, p. 6. 

WILD-NARDUS. Asarum. Gerard. 

WILDNESS. Croelty. 

WILD-OATS. A thoughtless person. To ww 
on^$ wild oatSj to grow steady. 

WILDRED. Bewildered. 

WILD-ROGUES. Rogues brought up to steal- 
ing from their in£sncy. 

WILD-SAVAGER. The herb cockle. 

WILD-SPINNAGE. The herb goosefoot. 

WILE. Deceit. By vfile, by chance. 

WILECOAT. A vest for a child. Kennett gives 
It as a Durham word for a waistcoat. 

WILF. A wUlow. North, 

WILGHE. A willow. (^.-5.) 

Tak the bark of wiighe that is Utweoe the tre and 
the utter barke, and the entres ot the rute ; alswa do 
stamp thame wele, and sethe thame in swcte mylke. 

MS, Uneoin A. i. 17, f. 296. 

WILGIL. An hermaphrodite. Weet. 

WILKENE. 

Than tak a hundreth totflkene leves, and stamp 
thame, and tak the Jus, and boll al to>gedir with 
halfe a powndeof white lede, and twaunces of mer- 
cury. MS. Unooln A. 1. 17, f. 



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WILKY. A frog, or toad. 
WILL. (1) A ws-gull. Amth. 
(2) Pu8ion; desire. Wett. These senses of the 
word are used by early writers. 

Al hit wiU0 don him sdie lete, 
And it r.M aperceiTed skete. 

Arthnw •ni Merl'm, p. 90. 

(S) Is. Still in nse. 

WILL-A-WIX. AnowL Eatt 

WILLS. mUe qf wme, at a loss for a dwell- 

ing. Wille qf rede^ without advice. 
WILLEMENT. A sickly-looking person. 
WILLERN. PeeyUh ; wilful. 

WILLESAY. 

That garm the* wornMt on ne to byt. 
And ever ther tang ys MvllMmf. 

MS, UnaOm A. 1. 17* f> 51. 

WILLEY.(l) Awithy. Nwrth. 

(2) A child*s nightgown. Cumb, 

WILL-I-NILL-I. Whether I will or not ; will- 
ing or unwilling. 

WILLOT. Will not North, 

WILLOW-BENCH. A share of a husband's 
estate eigoyed by widows besides their 
jointure. 

WILLY. (1) Favorable. (^.-S.) 

(2) A large wicker basket. South, 

(3) A bull. Itieqf Wight, 
WILLY-BEER. A plantation of willows. 
WILLYLYERE. More willingly. 
WILLYNGE. A supplication. Maton, 
WILLY- WAUGHT. A full draught of ale or 

other strong liquor. North, 
WILN. For toilten, pi. of wiUe, 
WILNE. To will; to desire. 

Hatt thow wyln«t by CDvetyie 
Worldet gode over syie } 

MS. Cott, Claud, A, il. f. 142. 

Thow ihak nowjt w^lnv thy ney5borys wyf, hyt 

hyne, hys lervant, ox ne a»e, hora ne beeat, ne non 

other thyng of hya. MS, Burnejf 356, f . 66. 

WILO. A willow. 

Garlandea of vfiflot lehuld be fette* 
And sett apun ther hedes. 

MS,J*hmoie6Ut&i. 

WILDCAT. A polecat. Lane. 
WILSOM. (1) Fat ; indolent. East, 

(2) Dreary. Torrent of Portugal, p. 86. 

(3) Doubtful ; uncertain ; wilful. 
WILT. (1) To wither. Buekt. 
(2) A sort of rush or sedge. Boat, 

WIM. (I) An engine or machine worked by 
horses, used for drawing ore. 

(2) To winnow com. South, 

WIMALUE. The wild mallow. It is men- 
tioned in MS. Lincoln, f. 302. 

WIMANIS-MEDEWORT. French cress. 

WIMBLE. (1) Nimble. Speiuer, 

(2) An auger. Still in use. 

)is, 3 Is, seyd the wynUi^U^ 

1 ante ala rounde as a thymbyll i 

My maysters werke I wylle rcmembyre, 

I schall crepe fast Into the tymbyre, 

And help my mayster within a stounde 

To store hla cofere with xx. pounde. 

MS, AthmoU 61, xv. Cent. 

WIMBLB-BENT. A long tall grass. 



WIMBBLING. To linger. NoHh. 
WIMMBY. With me. Lane. 
WIMMING4)UST. Chaff. Wett 
WIMMON. A woman. (^.-&) 

FfVmmoiMff aervea thow moate ftmaka. 
Of evele fame lette they the make. 

JC& Q<«. Gfaud. A. ii. f. W 
WIMOT. The herb ibiscus. 
WIMPLE. A kind of cape or tippet ooveriag 

the neck and shoulders. 
WIM-SHEET. A large doth or sheet on which 

com is winnowed. We^, 
WIN. (1) WilL North. 
{2) To reach, or attain to. 
(3) A friend. Reyiutrd iho Foxe. 
(A) A vane, or narrow flag. 

(5) To dry hay. NortK 

(6) Wine. {A,-S,) 

Teche hem thenne never the latv 

That in the chalyt ya but •mm and watnr. 

MS, CotU Omud, A. ii. f. Ift 

(7) A penny. A cant term. 
WINAFLAT. Thrown on one side. 
WINARD. The redwing. Comm. 
WINBERRIES. Whortleberries. 
WINCH. To wind up anything with a windlasi 

or crane. Palsgrave, 1530. 

WINCHE. To kick. 

WINCHESTER-GOOSE. ** A sore in the grine 
or yard, which if it come by lecherie, it is 
called a ffincheiter ffoote, or a botch," No- 
menclator, 1585, p. 439. Some verses on it 
may be seen in Taylor's Workea, 1630, L 105. 
It was sometimes termed a Wtnehetier 
pigeotu 

WINCH-WELL. AwhirlpooL 

WIND. (1) A dotterel South. 

(2) A winch, or wince. 

(3) To raite the wind, to borrow money. Tog^ 
doum the wind, to decay. To take the wind^ 
to gain an advantage. To have one m the windf 
to understand him. 

(4) To winnow corn. Devon, 

(5) To fallow land. 

(6) To talk loudly. North, 
WIND-A-BIT. Wait. Line, 

WIN DAS. An engine used for raising stones, 
&C. (^.-AT.) 

WIND-BANDS. Long clouds supposed to in- 
dicate stormy weather. North. 

WIND-BEAM. The upper cross-beam of the 
roof of a house. Still in use. 

WIND-BIBBER. A hawk. Kent, 

WINDE. (1) To go. (^.-&) 

Syn ye wylle wynde^ 

Ye schalle wante no wede. 

JT^. OmUA, Ff . IL 38, f . 79 

(2) To bring. 

Fresshe watur and wyne they wynden in sone. 

MS, Cott, Calig, A. ILf. IIL 

(3) To turn round. (^.-5.) 

WINDED. Said of meat hong up when it be- 
comes puffed and rancid. 

WIND-EG6. An egg which has a soft akin in- 
stead of a shelL Still in use. 

WINDER. (1) A &n. North. 



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(2) A window. Var. dial 

(3) A woman who has the charge of a oorpte 
hetween death and burial. JSSm/. 

WINDER-BOARD. A shutter. North. 

WINDERS. Fragments. Sakp. 

WINDEWE. To winnow com. 

WINDFALL. Any piece of good fortune en- 
tirely unexpected. Var, dial, 

WIND-FANNER. The kestrel. Suster, 

WINDILLING. A fan for com. 

WINDING. A winding-doth for a corpse. 

WINDING.BLADE. <*Payre of wynding blades, 
toumetiei" Palsgrave. 

WINDING-PIECE. A piece of land which is 
part of a segment of a circle. East. 

WINDING-SHEET. A collection of tallow, 
says Grose, rising up against the wick of a 
candle, is styled a winding-sheet, and deemed 
an omen of death in the family. 

WINDING-STOLE. Toumette, Palsgrave. 

WINDLASS. Metaphorically, art or subtlety. 
Also, a turn or bend. 

WlNDLfi. (1) Drifting snow. Line. 

(2) The redwing. West. 

(3) A machine or wheel on which yam is 
wound. *'A yam un/ndU, alabrum,'' Ray's 
Diet. Tril. p. 86. 

(4) The straw of wild grass. North, 
h) A bushel. North. 

(6) A basket. Lane. 

WIND-MOW. A mow of wheatsheaves in the 
field. West. 

WINDON. A window. East, 

WINDORE. A window. 

WINDOVER. According to Ray, the kestrel is 
so called in some places. See Ray's English 
Birds, p. 82. 

WINDOW-CLOTHE. See Wim^heet. 

WINDOW-PEEPER. The district surveyor of 
taxes, f^ar, dioL 

WINDROW. Sheaves of com set up in a row 
one against another, that the wind may blow 
betwixt them; or a row of grass in hay- 
making. Var. dial 

WINDSHAKEN. Puny; weak. South. This 
term is used by Dekker, in his Lanthomeand 
Candle.Light,4to. Lond. 1620. 

WINDSHAKES. Cracks in wood. 

WINDSPILL. A sort of greyhound. 

WINDSUCKER. The kestrel 

WINDY. (1) To winnow com. West. 

(2) Talkative ; noisy. North. 

(3) Unsolid ; silly ; foolish. 
WINDY-WALLETS. A noisy feUow ; one who 

romances in conversation. 
WINE. Wind. Somerset. 
WINESOUR. A sort of large plum. 
WINEWE. To winnow com. 
WING. To carve a quail. 
WINGE. To shrivel up. East. 
WINGER. To ramble about. Line. 
WINGERY. Oozing. Comw, 
WINGLE. To heckle hemp. 
WINGS. The projections on the shoulders of a 

doublet. See Fairholt, p. 618. 



WININ. Winding. Somerset. 
WINK. (I) A periwinkle. Var. dial. 
(2) A winch, or crank. West, 
WINK-A-PIPES. A term of contempt. Palmer 

has wmJt-a'puss, p. 96. 
WINKERS. Eyes ; eyelashes. North. 
WINKIN. Like winkin, very quickly. 
WINKING. Dozing; slumbering. (J.^S.) 
WINKLE. Weak; feeble. Yorksh. 
WINLY. (1) Quietly. North. 
(2) Pleasant ; deUghtful. 

For fom* of tbo wj^nJ^ wonea 

Were peynted with precyus stones. 

MS. Hart. 1701, f. 10. 

Wha sal stegh in hlUe of Laverd wMl, 

Or wha sal stand in his stede hali. 

MS, Cott. FMptu. D. Til. f. 14. 

WINNA. WUlnot North, 
WINNE. (1) Joy. (A.^S,) 

And the hounde wolde aevyr blynne. 
But ranne abowte faste with wi/nne. 

MS. Cantab, ft. iL S8. f.74. 
Swete lady, tall at wynne. 
Full of grace and gode within. 
As thou art floure of alle thi kynne. 
Do my synnes for to blynne. 
And kepe me out of dedly synne* 
That I be nerer takyn therin. 

MS. Cantab. Ft, ▼. 48, f. 74. 

(2) Furze. Nominale MS. 

(3) To gain ; to attain. (J.-S.) 

(4) To go ; to depart. 

(5) To carve, or cut up. 

(6) To work. North, 
WINNICK. To cry ; to firet. East. 
WINNOLD. St. Winwaloe. East. Winnold- 

weather, stormy March weather. 
WINNOT. WiUnot. Yorksh. 
WINNY. (1) To neigh. West. 

(2) To be frightened. Glouc. 

(3) To dry ; to bum up. Line. 
WINSOME. Lively; gay. (^.-&) 
WINT. (I) Passed; went. 

(2) To harrow ground twice oyer. 

WINTE. The wind. Lane. 

WINTER. An implement to hang on a grate, 

used for warming anything on. 
WINTER-CRACK. A kind of buUaoe. 
WINTER-CRICKET. A taUor. 
WINTER-DAY. The winter season. Notf. 

WINTER-HEDGE. A clothes-horse. 
WINTERIDGE. Winter eatage for cattle. 
WINTER-RIG. To fallow land in the winter 

time. Salop, 
WINTER. WEEDS. Those small weeds in com, 

which survive and flourish during the winter ; 

as alsine media, chickweed, veronica hede- 

rifolia, ivy-leaved veronica, &c. 
WINTLE-END. The end of a shoemaker's 

thread. Isle of Wight, 
WINTLING. SmaU. Salop, 
WINWE. Wmnowing. (^.-Sl) 
WINY-PINY. Fretful ; complaining^ 
WIPE. (1) The lapwing. 

(2) To beat, or strike. East, 

(3) 7 tptpe a person's nose^ to cheat him. To 



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kii 0ge, to kill a bird a fellow sportsman 
has missed. 
WIPER. A hand-toweL The term is now ap- 
plied to a pocket-handkerchief. 
WIPES. Fence of brushwood. Devon. 
WIPPET. Asmsllchild. Eagt. 
WIPPING. (1) Weeping; crying. 
(2) The chirping of birds. 
WIRDLE. To work slowly. North. 
WI RE-DRAWER. A stingy grasping person. 
WIRE -THORN. The yew. North. 
WIRKE. To make ; to do ; to cause. 

The tmyth that the roede, eeld Rohyn, 
I pray to Ood tcmrke hym woo. 

MS. Cuntmb, Ft. ▼. 48. f. 127. 

WIRLY.BIT. A little whUe. 
WIRLYWOO. Any reTolving toy, &c 
WIRMSED. The herb/eweMAcr poretu. 
WIRRANGLE. The great butcher-bird is so 

called in the Peak of Derbyshire, according to 

Ray» ed. 1674, p. 83. 
WIRRY. To worry. (^.-5.) 
WIRSCHEPE. Worship ; honour. 

He foffca hym loos and irir«dh«fM, 
Aljif he that strykea takes no kcpe. 

MS. HarL 2900. f . & 

WIRSLE. To change ; to exchange. North, 
WIRSOM. Foul pus. Yorkth. 
WIRSTE. The wrist. 
WIRTCH. To ache. North. 
WIRT.SPRINGS. Hangnails. Une. 
WIS. Same as ITufe, q. v. 
WISE. (1) The stalk. Lane. 

Take the uyM of tormentile, and bray it, and 
make lee of askes, and wesche thl hevede therwlth. 

MS. LiMcoln A. L 17. f. 280. 

(2^ Manner. (A.'S.) 

fS) To maJkewUet to pretend. 

^4) To show ; to lead out ; to let off. 

WISE-MAN. A conjurer. 

WISE-MORE. A wiseacre. Dewm. 

WISENED. ShriveUed. 

The tre velold and iriMned tone. 

And wes olde and dry ; 
Nothyng therof lefte grene. 
Tberof men had giete ferly. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. v. 48. f. 80. 
WISER. And no one is the wiser, i. e. no one 

knows anything about it. 
WISH. (1) Bad; unfit. Devon. 
(2) To recommend ; to persuade. 
WISHB. Washed. Chester Plays, L 291. 
Saber to hyt ynne went, 
And (lywAe of Jocyaiis oyntroent. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. il. 38. f. 121. 

WISHED. Prayed ; desired ; wished for. 

WISHFUL. Anxious. North. 

WISHINET. A pincushion. York$h. 

WISHLI. Wisely. (A.^S.) 

For as uHtcMi as ever y cum too blisse, 
Hy wiUe is goode whatever y write or say. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. i. 8. f. 44. 

WISHLY. With eager desire. East. 
WISHN16S. Melancholy. Devon. 
WISHT. <' He's in a wisht state," i. e. a state in 
which there is much to be wished for. Devon. 



A poor wi$hi thing, onhappy, mulanriioly '*eT.l 

wished" or evil looked upon. 
WISHY-WASHY. Pale ; sickly. Also, fery 

weak, when said of liquor. 
WISIBLES. Vegetables. Eatt. 
WISID. Advised. 
WISK. To switch ; to move rapidly. 
WISKET. Same as Whisket, q.v. 
WISLOKER. More certsinlv. {J.^.) 
WISLY. Certainly. {J.-S.) 
WISOMES. Tops of turnips, &c 
WISP. (1) A seton, in farriery. 

(2) A stve in the eve. Wett. 

(3) A handful of straw. Var.dtnL 

(4) To rumple. En»t. 

(5) A disease in bullocks which makes them 
sore near the hoot South. 

WISS. Worse. Wett. 
WISSE. (1) To teach; to direct 

Lorde kynge, sche seyde. of beryn bly«» 
Thys day thou me rede and wyear. 

MS. CaMak. Ff. iL SB,! 81 
Be thou onre helpe. be thou our soooare. 
And lyke a prophete to wUtan us and redew 

U/dgmt€,MS. Soe. AaOi^ 134, f.flL 
With stedfaste trouthe my wittes seyMe, 
And defende me fka thf fende. 

MS. UtwolH A.L 17. t 212 

(2) Certainly. (^..5.) 

(3) To suppose ; to think. 
WISSERE. Teacher ; director. 
WIST. Knew. (A.-S.) 

Many one. whan thay wist, thay were ryjte voo» 
Hit bootid hem not to stryTe. the wflle of God vis 
soo ! MS. BiU. Rtg. 17 D.XT. 

The qwene for sorowe wolde dye. 
For sdie wjfate not wherefore nor why 
That sche was flemed soo. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ii »• f.71 

WISTER. A prospect, or view. Ent. 
WISTEY. A large populous place. Lane. 
WISTLY. Earnestly ; wistfuUy. 
WIT. (1) Sense; intdUgence. 
(2) The yellow henbane. 
WITALDRY, Folly. 
WITANDLY, Knowingly. (A.-S.) 

As whan a man with al his myjt. 
WUattdl^ holdes ther agayne. 

MS. Sbam§ 1785. t.50. 
WITCH. (1 ) To bewitch. Pabgrme. 
(2) A small candle to make up the weight of a 

pound. North. 
WITCHEN. The mountain ash. 
WITCH-HAZEL. The witchcn, q. v. 
WITCHIFY. To bewitch. Wett. 
WITCH-KNOT. See^(l). 

O, that I were a witdi but for her sake I 
Y faith her Queeoship little rest should takei 
I'd scratch that face, that may not fede theaircw 
And knit whole ropes of wUch4moi$ In her hahe. 
Dra^toH't Poenu, ed. 1637. p> iA 
WITCH-RIDDEN. Having the nightmare. 
WITCH-WOOD. The mountain ash. 
WITCRAFT. Logic ; art of wit 
WJTE. (1) To know. (A.-S.) 

Wherfore these thyngea thow moete Myf«, 
That in thys ven nexte be wryte. 

MS. out. CImmd. A fi. f. 14^. 



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Ac my Lord uvt9th my IOOI0 wel, 

That thoQ here ne tpiUe, 
For thou BA ini5t with al this myjt, 
ABuye here worth a nttle. 

JIS. OolU THn. Osim, SJ, 
3ir webedesirite. 
Our coward idilppe we may it xviU^ 

Jrthour and MerUn, p. 340. 

(2) To depart ; to go out. 

Fra thelae thay remowed and come tille another 
felde, in the whilke ther ware growand tree»e of a 
wounderfuUe heghte> and thay bigane for to tprynge 
up at the tone rytynge, and bi the aone settynge 
thay touted away into the erthe agayne. 

MS. Lincoln A. i. 17/ f. ^• 
The RusseHea and the Freselies free, 
Alle salle thay fkde and wvt« awaye. 

MS, Uneoln A. i. 17« f* 151< 

3) To blame ; to reproach. {A.'S.) 

4) To hinder; to keep. (A.^S,) 

WITEL. Qu. witeit? 

And wUel wel that one of thoo 
Is with tresoure so fullebegoo. 

Gower, MS. See. Antiq. 134» f. Hi. 

WITBWORD. A covenant {J.-S') 
WITH. (1) A twig of wiUow. Also, a twig or 
stick from any tree, a twisted flexible rod- 

(2) To go with, the verb to go being under- 
stood. Shak. 

(3) By. (A.-S.) 
WITHDRADE. To withdraw. 
WITHDRAWT. A chest of drawers. 
WITHEN-KIBBLE. A thick willow stick. 
WITHER. (1) Other. Somertet. 

(2) To throw down forcibly. North. 

(3) A strong fellow. Yorinh. 

(4) Contrary ; opposite to. {J.'S.) y 
WITHEROUBSS. Different. Somenet. 
WITHERING. (1) Strong ; lusty. Che$h. 
(2) The second floor of a malt-house. 
WITHERLY. Hastily; violently. Devon. 
WITHERWINS. Enemies. (J.-S.) 

For to bring tham mightili 
Als his auen kyngrik til, 
Hia wUhirwku al for to spiL 

MS. CktUon. Vetpat. A. ill. f. 10. 
This threo princes with heore men 

In the se forth 1-wenden, 
To fijten ajein is wptherwynn, 
Ase the aumperour heom aende. 

MS. Laud, iue, f.llS. 

Aboute the toun thei sette engynes 
To dlstroie here wjftherwynt*. 

MS. Addit. 10096. f. 94. 

WITHERWISE. otherwise. West. 

WITH-HAULT. Withheld. Spenser. 

WITHN AY. To deny ; to withstand. 

WITHOLDE. To stop ; to retain. {A.-S.) 

WITHOUT. (1) Unless. P^ar. dial 

(2) Without water, water understood. 

WITHOUT-FORTH. Out of doors. 

WITHOWTEN. Without. {A.'S.) 
Me hath smetyn withowten deserte, 
And seyth that he ys owre kynge aperte. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 241. 
Prate, thyself thow moste be chaat. 
And lay thy ierves w^howun hast. 

MS. CetL Claud. A . it. f . 197. 



WITHSAIE. To contradict ; to deny. 
For thagh he fayle of hysday, 
Thow schuldeit not hys wed loyMMtr. 

MS. Cott. Ckmd. A. U. f. 149. 
WITHSAT. WUhstood. 

It thoujten hem alle he seyde skile, 
Ther is no man withtat his wille. 

Gataer, MS. Sue. Antiq. 134» f. 98. 

WITHSITTE. To withstand. 

Ther myjt no man witfujftt hys dynte» 
But he to theerihe them thronge. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 88. f. 69. 

WITH-SKAPID. Escaped. 

To the castelle thay rade, 
WUh-*kapid nane hym fra. 

MS. UnaUn A. L 17, f. 184. 
WITH-TAN. Taken from ; withdrawn. 
Hast thow werkemen oght wtnh-tan 
Of any thynge that they schulde ban. 

MS. Cott. aaud. A. ii. f. 142. 
WITHTHER-HOOKED. Barbed. (A.-S.) 
This dragoun haddealoQg taile. 
That was wUMher-ho<aeed saun faile. 

Jrthqur and Merlin, p. 910. 

WITH-THI. On condition. 

WITHWIND. The wild convolvulus. 

WITHY. A willow. Var. dial. 

WITHY -CRAGGED. Said of a person whose 

neck is loose and pliant. North. 
WITHY-POLL. A term of endearment. 
WITINFORTHE. Within. 
WITING. Knowledge. North. 

That heo avow no maner thynge. 

But hyt be at hys wtftjfnge. 

MS. Cott. aaud. A. ii. f. 181. 

WITLETHER. A tough tendron in sheep. 
WITNESFULLY. Evidently. 
WITNESS. (1) A godmother. 
(2) With a foitnetSt excessively. 
WITSAFE. To vouchsafe. 
WIT-SHACK. A shaky bog. North. 
WITTANDE. Knowledge ; knowing. 

The tyft poynte may thai noght eschape. 

That commounes with hym that the pape 

Cursed has at hys wyttande. 

Or to that curssyng ea assentande. 

Hampole, MS. Bowee, p. 6. 

WITTE. To bequeath. 
WIT-TEETH. The double teeth. 
WITTER. (1) To be informed. 

(2) To fret one*s self. North. 

(3) A mark. Still in use. 
WITTERING. A hint. North. 
WITTERLY. Truly. (A.-S.) 

They lokyd up toward theskye. 
And they sye yn a clowde unfttarl^, 

MS. Cantab. Vf. ii. 88, f. 198. 

WITTERS. Fragments. Oxon. 

WITTE-WITTE-WAY. A boy^s game. 

WITTOL. A contented cuckold. 

Thy stars gave thee the cuckold's diadem : 

If thou wert bom to be a wittol, can 

Thy wife prevent thy fortune ? foolish man I 

Wifs ReereationSf 1641. 

WITTY. (1) Knowing ; wise. {A.^S.) 
■ I-wysse thou art a wyttjf man. 
Thou Shalt wel drynk therfore. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. v. 48. f. 40. 

(2) The mountain ash. Salop. 



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WITT. In fkoK. 
WIV. With. North. 
WrVB. A wife. (A..S,) 

Whcnne on hath done a synne, 

Loke he 1 je not looge thei«yniie» 

But taaa thai ha hym ichryva, 

Ba hyt haabande. ba hyt wyM. 

M9. Cott. Ommd. A. II. f. 197. 

WIVERB. A serpent. {J.^S,) 

WIVVER. ToqDiTer;toshahe. Kent. 

WIXTOWTYN. Without 

WIZARD. A wise min. 

WIZDE. Admed; informed. 

WIZEN. The guUet North. 

WIZLES. The tops of vegeUbles. 

WIZZEN. To wither away; to sbriTel up. far, 

dioL Hence wizzen^faee. 
WIZZLE. To get anything slily. 
WI5T. A person. See Lrfe. 
WI3TLY. Qnlckly. 

With that foike aooMha met. 

And wijtfjr wmn of hem the bcC 

Otfwor JAMdl, MS. CM. XVta. Cuntab. f. 48. 

WLAPPE. To wrap or roU np. 

WLATPUL. Disgosting. (^..&) 

For-hroken and wl&t/kl made thai are 
In thair thoghta leiac and man. 

MS. Coit. Ttpm, D. vli. r. 7. 

WLATINGE. Loathing ; dUgust. 

Roghe thow not thenne thy thonkea, 
Ny wrynge thou not wyth thy sch<mkea* 
Lett heo suppoie tho v make that fare 
For i0la<y»^ that thou hereat there. 

MS. Cott, Oaud. A. M. f. 1S7. 

WLATSOME. Loathsome. This word occurs 
in MS. Arundel 42, f. 82. 

For hyt Khali leroe nought to thy syght» 
But derkeand wlataome, lytuU and lawe. 

MS. Gmtaft. Ff. ii. 96, f. ». 
Whennei thou coom bithenke alio. 
Fro thi moder wombe ful rift, 
Out of a •efefaome ttynkande wro. 
That waa merke witbouten ll5t. 

JM. Aaipi. A. 889, f.lOl. 
WLATYS. Loatheth. 

Swydie men Ood Almyjty hatyt. 
And with here foule lynne hym wMtf9. 

Jf5.llarl. I701,f.>4. 

WLONKE. (1) Splendour; wealth. 

(2) Fair (woman.) 

Thane I vent to that loioiiAr*, and wlnly hire greiia. 
And cho said, weloom 1- vis^wele arte thow fowndene. 
JTorto Artkur^t MS. LinaOn, f.88. 

WLTUR. Avulturc. 

In the moruenynge arely ther come many fowlli 

ab grete aa wltur; reed of colour, and thalre fete 

and thaire bdiea ^se Uakke. 

MS. Utteoln A. L 17> f. 89. 
WLUINE. Ashe-wolf. (A.-S.) 
WND. A wound. 
WO. (1) Sorrowful. (A.-S.) 
(2) Stop ; check. Var. dial. 
WO ARE. (1) The border or shore. Sea-weed 

was also so caUed. 
(2) A whore. Nominale MS. 
WOB. A sugar-teat, q. t. 
WOBBLE. To reel ; to totter; to roll about ; to 

bubble up. Var. dial* 



WOBBLE. J ADB. Rickety lahaky. SmUh. 
WO-BEGONE. Far gone in woe. 

And there they drenchldefTefy matt. 
Save one knave that to lend cam* 
Andtiwe^fMwiahe. 

IWranC tfrmtrngai, p. 7^ 

WOBLET. The handle of a hay^knife. 
woe. Awoke. IFtttt. 
WOCHE. Which. SeeXMse. 
WOCKS. Oaks. Wett The term iii]so ap- 
plied to the dubs at cards. 
WOD. An ox. 
WODAKE. The woodpecker. 
WODE. (1) Mad; furious. (^..&) 

Ther ia no hert ne bucke ao iMd* 

That I ne get without Mode. 

JfS. CtefUaAw F£. T. 48. C 5& 

(2) Went PerceraL 2062. 

Hym to venge he ihoght wele late^ 
Hewchon on the crowae he imate« 
To the gyrduUe stede hyt vede. 

jrA.Cb«te6. Ff.iLS.riS3 

(3) A wood. Nominale MS. 
WODEBRON. The herb^HxMUff. 
WODEHED. Madness. (A.'S.) 

In wedtfJhad, aa hyt were yn contek. 
They oome to a toune men calle Colbek. 

MS. Hmri. 1781, f. ft. 

WODERE. More mad. {A.-S.) 
WODEROVE. The herb Aot/tAi^ 
WODESOWR. The herb «2l0%'a. 
WODEWALB. The woodpecker. 

I herde the Jay and the throatelle. 
The mavyi mevyd in hir aong. 
The wodeumle farde as a beUe, 
That the wode aboiite me roog. 

MS. Camttb. Ff. ▼. 48, f. Il€. 

Ther beth brlddea man! and fUc^ 
Throetil, thratee, and niftlngal, 
Chalandreand m o i iea f e^ 

WODEWE. A widow. (A.^) 

WODEWHISTEL. Hemkx^ 

WODEWISE. Madly. (A.^S.) 

WODGE. A lump; a quantity of anything 
stuffed together. Warw. 

WOD-SONOS. Woodmen's songs. 

WODUR. Other. 

In swownyng as the lady lay, 
Har tvwter chylde sche bare away 

Jr5. Cantab. Ff. ii. SB. f. M. 

WODWOS. Wild men ; monsters. Gaw. 
WOBR. More sorry. 

Than began he to wepe and wrynge hya handet, 
and was so woo on ache syde that be wyate not what 
for to do, and ufoer he was fore hys wyfeys dethe. 

Jf 5. Cantab. Ff. ii. SB, f. 8. 

WOESTART. An interjection of condolence or 

sympathy. Line. 
WOE-WORTH. Woe betide. 
Woe toorth thee, Tarlton, 
That ever tboa wast bone i 
Thy wife hath made thee cudiold. 
And thou must weare the home. 

2Wften'« /Bfl»,sig,B, iv. 

WOFARB. SofTOW. {A.-S.) 
And tolde hym of allehys toofaret 
And of alle hys cumforte yn alia hys care 

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WOGGIN. A narrow passage between two 

houses. Yorkth. 
WOGHE. (1) A waU. 

Thyi olde man wu broghte to loghei 
That he lay f ul colde betyde a wttghe^ 

MS,Harl, 1701, £.8. 

(2) Harm ; iBJustice. (A.-S.) 

I rede we here hy t here besyde. 
And do we hy t no toitghe, 

MS. Cantab, Ff. il. aS, f. 86. 

(3) Crooked ; bent. Weber. 

(4) Bent, or swung ? Weighed ? 

And the chllde iwaheTy taoghe. 

That <rfto ly the* one knees he hym droghe. 

MS, Ufuotn A. i. 17« f- 185. 

WOGHTE. Wrong. {J,'S,) 

As they aeyd, they dyd that woghu. 
The whyche dede ful soiare they boghte. 

MS. Barl. 1701, t VJ. 

WOK. Watched. 
WOKE. (1) A week. 

(2) Weak. Perceval, 1373. 

(3) To ache with pain. 
WOKEN. To suffocate. North. 
WOKEY. Moist ; sappy. Durh. 
WOL. (1) To wilL (^.-5.) 
(2) Full. Still in use. 
WOLBODE. A millepedes. 
WOLD. Willed ; been willing. 

WOLDE. (1) Old. 

And be In charyt^ and fai acorde 
With all my neghburs tpoide and fjng, ' 

MS, Cantab. Ff. ii. 98, f. 18. 

(2) Would. (J.-S.) 

They sparyd nodur for sylryr nor golde. 
For thebeete have they wdde, 

MS. Cantab, Yt. il. 38, f. 118. 

(3) A wood ; a weald ; a plain. 
WOLDER. To roll up. East. 
WOLDMAN'S-BEARD. The herb marestaiL 
WOLE. Same as Woldert q. v. 
WOLF. (1) A wooden fence placed across a ditch 

in the comer of a field, to prevent cattle 
straying into another field by means of the 
ditch. East, 

(2) To have a vmlf m the stomachy to eat rave- 
nously. To keep tite wolf from the door, to 
have food. 

(3) A kind of fishing-net. 

(4) Some disease in the legs. 

(5) A bit for a restive horse. 
WOLFETTES. 

That tor OTcry tack of woU, and the wnUfMtu, 
XYk* Englbh shall paye after the rate of Uy.markea 
custume, and to cary the iame to Callais. 

EgerUm Papers, p. 18. 

WOLF-HEAD. An outlaw. 

WOLICHE. Unjustly. {A,.S.) 

WOLIPERE. A cap. 

WOLKE. Rolled ; kneaded. 

WOLSTED. Worsted. Stowe, - 

WOLTHE. WiUeth. (J.^S.) 

Another tyme, gyf hem folghthe 
At the fader and the moder tooUhe. 

MS, QM. aavd. A. 11. f. 198. 

WOLVES-THISTLE. The plant camalion. 
WOMAN-HODE. Womanhood; the virtue of 
a woman. {J.^S.) 



A goodlyer ther myghi none be. 
Here wamanhodg In alle degr^. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. i. 6, f. 45. 
WOMBE-CLOUTES. Tripes. (^.-5.) It is 

explained by omentum in the Nominale. 
WOMBLETY-CROPT. The indisposition of a 

drunkard after a debauch. Grose. 
WOMMEL. An auger. North. 

WON. (1) One. 

In esdiewyng al maner douUencsse, 

To make too Joys Intted of wim grerance. 

Cfvnteer, MS. Cantab. Ff. 1.6, f. 104. 

(2) WilL Somerset. 
WONDB. (1) Went {A.'S.) 

He smote the doie with hys honde. 

That opyn hyt wonde, MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 117. 

(2) To spare ; to fear ; to refrain. 
To preche hem also thoa my5t not leoniie, 
Bothe to wyf and eke husbonde. 

MS. Cott. Claud. A. il. f. 131. 
ITond^ thow not, for no schame i 
Panventur I have done the same. 

MS. Cott. Claud. A. ii. f. 137. 
^i«A Bhal the woman wonde 
To take here godroodryi husbonde. 

MS. Hart. 1701, f. 19. 
Wendyth forthe for to fonde. 
For nothynge wyll we wonde. 

MS. Cantab. Ft IL 38, f. 108. 

(3) DweUed. (A.^S.) 
WONDER. (1) Wonderful. {A.^S.) 

Off kyng Arthour a loonder caae, 
Frendes, herkyns how it was. 

MS. jtehmoU 61, f. 60. 

(2) The afternoon. Stqf. 
WONDERCHONE. An engine or contrivance 

for catching fish. See Blount in v. 
WONDERFUL. Very. Var, dial 
WONDIRLY. Wonderfully. 

WONDSOME. 

And for wondtome and wiUe alle his wit failede, 
That wode alles a wylde beste he wente at the gayneste. 

Morte Arthure, MS, Uncoln, f. 93; 

WONE. (1) Manner ; custom. (A.-S.) 

(2) Quantity ; plenty ; a heap. 
Yea, my Lorde life and deare, 
Rosted flshe and bonnye In fcare, 
Theirof wehave good wonne. 

Cheeter Plave, if. 109. 

(3) To dwell. Also, a dwelling. 
Lordynges, he seyde, anne yow all sone. 
Here ys no dwellyng for us to wonne. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. fL 88, f. 167. 
WONED. Wont ; accustomed. 
WONEDEN. Dwelled. {A.-S.) 
WONET. Accustomed ; used. {A.'S.) 
Hast thou be wonet to swere ab 
By Goddes bones or herte fkls. 

MS. Cott. Oaud, A. ii. f. 138. 
Art thow Uwonet to go to the ale. 
To ftalle there thy fowle male ? 

MS, Cett. OowU A. U. f. 148. 

WONG. (1) A cheek. (A.-S.) 

(2) Marsh, or low huid. Line. 

(3) A grove ; a meadow ; a plain. 
WONIEN. To dwell. {A.'S,) 
WONING. A dwelling. (A.-S,) 

Tel me, sir, what ia thy name. 
And wher thy teonnifng is. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f. 48. 



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WONLT. Only. Ktmi, 
WONMIL^HEBSE. See Bm^ (6). 
WONNE. (1) One. See Wtme. 
(2) Wont ; accustomed. 

In the Kaid«n agenM th« aoBiie 
H« bye to tiepe, m be wai utitm^, 

M8, CmMb, Pf. It. as, f. ITS. 
WONST. Once { on purpote. Lame, 
WONT. To yoke animali. Oron. 
WONTED. (1) Turned, as milk. Ctuni, 
(2) Accustomed to a place. North. 
WONT.HEAVE. A mole-hilL Wtmi^mu^f, a 

mole-trap. Wont-wriff^le, the sinuous path 

made by moles under ground. 
WOO. Wool Narik. 
WOOD. (1) Mad ; furious. Also, famished, or 

nging with hunger. 

(2) To go to the wood, to be dieted for the vene- 
real disease. 

(3) A number, or <|uantity. 
WOOD-AND-WOOD. " The strickfes U a 

thing that goes along with the measure, which 
is a straight board with a staffs fixed in the 
aide, to £mw over com in measureing, that it 
exceed not the height of the measure, which 
measureing is termed w>od end wood" Holme's 
Academy, iii. 337. 

WOODBOUND. Surrounded by trees. 

WOODBRONBY. The herbyHu^ttt. 

WOODCOCK. A simpleton. This tenn is very 
common in early plays. 

WOODCOCK-SOIL. Ground that hath a soil 
under the tuxf, that looks of a woodcock 
colour, and is not good. South, 

WOOD-CULVER. A wood.pigeon. Weet. 

WOODEN. Mad. 

WOODENLT. Awkwardly. Yorkth. 

WOODEN.RUFF. ThepiUory. 

WOODEN.SWORD. ** To wear the wooden- 
Mword" to oTcrstand the maiket. Donet. 

WOODHACK. A woodpecker. 

WO0D.H ACKER. A woodman. Line. 

WOODHEDE. Madness. (A.-S,) 
Jbeeu Mhylde iu fro that fal. 

That Lucifer fel for his woodhtdt t 
And make us f^ thai now ben thral. 
And take us to bjm to be oure roede. 

Hampote'M Fm/im, JTS. 

WOOD-LAYER. Toung plants of oak, or other 

timber laid into hedges among " white thorn 

layer." NorfoU. 
WOODLICH. Madly. (^.-5.) 

To teehe him also how he schal schetea ufodUeh or 

finsUcbe, Tcngyng h jm oo his enemyes. 

reg9ehu, MS. Dime* S91, f. 5. 
WOODMAN. (1) A carpenter. Derb. 
(2) A wencher, or hunter after girls. 
WOOD-MARCH. Sanickle. • Gerard, 
WOOD-MARB. An echo. {A.-S.^ 
WOODNEP. Ameos. Gerard. 
WOOD*NOGOIN. A Kentish term appUed to 

half-timbered houses. 
WOOD-QUIST. The wood-pigeon. 
WOOD-SERE. The month or season for felling 

wood. Tusser uses the term. 
WOODSOAR. Cuckoo-spittle. 



WOODSOWBR. Wood-sorrd. 

WOODSPACK. A woodpecker. Eaet. Moor 
and Forby have woodtprite. 

WOOD WANTS. Holes in a post or piece of 
timber, L e. places wanting wood. 

WOODWARD. The keeper of a wood. 

WOODWEX. The plant ffenieta tmetoria, 

WOOFET. A silly fellow. Eaei. 

WOOL. (1) WilL Far. dial 

(2) To twist a chain round a refractory hone to 
render him obedient. Kent. 

WOOLFIST. A term of reproadi. 

WOOL-GATHERING. "Your brains are gone 
woolgathering," a phrase applied to a sti^d or 
bewildered person. See Florio, p. 138. 

WOOL-PACKS. A tenn giTCn to light clouds 
in a blue sky. Norf. 

WOOLWARD. To go woolward, or withoat 
any linen next the body, was frequently en- 
joined as a penance. *'Wolwanle, without 
any lynnen nexte ones body, eana cAmj^e," 
PalsgnTO. "Wolleward and weetshoed,'* 
Piers Ploughman, p. 369. 

Faste. and go wolward, and wake. 
And sufl^ hard for Oodus sake. 

MS.jiBhmaltAht.ii. 

Fot thasyanes that he has wrogfat. 
And do he penawnoe with alle hya thoght. 
And be In prayers boche day and nyght. 
And &ftte, and go wooiwmrde, and wake. 
And thole hardnes fSorOoddessakes 
For no man may to hefen go, 
Bot he thole here angyr and wo. 

H««po<*, JfS. Bowm, p. 109. 
WOOPES. Weeping ; sorrowful. 
All the dmyes that y leve here 
In thys wooftill woopet dale. 

M8. Ckftfak VY. IL 38,f. 21. 
WOOS. Vapour. Batman. 
WOOSH. An imperative commanding the fore- 

horse of a team to bear to the left. 
WOOSOM. An advowson. 
WOOSTER. A wooer. North. 
WOOT. Will thee. Weei. 
WOP. (1) A fan for com. Line. 
r2) A bundle of straw. Var.diaL 
(31 A wasp. Devon. 
^4) Weeping. Heame. 
(5) To produce an abortiye Iamb. 
WOPNE. Urine. Pr.Parv. 
WOR. (1) Our. (2) Were. North. 
WORBITTEN. Said of growing timber pierced 

by the larvae of beetles. Eaet. 
WORCESTER. «< It shines like Wbrceeier 
against Gioucester,** a phrase expte&siD^ 
rivalry. Weet. 
WORCH-BRACCO. " Work-brittle, very dili- 
gent, earnest, or intent upon one's worit," 
Ray, ed. 1674, p. 55. 
WORCHE. To work ; to cause. 

And 5ef thow may not come to ehyrche, 
Whereever that thow do worthe. 
When thow herest to maaw koyUe, 
Prey to Ood wyth herte stylle 
To )ev« the part of that servyse. 
That In chyrche i-done ya. 

MS. CM. Ckmi. A.il. f. 1« 



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Aadnnye maiient tber* ben not 
That woreh0th to roan miche woo. 

MS, Lan»d. 793, f. 7S. 
Yf we have the hylle and thry the dale, 
Wt ichall them worehe moche bale. 

MS, Cantub. Ft, ii. 98, f. 168. 
WORD. (1) A motto. 

(2) To take one's word again, i. e. to retract 
what one has said. North, To speak nine 
words at once, i. e. to talk very quickly. 

(3) To dispute, or wrangle. Etui. I^obably 
from the old English icorde, to discourse. 

(4) The world. Nominale MS. 
WORDE. Talk ; reputation. 

He flcwe bys enemyes with grete envy, 
Crete teorde of hym arooe. 

MS, Qmtab, Ft, II. 38, t, 79, 

WORDING.HOOK. A dung-rake. Cheah, 
WORDLE. The world. Wett, 
WORDLES. Speechless. (A,-S,) 
WORE. Were. (^.-&) 

He yi wouBdyd swy the iore, 

Loke that hededd untre, 

MS. Cantab. Ft. IL 38, f. 153. 

WORGISH. Ill tasted, as ale. Oxon, 
WORK. (1) " To make work," i. e. to cause or 
make a disturbance. Var, dioL 

(2) To suppurate. Weat, 

(3) To banter, rar. dial. 
WORKING-STOOL. "Working-stool for a 

silk -woman, metiier" Palsgrave. 
WORK-WISE. In a workmanlike way. 
WORLD. (1) A great quantity, rar, dial 
(2) World unthout end, long, tiresome. It is a 
world to see, it is a wonder or marvel. To go 
to the world, to be married. 1/ the world was 
on it, a phrase implying utter impossibility. 
WORLDES. Worldly. {A.-S,) 
WORLING. Friday. 
WORM. (1) A serpent. North, 

With the gxafie of Ood Almyght^ 
Wyth the towrme 5yt ichalie y fyghte. 

MS. Cantab. Ft, ii. 38, f. 9J, 

(2) A poor creature. 

(3) A corkscrew. Kent, 
WORMIT. Wormwood. North, 
WORM-PUTS. Worm hillocks. East. 
WORMSTALL. An out-door shed for cattle in 

warm weather. North, 
WORNIL. The larva of the gadfly growing 

under the skin of the back of cattle. 
WOROWB. To choke. See Worry, 
WORRA. A small round moTeable nut or 
pinion, with grooves in it, and having a hole 
in its centre, through which the end of a 
round stick or spill may be thrust. The spill 
and worra are attached to the common spin- 
ning-wheel, which, vrith those and the tum- 
string, form the apparatus for spinning wool, 
&c. Jennings, 
WORRE. Worse. {A.-S.) 

Halt thow bacbyted thy neghbore. 
For to make hym fare the worr« f 

MS, Cott, Claud. A. U. f. 141. 
They have of many a londe locowre: 
Yf we fyght we gete the worn, 

MS, Cantab, Pf. ii. 38, f. 180. 



WORRY. To choke. North, 

WORSEN. To grow worse, far, dial 

WORSER. Worse. Still in use. ^ 

WORSET. Worsted. North, 

WORSLE. ( 1) To wrestle. North. 

( 2) To clear up ; to recover. 

WORSTOW. Wert thou. (A.-S.) 

WORT. A vegetable ; a cabbage. 

WORTESTOK. The plant colewort. 

WORTHE. (1) To be; to go. (A.-S,) 
And lycoTous foike, afture the! bene dede, 
Schuld worth abowte allewey ther in peyne. 

MS. Cantab, Ft, i. 8, f. 83. 

(2) A nook of land, generally a nook lying be- 
tween two rivers. 

(3) Wrath ; angry. 
WORTHER. Other. Devon, 
WORTHLIEST. ' Most worthy. (^.-5.) 

There myght no nother 50W pay 
Bot may dene Mildor the may, 
WarUMtat in wcde. 

MS, Uneoln A. J. I7, f. 138. 

WORTHLOKSTE. Most worthy. 
WORTHY. Lucky enough. Eaet, 
WORTWALE. A hangnail. 
WOS. A kind of com. 
WOSCHE. To wash. 

And over the chalys ufotcha hyt wel 
Twyei or thryec, at I the telle. 

MS. Cotton Ckmd, A. it. f. 181. 
WOSE. (1) Juice; mud; filth. 

He thraet hom in sonder a* men doe 
CrapbyS, thrastyng owt the too*. 

TandedB, p. 44. 
(2) Whoso. MS.DigbjSe. 
WOSEN. The windpipe. 
WOSERE. Whosoever. 

For wotera loved and wonhlppud Seynt Ede, y*wyt. 
His trayelle iballe beryjt weUe yquytte. 

Ckron, VUodmn. p. 133. 

WOSINGE. Oozing ; runmng. 

WOST. Knowest. (^.-5.) 

The fyrtte artykele ys, thou tvcat. 
Lava on Fader, and Sone, and Holy OoiL 

MS, Cott. CUtud, A. iL f. 138. 

WOSTUS. Oast-house, ust-house, where hops 

are dried. Kent, 
Wm, Eat. 

fVot na dryng wald she nane, 
Swa mykel soru ad she tane. 

Gup of Warwick, MiddlahUi MS, 

WOTCHAT. An orchard. North, 
WOTB. To know. (A,-S.) 
WOTH. Oath. Somerset. 
WOTHE. (1) Eloquence, (^.-5.) 

(2) Harm ; i^ory ; mischief. Gawayne, 
WOTS. Oats. Var,diaL 

WOU. ( I ) How. (2) Error ; evil. 

(3) Very weak liquor. North, 
WOUCHE. Mischief ; evU. Percy, 
WOUDONE. Woven. 
WOULDERS. Bandages. East, 
WOULTERED. Fatigued ; exhausted. 
WOUNDE R. One who wounds. 
WOUNDY. Very. rar,diaL 

What thinkst thou of i t ? HViM^ good 1 
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That tttdi an set toe jecriaflf 
Peifonned, a^ucs certainly 
A man ill nurtured* whose minde 
To Ttrtue netcr was incllnde. 

MS, P/<v* <«M|p* Choriw /. 
WOUT. A Ttult Nominale MS. 
WOUTE. Without. Hem-n9. 
W0U5H. Error; miv:hief. (A.-S,) 
Thcr never there corny th wo ny teenjA, 
But twetncue ther b ever l-nowgh. 

RrilgtMu Poem*, xf. Cent. 
But no5t of tho« aU I trowe, 
That to that state are booden, thonie irotoe. 

M& Uarl 890D, f. 118. 

WOW.(l)AwiU? (^.-5.) 

So neigh togldre, aa it wa« tecne. 
That ther was nothing hem bltwecne, 
But tocw to loeie and wal to wal. 

GOcrer, M8. BDdZ. 294. 

(2) Pronomiced so as to rhyme to cow ; to mew, 

as cats do. Line. 
WOWE. To woo. (J,~S.) 

Haat thow W9W9I any wyghte. 
And tempted hyre orer nyghte. 

aa, CM. (Uud. A. U. f . 143. 
He wowpd the quene bothe day and nyghte. 
To lye hur by he had hyt hyghte. 

MS. Ctuamb, Ff . U. 88, 1 71. 
WOWERIS. Wooers. 

Thou5 Kbe hare wowerig ten or twelve. 

Cower, MS, Soc. A/Mq, 134, f. 61. 

WOWKE. A week. 

WOWL. To howl ; to cry. Tflr. dtof. 

WOXSE. Waxed. (^..&) 

And iMMf into so fayre and so bryjt a day. 

Chron, FUodttn, p. 197. 

WOYSE. Juice. See Woie (1). 

WRACK. (1) Wreck. " Farech, a sea-wracke 
or wrecke," Cotgrave. 

In the e^ht, short life, danger of death In tra- 
Tell. In the ninth, in periU to be sUlne by theeves. 
In the tenth, imprisonment, wru^u, condemnation, 
and death by meanes of princes. In the eleventh, a 
thousand evllls, and mlKhiefca for IViends. In the 
twelfth, death in prison. jtrt ufAstnUogyy 1073. 

Brunt ; consequences. We$t. 
The rack or torture. 

WRAIE. To betray ; to discover. {A,-S.) 

WRAIN. Discovered. {A.-S,) 

WRAITH. (1) The apparition of a person which 
appears before his death. Nwrthumb, 

f2) The shaft of a cart. North, 

WRAKE. Destruction; mischief. Qisw, 

Felyce, he eeyde, for thy sake 

To u* ys comen mocbe toraJtt, 

And alle for the love of the 

Dedd be here knyghtys thre I 

MS. Cantab, Pf . U. 86^ f . 184. 
WRALL. To cry ; to wawL 
WRAMP. A sprain. CvanUt, 
WRANGDOME. Wrong. 
WRANG LANDS. Dwarf trees on poor moun- 

tainous grounds. North, 
WRANOLESOMB. Cross ; quarrelsome. 
WRANGOUSLY. Wrongfully. North, 
WRAPE. To ravish. 
WRASE. Same as Wate, q. v. 
WRASK. Brisk ; courageous. Heame, 
WRASSLT. To wrestle. Somertet, 



i: 



WRAST.(l) Worst St6Lai»(t). 
2^ Akindofdttem. 

He shalbe wronge wratta. 
Or I wende awaye. 

(4) A shrew. North. 

(5) Loud; stem. Gawaifne. 
WRASTELYNGE. WrestUng. 

Wrattefynga, and schotynge, and i 
Thow myjte not use wythowte blame. 

JfS. CMf. GteMdL A.U. 1 187. 

WRASTLE. (l)Todry;topazdi. Bnt, 
(2) To spread with many roots, spokm of new- 
sown com. Glome, 
WRAT. A wart. North, 
WRATH. Severe weather. 
WRATHE. To anger, or make angry. Alio, 
to be or become angry. (^.-&) 
Hast thou by malys of thy doyngc^ 
Wraihthed thy nejbore In any thynge ? 

M& CMf. GIsMd. A. ii. 1 141. 
When he felyd hys woundya smert. 
He tormthtd sore yn hya herle. 

MS. Qmtmb. Ff . U. 38, f. m 
The dragon felyd strokys sroerte. 
And he wrathed yn hys hertew 

MS. Oamtmb, Ff. U. SB. C 114 
WRAW. Angry ; peevish. 

When they have one their habeigoo of malt. 
They wene to make many a man to halt* 
For they be than so angry and so wprmtop 
And yet they will stombile at a straw. 

ifS.ltoipl.C.86. 

WRAWBN. To can out (2Hi/.) 
WRAWLING. Quarrelling or contending with 

a loud voice. Baiting a wrow is exciting a 

quarrel, and confusion in the streets, &c. 

WiUan*9 Yorksh. 
WRAX- To stretch, or yawn. North. 
WRAXEN. To grow out of bounds, spoken of 

weeds, &c KetU. 
WRAXLLNG. WVestUng. Dewm. 
WRAYWARD. Peeviah ; morose. 
WREAK. (1) Revenge. Shdt. 

(2) To fret ; to be angry. North. 

(3) A cough. WeMtm. 
WREASEL. A weasel. North. 
WREATH. (1) Acresset-light. 

(2) A swelling from a blow. North. 
WRECHE. (1) Stranger. {A.^.) 

(2) Anger; wrath. Also, to anger. 

Dragons galle her wyne shal be. 
Of addres venym also, saith he^ 
That may be helcd with no ledie. 
So violent thel are and ful of wraOta, 

MS, AddU. 11905, f,S7. 
And coveie me atte that dredfnl day. 
Til that thy wreeka be y-paased away. 

M8. AddU. 11305. £ 7& 
Men end wemen dwellyd he among, 
3yt wraehtfd he never non with wrong. 

MS. Osficoft. Ff. ii. 38, f. 7A* 

(3) Revenge. (A.S.) 

WRECK. Dead undigested roots and stems of 
grasses and weeds in plonghland. Norfolk. 

WRED. Rubbish, the baring of a quarry. To 
wred, to clear the rubbish. To make wred, 
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WREE. To iminiuite scandal of any one. 
WREEDEN. Peevish; cross. Cumb. 
T^REEST. A piece of timber on the side of a 

plough made to take on and off. Kent. 
WREINT. Awry. 
WREITH. " De$tordr€, to wring or wreUh;* 

IloifybaiuPt Dictionaries 1593. 
WREKE. (1) Sea-weed. Nominale MS. 
(2) Reyenged. Also, revenge. 

Of alle the Almaynf they wyliebeiprtfrtf. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. If. 88, f. 161. 

WREKER. An avenger. (A.^S.) 

WREKIN.DOVE. The turUedove. 

WRENCHE. A trick ; a straUgem. 
Of bys wordys h« ean forthenke. 
Bat 5yt he thoght anodur wrmcAa. 

MS. Caatab. Ft. ii. 38. f. 167. 

WRENCKE. Same as Wrenehe, q. v. 
Many men the worlde here fraystea, 
Bot he ei noght wyte that tharein trayitea. 
For It leedet a man wyth wreneket and wylet, 
And at the last it hym begylea. 

Hampolt, MS. Bow«f, p. 88. 

WRENOCK. Same as Wretehoeky q. v. 

WREST. A twist, or torn. 

WRETCH. ** Poor wretch" is a term of cn- 

dearment in Gloucestershire. 
WRETCHE. Toreck, orcaie. 
WRETCHOCK. The smallest of a brood of do- 

mestic fowls. Gifbrd. 
WRETE. Written. 

Hyt ys leyde, thurghelawe urrsftf. 
That thyn hede ihulde he of nnete. 

MS. HaH. 1701. f. 15. 

WRETHEN. Twisted. (J.-S.) 

WRETON. Written. (J.-S.) 

But men may fynde, who io wol loke, 
Som manere peyne wntmt in boke. 

MS. AddU. 11805, f. 9i. 

WRETTE. The teat of a breast. 
WRET-WEED. The wild enphorbia, which is 
sometimes used to cure warts. A wart is still 
called wret in Norfolk. 
WRICHE. Wretched. (J.-S.) 
WRICKEN. Miserable. Line. 
WRIDE. To spread abroad. West. 
WRIE. (1) To betray ; to discover. 

Thcr is no man this place con torys. 
But thyself, jlf thou wilt sey. 
And than art thou unkynde. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. ▼. 48, f . 51 . 
(2) To cover. (j4.-S.) 

Sone, heseyde, tor Ooddys love, 
FFrye me with sum clothe above. 

MS. Httri. 1701, f. 8. 
WRIGGLE. Any narrow winding hole. 
WRIGGLERS. Small wriggling animals. 
WRIGHT. A workman. (J.^S.) 
He ded oome ivfyjlct for to make 
Coveryng over hon for tempest sake. 

MS. Harl. 1701, r.61. 

WRIGHTRT. The business of a wright. 
WRIMPLED. Crampled. 
WRIN. To cover; to conceaL 
WRINCHED. Sprained. " I have wrinehtd 

my foote," HoU^han^e Dietionarie, 1593. 
WRINE. Avmnkle. Somenet. 



WRING. (1) To trouble. Doreet. 
(2) A press for cider. West. 
WRING-HOUSE. A house for cider-making. 
WRINGLE. (1) A wrinkle. (2) To crack. 
WRINGLE-GUT. A nervous fidgety man. 
WRINGLE-STRAWS. Long bent, or grass. 
WRINKLE. A new idea. Far. dial. 
WRISTELE. To wrestle. 
WRIT. A scroll of writing. 
WRITH. The stalk of a plant. 
WRITHE. (1) Anger. 

Thus thay flghte in the frythe. 
With waa wreke thay thalre tiFfyfAe. 

JfA. LlnceteA.f. 17.f. 131 

(2) To tvrist; to turn aside. 

The gode man to hys cage can goo, 
And wiythed the pyes necke yn two. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. il.88, f. 136. 

(3) Worthy. 

(4^ The band of a faggot. Weet. 

(5) To cover anything up. 

WRITHEN. Twisted. North. 

WRITHING. A turning. 

WRITHLED. Withered. 

WRITINGS. Persons who quarrel are aaid io 

bum the writinge, 
WRITING-TABLE. A table-book. 
WRIVED. Rubbed. {Flem.) 
WRIZZLED. Wrinkled ; shrivelled up. 
WRO. A comer. 

Nere Sendyforth ther Itatoroo, 
And nere that trro is a welle, 
A ston ther is the wet even tvo. 
And nere the we], truly to telle. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f. 184. 
WROBBE. 

If I solde sy tt to domesdaye. 

With my tonge to wroUe and wrye, 
Certanely that lady gaye 

Never bete scho askryede for mee. 

MS. Uneoin A. i. 17. f. 149. 
WROBBLE. To wrap up. Here/. 
WROCKLED. Wrinkled. Sussej:. 
WROHTE. Worked ; wrought. (J..S.] 
WROKE. Avenged. 

Lo! thus hath Ood the sdaundre ttn-oX-tf 
That thou a5ens Constaunce hast spoke. 

CrOtr«r, MS. Soe, Antiq. 134, f. 67. 

WROKIN. A Dutch woman. 
WRONG. (1) Untrue. (2) Crooked. 
(3) A large bough. Suffolk. 
WRONGOUS. Wrong. Palegrave. 

Oye seyde, thou doyst uncurteslye 

For to smy te me torongetul^e. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. li. 38, f. 188. 

WROTE. (1) To grub, as swine, &c. 

There he wandyrde faste ahowte. 

And writtyd fkste with hys snowte. 

US. Cantab. Ff. il. 38, f. 188* 

Long he may dyge and wratCf 

Or he have hys fyll of .the rote. 

In somour he lyvys be the frute. 

And berys that were full suete ; 

In wynter may he no thing fynd, 

Bot levys and grasse and of the rynd. 

MS. Jshmola 61, xv. Cent. 
(2) A root. SkeUon. 
WBOTHELY. Angrily. (A..S.) 



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ThB msyd* lokyd on Oye full grfmto*. 
And w^ wrHkt^ anaweryd hym. 

MS, Omtmb. Ft. iUSBtf. 148. 

WROTHER. More wrath. 

And wyd* tovdynfa* for 5oar Ij^m, 
Be nev«T the wrotktr with four wyvei. 

MS. Aahmole 01, f. 60. 

WROTHERHELB. Dl fate, or condition. 
WROUJTB. Wrought ; mule. 
And )lt n leehourealle his lyf 
He wee, and in evoutrye 
He tvfvttjfe many a tredierye, , 

Go«v«r, MS, SW. JbnHq, IM, f. 13S. 
That alle thynge has wrv^, 
Hevene and erthe, and alle of nojt. 

jr& CM. Ommd, A. 11. f. IS. 
WROX. To begin to decay. Wtarw. 
WRUCKED. Thrown up. Oawttjfne, 
WRT. To turn aside. 

But tcche hyre to knele downe the by. 
And tumwhat thy face tnm hyre thou wnf, 

MS. CbM. Gtend. A. il. f. MB. 
WRYDE. Coyered. (^.-5.) 
She ran than thurghe hem and haatyly hyde. 
And with here kerdtieTee hyi hepyi ihe mwW«> 

MS, HaH. 1701. f. 88. 

WRTGULDY. 

Jak boy, li thy bow 1-broke, 

Or hath any man done the mifgntdw wrange f 
^^ AMVrlHdt i^tkt Fbwr Bmitemtn. 

WRTNCHE. On wryneke, across. 

The T^. wyflb aat one the bynebe* 

And f ^e oaate h* kgge one leyyndke. 

MS, nrMngCM 10, tSB, 

WRY.NOT. To shead wrynot, is to oatdo the 
devil. Ltme, 

WRYTB. A writing. 

All yn yoye and delyte, 

Thott muate here hym thys tmyfe. 

MS, Cantab. Ft. IL 88, f. 109L 

WUD. With. North. 

WUDDER. To make a sullen roar. 

WUDDLE. To cut. North. 

WULE. To cry. Su3$w. 

WULLERD. An owl. Salcp. 

WULLOW. The alder. Sab^, 

WUNDERELLB. A wonder. 

WURSHIPLY. WorBhipfuUy;feipec(lhIl7. 



WURT. The canker-wonn. 

WUSK. A sudden gust Noitt. 

WUSSET. A scarecrow. mUs. 

WUSTEN. Knew. (^.-&) 

Wel buy unutm in heore mod« 
Thai It was Jhetu Tcrrei God. 



l.f.lL 
WUT. Sense ; knowledge. 

He il erer out of tiwf, and wood ; 
How thul we amende hit mood ? 

Otraor MmnM, MS. ColL IWii. Gnrtak C A 

WY.DRAUGMT. A sink, or drain. 

WYE. A man. (J.-S.) 

Twa thoaande in tale honede on stedya. 

Of the wyghteite «««« faialle jooe WestehBdja. 

Jfertt Jrikun, MS, Lbuabt^tS!, 

WYESE. Men. (^.-&) 

Nowe they wende over the watyxe thiae wyrcftupAdb 

knyghttci, 
Thuif he the wode to the wooe there the wyaMryitci. 
Mmt0 jMhure, MS. Xiaeate, C 67* 

WYLT. Escaped. Gmoayne, 
WYNDOWED. Blown, or winnowed. 

I have one of the tmalea 

Was wyndowti away. 

ir&JV*img«Mii,f.«, 

WYN.TRE. A yine. 

Methou5teI lawa io f t>»< f . 

And a bow5e with brannchet thre. 

CMmr JfMMH, MS. CoU. IVte. Om§mb,LtB, 

WYRLYNG. 

Ood forbede that a wylde Iriah toifr^mg 
Shoulde be choaen for to be theyr kyng. 
MS.Sot.jitMi^ 101, f.Ok 

WYRWYNE. To choke ; to suffocate. 
WYTHCLBPYNE. To revoke, or lecaU. 
WYTHENE. Whence. Pereev^ 503. 
WYJT. Wight, or person. 

Fro the morwetyde In to the nyjt 

Israel in God doth trowe, 
Israel be toknith every Hy|f 

That with Ood tcbal ben and gooatly knowe ; 
God to knowe it maonyi ryjt* 

That wil hia wittis wel bcatown; 
Therfore I hope, aa he hath hyjt. 
That hevyn Uyi ia maanys owe. 



XIs used in some dialects fSor «A. It con- 
• stantly occurs in the Coyentry Mysteries, 
sad, salf xtUd, xaU, &c. 
But now in tho memory of my passyon. 

To ben partabyl with me in my reyn above, 
5« m/ 4Tynk myn blood with gret devoeyon, 
Wheche aoi be and flhr mannya love. 

Oo9t»trp Mif9i0rie§, p. 878* 



XENAGOGIE. 

These be the thtaigi that I had to xemembsr In 
Bltham ; and, to make an ende of all, theae be the 
places whereof I meant to make note In this ay 
unagogteaxkA perambulation of Kent, the first ani 
onely shyre that I have described. 
hambmrd^t FwwNitalaAen, 1588, P^ fi» 

XOWYNE. To shove. Pr, P«rv. 



YAN 



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YT is employed as a prefix to verbs in the 
• same manner as I. See p. 472. 
TA. (l)yea. (^.-5.) 
(2) One. (3) You. Nwth, 
YAAPPIN6. Crying in despair, lamenting; 
apptied to chickens lamenting the absence of 
their parent hen. North, 
TABLES. Ablins ; perhaps. North, 
YACK. To snatch. Lme, 
YAD. Went. (^.-A) 

Hii squien habite he bad* 
Whan he to the deyse pad, 
Withottte oouped f hone. 

Tortvnt of Fortugal, p. 51. 
YADDLE. Drainings from a dunghilL 
YAF. Gave. (A,'S.) 
YAFF. To bark. North, 
YAFFIL. A woodpecker. Heref, 
YAFFLE. (1) An armful. Comw, 

(2) To bark. Same as YaJ^^ q. y. 

(3) To eat. A cant term. 

(4) To snatch ; to take illicitly. 
YAITINGS. See Gaitingt, 
YAITS. Oats. Cumb, 
YAK. An oak. North. 
YAKE. To force. YorJksh, 
YAKKER. An aoom. Wett, 
YAL. (1) Whole. (2) Ale. North* 
YALE. (1) A small quantity. East, 

(2) To yell ; to cry. St^oUt, 
YALLOW.BEELS. Guineas. Eanmor, 
YALOWE. Yellow. Maundeviie. 
YALT. Yielded. 

He Joined hifl honden, Joe tous dl, 
Andy ait hem thank and graroercl. 

Arthour and Mtrttn, p. 819. 

YALU. Yellow. North, 

Hie here, that wa* ifoiu and bright, 
Blac it bicome anonright; 
Naa no man in thlf world so wise of sight, 
That afterward him knoire might. 

Oy qf Wanoik0, p. 220. 

YAM. ^1^ Home. (2) Aim. Yorkih, 

(3) To eat heartily. North, 
YAMEKDE. Lamented ; sorrowed. 
YAMMER. (1) To yearn after. Lane, 

(2) To grumble ; to fret. North, Also, to 
make a loud disagreeable noise. 

YAMMET. An ant, or emmet. Wett, 

ITAMPH. To bark continuously. North, 

YAN. One. North. 

YANCE. Once. North, 

Y'ANE. (1) To yawn. Pabgrave. 
The bore roos and yanyd wyde, 
Befyse let the spere to hym glyde. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. 11. 38, f. 100. 

(2) One ridge of com, with the reapers em- 
ployed on it. 

(3) The breath. (4) One. North, 
YANGER. Yonder. Susies, 
YANGLE. (1) To chatter ; to wrangle. 
(2) A yoke for an animal. E(ut, 

YANKS. Leathern or other leggings 'worn by 
agricultural labourers, reaching from below 
the knee to the top of the highlow. Some- 
times they are called BoW'Yaiiiee$, 



YANSEL. One's self. North. 
YAP. (1) An ape. North, 

(2) Quick ; ready ; apt. North, 

(3) To bark ; to yelp. Also, a cur. 
YAPE. To gossip. Suues, 
YAPPEE. To yelp. Devon, 
YAPPY. Cross; irritable. North, 
YAR. (1) To snarL lAne, 

(2) The earth. North, 

(S) Your. (4) Sour. Var. dial 

(5) Aghast ; intimidated. Suuex, 

YARBS. Herbs. We9t, 

YARD. (1) Earth; land. << MyddeU yarde,** 
Chester Plays, L 67. In Suffolk a garden, 
especially a cottage-garden, is so termed. 

(2) A rod, or staff. The term was even applied 
to a long piece of timber, &c 

(3) The penis. 

YARD-LAND. A quantity of land, which va- 
ries, according to the place, from 15 to 40 
acres. In some places, a quarter of an acre 
is called a yard of land. 
YARD-MAN. The labourer who has the special 

care of the farmyard. 
YARE. (1) Nimble ; sprightly ; quick ; active ; 
ready. Ray gives this as a Suffolk word. It 
is found in Shakespeare, Decker, and contem- 
porary writers, often as a sea tenn. See the 
Tempest, L 1. 
(2) Ready. {A,-S.) 

Then IJ. of them made them yore. 
And to the cy t^ the chylde they bare. 

MS, Cantab. Ft, il. 38, f.86. 
The erle buskyd and made hym yore 
For to ryde ovyr the revere. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 98, C 64. 

A fold behind a house, &c 
Brackish to the taste. North, 
(5) A fish.lock. 

YARK. (1) To strike; to beat. North, Also, 
a stroke, a jerk, a snatch, a pluck. ** A yarke 
of a whip,'' Florio, p. 98. 
2) To take away ; to take off. Somenet, 
ZS To kick. Holme, 1688. 
4) To prepare. North, 
5} Sharp ; acute ; quick. Dewm, 
YARKE. To make ready ; to prepare. 
YARLY. Early. Lane, 

What, is he ityrrynge ao parly this mornynge 
whiche draake so moche yestemyghte. 

Pabgrav«*t AeoUutuBt IMO. 

YARM. (1) To scold ; to grumble. East, 

(2) An unpleasant noise. Line, Also, to make 
a loud unpleasant noise. 

YARMOUTH-CAPON. A red-herring. 

YARN. (1) To earn. West. 

(2) A net made of yam. 

YARN-BALL. A ball stuffed with yam, used 
by children playing at ball. 

YARNE. To yearn after. 

YAR-NUT. An earth-nut. North, 

YARREL. A weed. Suffolk, 

YARRINGLES. " An instrument of great use 
among good housewifes, by means of which 
yam-slippings or hanks (aflier they have been 
washed and whitened) are wound up into 



YBL 



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TEA 



dewt orimuid tMUi ; tbeta by tome tve termed 
a pair of jarringles, or yarringle bladei, which 
•re nothing die but two stieict or piecet of 
wood let crou, with a hole in the middle, to 
torn round about a wooden or iron pin fixed 
in the ttodi ; the endi aie full of holes, to pot 
the piu in, narrower or wider, according to 
the compan of the lUpping or yarn upon it 
Some have these instruments jointed with 
hinges, to turn treble, they being the etsier 
for carriage ; but such are more for cariosity 
than necessity. The stock is made of various 
shapes ; some have a square on the top, with a 
wharl in the middle, and edged about like the 
sides of a box, into which the dews are put, 
as they are wound, and this is set upon three 
or four wooden fedt Others have them in 
form of a pillar fixed in a square, with a three- 
cornered or ronnd foot, dther plain or else 
wrought with turned or carved work, to show 
tiie ingenuity of the artlftcer, or splendour of 
the owner," Diet. Rnst. The term occurs in 
early vocabularies, in the Pr. Parv., &c 

YARROW AY. The common yarrow. 

YARTH. The earth. North, 

YARUM. Milk. A cant term. 

YARWINGLB. See Ymrimglea. 

YARY. Sharp ; quick ; ready. Kent. 

YASPBN. An Essex word, according to Ray, 
signifying as much as can be taken up in both 
hands joined together. Skinner refers to 
Gouldman. ' 

YAT. (1) A gate. Still in use. 
Thcrwhilcs the king at* mete aat. 
The lyovungoth to play withoutcn the pat, 

Gy 1^ Warwik0, p. lU. 

(2) Hot. (3) A heifer. North, 
YATB-STOOP. Agate-post. Norih, 
YATTON. The town of Ayton. 
YAUD. A horse, or mare. North, The pro- 

vindd form ofjade, 
YAUP. (1) To cry out; to shridc; to make a 

loud noise in talking. North. 

(2) To be hungry. North, 
YAVB. Gave. 

The ennyte he pmve gode day. 
And to Pole he toke the way. 

M8, Cmitiab, Ft ILSS, f. 15S. 

YAYILL. A common ; a heath. Devon, 
YAW. (1) Yes. (2) To hew. Weet. 

(3) When a ship is not steered steadily, but goes 
in and out with her head, they say she yaws. 
Sea-Dictionary, 12mo. 1708. ' 

YAWLE. To cry ; to howl. Ea$t, 

In the popca kychyne the icullyons thall not 

brawie, 
Nor fyght for my grew. If the priettei woulde for 
me jMMffb. Bal^t Kimgt Jokan, p. 78. 

YAWN. To howl. Craven, 
YAWNEY. A stupid feUow. Line. 
YAWNEY-BOX. A donkey. Derb, 
YAWNUPS. Same as Yaumeyj q. v. 

YAWSB-BONES. Ox-bones, used by boys in a 

game called y«i0«e. Yorkah, 
Y-BLENT. Blinded. 



Ottkcn agalae* too much I 

With heavenly aeele and with rdigloa. 

Y-BORNE. Bom; carried. {A,'S.) 

For thelaiere was jr-teme up eren 
With angdys to the Uyne of heveo. 

MA Harl. SMO. f. 7a 

y.BORNID. Burnished. (A.-S.) 

With goMe of feytbe Aiyre and bryjtc p tw m id . 
With charit^ that 5eveih ao dere alyjte. 

LpdgmUt MS, 89e. ^tociff. 134, t IS. 

YCHAN. Each one. {A,^,) 

I have done the grettlat lynne 
That any woman may be in, 
Agaynee God and his leyntes ycten. 

MS, Ouaab, Ff: T. 48» f. 46L 
Into a chaumlmr they be goone. 
There they ichalde be dubbed ycaMM. 

MS, Qmtab, Ff. ii. SB. f. 1«. 

YCHELE. An idde. 

Y-CLEDD. Clothed. 

When they were thos p-cUdd, 

To a diaumbiix the erle hym yede. 

MS. Gui«a6. Ff. ILaB» f.l«L 

Y-CORE. Chosen. 

Edgar that was Edmmidys longer eonn. 
To the kyndam of Eng lond was p-eart. 

Cknn. FilMtam. p. 93, 

Y-CORN. Chosen. (A.*S,) 

Whare thurch we ben toheren y-eont* 
And the devel his might forlorn. 

Jrthour 9$td Merlin, p. t&i 

Y-DOO. Done ; finished. {A.-S.) 

Forthe sche went with sorowe y-nqgh* 
And tyed hur hors to a boghe, 
Tylle the throwes were alle p-doo. 

MS, Cantab, Pf. iL 38, f. 74- 

YDUL. Idle; vain. 

I holde hyt but an pdui thynge 
To tpelte myche of teythynge. 

MS. CM. aattd. A. il. f. 131. 

Y-DYT. Stopped. (A.-S.) 

Wyth hys uyle my Itnes he hath kny^t. 
And wyth hys hede my mouth p^t. 

MS. HmrU 1701, f. 21. 

YE. (1) An eye. 

And as he touted, hyt pe gan blenche. 
And say one sytte before the benches 

MS. HarL 17D1, f. «. 
That be make may hye lowe. 
And lowe hye in a lytyUe thrown ! 
God may do, withowten lye, 
Hys wylle in the twynkelyng of an ye/ 
The Icyng seyde than, with tho^ unscabullr, 
Ye synge thys ofte and alle hys a fabulle ! 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii.31, f. SlO. 
From nyse japes and rybawdye 
Tbow moste tume away thyn pa. 

MS. Cott. Ommd, A. il. f. 137- 

(2) Yea; yes. {A.'S.) 

YEAD. The head. Wett. 

YEAME. Home. North, 

YEAN. (1) To throw. Devon. 

(2) To can, or bring forth young. 

^3^ You will. Ijane. 

YEAND-BY.TO. Before noon. Lane. 

YEANDER. Yonder. Var. dud, 

YEANT. A giant. 

He come where the jreaitf was. 
And seyde, godesyr, let me passe. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. ii. 58, f. 64. 



Y£L 



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YEN 



YBAPM. Tohicoougfa. Nvrik. 

¥£AK-DAY. An anniversary day; a day on 
which prayers were said for the dead. 

TEARDED. Buried. 

YEARDLY. Very. North. 

YEARLING. A beast one year old. 

YEARN. To vex, or grieve. 

YE ARNE. To give tongue, a hunting term, ap- 
plied to hounds when they open on the game. 

YEARNSTFUL. Very earnest. Lane, 

YE ASING. The eaves of a house. Lane, 

YEASY. Easv. Lane. 

YEATH. Heath ; ground. WcsL 

YEATHER. Same as Ether (3). 

YEAVELING. The evening. Deeon. 

YEAVY. Wet and moist. Exmoor, 

YEBBLE. Able. Northumb. 

Y£D. (1) An aperture or way where one collier 
only can work at a time. 

(2) Edward. Derd, 

YEDART. Edward. Sahp. 

YEDDINGES. See 3edtlmffe9. 

YEDDLE. To addle, or earn. Chesh, 

YEDE. Went. (^.-5.) 

Thu/' * the wombe mod thureh the chine, 
*^^ftwoen^edetyta bUine. 
' ' \. Jr^our and Merlin, p*236. 

wa«chyd and y«<f « to mete, 
e oy^chop the grace dyd lay. 

MS, Cantab, Ff. iL 38, f. 46. 
Bat then they wente flro that stede, 
On ther way forthe they ymfe 

Feire fro every towne, 
Into a grete wyldumet, 
Fulleof wylde beatys by t was, 
Be dale and eke be downe. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 73. 

YEDWARD. (1) Edward. Cheth, 

(2) A dragon fly. Cfrose. 

YEEK'B. Itch. Yorith. 

YEENDER. The forenoon. iVbr/A. Thisispro- 

bably a corruption of undem, q. v. 
YEEPE. Active; alert; prompt {A.^S.) 
YEEPSEN. Same as Yaapen, q. v. 
YEERY. Angry. North. 
YEES. Eyes. Ermoor. 
YEEVIL. Adungfork. Wett. 
YEP. To give. Also, a gift. 
YEFPELL. EviL 

Y met hem hot at Wentbrcg, leyde Lytyll John, 

And therfor jfeffbtt mot he the, 
Seche thre strokaa he me gafe. 
Yet they clellb by my teydya. 

RoMn Hood, L 83. 
YEFTE. A gift. {J.^S.) 
YEGE. A wedge. 
YEIFER. A heifer. Devon. 
YEK. An oak. North, 
YEL. An eeL Somertet. 
YELD. Eld; age. SJtelton. 
YELD.BEASTS. Annuals barren, not giving 

milk, or too young for giving profit 
YELDE. To yield, pay, give. (^.-5.) 
YELDER. Better; rather. North, 
YELD-HALL. Aguild-halL 
YELDROCK. The yellow-hammer. North. 
II. 



YELE-HOUSE. A brewing-honse. Brockett 

has yeU-houUt an alehouse. 
YRLF. Adungfork. Cheth. 
YELK. To prepare clay for the dawber by 

mixing straw and stubble with it 
YELLOT. The jaundice. Heref. 
YELLOW-BELLY. A person bom in the fens 

of Lincolnshire. Line. 
YELLOW-BOTTLE. Com marigold. Kent. 
YELLOW-BOYS. Guineas. Var.diaL 
YELLOW-HOMBER. The chaffinch. Wegt. 
YELLOWNESS. Jealousy. Shak, 
YELLOWS. (1) Jealousy. 

Thy blood is yet uncorrnpted, vtUowt has not 

tainted it. Two Lanea*hir« Looert, 1640, p. 27. 

(2) Dyers' weed. Midi. C. 

(3) A disorder in horses. 

(4) The jaundice. Still in use. 
YELLOW-SLIPPERS. Very young calves. 
YELLOW-ST ARCH. Was formerly much used 

for staining linen for dress, ruffs, &c It is 
frequently referred to. 
YELLOW.STOCKINGS. To anger the yeUow 

stockings, i. e. to provoke jealousy. 
YELLOW-TAILS. Earthworms yellow about 

the tail. Topsell's Serpents, p. 307. 
YELLOW-YOWLEY. The ycllow-bammer. 
YELM. To lay straw in order fit for use by a 

thatcher. East. 
YELOWSE. Jealous. 

Thou woldftt be so v$towM, 
And of me so amerovse. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 152. 

YELPER. A young dog ; a whelp. 

YELTE. (1) Yieldeth. (A.-S,) 

(2) A young sow. North, 

YELVE. The same as Yelf, q. v. 

YEM. Edmund. Lane. 

YEMAN. A servant of a rank next below a 

squire ; a person of middling rank. 
YEME. (1) An uncle. 

His dame nowe roaye dreame. 

For her owlne bame teame. 

For nother ante nor y«me 

Gettes this gaye garmente. 

Chetter Pla^t, U. 65. 

(2) Care ; attention. Also, to take care of, to 
rule, guide, or govern. 

Be that hadde Bevet leln In bendca 
Seve yer In peines grete, 
Lite i-dronke and lasse i-ete. 
His browe stank for defaut of ytfme, 
That it set after ase a seme. 

Beves qf Hamtcun, p. 82. 

YEMMOUTH. Aftermath. Gloue. 
YEN. Eyes. (A.^S.) 

And his felaw forthwith also 
Was Uynde of bothe his yen two. 

Oower, MS. Soe, jintiq. 134, f. 63. 
The teryi owte of hys ym yode. 

MS, Hari, 2252, f. 133. 

YENDE. India. 

He send bysshop Swytelyn y-wys, 
Into Ytnde for hym on pilgremage. 

Ckrut, FUodMH. p. 18. 
YENDEN. Ended. We$t, 
YENE. (1) To yawn, or gape. 

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YPA 



MMliiioatlM thmgrm bot. 
And grteclwlM jrtiMd, Ood It woL 

Arthmw mud Mtrlin, p.t83. 

(2) Byes. See Ycia. 

Slth I am wounded wyth yowreyen* tweyne, 
Lett meno Icngut tighen for yowrc uke. 

MS. C^Mtat, Ff. L 6, f. IS. 

rs) To enter into. (^.-&) 

(4) To lay tn egg. Weber, 

(5) To give up to. 
YBNLET. An inlet. 

I tuppow that by gmiladt he neaneth a thing yet 
well knowne In Kent, and exprcMed by the word 
ycnlade or ptnlgt, whkh betokeneth an indtaugbt 
or InleU of water into the lande. 

Lambard^t Pwtmb%ilatUm, 1«W» p. 980. 

YENNED. Threw. Devon, 
TEO. An ewe. Exmoor, 
YEOMAN-FEWTERER. See Fewterer, 
YEOMAN'S-BREAD. A kind of bread made 

for ordinary uae. 
YEOMATH. Aftermath. WiUm. 
YEOVERY. Hungry. Northumb, 
YEP. Prompt; quick. A brisk active person 
ia said in Suffolk to be pepper. 
The to and fourtl weren j^tp. 
Thai leten ther hon gode chep. 

Arthourmnd Merlin, p. 219. 
Syr Befyae that was bothe wyse and ye;w, 
He smote the lion with the spurrys of golde. 

MS. Cantalk. Ff. il. 98. f. 101. 
YEPPING. The chirping of birds. 
YEP.SINTLE. Two handfuls. Lane. 
YERD. (1) A fox-earth. Cumb, 
(2 » A rod, or staff. Still in use. 
YERE. (1) An heir. In a bond dated 1605, 
written in a copy of Hall's Union, fol. Lond. 
1548, in the library of the Society of Anti- 
quaries, the writer mentions " myne yerea, 
executors, administrators, and assignes." 
12) An ear. Nominale MS. 

Bm sone thei cane away here hedee wrye. 
And to fayre speche lyttcly Chaire jrercs close. 

MS, Cuutab. Ff. i. 6, t 104. 

(3) A year. {J.-S,) 
YERK. To kick, like a horse. 

YERLY. Early. 

Yerly when the day can sprynge, 
A pr«est he dud a masse synge. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. (1.88, £. 83. 

YERMEN. Men hired by the year. 
YERNE. (1) Iron. Nominale MS. " The yem 
pot," Dr. Dee's Diary, p. 24. 

(2) Quickly ; eagerly ; briskly. 

Fur he seyd he wald as yem 
Fight with that geaunt stem. 

GyqT fVorurtike, p. 804. 

(3) To run. Octovian, 965. Sec Wright's 
Gloss, to Piers Ploughman. 

(4J To desire ; to seek eagerly. {A.-S,) 
(5) A heron. Cheth, 
YERNFUL. Melancholy. Nares. 
YERNIN. Rennet. Yorksh, 
YERNIN6. Activity ; dUigence. 
YERNSTFUL. Very earnest. Lane. 
YERRARGHY. Hierarchy. 
YERRED. Swore. Devon, 
YERRING. Noisy. Sxmoor. 



YERRIWIG. Aa earwig. We^L 
YERSTERNB-NIGHT. Last night. 
Wei the gfcu that Udie knlfht. 
That sopede with iheyeratan^-night, 

Bnea qf iinmtamm, p, llf. 
YERTH. Earth. Var. diaL 
YERT-POINT. A game mentioned in the old 

play of Lady Alimony. 
YES. (1) Eyes. See Ye, 
(2) An earthworm. Somenet, 
YESK. ** I yeske, I gyre a noyae oat of my 

stomacke,/e enffbmte" Palsgrave. See Yex. 
YEST. Froth. (^.-A) 
YESTE. Gest ; tale. 

Theemperowre gaf hut xl. pownde. 
In y«#r« as we rede. 

MS. QaUttb. Ft XL 88, f. 14. 
Now b«gynny th a gut* ageyn 
Of Kyng Qttore and Aimyn. 

MS, Cantmb, Ff, ii. J8, f. 191. 
YESTMUS. AhandfuL Lame, 
YESTREEN. Last night North. 
YESTY. Frothy. Hence, light. 

YETB. A gate. North. 

On ascapede and atom 

In at the castel y«f«, 

Ase the kltig sat at the mete. 

Beve* o/Hamp^mn, p. 54. 

YETEN. Gotten. Chaucer, * 

YETHARD. Edward. Warvt. 
YETH-HOUNDS. Dogs without beads, the 

spirits of unbaptised children, which ramble 

among the woods at night, making wailing 

noises. Devon, 
YETLING. A small iron pan, with a bow handle 

and three feet. North, 
YET-NER. Not nearly. Sumv. 
YETS. Oats. Var. dial 
YETTUS. Yet. Wane. 
YEVE. (1) To give. (J.^S,) 

To the worlde y wylle me nerer |«ve» 
But serve the, Lorde, whylle y Icre. 

MS. Qauab. Ff. U. 88^ f.84. 

(2) Evening. Reliq. Antiq. i. 300. 
YEVEN. Given. (ji.-S.) 
YEWD. Went. North. 
YEWER. A cow's udder. North. 
YEWERS. Embers ; hot ashes. £rm. 
YEW-GAME. A gambol, or froUc. 
YEWKING. Puny; sickly. 
YEWMORS. Embers. See Yewert. 
YEWRE. A water-bearer. 
YE WTHOR. A strong ill smeU. This word is 
given by Urry, in his MS. Additions to Ray. 

YEWYS. Jews. 

How ym«f» demyd my sooe to dye, 
Eche oon a dethe to hym they dreste. 

MS. CantuI*. Ft. iL 38. f. 47- 
YEX. The hiccough. It occurs as a veib, to 
hiccough, in Florio, p. 501. 

YF. Give. 

And seyde, Harrowde, what redyst thoo i 
1/me Uiy cowncell nowe. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. U. 38, f. 161. 

Y-FALLE. FaUen. (^.-S.) 

God forgeve us owresynnes all. 
That we all day beyth yn jf-faSe, 

MS. Ctata6. Ff. iL 38, f. 81& 



YLB 



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YOG 



Y.FOLB. nOen. (^.-A) 

But whai the kyag was ff^ atlffpef 
A wonder 1751 him tho5C he tayo. 

CJhron. Vihdun, p, 19. 
T-FOLUD. Fouled ; defiled. 
Lest that holy place with that blod y-yb/ud thuld be. 

Chron, rUodun. p. IM. 

YFTLES. Giftleas. 

The kyng of Pervynse aeyd. So mot I the ! 
XfUu ichalle they not be. 

TorrmttfPartug^, p. 18. 

YGNE. Eyes. 

So waa hyt ihewyd before here yjne 
That halvyndele the waa jove to pyoe. 

MS, HarU 1701, f. 11. 

YH. Is found in some manuscripts for y, as 

y hate J gate, fheme^ for yeme, q. v., &c. 
YIIE. Ye. 

He say«, als men yht salle dye alle, 
And all ane of the pryuces ifhe salle fa11e« 
That ea, phe lalle dye one the lame maaere 
Ala men dyes hi thb worlde here. 

Hampole, MB, Bowetf p. d8. 

YHEMING. A guard. See Yeme (2). 
YHEN. Eyes. 

Both y/ken of myne hed were oute. 

Cower, MS. Omtab. Ff. 1.6, f.85. 

YHERDE. A yard ; a rod. 

In ifhtrde irencd salt thou stere tha, 
Als lome of erthe breke tham als swa. 

MS, Cott. Ve*pm», D. Til. f. 1. 

YHERE. A year. Ps, Cott. Antiq, 

YHERNE. To yearn ; to desire. 

Thai sal yhtme, he lays, to dyghe ay, 
And the dede sal fleghe fro thaime away. 

Hampaie, MS. Bowes, p. Sid. 

YHIT. Yet. See Utuonand, 
Y-HOLD. Beholden. {J,-S.) 
YHOTEN. AgUnt. (^.-5.) 
YHOUGHHEDE. Youth. (J,-S.) 
YHOWNGE. Young. 
YI. Yea; yes. J>erb. 
YIELD. (I) To give; to requite. 

(2 ) Barren, applied to cows. North. 

(3) To give up, or relinquish. South. 
YIFFE. To give. 

And therto haa ye suche benevolence 
With every Jantylman to speke and deylle 
In honest^, vaiyiffb hem audience. 
That seeke folke reitoryn ye to helle. 

MS. rabrfia 18. 

YILD. Patience. (^.-5.) 
YILDE. Tribute. Weber. 
YILP. To chirp. Vorth. 
YILT. A female pig. BedM. 
YINDER. Yonder. Eaat. 
YIP. To chirp. Eaat. 
YIPPER. Brisk. Eaat. 
YISSERDAY. Yesterday. North. 
Y-KETE. Begotten. 

Kyng Edgarus doufter yche wene he was 
Y-kete hot upon a wenche. 

Cknm. VUodum, p. M. 
YKINE. To itch. Pr. Parv. 
YLE. (1) An eel. (2) An aUle. 
Y.LERD. Learned. 

He seydc, y wende that ye were clerk y« beste y-ferd. 
That levyd yn thys roodyllerd. 

MS. Otntab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 128. 



Y-LESSED. Relieved. Chmteer. 
YLKOON. Each one. 

That they achulde arme them yUceem, 
For to take the kyngys fone. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. ii. 38, f. IM. 
Y.LOGGED. Lodged. Chaucer. 
Y-LOKE. Locked up. 

And with 00 worde of the mayde y-spoke. 
The Holy Goat is in here breste p-loke* 
l0dgate, MS. Soe. Anttq. 134, f . 8. 

Y-LOWE. lied. 

That levedy seyd, thou mlsbegeteo thing. 
Thou haat y4oMe a gret lesing, 

Arthour and Merlin, p. 43. 
YLYCH. Alike. 

And lovede well with hert trewe, 
Nyght and day tflyeh newe. Oetoetan, 92, 

YMANGE. Among. 

And as he salt at the mete ptnange his pryuces. 
he waa wonder mery and gladde, and Jocund. 

MS. UneelH A. i. 17. t, 47. 

Y.MELLE. Among. {A..S.) 

Whenne the leves arc dryede ynowghe and bakene 
jf-mell» the stones, take thanne and braye the leves 
alle to powder. MS. Une, Med, f. 887. 

YMENEUS. Hymenaeus. 
Y-MENT. Intended. (A.S,) 
Y-MOtJLID. Moulded ; rusted. 

And with his blood schalle waaehe undefouNd 
Thegylteof man with rusteof synney-meufid. 

l^dgate, MS. Soc. AmUq. 134, f.«l. 

YMPE. To engraft. 

Nehadde oure elderis cerdild out and soght 
The aothfast pyth toymjie it in our thoght. 

MS Dlgbg, 838. 

YMPNYS. Hymns. 

Thenne where they in contenuele loveynge in 
tfmjntye and gostely sanges, when they felde his moste 
hdefulle conynge. MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 186. 

YND. India. Lydgate, p. 25. 
YNENCE. Towards. See Howgatee. 
YNESCHE. 

For many are that never kane halde theordyre of 
Ittfe yaescAe thaire ftrendys, sybbe or f rcmmede, bot 
outhire thay lufe thaym over mekille. or thay lufe 
tluiaieover lytille. M8. Lincoln A. 1. 17, f. 194. 

YNEWE. Enough. 

Waynour waykly wepande hym kyssia, 
Talkes to hym tenderly with teres ynetoe, 

Morte Arthure, M8, Lincoln, f 08. 
YNGYNORE. A maker of engines. 

In hys court was a false tray touie. 
That was a grete yn^fynore. 

MS. Centab. Ff. IL 38, f.39. 
YNNYS. Lodgings. {A,-S.) 

Then they departyd them in plyghte, 
And to ther ynnya they wenie. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. iL 38, f . 76. 

YNWYT. Understanding ; consdenoe. 
Ymagyne no wrong nor CslaeaeB, 
Of fync yiMsytiys the rewle ya thys. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 5. 

YO. You. North. 

YOAK. Two pails of mUk. 

YOCKEN. To gargle. North. 

YODE. Went (^.-5.) 

And alle the tiyght Uier-in he lay 

Tyl on the morowe that hyt was day. 

That men to mete yode. Kfrlamottr, S.Tl. 

YOGELOWRE. A juggler. 



TOR 



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YOY 



TOI. Yes. Narik, 

YOKE. (1) A pair of oxen. 7b poke out, to put 
a hone in a cart, gig, or other carriage. 

(2) A portion of the working day ; to work two 
^kei, U to work both portions, morning and 
afternoon. Kent, 

(3) The hiccoagh. West, 

(4) The grease of wooL Devon. 

YOKEL. A countryman. Wett Generally, 

a country bumpkin, in contempt. 
YOKENS. When two trams or carriages meet, 

going in different directions. Newe, 
YOKEY. Yellow ;tawney. Devon. 
YOKLE. An icicle. 
YOKLET. A little farm or manor in some 

parts of Kent is called a yoklet. KennetL 
YOKLY. MOLE-KIT. A yellow, unhealthy- 
looking person. Devon, 
YOKY.WOOU Unwashed wool as it comes 

from the sheep's back. Devon. 
YOLDE. Yielded: delivered up. 

The chyMe tlwy to Clement yoUe» 
xz. li he them tolde. 

MS, Otnti»b. Ff. 11. 38, f. 86. 
YOLD-RING. A yellow-hammer. North. 
YOLE. To yell; to bawl. Brockett has you/ 

as still in use in the North. 
YOLKINGE. Hiccupping. 

Whoee ugly locks and ^olkinge voice 
Did make all men afeard. Jf S. Ashmolt 808. 
YOLLER. To cry out as a dog when under 

chastisement. Northumh. 
YOLT. A newt. GUme. 
YOLY. Handsome. (^.-iV.) 

Wyth mony knyghtyi herde of bone, 
That yo/y colouryi bare. 

MR. Cantab. FT. li. SB. f. 70. 
Toward hur come a knyghte, 
Oentylle «che thoght and a poty man. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. H. 38, f. 944. 

YON. F6r fomder : seems to be commonly used 
for a thing somewhat at a distance ; thus, they 
say, what's yon ? meaning what is that over 
there at a distance ? It is also used adjec- 
tively, as yon lass, yon house, yon country, 
&c Line. Skinner has yon^ and yontide. 

YOND. Furious ; savage. Spenter. 

YONDERLY. Reserved. Yorksh. 

YONE. Yon; yonder. 

5if yofM mane one lyfie be. 

Bid hym com and spekewlth me. 

And pray hym alt thou kaoe. PsremsJ, 1 90S. 

YONKE. Young. Weber. 

YONT. Beyond. North. 

YOO. An ewe. Chester Plays, I 120. 

YOON. An oven. Var. dial 

YOPPUL. Unnecessary talk. South. 

YORE. (1) An ewer. It ooemrs in an inventory, 
MS. Cantab.Ff.L6, f. 58. 

(2) A year. Sir Amadas, 655. 

(3) Formerly ; for a long time. (A.^S.) 

(4) Ready. Same as Yure, q. v. 
YORKPENCE. The name of a copper coin in 

the reign of Henry VI. See Tqpeng. 
YORKSHIRE. To put Yorkshire of a man, L e. 

to cheat or deceive him. North. 
YORKSHIRE.HUNTERS. The name of a 



regiment formed by the geatleraen of faik- 

sture during the Civil Wars. 
YORNANDLIKE. Desirable. 
YORNE. Hastened ; long. Weker, 
YORT. A yard, or field. Lane. 
YOT. To unite closely. Dortet. 
YOTE. To pour in. Grose has yofeii, watcRtL 

a West country word. 
YOTEN. Cast. Weber. 
YOUK. To sleep. A hawking term. 
YOULE. " On Malvern Hills, in Worcester. 

shire, when the common people fan their cora. 

and want wind, they crie by way of invocs- 

tion, youle, youle, youle, which word, sais Mr. 

Aubrey, is no doubt a corruption of JEolai, 

god of winds," Kennetl MS. 

YOULING. A curious Kentish custom men- 
tioned by Hasted, ap. Brand, i. 123. 

There ii an odd custom used in these parts, abooi 
Keston and Wickham. In Rogation week, at mhkk 
time a number of young men meet together for tte 
purpose, and with a most hideous noise nm iato 
the orchards, and, endrclmg eaeh tree. pmiMnnflr 
these words: 

Stand tet root ; bear well top ; 

God send us mjroviing sop ; 

Every twig apple big» 

Ev«ry bough apple enow. 

For which incantation the confused rmbUe expects 
gratuity In money, or drink, which is no leas w^ 
come : but if they are disappointed of both, tbey 
with great solemnity anathematiae thcowocisa^ 
trees with altogether as insignificant a curse. 

YOULRING. The yellow-hammer. 
YOUNGERMER. Younger persons. Cumb. 
YOUNKER. A young person. 
Yet such sheep he kept, and was so seemelie a di^ 

heard, 
Seemelie a boy, so seemelie a youth, so seemelie i 

j/ounkeTf 
That on Ide was not such a boy, such a youth, sach 

tkjfvunker, Bam^/UW* 4ffhetiMuae SfUpherd, VSL 

YOU*RE. You were. 

YOURES. Of you. 

YOURN. Yours. Far, dud. 

YOUT. To cry ; to yeU. Yorith. 

YOUTHLY. YouthfuL 

YOVE. Given. (J.-S.) 

YOW. (1) To reap, gathering the com under 

the arm. Devon. 
(2) An ewe. Var. dial 
YOWER. (1) Your. North. 
(2) An udder. Yorkih. 
YOWFTER. To fester. 
YOWL. Thesameas yoi^, q. T. 
YOWP. To yelp. Weet. 

YOWTHE-HEDE. Youth. (A.-S.) 

He that may do gode dede» 

He schulde hym force in tfowth^hade. 

So that he may, when he ys olde. 

For a doghty man be tolde. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 1& 
YOYE. Joy. 

The knyjt answeryd with wordes myMe, 

Syr, yf you yoye of yowre cfaylde. 

For here may y not lende. 

YOYFULLE. Joyful; glad. 



YTH 



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Y3E 



Hyt kym»e wm wondur poiffiaie than, 
Thatbe waxeiofeyreaman. ^ _, ^ ^ ,^. 
jr& omfob^ Ff. 11. 38. 1 147. 

YOYSTER. To frolic; to laugh. Su8$ex. 
YPEQUISTO. A toadatooL 
Y-REIGHT. Reached. (^.-5.) 

YRNE. Iron. ^ ^ 

Brenne the snayle to powdare upon a hoot yni«, 
and put that powdur to the ysen when thou goat to 

MS. Med, Rec. in Mr. Pettigrwf* PoueMthn, xv. Cent. 
YRNES. Harness, i. e. armour. Oaw. 

YRON. A heron. 

Fer out over 5on mownten gray, 

Thomas, a fowken makes his nest, 
A fowkyn Uan yron* pray, 

For thel in place wille have no rest ! 

MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f. 120. 

YRON HARD. The herb knapweed. 

YRRIGAT. Watered. 

But yeer bi ycet the soil is yrrigat. 
And ovyrflowid with the flood of Nyle. 

JIfS. Raw/. Po«<. 38. 

Y-SACRYD. Consecrated. (A.-S,) 

YS. Ice. 

Se theensaunpul that I jow schowe, 
Ofwater, andy*, andekesnowe. 

MS. Cott. Oaud. A. iu f. 13». 

YSAIE. Isaiah. 

Spake Ytait and sdd in wordes pleyn. 
The hie hevynea doth your grace ■dewe. 

MS. AOimoU fi9, f . 174. 

YSE. Ice. {A.'S.) 

He was never wyse. 

That went on the yw, MS, Doucb M. 

YSELS. Ashes. (A.-S.) 

And whenne the hered schalle be waschene. make 

lee^of haye yseis, that was ---^^'^^^-1; 

Y-SHROUDED. Covered ; concealed. 
QuodGaubrlelle. withlnne thy blissidslde 
The Holy Goste schalle p^hrvuded^. ,-. * « 
l4fdgott, MS, Soe, Jntiq. 134, f. 2. 

YSOOP. Hyssop. 

Sprenkle me, lord, wyth jftoop. 
That mynherte be purged dene. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. 11. 38, f. 1. 

YSOPB. iEsop, the fabulist. 
Y-SOYLID. Soiled. (^.-5.) 

My lyppis polute. my mouth with synne p^aphd, 

Lydgate, MS, Soe, Antiq, 134, f. 2. 

Y-STOYNGE. Stung ; pricked. 
YS3. Ice. (A.'S.) 

Whane the emperour Darius remowed hi. wte^ 
and come to the revere of Graunt on the nyghte, 

and went over they^, •»J,*J"5?*** *"«!? ^\^- . ,9 

MS. Lincoln A. 1. 17, «• l»' 

YT. Yet. Arch. xxix. 135. 

YTHBZ. Waves. {A.-S.) 

Ewene walkandc owte of the Weste landea, 
Wanderande unworthyly overe the w«ae ylftits. 

Morte Jrthure, MS. Lincoln, f. 61. 

Y-THREVE. Thriven. 

I love hym welle. for he ys wclle if-threve, 
AUe my love to hym y geve. 

JIfS. Cantab. Ff. il. 38, f. ISw- 



I YU. Yule, or Christmas. 
YUCK. To snatch or drag -with great force. 
Line, Also a substantive, quasi jerk, a strong 

pull. 
YUCKEL. A woodpecker. Wiltt. 
YUGEMENT. Judgment. 

And all they seyde with oon assente. 
We graunt wele to yowre yugemmt, 

MS. Cantab. Ff. li. 38. f. Ifil. 

YU-GOADS. Christmas playthings. Lane, 

YUIGTHE. Youth. 

And hadde wonder of his yuigthe. 
That ther kldde swlche sircngthe. 

Arthour and Merlin, p. fi33. 

YUKE. To itch. North, 
YULE. (1) Christmas. (A.^S.) The term is 
stiU retained in the North of England. " In 
Yorkshire," says Blount, " and our other 
Northern parts, they have an old customc 
after sermon or service on Christmas day, the 
people will, even in the churches, cry wfe, tife, 
as a token of rejoycing, and the common sort 
run about tbe streets, singing, 
Ule, ule, ulc, ule. 
Three puddings In a pule. 
Crack nuU and cry ule." 

Gloatoffraphiat ed. 1081, p. 002. 

Vij. yere he levyd there, 

Tylle hyt befellc agenste the you/e 

Upon the fyrste day. 
The hounde, as the story says, 
Ranne to the kyngys palays, 

Wythowtony more delay. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 74. 

(2) To coo, said of pigeons. 

YULE-CLOG. An immense piece of firc-wood, 
laid on the fire on Christmas-eve. 

YULE-PLOUGH. Sec FooUplough. 

YULING. Keeping Christmas. North, 

YULK. The same as JuOt, q. v. 

YULY. Handsome. Ritson, iii. 107. So ex- 
plained, but I think an error for yfdy, 

YUMMERS. Embers. Dewm, 

YURE. An udder. North, 

YURNBY. Enterprise. 

YUT. To gurgle. North, 

YVLE. Evilly ; wickedly. 

Thyn host 11th her ftil yvele arald. 
And holdeth hym ful yvU apaid. 

M8,A»hmoU2a,t,Sli, 

YVOR. Ivory. 

And like ywr that cometh fro so ferre, 

His teeth schalle be even, smothe and white. 

Lydgate, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 14. 
1 With golde and yvour that so bright ahon. 

That all aboute the bewte men may see. 

Lydgatey MS, Ashm. 39, f. 30. 

Y3E. Eye. 

Whenne that traytour so hadde sayde, 
Ffyve goodehors to hym were tayde, 

That alle myjton see with y^e t 
They drowen hym thorwj Hke astiete. 
And seththyn to the elmes, 1 50W hete. 
And hongyd hym ftal hyje. 

Romanee i^Aiheletan. 



SAL 



950 



3AR 



ZA. Tocs»ty;toti7. Wmi. 
ZAHT. Soft. Somerui. 
ZAM. (1) To ptfboiL Wmi. 
(2) Cold. Dewm, 
ZAMSAUDEN. ParboUed. Applied to tny. 

thing spoilt by cooking. Wett, 
ZANY. A mimic, or buffoon. 
ZARUE. The plant milfoil 
ZAT. (1) Soft. (2) Salt. Wett. 
ZATELT. Indolent ; idle. Donet, 
ZATENFARE. Soft;8iUy. Wnt. 
ZAWP. A blow. SomeneU 
ZEDLAND. The Western counties, where Z is 

usually sabstituted for S by the natives. 
ZEMMIES-HAW. An inten. of suiprise. 
ZENZYBYR. Ginger. 

Cltfy, pcpur long, withgraaoram pftndyn, 
Zmzffbjfr and synamon at •very tyde. 

Digbv Mjftttrin, p. 77. 

ZESS. A compartment, or a threshing floor for 
the reception of the wheat that has been 
threshed, but not winnowed. 
ZEWNTEEN. Seventeen. Dewm, 
ZIDLE-MOUTH. One haying the month on 
one side ; an ugly fellow. Weft. 



ZILTBR. A sdtiag tab; a veaael iiir saitiai 
meat. Somenet. 

ZIN. The sun ; a son. Wett. 

ZINNIIA. A80n.in.Uw. 

ZINO. As I know. Somenei. -^ 

ZLEARD. Stided. Somermffkart. 
loe Ueurd and tieurd and neror gara ne. 
Till Ice sleurd me downe to the beOvree dan. 

ZOAT. Silly. L of Wight. 

ZOCK. A blow. Weit. 

ZOG. To doze. Detfon. 

ZOKEY. A sawney. Dewm. 

ZOO-ZOO. A wood-pigeon. GUme. 

ZOTY. A fool. South. 

ZOWL. A plough. Exmoor. 

ZUCHBS. Stamps of trees. KeimetL 

ZUM. Some. Weet. 

ZUNG. Since. Exmoor. 

ZUO. So. ReUq. Antiq. i. 42. 

ZWAIL. To swing the arms. Weet. 

ZWETE. Wheat. 

ZWIT-MARBRB. Explained tOadoHntmi, is t 

list of herbs in MS. Sloane 5, f. 2. 
ZWODDER. Drowsy and dulL IFes/. 



}. This character is found in early English MSS. 
written after the twelfth century- It is a cor- 
ruption of the Anglo-Saxon letter p^ and some- 
times answers to our g^ sometimes to y, some- 
times to ghf and also to a mute consonant at 
the commencement of a word. In the middle of 
a word it occasionally stands for t ,• in the same 
manner the A.-S. g has been changed into i, 
when in a similar position. It should be re- 
marked that the letter z often appears in MSS. 
under this character, with which, however, 
it has clearly no connexion. It is, therefore, 
incorrect to substitute it as an equivalent for 
Zf or vice versa. When it occupies the place 
of the Anglo-Saxon letter, no other character 
represents its exact force. 

5A. Yea ; yes ; truly. 

And AfBricane layd fm, witboatene diede. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. \. 6, f. 88. 
Whi, ame I thi Eonne, thanne ? quod Alexandre ; 
^aa, fonothe, quod Anectanabus, I gat the ; and with 
that word he jalde the gaate. 

MS, Linco/n A. 1. 17. f. 1. 

3AP. Gave. 

Certeyne prcttea of the Jewia lawe 
Oao to gruedie, as they ji^^ audience. 

lidlgatt, MS. Soe. Jniiq. 134, f. 17. 
AUe his rijt tni purchase 
To Dovre abbei he hit jajif. 

MS. Caiuab. Ff. t. 48, f. 100. 

5AL. Yelled, as a dog. 
3ALDE. Yielded. 

The portar jeWe hym hys trayayle. 
He smote hym agayae withowten fayle. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. 11. 38, f. 841. 
Hit jaUty wbenne hit was shorn, 
An hundride fold that like com. 
Cunor MuntH, MS. CoU. Trin. Cantab, f. 77. 
The marchande yild9 up hys goete, and yede to 
God ftille ryghte. MS. Cantab. Ff. il. 38, f. 54. 1 



Asswythe he deyd yn hast^ 

Thcte he shuld go be jaUe the gaate. 

MS. HaW.]7Ql. £.37. 

3AL0WE. Yellow. 

Theise cocodrUles bea serpentes, ^alowa and wt-t 
aboven, and han four feet, and scborte thyea atf 
grete aayles, as ekes or Ulouns. 

MaundefriW* TravtU, p. BL 

5ALOW.SOU3T. The jaundice. 

For the jaiow »mtjt» that men callin the JnimiTi. 
Take hard Speynlch sope and a litille stale alc'2 
a coppe. and rubbe the sope a5eni the ooppe boiB-' 
tylle the ale be qwyte. MS. Sloane 7, f. 73 

3ALT. Tielded; requited. 

3AMYRLY. Lamentably. Gamavne. 

3ANG. Young. 

Ther may we sum fang man f^nde^ 
That is both curtesse and hynde. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. r. 48. f . 4S 
3ANYNG. Yawning ; gaping. 

Than come ther owt of a earner a grete dragon 
fonaffif on bur, so that hjrs movthe was over bur 
hede. MS. Cantab. Ff. 11. 38, t 1». 

Blowyng and janp tt/c soo. 
As he wolde hym then have sloo. 

MS, Cantab. Ff . U. 98, f . 946 

3AR. Before. 

Saber waft never jar so gladd. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. £L J8» f. lUL 

3ARDE. A yard ; a fore-court. 

Owt of the farde he went aryght 

MS. Cantab. Ft. ii. 38, f . 140. 

3ARE. (1) Ready. 

And erossen sayle and made hem fare 
Ajooo, as thou5 they wolde fare. 

Cower, MS. Sec. ^intiq. 134, f. 46. 
His archers that ware there. 
Bathe the lesse and the mare, 
Als so sw>the were thay jara. 

MS. Uneoln A. i. 17, f. 131. 



3SB 



951 



5BM 



(2) Qulddy; readily. 

Anone that we be bnskede $ttre. 
In oure Jouniaye for to fare. 

MS. Uneoln A. 1. 17* f • 1 16. 

The birde amwerde ftil %ar9, 
Nevene thou it any mare* 
Thou saUerewe fuUe sare. 
And lyke it fuUe ille. 

MS. Uneoln A. i. 17* f- 196. 

5ARLY. Early. 

Nyght and day he ys In sorowe. 
Late on eryn, ^arljf on morowe. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 98, f. 148. 

3ARME. To scream. 

The fende bygane to crye and $arm», 
Bot he myghte do hym nankyn banM. 

M8. lAnealn A. L 17* f • 123. 

3ARNE. (1) To yearn. ** Sotbely he lufca, and 
he iomes for to Infe," MS. Lincoln A. L 17, 
1192. 

(2) Yarn. Prompt. Parv. 

But jam* that y« ofte tyrae evelle »pon, 
Evyr hyt oomyth ovt at the laite. 

MS. Cantab, Ff. it. 88, f . 4ft. 

(3) Hastily ; qnickly. Pr, Pan. 
3ARTHE. Earth. {A.^S.) 
3ATE. Agate. Pr. Parv. 

And when he to the joti* come* 
He aikid the porter and his man 
Wher Joly Robyn wai. 

Jir^. Caniab. Ff. ▼. 48, f. 61. 

3AYNED. Hallooed. Gawayne. 

3E. Yes. 

He wyde aothir nay ne je. 

But helde him »tiUe and let hire chide. 

Gawer, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, t 88. 
3BDD1NGES. Tales; romances. 
As '^tddvngU, japifl and folies, 
And alle harlotries and ribaudies. 

MS. jishmoh 60b f • &• 
Songe jeddifngut above, 
Swyche murthus they move. 
In the chaumbur of love 
Thus thei sleye care ! Degrevant, 1421. 

3BDE. Went. 

Kynge he was iij. yere and more. 
And Roberd as a fole yde thore. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. il. 38, f.942. 
The man hyt toke and was ful biythe, 
He xede and soldt hyt asswythe. 

ir&HarM701, f.38. 

To the halle he went a full gode pase. 
To seke wher the stuarde was; 
The scheperde with hym ^ede. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f. M. 

Now he kyndils a glede, 
Amonge the bucket he ^ede. 
And gedirs fulle gude spede 
Wodde a fyretomake. Peremaly 7ft8. 

3EDERLY. Promptly ; soon. Gawayne. 

}EE. Ye. 

In cliambyr, thofe he nakede were, 
5m lette hvm gyfP none ansuere. 

MS. Uneoln, f. 180. 
3EEME. To suckle ; to give suck. 
3EERLY. Early. 

Oloteny hath grete appety te, 

To ete 5«0r/y aad late ys hys delyte. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 5. 



3EESY. Easy. 

I counsel al joue, al cuz^»rs, that vysde 50* wayt. 

That han the cure of mons soule in 50ure kepyngr 
Engeyne %e not to jMiy penans, ne to strayt algat. 

Lest $e sleoe both bode and soule with 50ur pony- 
schyng. Audeia^* Pmim, p. 47. 

3EF. If. 

3<^thow be not grete clerk, 
Lofce thow moste on thys werk. 

MS. Can. Ciaud. A. ii. f. 127* 

3EFE. Gave. 

3EINSEYE. To contradict; to oppose. 
For I myself shal the lede. 
That thei not jeinse^e my sonde. 
Cursor Mundi, MS. CoU. TWn. Cantab. L 36. 
3EKE. (1) The cuckoo. (^.-5.) 

Whene the jefee gynnys to synge, 
Thenne the schrewe begynnys to sprynge. 

MS, Porkington 10, f. ftO. 

(2) Eke ; also. See Arrabk. 

(3) To itch. MS. Vocah. xv. Cent. " Prttntus, 
a 3ekynge/' Nominale MS. 

3ELDE. To yield ; to give up. 

The men over al sowe feldet. 
Of com noujt hit up ^«ld$8. 

Curtor Mundip MS. CoU. THn. Caniab. f. ad. 

And for suche auctoritees, thei seyn, that only to 

God schalle a man knouleche his defautes, ^eldynga 

himself gylty, and cryenge him mercy, aad beho- 

tynge to him to amende himself. 

MaundevWt TraveU, 1889, p. 198. 

3ELES. 

For mon that waleweth al in $$lm. 
And for that joye noon aiagur feles. 
Cw9or Mundiy MS. COU0 THn. Cantab, f. 88. 

3ELLE. To yelL Eglamour,411. 
No have thai noujt sailed ari|t 
But a day and on nl5t. 
That the se wel hard bigan 
To jellen and to benen than. 

Legmd qf^arle Maudaein,^,iSi. 

I wylle hym geve, that me telles 
Why the ravens on me 5«//es. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 88, f. 14A. 
3ELPE. To hoast, or glory. (A.-S.) 
For wit ne strengthe may not heipe. 
And hee whicbe ellis wolde him ^elpe. 
Is rathesc throwen undir fote. 

Gowar, MS, &c. Antiq. 134, f. 38. 

Alas, alas, and wele away, wherof may we 50/pf 
We are shent for ever and ay, for nothing may us help. 

MS. Bgerton 987* 
There is no man that may 50/ps, 
Bot h€ hath nede of Oodes heipe. 

MS. Aahmole 61, f. 78. 
3ELPYNG. Pomp ; ostentation. Gaw. 
3ELSPE. A handful. Pr. Part. 
3ELT. Yielded ; requited. 
3ELUGHE. Yellow. 

Wymples, kerchyvessaflhind betyde, 
$«tughe undyr ^elugfu they hydc. 

JfS. Harf.l701,r. 

3ELYE. Yellow. 

Of body, arrae, and bond, and also of hir face, 
Wich that is coloured of ros^and lel^ je^re. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. i. 6, f. 161. 
Rotys of bothyn arn lik the applis growen on the 
levys as ok appul on his lef, and tt\o am ^«lwe and 
toote. MS. Arundel 48, f. 38. 

3EME. To keep ; to rule. 



3ER 



952 



518 



And oura fSMirys lo to qumiM, 

That Goddyt comMndnnMit w« may $€mt, 

MS, UarL 17D1, f. 9, 

To be bom he vol him teme 
For wicked men him to 5«m. 
Cmnor Mundi, MS. CoU, Trin, CuUmb, f. 77- 
But graunte us alle «• aelf to jenie 
And yn oure thryfte Jheiu to queme. 

MS, HoW. 17>1. f. 84. 

FuUe fkire ealle I hym fede. 

And $9me hym with oureawene child, 

And dothe thamc in one wede. 

MS, UneUn A. 1. 17, f* MB. 

3EMEN. Yeomen. 

Forthe then went these jaiMfi too, 
Litul Johne and Modie one ten. 

MS. CtuUab. Ff. v. 48, f. 1«. 

3ENDE. End. 

And at Sir Roger jende we wylle dwelle. 
And of the queoe we wylle telle. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. li. 38, f. 7*. 

3ENDIR. Yonder. 

O emperoure, lyfte up anone thyn cy^e. 
And loke up jendir and aee the aercle of golden 

L^4gaie» MS. Soe. Antiq, 134, f. IS. 

5E0DE. Went. (j4.'S.) 

At hh wille the! s«od« and cam. 
Cursor Mvndi, MS. ColL Trin. Cantab, f. A. 

5E0NE. To yawn, or gape. (A.-S.) 
3E0VE. To give. {A.-S.) 
3EP. Prompt. 

A (i In M8.) wis mon Is thl son Joseph, 

In al Bgipte Is noon so jep. ' 

Cursor Mundt, MS. Coll. Trin, Cantab, f. 34. 

3ERBYS. Herbs. 

A bath for that nobylle knyghte 
Of 5trb^ that were fVille gode. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. 11. SB, f. M. 

3ERE. (1) An ear. (2) A year. 
(3) Ere ; before. 

Feyre forhede end feyre here, 

Soche a mayde was never 5«re. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. il. 38, f . 147. 

3ERIS. Ears of com. 

The seven ^eris of grayne so plentevous. 
This day be growe to fuUe p^eccyoun, 

L^dgate, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f. IS. 

5ERLY. Early. 

He toke gode kepe to hys lore, 
Late and 5er(y evynnore. 

MS. Cantab.Ff. 11. 38, f. 197. 

3ERNE. (1) To yearn ; to desire. 

A man hys manhede shal ^omo 
Hyroseif and hys meyr^ to goveme. 

MS Harl. 1701. f. 34. 

Men 5«mefi Jestesfor to here. 

And romaunce rede la dyverse manere. 

Cnroor Munii^ MS. CoU. Trin. Cantab, f. 1 

(2) Quickly ; promptly. 

3«me thow moste thy sawtere rede, 
And of the day of dome have drede. 

MS. Cott. Claud. A. U. f. 127. 

(3) Yam. Prompt. Pan. 

(4) Earnings. Nominale MS. 
5BRNYNGE. Yeaming ; desire. 

So mote hy t be at my ^err^fnge. 
On hur ys alle my thoghtc. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. il. 38, f . 63. 

5BRTHE. Earth. 



Hyi oon brodur in jarcae Codes gmwanr Tykere, 
Pope of Rome as ye may here. 

MS, Camtttb. FT. fl. 38,1: iV 

3ERWIGGE. An earwig. 
3ETE. To eat. 

His wyves fadir and modlr ftw 
Of this hony to yte jaf he. 

Otrsor JfuNdi, MS. CoU. Trin. Qmtnb. L «5. 
He sawe many dede men, 
That the bore slewe yn the wode, 
}ete the flesche and dranke the blode. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. U. SB» L 100 

(2) Yet. PerceTal, 83. 

(3) To cast metaL Pr. Parv. 
3EVE. To give. (A.-S.) 

Then may the fader wythoute blame 
Crysien tlie cfayldCf and 5««« hyt name. 

MS, CoU. Ommd, A. iL f. 12a. 
Praycth for him, that ly^h now in hiacfaestr. 
To God above to 5«va hissonle good mte. 

l^dgate, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134, f.8. 

3EyEL. ETil:harm. 

When mytter be, put yt in the yje, and it scfcil 
do away the ^ovoi, and bieke that weeb. 

MS, in Mr. Pettigrow'o Poaoaaoion^L 11. 

3EY. An egg. 

Aftur uke the ^egotan henne that Is fayled vhes 
ache hath aete, and take a lytyl flax, and dip it ia 
theglayre of that eye, and lay to the kancur. 

MS, in Mr, Pettigrew** Potteation, xt. Cent. 

3EYNB0WGHT. Redeemed. (A.-S.) 
And for the synne that Adam in Paxadys dede. 
All we that of him come shuld ha byn in sory atede, 
Nere the grace of swete Jhesu, 
That us je^nbowght thoigh gostli verto. 

Religiou* Poanu, xt. Ceat 

3EYNC0ME. Retum. (A..S.) 

At myn ^^ynooma hi my Uf, 
A sou shal have Sara thl wyf. 
Cartor MuwU, Mg. Colt. Trin. Oantmb. L 17. 

3EY1L Every. 

3E3E. (1) To jog. (2) To ask. 

3E3EN. Eyes. 

To heven the! llfte her jsjen glade. 
And on her ttrngts thonkynge made. 
Curoor Mundi, MS. CM, THn, Cantab, f. 110: 

3HE. Ye. 

5A« that welyie here of wytte. 
That is wytnessyd of holy wryte. 

Jf^. 2)0Mes84> £46 

3IFE. If. Isumbras, 241. 
3IFTYS. Gifts. Pr.Parv. 
3IKINE. To itch. Pr, Parv. 
3IPPE. To chirp, as birds do. 

31S. Yes. 

They tolden so they hadden doo ; 
Heseydenay: theyseydea ^io. 

Getver, MS. Soe. jinHq. 1S4. f. 09. 
3ISKE. To sob; to cry. (A.-S.) 
3ISTURDAY. Yesterday. 

I hljt the jitturdap seven shyllyng. 
Have brok It wel lo thl clothyng. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. t. 48, f. 53. 
Sche seyde, lordyngea, where ys hee 
That fifoturdnp wan the gree. 

MS. Cantab. Ft. U. 38, f. 77- 
3p«turdt^ he weddyd me with wroQge, 
And to nyght y have hym honge. 

MS. Cantab. Ff. U. 38, f. 117* 



1 



30N 



953 



30W 



30DB. Went. (i^.-5.) 

Thekyng of Prauncc byforehymjod^. 
With mynrtralles fuUc many and gode. 

And lede hym up with pryde ; 
Clement to the myn»trallei gan go. 
And gafe some a stroke, and some two, 
There durtte noghte one habyde ! 

Octttvian, JMeoln M&. 

Thay sett thaire stedla ther ihay Btod, 
And fayrly passed the flode { 
To the chambir thay $ode, 
Thaire gatls so gayne. .,»,,«., 

MS, Uncoln A. t. 17> '• IS/- 

30KET. Disabled? 

I he ne mal no more 
Grope under gore, 

tho5 mi wil wold 5ete: 
Y-^oket ic am of 5ore, 
With last and luther lore, 
and sunne me hath bi-set. 

Retiq. Jintiq, U. 810. 

30KK. A yoke. 

Comforte all men in Crystys lawe, 
That they hys 50** love in todrawe. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. IL 38, f. ft. 

3OKYNGE. Itching. Medulla MS. 
3OLDE. Yielded. 

That he no my5te with no sleyjte 
Oute of his honde gete up on hey5te 
Tille he was overcome and 30/rfa. 

Cower, MS, Soe, Antiq. 134, f. 117. 
How oure lady eudede and ^oUe 
Hir semely soule, hit shal be tolde. 

CunorMundi, MS, Cull. Trin, Cantab, t,i. 

3OLE. Yule ; Christmaa. 

Madame, appone $oh nyghte 
My warysone je me highte r 
I aske noghte hot 5one knyghte 
To slepe be my syde. 

% MS, Lincoln A. i. 17» f* 138. 

Palre scho prayed hym evene thane, 
Lufamour his lemmane, 
Tille the heghe dayes ol$ole were gaoe 
With hir for to bee. Perceval, 1803. 

He made me 5omanc at 3o/«, and gafe me gret gyftes, 
And c. pound and a horse, and hamayse f uUe ryche. 
Morte Arthure, MS, Uneoln, f. 81. 

3OMERAND. Moaning ; whining. Gaw, 
3OMERLY. LamenUblyjpiteously. Gaw, 
3OND. Yonder. 

Ooo take jond man and pay be tyme, 
And bidde hym thonk Joly Robyne ; • 
We shalle sone have garnme gode. 

MS, Cantab, Ff. v. 48, f. fi3. 

3ONE. Yonder. 

I knowe hym by his faire face, 
That tone tong knyghte es he, 

MS, lAneoln A 1. 17. f . 109. 

3ONG. Young. 

He has with hym ^ong men thre; 
Thei be archers of this contre. 
The kyng to serve at wlUo. 

MS, Cantab. Ff. t. 48. f. 48. 

Fyrst thow moste thys mynne, 
What he ys that doth the synnc ; 
Whether hyt be heoor he, 
tofiM or olde, bonde or fre. 

MS. Coit, Oaud. A . ii. f. 145. 

3ON6E. Togo; to proceed. 



Ac weste hit houre oellenr. 
That thou were 1-comen her. 
He woldesone after the ^onge. 
Mid pikes, and stones, and slaves strooge t 
AUe thine bones he wolde to-breke, 
Then we weren wd awreke. Reliq. Jintiq, li. 278. 
3ONGLINGES. Youths. 

yonlingee of the age of on and twenty jer schulde 
be chosen to knitthode. 

Vegeeiw, MS. Douee 891, f. 8. 

3OODE. Went. 

When he tylle hys lord come. 

The lettre in hys hand he nome. 

He sey, Allc ^o€tde to schome ! 

And went one hys wey. D^r«'''i**ft 1 97- 

3OP. 

But, oonfessour, be wys and ^op. 
And sendc forth these to the byscbop. 

MS, Cott, aaud, A. U. f . 148. 

30R£. Yore ; formerly. 

5ore was seid and yxt to beth, 
Herte for^eteth that e;e not seth. 

Curmtr Mundi, MS. ColL Trin. Cantab, t, 88. 
Thus they hava do now fulle $ore, 
And alle ys for defawte of lore. 

MS. Cott, Claudiu* A. 11. f . 187* 

(2) Mercy ; pity. (A.-S.) 

OfUythes scho sygkyd tore, 

And stilly scho sayed. Lord, thy ^orei 

Wrighft Seven Sages, p. fil. 

3ORLE. Earl. 

The 3or2c dyede that same jere. 

And the contasse dere ; 

Bothe hore beryelus y-flbre 

Was gayly bydy3th. Degrevant, 1881. 

3ORN. A thorn. 
3ORNE. Quickly. 

The mrssengere thankyth hym 501710, 

And home agayne he can tume. 

MS. Cantab, Ff . U. 38, f. 96. 

3ORTHE. The earth. 

Anodur he thoght to 8my5teryght, 
Hys hedd there on the ^orthe lyght. 

MS, Cantab, Ff. 11. 38, f. 179* 
Hys con brodur to ^orthe Godes generalle vykere. 
Pope of Rome, as ye may here ; 
Thys pope was callyd pope Urbane, 
For hym lovyd bothe God and man. 

MS, Cantab, Ff. ii. 38. 

3OUD. Went. {A,'S.) 

flkyir thei passed that flode. 

To tho forest thei 5oiid, 

And toke here stodus where thei stod 

Undur the hawthrone. Degrevant, 986. 

3OUGTHE. Youth. 

Thorow innocence schortely to conclude. 
By engyn of ftaude hire ^o^gthe to delude. 

L^gate^ MS. Soe, Antiq, 134, t, 6, 
Sire, yf y have In my ^ongthe 
Done otherwise in other place. 

Gower, MS, Soe. Antiq. 134, f. 48. 

3OVE. Given. 

This pris was 5ove and speken oute 
Amonge theheraldls alle aboute. 

Gower, MS, Soe. Antiq. 134. f. U 
And openly hath jowm him a falle. 

L4fdgate, MS. Soe. Antiq. 134; f. 2. 

3OW. You. 

And say the wordes alle on rowe. 
As anon I woletoeo schowe. 

MS, Cott, Oaud. A. U. f. 198 



5YF 



954 



5YT 



JOWLB. (1) Tnk ; dinbtiiiM. 

Thfiys Um Amtr day of jMvb. 
That thy Ood «ru botM witbowt dole. 

MS, Ouumb. Ff. 1. 3i> 1 90. 

2} To yeO ; to howL 

The kyng pMMd thoby m the freyhoond ra 
that kept hb lord and hJi mayttn. and the grey- 
Ikcmad arooe agayn hem, and bygaa to 5««vb upon 
>>gP» MS, Bodt. 548. 

30WTHEDE. Tooth. (^.-5.) 
Now, Lorde, jif it thl wllle bee. 
In $fiwthed0 penance aend thou mee. 
And welthe apponc myne dde. Immbrmt, 90. 

JOWULY. Gay. 

Moche of this hcfbe to leeth thu Uke 
In water, and a bathe thow make; 
Hyt Mhal the make lyjt and Joly, 
Aad aleo lykyng and imfwIt. 

RMq- ■*«*«. I. W«. 

30WYNG. Young. 

When I was ^owpmg, et nov er je. 
Than beyd I never a Ikyrer lyfe. 

MS. Uncoln A. 1. 17, f.51. 

50XE. The hiccough. 

Tak sawga, and poune bit smal, and tempiv hit 
with ayeel, and twolue thurof U* tymes or il). and 
that wule itanch the jam. 

MS. in Mr, PettigrmTs Pottutim, xt. Cent. 
30YNG. Yonng. Pr. Pair. p. 268. 
3UNCH. Young. 
3UNGTHE. Youth. 

Or jyf thou vowe y« ^mngtht or eMe. 

MS, Hiiri, 170}, r. 19. 

3WRH. Through. 

Mlpaleftvyboftre. 

Wiht naylee naylede jwrh me, 
Ne i( more aorwe to le, 
Oertet noon more no may be. 

RMq, JMig.il 11$. 

3YP. Togife. 



Gyftya y hor jtefwoMe 
Of sylryr and of rycfae golda. 
^^ MS. Osnteft. Ff. iLJi. r. 9 

3YLDE. Tominite. (^.-&) 

AUe that have my fkdur slawe. 
And brojt hym owtofhys lyfedawe, 
I ecfaaUa them jrUt. 

MS. Qmtab. Ft ii. 98, f. s; 

3YNDE. End. 

And the begger at the towna jyndf , 

To hym wedlokk y a» free 
At to the ryalleet kjng of kynde. 

For alle ye but ooo dygnyt6. 

MS. Cmmtab. Ff.JLC.tf 

3YNG. Young. 

Princes proude that beth in prv, 
I wol on telle thing not lect ; 
In Ciiyle was a noble kyng. 
Fair and stxxmg, and sumdel jy*^. 

Vernon MS. BetU. Ubr. f . 3ud 
Than spekyth Ocuvyon the i^g 
Fulle feyre to hys lorde the kyng. 

3YNGE. To go ; to proceed. 

Make thy derk before thejrv* 

To here lyjt and belle rynge. 
.^„ „ ^«' 0*<*»» CfaMA A. H. f. VA 

3YS. Yes. 

Be God, leid the seheperde, jyv / 
Nay, seM oare kyng, I-wys 
Noft fora tune of wyne I 

MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f. 51 
3r«w, quod the fyscher, y lawe hyt. 
The batea to the darfce nyght. 

MS. Cantalt. Ff. li. 38, f.SfllL 

3YT. Yet EgUmour, 76, 320. 
And he schalle be thyn own fere. 
Somewyttof hym|y« may thou ler«. 

MS. Camiak. Ff. iL 38, f. £(]. 

V do the wele for to wyte, 

Y nel non houabond I^Te jyte ; 
Seye the knyjthe whan je meta^ 
I wol hym no gnde 1 



INDEX. 



^WtMAAA^W*MW^^^ 



The following list merely contains explanations of the principal Abbreviations used in 
the foregoing pages, with short references to those books and romances which are most frequently 
cited. The titles of the books from which the quotations are made have, however, been generally 
given vnth too much minuteness to require any further explanation. ' 



Abe AbeedAriiixn. 

Addit. Additional Manuacripti, a miacellaneoas Col- 
lection in the British Museum so called. 

AIU» Allsaunder. 

Alim»undi»» Weber, toI. L 

Amadace. Three early English metrical RomaBcei, 4to. 
Londcn* 184S. 

Amad€U. Weber, vol. iii. 

AmU and AmUaun. Weber, vol. IL 

A.-N. Anglo- Nomian. 

Ane. Anciect. 

An€. S, Ancient Songs. 

Angl. Anglia. 

Antiq. Culin. Antiquitates Cultnarlfl», or curious Tracts 
relating to the Culinary Affairs of the Old English. 
By R. Warner, 4ta. 1791. 

jfpoL toll. An Apology for Lollard Doctrines, attri- 
bated to Wickliffe, now first printed from a Manu- 
script in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. 
4to. Lond. 1842. 

App, Appendix. 

Arch, ArchflBologia ; archaism. 

Arthour and Merlin. A metrical Romaooe preserved 
in the Auchinleck MS. at Edinburgh, and published 
by the Abbotsford Club, under the editorial care of 
Mr. W. B. D. D. Turnbull. The extracts given 
from this work in the foregoing pages will be found 
in many cases to vary from the printed text, which 
is so incorrectly edited as to be of no authority. 

A»'8. Anglo-Saxon. 



Bone Florence of Rome, 

vol. iii. 
BrlU Bibl, British Bibliographer, by 

Brydges, 1810. 



A metrical Romance, Ritson, 

Sir Egerton 



Camb. Cambridge. 

Cant. T. The Canterbury Tales. 

Cat, Catalogue. 

Cath. Angl. Catholicon AngUcum, an early English 
and Latin Dictionary, a MS. of which is in the 
British Museum. 

Chawxr, Tyrwhitt's text has been used, but the re- 
ferences will generally also apply to Mr. Wright's 
improved edition, the first volume of which has just 
appeared. 

Chronicle of England, Ritson, vol. ii. 

Ouron, Mirab, Chronicon Mlrabile, or Extracts from 
Parish Registers. 8vo. Lond. 1841. 

Clegee, Weljer, vol. i. 

Ci>n»t. Mason. An early English Poem, printed in my 
' Early History of Freemasonry in England.' 8vo. 
Lond. 1844. 

Corr. Correspondence. 

Cov. Mytt. Ludus Coventrise, a ColIecUon of Myste- 
ries formerly represented at Coventry on the Feast 
of Corpus Christi. 8vo. 1841. 



Dan. Danish. 

Degreoant. A metrical Romance, Thornton Romances, 

Camden Soc. 1844, p. 177* 
Depoe. A. IL Alliterative Poem on the Deposition of 

Richard II. Edited by Thomas Wright, H.a. 4to. 

Lond. 1838. 
Deecr, Description. 
Dial, Dialect ; dialogue. 
Diet. Dictionary. 
Dietienmtf. A new English Dictionary, shewing the 

Etymological Derivation of the English Tongue. 

19mo. Lond. 1891. This is merely a translation 

from Skinner. 
Diet, Rust. Dictionarlum Rustlcum, Urbanieum et 

Botanieum, or a Dictionary of Husbandry, Ac. 

9 vob. 8vo. 17S6. 
Diss. Dissertation. 
DroiN. Drama ; dramatic. 
Dut, Dutch. 

Ktiuari. Ritson, vol. il. 

BngL England. 

JBr. Erroneously. 

Erie <^f Tolous, Ritson, vol. iii. 

Era. Exclamation. 

Flor. and Blaneh, Florioe and Blancheflour,a metrical 
Romance, printed (very incorrectly) in Hartshome's 
Metrical Tales. 8vo. 1829. 

Fr. . French. 



Recreation. In two 



Gaw. Syr Gawayne. 

Gent. Ree. The GeDtlemans 

parts, fol. By R. Blome. 
Gsnn, Oennan. 
Gi, Gloss; glossary. 
Gr, Greek. 



Haeelok. A metrical Romance, printed by the Rox- 

burgho Club, 1828. 
Hiet. Historica ; history. 
Hunttifng<^the Hare. Weber, vol. ill. 

lUust. Illustrations. 

Ipomifdon* Weber, voL ii. 

Island. Islandic. 

Ital. Italian. 

/. W. Isle of Wight. 

Jamps. A very curious MS. of the fifteenth century 
in my possession, containing medical Receipts col- 
lected by ** Syr Tomas Jamys, Vfear off Badseye,** 
has been sometimes quoted as MS. Jwnps, 

Kjfng Horn. Ritaon, vol . ii. 
K^ng «f Tan. Ritaoa, voL il* 

huu Latin. 



^ 



956 



INDCX. 



iMi. jr«A Medieval UUn. 

iMu^/kL RitMO, ToL 1. 

I^ /« FV«iii«. Waber, toI. L 

14^. Legend. 

X^y. OsfAof. Legenda CathoUoi, • lytle Boke of 

ScTBtiieOettei. 8to. Bdialk 1840. Eerly BngUd) 

Poetry ftom the Auchinleek MS. 
Lut. Ttt. Lezicoa TetTaglotton. By Jamce HowelL 

FoL 16M). 
L4ne. JTmI. A Taluable eerly MS. of Medical Rccelpto 

In Lincoln Cathedral. 
J>fr. Di»€. Lybeaiu DUconya. 
Xr<r6Mw« DueeniM. Rileon, toI. 11. 



The Latin Poeme commonly attributed to 
Walter Mapee. cidlected and edited by Thomai 
Wright. Eaq. m.a. 4to. IS41. 

Mmrg, Margin i marginal. 

Jiw. Rte, Medical recdptk 

JM. Item. Metrical Romanoch 

J». MUiury. 

Mir. Mmg, Mirour for Magiatratet, reprinted ia the 
Brit. Blbl. toI. It. 

Mwrt. Mote's MS. AdditkMt to Ray lefinr to a copy 
of Ray. eii. 1074, with Notei by Dr. Thomai More, 
preserved in the Brlcifth Museum. It was formerly 
marked MS. Sloane4A4. 

Jfwt* jirthmr0. A Tery TaluaUe alliterative metrical 
Romanee, unpublished, and preserved la a MS. at 
Lincoln Cathedral of the fifteenth century. Al- 
though the editor <rf Syr Gawayne styles it a Scot- 
tish romance, I have no doubt whatever from its 
language that it was written in England. There 
appears, indeed, a oonflrmatioo of my opinion at 
f . 79 of the romanee, ** That es Lorrayne alofede, 
m» Limiimt «i Aerr." 

arorfe d*^rrAi«r. The Byrth. Lyf. and Actes of Kyng 
Arthurs of his Noble Knyghtes of the Rounde 
Table, Ac. 8 vols. 4to. 1817. Repr. fkom Cazton's 
editloo. 

JDlwC. Mysteries. 

Ifecer. Newcastle. 

N mmt mtUitm . The Nomenclator or Remembranoer of 
Adrlanus Junius, by Higlns and Fleming. 8vo. 
Load. 1885. 

NiMiiMle. Nomlnale sub oompendlo compilatum de 
Asia et mobllibus, a large vocabulary in Latin and 
English. Two early MSS. of this valuable work 
have bsea used ; one lent to me by Mr. Wright at 
the meeting of the British Archseological Anociatlon 
at Winchester In 1845. the other a MS. in my own 
p n ssess l oo. illustrated by early drawings of the 
articles mentioned. 

Ifti^. Ant. NugB AntlquB. 

OetapfmH. A metrical Romance, printed by the Percy 

Society. 8vo. 1844. 
Oetoviofi. A metrical RomancCf printed by Weber, 

vol. iU. 
Ord. and Rgg. A Collection of Ordinances and Regu- 
lations for the Government of the Royal Household. 

made In divers Reigns. 4to. 1790. 
OrpAeo. Rltson,vol. ii. 
O^. Gtosf. Arch. A Olotsary of Terms used in 

Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture. 

8vo. Oxford, 4th ed. 1845. 
Pa. t. Past tense, 
Percy Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. 8ro. 

Loud. 1840. 
Pi9r» Ploughman. The Vision and the Creed of Piers 



Plooghnua. With Notes, and a 
Thomas Wright, M.A. 1841. 
Poetry s poetioal. 

Pol. PoUtieaL 

Bap. Popular. 

Pipp. Aniiq. Popular Antiquities. 

Ave. Proverb; provincialism. 

Pr»Pmrw. Promptorium Parvulonun eeenndam val- 
garem modum loquendl Orientalium Anglorum, 
1440. MS. Hart 891. W. f08L Printed by Pynson a 
1490, and several times in the sixteenth ccninrr. 
The first volume of a new edition, to letter L, tu* 
been recently published by the Camden Sodetw 
The remainder is in the preis, but I have seen w> 
further than the part containing M. 

Pa. Cott. A valuable early English metrical verux 
of the P»alms preserved in MS. Cott. Ve»pM 
D. vU. 

Qn. Rot. Quarterly Review. 

Kmra Mmt. Rare Mathematica. 

Raw'. Rawlinson't Collection of MSS. in the Bodleus 
Library. 

ReUq. Antiq. Reliquls Antiquse. Scrape fttMn An- 
cient MSS, edited by Thomas Wrig^ht and J. O. 
Halliwell. 9 volt. 8vo. 1841. 

Repr, Refirint. 

Richard Cmt d« Lfon. Weber, vol. ii. 

Roh. Glome. Robert of Gloucester's Chroaide. cd. 
Heame. 8vo. 1810. 

Stvyn Sagf». Weber, vol. liU 

Shak. Shakespeare. 

Shak. Lift. Shakespeare's Library. 

S/mk. Soe. Pap. The Shakespeare Socie t ylg Papcn. 

8vo. 1844. 9tc, 
Soc. Society. 
Span, Spanish. 
Spent. Spenser. 

Squyr o/LdMce DegrL Ritson. vol. ill. 
Stim. Conte. Stimulus ConsdentisB, an early poem bv 

Hampole. 
StOtet. Substantive. 
Su. G, Sulo-Gothle. 
Steed. Swedish. 



Teut, Teutonic. 

Tbrrent. Torrent of Portugal, an English metrical 
Romance, now first published from an unique manu- 
script of the fifteenth century, preserved in the 
Chetham Library at Manchester. 8vo. Lond. 184S. 

Tr. Translation; tracts. 

Trpamoure, A metrical Romance, printed by Mr. 
Ucterson, ISI7. 

Tur. Tott. Tumament of Totenham, edited byThomas 
Wright. 1836. 

Tw. Twice. 

Unton. Union Inventories. 4to. 1841. 

Var, dial. Various dialects. 
Fooaft. Vocabulary. 

f^arner. See Antiq. Culin. 

fVUl. Werw. The ancient English romance of William 

and the Werwolf. 4to. Lond. 1839. Edited t»y Sir 

F. Madden, for the Roxburghe Club. 

Ywaine and Gawin. Ritson, vol. U 



SPECIMENS OF THE EARLY ENGLISH LANGUAGE, 



CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED. 



(1) From Sinumde Ghent's Ruk of Nutu, of the 
earlier part qf the thirteenth century. 

Holy men t holi wiiinmen beoiS of aUe von- 
dungcs 8wu«e8t ofte i-tempted, t ban to 
goddre heale ; vor i|je vihte ageines han, heo 
bigite« |»e blisfulc kcmpend crunc. Lo! 
pauh hwu be meneiS ham bi Jcrcmie : peree- 
cutores noetri velocioree aquiUe eeli, f^per 
mantes perteeuti suntnos; in deserto insidiati 
stmt nobis. \>et is, urc wii5erwinc« beo« 
fiwifture J>eii \>e eames ; up o«e huUes heo 
clumben efter us, t \>er fuhten mid us, -j get 
i«e wildernesse heo aspieden us to slcan. Ure 
wijjerwines bco« J>reo : f e veond, \>e world, 
•) ure owune vleshs, ase ich cr seide. Liht- 
liche ne mci me nout oj^erhule i-cnowen hwuc 
of J»eo8 J^reo weorre* him; vor everichon 
helpeiS oj^er, J^auh |>e veondkundelicheegge* 
us to atteraesse, as to prude, to overbowe, to 
onde, T to wrc««e, -j to horc attri kundles, 
|>et heo* her efter i-nemmed, J^et flesh put 
propremen touward swetnesse, -j touward eise, 
T toward softnesse, ant te world bit mon 
giscen wordes wcole, t wunne t wurschipe, 
T o)>cr swuche ginegoven, \>et bidweolie* 
kang jnen to luvien one scheadewe. J>eo8 
wi^erwinea, he 8ei«, voluwed us on bulles, t 
awaited us ii5e wildernesse, hu heo us muwen 
hermen. Hul, l>et is heih lif, J>er |?es deofles 
assauz bco« ofte strengest ; wildernesse, pet 
is onlich lif of ancre wuninge, vor also ase ine 
wildernesse beo« alle wildc bastes, t nulle* 
nout i-I?olen monnes neiblechunge, auh fleo* 
hwon heo ham i-here* o)>er i-seoiS, also schulen 
ancren over alle ojjre wuramen bcon wilde o 
}7is8e wise, -j peonne heo* heo over alle o)>re 
leovest to ure Loverde, -j swetest him Jjunche* 
ham ; vor of alle flesches ]>eonne is wilde deores 
fleschs leovest ~i swetest, I J^isse wildernesse 
wende ure Loverdes folc, aseExode telle*, tou- 
ward ted eadie londe of Jerusalem, \>et he ham 
hefde bihoten. And ge, mine leove sustren, 
wende* bi J>en ilke weie toward te heie Jeru- 
salem, to \>e kinedom jJ he have* bihoten 
his i-corene. Go* f^auh ful warliche, vor i ^^isse 
wildernesse beo* monie uvele bestes ; liun of 
pmde, neddreof attri onde, unicome of wre**e, 
beore of dead 8louh*e, vox of giscunge, suwe 
of giverneme, scorpiun mid te to'le of stin- 



kinde lecherie, M is golnesse. Her beo* nu 
a-reawe i-told |>e-8eoven heaved sunnen. 

(2) Hymn to the Firginy time cf Henry II L 

Blessed beo thu, lavedi, 

ful of hovene bUsse, 

Swete fluT of pftrais» 

modet of miltemine { 
Thtt praye Jhetu Crist thi sone, 

tbst he me i-wiase, 
Tbare a londe al swo Ihc beo, 

that he me ne l-miiM. 

Of the, faire lavedi, mln orelsnn 

ich wile blginnen ! 
Thl deore swete sunnes love 

.thu lere me to wlnnen. 
Wei ofte ich sflce and sorwe make, 

ne mat ich nevere blinneDf 
Bote thu, thruh thin mllde mod, 

brlnge me out ofiiiunne. 

Ofte ihc seke merei, 

thin swete name ich calle : 
Ml fiehs U foul, this world it fals, 

thu loke that idi ne fallen 
Lavedi frco, thu schild me 

f^am the pine of helle ! 
And lend me Into that bliase 

that tunge ne mai tellen. 

Mine werkes, lavcdi, 

heo makieth me ful won ; 
Wei ofte Ich clcple and calle, 

thu i-her me for than. 
Bote Ic chabbe the help of the, 

other I ne kan ; 
Help thu me, ful wel thu mist, 

tbu helpeat monl a num. 

I-blessed beo thu, lavedl, 

sofair andiobrflit; 
Al min hope ii uppon the 

bl dai and bt nieht. 
Hdpe, thrah thin milde mode, 

for wel wel thu mist. 
That ieh nevere for feondee sake 

fur-go thin eche liht. 

Briht and scene quen of hovene, 

ieh bidde thin sunnes hore; 
The sunnes that ieh habbe i-con, 

heo rewweth me ful sore. 
Wel ofte ich chabbe the fur-saken, 

the wil ich never eft more ; 
Lavedi, for thine sake, 

treuthen feondes lore. 



958 



SPECIMENS OP THE BABLY BNOLISH LANGUAGE. 



I blwiit b0O thu, Uvcdl, 

lo fdr and to hcnd«i 
Thit pnl« JKcsu Crist thi looe, 

that he me i-eende. 
Whare a londe al two ich beo, 

•r idi honne wende. 
That Idi mote in |>anut 

vonlan wUhuten end*. 

Bricht Old eeene quen of ttom, 

•o me Uht and lere, 
In thU false fikele world 

to me M and eteore, 
That ich at min cnde dai 

ne habbe non feood to fere t 
JheM, mit ti swete blod, 

thu bohtest me ftil dere. 

Jbcra, Minte Marie tone, 

tbn i-her thin moder boot i 
To llie ne dar I cleplen uoht. 

to hire ich make min mene ; 
Tb« do that leh for hire lake 

beo i-maked ao clene. 
That Ich noht at dai of dome 

beo fiemed of thin esaene. 
JfS. J^rerton «IS, Rtttq, Jntiq. I. lOM. 

(3) From the Hmrrowmff qfHeli, MS, D^^S6, 

time 1^ Edward I. 
Hou Jhetu Criat herowede heHe, 
Of harde gatn ich wille telle. 

Leve f^ead, non beth stille, 

Lesteth that ich Ullen wille, 

Ou Jheau (ader him blthoutcw 

And Adam hout of helle broute. 

In heile was Adam and tfre, 

That weren Jhceu Crist wel leve ; 

And Seint Johan the Baptist, 

That was newen Jhesu Crist ; 

Davit the prophcte and Abrahamf 

For the sunncs of Adem ; 

And monl other holi moo. 

Mo then ich ou tellen con ; 

Till Jhestt fader nom fles and blod 

Of the maiden Marie god. 

And suth then was don ftil michel some, 

Booden and beien and naked fUl kMae, 

Tille that Gode Friday at non, 

Thenne he was on rode i-don. 

His honden fkom his body wonden. 

Nit here mijte hoe him shenden. 

To heUesooe he nom gate 

Adam and Eve hout to take; 

Tho the he to helle cam, 

Suche wordes he bigan. 

(4) /Vom ' Cotof^net a potm wriitem very €trfy 

m the fowrteerUh emUmqf, 
Ther is a wel fUr abbei. 
Of white monkes, and of gr«i« 
Ther beth bowris and hallea: 
Al of pasteiis beth the walles. 
Of llels, of flsse, and rich met» 
The likAillist that man nui et. 
Fluren cakes beth the schingles alle, 
Of cherche, cloister, boure and halle. 
The pinnea beth fat podlnges, 
Bicfa met to prineet and kinges. 
Ther is a eloieter fair and lljt, 
Brod and Isng, of aembU sijt. 
The pilera of that cloister alle 
Beth i-tumed of eristale, 
With harlas andcapitale 
OfgnMlam 



Intfaepvaeriaatn 
Swithe likfUl for to se. 
The rote is glagevir and g^ifa ^fa^ 
The siouns beth al sedwale. 
Trie maces beth the flure. 
The rind canel of swet odor; 
The friite gUofre of gode smakke. 
Of cucttbes ther nis no lakke. 



.f.4. 

(5) Frdm the Prtmerbe cf Hemdyng, MS. HttrL 
2253, time (f Edward IL 

Mon that wol of wyadam heren. 
At wysc Hendyng he may lemen. 
That wcs Marcolves sone ; 

Gode thonkes ant monie thewcs 

For te teche fele shrewes. 
For that wes ever is wone. 
Jhesu Crist, al folkes red. 
That for us alle tholede ded 

Upon the rode tre, 
Lena us alle lo ben wys. 
Ant to ende In his servys! 

Amen, par charite ! 

• God blglnning maketh god endyng.' 

Quoth Hendyng. 

Wyt ant wyadom lum^h |eme» 
Ant loke that none other weme 

To be wys ant heode ; 
For betere were to bue wis. 
Then for te where fdi ant grys, 

Wher so mon shal ende. 

* Wyt ant wysdom is god w ai yso un ,* 

Quoth Hendyng 

Ne may no mon that Is In londe. 
For nothyng that he oon fonde, 

Wonen at home ant spede ; 
So fele thewes foe te Icome. 
Aae he that hath y-sotht 5eome 

In wel fele theode. 
' Ase fele thede, ase fele thewes ;' 
Quoth Hendyng. 

(6) The Creed, Jrom a MS. written m the reiya 

of Edward III, 

I byleve in God, fader almyjthi, maker of herenr 
and of erthe, and In Jhesu Crist, the sone of hym 
only oure lord, the wuche Is consceyved of the holy 
gost, y-boren of Marie mayden, suflrede paaakMin 
under Pounce Pilate, y-cmcifled, ded, and buried, 
weiifee doun in to heile, the thridde day he roo* 
ttom dethe, he steyet up to hevenes, he sUteth on 
the rift syde of God the fadur almy^tt, thennes he i« 
to come to dome the queke and the dede. I byleve 
in the holy gost. holy chirdie general, the co- 
munyng of halewea, the forjefenesse of synnes, tte 
rysyng of flech, and the lyf whit-oute ende. Amen. 

(7) From a poem on hhod-tetHmg^ written akomt 

A.D, 1380. 

Maystris that utbyth blode letyng. 
And therwyth giteth fowr levyng. 
Here 36 may Icre wysdom ful gode. 
In what place ^e sehulle let blode 
In man, woman, and Inchilde. 
For evelys that ben wyk and wilde. 
Weynis ther ben .xzx.t^ and two 
That on a man mot ben undo : 
jcvj. in the heved ftil rift. 
And .xvj. beneth in jow l-pyft. 



SPBOniBKS OP THB SARLT BK6LISH LANGUAOF. 



959 



In vfait place thay idul be founde, 

I schal 50W telle in a ttounde. 

Beiydit the ere ther ben two, 

That on a man mot bco undo 

To kepe hya heved tto evyl turnyng. 

And tto the Kalle, wy thout letyng. 

Two at the templya thay mot blede 

For ttoppynge of kynde, as I rode. 

And on if In the mydde for-herede. 

For lepre sausfleme mot blede. 

Above the note thare is on. 

For fliethyi^e mot be undon ; 

And also whan eyhen ben sore. 

And for resyng gout everemore. 

Two they ben at the eyhen ende. 

Whan they beth bleryt for to amonde» 

And for that cometh of smokynge, 

1 wol tel yow no lesynge, 

At the holle of the jrot th« ben two, 

That for lepre and streyt breytmot be undo. 

In the lyppys .iilj. ther ben gode to bledene. 

As I yow telle now bydene ; 

Two by the eyhen abowen also, 

I telle yow there ben two 

For sor of tho mowthe to blede. 

What hy t is I fynde as 1 rede. 

Two under the tongue wy thout leie 

Mot blede for the squynase ; 

And whan the townge is akynge 

Throjt eny maner swoUynge. 

(8) From an astrological MS. written about the 

year 1400. 

Man bom wile the sonne Is in Cankyr, that is the 
xiUj. day in Jun tyl the ziij. day In Jul, xxx. day. is 
whit colorid, femynin herte ; but he be bom the owr 
of Mars or of Sol or of Jupiter, man bold and hardy, 
and sly inowh to faUhede and tresowne, fayr spekerc 
and evil spekere, and suptyl and wily and fals, 
broken in arm or In faie, desese in cheyl or nere, 
mekyl wytty and mikyl onwisandonkynde, and fals 
in fele thingis in word and dede : shrewe to woordln 
wyth, hatyd of fcle and of wol fewe lowyd ; a wom> 
man sehal make him to sinnc; he schal lovin a 
woman brown of complexown and of bettur blod 
than is hymself ; be schal lovin no man but for hlis 
ewne profyt. 

(9) Atong, ten^, Henry VL 

What so mene seyne, 
Love is no peyne 
To theme serteyne 

Butt varians ; 
For they constxeyne 
Ther hertes to feyne, 
Ther inowthis to pleyne 

Ther displesauns. 
Whych is in dede 
Butt feynyd drede, 
So God mc spede I 

And dowbilnys. 
Ther othis to bede, 
Ther lyrys to lede. 
And proferlth mede 

New-fangellenys. 
For whenne they pray, 
Ye shalle have nay. 
What so they say. 

Beware, for shame. 
For every daye 
They walte Uier pray. 



Wher so they may, 

And make butt gtnM. 
Theone semyth mm 
Ye may welle se 
They besofre 

In evyry plase : 
Hltt were petii 
Butt they shold be 
Bogelid, perde« 

Withowtyne grase. 

JfS. CtaNte6. Ff i.6,f.4& 

(10) Extract from the Romance of Sir Perceval, 

written about 1440. 
Thofe he were of no pryde, 
Forthinnore ganae heglyde 
TUle a chambir ther besyde. 

Moo sellys to see ; 
Riche clothes fande be sprede, 
A lady slepande on a bedde. 
He said, " Foraothe, a tokyne to wcdde 

Salle thou lefe with mee." 
Ther he kyste that swete thynge. 
Of hir i'ynger he tuke a rynge. 
His awenne modir takynnynge 

He lefte with that fre. 
He went forthe to his mere, 
Tuke with hjrm his schorte spere, 
Lepe one lofte as he was ere. 

His way rydes he. 
Now on his way rydes be. 
Moo selles to see ; 
A knyghte wolde he nedis bee 

Withowttene any bade. 
He come ther the kyn^was 
Scrvede of the flrste mese. 
To hym was the maste has 

That thechilde hade; 
And thare made he no leit 
At jate, dore ne wykett, 
Bot in graythely he gett, 

Syche maistres he made ! 
At his first in ccmynge. 
His mere withowttene faylynge 
Kyste the forhevede of the kynge, 

So nerehande he rade I 
The kyng had ferly thaa. 
And up his hande ganne he taa. 
And putt it forthir hym fraa 

The mouthe of the mere. 
He salde, '* Faire childe and tree, 
Stonde stlUe besyde mee. 
And telle me wythene that thou bee. 

And what thou wille here." 
Thanne saide the fole of the Aide, 
*' I ame myne awnne modirs chUde 
Comene tto the woddei wylde 

Tllle Arthure the deret 
5ltterday saw I knyghtis three, 
Siche one salle thou make mee 
On this mere by-for the, 

Thi mete or thou scherel" 

(11) From MS. Porkington 10, toritten m th« 

reign of Edward IV. 

Ood that dyed for us alle. 

And dranke bothe eysell and galle. 

He bryng us alle oute off bale ; 
And gyve hym good lyve and long. 
That woU attend to my song. 

And herkyne on to my telle. 



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Ther dirdyd • ibaii in my coDtf^ 
The wychc hade wyTyt thie 

Yd pitMM of oertfB tyme ; 
Be hyt fynt wyflb a chyld he had, 
The wyche was a propyr lad 

And ryght an happy hynd t 
And hb fader lovyd hyn ryght welte* 
Hys tteppe^dame lovyd hvme never a delle, 

I telle 5owe as y thynke ; 
She thoght hyt loat be the nde 
Alie that ever dyd hyme good, 

Offmette other of drynke t 
Not halfe ynowe thereof he had. 
And 5yt in faythe hit was fulle bad. 

And alle hyr thoght yt iott. 

Y pray God eryll mot iche fare. 
For oft iche dyde h>m moche care, 

At far forthe aa tchedurat ! 
She good wyA to hyr husbond yooe tay. 
For to put away thyt boy 

Y hold yt for the bestet 
In fayth he hyt a lether lade, 

Y wold torn other man hym had. 
That beter my^t hym chatte. 

Than anone i pake the good man. 
And to hyt wylTiayd he than, 

Be yt but jong of age. 
He achall be with ut lenger, 
Tyll that he be ttrenger. 

To wyn beter wage. 
We have a mane a strong fk-eke. 
The wyehe one lyid kypythe owr nette. 

And tlepyth half the day ; 
He tchall come home be Mary myld. 
And to the fyide achalle go the chyld. 

And kepe hem jyfe he may 



(12) A letter, tea^, Hemy VIIL 

R^hta honorahle and my lyngnlar goode lank 

and mayttcr, all cbcnnwtauncyt and thankes KCt 

atide, 'pluatUhe yt yovr« good lordcthipe to be ad. 

▼ertlsid, that where I waa conatitnte and made br 

youre honorable deaire and commaandmcnte eon- 

miaaarie general! of the dyoacie of Saynte Atujb, 

I have done my dylygent and dutie for the eKpo). 

tingv and takynge awaye of certen aibmiona, nipei- 

ttlciona, and ipocryaea uaid within the saide diosece 

of Saynte Aaaaph, acordyngeto tbekyngesbanorabie 

actes and iiOuuetlont theriji made. That aotwtth- 

ttondinge, there ytao image of Darvellgadam within 

the talde dioaeae, in whome the people have to grcate 

ooofldence, hope, and truate, that they cumcie 

daylye a piUgramage unto hym, aomme withe kyne, 

other with oxen or honia, and the rcste withe taaoej, 

ioaomucke that there waa fyve or tyxe hundrethe 

pillgramea, to a mana estimaciou, that offered to the 

aaide image the fifle daie of thla preaente mooetlie 

of Aprill. The innocente people bathe ben sore 

aluryd and entiaid to worahlpe the aaide inuige, in- 

•omuche that there la a coromyn aayinge aa yet 

amongiat them that whotoever will offer anie thinge 

to the aaide image of DaveUgadam, he bathe power 

to fatche hym or them that ao offera oute of hell 

when they be dampned. Therfore, for the reforaia- 

cioQ and amendmente of the premiaao, I woUe 

gladlie knowe by thit barer yonre hooorat^pkarare 

and will, aa knowithe God, who ever prcterre yo«r 

lordeahipe longe in welthe and honor. Writen 

in Northe Walea, the tj. daye of thia prcMnia 

Aprill. 

Yonre bedman and dayriyt otator b; datle, 

Bua Price. 



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